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  • On the post: French Court Says Merely Having The Word 'Torrent' In Your Domain Means You Are Encouraging Infringement

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 05:55pm

    Idiocracy

    So we could assume then, by their logic:
    StopChildPorn = Site promoting child porn
    StopTorrents = Site promoting illegal downloading
    StopThinking = Site about the French government

  • On the post: Would People Stop Using Mobile Phones If More Evidence Shows Them To Be Carcinogenic?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 09:39am

    It's already been shown that the percentage increase and amount of usage to be even close to causing cancer would have be far more than any human could do. The media just leeched onto the WHO report, picked out something that would cause FUD (fear, uncertainty & doubt), and ran with it, as they always do. Shame on TechDirt though for also falling into the trap. Pickled vegetables and coffee were also on the list of things that may cause cancer, but I didn't see the media covering that, because it doesn't make for good fearmongering.

  • On the post: Apple Says That You Can't Give Away A 'Free' iPad Or iPhone In A Contest

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 02:10pm

    But will they take a kidney for an iPad?

  • On the post: Medical Justice Caught Posting Happy Reviews Of Doctors; Claims It's Just Helping Patients

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 03:04pm

    Sounds legit to me. (that's sarcasm)

  • On the post: Senators Want To Put People In Jail For Embedding YouTube Videos

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 02:25pm

    Need more prisons

    They are going to need a lot more prisons. If problems weren't bad enough with marijuana users and three-strike criminals over-crowding the system, now they can start tossing in people who link or embed a video. Wonderful. Hey, why not just start tossing every one into prison, since that's the path they are on. This is just ridiculous. Copyright needs to go, it just doesn't work.

  • On the post: Russian President Skeptical Of Today's Copyright Laws

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2011 @ 07:49am

    Oh snap

    I'm sure the MAFIAA is checking their list of paid off politicians and noticing that they forgot one.

  • On the post: NBC News Produces Propaganda Video Highlighting NBC's Views On Domain Seizures

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 12:22pm

    US has declared war on freedom

    You can't expect fair and balanced news from any media company that is owned by a corporation that has it's own agenda. That's why there are sites like TechDirt, because the old media has been bought and don't report the real news.

  • On the post: Waiting 100+ Years For Version 2.0

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 27 May, 2011 @ 07:56pm

    Bigger question

    Why does Disney always get copyrights on things that they've taken from others? Most of the content they've ever made was taken from others.

  • On the post: Another 'Exception'? Jonathan Coulton Making Half A Million A Year With No Record Label

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 17 May, 2011 @ 10:06am

    But Coulton connects with fans and then gives them a reason to buy his stuff. That's just too much work for the old media. They have contempt for their fans, too busy suing them.

  • On the post: Hillary Clinton: We Want Journalism Innovation That Makes Info Easier To Share… Unless It's Wikileaks

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 01:12pm

    Maybe they want to run the sites that share the data so they can decide what they actually want to share. Heck, why not just have all media government run, that seems to be what they are going for here.

  • On the post: Sony Blames Anonymous For Latest Hack…

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 04 May, 2011 @ 01:10pm

    Pass-the-blame Game

    This is their comeback argument? Blame "Anonymous" for their inability to run a secure network? Really pathetic Sony. Just own up that you don't know how to run a secure network and didn't care that much about your customers financial and information security. Don't worry, you are in good company with many other huge companies who don't care either.

  • On the post: TSA Molests Miss USA, Makes Her Cry… For Your Safety

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 09:35am

    America, Land of the Free?

    America is far from being the "land of the free" it was once claimed to be. It's so far from what the founders wanted. But like all great empires that rise up, they eventually fall, and that is what we are seeing now, the fall of America. It will take many more years, but America is destroying themselves.

  • On the post: FBI Hunting Down World Of Warcraft Gold Farmers?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 28 Apr, 2011 @ 09:26am

    They've solved all other crimes

    This is just proof of how effective the FBI is. They've solved all other crime problems, caught all the serial killers, and the TSA is catching all the terrorists. So they really don't have much more to do than stop virtual criminals on the internet. Good job FBI on ending crime in the United States.

  • On the post: Targeted Advertising? Patented! Bunch Of Media Companies Sued

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 27 Apr, 2011 @ 07:15am

    When is enough enough?

    When will these idiots realize how broken the patent system is and just put an end to it. It doesn't work, plain and simple. Next up, a patent on pooping.

  • On the post: Righthaven Demands Servers Of Website Sued, Even After Court Rejects Demands For Domain

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 03:00pm

    Rule 64?

    What does any of that have to do with Rule 64? Rule 64 states that if it exists, Tony Stark was able to build it in a cave, with a box of scraps. Oh, wait, Tony Stark built those servers?

  • On the post: Woman Sues Yankees Over Their 75 Year Old Logo

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2011 @ 08:36am

    I can't wait for the apocalypse. When someone asks what a person did, and they say lawyers, we'll just kill and eat them. Lawyers aren't human, afterall.

  • On the post: Zappos Gives Up On Canada Due To Customs Problems

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2011 @ 12:25pm

    Re: Typically it is the courier that is at fault

    Exactly what I said (down at #54), it's the carrier and their brokerage fees that are the problem. Don't do business with companies that use UPS or FedEx. In Canada, use Puralator or Canada Post (USPS).

    Other issue is with American Customs, but that's a problem that no one can fix, they are so screwed up since 9-11.

  • On the post: Zappos Gives Up On Canada Due To Customs Problems

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 02 Apr, 2011 @ 12:19pm

    As someone who deals with customs...

    I've worked for ten years as a customs broker and shipping specialist and can tell you the main problems with shipping from the USA to Canada.

    First, Canadian Customs didn't create problems unless the American side did. Since 9-11, the American side of customs has been a constant problem in all regards, thus, the Canadian side has decided they will be just as big of jerks as the American side. Almost always when the USA does something to negatively impact Canadian shipments into America, the Canadian side retaliates by causing problems for American shipments coming into Canada.

    Second problem, who the company uses to ship. If they use UPS, which far too many American companies do to ship to Canada, UPS charges excessive fees for shipments into Canada, often claiming high customs fees or duty when in fact they are actually just ripping people off. I know the amount of work that needs to be done and how hard it is to clear a shipment, and trust me when I say that they are ripping people off big time. Add onto that the UPS is often late with deliveries and destroys packages, if you even get them at all, and you have a shipping nightmare.

    These two reasons are the cause of many problems when shipping from America into Canada, and neither are a problem of Canada Customs. American Customs and UPS are the two biggest problems for retail customers in Canada. Good luck fixing either of those problems.

  • On the post: But… But… Piracy…

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2011 @ 07:23pm

    He's a stooge

    I love it. Shows how stupid it sounds when you hear it. Maybe if they played something like this for the politicians... ah heck, who we kidding, they are bought and owned by corporations who whine about piracy and make up the bogus studies and stats.

  • On the post: If AT&T Puts A Meter On Your Broadband, But That Meter Is Grossly Inaccurate, Is That Meter Really There?

    ScytheNoire ( profile ), 24 Mar, 2011 @ 02:01pm

    Need for government oversight

    As much as people want to whine about the government getting involved in things, it's because of corrupt corporations, like we see with just about ever major ISP out there, that we do need the government to create some rules and enforce them. Metering is not accurate, and yet, they want to charge based on it. Perhaps we should get money back for speeds that they don't live up to. It's a continuous situation of the customer getting crapped on while corporations whine to be allowed to charge even more money for their horrible service.

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