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• On the post: EMI Kills Off More Innovation: MP3Tunes Declares Bankruptcy Due To 'Withering' Legal Costs

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 12 May, 2012 @ 01:39am

  Re: Re: Profits in the millions, none to the artists

  No, YOU are the moron for not getting with the times and actually listeneing to what your customers want.
  
  They may have produced nothing but they had a decent value.

• On the post: SOPA Supporters Urge White House To Use Secretive TPP Process To Insert Draconian New IP Laws

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Re:

  OR, we could do both nonvoiolent and violent protests. You know, like in the Revolution and Civil War.

• On the post: SOPA Supporters Urge White House To Use Secretive TPP Process To Insert Draconian New IP Laws

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 01:01pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Why?

  And people think they aren't a cartel.

• On the post: After the German Pirate Party's String Of Successes, Here Comes The Backlash

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 12:59pm

  Re: "Intellectual Chaos"?

  Well, to be fair, intellectual chaos tends to leave more marks than ordinary chaos. After all, it's intellectual, which automagically means it's smarter chaos than you (see also Chaos with Jason Statham, Wesley Snipes and Ryan Philippe)

• On the post: After the German Pirate Party's String Of Successes, Here Comes The Backlash

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 12:57pm

  Re: Re: Re: Bread....

  No, when you make your own bread, you're stealing not only from yourself, but from starving artists, hedge-fund managers, your evil twin, GEMA, Angela Merkel, Francois Hollande, Barack Obama, and yourself four more times.

• On the post: SOPA Supporters Urge White House To Use Secretive TPP Process To Insert Draconian New IP Laws

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 08:59am

  Re: Re: Re:

  "It is said that every civilization contains the seeds of its own destruction."

• On the post: Game Of Thrones On Track To Be Most Pirated Show Of 2012; Pirates Still Asking HBO For Legitimate Options

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 08:07am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Legitimate versions? Try getting a cable subscription!

  16 jobs, a unicorn and bob's sanity.

• On the post: Game Of Thrones On Track To Be Most Pirated Show Of 2012; Pirates Still Asking HBO For Legitimate Options

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 08:07am

  Re: Re: Re: Legitimate versions? Try getting a cable subscription!

  And what about about those NOT in the US? WE want to watch it too. It's just that a good number of us would pay for a sub for just the shows we like, rather than paying a lot for the vast majority of the shite out there.

• On the post: Game Of Thrones On Track To Be Most Pirated Show Of 2012; Pirates Still Asking HBO For Legitimate Options

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 07:19am

  Re: VAT

  About ?14/mo. due to the TV Licence that pays for the BBC. It's basically a TV tax.

• On the post: Techdirt To Not Charge Readers For Content

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 03:38am

  Re:

  You do realise that ads probably only make maybe $100 for the site/month, right? Which would probably be just enough to cover hosting costs.

• On the post: Indie Film Maker Is Creating A DRM-Free Open HD Video Format

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 11 May, 2012 @ 12:41am

  Re:

  Signs point to 'yes'.

• On the post: Ubuntu's Mark Shuttleworth Predicts That Countries Who Limit Patents Will Have More Innovation

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 01:23pm

  Re: Hmmm.

  India is a much more service-intensive economy. A much more interesting and relevant comparison would be China, whose knockoffs of big names (such as Samsung and Apple) have actually caused innovation in places such as the smartphone sector.

• On the post: ICE & FBI Hatch Ingenious Plan To Make DVD Piracy Warnings Longer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 09:34am

  Re:

  No thanks, I'll get Alphabet Syphilis.

• On the post: ICE & FBI Hatch Ingenious Plan To Make DVD Piracy Warnings Longer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 09:32am

  Re: Re: Re: Let's be fair...

  a) IT depends on how many Significant Others you have.
  b) IT depends on how much you like unskippable anti-piracy DVD warnings.

• On the post: ICE & FBI Hatch Ingenious Plan To Make DVD Piracy Warnings Longer

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 09:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Let's be fair...

  Isn't that what the entire 80's porn industry ran as a single serial?

• On the post: University Of Toronto's Lawyer In Access Copyright Deal Also Advised Access Copyright On Related Legislation

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 07:19am

  Re: Re:

  But not, potentially, on the same case.
  
  FTFY.

• On the post: Pirate Party Gets Its First Mayor

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 04:31am

  Re: "...and to some extent, all of that may be true."

  To some extent. GOD, can't you read?

• On the post: Now It's Switzerland's Turn To Call ACTA Into Question

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 10 May, 2012 @ 03:43am

  Re: neutral?

  Wouldn't that be ACTWA?

• On the post: Key Ruling In The Fight Over Artists Getting Their Copyrights Back Suggests The Labels May Be In Big Trouble

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 09 May, 2012 @ 01:32pm

  Re:

  It's full of village people?

• On the post: Congress Begins To Wonder Why ICE & DOJ Censored A Popular Hip Hop Blog For A Year

  

  The eejit ( profile ), 09 May, 2012 @ 10:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I was going to say "Wrath-beta-Unholy-DK-broken", but yours works too.

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