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• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:55am

  Re:

  But...but...WHAT IF I LIKE THAT?
  
  Hmm...decisions, decisions...

• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:54am

  Re: Re: Re: Where

  Glad to see someone got that reference. :)
  
  Still, question asked and answered.

• On the post: Very Few Companies Fight Back Against Patriot Act Gag Orders

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:53am

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  ...until now.

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:15am

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  The ruling coalition in the UK is made up oif yes-men and cronies. They keep taxing the poor, when the lowliest of them is a millionaire.
  
  If you gave, for example, David Cameron basic welfare to live on for a month, he'd ahve blown it on the shrimp.

• On the post: US Government Gets 10% Royalty On 'Passion Of The Christ' Prequel In Plea Deal With Mexican Drug Cartel Money Launderer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:13am

  Re: Where

  "It is easier to thread a camel through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to obtain heavenliness."

• On the post: UK ISPs Are Already Planning To Offer Porn Filters — So Who Needs New Legislation?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 07:10am

  Re: Re: Re:

  We did. It's caled .xxx

• On the post: Counting Crows Distributes Songs And More Via BitTorrent

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 04:40am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  And what if I buy the album after finding it on TPB? What if I buy it after finding it through Google?
  
  The world is never as black-and-white as you claim it to be.
  
  And as for exploitation without proper compensation, there are documented instances of the major labels deliberately trying to cripple artists; there are documented examples of actors being scammed out of their contracted residuals; there have been successful lawsuits over unpaid royalties; the collection societies have been proven to employ embezzlers, fraudsters and conmen.
  
  So my argument is; who's exploiting who?

• On the post: Something Is Wrong When A Judge Needs 350 Pages To Decide If A College's Digital Archives Are Fair Use

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 15 May, 2012 @ 12:43am

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  CISPA is legislation. Which should always be discussed fully, in my opinion.
  
  This was a single case. I think they don't match up.

• On the post: Counting Crows Distributes Songs And More Via BitTorrent

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 02:17pm

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  Because we aren't. Exploiters come in all shapes and sizes, such as indentured servitude to EMI, or Universal or Sony. A choice is taken away each time someone signs their rights away in order to "get a chance" at fame.
  
  Before we can have a FAIR and ETHICAL INTERNET, perhaps we should ahve a FAIR and ETHICAL WORLD.

• On the post: MPAA: Censorship Is Good For Consumers

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 12:12pm

  Re: Watch Out!

  Lie for peace! Steal from pirates! SCAM THE SCAMMERS!
  
  oh, wait, wrong group.

• On the post: Protestors Give USTR 'Corporate Power Tool Award'; Replace Toilet Paper In Hotel With TPP-TP

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 12:10pm

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  Big Brother is watching you.
  
  Oh, and so are the Illuminati of the public.

• On the post: MPAA: Censorship Is Good For Consumers

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 12:09pm

  Re: Re:

  But you can't rpvoe a double-negative, only a positive. So, if a positive is a negative-negative and a negative is a positive-positive, where does that leave genertics?
  
  /quantum

• On the post: MPAA: Censorship Is Good For Consumers

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 12:03pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: it is imperative that the content not be siphoned off and distributed illegally by those seeking to profit from the work and creativity of others.

  I'd much rather play "mole" games such as Shadows over Camelot. Still, the point is that word-of-mouth can often get you as much as a good advertising campaign.

• On the post: MPAA: Censorship Is Good For Consumers

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 08:59am

  Re: Re: it is imperative that the content not be siphoned off and distributed illegally by those seeking to profit from the work and creativity of others.

  Which is amusing because, as infants, we're taught to share with others. Can't have it both ways. Either we watch each thing on its own merits (aka, NONE) or we share and generate a buzz, and possibly more money for you.

• On the post: Protestors Give USTR 'Corporate Power Tool Award'; Replace Toilet Paper In Hotel With TPP-TP

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 08:37am

  Re: Send a roll to every member of Congress and to President O'Bama

  Enclose it with a message, syaing that if they assist with TPP, that's what they'll become: shitstains on the toilet roll of the public.

• On the post: MPAA: Censorship Is Good For Consumers

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 08:35am

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  I would, but then they might F**K ON to something worse, like investment trading.

• On the post: Musicians Realizing They Don't Need Major Labels Anymore

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 14 May, 2012 @ 03:29am

  Re: Beholden huh?

  No, that would be sensible.

• On the post: Release Early And Often: Louis CK Realizes He Can Keep Selling Other Digital Downloads

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 12 May, 2012 @ 09:38am

  Re: Damn you

  There's a reason I don't gop to Reddit - it's like Cracked on meth.

• On the post: Mark Twain: Copyright Maximalist Who Also Believed That Nearly All Human Utterances Were Plagiarism?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 12 May, 2012 @ 09:37am

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  Mark Twain, one of the first proofs of Poe's Law.

• On the post: Mark Twain: Copyright Maximalist Who Also Believed That Nearly All Human Utterances Were Plagiarism?

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 12 May, 2012 @ 04:54am

  Re: Re:

  Or, as /b/ so eloquently puts it, "everything is a repost of a repost of a repost."

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