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  • On the post: First HADOPI Victim Convicted, Not For His Own Infringement, But Because His Wife Downloaded Songs

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 09:50am

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    "And you're making the intellectually dishonest suggestion that he's somehow innocent while you admit that what he got convicted of is in fact illegal."

    Break this down for me: his wife infringed, he was hit with a fine, his wife was not.

    Explain how that makes any fucking sense....

  • On the post: First HADOPI Victim Convicted, Not For His Own Infringement, But Because His Wife Downloaded Songs

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2012 @ 08:24am

    Ex Wife

    Are the French more pleasent than the US when it comes to divorces? My first thought when reading this was "why did the soon to be ex wife decide to come in to support this guy?"

    Although, perhaps she saw all this coming and decided to come in and proudly announce she was the infringer just so she could laugh her tits off when her ex husband was fined?

  • On the post: Poor Ben & Jerry Must Have Had A Rough Adolescence If They Think Ice Cream Can Be Confused With Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2012 @ 12:04pm

    Re: I think you're wrong about the law on this one.

    I notice that you completely sidestep the issue of parody, including the case I cited....

  • On the post: EA: Withholding The Next Great Videogame Franchise For The Next Console Is Good Business

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 07 Sep, 2012 @ 05:57am

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    "Seriously, Tim use to have his own voice and it was easier to pick him out. Now, it's not so obvious, his stuff is really right on tone and message with Mike."

    You're welcome to your opinion, but all I'll tell you is if you can't tell the difference between Mike's writing and mine, you may be a chimp....

  • On the post: $exytime: Thanks To An Easily Exploitable System, Three Lawyers Have 'Patented Sex'*

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2012 @ 02:28pm

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    "...By god. This will be the end of humanity as we know it."

    Nonsense. Sex is enhanced when you feel like you're doing something dirty or dangerous. All this does is make sex more fun.

    "Not only am I banging you, I'm violating a patent too!" *makes "O" face....

  • On the post: This Guy Holds Patents On Popcorn Chicken, Steak-Umms And Dozens Of Other Cuts Of Meat

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2012 @ 02:34pm

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    Your comment could have been boulder....

  • On the post: Blizzard Blocking Iranian WoW Players Due To US Sanctions

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 12:05pm

    Re: Re: Ummm...

    Based on the sanction timelines, Blizzard would have been required to do this somewhere around 1997, so the timing makes one wonder....

  • On the post: Blizzard Blocking Iranian WoW Players Due To US Sanctions

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 08:29am

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    I had thought the same thing, but that's actually not the case. There was an increase in sanctions in the 90's that blocked virtually all trade....

  • On the post: Blizzard Blocking Iranian WoW Players Due To US Sanctions

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 06:55am

    Re: Huh???

    The idea is that trade is abolished entirely. I believe this was originally done under Clinton (as in, abolishing all trade), but it has been renewed and ramped up by every administration since...because apparently they think progress is being made...

  • On the post: Kim Kardashian & Old Navy Settle Lawsuit Over Look-A-Like

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2012 @ 03:38am

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    Hey, great minds and all that...

    :)

  • On the post: Want To Know How Weak The GOP's Internet Freedom Platform Is? The MPAA Loves It

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 30 Aug, 2012 @ 10:25am

    Re: Uh, creators are voters too

    Bob, have you ever been right about anything ever? I imagine you walking down the street with your shoes on teh wrong feet, wearing a shirt for pants and vice versa, slamming into revolving doors going the wrong direction and then shaking your fists at these "turnwalls" that refuse to make you orgasm....

  • On the post: Oops: After Seizing & Censoring Rojadirecta For 18 Months, Feds Give Up & Drop Case

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 01:02pm

    Pshhhh!

    "We're obviously thrilled that after 18 months it looks like we will get the domain names back. I think this is a sign that you can stand up for what's right in copyright law and win."

    And I'm obviously thrilled that there are apparently people like Mark who are so far and away more optimistic and capable of looking for the silver lining of things. Because this would leave me even MORE fucking pissed off than if the government had managed to cobble some bullshit amalgamam of laws to justify what they did. At least then they would...you know...fucking SAID SOMETHING YOU RAGING HARDONS.

    To just drop the case and give back the domain after 18 months of "fuck you"ing without a further word would be enough to put me in the fucking nuthouse. Next time, ICE, just go to the owners of the sites and piss on their leg. At least that way they can keep conducting their legal business, you asshats....

