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• On the post: Make Art Not Law

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 08:54pm

  Re:

  What's being stolen is time, money and brain cells.
  
  This explains copyright maximalists: they can't make sense because they don't have enough brain cells. Meanwhile "pirates" are using stolen brain cells to make well-reasoned, sensible arguments.

• On the post: Make Art Not Law

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2013 @ 02:59pm

  Re:

  ;) Heh, I am notoriously bad at depicting guns, and you are right I am unfamiliar with rifles. Last year I took up archery so I could properly depict bows and arrows; I'll probably have to visit a rifle range to get guns right. I seem to keep needing to depict them, they are such an icon of modern violence.

• On the post: Sports Radio Blowhard Blowhards After Parody Twitter Account

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 24 Oct, 2013 @ 07:54pm

  Revolutionary

  That "Mike Zaun 1776" clip is hilarious.

• On the post: When Twitter Promotions Go Wrong: IL Pizzeria Offers Food For Flashing

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2013 @ 08:51am

  Good ol' Champaign-Urbana

  Since I moved back to Urbana-Champaign, I keep seeing Champaign businesses on Techdirt. First it was that bus company that sues its customers, now it's this pizza place.
  
  I have no idea why anyone would eat inferior pizza here, as we have some of the finest pizza establishments anywhere. Papa Del's, as mentioned above, is excellent, as is the newer, thinner Manolo's. But there are always some morons stumbling around Campustown. Maybe Drew's customers enjoy flashing more than they like good pizza.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: Tools For Animation

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 31 Aug, 2013 @ 09:44am

  Good heavens, I've backed both of those.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Women In Spaaaaace….

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 06 Aug, 2013 @ 08:41pm

  and Barbie

  I thought for sure you were going to mention the new astronaut Barbie.

• On the post: More Money, More Problems: The Challenge Of Managing Crowdfunding Success

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2013 @ 01:05pm

  Re: Re:

  This "feature" drives me crazy, unfortunately. I have only seen it used for sponsored posts, and it makes it harder for me to read the site.

• On the post: Fair Use Protects Some Uses, But It Is Still Way Too Weak To Be Effective For Many

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 30 Apr, 2013 @ 07:27pm

  Re: Re: Question About "Transformative" Uses

  the standard for transformative visual art is quite permissive and sensible
  
  I disagree. Andy Baio's contentious album cover was visual art.

• On the post: Eric Holder, The American Library Association And Wikipedia Are America's Worst Porn Enablers

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2013 @ 08:02am

  porntastic

  porntacular, pornstravaganza, porned up, pornundated
  
  I don't particularly like porn, but I like the word "porn" more than ever.
  
  Maybe porn is the new chicken.

• On the post: EFF Fights Texas' Claims That Searching A Cell Phone Is No Different Than Searching 'A Pair Of Pants'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2013 @ 10:22am

  Pants

  The TSA searches inside my pants every time I fly. While I'm in them.
  
  Really, searching a call phone is no different than searching a body cavity. Just routine, for my own protection I'm told.

• On the post: DailyDirt: Interesting Spider Behavior

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2013 @ 07:01pm

  Perhaps, instead of focusing on their "creepiness," people should learn about how cool these little creatures really are.
  
  , he says, with a story about SPIDERS EATING BATS.

• On the post: The Insanely Complex Rules The Supreme Court Requires You To Meet To Ask It To Hear Your Case

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2013 @ 07:59pm

  saddle stitch

  Oh yeah, also the filings are encouraged by the Court to be bound together with a specific stitch: saddle stitch.
  
  Actually "saddle stitched" just means "stapled." A saddle stitcher is just a long stapler; they were quite common in the pre-internet world of 20 years ago, when we made minicomics and 'zines instead of blogs.

• On the post: Amoeba Records Deals With Orphan Works By Pretending It Can Just Digitize & Sell Now, But Pay Later

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2013 @ 11:45am

  Kudos to Amoeba

  They might actually know how ? works, but also that ? law is stupid, and are therefore ignoring it for a higher purpose. They are doing a good thing making old tunes available.

• On the post: Teri Buhl Threatens To Sue Us And Others; Still Seems Confused About The Law

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 04:54pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: mental illness

  So you are saying that ineffective (or the lack of) parenting causes mental illness?
  
  Does it matter what causes it?

• On the post: Teri Buhl Threatens To Sue Us And Others; Still Seems Confused About The Law

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 12:46pm

  mental illness

  As entertaining as her self-propelled train wreck might be to some, to me this looks like a mentally ill person having an episode of some sort. It's becoming more sad than funny. Mental heath care, people. We need functional mental health care in this country.

• On the post: Ahimsa: Sita Sings The Blues Now CC-0 'Public Domain'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 20 Jan, 2013 @ 12:26pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  That's why I don't claim that.

• On the post: Ahimsa: Sita Sings The Blues Now CC-0 'Public Domain'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2013 @ 02:26pm

  Re: Re:

  ^ yes.

• On the post: Ahimsa: Sita Sings The Blues Now CC-0 'Public Domain'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2013 @ 02:23pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  I remember that there was a plan to crowdfund the purchase of the worldwide license of the songs
  
  I would never support such a plan. Raise good money for extortionists? They've already extorted $70,000 from me just to decriminalize the movie, they're not getting any more. Artists and innovators deserve money, not extortionist rentiers.

• On the post: Ahimsa: Sita Sings The Blues Now CC-0 'Public Domain'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2013 @ 09:47am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Releasing to Public Domain

  Correction - as an Anonymous Coward reported below, CC-0 is NOT actually a license! That's comforting. Things are looking up.

• On the post: Ahimsa: Sita Sings The Blues Now CC-0 'Public Domain'

  

  Nina Paley ( profile ), 19 Jan, 2013 @ 09:43am

  Re: Re: Re: Releasing to Public Domain

  There is no sound legal solution to automatic copyright without registration. CC-0 is the best I can do as a public promise not to sue, but unfortunately it's still a license, not real Public Domain. There is no real opt-out of copyright, which is just one of the many ways copyright law is broken.

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