CISPA Passes Markup Phase, But It Doesn't Look Like Much Was Fixed
from the still-a-bad-bill dept
As expected, CISPA passed the House Intelligence Committee today after a closed markup session. The vote was 18-2, and according to Tony Romm at Politico, all of the amendments that were backed by the original authors of the bill were adopted. If that’s the case, we’re talking about a bunch of changes that sound nice but don’t accomplish much, such as dropping the “national security” provisions while broadening the definition of cybersecurity to encompass almost anything, requiring the government to remove personal information from shared data (once it’s already in the hands of the government), and explicitly preventing companies from using data they receive for marketing purposes (which seems to go against previous insistence that the information shared would only be highly technical threat data).
CISPA is expected to go to the full house for a vote next week. As we get a closer look at the bill in its latest state, we’ll do a more detailed analysis — but as it stands there’s little reason to believe that any of the core problems have been fixed (and we’re still waiting for someone to explain in clear, specific terms why this bill is needed at all).
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Comments on “CISPA Passes Markup Phase, But It Doesn't Look Like Much Was Fixed”
I love getting all my hard-cutting news about cyber-security from mediocre, Canadian rappers! It’s like Eight Mile up in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lO46H5RjQ
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I love getting all my hard-cutting news about cyber-security from mediocre, Canadian rappers! It’s like Eight Mile up in here. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r9lO46H5RjQ
He’d have to rise meteorically to even approach mediocre.
Thanks, Techdirt! You’re the bestest!! You’ve hired the mos!t hard-hitting, intelligent people there are in the biz!
Masnick doesn’t really believe in paying for content, so you get unemployable dreck like Marcus working for TD; who desperately believes that a paying gig awaits him…… somewhere. In fact, he’s more of a Norman Bates-in-waiting; a sallow, pathetic, longterm resident of Mom’s basement growing increasingly bitter over the world’s failure to acknowledge his art who blindly lashes out at those with actual talent for wrongfully taking his place in the public’s eye.
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Well, let’s hear your work then fella, i’m sure you can “wipe the floor” with him, right?
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Well, let’s hear your work then fella, i’m sure you can “wipe the floor” with him, right?
Admittedly, I am as musically talentless as Marcus. Unlike Marcus however, I’m not obsessed with visiting my lack of talent upon a hapless, unsuspecting audience.
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Atleast he keeps trying, you already are at the point where you spend your time yelling at others; who is more pathetic the one who tries or the one who uses his time to mock other peoples efforts?
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Atleast he keeps trying, you already are at the point where you spend your time yelling at others;
That’s one way of looking at it. The other would be to view it as an almost unimaginable exercise in self-deception.
who is more pathetic the one who tries or the one who uses his time to mock other peoples efforts?
You obviously didn’t see the video.
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All I hear is Waaaaaaaaaaaaaaa.
Talk to your doctor to see if ‘shut up and stop whining’ is right for you.
“When I say Marcus, you say Carab.
Marcus! Carab! Marcus! Carab!”
So catchy! You gotta bring some of that hard white boy rap into TD somehow. Maybe rap the weekend favs and post a video! Dat would be da bomb, yo!! WERRRRRRDDDDD! A’ight!
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“When I say Marcus, you say Carab.
Marcus! Carab! Marcus! Carab!”
If I ever said that, it would indeed be deserving of mockery, but I’m pretty sure you’re just hallucinating.
“When I say Marcus, you say Carab.
Marcus! Carab! Marcus! Carab!”
If I ever said that, it would indeed be deserving of mockery, but I’m pretty sure you’re just hallucinating.
Oh, you’re plenty deserving of mockery for that public bowel movement on the stage. Hahahaha…. at least you got a “wooooooo” from you Mom at 2:25. I presume she was the only one left in the room at that point.
Now I understand your hatred of copyright. Failed artists often are unable to come to grips with their talentlessness and are embittered by a “system” that fails to recognize their self-styled greatness.
Even putting the most charitable spin on this abomination….. you just stink. Alternately lurching around like a man with a palsy and bowing repeatedly (in shame?) while sputtering gibberish into the mike; sets a new standard for embarrassment.
I only wish I’d been there with a bushel of rotten tomatoes to give you the pelting you so richly deserve. If you have a shred of dignity left, you will link this to an abject, videotaped apology; begging the forgiveness of all of those you subjected to hot, steaming pile of shit.
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Dear God….. I found one that was actually WORSE!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pv8DcQOdiME
Hopefully the wise legislators of your province will pass a bill mandating the severing of your vocal cords and forcing you to take medication for your advanced case of St. Vitas Dance.
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i can already tell you clean floors for a living.
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Cleaning floors would afford far greater dignity and self-respect than the scorn, ridicule and humiliation Marcus currently subjects himself to as a giggle “artist”.
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Shut up, you stupid excuse for a troll. You don’t like Marcus or Mike? Then go start your own blog. It’s that simple.
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Oh look. Marcus’s band mate comes to the defense of his front man. Or is it Mom?
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More like someone who’s sick of your yammering. Go start your own blog before the banhammer is dropped on you.
They need to cover their asses for their gang stalking and electronic harassment programs. These programs are used to torture, harass, murder, and frame citizens they decide they just don’t like.
Looks like you’ve sought solace among your fellow sycophants on Insider Chat. Notably, no one even was charitable enough to say your rap song wasn’t “that bad”. That should tell you all you need to know about your talent.
Leigh Beadon: AJ sure is in a bad mood today
While I’m not AJ- I was in a fine mood until I foolishly clicked on the link to your hideously embarrassing “performance”. You’re probably too young to remember “The Gong Show” but I can truthfully say, if you’d ever appeared on it, Chuck Barris would have personally slapped your stupid face after your act.
I don’t know why in God’s name you openly and deliberately degrade yourself like this. Surely theres a competent therapist in Canada that you can discuss your sociopathic need of public humiliation.
Wow, is this conversation still happening? You trolls are weird.
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Anyone else notice that it’s the copyright maximalists who claim they’re all about protecting the artists who are also the ones most quick to insult actual content creators? Not too surprising. They don’t like artists or culture. They just like artists they can screw over for money.
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What does being “all about protecting artists” have to do with Marcus?
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They are paid to poison any discussion. It happened quite clearly during the elections here in Brazil. I know insiders in the main political parties and they PAY for people to disrupt any sane discussion with non-points. The behavior of the trolls here at TD follow the exact same pattern. It is interesting that there are 1 or 2 full time trolls which I assume to be from the MAFIAA but every now and then a few others kick in (like in this topic). I’m not sure who is their employer but we can take fairly accurate guesses if we put some effort in it.
The fact that they can only throw insults, ad homs and whatever instead of providing a proper rebuttal evidence and fact based is rather telling. Much like what happened here in Brazil. Baseless accusations with even religious/faith involved flew around with little to no discussion over the real issues from said trolls.
And honestly, TD community does a good job filtering them out.
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Yet what’s funny, albeit strange, is how they’ve chosen an article about CISPA, of all things, to spew their troll rhetoric/distraction.
What’s wrong trolls, not getting enough support by the populace for your own self-centered goals?
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You need to get working on that video apology. You’ve harmed a lot of people.