  • On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 05:37am

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    "Writing books or does this include other writing?"

    Sorry if that wasn't clear the first time (I mean that sincerely; reading back on my comment I can see it probably wasn't), but I mean writing as a whole. My writing is all tangentially (sp?) intertwined. For instance, I write fiction based ALWAYS on a component of technology (Digilife is the best but not only example of this), I write about technology here, and even my writing as a whole is intertwined with my "real" job working as a technology consultant.

    So, I meant writing as a whole. Am I making money hand over fist strictly from my three novels? No, but so what? I make SOME money from it, I make some from writing elsewhere, from my technology job (I should mention that I actually have clients that read Techdirt and have read my books), and a couple of other avenues, too :)

    As a 30 year old man, I judge that I am doing well for myself. Part of that "well" is my writing. I've produced three books (four if you count the novel I wrote in college, but I don't because it's fucking AWFUL), I write here, and I work full time. The idea that works aren't created without massive compensation due to copyright is the very ANTITHESIS of my life thus far.

    Sorry for the long-winded answer to a short question, but there you have it....

  • On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 04:12am

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    "Amazon's terms to authors specifically allow lending. But they don't suggest you can give them to a service to lend for you, especially not one that profits from it. I don't think that the Amazon term considers this as a valid use."

    Sigh, you're making the SAME DAMNED MISTAKE the stupid authors did! Let's make this simple: Lendink is not "given" anything, they simply match lenders and borrowers. They have no content, they simply scrape the Amazon store and list ALL books, with a button next to those authors' works that CHOSE to enable lending. This is EXACTLY how the program is supposed to work, as evidenced by the fact that Amazon is completely on board with Lendink.

    Dude, just fucking admit you were wrong for once....

  • On the post: The Aftershock Of Stupidity: Lendink Reopens Only To Receive Trolling DMCA Notices

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 04:07am

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    "The truth is that you're a failed author who cannot make a living on his writing. How much of your living is derived from the sale of your books?"

    I'll leave what is likely our differing definitions of failure aside for the moment, and instead tell you that writing provides me with a significant percentage of my yearly income. What that percentage is will depend on the income I get from my "regular" job in technology, which fluctuates greatly from year to year, but suffice it so say that writing will generate five figures worth of income for me this year. Is that good enough for you?

  • On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 05:39pm

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    "Evolution is full of wholes and is still only a theory. Yet you and most others preach it as fact."

    Sigh....really? Again, an actual understanding of how theories and laws in science work will alleviate you of this nonsense. Evolution is accepted by the vast majority of the scientific world, including a great swath of Christian scientists, I might add. Or perhaps you haven't heard the intelligent design tautology making the rounds?

  • On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 05:35pm

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    "Faith in science is still faith. Everyone has a belief system."

    Ah, I see the problem. You don't understand what science is....

  • On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 03:02pm

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    "God does not change his mind."

    Of course not, because he doesn't exist. The people who claim to interpret his wishes sure as hell change their minds an awful lot, though.

    I remember when Purgatory was the truth...then it vanished. I remember when Pope's were infallible...then they weren't after a bunch of them were found to be crooks and fascists. Hell, the entire concept of Christ coming down and wiping out the rules of the Old Testament is a giant change of mind.

    Seriously, do you even KNOW your own religion, or do you need someone who has studied it enough to know how ridiculous it is written to teach it to you?

  • On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 02:56pm

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    "You, like most non-Christians, believe that you have all the answers and that you "know" for a "fact" they are true."

    This is exactly incorrect, although it is a common misconception of the non-theist. What we believe is that we do NOT know, but we also do not follow thought for which there is no evidence. It is in fact the religious that claim to "know", when in reality their beliefs amount to mere tautology in logical debate.

    There is no evidence for God. There is no evidence that there is not God. The thing is, there is no evidence that invisible phantoms don't hide my car keys in the morning, and there is no evidence that they do. But guess which one we believe?

    Because while a lack of evidence is not an evidence of lack, it does mean there's no logical reason for belief....

  • On the post: GOP Platform May Include Internet Freedom Language… But Also Wants Crackdown On Internet Porn

    Dark Helmet ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 11:08am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Morality

    In a debate based on reason and logic, what your bible says has no place....

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