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  • On the post: Why The Public Is Willing To Rally Against SOPA/PIPA, But Not For It

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2011 @ 02:50pm

    Re: Because you have a weird definition of "the public"

    Censorship is bad. Any one who thinks otherwise is a person with a dangerous mind.

    Theft? What theft? There is no theft in copying. It has yet to ever be proven that it is a lost sale.

    Perhaps if the industry embraced new business models rather than fight against technological change, it might make even more money instead of wasting it. Just think back to the cassette & VCR tape controversy which saved the industry and made it even larger.

    Embrace technology and change, that is what is the problem. Copyright doesn't work, has never worked, and needs to go. Any one who disagrees has a twisted sense of creative rights, since all creative work is a remix and builds off of that which came before it. Fact.

  • On the post: New Research Shows Movie And Game Piracy On The Rise, But Won't Tell Us How It Knows

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 23 Nov, 2011 @ 09:13am

    I got my own research

    My own research report shows that Copyright harms creativity, wastes billions of dollars every year, and leads to censorship and the violation of our legal rights. Thus, based on my report, Copyright should be ended.

  • On the post: The RIAA Was For Freedom Of Speech Before It Was Against It

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 09:52am

    Notification Memo

    In case you weren't aware, America had a slogan change from "Land of the Free" to "Land of Hypocrisy". Please adjust your expectations accordingly.

  • On the post: SOPA Sponsors: Pass SOPA To Protect The Troops; Everyone Else: WTF?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 17 Nov, 2011 @ 12:40pm

    SOPA lies

    Next up, they'll claim SOPA will cure cancer and wont' somebody think of the children? Those who don't like SOPA just want there to be child porn on the internet. SOPA will stop terrorism. There are so many lies they can go with. It's like being a politician.

  • On the post: A Question For SOPA Supporters: How Will You Gauge SOPA's Success?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 16 Nov, 2011 @ 11:40am

    SOPA is part of the 1%. More proof that Democracy is dead in the United States and around the world. The New World Order happened and people didn't even know. Our Governments have failed us, they have become corporate owned and We The People need to fight back.

  • On the post: Canadians Realizing That Their Websites Will Get Swept Up By SOPA Censorship

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 15 Nov, 2011 @ 10:38pm

    This is an act of WAR!

    To me, as a Canadian, I find this an act of War. By declaring War on Canada, we shall no longer allow you to leech off our natural resources. You are officially no longer the trousers of Canada, USA. We hereby declare America the World's Worst Neighbour.

  • On the post: Author Puts Article Online, Insists That Due To Copyright, You Cannot Link To It

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 09:42pm

    Copyright is whatever you want it to be

    I think I've finally figured out what copyright law is. It's whatever you want it to be. Just say "Hey, that is copyrighted, you can't X, Y, or Z." and then BAM! that's the law. Awesome, huh?

  • On the post: Courts Can't Ignore Free Speech Concerns Just Because Someone Claims Copyright Infringement

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 12:24pm

    Still Land of the Free?

    I wonder how many Americans still feel like they are in the Land of the Free?

    Free Speech > Copyright

  • On the post: And Then There Were Three: Bye, Bye EMI

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2011 @ 12:22pm

    But won't someone think about...

    Just like the horseshoers and player piano repairmen of the past, all things must either evolve, or disappear. But don't shed a tear for them, for in their ashes, larger, better companies will rise up, just as it's always been throughout history as technology evolves.

    Well, that is unless they can pass legislation to try to bring on a technology Dark Age. That's basically what they are trying to do with SOPA/Protect IP/DMCA/ACTA and every other legislation they present to corrupt politicians.

  • On the post: Magician Dinged For Copyright Infringement For Doing The Same Trick

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 02:25pm

    Copyright is way out of control

    What's next?

    Porn star sues others for doing same sexual position?
    Gamer sues because others are using cheat he found?
    Techdirt sued because they had similar editorial to another website?

    Copyright is so broken, so far gone, that it will take some extreme measures to fix it, if it can even be fixed.

