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• On the post: Wall Street Journal Error Filled Editorial Buys Into Ridiculous Copyright Office Conspiracy Theory

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2016 @ 04:22pm

  "...the WSJ is supposed to be about at least moderately competent journalism, right?"
  
  As a former periodic reader of WSJ, it pretty much hasn't been worth reading since they changed their format.

• On the post: Oh, Look, Two Breweries Work Out A Trademark Issue Without Lawyers, Threats, Or Asshole-ery

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 04 Nov, 2016 @ 08:09am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Considering they haven't won one since it was actually an issue that someone wanted to bring his goat to the game, yeah, they're due (which is to say 1908).
  
  I'm not even a fan, and I can raise a pint for 'em.

• On the post: Here's The Truth: Shiva Ayyadurai Didn't Invent Email

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2016 @ 02:02pm

  Re:

  Close? The only purpose for writing this story is to throw down a gauntlet.
  
  They probably "anonymously" emailed Ayyadurai a link to the story.

• On the post: Canada To Debate Banning 'Zero Rating' This Week

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2016 @ 01:03pm

  Re: Re: Re: Soo....

  So does that mean that if the discussion results in "Zero rating is just spiffy!" that's going to be a victory in the FCC clearly doing the right thing?
  
  No, of course not. That would be stupid.

• On the post: Canada To Debate Banning 'Zero Rating' This Week

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2016 @ 12:30pm

  Re: Soo....

  This is not about the FCC, it's about the CRTC. Not only are they different organizations, but they are in different freaking countries!

• On the post: Copyright Office Fucks Over Thousands Of Sites With Plans To Remove Their DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2016 @ 10:07am

  Re: Then again...

  Before the US became a signatory to berne in 1989, registration was required. depending on the specific law at the time, reregistration may have been required to cover extended periods. US Public Domain Rules America, it used to be a silly place.

• On the post: After North Carolina Law Bans Municipal Broadband, One ISP Gives Gigabit Connections Away

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2016 @ 10:20am

  There's an easy solution, vote the bastards out of office. If the opposition doesn't do anything about it, swap again. Stop being beholden to some party affiliation, deity knows, they aren't beholden to you unless you MAKE them.

• On the post: Belgian Court Fines Microsoft For Failing To Comply With Its Impossible Order

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2016 @ 08:18am

  Re:

  The difference (as microsoft points out, so helpfully if you bothered to read the article), is that microsoft has offices in the US, and is therefore under the jurisdiction of US courts.

• On the post: Huge Casino Threatens Small Blues Club For Using The Word 'Live' In Its Name

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2016 @ 02:57pm

  In a just world

  They wouldn't have been granted the trademark in the first place, and preferably fined for filing such a stupid application and wasting the USPTO's time.

• On the post: MPAA: EFF Just Jealous It Doesn't Control Copyright Office Like Hollywood Does

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2016 @ 10:07am

  MPAA Lies,

  in other news, the sun came up this morning!

• On the post: Car-Freshener Wields Little Trees Trademark To Bankrupt Non Profit That Helped Ex-Cons And Recovering Addicts

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 27 Oct, 2016 @ 08:32am

  Re:

  Why would a friendly billionare do that? Wouldn't it be better (and cheaper!) for them to just pay off the debts and fund the suit?

• On the post: Google's Quiet, Confusing Privacy Policy Change Is Why We Need More Transparency & Control

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2016 @ 01:05pm

  Re:

  I think it's "opt-grey." There was a message that came up, but it was misleadingly worded. It's hard to say something is truly "opt-in" when you go out of your way to make sure the choice being made is an uninformed one.

• On the post: Facebook's Arbitrary Offensiveness Police Take Down Informational Video About Breast Cancer Screening

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2016 @ 02:48pm

  I only laugh because otherwise I would cry.

• On the post: Actor James Woods Gloats Over Death Of Random Twitter Troll He Sued To Unmask [Updated]

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 12:16pm

  Some crack-head of little import.

• On the post: How Could NSA Contractor Harold Martin Have Been Taking Home Classified Info For 20 Years Without NSA Noticing?

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 21 Oct, 2016 @ 01:59pm

  I'm sure he was advised to keep it at home by Gen. Powell.

• On the post: Turkish President Comes To The US, Pretends That It Can Silence And Attack The Press Like It Does At Home

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2016 @ 07:44am

  President of Turkey or GOP frontrunner?

  I think I have a new game!

• On the post: DOJ Says That The Crack Of Syed Farook's iPhone Only Applies To That Model Of iPhone

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 29 Mar, 2016 @ 08:55am

  Re: Re: Something I don't understand

  I'm going to have to disagree with you here. I find it GREATLY disturbing that this remains an unresolved issue. I would by far prefer the FBI gets a precedent.
  
  Said precedent could be resolved in two letters: NO.

• On the post: Appeals Court Tells City It Can't Use Its Terribly-Written Zoning Laws To Censor Speech

  

  oninoshiko ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2016 @ 04:19pm

  Re: Fucking amatuers

  That's how they do it in Chicago. (see Meigs Field)