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• On the post: John Mellencamp: Thou Shalt Not Permit The Internet To Derail Our Gravy Train

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 02:10pm

  Re:

  Technically-speaking, it's a two-way one-to-many relationship. But it's still mostly about communication.
  
  /pedant

• On the post: Journalist Attempts To Silence Criticism Of Her Ethics By Brandishing The Club Of UK Defamation Laws

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 02:07pm

  Re: Misuse of law

  Not at all. However, they still haven't quite caught up with "on the Internet", in a similar way to US patent laws.

• On the post: The Internet Didn't 'Kill' Carly Rae Jepsen's Career

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:32am

  Re:

  Well, the curreent Frankenstorm is bieng blamed on Teh Gayz, Jersey Shore and Quantum metaphysics, so it's all good.

• On the post: Justice Department Continues Handwaving To Avoid Facing Up To Its Questionable Behavior In Taking Down Megaupload

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:30am

  Re: Re: Category error

  You're actually making the Westboro Baptitst Church look intelligent. This is not a good thing.

• On the post: Justice Department Continues Handwaving To Avoid Facing Up To Its Questionable Behavior In Taking Down Megaupload

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:29am

  Re:

  what?

• On the post: The Internet Didn't 'Kill' Carly Rae Jepsen's Career

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:26am

  Re: Re: Re: Your usage of "filicide", "homicide", "Murder One" is

  Bwuh? I thought that was the mercury paint?
  
  Ah, well.

• On the post: John Mellencamp: Thou Shalt Not Permit The Internet To Derail Our Gravy Train

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 10:22am

  Re: Perfectly reasonable

  It's better than starving all children, but hey. I take my daily dose of EVIL when I can.

• On the post: The Proof That Movies Won't Get Made Any More Is That… More Movies Are Being Made Today

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 06:40am

  Re:

  I did. But the MAFIAA didn't pay me enough.

• On the post: Making Sure Players Get The Best Experience Is More Important Than Worrying About How They Got The Game

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 05:36am

  Contrast this with UK users' experiences of FIFA 13 with horrible bugs such as disappearing footballs, invisible players and actual loss of monies.
  
  Source: Watchdog 31/10/12, BBC.

• On the post: MPAA & Megaupload Want In On Hearing Over Whether Former User Can Get His Data Back

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 02:05am

  Re: Re:

  I was thinking more along the lines of Heisenberg's Unlegality Principle?

• On the post: MPAA & Megaupload Want In On Hearing Over Whether Former User Can Get His Data Back

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 01 Nov, 2012 @ 02:04am

  Re: Re: Dear MPAA:

  Nope, that would be EA's masochistic octopus of DOOOOM!

• On the post: Anti-Pornography Guy Politicizes 10 Year Old Girl's Murder

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2012 @ 10:29am

  Re:

  Plus, we'd have thye added bonus of not having as many siciopaths.

• On the post: Comcast Lobbyist Admits To Holding Internet Service For The Poor Hostage To Get NBC Takeover Approved

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2012 @ 10:27am

  Re:

  Yup. And it's not a bribe if it's not in cash, either.
  
  /s

• On the post: Game Publisher Stardock Apologizes To Its Customers For Releasing A Subpar Game… By Giving Them Its Latest Game Free

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 12:43pm

  Re: Company good, Wardell....enh

  Yup. Perhaps that6's why they're so good at Customer Service: because the complete asshat at the top has actual experience at being an asshole and passed on the "what not to do" list to the rest.

• On the post: Supreme Court Justices Worry About 'Parade Of Horribles' If They Agree You Don't Own What You Bought

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 11:23am

  Re:

  Think of "The Emperor has no clothes!" or "There's an elephant in this room!"

• On the post: Hollywood Still Resisting The Idea That Cheaper, Better Films Is The Way To Beat TV

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 11:19am

  Re:

  Thanks for that.
  
  However, I have to ask, is that the case for all the major movie studios? Or is it just Paramount?

• On the post: Judge Rejects Einstein Publicity Rights Claim… By Playing Dice With The Law

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 08:04am

  Re: Re: Judges create laws

  The difference between the two cases is orders of magnitude: for a start, in this case there is no legal precedent in the court for this. None whatsoever. In the Tenenbaum and Thomas-Rasset cases, there was not only a legal precedent, but a statute of civil fines in place.

• On the post: Looking Beyond TPP: US & EU Planning More Bad IP Rules In 'US-EU Free Trade Agreement'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 08:02am

  Re: "from the it-never-stops dept"

  ON WHAT FUCKING PLANET IS MIKE A LIBERTARIAN?

• On the post: Looking Beyond TPP: US & EU Planning More Bad IP Rules In 'US-EU Free Trade Agreement'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 06:31am

  I find it highly amusing that all these things begin their lifer as "free-trade" agreements. There's no trade and there's nothing free about them. Terrorism at its finest.

• On the post: UK Officials Duel Over Social Media Personal Data

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 30 Oct, 2012 @ 05:43am

  Re:

  YET. Labour aren't in government YET.

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