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• On the post: Techdirt Threatened With Defamation Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:33pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I will attack you...with a LOGANBERRY!
  
  *SNIKT!*

• On the post: Techdirt Threatened With Defamation Suit Over Story On Feds Getting Royalty In Movie From Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:33pm

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  Well, if it's drug money, then it can only be used as a loss-maker before residuals are paid.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:31pm

  Re: Re: Ratchet up the hyperbole

  I would, but then I crash parked cars for a living.

• On the post: Supreme Court Refuses To Hear Tenenbaum Case; Allows Charade To Continue

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:29pm

  Re: Re: Sucks to be Tenenbaum? He asked for it.

  Ah, but it's merely at the single click of a button: it's not like you get page after page of "THIS SITE IS NO LONGER IN USE" and the FBI/ICE/IPR logos, and no access to your content.
  
  Moreover, that seems foolish - if, as the Orgs involved believe, there's criminal copyright infringement (or child porn, or terrorism) going on, then why not use the site to find them and charge THEM instead?

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:26pm

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  I never said they did, but the moment politics got into bed with extremists within its own country, the outlook wasn't good. The Evangelical Right was an example, but not the only one.
  
  What was worse was that the people, for whatever reason, not only allowed this to happen, but encouraged it.

• On the post: White House Cybersecurity Boss — Who Argued Against Overhyping Threats — Resigns

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 10:59am

  Re: Not good

  Then perhaps it's time for eradication fo the political ?lite in the US: I'd prefer metaphorically speaking.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 10:16am

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  I think the only difference is that one of the partied begins with a "d" and the other with an "r", when it comes to Intellectual Protectionism.

• On the post: US Gov't Thinks Censorship Is Bad, Unless It's Paid For

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 09:19am

  Re: The Gov't doesn't seem to care about any ammendment

  Well, the American Public can, but then they'd be decried as terrorists and locked up indefinitely without trial.

• On the post: Former Record Label Exec Ethan Kaplan: Duh, Of Course More File Sharing Leads To More Sales

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 09:16am

  Re: One question

  Well, I figured Kaplan did say that stuff behind the scenes - after all, he's not in the job anymore.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 09:12am

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  Nah, the decline began much further back....around 1970, when the Evangelical Right began to rise.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Says MPAA Is On The Wrong Track; We Agree

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 09:11am

  Re:

  Yep, we all just had about six weeks between March 31st and April 1st

• On the post: Former Record Label Exec Ethan Kaplan: Duh, Of Course More File Sharing Leads To More Sales

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 08:37am

  Re: It's not that simple

  Um, there are a number of studies that say otherwise, especially regarding popular artists.

• On the post: US Gov't Thinks Censorship Is Bad, Unless It's Paid For

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 08:36am

  Re: Re: Corruption, thy name is...

  No, governments are, technically speaking, incorruptible.
  
  ~People, on the other hand...

• On the post: Former Record Label Exec Ethan Kaplan: Duh, Of Course More File Sharing Leads To More Sales

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 08:34am

  Re: Re:

  Trying?

• On the post: Former Record Label Exec Ethan Kaplan: Duh, Of Course More File Sharing Leads To More Sales

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 08:33am

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  No, he's clearly a fan of D.I.S.C.O.

• On the post: US Gov't Thinks Censorship Is Bad, Unless It's Paid For

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 06:05am

  Re:

  Says the guy making all the speech without paying for it.

• On the post: US Gov't Thinks Censorship Is Bad, Unless It's Paid For

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 06:04am

  Re:

  It was noticed at the time by one Silence DoGood. So nice history fail.

• On the post: Should People Learn To Code? Yes ? If They Are Judges Ruling On Cases Involving Software

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 04:35am

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  I prefer mixing souls to baning rocks, but YMMV.

• On the post: Should People Learn To Code? Yes ? If They Are Judges Ruling On Cases Involving Software

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 04:34am

  Re: Re:

  Well, at least their fuzzy's in order.

• On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:36am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Nah, they use meta-quantum micrologarithms for their subdivisions of their incomes.

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