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• On the post: New Malware Attack Tries To Trick People By Pretending To Be EFF

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 12:19pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I don't see it as a link, but that is probably because I have disabled most of the javascript served up by Techdirt [...]
  It's been fixed since.
  [...] (unless Mike has already removed the tags.)
  There weren't any tags in the first place. I used tags on the official EFF website link, yes, but not on the fake EFF website link above it because it was my intention not to link to the fake site at all.

• On the post: UK Music Collection Society PRS Sues SoundCloud

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 11:34am

  Correcting my comment

  [SoundCloud] has also been completely ridiculous about fair use, telling users that it doesn't recognize it, since it's only a US concept.
  As ridiculous as that seems on its face, given the fact that the US is not the only country to recognise fair use, SoundCloud does have a point. Germany, where the company is based, is one of many European countries that don't contain a broad fair use exception; rather, they provide explicit exceptions for specific uses of copyrighted works. Generally these exceptions are construed strictly, meaning that the publishing platform could be shit out of luck depending upon whether the PRS sues in the UK or in Germany. :(

• On the post: UK Music Collection Society PRS Sues SoundCloud

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 11:27am

  Re: You mean: "a woman who played" SOMEONE ELSE'S "music to her horses"

  You mean: a woman who played her legally purchased copies of the music other people created to her horses.
  You know, since we're being pedantic and all. ¯(ツ)/¯

• On the post: PRS To Increase Members' Fees To Fund Legal Expedition Against TV Station

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 10:52am

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  Similarly with the PRS - it looks bad - until you compare it to ASCAP or GEMA.
  True, you didn't say it, you simply made a strong implication.

• On the post: New Malware Attack Tries To Trick People By Pretending To Be EFF

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 07:29am

  Re: Re: Re:

  I hate it too, especially when there's no need for it because we easily can use tags when we want to turn text into active links.

• On the post: UK Music Collection Society PRS Sues SoundCloud

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 11:14am

  [PRS] has also been completely ridiculous about fair use, telling users that it doesn't recognize it, since it's only a US concept.
  As ridiculous as that seems on its face, given the fact that the US is not the only country to recognise fair use, PRS does have a point. Germany, where SoundCloud is based, is one of many European countries that don't contain a broad fair use exception; rather, they provide explicit exceptions for specific uses of copyrighted works. Generally these exceptions are construed strictly, meaning that the publishing platform could be shit out of luck depending upon whether the PRS sues in the UK or in Germany. :(

• On the post: UK Music Collection Society PRS Sues SoundCloud

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 10:57am

  Time for a rewrite, methinks:
  We are poor, (playing poor)
  So we're suing SoundCloud more
  With an evil laugh and a mad rush to the bank
  This is how we create wank

• On the post: SciFi Headline Turns Real: US Drone Kills ISIS Hacker

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 01:55am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Come on, Techdirt, tell the truth!

  Right, and that's why there was 44 years of a Cold War. (-_Q)

• On the post: New Malware Attack Tries To Trick People By Pretending To Be EFF

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 01:48am

  Re:

  It seems the first link is active even though I didn't use tags. Please don't click on it because I don't think it's safe.

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 08:02pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You were warned, fuckbag. I'm now taking this further.

• On the post: SciFi Headline Turns Real: US Drone Kills ISIS Hacker

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 07:48pm

  Re: Re: Come on, Techdirt, tell the truth!

  I believe it was in War Games where it was pointed out that both Russia and the US have equal nuclear capabilities and if one of them fired a missile and the other country retaliated, between them they'd turn this planet into a radioactive wasteland. I remember the computer saying that it was like a game of Tic-tac-toe: "The only way to win is not to play."

• On the post: New Malware Attack Tries To Trick People By Pretending To Be EFF

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2015 @ 01:46am

  Personally, I wouldn't click on electronicfrontierfoundation.org when I know for a fact it's supposed to be https://eff.org. They've never used the full name in their URL in the time that I've been aware of them, and they adopted automatic encryption about the same time that this site did.

• On the post: SciFi Headline Turns Real: US Drone Kills ISIS Hacker

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 01:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: ha ha

  Given the fact that the guy is clearly being sarcastic, no you haven't helped.

• On the post: The Rise Of ContentID Trolls: Dan Bull Has Someone Claim His Music, Take His Money, Issue Takedowns

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 10:53am

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  On the fanfiction websites that host my content, I put on each work the following notice: Copyright © [Year] Romersa's Protégé. Individuals and groups are free to copy and share (copy, share, and perform in the case of lyrics) this work for all purposes except large scale distribution, subject to credit being given and any derivatives being released under the same or a similar licence. All other rights reserved. Are you seriously suggesting that I'm a crybaby because I asked a webmaster of a forum to either add my name to a work or to pull it down after a user posted it without attribution?

• On the post: As Part Of Its War On Encryption, Russia Briefly Blocks All Of Wikipedia Over One Weed Reference

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 10:37am

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  Hmm, you're right. Being Autistic, I often focus on the details and lose sight of the bigger picture, which is how I made the error you helpfully pointed out. :)

• On the post: Virginia Police Force BBC Reporters To Delete Camera Footage Of Police Pursuit Of Shooter

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 09:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: BBC is well trained

  Here you go, one example: http://www.newstatesman.com/2013/07/bbc-colluding-governments-attack-benefit-claimants

• On the post: Techdirt Reading List: Data And Goliath

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 01:53pm

  Since not everyone has the Amazon account necessary to purchase books on that website, I've found a more useful link.

• On the post: SciFi Headline Turns Real: US Drone Kills ISIS Hacker

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 12:41pm

  Come on, Techdirt, tell the truth!

  The difference between Ed Snowden and Junaid Hussein is that Hussein was actually threatening American interests, whereas Snowden was threatening the interests of the US government by protecting those of citizens internationally. That's why Hussein got killed in a drone strike and Snowden wasn't. ;(

• On the post: 'We Should Put A Metal Detector On The Other Side': The Laughable Waste Of TSA Body Scanners

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2015 @ 12:32pm

  “If you really want to keep using those, and I’m not saying we shouldn’t, at a minimum we should put a metal detector on the other side,” the Wisconsin Republican said in an interview.
  Or the TSA could just combine metal detectors with patdowns sans groping. You know the method that worked quite well for decades before the invention of the useless body scanners.

• On the post: Virginia Police Force BBC Reporters To Delete Camera Footage Of Police Pursuit Of Shooter

  

  Sheogorath ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2015 @ 08:06pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: BBC is well trained

  They have the power to decide whether or not to follow it though, and they decided not to by broadcasting government propaganda (reiterated for the reading comprehension impaired).

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