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• On the post: Leaked TPP Proposal Reveals That US Wants To Give Multinational Companies Tremendous Power

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2012 @ 08:02pm

  Re:

  This. I mean, it's not like anything has happened in the last two decades that has forever changed the capacity to distribute information and collaboration on a massive scale, or affected the public's expectation of information availability. Not at all. There's absolutely nothing to see here; just things being how they've always been.

• On the post: New Zealand's High Court Steps Into Extradition Fight Over Kim Dotcom

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 11:20pm

  Re: Re: Hmm...

  "What do you mean, extradition hearing? Don't we simply tell you who and where, and you arrest them, shut down their business, seize all their property, and hand all of the above over to us, no questions asked? We're the United States (A.K.A. The Law), for crying out loud!"

• On the post: New Zealand's High Court Steps Into Extradition Fight Over Kim Dotcom

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2012 @ 08:36pm

  Thank You, Come Again

  It's about time for NZ to release all defendants and their property, suspend the case, and tell the DOJ to come back when they're ready to make a case.
  
  This is not the US, and there is no Patriot Act in NZ. You can't simply arrest people, seize property, and hold both indefinitely without council while you attempt to find something you can use to someday make a case that might potentially stand up in court.

• On the post: New Zealand Judge Won't Rubberstamp Kim Dotcom Extradition; Orders US To Share Evidence

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 30 May, 2012 @ 08:31am

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  Not true. The mission isn't just to destroy MegaUpload, it's to hang, draw, and quarter Kim Dotcom as a terrifying example to other would-be site admins.

• On the post: Director Sues Paramount And Universal After Both Deny Knowing Who Holds The Rights To His Film

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 29 May, 2012 @ 07:59pm

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  Well you can't deny that Google is way smarter than they are.

• On the post: Unhappy With Even Minimal Scrutiny, US Removes Last Pretense Of TPP Transparency

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2012 @ 08:16am

  One of Those

  Some countries simply aren't ready for democracy. It appears the US is one of them.

• On the post: More Mistakes In The Megaupload Prosecution: Videotape Of The Mansion Raid Has Gone Missing

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2012 @ 08:42pm

  Re: Re:

  Lessons learned:
  
  Always, always have an offsite backup for security footage in a country hostile to the US, and keep your hosting bill paid 6 months in advance.

• On the post: Is There Any Value In Cracking Down On 'Piracy' If It Doesn't Increase Sales?

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 03 Apr, 2012 @ 08:21am

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  You're that guy who isn't able to laugh at a joke until 5 minutes after the punchline is given, aren't you?

• On the post: Is There Any Value In Cracking Down On 'Piracy' If It Doesn't Increase Sales?

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2012 @ 09:32pm

  Next Step

  Undoubtedly we can expect the barbarian response from the media industries: when brute force doesn't get the job done, you need to apply more force. More laws! Harsher penalties! Off to prison! Off with their hands! Get out the wheel!

• On the post: Hollywood, Once Again, Sets A Record At The Box Office

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2012 @ 01:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  So you are saying what, exactly? I thought you were arguing that the movie industry was in crisis. How exactly does pointing out that the movie industry's revenue is exceeding actual spending power and indeed the rest of the economy help you?
  
  Oh right, you only take into account one half of the data when drawing your conclusions. That is a pretty good way to arrive at such a horribly ignorant position, I must admit.

• On the post: Fox TV Finally Realizes The Internet Is Global: Launches Show Around The Globe Simultaneously

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 11:43pm

  Re: Re: Say what?

  Minor clarification: by "entire reason Hollywood was created" I am referring to the film industry informally known as "Hollywood". Hollywood the physical location preceded the film industry and had no relation to the above-described events.

• On the post: Fox TV Finally Realizes The Internet Is Global: Launches Show Around The Globe Simultaneously

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 09:19pm

  Re: Say what?

  This is how it's gone every single time for decades:
  1. Non-music/movie people tell music and movie industries good idea.
  2. Music and movie industries ridicule the idea and try to outlaw it.
  3. 5-10 years later, music and movie industries realize idea actually was good, implement it, and make tons of money.
  
  The only true innovation either industry has done in many decades - something that they weren't mandated to do by external parties - has been coming up with new ways to 1. give paying customers less for their money (DRM), 2. sell the same thing to each customer more times (windows, pay per view, charging for format-shifting, etc.).
  
  Perhaps we should start patenting these ideas and make the music and movie industries pay something for using these ideas they make their fortunes off of. Naaah, history has just shown they'll go somewhere where patent enforcement is weak. That was the entire reason Hollywood was created, after all.

• On the post: Hollywood, Once Again, Sets A Record At The Box Office

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 23 Mar, 2012 @ 07:36pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "Revenue was actually down in the US. The US currently lags Europe in terms of piracy enforcement, so it isn't necessarily a surprise that the rest of the world had an increase in revenue."
  This must be why internet piracy is so, so much higher outside the US than in, including in Europe. Seriously. Piracy makes up roughly double the proportion of internet traffic there as in the US.
  
  "Stronger piracy enforcement"... massively higher piracy rate... higher movie revenue... Why, it's enough to make a completely clueless shill's head explode!

• On the post: Australian Gov't: Not In The Public Interest For The Public To Be Interested In Secret Anti-Piracy Negotiations

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 08:50am

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  I think we're passed that point, actually. Supposed democracies/republics have gone from governments of the people and for the people to governments that see themselves as the saviors of an ignorant and corrupt people who cannot be trusted or respected.

• On the post: Australian Gov't: Not In The Public Interest For The Public To Be Interested In Secret Anti-Piracy Negotiations

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2012 @ 08:47am

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  It's a sure sign that your society has completely broken down when you liken the entire population of your country to drug dealers.

• On the post: UK Copyright Industries Suddenly Become Fans Of Evidence-Based Policy Making

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2012 @ 08:43am

  Re: The wheel is turning

  I wish I shared your optimism.

• On the post: Strange: Vote Against Freeing Up Orphan Works Achieves 113% Turnout In EU Committee

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2012 @ 11:01am

  Simple Matter of Math

  If 100% democracy (or republic, in this case) is good, 113% must be better, right?

• On the post: Whatever Copyrights Righthaven Might Actually Have Owned Now Transferred To Receiver For Auction

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 09:22pm

  Re: Re:

  He's got too many sites to patrol. There's no way he could spend the time to actually read a screen of text from each thread he trolls.

• On the post: WaPo's Kaplan Scolded For Demanding $300 From Student Trying To Sell One Of Its Books On eBay

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2012 @ 08:44pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Refusing to buy is stealing.

• On the post: RIAA Insists That, Really, The Music Industry Is Collapsing; Reality Shows It's Just The RIAA That's Collapsing

  

  Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) ( profile ), 20 Feb, 2012 @ 07:55pm

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  What kind of ridiculous spiel are you spewing? Don't you know the one and only threat the music industry will ever face is piracy? Don't waste our time with your delusional doomsday theories!

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