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  • On the post: Viacom Issues Bogus DMCA Over Fair Use Daily Show Remix… After Promising Not To Do That Any More

    beckerist ( profile ), 25 Feb, 2015 @ 11:17am

    Re:

    I'll pledge at least $100. This should absolutely happen

  • On the post: Police Arrest A Bunch Of Folks In Europe For Linking To Infringing Content

    beckerist ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2011 @ 07:17am

    wrong

    The difference is that child pornography is a disgusting crime with victims that can be not only affected for the rest of their lives, but perpetrators that are clinically sick.

    There is no comparison.

  • On the post: Lazy TSA Agents Let Thousands Of Bags Through Unscreened (But They Gotta See Us Naked)

    beckerist ( profile ), 07 Mar, 2011 @ 05:36am

    Re: Laziness or civil disobedience?

    I'm pretty sure the US constitution wouldn't apply in this situation because of the private nature of the airline. You basically give up your right when you buy your ticket. If you choose to not give up your right, you have to find a different means of transportation.

  • On the post: Libyans Using Coded Dating Site Messages To Avoid Government Monitoring

    beckerist ( profile ), 28 Feb, 2011 @ 06:02am

    Re:

    LOL as long as it's not an advertisement for Ovaltine :-D

  • On the post: When Musicians Get Excited About Remixes, Cool Things Happen: Jay-Z, Nick Drake And Jason Parker Do Jazz

    beckerist ( profile ), 14 Feb, 2011 @ 05:55pm

    After some hunting...

    I found that you can download it straight from Spek's site. FLAC, MP3...probably more options:

    http://spekulation.bandcamp.com/track/cant-knock-the-hustle-pre-release-single

  • On the post: Cuba Tries To Create Its Own Wikipedia, But Might Have Difficulty Seeing It As It Blocks Internet Access

    beckerist ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2010 @ 12:26am

    China

    Substitute Cuba for China...I'm just WAITING for a similar story to erupt, and have it fail magnificently. As much as I'd love for free speech or the flow of free ideas to happen in any of these places, so long as it's restricted, it will never happen.

    The top down approach might work in theory (for those at the top.) Eventually it will cause more "problems" than solutions and in the end will be abandoned or worse, be a grand excuse for incarceration for those that choose to participate.

  • On the post: What Would Happen If Wikileaks Got Its Own Top Level Domain?

    beckerist ( profile ), 09 Dec, 2010 @ 04:44pm

    Re: Re:

    I do, and set them up everywhere I go. Super easy to remember:
    8.8.8.8
    8.8.4.4

  • On the post: Major League Baseball Claims Dodgers Still Own Trademark On Brooklyn Logo, Despite Leaving Town 53 Years Ago

    beckerist ( profile ), 06 Nov, 2010 @ 09:33am

    Re:

    Heck, even the NFL NY Giants haven't been in NY since 1973 (minus the one year they used Shea Stadium in 1975.)

  • On the post: Thank Copyright Infringers For Still Being Able To Hear Great Moments In World Series History

    beckerist ( profile ), 29 Oct, 2010 @ 10:40pm

    Re: What's the "techdirt" on Google Mike ??? you know with ORACLE ??? and JAVA ??

    *sigh* I'm only replying this to stop the nonsense, and I'll make it brief.

    Oracle bought Sun. Prior to this purchase, Sun made Java Open Source, and used the GPL license which explicitly states:

    ANYONE CAN FREELY USE THIS CODE. IF CHANGES ARE MADE, YOU MUST PUBLISH THIS CODE.

    Google, complying with said license did just that.

    Now Oracle, realizing that their "should be cash cow" is really nothing more than milked (see what I did there?) is having a fit because someone actually read the license meant for it.

    Granted, it's a bit more complicated than this when it comes to corporate use and the fact that both Android and Java are platforms (and as such both have their own licenses,) but that's basically it. If you don't believe me, do the research.

  • On the post: Another Day, Another Apology From Netflix; Calls Americans Self-Absorbed

    beckerist ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2010 @ 09:31am

    Re: What, you never noticed?

    It's the gross assumption that EVERY American is self-absorbed, not the fact that we probably are. In fact, I bet if you asked 10 Americans who Stephen Harper was, 9 of them would say he's some sort of American. It's that last 1 that should be getting offended.

    Disclaimer: I'm from the US and I would be in that last 1. I'm not particularly offended what a Canadian has to say about me (I know better) but if some American CEO were to say "All Canadians wear fur, live in igloos and start fires by rubbing 2 sticks together" there would be just as much an issue in the other direction.

