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• On the post: Harry Reid Wants To Try One More Time To Force Cybersecurity Bill Through Congress

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2012 @ 05:03pm

  Harry Reid: Less freedom, more junk mail for all.

• On the post: Draconian Downloading Law In Japan Goes Into Effect… Music Sales Drop

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2012 @ 11:56am

  Have they made renting CDs in Japan illegal yet? That used to be a good way of getting music inexpensively there.

• On the post: Toshiba: You Can't Have Repair Manuals Because They're Copyrighted And You're Too Dumb To Fix A Computer

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 12 Nov, 2012 @ 11:49am

  Toshiba still makes laptops?

• On the post: Washington Post: Yes, We Need To Give Up Liberty For Security

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2012 @ 01:36pm

  We are turning into a nation of wimps and wusses by the idiots in government who insist there's a terrorist/hacker/exploit/fill in the blank threat under the bed, around the corner, waiting for the flight/bus/train/subway you're about to get on, bugging your phone/home/workspace, tracking your car, etc.
  
  Excuse me, but those very government officials have no clue about the internets. Most of them probably believe Al Gore invented it. And their complete lack of knowledge is the best reason for them to leave their grubby little mitts and their increasingly ill-informed, poorly-intended laws as far away as possible.

• On the post: Leaked Documents Detail The MPAA's Plans For Sock Puppetry To Mislead People About Richard O'Dwyer

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 02:33pm

  An IP address is not a person, in the US. How that can be conveyed to the idiots in the UK government, where justice seems to be a slippery construct (nailing jello to a tree, anyone?) is another matter entirely.

• On the post: Indian Filmmaker Anurag Kashyap: 'Piracy Helps Deliver The Filmmaker's Message To The Masses'

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2012 @ 02:27pm

  Let our media go! As for gatekeepers, I prefer Cerberus, not to be confused with Kerberos.

• On the post: Netflix To Try Crowdsourcing Subtitles; Will It Get Sued For Infringement?

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2012 @ 08:12am

  One word: Fansubs.

• On the post: Judge Posner: Embedding Infringing Videos Is Not Copyright Infringement, And Neither Is Watching Them

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2012 @ 08:09am

  Remember DVD X Copy?

  That was a legitimate piece of software intended for making a backup copy of a DVD so the real one wouldn't get annihilated by the kids the first time out of the box. That got shot down pretty fast by MPAA, although I still have a copy...
  
  Anyway, Judge Posner's ruling applies to an ephemeral copy of a work that is held temporarily in a buffer. No copyright infringement on the part of the viewer here. Somewhat like borrowing a DVD from a public library and watching it, or like the old Borland software license (install on as many computers as you want, but you can only use it on one ccomputer at a time).
  
  This isn't that hard, people.

• On the post: California Bet 2% Of Its Budget On Facebook's Stock Price Remaining High

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 04 Aug, 2012 @ 07:40am

  Guess California didn't plan for that other big shareholder to renounce his US citizenship. Big risk can reap big return sometimes, probably not this time.

• On the post: SOPA/PIPA Wakes Up Internet Giants To Realize They Need To Be More Engaged In DC

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2012 @ 04:05pm

  It's hard to be optimistic about this.

• On the post: Petition With 90,000 Signatures Of People Worried About TPP Hand Delivered To USTR Negotiators

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2012 @ 04:03pm

  Apparently nobody at USTR has gotten the message that the European Parliament has driven a silver stake through ACTA. Do we need to send them heads of garlic and crucifixes?

• On the post: FBI & DEA Warn That IPv6 May Be Too Damn Anonymous

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 05:17pm

  And NSA says it's an invasion of our privacy to tell us if they've been spying on us. What we have here is a failure to communicate.

• On the post: David Lowery Wants A Pony

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2012 @ 05:14pm

  Wish in one hand, crap in the other, and see which fills up faster.

• On the post: DOJ Realizes That Comcast & Time Warner Are Trying To Prop Up Cable By Holding Back Hulu & Netflix

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 04:23pm

  More and more, DOJ = Denial of Justice, not Department of Justice.

• On the post: How Sweden Handed Its Official Twitter Account Over To A Troll

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 04:18pm

  Trollhattan is a real town in Sweden. SAAB had a car factory there back when they built cars. I had the bumper sticker "Made by trolls in Trollhattan". That doesn't excuse the epic humor failures, though.

• On the post: Funnyjunk's Lawyer, Charles Carreon, Continues To Lash Out: Accuses Matt Inman Of 'Instigating Security Attacks'

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 04:13pm

  The last name is misspelled. It should be Carrion, as in vulture.

• On the post: The Cyberpolitics Of Cyberbellicosity Cyberpushing Cybersecurity To Cyberprevent Cyberwar

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 14 Jun, 2012 @ 04:09pm

  This is the same cybercretin that wants to make sure we all get more junk mail.

• On the post: Funnyjunk Lawyer Being Mocked Mercilessly, Makes Things Worse By Trying To Shut Down The Oatmeal's Fundraiser

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2012 @ 04:41pm

  "First, we kill all the lawyers." - William Shakespeare, public

• On the post: Funnyjunk Lawyer Being Mocked Mercilessly, Makes Things Worse By Trying To Shut Down The Oatmeal's Fundraiser

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 13 Jun, 2012 @ 04:41pm

  "First, we kill all the lawyers." - William Shakespeare, public

• On the post: Two Men Sue Chicago Police; Claim They Were Abused And Falsely Charged For Filming Officers

  

  skinny poppy ( profile ), 09 Jun, 2012 @ 04:07pm

  Dark Helmet, you know this is an old case. Go see SCC for details. As for some of the rest of you, see what happens when you brain a Chicago cop with a 50 lb cast iron frying pan during an otherwise peaceful "occupy" demonstration. I think you'll really enjoy your complimentary stay in Cook County Jail.

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