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• On the post: Gawker Files For Bankruptcy, Begins Process Of Auctioning Itself Off

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2016 @ 03:44pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Mike It's Not About Thiel

  I can understand that and I do agree, that is a can of worms that could be a real issue.

• On the post: Gawker Files For Bankruptcy, Begins Process Of Auctioning Itself Off

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2016 @ 03:40pm

  Re: Re: Re: Mike It's Not About Thiel

  Lemme ask you something though, Mike...
  
  I know you're a huge advocate of privacy, you've done PLENTY of rants about smart phones should be under the protection of the 4th Amendment before.
  
  I know you're also a huge advocate of the 1st Amendment, as seen here where you're worried that it will get eroded from this.
  
  Is Hogan's right to privacy and freedom of speech, both the sex video and what he said on the tape, and by proxy everyone's right to privacy and freedom of speech, less important than the media reporting on it or dragging it through the mud?
  
  Because, what's to stop the next Gawker from getting private recordings in a person's private home, putting that information out there and ruining a person's life?
  
  I dunno about you, but that's far more terrifying than what Gawker's going through right now.

• On the post: Gawker Files For Bankruptcy, Begins Process Of Auctioning Itself Off

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2016 @ 03:20pm

  Re: Re: Mike It's Not About Thiel

  Mike, I know you're worried about the fact that Gawker got sued out of existence, but lemme say this...
  
  You don't have anything to worry about.
  
  1: Gawker didn't just report on the fact that Hogan had sex with his neighbor/friend's wife, they uploaded the sex vid and ignored it when the Judge said to take it down (they did later, but had it on a different hosting site then linked to it). Had they just gone and reported on it, this wouldn't be a problem.
  
  If you were into celebrity gossip, which you're not, and all you do is report on stuff and not link to things like what Gawker did, then you're just reporting on what you've heard/seen.
  
  2: Hogan said the N-word in some sort of privately recorded tape. Somehow that got out to the public and Hogan lost his job.
  
  Gee, I wonder who could have had it.
  
  You and other sites that only report on news have nothing to worry about from this court case.
  
  Tabloid businesses that don't do journalism, that go out to intentionally destroy people's careers and cause emotional harm...
  
  Do they really deserve to be around?
  
  After all, Matt Taylor landed a rocket on a comet and all he'll ever be remembered for is that shirt he wore.
  
  Just do actual journalism, Mike. That's all you and others have to do.
  
  Gawker has, in its history, intentionally gone after people to destroy their careers, their reputations and their lives while laughing about it, they don't care one bit.
  
  BTW, did Thiel pay off the jury to get the verdict or did he just fund the lawsuit?
  
  If he did the former, then, yeah, it's an assault on free speech.
  
  If all he did was the latter, well, that's perfectly acceptable.
  
  Or are you against the ACLU and other organizations doing the same thing for others?
  
  Yes, I know, they do it for different reasons.
  
  But, that's all. I mean, it's not like Gawker would ever stoop to going after random people and force said people to self-censor what they would post to facebook or twitter because they'd have to worry if Gawker would use what they say to ruin their lives, careers and reputation, right?

• On the post: Top Internet Companies Agree To Vague Notice & Takedown Rules For 'Hate Speech' In The EU

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2016 @ 11:39am

  This is why...

  #IStandForHateSpeech was trending yesterday.

• On the post: 4th Circuit Appeals Court Rolls Back Its Warrant Requirement For Cell Site Location Info

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 01 Jun, 2016 @ 11:37am

  Well I'm certain then...

  That the judges have no issue with me going through their cars without a warrant or permission.
  
  Hey, it's out there in the open, in public, you can't expect privacy there.

• On the post: Forbes Site, After Begging You To Turn Off Adblocker, Serves Up A Steaming Pile Of Malware 'Ads'

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2016 @ 01:33pm

  Re:

  Not to mention that there's plenty of aggregate sites out there that'll just copy things word-for-word and post it so you can read without going there.

• On the post: Stop The Presses: Disney Tells Court About The Importance Of The Public Domain

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2016 @ 01:23pm

  NOW Disney's for the Public Domain? PISS OFF, DISNEY! Pay the royalties for the rest of this person's life and 7 decades after they die.
  