    At this point, we'd be much better off in a world without Copyright, and think of all the good that wasted money could go towards. Same goes for Patents.

  • On the post: We, The People, Are Sarcastic And Not Easily Mollified By Bland Political Non-Answers

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 09:37am

    Sorry, "We, the People" has been modified to mean "We, the Corporations". Since Corporations are considered people, but are of larger importance to politicians because they give them large sums of money in the form of brib... err, lobbying and donations, it is only the will of the Corporation People who matter to the U.S. Politicians. So if you want answers, please ask the Corporation People's Public Relations Department.

  • On the post: Despite Publisher Apprehension, Good Old Games Proves A Market For Old DRM-Free Games Exists

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 07:47pm

    Publishers know very little about gaming and the gaming audience. They are idiots in suits.

    Know Your Audience: Gamers are an aging demographic who don't like many of the crappy games published today and harken back to the "good old days" when gaming was good.

    Reason To Buy: Favorite games of the past, and even some new ones, that have no DRM and are available at a reasonable price. They are easily downloaded, manuals and all the extras, work with modern hardware, and they require no hoop jumping to get.

    It's just that simple, you idiots in suits. Gamers aren't stupid, we recognize when you are trying to rip us off and shovel the same crap down our throats. Thanks, but no thanks.

  • On the post: The Secret Behind SOPA Defense: Insist That It Doesn't Say What It Actually Says

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 11:24am

    Perhaps they should rewrite it then so it says what they mean it to say.

    Why again do corporations get to write all the laws and bills for America? And why do those same American corporations then go to other countries to try to right the laws for others too? Something is wrong there. "We the people" was not in reference to Corporations, and Corporations were never meant to be considered people.

  • On the post: Viacom, 'Decimated By Piracy,' But Its CEO Got The Biggest Raise Of Any Exec Anywhere

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 11:21am

    And this is what is wrong with America. No wonder 99% of the population is pissed off.

  • On the post: Justice Department Drops Its Request To Be Allowed To Lie In Response To FOIA Requests

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 11:18am

    Confused

    I'm with others, I'm totally confused what this even means. Won't they just continue lying, but it will be without permission, but doesn't change the fact that they'll be lying? This whole thing makes as much sense as the election system.

  • On the post: Warner Bros., Right After Announcing Record Profits, Pleads Poverty In Asking People To Support 'Grassroots' Campaign For E-PARASITE Act

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2011 @ 02:42pm

    A tech giant should purchase one of these piss-ant movie studios and then use their own lawyers and lobbyists against them. Warner Bros is nothing compared to most of the giant tech companies.

  • On the post: India Wants UN Body To Run The Internet: Would That Be Such A Bad Thing?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 05:41pm

    Vote for Anonymous to run it

    UN running it would be bad, but not as bad as the US Government running it.

    Only Anonymous is currently qualified to run the internet, and that's not saying much.

  • On the post: Toughest Job In All Of Showbiz? Trying To Teach Major Record Labels How To Adapt

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 28 Oct, 2011 @ 08:33pm

    The MAFIAA does not adapt, they simple FAIL.

  • On the post: New Video On How PROTECT IP Act Breaks The Internet

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 26 Oct, 2011 @ 11:33pm

    We all know the real problem

    The real problem it seems, from a logical point of view, is that copyright is what needs to change, that it is hampering the innovation, that it is the problem. But of course, since most governments are bribed (lobbying) by the biggest profiteers of copyright, you won't see that change.

    Perhaps though censoring is what the United States wants to do. After all, as the video mentions, the internet has been used to over-through corrupt regimes, and as the evidence shows, the American government is the most corrupt regime on the planet. Perhaps they are trying to stop themselves from being over-thrown and out of power.

  • On the post: ICE Seized 20 Domain Names For The NFL Over The Weekend

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 25 Oct, 2011 @ 10:20am

    Corporatocracy

    This is just more proof that America is not a Democracy, but a Corporatocracy. They are they to serve Corporations, not the citizens of the United States.

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