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• On the post: Economist Explains How Copyright Just Isn't Working

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2014 @ 10:30am

  Re:

  No way! If that were allowed, then Disney couldn't sell you their newer, lamer cartoon.

• On the post: Ex-Wife Allegedly Using Copyright To Take Down Husband's Suicide Note

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2014 @ 01:35pm

  You're slipping, Mike

  Where is your copy of this oh-so-newsworthy letter?

• On the post: Mayor Ardis Defends Police Raid, Complains That Parody Twitter Account Used Up All The Free Speech

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 08:42am

  Re: Personation is a thing?

  It's Peoria. They're a little bit hick...

• On the post: Telecom Musical Chairs: Regulators And Lobbyists Swap Roles, Everyone Wins! (Except The Public)

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 07:31am

  Re: Re: Re:

  (Sorry for the Alex Jones at the end. Didn't know.)

• On the post: Telecom Musical Chairs: Regulators And Lobbyists Swap Roles, Everyone Wins! (Except The Public)

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2014 @ 07:30am

  Re: Re:

  Good luck voting in an "educated manner" when they ignore anybody who would actually change anything.
  
  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSbkFpAA4CA

• On the post: Time Warner Cable's Contractual Loophole Allows It To Tell Local Politicians It Has Received Zero Complaints

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 09:24am

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  I agree. The only problem I've had is the high price. Other than that, TWC has been great to me, even solving things quickly over the phone when my new router didn't work.

• On the post: Five Illinois Cops Are Caught Lying On The Stand When Defense Produces A Recording Contradicting Their Testimony

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:56am

  Re: Cops and Perjury

  Any cop caught lying should be immediately fired. Let them get jobs as security at Best Buy.

• On the post: Intellectual Ventures Big Case Shut Down By Judge Over Completely Bogus Patents

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:42am

  Re: Re: Re: invaliatin patents

  Why in the world would a software developer want to work at the patent office? Especially when 99% of us don't even think that software patents should be a thing.

• On the post: Supreme Court Discussion In Aereo: At Least The Justices Recognize The Harm They Might Do

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:36am

  Re: funny

  So if I rent an HD antenna and a TV from a rent-to-own place, I'm suddenly guilty of copyright infringement?
  
  Because I'm squinting really hard and it still doesn't make sense.

• On the post: Supreme Court Discussion In Aereo: At Least The Justices Recognize The Harm They Might Do

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Questionable Arguments

  So you're saying that if I rent somebody an antenna and a TiVo (from a rent-to-own place) and I send someone to their house to set it up that I'm a lawbreaker?
  
  Again, the only difference is the length of the cord.

• On the post: Supreme Court Discussion In Aereo: At Least The Justices Recognize The Harm They Might Do

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 06:28am

  Re: Maybe we're all looking at this the wrong way...

  ALL cable companies started with the same law that Aereo is using now.

• On the post: Why Is The DOJ Gagging Twitter And Yahoo Concerning Grand Jury Subpoenas?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 10:10am

  Gag orders

  How are gag orders not prior restraint of free speech?

• On the post: Quentin Tarantino Loses Big In Trying To Paint Gawker As A Copyright Infringer

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2014 @ 10:08am

  Actually...

  Actually I kind of agree with QT (and I hate all his movies).
  
  But if Mega did the same thing as Gawker, Kim Dotcom would have been extradited to the US already.

• On the post: Why Is The US Gov't Arguing In The Supreme Court To Reshape The Internet The Way Broadcasters Want It?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2014 @ 12:13pm

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  Cable companies SHOULDN'T be paying for OTA, since the law Aereo is relying on is the one that was originally FOR CABLE COMPANIES.
  
  It's because the government started allowing the same companies to control content and distribution that we have ended up in this mess.

• On the post: Can Anyone Name A Programmer Still Getting Paid For Code He Wrote In 1962?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2014 @ 12:09pm

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  Sorry, but my sympathy for heirs sharply declines when they ARE CONCEIVED, and basically ends when they ARE BORN.
  
  FTFY.

• On the post: Can Anyone Name A Programmer Still Getting Paid For Code He Wrote In 1962?

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2014 @ 12:04pm

  Re: Re: Oh, there are some...

  I guarantee you there is still code from DOS somewhere in Windows 8.1.

• On the post: Homeland Security Adviser Warns Parents That Their Mouthy Kids May Grow Up To Be Terrorists

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 21 Apr, 2014 @ 11:54am

  I guess I should go turn myself in...

  *making requests in person at the front desk,
  
  *not bringing enough baggage,
  
  *using entrances/exits other than the one in the lobby area
  
  *turning down room service.
  
  *Complaining about the TSA.
  
  *Complaining about the water quality.
  
  *Complaining.
  
  *Contributing to Wikileaks (or even frequenting the site).
  
  *Encrypting your data.
  Expressing dissatisfaction with government policies.
  
  I didn't realize what a terrorist I am...

• On the post: Teen Arrested For Using Heartbleed To Get Canadian Taxpayer Info; Did Nothing To Hide Himself

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2014 @ 08:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  The door was definitely locked.
  
  This is like when they found those expensive locks used by the government had a flaw where they could be shorted out with a paper clip.
  
  It's as if he went to a government installation and used the paperclip trick to break into the tax records office. He saw some files sitting on the desk so he just took those, having no idea of what he just took.
  
  Nobody would look at that in the real world as innocent.

• On the post: There Are No Good Guys In A Battle Between (Likely) UFC And Ultimate Gay Fighter

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 07:08pm

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  They have a show called "The Ultimate Fighter" and this is called "Ultimate Gay Fighter". That's close enough to cause confusion.
  
  Well, more confusion than is usually present in the gay community.
  
  (Hey, Tim said he wanted free discussion of this topic. ;) )

• On the post: LA Sheriff's Dept. On New Surveillance Program: We Knew The Public Wouldn't Like It, So We Kept It A Secret

  

  PRMan ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2014 @ 11:36am

  Re:

  What's next is some hacker finds the database and posts the whole thing on Wikileaks.

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