  Seriously, WTF? They should have to pay royalties to use someone's IP for the rest of time just like the rest of us.

• On the post: Just About Everything About Twitter Suspending Deadspin And SBNation Accounts Is Ridiculous

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2015 @ 02:59pm

  Re:

  They're mostly Trust Fund Babies.

• On the post: Just About Everything About Twitter Suspending Deadspin And SBNation Accounts Is Ridiculous

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2015 @ 02:58pm

  Re: Maybe this is anti-American but...

  Actually, the games are around 45 minutes of playtime, not 20. Anyone who says otherwise is fooling themselves.

• On the post: Just About Everything About Twitter Suspending Deadspin And SBNation Accounts Is Ridiculous

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2015 @ 01:05pm

  Considering that SBNation and Deadspin...

  Are owned by Vox Media and Gawker...
  
  I'd say it's Karmic Justice of some sort.
  
  Granted, it still blows and this isn't right, but I laugh at them for this.

• On the post: US, Australia & Canada Decide Screw Over Poor Nations Because Big Pharma's Not Happy With TPP

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2015 @ 01:03pm

  How do they sleep at night?

  Simple.
  
  On piles of money.

• On the post: The Increasing Attacks On The Most Important Law On The Internet

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 30 Sep, 2015 @ 01:33pm

  Oh joy...

  It's Arthur "It Ends Tonight"* Chu.
  
  And he uses the "I was only pretending to be a moron" defense.
  
  Sheesh, that dumbass.
  
  *While I can't prove he's the one who sent the bomb threats to Washington D.C., the timing sure was suspicious.

• On the post: Fast Track Bill Back On The… Fast Track After Senate Deal

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 14 May, 2015 @ 04:13pm

  An old saying comes to mind...

  Those who don't learn from history are doomed to repeat the mistakes of the past.

• On the post: Target And Kmart Pretending To Be Prudes In Australia Over A Vocal Anti-GTA5 Minority

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2014 @ 03:35pm

  Re:

  Not everyone has that luxury. Live in a small town? Generally speaking, your only way of getting games is via the big box marts.

• On the post: NYPD Baffled By Tech Advances Like Laptops And WiFi

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2014 @ 11:34am

  So, what they're saying is...

  If I whip out a laptop, the NYPD will drag out an exorcist. Because technology is the devil!

• On the post: Authors Guild Argues That Google Books Should Be Infringing Because Aaron Swartz

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2014 @ 09:45am

  You know...

  I think we've hit a point where it might be better to just burn the copyright system to the ground and go back to the pre-copyright format that people like Shakespeare went through.

• On the post: YouTube Briefly Shuts Down Blizzard's Own YouTube Channel For Copyright Infringement

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 26 Nov, 2014 @ 12:24pm

  It's obviously working!

  Look at Blizzard, illegally uploading streams of their own content. How dare they?! They should have to pay the movie, music and television studios billions of dollars in damages because... Because... Because copyright, that's why!

• On the post: Ridiculously Misinformed Opinion Piece In WSJ Asks Apple And Google To Make Everyone Less Safe

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 24 Nov, 2014 @ 10:36am

  What kind of standards does the WSJ have when it allows such false arguments to be published uncritically?

  Probably the same as some blogging websites that claim to be news.

• On the post: Hooray For Licenses! Update Strips 17 Songs From Steam Users' Purchased Copies Of Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2014 @ 11:57am

  Re: What the patch does

  Wow...
  
  PC Gamers got HOSED on this update.
  
  And people wonder why I stick with consoles.
  
  P.S. Nothing wrong with gaming on the PC, I just prefer consoles, that is all.

• On the post: The FBI Is Offended That It Isn't Allowed To Control How The Press Portrays Its Deceptive Activities

  

  silverscarcat ( profile ), 10 Nov, 2014 @ 11:17am

  You know what I'm offended about?

  I'm not able to control how the government, which is supposed to represent me, has gone completely off the rails.
  
  I mean, if I could control it, at least everyone would have free ice cream.

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