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• On the post: Celebrating 20 Years Of Patent-Free Email Attachments

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 06:55am

  Re: ...

  If you've nothing substantive to add, please contemplate deeply upon the value of keeping silent and observing how events proceed.

• On the post: Megaupload Negotiating To Let US Gov't Officials (And Everyone Else) Retrieve Their Legit Files That Were Taken Down

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 01:59pm

  Re: Re: Re: !!!

  Oh, how much collateral damage is acceptable?!?
  
  Is it okay if 10% of the people put to death by the state are innocent?
  
  Is it okay if 20% of the people who're serving life sentences are innocent?
  
  Is it okay if 50% of the people stuck in the bullshit 'felon parol' system never did anything illegal?
  
  Where does one draw the line on acceptable collateral damage?

• On the post: Megaupload Negotiating To Let US Gov't Officials (And Everyone Else) Retrieve Their Legit Files That Were Taken Down

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 01:26pm

  Re: Eh?

  Who needs porn when you can have the Secret Service ship prostitutes to/from the solitary jail cells?

• On the post: Valve's Comprehensive Strategy Shows How To Go From Fee To Free… And Increase Revenue Twelve-fold

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: Re:-P

  What, no links?

• On the post: Guess What? Copying Still Isn't Stealing

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 13 Mar, 2012 @ 09:25am

  Re: It can be.

  My entitlement cuts both ways!
  
  Somebody is entitled to payment for something nigh infinitely reproducible; and somebody else is entitled to something nigh infinitely reproducible for nothing more than the time & bandwith cost.
  
  Who's wrong, who's right, who cares?

• On the post: US Government Admits It Has Seized Hundreds Of Domains Registered Outside The US

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 12:45pm

  Re: Instead of ACTA

  The USTR, being a lobbying group, has no business having access to treaty negotiations anyhow.

• On the post: MPAA's Argument Against Hotfile Assumes Any Popular Content Online Must Be Infringing

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 11:28am

  Re: Hrmmm

  Three words: "Trial By Jury"
  
  It barely matters what the law is in a jury trial--if you can bullshit the jury into your way of thinking, then you win.
  
  For reference: see "The Chewbacca Defense"

• On the post: How Big Music Companies Are Stealing Hundreds Of Millions In Royalties From Artists

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 10:35am

  In Conclusion

  Seeing the level of theft they're engaging in, they're obviously attempting to start their own government.
  
  All we need to do is point this out and then watch the military respond to this 'national treasonous threat' on CNN... everybody knows the governments of the world won't brook any competition.

• On the post: QR Codes: Ugly, Overused and Doomed

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 09:42am

  While I'm at it...

  The machine readability and data encoding possibilities of QR codes are far superior to 'ye aulde' barcode.
  
  Seriously, the barcode should be retired, and replaced with something more modern. To whit: the QR code.

• On the post: QR Codes: Ugly, Overused and Doomed

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 09:39am

  Coinage

  Didn't some country mint a 100th anniversary coin and put a QR code on it?

• On the post: Court Confirms Police Don't Need A Warrant To Do A Limited Search Of A Mobile Phone

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 08:44am

  Re: Re: Pre-pulled.

  Actually had a police officer come up behind my friend & I while we were pulled over on the side of the road setting up GPS navigation... put his lights on and everything.
  
  Low hanging fruit, I guess.

• On the post: Court Confirms Police Don't Need A Warrant To Do A Limited Search Of A Mobile Phone

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 07:53am

  Being Civil

  If you don't cooperate, it's not like the cops are just going to say "okay, that's cool, have a nice day."
  They will likely harass, falsely arrest or assault any clod who dares stand up for his or her rights.

• On the post: EFF Argues That Automated Bogus DMCA Takedowns Violate The Law And Are Subject To Sanctions

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 02:37pm

  Re: Double-Edged Sword.

  The answer to your initials queries boils down to "individual responsibility."
  
  The individual person/company who uploaded a whatever to your ineptly dubbed 'aggregation site' is the one responsible for it's content--eg the party to be sued for having done something illegal.
  
  Likewise, the individual person/company who send a fraudulent (whatnot) DMCA is the one responsible for it--eg the party to be sued for having done something illegal.
  
  Ta-Da! Logic is easy and fun.

• On the post: EFF Argues That Automated Bogus DMCA Takedowns Violate The Law And Are Subject To Sanctions

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 02:20pm

  Re: Freaking Finally!

  Seriously! Go EFF!! Work it!

• On the post: Canadians To Prime Minister: Don't Censor Our Scientists

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 01:38pm

  Re: Evidence-based law

  This comes back around to education--most people never truly internalize mechanisms of logic, spotting fallacies, and reasoning.
  
  If there were an well educated populace, then such a party would likely be the forerunner.
  
  Hmm, I think I've just reasoned out why the educational system sucks AND why it's not going to improve.

• On the post: What Will The Future Of Copyright Look Like? Contest Offers Prize For Best Proposal

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 12:35pm

  Re: Powdered Milk

  I don't know about you--but when my cow gets all dried up, sickly/dead looking, I abandon all thoughts of maintaining an undead cow and instead look to get a new cow...

• On the post: Slow Down TSA Lynch Mob: That Naked Scanner Expose Video Is Exaggerated & Old News

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 11:53am

  Re: Re:

  Like colostomy bags, breast implants, cupcakes, formula, water, toothpaste, lighters, nail clippers...
  
  I suspect if depriving somebody of an item represents a loss of dignity of any sort, then the item represents a "terrorist" threat and must be confiscated.

• On the post: Hollywood Hackers Vs. Reality

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 10:52am

  Re:

  And that's why you pick an innocuous password like "please don't hit me anymore"--so even when drugged & beaten, they'll have your password and keep beating... you.
  
  Hmm, maybe I didn't think that one all the way thru.

• On the post: An Open Letter To Content Creators: One 'Pirate' Explains Why He Infringes & How To Get His Money

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 09:33am

  Re: (╯?□?）╯︵ ┻━┻

  So, tell me--would an article about parachuting be an implicit endorsement of gravity?
  
  Or is it just somebody talking about something they do--something they do which happens to be consistent with reality?

• On the post: Teaching Style, Not Computers, Appears To Be Biggest Factor In Classroom Distraction

  

  :Lobo Santo ( profile ), 08 Mar, 2012 @ 09:17am

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

  If we're lucky, we'll get a few robot lawyers out of it... what's the worst that could happen?
  
  ;-P

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