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• On the post: EU Parliament Wants China To Join ACTA, Even As It May Reject It?

  

  Nick ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 04:04pm

  SOPA/PIPA/ACTA/TPP had all been an intellectual property cold war on China, and the citizens of Western nations are collateral damage.

• On the post: UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright

  

  Nick ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 11:53am

  Bob is new here. This is probably the first time he has read a post on TD and commented on it.

• On the post: UK Publisher's Association Accuses British Library Of 'Tawdry Theft' For Supporting More Reasonable Copyright

  

  Nick ( profile ), 25 May, 2012 @ 11:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stealing someone's work is not a right...

  There are easy technical controls that they could have put in place...

  
  
  You mean like when Google goes through search take-down requests by hand? I take it you are not technical, since you think all technology is magical and programmers can easily program magical algorithms to detect infringement. Probably a 1/4 of the posts on Techdirt report on failures of this magical technology.

• On the post: It's Amazing The Lengths 'Music Supporters' Will Go To In Trying To Trash Success Stories

  

  Nick ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 09:37pm

  Re:

  This comment was by me, I thought I was signed in.

• On the post: Nobody Cares About The Fixed Costs Of Your Book, Movie, Whatever

  

  Nick ( profile ), 04 May, 2012 @ 09:23am

  I think the same can be said of the housing market. A buyer does not care how underwater the previous owner is on their mortgage. They may be sympathetic, but that is not going to effect the price the buyer is willing to pay.
  
  Or a start-up pitching investors. The potential investor is not going to base their decision or amount invested based on the start-ups sunk costs or how much time they put into the business. The investor only cares about a potential return.

• On the post: Forget SOPA, You Should Be Worried About This Cybersecurity Bill

  

  Nick ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Why does it always go this way...

  I think new Security Industrial Complex created by post 9/11 security hype is behind this new glut of legislation.

• On the post: :-( Samsung, Research In Motion Sued For Making It Easy To Use Emoticons

  

  Nick ( profile ), 19 Mar, 2012 @ 11:56am

  Every time someone successfully files and receives approval on a patent, they have created an unlimited amount of precision financial missiles that can be deployed by any number of owners, future innovation terrorist organizations or individuals, against real innovators shipping financially viable products in the marketplace. I wonder if Lee Nguyen is proud of this. We know people like Andy Baio and Stephan Brunner are not.

• On the post: No, Saying Musicians Must 'Add Value' Does Not Mean Music Has No Value

  

  Nick ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 08:29pm

  Who is Marcus? This guy can't even get names right.

• On the post: Judge Dumps EPIC's Ridiculous Lawsuit Trying To Force FTC To Stop Google's Privacy Policy Changes

  

  Nick ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2012 @ 07:01pm

  EPIC fail! Sorry, I couldn't resist.

• On the post: Sky News Tells Reporters Not To Use Twitter To Break News Without Permission

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2012 @ 06:06am

  When you are and organization that distributes propaganda you need to stay on message.

• On the post: Schrödinger's Download: Whether Or Not An iTunes Music Sale Is A 'Sale' Depends On Who's Suing

  

  Nick ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2012 @ 11:20am

  So if they wanted to be consistent they would need to choose the following:
  
  Digital sales is licencing:
  Pay Eminem his 50% licencing fee and not allow digital reselling since it is just like licencing.
  
  Digital sales is a sale:
  Pay Eminem his 15% sales fee and allow digital reselling since 1st sale doctrine applies.

• On the post: Public Petitions The White House To Investigate Chris Dodd & The MPAA For Possible Bribery

  

  Nick ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 12:50pm

  Re:

  We can hold a Constitutional Convention to get around this problem of Congress being unwilling to reform their own corruption. http://prospect.org/article/calling-convention

• On the post: Public Petitions The White House To Investigate Chris Dodd & The MPAA For Possible Bribery

  

  Nick ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 12:47pm

  What about Dodd's freedom of speech?
  /sarcasm

• On the post: Did DOJ Provoke Anonymous On Purpose?

  

  Nick ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2012 @ 06:54am

  I know we know this, but they may not understand that "rouge websites" and Anonymous are no the same thing. They are both things on the internet that the government does not like, but that is where the similarities end.

• On the post: US Chamber Of Commerce Appears To Argue That SOPA & PIPA Apply To NO Websites At All

  

  Nick ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2012 @ 07:31pm

  Here is my guess:
  
  They are saying the bill does not target domestic TLDs by domestic owners because they can go after them with dubious, due processes-free ICE Operation In Our Sites-style takedowns.
  
  They are saying it will not affect foreign TLD by domestic owners because they can go after their hosting if it is domestic or their money under some other law using tortured logic and hide it under national security.
  
  Foreign TLD that is US-directed are not targeted so bit.ly is in the clear according the the US.
  
  They are saying it will not affect domestic TLD or domestic payment processing, and domestic ad networks owned by foreign owners because the FBI can just take down their hosting under some other law using tortured logic and hide it under national security.
  
  Of course, the elephant in the room is that US companies need to comply.
  
  What all of this says to foreigners: investment in going after the US market, using US based payment processing, hosting, and ad networks is risky and at the whim of a bunch of incompetent bureaucrats using SOPA. Don't try to do business in the US unless you are a member of some international trade org. What a bunch of jingoist crap!
  
  If you want your site to be bulletproof from all possible future US legislation, do everything: domain TLD, hosting, payment, ad network outside the US. Go USA!

• On the post: The Lies Of NBCUniversal's Rick Cotton About SOPA/PIPA

  

  Nick ( profile ), 16 Jan, 2012 @ 11:48am

  Hey Mike, I'll turn this one into a video response as well.

• On the post: Rep. Lamar Smith Decides Lying About, Insulting And Dismissing Opposition To SOPA Is A Winning Strategy

  

  Nick ( profile ), 05 Jan, 2012 @ 07:46pm

  Have you seen Lamar Smith's Facebook wall? Most of the hundreds of comments to his posts and photos are unrelated to his posts and are opposition to either SOPA or keeping cannabis illegal. It's really not a surprise that he does not get the internet. How soon will it be until some Redditors personally harass him?

• On the post: Goodwill And Hospitality Theft Continue To Drive Up The Cost Of The Holiday Season

  

  Nick ( profile ), 30 Dec, 2011 @ 05:19pm

  The idea is that if infringement is theft, then when relatives infringe on you they are stealing your good will. Not copyright infringement in particular, but just to show how silly it is when you call other kinds of infringement a theft.
  
  But I guess the hotel analogy can work too.

• On the post: Video Detailing How US Chamber Of Commerce Deceives The Public In Its Support Of SOPA & PROTECT IP

  

  Nick ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 03:51pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I am using Pro Tools 10, Mbox 2 Mini, SM58, dbx compressor. Overkill, I know, but I am also a musician and mix engineer in my spare time.

• On the post: Video Detailing How US Chamber Of Commerce Deceives The Public In Its Support Of SOPA & PROTECT IP

  

  Nick ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 03:48pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Please don't take my criticism the wrong way.

  
  None taken ;) Thanks for the critique.

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