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• On the post: Could Article 13's Upload Filters Be Thrown Out Because Of The EU-Canada Trade Deal CETA?

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 05:20am

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  AC, that's probably what this law is really about. Social media would effectively shut down if it was implemented.

• On the post: Could Article 13's Upload Filters Be Thrown Out Because Of The EU-Canada Trade Deal CETA?

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2019 @ 05:19am

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  As someone who uses a VPN to get around restrictions I concur. The others will either learn how to use them or pull the law down. Thad, I usually agree with you and vote your comments insightful. I don't think it's right to disrespect you so today I most respectfully disagree with you on this issue. A short sharp shock is required to show the fools the error of their ways and to mobilise the public into holding their representatives accountable. For the most part, they're ignorant of how things work and aren't interested in learning more about it. If nothing else, this will be a remedy for that. Cut it off and let the screaming begin.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 06:29am

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  Gary, I don't have the resources to sue anyone for lying about me in this country, forget the foreign ones. Better to present your case as fully and completely to the platform mods and ask them politely to remove false claims than to go legal.

• On the post: Wherein The Copia Institute Updates The Copyright Office On The First Amendment Problems With The DMCA

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 06:27am

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  *What do you say to a business that was destroyed by a Russian blackmailer, say a pediatrician who was called a pedophile on "angry review" websites, who can't even sue the search engines that point people to those reviews? I'm told Section 230 harms no innocents. Another person said most online reputations are deserved.* Say what now? The legitimate, non-scammy review websites take down troll posts if you can prove that the posts were made by trolls, as I did. Search engines taking links down wouldn't have sorted that out. It's up to the platform hosting those posts to take them down as they have access to the back office to do so. Whether they will do it for free or not is another matter. The scammy ones like ROR won't. Trustworthy ones like Yelp will.

• On the post: Legacy Music Industry Shouldn't Get To Watch Over The Royalties Of Independent Songwriters

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 05:27am

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  Confirmed correct.

• On the post: EU Parliament Takes Up Its Next Attempt To Wipe Out An Open Internet: Terrorist Content Regulation Vote On Wednesday

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 05:19am

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  I've forgotten. /sarc

• On the post: As Expected, EU Nations Rubber Stamp EU Copyright Directive

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 05:15am

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  Actually, in the UK they're the kingmakers. They have such a massive influence over public opinion that if they back a particular politician, that politician's career takes off. https://sociologytwynham.com/2013/10/18/sun-headlines-and-their-political-influence/ If they don't... https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2013/10/4/1380906799178/The-Sun-If-Kinnock-wins-t-001.jpg Think about what would happen to Jacob Rees-Mogg if the papers ignored him as an irrelevant back-bencher. The fact that they don't is why we all know his name.

• On the post: As Expected, EU Nations Rubber Stamp EU Copyright Directive

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 02:42am

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  And the tabloid owners are the biggest Tory party donors. Just a coincidence, I'm sure.

• On the post: As Expected, EU Nations Rubber Stamp EU Copyright Directive

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2019 @ 02:41am

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  Good one!

• On the post: What Will Happen When Governments Disagree Over Who Is A Terrorist Organization… And Who Needs To Be Blocked Online?

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2019 @ 05:14am

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  Douchebaggery passes are bi-partisan, David. Democrats will give their guy a pass if he moves their agenda forward, and anyone victimised by their guy will be merrily flung beneath a passing bus. Republicans will give their guy a pass if he moves their agenda forward, and anyone victimised by their guy will be merrily flung beneath a passing bus. What goes around comes around. People who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it, as we keep seeing over and over and over again.

• On the post: Devin Nunes Admits That His Bogus Defamation Lawsuits Are Really About Phishing For Journalists' Sources

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 06:40am

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  I understand Mel Brooks is directing it.

• On the post: There Are Many Reasons To Be Concerned About The Impact On Press Freedoms In The Assange Indictment

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 05:14am

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  Manning and Assange revealed crimes against humanity. Manning's trial was not fair and Assange's treatment by American courts won't be, either. Revealing government malfeasance doesn't tend to go down well.

• On the post: There Are Many Reasons To Be Concerned About The Impact On Press Freedoms In The Assange Indictment

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 05:13am

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  I bet they would have, given the indictment. Hacking is a different thing, I agree with you there.

• On the post: Trump Campaign Uses 'Dark Knight' Music In Campaign Ad, Warner Bros. Says It's Looking At Legal Options

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2019 @ 02:35am

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  If you go back far enough we're all invaders from Africa. FIFY

• On the post: Grandstanding GOP Senators Continue To Mislead About Social Media Bias, Demand A 'Fairness Doctrine' For The Internet

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:32am

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  Can we please stop calling them "conservatives?" They're not conserving anything, they abandoned traditional values a long time ago and they're only interested in money and power. They're right wing nut jobs.

• On the post: Grandstanding GOP Senators Continue To Mislead About Social Media Bias, Demand A 'Fairness Doctrine' For The Internet

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:30am

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  Hello, bad guy. High five

• On the post: Julian Assange Arrested On Behalf Of The US, For Trying To Help Manning Crack CIA Password

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:15am

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  McKinnon and O'Dwyer dared to violate the holy copyright (amen). Assange is a git but he's a git who helped expose the murder of innocents. If the hacking (however easy) charge is valid, fair enough, but are they really going to use hacking as an excuse to lock him up for exposing the atrocities?

• On the post: Julian Assange Arrested On Behalf Of The US, For Trying To Help Manning Crack CIA Password

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:10am

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  Confirmed correct. Assange will be railroaded even though everyone knows it's a stitch-up.

• On the post: EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content'

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:02am

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  We totally can elect our lawmakers; we directly elect our MEPs, at least in Britain and Ireland.

• On the post: EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content'

  

  Wendy Cockcroft ( profile ), 12 Apr, 2019 @ 05:01am

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  I'm doing that already. We've lost confidence in our glorious leaders because they keep on putting idiots in charge of things on the grounds that they do as they're told.

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