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• On the post: New Zealand High Court Orders Kiwi Police & FBI To Return Seized Hard Drives To Kim Dotcom

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 31 May, 2013 @ 10:15am

  Re: Dotcom is guilty and should be locked up after due process.

  Remember, the US only got John Dillinger, definitely behind multiple murders, on tax evasion.
  
  The hell they did. They got Dillinger with three rounds of .38 behind the Biograph Theater.

• On the post: New Zealand High Court Orders Kiwi Police & FBI To Return Seized Hard Drives To Kim Dotcom

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 31 May, 2013 @ 09:59am

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  "HERPA DERPA TECHDIRT DOESN'T MATTER!! That's why me and about five other regulars spend all of our time spreading pro-industry propaganda there!"

• On the post: IP Commission: Cut Off WHO Funding If It Doesn't Make IP Protection Priority One

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 31 May, 2013 @ 09:54am

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  Like it or not (and clearly you don't), the money being made available is the product of IP, if the IP is violated then that money is less available.
  
  Says who? Stupid threats like this one from the IP commission basically prevent governments from experimenting with IP-free economies, so you have little evidence to suggest they don't work. On the other hand, I could point to a few thousand years of human history prior to the Statute of Anne to suggest that they do.

• On the post: Internet Association Hits Back At RIAA's Desire To Wipe Away DMCA Safe Harbors

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 29 May, 2013 @ 05:32pm

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  Right. No streaming or download service would exist without Hollywood movies and major label music.
  
  They're not as irreplaceable as they'd like to think. The continual growth of independent music is proof of that.

• On the post: Fear Mongering Report Suggests 'IP Theft From China' One Of The Biggest Problems America Faces

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 May, 2013 @ 08:46am

  I've noticed lately that "IP theft" is the **AAs favorite phrase now. All of their mouthpieces have begun using it every single time copyright issues come up.

• On the post: Makers Of Nutella Force Fan Who Created World Nutella Day To Shut It Down [Updated]

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 21 May, 2013 @ 08:46pm

  I responded to this Nutella story yesterday with a short, but concise video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJjjx0lijF0

• On the post: Major Hollywood Studios All Sent Bogus DMCA Takedowns Concerning The Pirate Bay Documentary

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 20 May, 2013 @ 01:22pm

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  Seriously. Do you jizz in your pants when the guys at Taco Bell get your order right?

• On the post: Restaurant's Facebook Goes Nuclear Over Reviews & Gordon Ramsay; Owners Cry Hack

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 15 May, 2013 @ 05:12pm

  How unbelievably horrible do you have to be to make Gordan Ramsay seem reasonable?

• On the post: MPAA Freaks Out: Insists That Having To Consider Fair Use Before Filing A DMCA Takedown Would Be Crazy

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 13 May, 2013 @ 12:39pm

  Re: The problem is property.

  If I could make "insightful" 10 times, I would.

• On the post: Eric Holder Answers Question About Kim Dotcom Prosecution

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 09 May, 2013 @ 06:17pm

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  I guess that's why all those tens of millions of people who commit copyright infringement everyday are hauled into a criminal court, for the crime of theft.
  
  I'd like to see just ONE example of that. Just one.

• On the post: Streetlight Manifesto Can't Fulfill Pre-Orders Because Label Refuses To Give Them Their Own Records

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 09 May, 2013 @ 06:03pm

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  Yes.

• On the post: Chile Says It Does Not Recognize The Legitimacy Of The USTR's Special 301 Report

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 07 May, 2013 @ 10:00am

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  There's a Special 404 list as well, but nobody knows what's in it because it can't be found.

• On the post: MA Teen Arrested And Held Without Bail For Posting Supposed 'Terrorist Threat' On Facebook

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 03 May, 2013 @ 12:20pm

  If this were in Boston, they'd probably be ransacking his home searching for Light Brites with Mooninites on them.

• On the post: CBS Will Sue Aereo In Boston, Preferably In The Alternate Reality Where CBS Is Winning

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2013 @ 07:34pm

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  Please explain again what it is that's being retransmitted publicly? I don't see where this is any different from simply renting television antennae.
  
  I care about more than just myself.
  
  Likewise. Which is why, even though I haven't watched a television program in over a year and have no intentions of doing so any time soon, I'm still arguing for what seems unquestionably to be a legal service.

• On the post: CBS Will Sue Aereo In Boston, Preferably In The Alternate Reality Where CBS Is Winning

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2013 @ 05:43pm

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  Digital antennas don't require retransmission fees. Cable and satellite services do. I'm not sure why that's so hard to grasp.
  
  And even, if in some crazy alternate universe, it did lead to the elimination of retransmission fees, then tough shit. It's the networks' fault for tailoring their current model exclusively to that system. It's not the place of government or courts to reinforce their business model, and watching over-the-air television through a digital antenna doesn't suddenly become "piracy" or "stealing" over it, either.

• On the post: CBS Will Sue Aereo In Boston, Preferably In The Alternate Reality Where CBS Is Winning

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2013 @ 05:37pm

  Re: Re: Re: Darkest Timeline

  Why? Because he uses plain but aggressive language to voice his displeasure with major media, instead of a rambling, masturbatory treatise about the original purpose of copyright and the nuances of Section 513? I think there's more than enough room for both styles of posting here.

• On the post: Bob Goodlatte Calls For Copyright Reform, Leaves Specifics To The Imagination

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2013 @ 05:19pm

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  I disagree strongly. I'm not necessarily a copyright abolitionist, but I find more merit in that point of view than in maintaining the status quo, and MUCH more than in expanding it.
  
  Furthermore, a more radical push against copyright in general can always lead to compromise (ie, shortened terms or the elimination of "copyright on creation").

• On the post: Bob Goodlatte Calls For Copyright Reform, Leaves Specifics To The Imagination

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 24 Apr, 2013 @ 05:01pm

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  With an attitude like that, of course it's not going to happen.
  
  Let's go ahead and lock all those slaves back up, too.

• On the post: Grooveshark Loses Latest Round In Court, In A Ruling That Could Gut The DMCA's Safe Harbors

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 23 Apr, 2013 @ 03:21pm

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  Guess what? That's not my fucking problem.
  
  Then what are bitching about? Too much data is uploaded to proactively monitor and magically know which uses are infringing and which isn't. If you have a problem with that, then it is your problem, dipshit.

• On the post: When You Sign Away Your Copyright To A Publisher, What If They Hold You Hostage Over It?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2013 @ 01:50pm

  Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Apr 12th, 2013 @ 8:51am

  BAHAHAHAHAHA!
  
  No.

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