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

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 21 May, 2012 @ 01:35am

  Re: Re:

  So the black hole is in the rational parts of their brains?
  
  That explains so much.

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 03:12pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Fresh

  I think you missed the point: that there are a number of skeletons that a film can easily fit onto: for example, a generic Romance will have a set number of components.

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 03:10pm

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  Just because I use a pseudonym does nto mean that I cannot be identified: rather, that I choose to be identified with a name that is not my own. However, you refuse to even take that step.
  
  So, yes, it is markedly different.

• On the post: London Police To Extract Data From Suspects' Mobile Phones — And Keep It Even If No Charges Are Brought

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:17am

  Re: Outrageous

  Because it's easier to feign forgiveness than to ask permission.

• On the post: How Does Fair Use Fit Into The Critique Of Copyright?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:15am

  Re: Re: Re: The Book club isn't going to fly...

  Not really, but it is a fact that almost anything after 1980 is available, somewhere, on the Internet, and quite a bit from before then.

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:13am

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  ...And yet you continually refuse to tell us who you are.
  
  I can think of at least two producers who would probably be interested in making this film, and one director (so long as they all got along, that is).

• On the post: Hollywood Talent Turns To Kickstarter To Escape 'Institutional Censorship'

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:11am

  Re: Re:

  Apparently so, but not for the actual makers of the art, just the funders.

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  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:10am

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  And if you are left with no alternative? For example, I cannot support progams such as The Legend of Korra because it is not going to be available until the Autumn scheduling.

• On the post: Is Banning The Pirate Bay The Best Advertising A Country Can Give Its Local Pirate Parties?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 10:08am

  Re: Re:

  No, we coudln't afford it.

• On the post: London Police To Extract Data From Suspects' Mobile Phones — And Keep It Even If No Charges Are Brought

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 01:16am

  No, it's time to start hassling these clownboat knobjockeys about their phones. After all, if the cunts at the Met can search your phone, then it should also be your legal right to search their phones. After all, they ahve nothing to fear, right?

• On the post: How Does Fair Use Fit Into The Critique Of Copyright?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 01:12am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Actually, I keep giving opinions and alternatives on that. And yet you and your ilk do not respond to that.
  
  For example:
  
  1) 5+5 copyright terms
  2) 2+2 patent terms
  3) Copyfraud punished with immediate revocation of all other held copyrights
  4) Patents to actually be in a marketable and producable product within 12 months of application or it gets removed
  
  This is all, of course, based on the statistics the USPTO and the RIAA/MPAA keep claiming for profitability.
  
  See? Not that hard after all.

• On the post: Is Banning The Pirate Bay The Best Advertising A Country Can Give Its Local Pirate Parties?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 19 May, 2012 @ 01:05am

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  Sod Runnymede! I'm think more liek Cromwell at Preston and Warwick.

• On the post: Is Banning The Pirate Bay The Best Advertising A Country Can Give Its Local Pirate Parties?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 03:01pm

  Yet. I'm going to be a Pirate Party candidate in the next General Election over here. I'll be paying my dues next month. And without the blockage, I wouldn't have even been sure where to start!
  
  Thanks, BPI! Thanks a bunch!

• On the post: Why Would Google Offer $1B For Music Rights? Because The Return Could Be Much Bigger

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 02:28pm

  Re:

  A small subscription for unlimited access, anywhere, anytime, like $3-4/mo or $35/yr, which can be added on to a contract or used on PAYG, over Wi-Fi and through your consoles. And not a bit of it has to be saved.
  
  Imagine a fully-functional Netflix streaming service with all the options of Google.

• On the post: Why Would Google Offer $1B For Music Rights? Because The Return Could Be Much Bigger

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 02:25pm

  Re:

  Even so, leveraging those for a few years, and attempting to give the artists the ability to gain back their copyright (with some exceptions, on account of them haveing a bad case of the deadsies). That can be leveraged to add value to the content.

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  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 02:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: $1-billion to labels?

  Or, why not spend $1.1bn to do both, get full blanket licensing deals with everyone else, and have a truly sharing culture where everyone can win and everything is available wherever you wish?

• On the post: Romance Author Adele Dubois Receives Takedown On Blog Post For Having The Same Name As Singer Adele

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 02:21pm

  Re: Re: L vs E

  So if we follow Shakespeare's advice, then Occam's Razor dictates that the level of frivolous IP lawsuits will diminish spectacularly.

• On the post: How Toy Story 2 Almost Got Deleted… Except That One Person Made A Home Backup

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 11:57am

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  Well, it was pretty well-known that Disney wanted the partnership to fail at the time.

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  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 09:40am

  Re:

  But it's not wet, just a bit dense.

• On the post: How Toy Story 2 Almost Got Deleted… Except That One Person Made A Home Backup

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 18 May, 2012 @ 07:43am

  Re: Backups

  Indeed. I'm reminded of the guy in my Intro to OS class accidentally removing everything from the Lecturer's computer.

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