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• On the post: Potential Lulz: Security Experts Think UK Police Tricked Into Arresting The Wrong Person Over LulzSec Hacks

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2011 @ 06:14am

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  Looks like Topiary got out on bail.

• On the post: Another Day, Another Study That Says 'Pirates' Are The Best Customers… This Time From HADOPI

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2011 @ 08:26am

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  I love that, that is so true. It's like the RIAA thinks we all want to carry CD players around still... OR that we all want to go to the trouble of buying CDs and converting them ourselves.

• On the post: Another Day, Another Study That Says 'Pirates' Are The Best Customers… This Time From HADOPI

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 28 Jul, 2011 @ 08:23am

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  So, how do you explain people like me?
  
  Before all this anti-piracy nonsense, I used to buy 5-10 CDs per month and I used to download everything I could get my grubby little internet fingers on. I also had XM radio that I paid something like $10/month for.
  
  Now, I don't download music at all and I certainly don't PAY for it. I canceled XM radio, so now I just listen to free radio and accept the crap that comes to me via that avenue. My joy for music has evaporated. I think I've bought about 3 CDs in the last 5 years.

• On the post: 54-Year Old School Teacher Who Doesn't Know How To Download Movies First To Be Kicked Off The Internet In France

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 07:04am

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  Actually, it's more like having your car parked in your garage every day, then getting speeding/parking tickets in the mail and not understanding how it's possible given your car never left the garage.

• On the post: Judge Decreases Amount Jammie Thomas Owes For File Sharing Again (Yes, Again); Says It's Appalling

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 02:19pm

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  Let's pretend that there are 1 million people like that person who (while not you) is like you:
  
  $1.3 billion * 1 million = $1.3 quadrillion
  Apparently RIAA should be making many times more than the total GDP of the entire planet.

• On the post: Kim Kardashian Sues Old Navy For Hiring Actress Who Looks Like Her

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 09:49am

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  I don't see the resemblance between the two at ALL, but I'm funny that way.
  
  I've had extraordinary face recognition abilities for most of my life. My wife does NOT. We'll be watching a show and she'll say, "Is that the woman from...?" to which I immediately reply (her not having said the name of the show or the name of the person), "NO. That is not her and they look nothing alike." The sad part is that I usually know who she was talking about and also know that the person is a different actor.

• On the post: Kim Kardashian Sues Old Navy For Hiring Actress Who Looks Like Her

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 09:45am

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  Sorry, but if Dark Helmet had a sex tape with Paris Hilton or Kim Kardashian (or Melissa Molinaro!!!) -- I'd watch it!

• On the post: Photographer David Slater Claims That Because He Thought Monkeys Might Take Pictures, Copyright Is His

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 15 Jul, 2011 @ 10:29am

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  And yet, if my camera fell out of my bag and landed on a rock and snapped a photo, I would not legally own the copyright on that photo. I'm stressing the term LEGALLY.
  
  This situation is David Slater's own fault for not lying in the beginning and saying that he set the whole thing up.

• On the post: Feds Still Trying To Abuse Trademark Law (?!?) To Stop Motorcycle Gang

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 08:51am

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  Next step in the communist government's plan:
  
  Nationalize the actual corporations in order to stop "infringement" and "criminal activity".
  
  I realize this instance is about a motorcycle gang, but isn't arresting 80 members of the gang for ACTUAL crimes sufficient?
  
  By setting precedent of taking their trademark, they get one step closer to their vision of a communist U.S.

• On the post: Reading 'Go The F**k To Sleep' May Lead To Child Abuse And Racism*

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2011 @ 11:02am

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  I have two children and I've never had to lay a finger on them to instill discipline. As a result, I have 2 of the most wonderful children in the world.
  
  Spanking is physical assault. If you are a parent and you think you need to spank your child to "instill discipline", you have a weak mind and were probably also beaten as a child.

• On the post: Six Years Later, JK Rowling Realizes Ebooks Are A Good Idea… And She Cuts Out The Middleman

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 10:29pm

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  So, the plumber who fixes my faucet is the "middleman" who allows me to get a drink of water?

• On the post: Indie Label Opts Out Of Apple iCloud Music Match; Says It's An Insult That Tramples Copyright

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2011 @ 12:23pm

  Re: Here's a fun question...

  The government is not a business.
  
  The government is like a high school class president that you elected based on popularity and now that they've been elected do crazy things that no one can understand. You know what, I don't wanna finish that analogy, it's too close to the truth....

• On the post: ICE Stalling On More FOIA Requests Concerning Domain Name Seizures

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 12:46pm

  Re: Re: 11th Commandment

  12th Commandment
  Thou shalt not question the 11th Commandment.

• On the post: ICE Stalling On More FOIA Requests Concerning Domain Name Seizures

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2011 @ 12:08pm

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  Interesting wrong? word choice: succor instead of secure
  
  Succor means "relieve", so your comment reads:
  They're just trying to help "relieve us" of our freedoms in the War on Kid Porn and Other Evildoers.

• On the post: FBI Agents Getting More Power To Spy On People With Less Oversight

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 05:51pm

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  See? You should have voted for Obama!

• On the post: China Seizes Websites, Clamps Down On Speech… Uses Copyright Infringement As The Excuse

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2011 @ 05:44pm

  totalitarian government

  This is JUST the type of thing I'd expect from a totalitarian government!!!

• On the post: Once Again, The Freedom Of Information Act Is Proving To Be Just That: An Act

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2011 @ 10:55am

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  I wonder if it were G.W.Bush doing this, would you have the same reaction?

• On the post: Apple Tries To Patent A 'Solution' To The 'Analog Hole': Transmitters That Block Your Camera From Working

  

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

  Mr. Invisible

  You're telling me I could just have a bunch of infrared transmitters all over my body sending out the correct signals and no one would be able to take my photo?
  
  Can we have traffic cameras abide by this rule, too?
  
  I'm starting to like this idea!

• On the post: Another Artificial Market Created Thanks To Copyright: Download Insurance?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 03:01pm

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  Yes, WoW is completely portable. You can copy/move it around on one computer or to others and it works perfectly (just by executing the launcher.exe or wow.exe in the main WoW directory).
  
  Can you imagine the headache otherwise?

• On the post: Two Can Play At This Game: Samsung Wants To See Apple's Next Gen iPhones & iPads

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 08:14pm

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  It's not the 8.
  It's not the D.
  It's how many = there are.

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