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• On the post: EU Copyright Reform Looking At Restricting Outdoor Photography

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2015 @ 05:49am

  Can they really claim that someone owns the light bouncing off an object? Madness.

• On the post: UK High Court Strips Away Short-Lived Private Copying Right, Buying Recording Industry's Demented Assertions

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2015 @ 10:31am

  "Products these industries don't even make (CDs, hard drives, memory cards, etc.) have levies added to somehow offset piracy" Not in the UK they don't.

• On the post: Sunday Times Editor: If You Have Questions About Our Snowden Story, Address Them To UK Government

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 19 Jun, 2015 @ 01:52pm

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  Well, in an extreme case the UK newspaper the "News of the World" was forced to close down in 2011 due to some of their "journalists" being found guilty of hacking peoples phones to get inside scoops. Some even went to prison.
  
  It may not surprise you too much if I say that the "News of the World" and the subject of this Techdirt article "The Sunday Times/The Times" are both owned by the same company - News Corp aka Rupert Murdock.

• On the post: Sunday Times Editor: If You Have Questions About Our Snowden Story, Address Them To UK Government

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 18 Jun, 2015 @ 09:38am

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  In the UK we have an Editors’ Code of Practice - the first clause of the which insists that publications “must take care not to publish inaccurate, misleading or distorted information”
  
  So yeah, journalists do have a responsibility to seek out and tell the truth.

• On the post: Bruce Schneier: Sure, Russia & China Probably Have The Snowden Docs… But Not Because Of Snowden

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2015 @ 12:46pm

  Spies doing secret err..spiey stuff, whatever next? The worlds gone mad I tell you.

• On the post: EU Parliament Takes A Small Step Towards Improving Copyright

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2015 @ 07:39am

  Needing permission to take photographs in a public place it madness. What, do they think they own the light now?

• On the post: News Corp. Sends DMCA Notice Over Glenn Greenwald Trashing The Sunday Times' Ridiculous Snowden Story

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2015 @ 07:26am

  The BBC publishes the front page of every major UK newspaper, every single day. They don't get take-down notices.

• On the post: Lawyer Stupidly Sues EFF For Defamation After It Called His Stupid Patent Stupid

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2015 @ 02:15pm

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  Unless it's snowing outside a lemon factory with a leak, then yes I am committed.

• On the post: Sun-Owning Lady Sues eBay Because They Wouldn't Let Her Sell 'Plots' Of 'Land' On 'Her' Sun

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2015 @ 09:52am

  If she owns the Sun can I sue if I get skin cancer?

• On the post: Lawyer Stupidly Sues EFF For Defamation After It Called His Stupid Patent Stupid

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2015 @ 09:04am

  I've always found "never eat yellow snow" to be sound advice.

• On the post: Alert: North Korea Now Capable Of Using Photoshop To Launch Missiles From Submarines

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 22 May, 2015 @ 06:14am

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  No, it was China. But they are laughing too.

• On the post: Alert: North Korea Now Capable Of Using Photoshop To Launch Missiles From Submarines

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 22 May, 2015 @ 06:12am

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  No Russians were involved in the making of this weaponry. If they had of been the weapon would work.

• On the post: Alert: North Korea Now Capable Of Using Photoshop To Launch Missiles From Submarines

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 22 May, 2015 @ 06:01am

  Can someone please bring back that "Kim Jong Un Looking at Things" blog. It was ace. At least a torrent of the backup - please?

• On the post: No, RIAA, It's Not The End Of The World For Musicians

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 14 May, 2015 @ 11:00am

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  That's the point I was getting at but you put it better than I.

• On the post: No, RIAA, It's Not The End Of The World For Musicians

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 14 May, 2015 @ 02:56am

  "There's more music being created than ever before, but paradoxically, musicians are making less," Resnikoff's commentary explained
  
  How is it paradoxical? If everybody on the planet decided to start making and selling dining room tables the chances of getting rich making and selling dining room tables will be pretty slim.

• On the post: Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority Sues Member For Revealing Secret Handshake On Penny Arcade Forum

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 08 May, 2015 @ 02:54pm

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  I would guess its as much to do with an excess of lawyers happy to take your cash as it is about a lack of anything.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Activist Issues Takedown To Chilling Effects To Take Down Her Takedown Notice To Google

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 08 May, 2015 @ 03:09pm

  Interesting how she so upset about people ripping off her work. I've seen And Then Came Lola and it basically is just Run Lola Run with lesbians and it sucks.

• On the post: Phi Sigma Sigma Sorority Sues Member For Revealing Secret Handshake On Penny Arcade Forum

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 08 May, 2015 @ 09:23am

  Well thanks to this lawsuit I now know that the sorority’s secret name is the Philanthropic Social Society. Not that I particularity have any shits to give but you never know, might come in handy in a pub quiz one day. Knowledge is power after all.

• On the post: Richard Dreyfuss Takes Disney To Court Over Its Refusal To Allow An Outside Auditor To Examine Its Accounting Methods

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 22 Apr, 2015 @ 12:36pm

  We're gonna need a bigger boat.

• On the post: Weather Channel Tackles Criticism For Airing Too Much Fluff, With New Ads Attacking Competitors For Airing Too Much Fluff

  

  wereisjessicahyde ( profile ), 16 Apr, 2015 @ 01:29pm

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  You made a very good point and made me rethink my original thoughts. Living in the UK we rarely get the kind of extreme weather you mentioned. And I didn't consider the situation in other parts of the world.

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