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• 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 @ 12:49pm

  Re:

  So you are saying I don't have a future in voice-overs? ;) Sorry, it was the only voice I had lying around. If anyone has a nice voice and a decent recording setup hit me up and next time I have an idea for one of these I'll let you know.
  
  You can find links to the papers and posts by following the links in the previous posts.

• On the post: What What (In The Butt) Case Continues: Brownmark Told To Pay Viacom's Legal Fees

  

  Nick ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2011 @ 06:14am

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  This topic could be a whole other post on the topic with a different angle!

• On the post: Mike McCurry Once Yelled 'Hands Off The Internet,' And Now Embraces Massive Internet Regulations In SOPA?

  

  Nick ( profile ), 03 Dec, 2011 @ 10:05am

  Here is a video made by HandsOff.org in 2007: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tlhSbJYxOnc

• On the post: Morality, Non-Zero Sum Games, Externalities & Why Someone Profiting Off Of Your Work Isn't A Bad Thing

  

  Nick ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2011 @ 01:04pm

  Re: Re: Zero sum game

  When the entertainment industry sues individuals for illegal downloading are they charged with theft or infringement?
  
  Why stop at "theft"? Why not call it murder, molestation, terrorism, or blasphemy? None of these are infringement either, but maybe the will help your lost cause because they sound bad?

• On the post: Ex-RIAA Boss Ignores All Criticisim Of SOPA/PIPA, Claims Any Complaints Are Trying To Justify Stealing

  

  Nick ( profile ), 30 Nov, 2011 @ 08:44pm

  Re: Re: SOPA

  Kind of like the Congresspeople completely void of ethics that take support from immoral RIAA lobbyists? Or is that the "good" kind of no ethics?

• On the post: Forget Being Arrested For Filming The Police, Now They're Arresting People For Sitting

  

  Nick ( profile ), 23 Sep, 2011 @ 02:46pm

  No marks on his Rate My Cop profile yet? Have at it. http://www.ratemycop.com//index.php?option=com_comprofiler&task=userProfile&user=67965

• On the post: Without Copyright, Hollywood Would Never Be Incented To… Make A Bunch Of Remakes?

  

  Nick ( profile ), 03 Aug, 2011 @ 09:41am

  Hollywood sez: when we do it, it is creative. When others do it, it is ripping off. Licensing = creative licence.
  
  The irony is that this is not creative. The sad truth is that executives are afraid to go out on a limb with something new. They don't want to get fired by taking on a new concept that fails. If the remake fails they can always blame someone else because in the past the concept was a hit. There is less risk in their mind on repurposing a known brand. "Let the struggling fiction authors take on that risk," they might think since they have less to lose.

• On the post: Industry Suppressed Report Showing Users Of Shuttered 'Pirate' Site Probably Helped Movie Industry…

  

  Nick ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 05:31pm

  It is a power grab. The entertainment industry (maybe as a proxy for the government) has the opportunity to control distribution channels again so they are trying to remove the power from others.

• On the post: Court: Naked Scanners Are Constitutional; But TSA Should Have Asked For Public Comment

  

  Nick ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2011 @ 09:04pm

  So let me get this straight. An attempt to detect someone who is trying to bring an explosive on a plane is not "crime control.? So, terrorism is not a crime. Also, searches of explosives are not done ?to detect evidence of ordinary criminal wrongdoing.?
  
  So as long as there is "terrorism" there are two degrees of crime. All of the criminal laws on the books, due process, reasonable case, 4th and 5th amendment can thrown out. How convenient for a government set on trampling what supposedly made our county great.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 04:27pm

  Re: The Reps are clueless

  Set up a meeting anyway, and don't let a nobody tell you you are wasting your time.

• On the post: Pro-IP Blogger Feels Raising The Level Of Debate Means Locking Up Your Comments And Throwing Around The Word 'Freetard'

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 04:22pm

  Re: Fuck the high road

  Leslie Burns and her ilk are terrorists.
  
  Astroturfing extremists provocateur. We see what you did there.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 12:25pm

  Re: Re:

  I am glad to hear that is all you have left.
  
  Correction: it tries to deal with foreign rogue websites profiting US content dedicated to infringing

• On the post: ASCAP Members Pissed Off At ASCAP's Attack On Creative Commons

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 12:04pm

  There are broken links in this post as ArtistJournal.com has changed their - into _ on their URLs. Here is the new linke: http://www.artsjournal.com/gap/2010/06/the_right_balance_on_copying.html

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2011 @ 10:24am

  What is good about the PROTECT IP Act?
  

  
  
  • it tries to deal with foreign rouge websites profiting US content dedicated to infringing
  
  
  • it tries to stop foreign counterfeit goods from being sold in the US
  
  
  • businesses say it will help their profits wich supposedly keeps people employed
  
  

  
  
  What is bad about the PROTECT IP Act?
  

  
  
  • it does not care about the collateral damage it causes to US citizens' business
  
  
  • there is no oversite. Power corrupts; absolute power corrupts absolutely.
    
  • we already have proof that such powers will be abuses or are done with no due process by people who do not understand the internet (see Operation In Our Sites)
  
  
  • it treats it's own citizens the same way oppressive governments do while preaching against these actions
  
  
  • it makes the internet unreliable
  
  
  • 100 law professors deem it unconstitutional
  
  
  • 100 VCs say it will hurt US innovation
  
  
  • many internet infrastructure experts say it will break the internet
  
  

  
  
  Because it has have bad parts, even though it has the good parts, it should be thrown out. The good that the bill would provide is worthless when you take the bad parts into consideration.
  
  Due process of US citizens, the reliability of the internet for commerce and education, and the need for the US to be seen as an advocate for freedom of expression are more important than the billion profits of multinational corporations whether infringement occurs or not. Period. We are better off without their power.
  
  Make a bill that does not lump in stopping counterfeit drugs in with shutting down websites with mere accusations and maybe we will be satisfied.
  
  And for the record: WE DO NOT DEMAND FREE ENTERTAINMENT. This is a lie. From here on, when this is repeated, it this will be proof that this accusation is a lie.
  
  The Founding Fathers were concerned with the concentration of power in any one part of government. They probably could not have seen the concentration of corporate power moving to the private sector.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 11:15pm

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  This AC keeps coming back for more. We must be having and effect on him and his weak arguments. Let's keep at it.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 07:47pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Don't underestimate me.

• On the post: Pro-IP Blogger Feels Raising The Level Of Debate Means Locking Up Your Comments And Throwing Around The Word 'Freetard'

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 06:36pm

  Re: Tried to sneak this in

  Just use Google Side Wiki. I am going to post some things there.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 05:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You are right, Mike. This guy is totally a corporate goon trying to dissuade me from one of the only forms of political participation I have regarding this bill and with his weak attempt a trying to reframe the issue.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 05:07pm

  Re: Re:

  Great idea! I'll get a list started.

• On the post: Lobbyists Ramp Up Pressure To Get PROTECT IP Passed

  

  Nick ( profile ), 13 Jul, 2011 @ 04:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Exercising my right to speak with my representative is a waste of my time? Go to hell, AC.

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