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• On the post: FCC Redefines Broadband As 25 Mbps, Angering Broadband Industry Perfectly Happy With Previous, Pathetic Standard

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2015 @ 05:37pm

  Re: broadband

  yeah, I'm actually kinda curious how this will effect business that offer "Broadband" but now actually don't...

• On the post: Cops Arrest Public Defender For Attempting To Do Her Job

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 30 Jan, 2015 @ 05:25pm

  Re: disgrace

  Um... yes? Because murder is bad? Even if their morals are warped doesn't mean they deserve to die.

• On the post: College Claims Copyright On 16th Century Michelangelo Sculpture, Blocks 3D Printing Files

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2015 @ 09:16pm

  Re: physical rights

  I don't think their claim is similar at all. They may own the physical statue, but they don't own it's likeness. It's not like the photographer is physically stealing the statue when he makes a copy of it.

• On the post: College Claims Copyright On 16th Century Michelangelo Sculpture, Blocks 3D Printing Files

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2015 @ 11:52am

  Augustana College copied that statue first, so of course they have the copyright! How dare that photographer butt in on their turf!?

• On the post: DailyDirt: When The Wind Blows…

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2015 @ 07:40pm

  Those floating turbines from the first article kinda remind me of the floating turbines in Big Hero 6...

• On the post: Swedish Law Enforcement Delivers Long-Awaited Pirate Bay Raid Sequel; Seizes Servers And Knocks Site Offline

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 11:27pm

  Re: Re:

  hmm weird, might have blown over by now. But be careful is all I'm sayin.

• On the post: Cop Accidentally Shoots Man, Ignores Emergency Responder, Other Cops In Order To Text Union Rep

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 11:55am

  Re: Re:

  Yo, stop it with the ignoratio elenchi, Richard. We get it, you think the Second Amendment was a bad idea. But your drawing the issue away from what the article meant to address, which are the deplorable actions of a rookie police officer and the unchecked power of police unions.

• On the post: Swedish Law Enforcement Delivers Long-Awaited Pirate Bay Raid Sequel; Seizes Servers And Knocks Site Offline

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 10 Dec, 2014 @ 11:40am

  BTW be careful. According to the Torrentfreak article, the .cr piratebay domain is diverting people to a .ee domain and asking people for $4 to access torrents. Stay away.

• On the post: Cops Decide Running Surprise School Shooter Drill During Class At A Middle School Is A Great Idea

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2014 @ 08:07pm

  PTA board member Calvelage is an idiot

  According to Calvelage, regarding students texting during the unanounced drill, "they shouldn’t be using their cells in class in the first place."
  
  *facepalm*
  
  why the hell would they NOT use their cellphones when they thought they were being attacked by a mad gunman?!?
  
  From this article:
  http://abcnews.go.com/US/florida-active-shooter-drill-gun-toting-cop-angers/story?id=26920075

• On the post: Anti Net Neutrality Crowd Reaches Deep For The Craziest Possible Response To President Obama's Call For Real Net Neutrality Rules

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 11 Nov, 2014 @ 08:34am

  Man, I really wish other sites were as easy to comment on as Techdirt... There's so many idiots I want to give a good verbal drubbing about this topic on other sites, but I can't!

• On the post: Former NSA Official: Anyone Who 'Justified' Snowden's Leaks Shouldn't Be Allowed A Gov't Job

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2014 @ 12:44pm

  I find it funny there's so many "former" NSA officials. It makes it seem like once everything went public their fun was over and they didn't want to deal with the consequences so they all bailed ship before they got in too much trouble.
  
  oh wait... that's probably exactly what happened, isn't it?

• On the post: Not Just Governments Hacking Your Computers Via YouTube Videos; Malicious Ads Found On Popular Videos

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 17 Oct, 2014 @ 02:33pm

  Every time I see someone using IE, it makes me a little more dead inside...

• On the post: Techdirt's Response To Roca Labs' Demand For A Retraction

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 10 Oct, 2014 @ 11:41pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I looked,

  it's best just to go along with it lest we create a paradox. nasty business that. doomed timelines are not fun for anybody.

• On the post: Oblivious Man Staring At iPad Causes Security Meltdown Conga Line

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2014 @ 12:51pm

  The forbiddin dance!

  Conga! Hon Hon Hon Hon!

• On the post: The Threats Against Emma Watson Were All An Anti-4Chan Campaign

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 01:01pm

  Re:

  AC misses the point of the article by a mile... sigh

• On the post: Study Indicates College Textbook Piracy Is On The Rise, But Fails To Call Out Publishers For Skyrocketing Prices

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 09:51am

  Re:

  Your trollbaiting is weak!
  Come back in ten years.

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 09:47am

  Re: Re: Copyright is not Trade Property

  Really? I thought that was only Trademark law. at least in the US.

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 09:46am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I think all those stuff were in the public domain back then considering how old the concepts were, so he wouldn't have to really pay any one.

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 09:45am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  Wait, I thought the Threshold of Originality was just the law that made it so you can't just copyright simple text and geometric shapes? Is there some deeper part of the law I'm not aware of?

• On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2014 @ 09:35am

  Re: Re: JRR Tolkien - A Fan Fiction writer

  Actually JRR Tolkien wrote some Sherlock Holmes fanfiction.

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