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• On the post: Monsanto Wins Case Of Seed Patents; Planting Your Own Legally Purchased & Grown Seeds Can Be Infringing

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 13 May, 2013 @ 02:49pm

  Copyright

  Well, if it was a 'copy' maybe Monsanto should cover it with copyright. That would certainly make things easy for them and I'm sure the "justices" of the US Supreme Court would applaud the approach.

• On the post: Silliest Argument Ever: Just Because A YouTube Paywall Launches It Means More Money Is Made

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 10 May, 2013 @ 06:02pm

  Why not?

  So... why isn't this HuffPost video behind a paywall?

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Enforcer Degban Publishes Some Info-less Graphics Stating Atlanta Is File Sharingest Place On Earth

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2013 @ 03:19pm

  I guess those numbers are about the most pirating cities in the "completely insignificant" weight category.

• On the post: French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 03:43pm

  Re: Re: Re: France = Fail

  Yes, but the French improved it by introducing the triangular blade. Legend has it that the man who proposed this solution was also guillotined during the French Revolution. A prime example of an unpatented invention killing the inventor.

• On the post: French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 06:56am

  Re: France = Fail

  Come on, give them some credit. The Guillotine was pretty effective. Probably because it was invented in the XVIII century. Apparently that's the level of technology those guys are comfortable with.

• On the post: French Intelligence Agency Forces Wikipedia Volunteer to Delete Article; Re-Instated, It Becomes Most-Read Page On French Wikipedia

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 08 Apr, 2013 @ 06:47am

  Inferior

  Sorry for the lame joke, but I really did at first read their name as ?Central Directorate of Inferior Intelligence?. Probably that's how they should be called anyway.

• On the post: Petition Submitted To Require Congress To Wear The Logos Of Their Corporate Donors

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 25 Mar, 2013 @ 01:16pm

  Advertisement

  It would also make sense for another reason. At last this insane sponsorship-bribery would be justified. The corporations would simply be paying for advertisement space.

• On the post: A Tale Of Two Studies: File Sharing Hurts Sales!

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 22 Mar, 2013 @ 10:13am

  Fuck logic

  You only quote one sentence from the report and already it's logically flawed, which makes me wonder what sort of language is used throughout this document. It says the sales were higher than "they would have been if not for the shutdown". But that's complete bullshit because no one knows what would happen if Megaupload wasn't busted. The only thing they can say is the sales were higher than they were BEFORE the shutdown, which makes a subtle, yet significant difference.

• On the post: Google Downranks The Pirate Bay In The UK, Because Surely, That Will Make People Buy Again

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2013 @ 01:11pm

  When I want to find the Pirate Bay I click on my bookmarks toolbar. I don't see how Google can affect that with their search rankings. This whole ordeal just seams like a complete waste of time and energy.

• On the post: The Magician Sued By Teller For Copyright Infringement Has Tried A Disappearing Act In Response

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2013 @ 02:52am

  The Mad Magician

  Kind of reminds me of one of Vincent Price's early horror films, The Mad Magician. Hope the conflict won't end in a similar fashion...
  http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0047200/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

• On the post: Prison Sponsor Tries To Delete Wikipedia Information After Sponsoring NCAA Football Stadium

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2013 @ 08:27am

  Streisand effect

  Hey, where's Techdirt's customary link to the Wikipedia article on Streisand effect?
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streisand_effect

• On the post: Bad Economics: Confusing Correlation And Causation When It Comes To Patents And Innovation

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2013 @ 04:05pm

  Patent production

  I find the language in those quotations exceptionally amusing. They're actually talking about ?patent production?. This implies they really view patents as products, which can be produced and sold. In this way patents really do stimulate innovation -- they stimulate people to invent whole new ways to abuse the patent law and exploit it to get richer in an ?extraordinary way?. Very creative indeed.

• On the post: Lies, Damn Lies And Statistics: How The BPI Cherry Picks Its Averages To Pretend File Sharers Spend Less

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2013 @ 02:55pm

  In my opinion the only fair way to calculate this is per capita, separately for file-sharers and non-file sharers. And if they did that, they would probably find that an average file-sharer spends anywhere from 2 to 4 times more on music (or culture in general) then a non-file-sharer.

• On the post: Redditor Points Out The Flaws In SimCity's Online-Only DRM, Gets Banned By EA For His Troubles [UPDATED]

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2013 @ 06:24pm

  God, am I happy I don't play computer games. This is easily the most frustrating pastime ever.

• On the post: The International Olympic Committee Has Already Staked A Trademark Claim On The Number '2014'

  

  Zeissmann ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2013 @ 02:43pm

  I guess MMXIV will see our return to good old trusty Roman numerals.