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  • On the post: No, Mitt Romney Didn't Personally Hack Your Facebook

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 09:16am

    Re: what a steaming pile

    "And wtf is zero-cool-ing?"

    First, shame on you for not knowing this. Second, here you go:

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hackers_(film)

  • On the post: No, Mitt Romney Didn't Personally Hack Your Facebook

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2012 @ 08:04am

    Re: Re:

    Are you insane? Think about this. If a Masnick/Helmet ticket actually won the election, these would be my first steps in office:

    1. Initiate long-held plan to assassinate Mike Masnick, leading to my ascending to President

    2. Ensure all government badges/emblems had "Motherfucking Eagle" plastered on them

    3. Make the TSA where clown outfits. I mean, if they're going to go around creeping people out anyway....

    4. Rescind the enforcement of copyright/patent law to a hilarious 3 days and watch the scrambling fun

    5. Have my cabinet littered with high-priced call girls. At briefings around the table, my head is the only one you'll be able to see.

    Is that REALLY what you want in a President?!!?!?

  • On the post: PETA Vs. Pokemon

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2012 @ 11:51am

    Re: not really in line with peta

    I was referencing, perhaps unclearly, that some of the most recent games include plotlines about the ethical treatment of the pokemons and whatnot....

  • On the post: PETA Vs. Pokemon

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2012 @ 10:33am

    Re:

    That seems like it would be the world's cheapest Kickstarter campaign....

  • On the post: Judge Calls Copyright Troll's Bluff

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2012 @ 09:27am

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    "Simple, because they probably are infringers and settling is far less risky and expensive."

    So sayeth Average Joe, omnipotent seer? They've already shown that they're willing to engage the legal system to fight this. Your version of Occam's Razor says that's most likely because they're guilty? What the hell?

  • On the post: Pete Townshend Makes Required Annual 'Blame iTunes' Appearance, Global Deathclock Reset

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2012 @ 09:25am

    My favorite part...

    My favorite part in his Daily Show interview was when he spent a couple minutes lamenting about how there were only a handful of successful bands in his time, when the labels dominated....and then went on to talk about how tough it is for bands today.

    What....the....FUCK!?!?!?!?

  • On the post: Judge Calls Copyright Troll's Bluff

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2012 @ 09:14am

    Re:

    Given that all of the history indicates that copyright trolls like Malibu Media have no intention of going to trial and will drop a case the instant any actual work may have to be done, why would you assume any of the defendants, who have so far been willing to push back on the case, would prefer to settle?

  • On the post: Humble Bundle Launches Its First eBook Bundle; Books From Neil Gaiman, Cory Doctorow, John Scalzi & More

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 05:21pm

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    Sadly, they did not reach out to me for this one. Likely because folks like Neil Gaiman are pure awesome and I'm only in the kinda-cool category. Won't stop me from picking this up, though!

    On the other hand, if anyone feels like barraging these guys to include any of my books in the next bundle, I won't stop you....

  • On the post: Innocence Of Muslims Actress Now Argues That The Movie Violates Her Copyright

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 09 Oct, 2012 @ 10:11am

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    Yes, the complete dupe ruse the film's producers pulled on her must be why she was so outraged for the four months the trailer was on YouTube before all this became news.

    Oh, wait....

  • On the post: Come Celebrate 15 Years Of Techdirt (And 50,000 Posts)!

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2012 @ 06:16pm

    Re: Congratulations on 50K

    If only we Tims could wrangle up enough support to pressure Mike to flying us out there for free, on a private jet even. Come on, wrangle the masses!!!

  • On the post: Come Celebrate 15 Years Of Techdirt (And 50,000 Posts)!

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 03 Oct, 2012 @ 05:05pm

    Come see Dark Helmet in action!!!

    Cheers to Techdirt and its 50kth post! As I'm sure all of my fans, and really, which among you can't say you love me, I'm from the greatest city in the world, Chicago. As such, Techdirt, I'm sure, will be flying me, free of charge mind you, out to San Fransico for this wonderful event. Yes, it'll be all limos out of San Fran (Oakland? Please!!!) and champaigne with those awesome olives that have garlic in them.

    While I have yet to receive my complimentary air fare, limo voucher, and subsequent 3 day stay in Napa Valley to sample exquisite wines and various French cheeses, I am certain all of the above will be arriving in the mail any day now. So, for those of you fans who love you some Dark Helmet, I encourage you forthwith to show your appreciation for all the free shit I want my part time job to give to me.

