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• On the post: Project Gutenberg Blocks Access In Germany To All Its Public Domain Books Because Of Local Copyright Claim On 18 Of Them

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2018 @ 08:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Not the whole story -- now includes ZOMBIES!

  What? I've been busy.

• On the post: Project Gutenberg Blocks Access In Germany To All Its Public Domain Books Because Of Local Copyright Claim On 18 Of Them

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2018 @ 07:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Not the whole story

  Hello Coward!

  why we have all these efforts to create ways to punish companies when their users break the law.

  You do know that's the most intensely stupid thing ever, right? You think we should sue the Dollar Store every time a person uses a cheap screwdriver for something illegal? You think we should jail McDonalds the moment some McDonalds customer kills their neighbor with the fossilized remains of a Big Mac? Just because something is "on the internet" doesn't mean it's now magical and can be done instantly. Here's an easy one: If you cannot/should not do it IRL in front of you, then the same applied on the internet. Think!

• On the post: Partisanship Over Spying On Journalists Is Stupid: Spying On Journalists Is Bad, Period

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 23 May, 2013 @ 03:10pm

  "It seems like a pretty clear case of what's good and right, and spying on journalists' communications is generally considered not right."

  One could make the logical argument that spying on any citizen; regardless of their function in society; is likely a key step towards a martial-law/fascist governance...

• On the post: Indian Studio Uploads Pirated Version Of Its Film To Its Official Youtube Account

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2013 @ 09:40am

  Re: A Matter of Convenience?

  So nobody there could figure out how to convert the video to something suitable for YouTube?
  
  I'm betting somebody already had the pirated copy, so it was just easier to use it instead. ;-P

• On the post: Derek Khanna's Favorite Techdirt Posts Of The Week

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2013 @ 10:47pm

  Re: ;-)

  Came here to say this, glad to find it before I got to.
  
  Insightful, and well written.
  
  Thank you.

• On the post: Japanese Government To Start Seeding P2P Networks With Faux Files Containing Copyright Warnings

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2013 @ 08:33am

  2 words

  IP Blocklist.
  
  Look it up, it's good for ya.

• On the post: Sen. Charles Grassley: An Unregulated Video Game Market Is A Dangerous Thing

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 01:07pm

  :eye-roll:

  Just the latest in crap from our 'gubment' employees.
  
  I think an unregulated Senate/Congress is far more dangerous to my rights and liberties than any video-game ever has been.

• On the post: Valve Sued In Germany Over Right To Resell Games

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 08:52am

  Crampons for cramps.

  We can hope this will set a global precedent concerning stupid EULAs and the enforceability thereof...

• On the post: Prenda Tries Yet Another Loophole; But Entirely Plagiarizes Someone Else's Failed Attempt

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 10:59am

  Re: Uh...

  I sure by this point pot and kettle are old friends...

• On the post: Anonymous Hacks US Sentencing Commission Website, Grabs Sensitive Files And Demands Legal Reform

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 04:44pm

  I'm a fan

  Anonymous, wherever you are, do please keep up the good work.
  

  Do not go gentle into that good night,
  Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
  Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
  
  Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
  Because their words had forked no lightning they
  Do not go gentle into that good night.
  
  Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
  Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
  Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
  
  Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
  And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
  Do not go gentle into that good night.
  
  Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
  Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
  Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
  
  And you, my father, there on the sad height,
  Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
  Do not go gentle into that good night.
  Rage, rage against the dying of the light.

  
  I feel this should be our ode about liberty...

• On the post: Aaron Swartz Unlikely To Face Jail Or Conviction… Until Feds Decided To 'Send A Message'

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2013 @ 08:18pm

  Re: Re: Recycling

  I'm pretty sure they cycle in new trolls every 8 months or so...

• On the post: Canadian Kindle Owners Forced To Leave American Kindle Content & Features Behind

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 08:49am

  Re: FTFY

  "Who ever decided that regional licensing restrictions in a digital market makes good business sense needs to be shot/educated."

  
  -FTFY

• On the post: The War On Computing: What Happens When Authorities Don't Understand Technology

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2013 @ 12:49pm

  Re: Re: War of Attrition...

  Sadly, the life-spans of the wealthy and powerful are around, what, 90+ years nowadays?

• On the post: A Week Later: Reflecting On Aaron Swartz

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2013 @ 02:25pm

  Re: YUP

  Asking a corrupt organization to investigate itself? What good will that do?

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2013 @ 02:46pm

  Re: Aaron Swartz, R.I.P.

  I'm not convinced it was a suicide, more likely it was make to look like a suicide...

• On the post: Smart TV Exploit Means Hackers Can Watch You Watch TV

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2012 @ 03:19pm

  And the fix:

  About 1 square inch of duct-tape.

• On the post: Jammie Thomas Asks Supreme Court: How Much Is Too Much For Copyright Infringement?

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2012 @ 07:54am

  Re: Bizarre disconnect.

  Sometimes your randomly concocted word formulations resemble ideas... but maybe I'm just picking out patterns where none exist.
  
  Do you have a point? Maybe you should try the "honest contribution" rather than the "crazy person yelling" approach, it could sway more people.

• On the post: Jammie Thomas Asks Supreme Court: How Much Is Too Much For Copyright Infringement?

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 12 Dec, 2012 @ 07:51am

  Re: Cost per bit

  There's a thought!
  
  Given that we know the per song extortion, if we can find how the precise file size, we could calculate a average "cost per byte" and "cost per bit" to determine how much she's being charged (on average) for every 1 or 0.
  
  Then, compare/contrast to the cost of other things (Photoshop, or some such) provided we also calculate the cost per bit of those as well.

• On the post: Booming Nigeria To Adopt One Of The West's Dying Ideas: 'You Must Be A Criminal' Copyright Levies

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 11 Dec, 2012 @ 09:18am

  On governments and death

  As governments become less necessary (and this becomes apparent to the public at large) their death-throes will get worse, as they vainly struggle to scare and convince everybody they're still needed...

• On the post: State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2012 @ 03:38pm

  Re: Actually....

  Bullshit. Taxes are not needed.

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