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• On the post: When Entertainment Industry Numbers Are More Suited To Comedy Than Analysis

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 01:51pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  As long as there is a paywall involved.
  
  Bobbleganger, is that you?

• On the post: When Entertainment Industry Numbers Are More Suited To Comedy Than Analysis

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 01:49pm

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  How many people have been TOUCHED by the industry? Is that counting the people who have been ripped off by "entertainment accounting" or collection societies?

• On the post: Encyclopaedia Britannica Stops Publishing Dead Tree Version; If You're Unfamiliar, You Can Read About It On Wikipedia

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 15 Mar, 2012 @ 10:54am

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  It's a bibliophile thing. You might not understand.
  
  Even now, over a decade after college, there's something about the smell of a library that's comforting.

• On the post: Kiwi Musician Says Public Domain Only Exists So You Can 'Rip Off Dead People's Works'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 02:07pm

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  Maybe Homer didn't raise a fuss because Troy hardly resembled his masterpiece at all.
  
  Maybe Homer is a Brad Pitt fan? Or Eric Bana, I've liked over half of the movies he's been in.
  
  I think we can all agree it had nothing to do with Orlando Bloom.

• On the post: Harper's Publisher Presents The Platonic Ideal Specimen Of The 'I'm An Old Fogey Elitist Anti-Internet Luddite' Columns

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 09:09am

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  Geez. Normally I try not to be this dismissive, but I have to agree it's full of classic anti-online arguments that have already been debated in the past with better eloquence.

• On the post: Harper's Publisher Presents The Platonic Ideal Specimen Of The 'I'm An Old Fogey Elitist Anti-Internet Luddite' Columns

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 09:07am

  John MacArthur's article for the TL;DR crowd:
  
  BAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!

• On the post: Kiwi Musician Says Public Domain Only Exists So You Can 'Rip Off Dead People's Works'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 14 Mar, 2012 @ 08:06am

  I'm pretty sure the dead don't care a whit about who uses their works. I don't recall Homer raising a fuss when Troy came out.
  
  The only people who seem to care are relatives who had nothing to do with the work, and the lawyers from licensing companies.

• On the post: Why Does An Unpatentable 'Abstract Idea' Become Patentable If You Add 'On The Internet'?

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2012 @ 06:30am

  It's like that old joke about adding the words "in bed" at the end of a fortune cookie to decipher its true meaning.
  
  Patent Inquiry 50,451,987:
  
  A method of choosing effective prurient dialog for entertainment purposes between a paying customer and an associate, on the internet.

• On the post: Edgar Rice Burroughs Inc. Using Trademark Law To Prevent The Use Of Public Domain Stories

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2012 @ 02:09pm

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  Isn't that why Robert Howard wrote that new Conan movie? Bit of a shame though, his writing appears to be slipping.

• On the post: The Details On How To Elect Futurama's Bender To Whatever Election Is Using Online Voting

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 06 Mar, 2012 @ 09:20am

  Good news, everyone!

• On the post: Chipping Away At The First Amendment: New 'Trespassing' Bill Could Be Used To Criminalize Legitimate Protests

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2012 @ 11:21am

  Re: more information

  The problem is all of those conditionals:
  "would most likely"
  "ostensibly"
  
  Should a citizen have to bet his rights and actual freedom over an "ostensibly"?

• On the post: Chipping Away At The First Amendment: New 'Trespassing' Bill Could Be Used To Criminalize Legitimate Protests

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 02 Mar, 2012 @ 11:18am

  Wow, prison time for showing up to boo a person in power? I guess the noble experiment in democracy and republicanism is truly over.

• On the post: 'We, The Web Kids': Manifesto For An Anti-ACTA Generation

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 01 Mar, 2012 @ 09:35am

  "It is not our fault that their business has ceased to make sense in its traditional form, and that instead of accepting the challenge and trying to reach us with something more than we can get for free they have decided to defend their obsolete ways."
  
  This, This, a million times this!
  
  I consider the entire manifesto continued proof that while they can be often dumb or foolhardy, kids are in general just fine. Again, accusations that "those darn kids are going to ruin the world" are not only premature, but reflections from bitter adults who are too stubborn to either change with the times, or appreciate its unique beauty.
  
  When the day comes that I can no longer keep up with youth culture, God bid me to judge them for what they do, and nothing else.

• On the post: Elsevier Backs Down, Removes Support For Research Works Act As Elsevier Boycott Grows

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 27 Feb, 2012 @ 02:16pm

  I heard about Elsevier and this particular situation on the public radio show On The Media, and as I listened to the whole story, I found that I thought of these traditional scientific journals as just one more legacy gatekeeper that may have had a purpose in the past, but are rapidly outliving their usefulness.
  
  I can see where even 50 years ago it would be tough to sift through a multitude of studies without any guarantee that the research was sound. But now the online world can be leveraged to sort, find, and rate studies anywhere at any time using the entire world as the peer reviewers if desired.
  
  Just one more example of how disruptive (in a good way) the internet is.

• On the post: Westlaw And Lexis-Nexis Sued AGAIN Over Claims That They're Infringing On Copyrights Of Legal Filings Themselves

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2012 @ 11:27am

  Re: Re: A great idea...

  As for making legal services "simple, accessible and cheap as possible" the lawyers will make sure that doesn't happen. They are the architects of artificial scarcity.
  
  Now ain't that the truth. I always wondered about when things changed historically from a lawyer being anyone who was willing to read the law books and plead a case, to being such a strictly regulated system of certified reasearchers and orators.

• On the post: Westlaw And Lexis-Nexis Sued AGAIN Over Claims That They're Infringing On Copyrights Of Legal Filings Themselves

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 24 Feb, 2012 @ 11:09am

  Re: A few problems...

  I am not a lawyer, but I would think the incentive to write a well-researched original brief would be to win the case.

• On the post: Chris Dodd Extends SOPA 'Olive Branch' To Silicon Valley… And Proceeds To Bash Them Over The Head With It

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2012 @ 01:02pm

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  After all, nobody expects the french revolution.
  
  I thought nobody expects the Spanis-
  
  I see what you did there.
  
  He and the "Content Industry" will always focus on large companies.
  In news I think we can all agree on, the **AAs are nothing more than a way to hide the fact that the major content corporations are acting like a cartel. There may not be outright price fixing, but I see this lobbying as nothing more than legacy business model fixing. Collusion to make sure that businesses with contemporary tech oriented models can't compete.

• On the post: Do You Need Permission To Take A Photo With A Chair In It? You Might In France…

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2012 @ 09:51am

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  The "h" kinda looks like a chair.
  
  It also kinda looks like a tiny cheerleader holding up one pompon with one hand and another pompon telekinetically.
  
  I think that this use of the haitch is transformative!

• On the post: BestNetTech Deemed Harmful To Minors In Germany

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2012 @ 11:34am

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  We are very reachable.
  
  Like that isn't salacious! I need an adult!

• On the post: NSA: 'Anonymous Might One Day Hack Power Grids!' Anonymous: 'Huh?!?'

  

  Joe Publius ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2012 @ 11:30am

  Someone's been watching way to much Live Free or Die Hard, which if they care to watch through to the end they would know that even if such an attack was performed, Bruce Willis would proceed to beat the bejeezus out of those responsible after a wildly improbable and incredibly flammable chain of events.

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