    I promise you, if your protestations are successful, I shall entertain you with naughty jokes and possible nudity.

    Love and kisses,

    Dark Helmet

  • On the post: How Do You Know If A TSA Agent Stole An iPad? There's An App For That

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 02 Oct, 2012 @ 11:16am

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    Yeah, he used to be funny, but now it's just getting sad....

  • On the post: Why It's Tempting, But Troubling, To Use Copyright As A Stand In For Moral Rights

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2012 @ 01:57pm

    Re:

    I can do better than that. The economic impact here could potentially be on the side of both the photographer as well as any other photographers willing to do wedding/engagement photos for homosexuals. PAUS has now proven that they're willing to appropriate people's photos of love into their hate campaigns. Homosexuals may, as a result, be less willing to have this kind of photographic work done, thus harming photographers economically through the use.

    This, of course, is one massive stretch from the intention of the economic harm standard, which is to prevent loss of sale through the selling of the appropriated work by the infringing party, but at least it's a somewhat coherent argument....

  • On the post: Why It's Tempting, But Troubling, To Use Copyright As A Stand In For Moral Rights

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2012 @ 01:42pm

    Yes, THIS!

    "But, cases that create emotional responses quite frequently lead to bad precedents that can later be used in other cases. And establishing the ability to use the economic right of copyright as a catch all moral right potentially stretches the law too far."

    That's the important part. It's very easy to allow emotional reactions to dominate, and those emotional reactions are almost always, to some degree, wrong due to the coloration of emotion. The appropriate avenue for attack here is NOT copyright, though, like you, I'm less appalled by it or the likeness rights plea.

    But again, the appropriate attack vector is to highlight the bigotry and pure idiocy of PAUS. I would simply request, in a public forum, "why did you feel it was okay to use this picture of two private people this way?"

    I suspect, unfortunately, that the true answer lies somewhere in the realm of "because we don't consider them people". And FUCK PAUS for that. But in an age of relative enlightenment when it comes to gay rights, better to simply highlight the stupid and make them toxic than soil the morality of man by getting our stupid legal system involved in it....

  • On the post: The 'Hey Jude' Replacement Ref Protest Plan: Turning Copyright Maximalism Against Itself

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 02:04pm

    Ron Rezendes

    Wait til that guy shows up to tell you all about how the replacement refs got that call correct. The entire league bit their own lockout because of the fuck up, but Ron says it was totally tits.

    I mean, I like Ron, but some people just don't know football...

  • On the post: New Data Dump Shows Feds Massively Increased Spying On Who You're Talking To

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 01:53pm

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    HEY! OVER HERE!!! I'm STILL waiting for that link to the most horrific offense you've ever suffered at the hands of Mike! Are you going to post it, or should we all assume you're just making shit up?!?!?!

  • On the post: New Data Dump Shows Feds Massively Increased Spying On Who You're Talking To

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 11:34am

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    STILL waiting on that link, hotshot...

  • On the post: New Data Dump Shows Feds Massively Increased Spying On Who You're Talking To

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 11:04am

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    Still waiting on the link for where Mike horribly wronged you, big guy....

  • On the post: Bob Dylan: People Claiming I Plagiarized Them Are Pussies

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 10:00am

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    Yeah, I get it, you like insulting me. But fucking seriously, do I get Zombie Dust or not?!?!?

  • On the post: New Data Dump Shows Feds Massively Increased Spying On Who You're Talking To

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2012 @ 08:54am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    "Do you not understand analogies?"

    Do you not understand that analogies and egotism are not mutually exclusive? Do you not understand that, of all the possible analogies you could have made, your choosing your own personal affront is what I'm referring to? Do you not understand this steady defense of such egotistical behavior is in itself egotistical? Do you not understand that starting dismissive sentences with "do you not understand" is haughty in a way that one might say is egotistical?

    "That's not thrusting myself into the comments."

    That's true. And by true, I mean completely false on a scale that is laughable.

    "I know you can't stand it when anyone challenges him."

    Oh, yeah. I'm really concerned. Whenever someone "challenges" Mike my nipples shrivel into innies and my sphincter quivers in anger.

    Why don't you just post the link to the Techdirt comments that created this supposed affront to demonstrate your point. I, for one, would love to see it....

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