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• On the post: Shield Law Moves Forward, Defines Journalism So That It Leaves Out Wikileaks & Random Bloggers

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 12 Sep, 2013 @ 04:00pm

  It's quite simple. Hand over wikileaks so that it is solely run by student journalists. I think it would be hilarious to see congress react to that.

• On the post: Are Video Game Companies Next In Line For Copyright Termination Battles?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 08:19pm

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  haha "one direction" I-see-what-you-did-there!

• On the post: Are Video Game Companies Next In Line For Copyright Termination Battles?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 07:28am

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  The arcade version was released in 79 and the version for atari 2600 was released in 81.

• On the post: Are Video Game Companies Next In Line For Copyright Termination Battles?

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 07:24am

  It's kinda funny since most people, at least from my experience, don't have a problem freely pirating games older than ~15 years even those that don't pirate games normally. And that's if the developers haven't already released their old content for free or next to nothing anyway.

• On the post: Twitter Diplomacy? New Iranian Officials Use Twitter To Make Surprising Moves To Cool Tensions Over Israel And Nukes

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 07:18am

  Sometimes it's ok to be optimistic. I hope these are signs for greater peace in the middle east :)

• On the post: Another In Custody Death For The Kern County Sheriff's Dept. — The Third In Four Months

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 05 Sep, 2013 @ 03:39pm

  It's like those spy novels where the government can make you disappear and cover it up with "heart attack"!

• On the post: Court Tells Journalist Barrett Brown He And His Lawyers Can't Talk To The Press Any More

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 04 Sep, 2013 @ 09:39pm

  I purpose we make wild speculations until they release the gag order.
  
  I've heard they're actually torturing Barrett! It's impossible to prove me wrong!

• On the post: What NSA Transparency Looks Like: [Redacted]

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 05:40pm

  My favorite is page 8, where you will notice they have graciously left the position of the 11th and 13th on the page un-redacted. As you will notice the contents of the footnotes 11, 12, and 13 are redacted, but the existence of a 12th foot note is indisputable.
  
  So, the question remains, why redact the position of the 12th foot note whilst the others remain free for terrorist to see? It can only mean that the position of the 12th footnote on page 8 is of grave and strategical importance for our national security! Handing over the position of foot note 12 to the public would cause irreparable damage to the nation. If we gave away its secrets the terrorist win. Bombs and Taliban everywhere. Thanks Obama.

• On the post: CA High School Students Kill A First Amendment-Violating 'Social Media Contract'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 27 Aug, 2013 @ 05:23pm

  High school students kill-!!!
  
  First Amendment-Violating 'Social Media Contract'
  That turned out a lot better than I expected.

• On the post: Government's Redaction Fail Causes Exceptionally Grave Damage To Nation's Security

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 26 Aug, 2013 @ 07:27pm

  It's a secret to everybody

• On the post: Embrace The Hate: One ICE Employee's Quest For A Race War

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2013 @ 06:28pm

  They're obviously too busy checking teenagers facebook post to bother with people like him.

• On the post: Snowden Accuses UK Gov't Of Leaking Documents He Never Leaked To Make Him Look Bad

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2013 @ 09:53am

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  If we don't wear the tinfoil hats, then who will?!? Uncovering conspiracies FOR GREAT JUSTICE!

• On the post: Snowden Accuses UK Gov't Of Leaking Documents He Never Leaked To Make Him Look Bad

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2013 @ 09:51am

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  it'd be rather silly anyway. it's kind of hard for the uk government to prosecute... the uk government.

• On the post: Blatant Intimidation: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Detained At Heathrow Under Terrorism Law, All His Electronics Seized

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 02:57pm

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  implied face palm

• On the post: Blatant Intimidation: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Detained At Heathrow Under Terrorism Law, All His Electronics Seized

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 05:53am

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  If it was his thumbdrive they were after, they probably detained him for the whole 9 hours to try and get him to decrypt it.

• On the post: Blatant Intimidation: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Detained At Heathrow Under Terrorism Law, All His Electronics Seized

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 05:51am

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  Nah, it was probably a cupcake

• On the post: Blatant Intimidation: Glenn Greenwald's Partner Detained At Heathrow Under Terrorism Law, All His Electronics Seized

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 19 Aug, 2013 @ 05:49am

  Since when has the UK government been in the business of mugging people?

• On the post: Microsoft Folds Again: Xbox One Will Now Work Without Kinect Enabled

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2013 @ 07:51am

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  PC master race scoffs at petty console squabbles.

• On the post: Pro-NSA Editorial Flails Wildly, Snarks At Internet Users And Claims Those Challenging NSA's Reach 'Hate Obama'

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2013 @ 06:24am

  Well, they got the "hate Obama" part right.

• On the post: Don't Insult Our Intelligence, Mr. President: This Debate Wouldn't Be Happening Without Ed Snowden

  

  Watchit ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2013 @ 07:34pm

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  I don't think congressmen are technically allowed to release classified information, unless it makes the government look good. Then it's perfectly fine.

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