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• On the post: When Aaron Swartz Spoofed His MAC Address, It Proved He Was A Criminal; When Apple Does It, It's Good For Everyone

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2014 @ 09:02pm

  Re: Re: Context counts in criminal trials

  They'll argue Linux is not default on a computer you buy and so you must be a hacker for daring to not use Windows/OSX.

• On the post: Awesome Stuff: 3D Printing And Scanning Keeps Advancing

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 21 Sep, 2013 @ 09:08pm

  Also

  There's also this $100 selective laser sintering printer being Kickstarted at the moment:
  
  http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/117421627/the-peachy-printer-the-first-100-3d-printer-and-sc

• On the post: Ed Snowden's Email Provider, Lavabit, Shuts Down To Fight US Gov't Intrusion

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2013 @ 05:29pm

  Re:

  Does Amazon have plans in place when stuff like this happens?

• On the post: Benefits Of Synthetic Blood Could Be Squandered Thanks To Patents

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2013 @ 09:07am

  The patent system is the set-everyone-else-back-20-years system.

• On the post: Russian 'Pirate' Unofficially Ports Xbox Live Arcade Game To The PC; Moral Conundrums And Fractured English Ensue

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2013 @ 09:39am

  Re: Re:

  The process of modifying the software to work on a different system is legal because it is reverse engineering (though it it used DRM it is illegal by the DMCA), but distributing it is still copyright infringement.

• On the post: Microsoft's Attack On Used Game Sales Asks Customers To Sacrifice Their Rights To Save An Industry

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2013 @ 04:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  So much this. With PC, you have many stores to choose from. (Steam, Amazon, GOG, GMG, Origin, etc.). On Xbone or PS4, you will only have one, so there is no competition.

• On the post: MPAA: Oh, Of Course We Want To Help The Blind Read More… Just As Long As You Don't Touch Copyright

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 04 Jun, 2013 @ 04:28pm

  A better question is, what does the MPAA have to do with reading?

• On the post: US Uses Special 301 To Bully Ukraine, Likely Violating WTO

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 17 May, 2013 @ 09:16am

  I hope they pull an Antigua on the US.

• On the post: Did Paul Duffy's Wife Admit That He Was Engaged In Interstate Extortion On Facebook?

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 15 May, 2013 @ 09:00am

  I love how the last commenter is applauding Duffy for what he does, which is basically protecting the profits of porn companies.

• On the post: Broadcast Treaty Is Baaaaaack: Plan To Create Yet Another Copyright-Like Right For Hollywood

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2013 @ 11:52am

  So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?

• On the post: Broadcast Treaty Is Baaaaaack: Plan To Create Yet Another Copyright-Like Right For Hollywood

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 10 Apr, 2013 @ 11:51am

  So does that mean that if I broadcast a copyrighted movie using the Bittorrent livestreaming protocol, or even the old fashioned way over ham radio frequencies I now get rights to it?

• On the post: Intuit Continues To Make Sure Filing Taxes Is Complicated

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 04 Apr, 2013 @ 06:00am

  "Can someone please tell me why the hell Grover is fighting simpler taxes?"
  
  Simple, because he doesn't care for conservative ideology, he is just saying what will make him the most money.

• On the post: Controversy Over Anne Of Green Gables Cover Is Way Overblown, And That's A Great Sign For Indie Publishing

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 10:22pm

  Wasn't Anne a redhead?

• On the post: DailyDirt: Mostly Harmless Scams…

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2013 @ 10:19pm

  Those chess programs can't compute millions of possible outcomes in nanoseconds. Modern CPUs execute single instructions on a scale of nanoseconds.

• On the post: Valve Sued In Germany Over Right To Resell Games

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 10:47am

  Re: Um...

  Can't you resell music with ReDigi?

• On the post: Valve Sued In Germany Over Right To Resell Games

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 01 Feb, 2013 @ 10:45am

  Re: Re:

  You can do that on some games right now, it's called Guest Passes, though it is up to the publisher whether they will allow them.

• On the post: Anti-Piracy Group Already Demanding That Kim Dotcom's New Mega Service Be Shut Down

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 09:37am

  Re:

  GEMA is MEGA with some letters rearranged.

• On the post: Just Two More Days To Unlock Your Phone, Then You'll Be Breaking The Law

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 24 Jan, 2013 @ 02:09pm

  Is this jailbreaking in general, or just carrier unlocking?

• On the post: The Lesson Of 3D TV: For 4K TV, The Key Is The Implementation

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 10 Jan, 2013 @ 12:01pm

  This article completely ignores video games. Right now, any PC game that can be played at 1080p can be played at 4k (well, almost any game - see Dark Souls). Once the next generation consoles hit, there will be a few games that support 4k as well.

• On the post: The SHOCKING Photos That Violated Facebook's Policies!

  

  fb39ca4 ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 10:24am

  It's the bestiality.

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