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• On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2012 @ 10:04am

  Re: Re: UPDATE

  "not removed, just temporarily suspended/parked/put into safe mode until they "recalibrate" it."
  
  In other words, they plan to re-activate Vobile as-is, without any modifications, as soon as this whole thing blows over in a few days.

• On the post: We Ask The Supreme Court To Clarify If It's Legal For Virginia To Bar Techdirt From Filing Freedom Of Information Requests

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 04:08pm

  Filing a FOI request for a journalist "on the internet"? You sir, have violated my patent... I'll see you in court! =P

• On the post: TSA Declares Themselves Fashion & Funny Police

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 11:09am

  Needs a "ZOMG Motherfucking Eagles!" to be added in there... =P

• On the post: TSA Declares Themselves Fashion & Funny Police

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 11:08am

  Re: Re: Free speech is dead, 2nd amendment is next.

  Working in a Canadian firm that designs and manufacture wastewater treatment plants, I can say that foreigners do treat American shit too. =P

• On the post: HBO Go Goes Everywhere… Except Your TV Set

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 29 Aug, 2012 @ 09:48am

  To support AirPlay, the execs would need to be not sticking their heads in the ground. Perhaps we should invent TunnelPlay or something... =P

• On the post: Major Labels Claim Copyright Over Public Domain Songs; YouTube Punishes Musician

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 02:09pm

  Re: Re:

  We could always start by trying that, then if that doesn't work we can then come up with a Plan B... =P

• On the post: Hotel Lock Company Wants Hotels To Pay For Fixing Their Hackable Product

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 28 Aug, 2012 @ 09:16am

  I am from Canada, what are these "lock" thingies? =P

• On the post: Apple/Samsung Jurors Admit They Finished Quickly By Ignoring Prior Art & Other Key Factors

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2012 @ 11:18am

  Re: Jury of peers?

  Hmm, there's an idea... We'll get the high profile people from other electronic mega corporations to be in the jury. We can have it consist of Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerburg, Larry Page, Howard Stringer, and a few others. That way perhaps they can also get a bit of a feel of how things will go if they decide to sue one another later on... Or if that fails, perhaps they'll end up killing one another in the deliberation room.

• On the post: $17,000+ Bounty Offered For Leaks Of TPP Negotiating Texts

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2012 @ 10:55am

  I am Cornholio! I need TPP for my bunghole. =P
  
  Funny how even 20 years later, Bevis still manages to find a way to pop back into your mind.

• On the post: Apps Are Not Coffee

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2012 @ 01:52pm

  I tend to go to Starbucks not only for the drinks, but also the social experience. The baristas all know me by name and know my drink. I get to spend 5 minutes of my morning socializing with someone who is not dropping paperwork on my desk, trying to stir up some office drama, or trying to use me as a scapegoat.
  
  The caffeine is an added bonus... =P
  
  I know, that's a sad look into my life where going to a Starbucks is highlight of my day. =P

• On the post: As Label Funds To RIAA Dry Up, Top Execs Still Make Over $1 Million

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 09:57am

  Re:

  But wait, that's not all! Hire me now and I'll double the amount of crap flinging! Just pay separate bonuses. That's four times the rhetoric and six times the allegation of piracy!!! This is a limited time offer, an operator is standing by!

• On the post: As Label Funds To RIAA Dry Up, Top Execs Still Make Over $1 Million

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 20 Aug, 2012 @ 09:53am

  I should apply to the RIAA. I'll spew out twice the rhetoric and three times the allegations of piracy for the same pay as the current CEO. I'll even throw in two bonus "foot in mouth" comments per year!

• On the post: US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 03:15pm

  Re:

  In following the deveolpments of this story, I looked into some of the history of that law (Diplomatic and Consular Premises Act 1987) that they are trying to use. It came into being after an incident in 1984 where a police officer was killed from gunfire that came from the Libyan Embassy. The embassy was surrounded in an 11 day standoff. In the end, the staff was allowed to leave the embassy and were expelled from the UK.
  
  We have an incident where an alleged murder (Crime happened in UK) was allowed to leave the embassy and return to their country. But we have an alleged sexual assaulter (Crime happened in another country) that they are risking to storm an embassy over?
  
  So, to me that looks like sexual assault in a foreign country is important enough to warrant a huge diplomatic incident, where the death of a local police officer and injury to other citizens does not.

• On the post: Judge Suggests Apple Is 'Smoking Crack' With Its Witness List In Samsung Dispute

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 02:26pm

  Re: Re:

  I know it was a shame when MS got the 0 and 1 patent. At least I managed to get the 2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9 and sometimes Y patents!

• On the post: Judge Suggests Apple Is 'Smoking Crack' With Its Witness List In Samsung Dispute

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 02:23pm

  Re:

  "Your honor, I can assure you, I'm not smoking crack," Lee replied matter-of-factly, "I only use Apple flavoured methamphetamine."

• On the post: US, UK Betray Basic Values To Get Assange At Any Cost

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 16 Aug, 2012 @ 10:07am

  It seems a little strange that the UK, or any government, would go this far as to almost cause an international incident over this one guy. There are plenty of horror stories of embassy officials abusing diplomatic immunity with charges that are equal to or worse then what Assange is alleged to have committed. You never saw the government risking an international incident to go after them.

• On the post: Universal Music Uses Bogus DMCA Claim To Take Down Negative Review Of Drake's Album

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2012 @ 12:13pm

  Re: Re:

  Under penalty of perjury I certify that the information contained in the notification is both true and accurate.
  
  That only applies to non-corporate people, not corporations.

• On the post: Google Caves To Hollywood Pressure: Will Now Punish Sites That Get Lots Of 'Valid' DMCA Notices

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 01:39pm

  Re:

  Well, according to the 5 stages of loss.
  
  Hollwood has:
  
  1. Denial, of the loss of revenues and how they are alienating their customer base.
  2. Anger, by blaming pirates. Lashing out at people with lawsuits.
  3. Bargaining, (Where they currently are) with others to try to force people to continue to support their way of life.
  
  So we're a little over halfway there... Just need them to go through Depression and then Acceptance that their business model is dead. =P

• On the post: Google Caves To Hollywood Pressure: Will Now Punish Sites That Get Lots Of 'Valid' DMCA Notices

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 10 Aug, 2012 @ 01:32pm

  Re:

  So, I say we all collectively setup a bunch of shell corporations, so we can DMCA the RIAA and MPAA's site, maybe some government offices too just to try to get the lawmakers to see there is a problem.
  
  I added the shell corporation part in there, because the current track record shows that if a company files a bogus DMCA, they won't be penalized. Where I'm sure if a person filed a bogus DMCA, they'd be buried in lawsuits.

• On the post: Legit Ebook Lending Site Taken Down By An Angry Twitmob Of Writers [UPDATED]

  

  Tunnen ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2012 @ 03:49pm

  Re: Fahrenheit 451

  That would work if they were paper books, but I think you need to up the temperature a bit to ensure that the Kindle and Nooks are fully destroyed... =P
  
  Though, it looks like this conflict has gone nuclear and is destroying more then just a few books.

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