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• On the post: Mark Cuban: It's Okay For Broadcasters To Block Access Based On Browsers, Because They're Making Billions

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2010 @ 01:21pm

  I'm ready...

  ...for John Galt's plane to come pick me up.

• On the post: Fox Extends Cablevision Blackout To Hulu… Temporarily

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2010 @ 07:11am

  I canceled my cable TV last week

  And I'm never going back.

• On the post: How Is It That A Random Comment On Reddit Leads To Your Friend Getting Tracked By The FBI?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 03:06pm

  if I find a wonderfully expensive tracking device on my car

  I will make sure to attach it to some random vehicle in a parking lot somewhere.

• On the post: Wait, So The RIAA Is Offended That Google Won't Do Work For Free?

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 10:33am

  Re: Re:

  Less content and less quality???
  
  There are more and better movies released EVERY YEAR.
  There is more and better music released EVERY YEAR.
  
  We're currently in entertainment Nirvana. I could quit my job and just listen to music, watch TV or movies, or read books all day long for the rest of my life and I would never run out of enjoyable media.
  
  Just because some parts of the entertainment industry had a free ride for a few years (remember when musicians actually had to PERFORM LIVE to make a living?) doesn't mean that's the way it should be (or should HAVE been).

• On the post: UK Police Arrest Mulve Operators

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 09:31am

  Re: I don't blame them.

  Our grandchildren won't forgive us.
  2000 years from now (if humans are still here), people will look back and say, "They had it SO good, how did they screw it all up?"

• On the post: ASCAP Tells Artists It's Cutting Their Payments As It Brags To The Press How Much More Money It's Collecting

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 01:24pm

  ASCAP?

  I hate when I accidentally hit the enter key.
  
  Is it just me, or is a CAP a kind of HAT?
  Hmm.

• On the post: ASCAP Tells Artists It's Cutting Their Payments As It Brags To The Press How Much More Money It's Collecting

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 01:23pm

  ASCAP?

• On the post: Boy Scout Magazine Says Don't Listen To Legally Burned CDs, As They're Too Similar To Piracy

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2010 @ 10:41am

  Re:

  Not only that, just listening to songs on your iPod sets the wrong example because you didn't buy a physical CD.
  
  To get around this ethical problem, I attach the actual CD to my iPod with rubber bands whenever I listen to songs from that CD. Yes, it's time consuming and a royal pain in the butt, but it makes me feel good inside.

• On the post: Surveillance Nation: Austin Library Won't Let You Wear Baseball Caps Because Cameras Can't ID You

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2010 @ 12:27pm

  Transition lenses!???

  So, when I walk into the library, my transition lenses are dark. Am I not allowed to wear my glasses into the library because they're technically "sunglasses" initially?????

• On the post: Another Day, Another Apology From Netflix; Calls Americans Self-Absorbed

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2010 @ 10:27am

  Re: There's less content

  OMG but I totally lost it when I watched Good Luck Chuck. The scene with the scalpels being launched at him nearly killed me (laughing...)

• On the post: Yahoo Happily Admits It Manipulates Ad Auctions To Get Advertisers To Bid More

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 17 Sep, 2010 @ 07:25pm

  Talk about a blunder... major lawsuit coming!

• On the post: John Mellencamp: Takes From Others, But Refuses To Give Back

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 10 Sep, 2010 @ 07:47pm

  Re:

  So, because Mellencamp is a liberal, he therefore cannot be a hypocrite?

• On the post: Tesla Motors Pays Fine For Lacking Emissions Certificate Of Conformity… Even Though It Lacks Emissions

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2010 @ 12:34pm

  Re:

  Huh huh... giant death ray! I want one.

• On the post: Shameful News Industry Willing To Sacrifice Wikileaks To Get Shield Law

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2010 @ 06:36am

  Re: Re: Fox is the closest thing to Journalists left

  Doesn't your statement also apply to most presidential candidates??? :-)

• On the post: Judge Considering Innocent Infringement Provision For Cat Blogger Sued By Righthaven

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2010 @ 08:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: At some point it's not fair use

  FYI, it's not "wander", it's WONDER.

• On the post: Judge Considering Innocent Infringement Provision For Cat Blogger Sued By Righthaven

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2010 @ 08:49am

  Re: Re: Re: At some point it's not fair use

  You do realize that TechDirt t-shirts are a form of advertisement, so in the end you'd only generate more money for TechDirt.

• On the post: Judge Considering Innocent Infringement Provision For Cat Blogger Sued By Righthaven

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2010 @ 08:48am

  Re: Re:

  He's not confusing anything. Plagiarism = infringement.
  See below (from Wikipedia):
  
  Generally, although plagiarism is often loosely referred to as theft or stealing, it has not been set as a criminal matter in the courts.[6] Likewise, plagiarism has no standing as a criminal offense in the common law. Instead, claims of plagiarism are a civil law matter, which an aggrieved person can resolve by launching a lawsuit. Acts that may constitute plagiarism are in some instances treated as copyright infringement, unfair competition, or a violation of the doctrine of moral rights. The increased availability of intellectual property due to a rise in technology has furthered the debate as to whether copyright offenses are criminal.
  
  Academia
  
  In the academic world, plagiarism by students is a very serious offense that can result in punishments such as a failing grade on the particular assignment (typically at the high school level) or for the course (typically at the college or university level). For cases of repeated plagiarism, or for cases in which a student commits severe plagiarism (e.g., submitting a copied article as his or her own work), a student may be suspended or expelled.
  Source(s):
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plagiarism

• On the post: Video Game Exec Claims Used Games 'Cheat' Developers

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 02:44pm

  Re: Re:

  Dude, Day of the Tentacle was AWESOME!!!

• On the post: Airport Scanner Technology Mounted On US Gov't Vans To Scan What's In Nearby Vehicles

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 02:43pm

  Re: Only with a warrant

  But but but.... I thought Obamessiah was going to fix all that!!!!!

• On the post: Man Trademarks 'Welcome To Parry Sound,' Demands Money From Parry Sound Organizations

  

  Qritiqal ( profile ), 25 Aug, 2010 @ 12:32pm

  Re: You're violating my copyrights

  BTW, I just got the trademark on "Anonymous Coward".

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