  • On the post: Sense Of Entitlement? TV Show Creator Wants A Cut Of Hulu IPO Proceeds

    beckerist ( profile ), 23 Aug, 2010 @ 02:22pm

    "Mucking it up"

    Can you please elaborate on how there are signs of them "mucking it up?" I personally have used the site since the very beginning (with proof! I have a "Hulu, I knew before you" and letter sitting in my closet as we speak!) and have never run into ANY problems, nor have I disliked any new feature they have come out with. If there is trouble on the horizon, I'd be interested to hear about it...especially since I'm considering getting in on their IPO.

  • On the post: Sony Pictures CEO: The Internet Is Still Bad

    beckerist ( profile ), 06 Jan, 2010 @ 07:02am

    BestNetTech...

    BestNetTech...I love you.

  • On the post: Google Accused Of Invisibly Deleting Blog Posts On The RIAA's Say-So

    beckerist ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2009 @ 07:37pm

    Re: Living with the 'Disappeared'

    Do you have any examples? I'm being sincere. I'm curious, because I see a lot of people bitching but no real proof. I have a lot invested in Google (primary email, I use hosted web apps, gtalk is my primary chat...)

  • On the post: No, ESPN Still Isn't Breaking Imagined 'Reverse Net Neutrality' Concept

    beckerist ( profile ), 07 Feb, 2009 @ 07:26pm

    what this leads to

    A conversation overheard at a future water cooler:

    "Hey Jim, do you use RoadRunner?"
    "Nah Jed, I use Comcast because they have Google. Why?"
    "Oh well I was just on this cool new site but only RR has it, so never mind."

  • On the post: Filmmaker Giving Away Movie Soundtrack For Free To Promote The Movie

    beckerist ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2009 @ 12:05pm

    Re: wrong

    Ok so in re-reading your response I was a tad off-topic, but I still say it works. You can only help your cause by advertising, regardless of the current size of your audience. Who doesn't want more money?

  • On the post: Filmmaker Giving Away Movie Soundtrack For Free To Promote The Movie

    beckerist ( profile ), 26 Jan, 2009 @ 12:03pm

    wrong

    You're wrong. I can see this working in all directions. Indy movie scores a track from, say, a platinum selling band. Indy movie then scores at least some of the audience of that band AND the band gets basically "free" advertising (that they may or may not need, certainly doesn't hurt.)

    Now say an indy bands track is thrown on a high cost production. I've discovered numerous bands because of this. Hell even TV does it, I've found dozens of songs through shows like Scrubs.

    The intent of this seems to be in the advertising and that it spans multiple mediums. If either needs a boost, you can use this method to increase the size of the audience you at least market to. This could even apply to MORE mediums. For example: TV, Video Games, even websites like Hulu use this!

    So no, you're wrong. This can work for many situations.

  • On the post: Not Quite The Full Story On The Environmental Impact Of Google Searches

    beckerist ( profile ), 12 Jan, 2009 @ 08:49am

    irks my chain

    You know what really irks me about this study too? Google is EXTREMELY tight-lipped about their setup. Hell, they don't even release the LOCATIONS of their data centers!!!

    No one* knows how much processing power Google is using
    No one* knows what hardware Google is using
    No one* knows what algorithms are used (ie: cached searches draw less power because it's repeatable? more because it's faster?)

    * means no one "publicly"

    I can go on, but you get my point. No one knows, these are all guesses. All fine and good when you're playing Memory or Battleship but...pah, it's not a study until I see some SOLID references. At this point it just seems like FUD.

  • On the post: ISP Admits Internet Traffic Is Actually Declining

    beckerist ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2008 @ 09:24am

    Re: Cognitive Dissonance much ?

    It's OUR (American) politicians and lobbyists who are saying that the intertubes are getting clogged.

    Outside the US, while related, isn't relevant to this discussion.

  • On the post: Nintendo Freaks Out That People Can Use Memory Card To Pirate Games

    beckerist ( profile ), 12 Aug, 2008 @ 09:36am

    Re: Thank you DMCA

    It's strange how in every topic, regardless of the subject, there is always a U.S.A. troll.

    F-U man, seriously I'm tired of your off-topic crap. Go spout your hate somewhere else.

    ...and no, I don't have to be a coward to say this.

  • On the post: UK High Court Recognizes That Defamation Standard Should Be Lowered For Online Forums

    beckerist ( profile ), 11 Aug, 2008 @ 10:44am

    Re:

    It is well known that anyone can post, anyone can have an opinion, and even if it's a malicious lie the understanding is that Joe Schmo is NOT the same as a remark from a reputed journalistic outlet.

    This IS a step in the right direction for the same reasons as taking the heat off of ISPs for their users actions.

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