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• On the post: Best Buy Threatens Priest Over His God Squad Parody; How Does God Feel About Trademark Law?

  

  Brian ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2010 @ 01:33pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I thought god did it for them

• On the post: How Many Times Will Content Industries Claim The Sky Is Falling Before People Stop Believing Them?

  

  Brian ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2010 @ 11:17am

  Re: People aren't the problem

  Well for some of them all you really need is a nice dinner and a weekend getaway and they will support you until they turn blue in the face

• On the post: ISP Owner Finally Able To Admit That He Stood Up To The FBI Over Questionable Data Request

  

  Brian ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2010 @ 08:52pm

  Re: Re:

  No, in Soviet Russia they beat you with a club

• On the post: Russian Court Orders YouTube Blocked

  

  Brian ( profile ), 30 Jul, 2010 @ 05:07pm

  Re: From: Russia ~ with love

  You must be thinking of the olden times. To even get INTO Kindergarten, Russian children have to be able to hack into at least three highly encrypted databases in under 25 minutes while blindfolded and riding a bear

• On the post: Comcast Cares: Pay Us The $0.00 You Owe, Or We Cut You Off

  

  Brian ( profile ), 29 Jul, 2010 @ 01:03pm

  Re:

  So long as they pay for postage

• On the post: Parents Not Responsible For Kids' Nasty Facebook Posts

  

  Brian ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2010 @ 02:50pm

  Re: I don't understand how the parents aren't being held responsible...

  Yes, how dare those parents not stand over their children and watch every word they speak into the inter tubes and control their speech and actions every step of the way from birth until adulthood.
  
  I do enjoy how you use examples of physical harm of others and try to set it up and compare it to children speaking in a private group on the internet because we all know words can break your bones just like sticks and stones or TPBer's computer :D

• On the post: Massachusetts May Be The First To Get A Right To Repair Law

  

  Brian ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2010 @ 05:36am

  Re: What gives non oem dealers any right

  And? If all your competition does is copy what you already have instead of innovating to try and be better than you then the most they can ever do is struggle to try to match you while the company who makes the products will already be working on innovating the next big thing.

• On the post: Massachusetts May Be The First To Get A Right To Repair Law

  

  Brian ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2010 @ 05:33am

  Re: Re: DMCA

  I think he might have be talking about the new constitution set to be put in place sometime soon :P

• On the post: Congressman Puts Forth Resolution To Protect People Who Videotape Police

  

  Brian ( profile ), 20 Jul, 2010 @ 04:20pm

  Re: Against?

  Well if you could please step over here into this special voting van to cast your support for this it would greatly help the cause.

• On the post: RIAA Spent $17.6 Million In Lawsuits… To Get $391,000 In Settlements?

  

  Brian ( profile ), 14 Jul, 2010 @ 05:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Hahaha, don't be silly. That would have been productive and produced positive results!

• On the post: If You Kill Someone And Want To Get Away With It, Bragging About It On Facebook Isn't A Good Idea

  

  Brian ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2010 @ 02:38pm

  Re:

  lol, stupid troll is stupid. Please go away until you can provide any evidence to backup your "claim".

• On the post: 'Hollywood Accounting' Losing In The Courts

  

  Brian ( profile ), 09 Jul, 2010 @ 02:36pm

  Re: Silly question...

  Federal and state taxes? HAHAHA, you must be joking!

• On the post: Financial Columnist Lectures Little Kids Who Want To Give Away Lemonade That They're Destroying America

  

  Brian ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2010 @ 12:50pm

  Re: Re: Re: from terry

  Well I emailed Terry with a couple of questions hoping to get a response and I got that response, word for word, as a reply a few minutes later. It would appear someone doesn't like criticism or answering any questions about what they wrote.

• On the post: Homeland Security Works For Disney Now? Announces Shut Down Of Movie Sites At Disney

  

  Brian ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2010 @ 07:26am

  Re: Re: Said it before

  Whoops, I thought I added that. Thank you though.

• On the post: Homeland Security Works For Disney Now? Announces Shut Down Of Movie Sites At Disney

  

  Brian ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2010 @ 07:31pm

  Re:

  Well for starters real events such as this don't generate ratings. Now if you can add in something about some pop star getting drunk and running around naked, or having a baby, or something along those lines, then this story will spread like wildfire.

• On the post: Homeland Security Works For Disney Now? Announces Shut Down Of Movie Sites At Disney

  

  Brian ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2010 @ 07:29pm

  Said it before

  A quote that I believe applies very well to this and almost all copyright situations.
  
  "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."

• On the post: Viacom In Denial Over Court Smackdown In YouTube Case

  

  Brian ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2010 @ 10:26am

  Re: Wait a damn minute...

  Well that same statement could be applied to the RIAA and the likes as well.

• On the post: Make Your Voice Heard On ACTA

  

  Brian ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2010 @ 07:35am

  Re: Re: Re: U.S. Citizens only? (typical?)

  Well yah, that's how these things work.

• On the post: Huge Victory: Court Rules For YouTube Against Viacom

  

  Brian ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2010 @ 04:05pm

  Re: IFPI

  Yah, this ruling sets up a wonderful precedent for them to point to.

• On the post: IFPI Sends DMCA Notice To Google Demanding It Stop Linking To The Pirate Bay… Entirely

  

  Brian ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2010 @ 05:36pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  "There has grown up in the minds of certain groups in this country the notion that because a man or corporation has made a profit out of the public for a number of years, the government and the courts are charged with the duty of guaranteeing such profit in the future, even in the face of changing circumstances and contrary to the public interest. This strange doctrine is not supported by statute nor common law. Neither individuals nor corporations have any right to come into court and ask that the clock of history be stopped, or turned back."
  
  -Life-Line by Robert A. Heinlein (1939)

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