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• On the post: Internet Industry Hate Taken To Insane Levels: Ridiculous Proposals To 'Nationalize' Successful Internet Companies

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2014 @ 10:29am

  I will never understand the mindset of people whose first reaction to a company they don't like is "nationalise it".

• On the post: FBI Thinks Driverless Cars Could Be Criminals' New Best Friends

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2014 @ 03:49am

  Was this argument put forward when the first car was invented or the first van?

• On the post: UK Leaders Look To Sneak Through Broad Data Retention Bill With No Debate

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 10 Jul, 2014 @ 07:59am

  No mandate
  No consultation
  No debate
  No accountability
  
  If that does not prove that we are becoming a totalitarian police state, I don't know what will.

• On the post: Amazon Offers Authors 100% Of Ebook Sales To Get Them To Recognize Its Fight With Hachette Isn't About Screwing Authors

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2014 @ 01:52pm

  This whole dispute is nothing more than a distributor trying to get a better deal from a supplier and vice versa, something that happens every single day in retail. It is only so newsworthy because it is big, bad tax avoiding Amazon.

• On the post: Taylor Swift's View Of The Future Of Music Is Actually Not That Far Off

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2014 @ 12:16pm

  It is good to see a major artist believing in the CwF+RtB principle. It is a sound principle that will see artists build a loyal fanbase who will buy their work, see their shows and spread the word.
  
  It's amazing how the music fan can become the PR service of the artist who connects with them through social media or other method.

• On the post: UK's Web Filters Blocking Nearly One-Fifth Of The World's Most Popular Websites

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 03 Jul, 2014 @ 10:17am

  Suddenly the real agenda behind these filters becomes clear.

• On the post: Facebook Messed With The Emotions Of 689,003 Users… For Science

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2014 @ 05:55am

  The lesson?

  Don't use Facebook.
  
  I wonder how many people complaining about this will continue to feed their information into the site
  
  Dan Gillmor tweeted "If you're complaining about Facebook's manipulation, remember that you probably helped make it possible by feeding your life into FB." and I agree.

• On the post: Study: Half Of All Young People In UK Think Digital Content Should Be Free To Download

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2014 @ 08:21am

  This is going to be used by the copyright industries to justify ever more draconian legislation.

• On the post: New Research Shows Digitization Results In Routine Lock-Down Of Public Domain Books

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2014 @ 06:18am

  The real copyright theft is what this is.

• On the post: More Monopoly Madness: UK Criminalizes The Copying Of Registered Designs

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2014 @ 05:56am

  Free markets, my arse.

• On the post: Eric Cantor's Surprising Primary Loss May Spell Trouble For The NSA

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 11 Jun, 2014 @ 07:38am

  "Dave believes that the Constitution does not need to be compromised for matters of national security. He supports the end of bulk phone and email data collection by the NSA, IRS, or any other branch of government."
  
  That is enough of a reason for Americans to vote for David Brat.

• On the post: Guardian Installed SecureDrop Outside The UK, Due To Legal Threats

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 05:38am

  Re: Re: The Guardian aren't blameless on threats to a free press

  Thing is, there are already laws that govern what the likes of The Sun did and they did nothing to stop it. I really don't see regulation faring much better in that regard, it would just create greater scope for bribery and corruption.

• On the post: Guardian Installed SecureDrop Outside The UK, Due To Legal Threats

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 05:36am

  Re: Re: The Guardian aren't blameless on threats to a free press

  "Not to put too fine a point on it, but disrupting what those tabloids get up to would be a bloody good idea."
  
  Not when it inevitably restricts the wider freedom of the press.

• On the post: DOJ Admits It's Still Destroying Evidence In NSA Case; Judge Orders Them (Again) To Stop; DOJ Flips Out

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 07:43am

  If Joe Soap were caught destroying evidence, they would be thrown in jail. What is so special about these people?

• On the post: Guardian Installed SecureDrop Outside The UK, Due To Legal Threats

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2014 @ 05:40am

  UK and US attitude to whistle blowers is horrific. We need a change and we need it now.
  
  Pity pro freedom political parties like the Pirates can get no traction as the electorate is so wedded to the Lab/Con/Lib/Kip establishment.

• On the post: British Recording Industry Thinks 'Right To Be Forgotten' Proves Google Can Stop Piracy

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2014 @ 09:33am

  I'm still waiting on Google to end hunger and bring about world peace.
  
  Get in line, BPI.

• On the post: John Oliver: Stop Calling It Net Neutrality; It's 'Preventing Cable Company F**kery'

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 09:23am

  Re: Re: Cable company fuckery

  I can imagine them playing hardcore punk rock

• On the post: Europeans Club Google Over The Head At A Rate Of 1,000 Requests Per Hour After Its Search Engine Amnesia Tool Goes Live

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 06:40am

  Re: This is how Google will actually die

  I have already stopped using Google search

• On the post: John Oliver: Stop Calling It Net Neutrality; It's 'Preventing Cable Company F**kery'

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 07:45am

  Cable company fuckery

  I like that, is it copyrighted?
  
  I may use it

• On the post: Europeans Club Google Over The Head At A Rate Of 1,000 Requests Per Hour After Its Search Engine Amnesia Tool Goes Live

  

  Zakida Paul ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2014 @ 05:53am

  And they fail to realise that the information is still on the Internet.
  
  When will people realise that Google != Internet?

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