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• On the post: The Outrageousness Of The Reason Gag Order

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:44pm

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  That paper's defunct, probably so it wouldn't have to be in any position to employ Velamoor! ;D

• On the post: Tumblr Complies With DMCA Takedown Requests From A Self-Proclaimed Future-Alien From Another Planet

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:29pm

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  The fact is that since Tumblr was bought by Yapoo, its Trust and Safety team have been staffed similarly to Google. That's why, if you don't want them finding your blog, you block it from Tumblr in the robots.txt file. Simples!

• On the post: Tumblr Complies With DMCA Takedown Requests From A Self-Proclaimed Future-Alien From Another Planet

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:25pm

  Re: Re: All your copyrights are mine!

  Well, I'm claiming the DVD/vengeful wife/husband and boyfriend comparison before the MPAA can think of it! ;)

• On the post: Apple Informs Bloggers It Will Be Using Their Content In Its 'News' App Via An Opt-Out Only 'Agreement'

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:15pm

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  A rule of thumb I've seen mentioned before, and that seems fitting here, is that any contract you need to opt-out of is a bad idea.
  Better?

• On the post: YouTube's Inane Response To Handing Popular YouTuber's Channel To Cosmetics Company: Blame The Algorithms

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 06:46pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: So we're back to the feudal era...

  Technically, everyone in the US pays the USMC's salary with their tax dollars, so they have every right to say how much those in the Marine Corps get paid. Simples!

• On the post: Facebook Going After Designbook Because All The Books Are Belong To Them

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 05:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jun 16th, 2015 @ 12:41am

  Thanks for the link. I genuinely thought Gitenberg was the name of the town where the first ever printing press was built, but I know better now.

• On the post: Chicago Preacher Tries To Stop Spike Lee From Using 'Chiraq' As Title Of Upcoming Film

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:55pm

  Hey, Emmet Benjamin. I do believe that former President Chiraq has a trademark claim that trumps yours. Better luck next time! ;)

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Service, Guard Content, 'Protects' Rights Holder From Additional Sales, His Own Kickstarter Page

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 07:39pm

  Arrrr! I'm Cap'n Jack Sparrow, ye swabs! P)

• On the post: Arkham Knight PC Game Arrives Just In Time To Demonstrate Why Steam Needed Refunds

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 06:15pm

  Network: Broadband Internet connection required
  It's not a patch that's required for this game, it's a crack to make sure you can play what you paid for! P)

• On the post: UK High Court Strips Away Short-Lived Private Copying Right, Buying Recording Industry's Demented Assertions

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 06:10pm

  Products these industries don't even make (CDs, hard drives, memory cards, etc.) have levies added to somehow offset piracy [...]
  As I've stated in the past, there are no such levies in the UK on the basis that the exception allows copying only for personal use, not copying for all and sundry.

• On the post: Sunday Times Doubles Down On Government Stenography, Detailing Calls For Prosecution Following Its Own Debunked Story

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2015 @ 05:51pm

  Okay, who's up for posing as UK Gov officials and 'leaking' to The Times the news that Putin was in certain movies in his youth, and that's what his ban on pro-homosexual media is really about? ;)

• On the post: Should Your Self-Driving Car Be Programmed To Kill You If It Means Saving A Dozen Other Lives?

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2015 @ 12:31am

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  Roughly speaking, the deontological view is that by the act of choosing not to pull the lever, you are now complicit in the murder of five should they all die. Just sayin'.

• On the post: John Oliver Gets Helen Mirren To Read CIA Torture Report As An eBook To Get People To Read It

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2015 @ 12:20am

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  I agree. After I put a song on AO3 about the US Government's excesses, my beta reader wrote a comment in which she apologised for them. I thanked her for her apology, but also explained that I didn't expect one from her because it's her government to blame, not individuals.

• On the post: Facebook Going After Designbook Because All The Books Are Belong To Them

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2015 @ 05:04pm

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  Suckerberk needs hit in the face with a very thick hardback book multiple times whether or not the complaint fails, but especially if it doesn't. ;)

• On the post: Facebook Going After Designbook Because All The Books Are Belong To Them

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2015 @ 04:59pm

  Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on Jun 16th, 2015 @ 12:41am

  It's spelt Gutenberg, and it's a place, not a person. facepalms

• On the post: Daily Deal: Dragon NaturallySpeaking 13 PC Home

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 16 Jun, 2015 @ 04:48pm

  Screw dat, I can get get Google TTS for free and that's very nearly as good as Dragon NaturallySpeaking.

• On the post: CIA Refuses To Release Osama's Porn Collection Information To Bro Who Submitted FOIA For It

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2015 @ 05:49pm

  We would like to know what kind of porn the world's second most wanted man jerked it to.
  FTFY, BroBible. After all, Ed Snowden is now the world's most wanted man (strike)despite(/strike) because of the fact that he acted to (strike)protect people(/strike) harm governments.

• On the post: Wireless Carriers Sue Over Berkeley's Cell Phone Radiation Warnings

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2015 @ 11:27am

  Re: Re: Re: Realllllll Science!

  That's okay. I'm the post-apotheosis Sheogorath, and I prefer chorizo. :)

• On the post: Wireless Carriers Sue Over Berkeley's Cell Phone Radiation Warnings

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2015 @ 11:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Realllllll Science!

  I apologise then. I can see the sarc mark now you've pointed it out, but it was completely invisible to me when I first read your post. Dyslexia sucks!

• On the post: Federal Election Committee Tries To Shut Down 'Stop Hillary' PAC Because Donors Might Think Hillary Clinton Is Behind It

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2015 @ 11:20am

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  Yeah, vote for Scooby Doo or Yogi Bear instead.

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