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• On the post: Lady Gaga Says $0.99 Albums Make Sense, Especially For Digital

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2011 @ 08:18am

  She should wear a dress made of MP3s at her next concert.

• On the post: Apple Says That You Can't Give Away A 'Free' iPad Or iPhone In A Contest

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 06:09pm

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  Except Myriad is an Adobe font. Apple has no legal authority over it whatsoever.

• On the post: Yes Means Yes

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 04:55pm

  The problem is that free culture and copylefting is (from the experience of anyone currently alive, history notwithstanding) such a radically new and weird concept. New ideas often take decades before the majority of people can wrap their heads around them.
  
  Part of why we're in the mess we're in today is because many people still don't understand, for example, the Internet.

• On the post: Yes Means Yes

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 26 Apr, 2011 @ 04:50pm

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  Yo dawg, I herd you like trolling, so I put some trolling in yo trolling so you can troll while you troll.

• On the post: TV People Realizing That The Internet Is Global

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 25 Apr, 2011 @ 07:28pm

  As an uninformed US citizen with only passing familiarity of how the BBC operates, I have to ask: what motive does the BBC have to limit file sharing of Doctor Who? Aren't they a public broadcaster, funded by TV licensing fees, and they don't have to assure advertisers that people are watching the broadcast? Isn't it in their best interest for as many people to watch Doctor Who as possible?
  
  What am I missing here?

• On the post: YouTube Launches Myth Perpetuating 'Copyright School'; Dismisses Remixes As 'Not Original'

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 15 Apr, 2011 @ 09:12am

  I bet if we worked really hard, we could get this video more disliked than that fucking Friday song.

• On the post: Copyright Is An Incentive… To Create Lawsuits

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2011 @ 10:54pm

  But copyright gave you the incentive to create that comic, right? RIGHT?

• On the post: If You're Going To Use Someone's Credit Card Fraudulently, Perhaps Don't Ring Up $800,000 Worth Of Charges

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 16 Feb, 2011 @ 10:15pm

  If you're the kind of person who wouldn't even notice $800,000 worth of charges on your credit card, then maybe, just maybe, you deserve it. Just a little bit.

• On the post: Why Is President Obama Setting Up IP Enforcement Committees Rather Than IP Effectiveness Committees?

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2011 @ 09:15am

  More and more, I get the feeling that nobody in the Obama administration has even heard the other side of the IP argument. It doesn't seem like it ever reaches anybody important.

• On the post: The Inefficiency Of DRM: Empires Built On Barbed Wire Never Last

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2011 @ 11:07pm

  Jon Evans comes off like PETA in this; I agree with what he's saying, but the way he's saying it makes me kinda hate him.

• On the post: Building An Audience Takes Time, But In The Long Run It Can Provide You More Time To Do What You Love

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 04 Feb, 2011 @ 10:24pm

  Smith has...previewed a brand new movie at Sundance that he directed, edited, and cut.

  I don't mean to be pedantic, but editing and cutting a film are the same thing.

• On the post: Probably Not The Best Time To Introduce Legislation That Can Be Described As Having An 'Internet Kill Switch'

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2011 @ 07:49pm

  Yeah, it would be nice if we had a society that encouraged informed debate.
  
  Until then, though, I'm gonna take a Machiavellian stand on this particular bill. Let's use bills which actually shouldn't be struck down by public insanity to push for rational thinking.

• On the post: Will Google's New Hamfisted Censorship On Autocomplete Raise Questions Of Human Meddling?

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2011 @ 03:29pm

  Re: Re: Awesome

  The problem is that because of Google Instant, for very many people, autocomplete is the search results. How many people do you think still press Enter when searching Google?

• On the post: Will Google's New Hamfisted Censorship On Autocomplete Raise Questions Of Human Meddling?

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 27 Jan, 2011 @ 03:27pm

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  "Ugly" is a noun? And it can collaborate with a mother to dress somebody?

• On the post: Apple Using Special New Screws So You Can't Open Your iPhone

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 25 Jan, 2011 @ 12:14pm

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  Why must repair of your own electronics be a geeky thing to do, though? Millions of people change the oil on their own cars or fix leaks in their own faucets, both of which are much more involved processes than replacing a circuit board in a phone.
  
  Disassembling your phone is a geeky thing to do now, and with this, Apple is stating their intention to keep it that way. Instead of empowering people to understand and master technology, they choose to keep the masses ignorant for their own "convenience".
  
  Why?

• On the post: As Expected, FCC Says Okay To Comcast/NBC Universal Deal

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2011 @ 12:15pm

  Incompetence can be just as dangerous as pure evil, though. Ever seen Brazil?
  
  Or, hell, ever lived through the Bush administration?

• On the post: Celebrity Endorsement Deals Almost Always A Bad Deal For Brands

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 17 Jan, 2011 @ 10:27pm

  If advertisers believe that the average person is well-informed and difficult to impress ? even if they're wrong and it's not true ? I'd say that's a net gain for society.

• On the post: Treasury Dept. Won't Put Wikileaks On Terrorist List; Tells Rep. King It Doesn't Meet The Criteria

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2011 @ 02:44pm

  As a constituent of Peter King, I take great joy in the fact that dat bitch done got told.

• On the post: Rep. Darrell Issa — Who Says Investigating Wikileaks Is A Priority — Sets Up His Own Whistleblower Site

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 14 Jan, 2011 @ 12:42pm

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  As opposed to Issa's site, where all the evidence would be obtained with the complete consent of the people that it implicates?
  
  That's not how whistleblowing works.

• On the post: Famed Korean Director Shoots Movie With Just iPhones

  

  Zacqary Adam Green ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2011 @ 04:57pm

  I have a three year old HDV camcorder. On purchase, I thought it was the most amazing thing I'd ever shot with.
  
  Last year, I worked with a filmmaker whose Flip Cam made me envious. My thousand dollar camera's footage looked like shit compared to this. It was actually beautiful video. And it could do this all on flash memory, instead of aneurism-inducing DV tapes.
  
  Filmmaking has never been more democratic. Ever.

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