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• On the post: German Mass Copyright Letter Sender Using Debt Collectors To Pressure People To Pay Up

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2011 @ 09:11am

  No matter their threats you simply send them a registered letter with a really low-ball offer and wait for their counter offer. They have to respond to your response. How do you think they drag out legal proceedings so long?

• On the post: Mysterious Non-Company 'Helping' ACS:Law Collect Fines Now Says Forget The Whole Thing

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2011 @ 05:57am

  Shuck and Jive!

• On the post: UK Intelligence Agencies Ask Court To Say They're Immune From Having To Provide Evidence

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2011 @ 05:13am

  The UK, the EU they're all scary. It's like their people have blinders on. Plus the government always forgets that there are more of us than of them.

• On the post: Winner Of $10k From Apple Hung Up, Assuming It Was A Prank Call Or A Sales Call

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2011 @ 05:09am

  Be suspect of anything from Apple. It will kill your pocketbook and then kill the environment when you throw it away. Consumable products.

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  Shon Gale ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2011 @ 06:17am

  The only thing impeding technological progress are the technology companies, and the only thing stopping us from being cured are the drug companies.

• On the post: Japanese Court Says That Place Shifting TV Overseas Is Infringing

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2011 @ 06:11am

  I'm sure most of you don't remember the first satellite dishes but we used to get broadcast from all over, the Phillipines, Japan, European countries. We used to sit and laugh at them because we couldn't understand them and the production was usually so shoddy it made for an hour or so of giggles. Also it was an ego trip. 'Yea man, my dish picked up Tibet man.' Little did we know that these broadcast(s) may actually be worth some money someday.

• On the post: Scammers Move In: Facebook Getting Sketchy

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2011 @ 06:05am

  Everybody gets older and graduates college (or not) and even though we signed up, we don't go there and we don't use it. Bye Bye. I just get annoyed and feel spammed anymore because all I get are join your whole family. Treading on dangerous ground there. I tend to react negatively whenever someone wants to mess with my family, my alarms go off. You stay away from my family Facebook or we will take care of you and send cousin Guido by to visit. You remember Guido, my little friend.

• On the post: Band Tries To Take 'Open Source' Lessons To The Music World

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2011 @ 06:54am

  I read the article also. It sounded like a passion of the moment statement. You know how you exclaim things when the muse hits you. Or maybe you have never had that creative experience. Of course the press, no matter who they are, have to sensationalize it.

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

  

  Shon Gale ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2011 @ 06:50am

  Come on Karl! Give the Jono dude a little break here. His comment about reinventing sounded like a broad statement to me . Kinda like we are part of. Of course as a journalist you had to use your line ('is a steaming pile of hyperbole') and be offensive. I guess that's earning your cash. It reminds of the Beatles being more popular than Jesus statement. The press was all over it simply to create a fuss and sell papers.