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• On the post: The Details Of Why Judge O'Grady Rejected Cox's DMCA Defense: Bad Decisions By Cox May Lead To Bad Law

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2015 @ 12:26pm

  Re:

  Courts absolutely hate "bad faith" tactics.

• On the post: Mom, My Barbie Needs A Better Firewall

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2015 @ 10:37am

  Not too surprising...

  We already knew that Barbie was a crappy programmer...
  
  http://www.dailydot.com/geek/barbie-engineer-book-girls-game-developers/

• On the post: Recipient Of FBI National Security Letter Can Finally Reveal Details, 11 Years Later

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:34am

  Re: Re: Re:

  TechDirt has overblown something to get ratings?
  
  No way!

• On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:31am

  Re: Re: Up-scaling 720p back-haul....

  Oh, who am I kidding?
  
  That's why you don't buy TCL, Insignia or Westinghouse...

• On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:30am

  Re: Up-scaling 720p back-haul....

  ESPN always has been and still is a 720p channel.
  
  If your TV is upconverting it poorly... well, I'll just stop right there.

• On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:29am

  Re: radical leftist

  Funny. Just last week someone accused ESPN of catering only to far-right-wingers...

• On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:27am

  Re:

  Same thing. I only have cable because of my 78-year-old father. If he didn't live with me, I would have cut it ages ago.
  
  My daughter mostly watches Netflix or CrunchyRoll. My wife has shifted all her viewing to Netflix or YouTube. The few shows we do watch (Flash and Arrow, for instance), we could easily watch for free at CW.com.
  
  If it weren't for my dad, I would have cut my $100+ Dish bill long ago.

• On the post: ESPN Ignored Cord Cutting Threat, Paid For It With Huge Viewership Losses

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 01 Dec, 2015 @ 10:22am

  Re: Re:

  For now.
  
  I have a friend that bragged to me that he would get only basic cable for only $19.99 and that he would always be diligent about calling them and getting it reduced.
  
  I talked to him last weekend and he's now spending $95 a month. So much for that.

• On the post: A Month Ago, Dianne Feinstein Said Cybersecurity Was Super Important… Now She Says We Should Undermine Encryption

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 11:36am

  Re: Re: OMG! The Sky Really is/has Fallen!

  When these idiotic tech companies stop voting against their own interests.
  
  They always vote Democrat and right now that means Feinstein. She's been anti-technology as long as I can remember but they keep fundraising for her.

• On the post: Learning From Lenovo's Compounded Failures, Dell Apologizes For Its Own HTTPS Certificate Screw Up

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2015 @ 11:43am

  Good for Dell

  Still a mistake, but they handled it 10× better than Lenovo.
  
  * Admitting it was wrong
  * Thanked the researchers (instead of attacking them)
  * Apologized
  * Offered clear instructions to fix the problem

• On the post: T-Mobile And MetroPCS Go All In On The Horrible Precedent Of Zero Rating

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 08:33pm

  Re: Re:

  But one guy on Reddit did this. He got in touch with them for his home music server and they set him up.

• On the post: Dumb Idea… Or The Dumbest Idea? Seize Terrorists' Copyrights And Then Censor Them With The DMCA

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 10:45am

  Re: Re: That can't go wrong at all...

  Kim Davis going to jail for following her conscience ISN'T an attack?!?
  
  She went to JAIL for her religion. Even the Pope recognized this attack on religion and met with her. And it was proven in court if she were ANY other religion besides Christianity, accommodations would have been made (and have since been made).

• On the post: Dumb Idea… Or The Dumbest Idea? Seize Terrorists' Copyrights And Then Censor Them With The DMCA

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2015 @ 10:42am

  Re:

  Actually, religious institutions are explicitly mentioned in copyright law as an educational environment where you CAN share these types of materials for learning purposes.
  
  All these "Christian" organizations trying to peddle their wares don't seem to understand the "Fair Use for Education" exemption.

• On the post: Why Does The Press Have To Keep Fixing All Of Comcast's Screw Ups?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2015 @ 09:05am

  Re: They are all about Customer Aquisition not Customer Retention

  They don't need to worry about Customer Retention. The customers have nowhere else to go...

• On the post: Texas A&M Concerned That Indianapolis Colts' Use Of 12th Man Might Confuse Football Fans

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2015 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re:

  In the "food" category, no, you can't trademark Apple, because it's generic.
  
  In the computer category, it's unique.

• On the post: FilmOn Loses A Second Case, Meaning That Supreme Court May Get A Second Shot At Aereo Decision

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 13 Nov, 2015 @ 10:02am

  Re:

  The parade of horribles is that only established players like Dish can offer internet streaming of cable channels. And only because they slipped it into their many public channel disputes on their satellite services.
  
  Government regulations that kill small players like Aereo and strengthen established near-monopolists like Dish are very bad policy indeed.

• On the post: DEA Running Massive Wiretap Program Almost Entirely Through A Single California County Courthouse

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2015 @ 01:55pm

  Re:

  It's not. The case would have been thrown out immediately.
  
  But good luck to Mr. Salazar on getting any of his stuff back. No checks and balances on that.
  
  And I REALLY hope he was ACTUALLY a drug dealer...

• On the post: DEA Running Massive Wiretap Program Almost Entirely Through A Single California County Courthouse

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2015 @ 01:53pm

  Re: Re:

  They don't want a conviction.
  
  They just want a license to steal.

• On the post: Charity Pops Up Claiming That It Holds The Copyright On Happy Birthday

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2015 @ 09:41am

  A little song for you

  Happy Birthday to You
  Happy Birthday to You
  I'll sing this in public if I want to
  Happy Birthday to You

• On the post: US Government Successfully Issues Contract For Open Source Code… For $1

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2015 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re:

  I have my ethics intact and I am doing just fine.
  
  But whatever you need to do to excuse your evil...

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