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• On the post: Microsoft Folds Again: Xbox One Will Now Work Without Kinect Enabled

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 06:29pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Why does everyone rave so much about Steam? It's still just an annoying program you have to install from disk before you can play a boxed game, it takes up about 20GB minimum of hard drive space, constantly eats bandwidth with huge updates that seem to make no difference, and you still don't own the games on it.
  
  Just because they license you games for about 80% below retail, it's somehow NOT annoying DRM anymore?

• On the post: Once Again: Just Because You Can Search For Infringing Content Via Search Engines Doesn't Mean Many People Do

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 05:46pm

  Re:

  I had to read that first paragraph about five times before I realized what it is that makes it so incomprehensible:
  
  You apparently don't know the difference between the word "flaunt" and the intended word, "flout."
  
  Please look into that.

• On the post: How Far We've Fallen: Attorney General Eric Holder Promises Russians US Government Won't 'Torture' Or 'Kill' Ed Snowden

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2013 @ 02:23pm

  To be fair, he likely only mentioned it because Snowden himself has stated that he believes that will be his fate if he returns here.
  
  Of course, if Manning is any indication, Snowden is absolutely right about that, but still, that's probably the cause of Holder's "reassurance."

• On the post: Why Yes, Copyright Can Be Used To Censor, And 'Fair Use Creep' Is Also Called 'Free Speech'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2013 @ 02:00pm

  Correction

  Second to last paragraph: ...clearly recognizing that (contrary to Giovanetti's ridiculous and unsupportable claim) that fair use can and is used for censorship and to stifle free speech all too often.
  
  I think you meant "copyright" there, not "fair use."

• On the post: Architect Of Obama's War On Whistleblowers: 'It's Good To Hang An Admiral Once In A While As An Example'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2013 @ 10:35am

  Senator Feinstein is a fascist. That's not hyperbole, either, I legitimately believe that she ascribes to fascism as a political philosophy.

• On the post: Jammie Thomas Refuses To Make RIAA Propaganda In Exchange For Reduced Payment

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Jul, 2013 @ 05:09pm

  Re:

  ...because the RIAA is human garbage...
  
  They're human?!?!?

• On the post: Shameful: Other Journalists Now A Part Of Ridiculous Smear Campaign Against Glenn Greenwald

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2013 @ 04:12pm

  ...reporters from newspapers like the NY Times want to Greenwald into the story?
  
  You're missing a verb there.

• On the post: Ed Snowden Leaves Hong Kong, Seeks Asylum In Ecuador, As US Officials Flip Out

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2013 @ 08:18am

  I notice no one has been giving much mention Iceland as a potential destination.

• On the post: Hollywood's New Talking Point: Gatekeepers Are Awesome

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2013 @ 06:14pm

  Re: Here's a Pirate Bay "enabler" who's been disintermediated from society!

  I'll just jam it in...
  
  Please do. Sideways.

• On the post: 'Gears Of War' Designer: Used Games Must Be Killed So Unsustainable Development Can Live

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2013 @ 11:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Used Games

  I don't really think its a fair analogy here as we are not discussing material objects that physically degrade over time such as a house or car.
  
  I've heard this argument several times...games DO degrade, albeit in a different way. They degrade in the sense that they become obsolete. Houses don't become obsolete. Really, cars don't either.
  
  For example, a 1959 Cadillac Eldorado convertible sold new for $7,401, which would be about $57,000 in today's money. Yet these cars routinely trade hands today for upwards of $200,000, and can be driven pretty as you please on the road today. Games, by contrast, are frequently unplayable two years after release. They lose any online support, updates, and don't even get me started on those stupid one-time codes.

• On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2013 @ 03:31am

  Re:

  Someone's going on Keter duty....

• On the post: NSA's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2013 @ 03:29am

  Re: Re: Re:

  As opposed to the cadre of copyright maximalist sites that don't allow comments at all.

• On the post: If You've Got Nothing To Hide, You've Actually Got Plenty To Hide

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2013 @ 12:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Crying because of effeciencies

  You may want to go back and re-read. There has been plenty of discussion here that piracy is inevitable because of technology
  
  Correct, but that's not what you said and not what I objected to. The line I responded to was:
  
  no different than the theory here that there is no law broken for sending a 0 or a 1 to someone in pirating a file.
  
  Id est, the party line to toe here is that piracy is not illegal. I've still never read that one here, and neither have you.

• On the post: Legacy Recording Industry Claims Pandora Is Playing A 'Sick Joke' In Seeking The Same Rates Others Pay

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2013 @ 12:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Internet stations have THE WHOLE WORLD for market.

  Apparently that's their excuse for the higher licensing rates.
  
  It's the same as the TV networks and Aereo, and Megaupload for that matter. It fundamentally comes from the entitlement complex of the entertainment industry hating for anyone to make money they don't get a slice of, whether they deserve it or not.

• On the post: Warner Bros. Copyright Trolling Customers Of Non-Six Strikes ISPs

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2013 @ 06:30pm

  Re:

  Except they can't in this case, since Warner Bros. doesn't actually know your identity.
  
  These notices are submitted to via DMCA to the ISP, who then forward it to the customer associated with the IP address. Short of attempting to subpoena the ISP for the identity of the subscriber, they actually have no way of knowing the identity of the alleged infringer unless they attempt to make the payment.
  
  In other words, ignoring it in this case would be the only sensible thing to do.

• On the post: Warner Bros. Copyright Trolling Customers Of Non-Six Strikes ISPs

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2013 @ 06:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: OH, BY THE WAY: Rapidshare is in trouble!

  I doubt it, considering they're probably being paid for it.

• On the post: Warner Bros. Copyright Trolling Customers Of Non-Six Strikes ISPs

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2013 @ 06:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Mike and Torrentfreak trolling for fanboy outrage.

  I made it, therefore I own it, you do NOT.
  
  Then don't publish it. You seem to want it both ways: You want to claim "ownership" of a creative work, yet you also expect it to be propagated and become a part of national (if not global) culture. Trouble is, no one owns culture. It's yours, or it's the world's. Pick one.

• On the post: If You've Got Nothing To Hide, You've Actually Got Plenty To Hide

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2013 @ 06:04pm

  Re: Crying because of effeciencies

  no different than the theory here that there is no law broken for sending a 0 or a 1 to someone in pirating a file.
  
  I've been reading TechDirt for about four years now, and I'm at a complete loss as to when this alleged theory was put forth. I certainly don't recall any articles that state as much.

• On the post: Mississippi Attorney General Says Its Google's Fault He Can Find Infringing & Counterfeit Items

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2013 @ 12:07pm

  Re: Oh, wait..."Mississippi"?

  Here's a truth bomb, launching straight from my home outside of Meridian, Mississippi: You're a fucking idiot.

• On the post: Former NSA Boss: This Leak Teaches The World That America Can't Keep Secrets

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2013 @ 09:35am

  "It teaches practically everyone in the world?sources, liaison services?that America can?t keep secrets."
  
  Nor should it, beyond basic military intelligence and short-term activities. We frequently beat our chests in this country and bill ourselves as the "most free nation on Earth," but if we want to live up to that, we need the most transparent government, and the most well-informed public. Such programs as the one Snowden exposed do not aid in that goal, and should be exposed accordingly.

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