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• On the post: Swedish Rights Holders Order Police Raid To Shut Down Fan Translation Site

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2013 @ 10:43pm

  Re: So, Sweeden = crime free country?

  Disney has its own police force too: ICE.

• On the post: China, Once Again, Using Censorship Elsewhere To Justify Oppressive Great Firewall Of China

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2013 @ 02:57am

  Re: Re: Re: censorship

  There, I just clicked on report due to your inane bullshit about censorship.

• On the post: Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It's 'Just Metadata' Doesn't Know What Metadata Is

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2013 @ 10:44pm

  Re: Re: How to explain?

  If it's 'just metadata' why do you need it?

• On the post: Anyone Brushing Off NSA Surveillance Because It's 'Just Metadata' Doesn't Know What Metadata Is

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2013 @ 10:47pm

  In Germany, whenever the government begins to infringe on individual freedom, society stands up.

  
  
  Uh, no. The German public does not give a damn. They can't even be bothered to leave Deutsche Telekom in droves now that they've laid out their strategy of destroying net neutrality.

• On the post: Reveal Illegal Surveillance? Run For Your Life; Conduct Illegal Surveillance & Lie About It? No Biggie

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 10:47pm

  Re: Masnicking: daily spurts of short and trivial traffic-generating items.

  Ooh, the jealousy.

• On the post: Universal Music's Latest Bet On The Future: People Will Buy Music On Plastic Discs, Right?

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 10:42pm

  Re: Re:

  Which probably is the accident he was talking about.

• On the post: Clueless State AGs Attack Google Over YouTube Videos Instead Of Pursuing The Criminals Who Made Them

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2013 @ 08:58am

  Re:

  I know I LOL'ed.

• On the post: Germans Want To Give Snowden A Medal, French Want To Give Him Asylum — And To Call Off TAFTA/TTIP

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 10:24pm

  Re: German situation summary

  Says them. BTW, Snowden won't be granted asylum in Germany cause he does not fit the requirements, one of which apparently is that he'd already had to be in Germany. Funny how that goes.

• On the post: W3C Chief: To Prevent Parts Of The Web From Being Walled Off, We Need To Wall It Off Ourselves

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 10:19pm

  Re: You're presupposing, as usual, that piracy is small.

  So, two wrong premises mingled here:
  
  I see only one which (of course) is yours: You can't compete with free.

• On the post: Why Yes, We Have Learned A Lot About The NSA's Surveillance Programs

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 03:26am

  Re: duh

  but revealing detailed specifics harms the country by helping terrorists avoid detection.
  
  [Citation needed]
  
  And no, I don't mean those bullshit anonymous statements.

• On the post: George W. Bush: NSA Surveillance Is No Problem Because Civil Liberties Are Guaranteed

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 02 Jul, 2013 @ 02:57am

  Re:

  You would think no reporter would let him speak unless he'd shown the WMDs.

• On the post: Woman Sues Plastic Surgeon For $23 Million Because He Put Before/After Pictures Of Her On The Web

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2013 @ 09:25am

  the idea that having these photos posted online should lead to a $23 million award is just insane.
  
  Why? 675.000 $ for sharing 30 songs (sold at .99 each) apparently is perfectly fine.

• On the post: Ecuador Tells US To Take Its Trade Agreement And Shove It, After Threats Relayed Over Snowden

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2013 @ 10:21pm

  Re: Ecuadorian pissing contest

  Suddenly dicks are involved?

• On the post: Internet Catches Texas Senate Fudging Time-Stamps On Abortion Bill

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2013 @ 11:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: "As much as I hate abortion..."

  Good luck punishing him after he commited it.

• On the post: Up Is Down, Day Is Night, And Keeping Mobile Phones Locked Increases Consumer Choice?

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2013 @ 10:30pm

  Re: Nominative determinism

  Who is Michael Moron ey?

• On the post: Donald Trump Thinks The Extradition Process Is Too Slow, Suggests Just Killing Edward Snowden

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2013 @ 04:58am

  Personally I think Donald Tump and his hair have done more damage to America('s reputation) than any whistleblower ever could.

• On the post: Rep. Alan Grayson: I've Seen The Details And There Is No Reason To Keep TPP Secret

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2013 @ 03:37am

  but basically some crap about how they've never negotiated in public and somehow no agreement could be reached if negotiations were made public.
  
  And yet, somehow magically lobbyists get to see the drafts. Funny that.

• On the post: Ed Snowden Leaves Hong Kong, Seeks Asylum In Ecuador, As US Officials Flip Out

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2013 @ 02:32am

  Re: Re: Now he's an International play thing

  Oh, yeah, I forgot: just clicked on report to hide your drivel. You're welcome.

• On the post: Ed Snowden Leaves Hong Kong, Seeks Asylum In Ecuador, As US Officials Flip Out

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2013 @ 02:31am

  Re: Now he's an International play thing

  Jackass, are you gonna misuse the word 'censor' again?

• On the post: Latest Stupid DRM Idea: Ebooks With Corrupted Texts That Vary By Customer

  

  techflaws ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2013 @ 09:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: "Integrity" not necessarily compromised

  Which will be stripped in no time by converting to RTF or ASCII and back after doing a spellcheck.

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