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• On the post: Red Sox' David Ortiz Unleashes An Expletive During Televised Speech; FCC Says 'F**k It'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2013 @ 01:49pm

  Missing a few letters there, Tim

  The correct quote is:
  "This is our Fucking city, and nobody's going to dictate our freedom."

• On the post: Leading Italian Film Producer Calls For $16 Billion Lawsuit Against Italian State For Alleged Inaction Against Piracy

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Apr, 2013 @ 12:56pm

  I wouldn't mind being a lawyer in Italy right about now... I hear they've got lots of job opportunities

• On the post: DailyDirt: Smaller, Better, Faster Wireless

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 05:40pm

  More proof that there's no need to fear a "spectrum crunch". As humanities data usage increases at an exponential rate, so too does it's technology.

• On the post: House Rules Committee Basically Rejects Any CISPA Amendments That Would Protect Privacy

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 06:21pm

  I'm getting really tired of the argument: "while it's possible the law can be abused, we don't intend for it to be abused so we'll leave it the way it is. Trust us we're the government and we've never gone back and abused something we said we wouldn't."

• On the post: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical As Myriad Claims Gene Patents Should Exist, Because It Put A Lot Of Work Into Finding Them

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 05:35am

  Re: WTF?

  You're right. Scalia seems to think of patents as an end rather than a mean.

• On the post: Supreme Court Seems Skeptical As Myriad Claims Gene Patents Should Exist, Because It Put A Lot Of Work Into Finding Them

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2013 @ 05:40am

  Myriad Patent logic: "I spent X amount of money and Y years developing something, therefore I deserve a patent rather than Bob who did it for free. In fact, Bob shouldn't even be allowed to use that something at all because money."

• On the post: Copyright Maximalist Disney Accused Of Copying Artist's Painting On Cosmetic Bag

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 01:27pm

  Re:

  You can click on it to open a larger image.

• On the post: Copyright Maximalist Disney Accused Of Copying Artist's Painting On Cosmetic Bag

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 01:35pm

  Even if we set aside the problematic issues of copyright. Ethically, I think Disney is in the wrong here, for the handbag anyway. Is Disney really so short on talent they have to resort to profiting off of someone else's work? I'm fine with transformative work, but I can't stand it when someone claims another person's art as their own.

• On the post: Microsoft Creative Director Defends Always-Online, Insults Customers, Murders Logic…All In One Day!

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 08:36pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Never bought Premium PS Network, and everything worked fine. It's not like they gave you "better internet" for having a premium account, instead they gave you other perks.

• On the post: Copyright As Censorship: University Threatens Own Faculty With Copyright Infringement For Campus Survey

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 11:50am

  Wow, must of been pretty bad at that university to result in a no confidence vote. The administration at my school is bad, but not that bad!

• On the post: Indian Supreme Court Rejects Trivial 'Evergreening' Of Pharma Patents

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 01 Apr, 2013 @ 05:34pm

  Response to: Steerpike on Apr 1st, 2013 @ 4:07pm

  I was thinking the same thing. I suppose how it works in reality is that they make it exactly the same and add something so it's A + B + C + D and since A, B, and C are part of the new formula it's also under the "new" patent

• On the post: Internet Under Attack: World's Largest DDoS Attack Almost Broke The Internet

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 27 Mar, 2013 @ 09:08pm

  Yeah, it's starting to look like a bunch of hyperbole on Cloudflare's part. But that's silly, they wouldn't gain anything from scare mongering... oh wait! They do!

• On the post: SimCity Always-Online DRM Lets Hackers Play Godzilla With Anyone's Cities

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 18 Mar, 2013 @ 01:37pm

  This whole debacle is hilarious and I'm laughing my ass off about how much EA's screwed this up.

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 12:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: And what would you prefer?

  I wasn't talking to you bob, I was talking to out_of_the_blue :P

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:55am

  Re: Re: Re: And what would you prefer?

  Then if movies are worth $10 which we both agree on here, under your logic, pirates should be treated in the same way as someone else who shoplifted or steals $10 worth of stuff. Not sentenced to jail time with hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of fines, yes?

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:52am

  Re: Clearly, Minion Cushing is pro-piracy.

  The probelm with "actually committed" is that is not how it works. Nothing is verified under this system, it is all accusations and no proof.

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:49am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: And what would you prefer?

  The fact is all it takes is an accusation and nothing more. Why should ISP's punish innocent users just because an industry can't get their shit together?

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:33am

  Re:

  Exactly! +1 Mr. Anon!

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:25am

  Re: And what would you prefer?

  Accusations do not a criminal make. Send them to court if you have to, but do not put innocent people in the cross hairs in order to fight a problem you can't erase.

• On the post: Six Strikes Is Just 'Soft SOPA'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2013 @ 09:22am

  Re:

  ShhhhhhhhhhSHhSHhSHHHhhh.... Just let it happen
  
  It gives us all weekend to argue down here.

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