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• On the post: US Trying To Extradite UK TVShack Admin Over Questionable Copyright Charges?

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2011 @ 01:02pm

  Re:

  and if the embedded videos where hosted by legitimate websites like Youtube what then? Is the site still liable or is Youtube?

• On the post: Are There More Hacks & Breaches This Year… Or Is It Just Shark Attack Week?

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 08:53am

  Nope it is clearly shown that before 24 hour news channels, the internet, the mobile phone, the telephone, morse code and smoke signals crime was less, just look at how many stories about Paedofiles the average farm labourer would have known about in 1657 compared to the amount he would know about in 2011, clearly this shows that crime is on the increase and has nothing to do with the speed that such news/information can be transmitted from one location to another.

• On the post: Judge Rules That Righthaven Lawsuit Was A Sham; Threatens Sanctions

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 07:55am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Doesn't answer the question sir, unless the mother-in-laws computer has been specifically setup to deny you the ability to manually log on to TD.

• On the post: Judge Rules That Righthaven Lawsuit Was A Sham; Threatens Sanctions

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 12:57am

  Re: Re: Glyn Moody AGAIN !!!!! (the puppet master ?)

  No one pulling his strings, he's got a corporation hand rammed up his arse!

• On the post: Former Obama Advisor Says Wikileaks Is Wonderful For The US Government

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2011 @ 06:09am

  Typo... unless wikipedia has started to leak emails?
  
  shouldn't hate Wikipedia for the release of all those State Department documents:

• On the post: Censoring Begins At Home: Iran Announces Plans To Build Its Own Internet, Operating System

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2011 @ 04:07am

  Re: Before the Internet

  I wonder who has the patent on "county/area based internet"?

• On the post: Entertainment Industry Lawyer: The Public Domain Goes Against Free Market Capitalism

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 01:26pm

  Fine, Market Capitalism for the win, strip everyone of copyrights and trademarks and if you don't make enough money from the initial release of your product then tough titty, obviously market capitalism didn't rate your product worthy of continual investment via purchases.

• On the post: Can You Support An Entire Recording Industry By Shaking Down Music Fans?

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 09:04am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Doesn't mean they are right... I wish some large tech guru with billions in pocket change would just buy up the top 5 recording labels and put an end to their whinging.
  
  Maybe it's time to start selling Android mobile phones with the added bonus of getting access to the complete back catalogue of Universal, Warner, Sony and EMI for a few extra dollars a month?

• On the post: Can You Support An Entire Recording Industry By Shaking Down Music Fans?

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 08:20am

  Re:

  wow, easy tiger!
  
  Please provide proof that every one of the people who has received a letter demanding payment has shared files illegally.

• On the post: Talking About Why The PROTECT IP Act Is Bad News…

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 07:59am

  Re: Re:

  What this one?
  
  http://www.law.cornell.edu/rules/frcp/Rule65.htm
  
  You're the expert explain to us why this rule is helpful when the local police are kicking your door in during a random sweep of the neighbourhood.

• On the post: Talking About Why The PROTECT IP Act Is Bad News…

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 02:29am

  The 4th Amendment says
  
  "? The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized."
  
  So how does that tie in with allowing any government official on your land, to touch your property without a warrant? That's the only question, doesn't matter who is saying it or what broadcast medium they are using.
  
  The home of the brave and the land of the free eh? Seems that you are gradually moving into a police state sanctioned by politicians on the payroll of corporations.

• On the post: Forget The Streisand Effect, I Think We've Seen The Dawning Of The Giggs Effect

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 23 May, 2011 @ 08:23am

  Guys a muppet, if he'd come out and openly admitted it the press would have gone at him for 48 hours and then dropped it... instead he tries to get the US to amend it's Constitution, no wonder he ended up playing for Wales, sheep shagging morons!

• On the post: Gene Weingarten Shows How To Respond To Bogus Trademark Threats: Stetson(R) Hats Suck

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 01:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  too late ;)

• On the post: Gene Weingarten Shows How To Respond To Bogus Trademark Threats: Stetson(R) Hats Suck

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 01:41am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Why?
  
  Google has taken over from the term "search the internet".
  Kleenex has replaced "tissue".
  Xerox had/has replaced "photocopy/photocopier".
  Tippex has replaced "white correction fluid"
  Post-It has replaced "little bits of paper with glue on one edge".
  
  Has that diluted their brands? I wouldn't think so.

• On the post: Gene Weingarten Shows How To Respond To Bogus Trademark Threats: Stetson(R) Hats Suck

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 18 May, 2011 @ 01:37am

  Re:

  Nope, some smartass comment did it for them.

• On the post: BSA 2010 Piracy Report: It's Back And It's Just As Wrong As Before

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:05am

  Sell 100 copies at $100 or sell 10,000 copies at $1?
  
  but...but...

• On the post: BSA 2010 Piracy Report: It's Back And It's Just As Wrong As Before

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:01am

  Re: Software

  In your country maybe, do they have access to these forums and magazines in emerging countries?

• On the post: Belgian Appeals Court Says Google Must Pay Up For Linking To Newspaper Websites

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 03:19am

  How long before Google just starts blocking these types of idiots from it's search algorithm? of course companies will then complain that Google is being anti-competitive and demand another ton of money in damages.
  
  ...oh...suddenly it all makes sense, it's some jerks idea of a business model!

• On the post: Businesses In New Zealand Worry That New Copyright Law Will Kill Off Their Open WiFi

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2011 @ 10:20am

  Re: Re:

  Thanks for that...

• On the post: Businesses In New Zealand Worry That New Copyright Law Will Kill Off Their Open WiFi

  

  Planespotter ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2011 @ 08:10am

  If it is anything as bad as the UK DEA then it will be further reaching than just the local coffee shop and pub.
  
  The DEA in the UK has the potential to make schools, colleges, universities, libraries and even local government shut down free open access wifi. A point I tried to raise with both my local MP and the Labour government prior to them pushing through the DEA in the last weeks before the election last year. It is only ISPs BT and TalkTalk that stand a chance of having the DEA or parts of it stricken from law now. Good luck NZ, you're gonna need it!

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