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• On the post: Trolls: The Town Drunks Of The Internet

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2011 @ 10:40am

  What you kool-aid drinking freetards don't understand is that CHANGING local street signs to initial caps ONLY will cost the industry BILLIONS of dollars. But of course YOU petulant children wouldn't CARE about that, because you just STEAL whatever you want for free!

• On the post: Shouldn't Free Mean The Same Thing Whether Followed By 'Culture' Or 'Software'?

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2011 @ 08:43am

  Thanks for a terrific post, Nina. Sums up the issue nicely. If you know of any "rebuttals" that exist, I would be interested in hearing a different perspective too, beyond that very lame excuse you quoted from the FSF.
  
  Also, since you asked for it, a reminder that I think it would be awesome if you made that "Plagiarism Sucks" video I mentioned last week.

• On the post: Murdoch Phone Hacking Story Just Gets Worse And Worse

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2011 @ 07:10am

  Re: Re:

  +1 funny for "(what has been documented as a impartial)"

• On the post: Washed Up On The 'Jersey Shore': The 'Original DJ Paulie' Sues DJ Pauly D

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 09:25am

  Re: Re:

  well, disregard my comment, then.

• On the post: Dear Musicians: Once Again, Politicians Can Probably Play Your Songs At Events Without Your Permission

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 06:34am

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  Hey, Mike Huckabee had Nugent on his TV show and played bass for him while he sang about making pussies purr.

• On the post: Washed Up On The 'Jersey Shore': The 'Original DJ Paulie' Sues DJ Pauly D

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 06 Jul, 2011 @ 06:28am

  The following comment is based on the assumption that "DJ Pauly D" is not an actual DJ, and that's merely his nickname on a stupid fucking TV show. If that is incorrect, disregard it. I'd research this, but if I have to spend time researching a Jersey Shore "star" I would then have to shoot myself.
  
  I'm not really agreeing with your "hey, this guy might have an OK case, if it weren't for all this crazy shit he added" analysis.
  
  DJ Pauly D is not competing in the field of disc jockey services (which I will again assume is the field which the "DJ Paulie" trademark applies to). Therefore, there is no trademark claim.

• On the post: Supreme Court Will Weigh In On Warrantless GPS Tracking

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 07:34am

  While the 4th Amendment concerns on this are legitimate, this particular thing (GPS devices being attached to cars) should not be allowed for a much more straightforward reason.
  
  My car is my property. You do not have the right to affix things to my property. Because it's my property, not yours. Only I have the right to make modifications to my own property, and that includes attaching devices. If someone else modifies my property, that's vandalism.

• On the post: Doctor Plans To Appeal Ruling That Said Complaining About His Bedside Manner Was Not Defamation

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 06:30am

  Re: Re: what exactly is defamation?

  The bad review grows up and becomes defamation? Sounds like the makings of a Schoolhouse Rock song.

• On the post: Is Copyright Needed To Stop Plagiarism?

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 11:34am

  Re: Re:

  I'd make it myself if I were the type of person who creates videos. If you made it I'd be honored.

• On the post: Is Copyright Needed To Stop Plagiarism?

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 09:54am

  Nina, great post. How about this for a video? Make a 2 second clip of a character saying something like "Plagiarism stinks!". Then have the rest of the video be thousands of lines of credits. I think that could be a humorous and thought-provoking way to get out the basic point of this blog post.

• On the post: Supreme Court Says Anti-Violent Video Game Law Violates The First Amendment

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 12:35pm

  "JUSTICE ALITO recounts all these disgusting video games in order to disgust us -- but disgust is not a valid basis for restricting expression. "
  
  ...Unless it's disgust about SEX. Then you can restrict expression all you want!

• On the post: Telstra Having Second Thoughts Over Censorship Plan; Fears Reprisals From Hactivists

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 27 Jun, 2011 @ 08:13am

  "but what if LulzSec (or a similar group, now that LulzSec says it's going away) makes a unilateral decision on something you disagree with?"
  
  You mean like if Telstra decided to censor the internet?

• On the post: Censorship vs. Copyright

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 06:05am

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  Blocking the spread of ideas is the explicit purpose of copyright. If it doesn't block ideas, it doesn't do anything.
  
  If a person tries to disseminate an expression of an idea that is protected by copyright, that is infringement. The person, not wanting to pay $150,000, chooses not to disseminate the idea. Copyright has thus blocked the spread of the idea.
  
  How is this difficult to understand? It's the whole point of copyright: To give you a monopoly on spreading your idea, as incentive for you to come up with it!

• On the post: Censorship vs. Copyright

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 01:54pm

  sorry everyone
  I patented haiku form
  pay me royalties

• On the post: Post A Picture That 'Causes Emotional Distress' And You Could Face Jailtime In Tennessee

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 07 Jun, 2011 @ 12:55pm

  Re: Re: Tennessee

  Well, at least you picked an accurate name. Only a guy in PR could be so horribly inaccurate.

• On the post: Would People Stop Using Mobile Phones If More Evidence Shows Them To Be Carcinogenic?

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 06 Jun, 2011 @ 09:09am

  Shamefully inaccurate

  "the recent WHO report which says there's now enough evidence to indicate that mobile phones are at least somewhat carcinogenic."
  
  That is a shamefully inaccurate description of the WHO report. So bad, in fact, that you really should issue a retraction.

• On the post: RIAA Wants To Put People In Jail For Sharing Their Music Subscription Login With Friends

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 01:20pm

  Re: Re: Re: Thanks BestNetTech!

  http://www.bash.org/?quote=244321

• On the post: RIAA Wants To Put People In Jail For Sharing Their Music Subscription Login With Friends

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2011 @ 10:39am

  Thanks BestNetTech!

  Thanks BestNetTech for being on the forefront on this issue and implementing filtering software that hides our Netflix passwords, so that we can't inadvertently break the law. If I try to type my Netflix password here, it shows up to everyone as *******.
  
  *******
  
  See?

• On the post: The Maximalist Future: Be Sure To Pay Off Your Lawsuits Before Heading For The School Bus

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 31 May, 2011 @ 12:04pm

  "Paul Ford's piece, "Nanolaw with Daughter" (subtitled "Why Privacy Mattered") paints an eerily prescient picture of where we're likely headed."
  
  Can something really be "eerily prescient" if the predictions haven't come true yet?

• On the post: Seismologists Tried For Manslaughter Due To Earthquake

  

  Brian Schroth ( profile ), 26 May, 2011 @ 01:59pm

  Great!
  
  Now the next time a scientist is asked to weigh in on the risks of something in Italy, he will exaggerate the threat to an absurd degree to shield himself from liability. Brilliant!

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