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• On the post: Mark Cuban Falsely Tells Congress AT&T's Latest Mega-Merger Will Be Really Wonderful For Consumers

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2016 @ 07:02am

  Re:

  We already have this. It's called Netflix.

• On the post: Appeals Court Reminds Everyone: Patent Infringement Is Good For Competition

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2016 @ 02:03pm

  Original idea of patents

  The reason this is confused at all is because we have gotten so far away from the original idea of patents.

  Patents advance the sciences because anyone can copy the published instructions and compete and the courts can force a fair licensing settlement. That was the original idea.

  Now, courts charge treble damages for looking at patents, trying to somehow treat them as a sort of public trade secret, which is an oxymoron.

  So, of course patents are good for competition, that's why they were originally designed that way before ignorant judges wrecked them.

• On the post: Court Rubber Stamps IRS's Demand To Get All Coinbase User Data

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2016 @ 05:06pm

  IRS

  The IRS *already* forces all financial institutions to send them all their records every year, regardless of guilt or innocence.
  
  I appreciate Coinbase standing up for their users' rights, but why not complain about BofA or ADP, who already turn over everything.

• On the post: Senator Feinstein Asks President Obama To Declassify Senate's CIA Torture Report

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2016 @ 08:25am

  Re: Re: I'm ashamed to live in California

  Sorry. Just woke up. Thought we were talking about Clinton...

• On the post: Senator Feinstein Asks President Obama To Declassify Senate's CIA Torture Report

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 02 Dec, 2016 @ 08:23am

  Re: I'm ashamed to live in California

  And drinking period blood in an appeal to Satan, apparently...

• On the post: Jayme Gordon Guilty On All 4 Counts Of Wire Fraud In Scheme To Sue Dreamworks For Copyright Infringement

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 28 Nov, 2016 @ 03:32pm

  Re: Re: Sentencing Guidelines

  He could only get it with 8+ previous convictions. If you can't learn from your mistakes, maybe we should lock you away.

• On the post: Why Twitter's Alt-Right Banning Campaign Will Become The Alt-Right's Best Recruitment Tool

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 01:47pm

  Re: Re: The left could learn this lesson

  I disagree. It's the left that got a CEO fired for quietly supporting Proposition 8.

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:11am

  Re: Re: Re:

  So, this is Bush's fault?!?

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:10am

  Re: Re: Back to school for them boys!

  "One fish, two fish , red fish, boom fish" Explosive is too big of a word for them...

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:09am

  Re: Re: Re: The only surprising thing about this...

  Extra-judicial punishment, of course, for making them look like the idiots that they are.

• On the post: Appeals Court To Cops: If You 'Don't Have Time' For 'Constitutional Bullshit,' You Don't Get Immunity

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2016 @ 10:07am

  Re: Re: The suicide hotline ratted him out?

  Lesson:
  
  Calling suicide hotlines is not safe and will make your problems 10× worse.
  
  Got it!
  
  Never calling a suicide hotline again, unless I need the cops to keep someone busy for a day or two....

• On the post: Too Little Too Late: FCC Finally Realizes AT&T's Zero Rating Is Anti-Competitive

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2016 @ 11:01am

  Re:

  It's obvious they assumed that Clinton had the presidency in the bag and they would have time later to go case-by-case.

• On the post: Hillary Clinton Looks At Her Campaign's Many Missteps, Decides To Blame James Comey For Her Loss

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2016 @ 10:07am

  Re: Who was most despised?

  I know it's only been a week, but so far Trump has driven a stake through the heart of TPP. So far, that's not rolling craps.
  
  Let's continue to keep an open mind and see what he does.

• On the post: VP Elect Mike Pence Goes To Court To Keep His Emails Secret

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2016 @ 11:14am

  Totally different

  He is going to court to argue against it, and if he loses, the emails will be revealed.
  
  Clinton just shredded everything like a corrupt investment banker.

• On the post: Toto, I Don't Think We're In The Public Domain Anymore

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2016 @ 10:56am

  I think you're missing something here.

  "If I Only Had a Heart" is the title of a song written specifically for the movie. It is not part of the original book.
  
  If the line were "Do you suppose Oz could give me a heart?" instead (which is from the book), then I think they would be in the clear, but otherwise they are definitely ripping off the movie properties, not making shirts from public domain materials.

• On the post: CNN Uses Copyright To Block Viral Clip Of Van Jones' Impassioned Statement

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2016 @ 07:17pm

  Re: Understanding a Wolf Blitzer

  Or Wolfman Jack in the 70s.

• On the post: CNN Uses Copyright To Block Viral Clip Of Van Jones' Impassioned Statement

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2016 @ 07:16pm

  Re: Re: Emotional blather based on lies

  All of Hillary's TV commercials were talking about how horrible Trump is.
  
  All of Donald's commercials were about how America can be great again.
  
  One of those messages was better received by the American public.
  
  Only one candidate was flinging feces.

• On the post: What The Election Means For Stuff Techdirt Cares About?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2016 @ 10:16am

  Re:

  This is my thought. Either Trump is going to get us nuked with his atrocious foreign policy, or he is Reagan 2.0.
  
  Actually, after thinking about it, Reagan almost got us nuked too...

• On the post: What The Election Means For Stuff Techdirt Cares About?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2016 @ 10:13am

  Re: Re:

  "Rome was not built in a day."
  
  But it was destroyed in one.

• On the post: What The Election Means For Stuff Techdirt Cares About?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2016 @ 10:10am

  Re: Dammit

  Sorry, England, America is #1 again....

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