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• On the post: Author's Guild Boss On E-Book Price Fixing Allegations: But… But… Brick-And-Mortar!

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 12 Mar, 2012 @ 03:31pm

  "While bookstores close, Apple has been busy opening more than 300 stores."
  
  I've yet to see a single book on sale in an Apple store. Am I missing something?

• On the post: German Government Wants Google To Pay To Show News Snippets

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 05 Mar, 2012 @ 03:50pm

  There's an old saying in I.T.

  Give good clients what they need.
  
  Give bad clients what they ask for.

• On the post: Canadian Muslim Who Sends Text Urging His Employees To 'Blow Away' The Competition Arrested As A 'Terror' Suspect

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2012 @ 03:00pm

  Where do you run if you're already in Canada?

  Is it safe to comment on this article, or should I expect to be disappeared in the wee hours?

• On the post: Redbox Won't Cave To Warner Bros. Demands; Will Buy WB DVDs From Other Sources And Rent Them

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2012 @ 03:18pm

  Re: Re: Why make the effort?

  My fault - I wasn't very clear.
  
  I meant, why would Redbox not just ignore them? People will, of course, see films they like, but it seems to me that a business such as Redbox (or Netflix in another case) is just cutting its overall margin for the sake of promoting an antagonistic supplier's material.

• On the post: Redbox Won't Cave To Warner Bros. Demands; Will Buy WB DVDs From Other Sources And Rent Them

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2012 @ 10:16am

  Why make the effort?

  Why not just ignore WB and let their new films sink into unviewed obscurity?

• On the post: Why Can't Europe Just Forget The Ridiculous Idea Of A 'Right To Be Forgotten'

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 31 Jan, 2012 @ 03:38pm

  I love this idea!

  I would like to beat the holiday rush here and formally request that the tax department forget me.
  
  I understand that failure to delete any information relating to me entitles me to 1%of the country's revenue; I'll accept gold as payment in order to prevent any further infractions that may occur via the issuance of a cheque.

• On the post: US Chamber Of Commerce Appears To Argue That SOPA & PIPA Apply To NO Websites At All

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 18 Jan, 2012 @ 02:55pm

  Re: Re: Where are all the PRO-SOPA/PIPA people

  How do you arrive at "No longer just for dictators of third world nations"?
  
  Who else is making that statement?

• On the post: What Do MC Hammer & Tim Berners-Lee Have In Common? They Both Hate SOPA/PIPA

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 11 Jan, 2012 @ 01:49pm

  Re: Obligatory

  Trust him. He knows what he's doing.
  (also obligatory)

• On the post: Mapping Out The Revolving Door Between Gov't And Big Business In Venn Diagrams

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 08:42am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Paper Tigers?

  Unfortuantely, that's normal.

• On the post: Red Cross Wants Real Life Laws Enforced Within Virtual Worlds

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2011 @ 08:31am

  Easy escape

  If this ever does come into existence, just establish that the character is a former U.S. president - that way, war crimes / crimes against humanity simply don't apply.

• On the post: Magician Dinged For Copyright Infringement For Doing The Same Trick

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 09 Nov, 2011 @ 02:44pm

  Re: Re: Copyright is way out of control

  Next week's headlines?!
  
  Just wait until lawyers work out the details of retroactive infringement; then we'll see some real fireworks!

• On the post: We, The People, Are Sarcastic And Not Easily Mollified By Bland Political Non-Answers

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 10:45am

  Re: Re:

  The fix is quite simple, but will never be implemented.
  
  Just provide each registered candidate with a campaign budget for the election (to come from the federal elections department, whatever the US version is called). No external funding permitted.
  If candidates want to pool their money for a party campaign, fine, but no external funds.
  
  Then, and this is the really hard part, make any bribery(offering, soliciting, accepting) a really SERIOUS criminal offence, on the order of a 10-year minimum prison sentence and all personal assets seized.
  
  No more problem.

• On the post: India Wants UN Body To Run The Internet: Would That Be Such A Bad Thing?

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 04:00pm

  Individual countries were bad enough

  Do we really need interference from government (or worse, collectives of governments)?
  
  Let's just ignore them and go back to 1998 rules.
  
  Politicians, keep yer mitts off my innernet!

• On the post: Different Treatment For Tech Related Law-Breaking Depending On Whether Or Not You Have Power

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 13 Oct, 2011 @ 08:12am

  Re: Re:

  Exactly. More than 2 centuries of voting has resulted in what?
  
  More corruption after each election until the current state of affairs was reached.
  
  Why does anyone think that voting again will change this?

• On the post: Canadian Copyright Reform Authors Know The Law Outlaws Circumvention Even If No Infringement… But Don't Seem To Care

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2011 @ 10:01am

  How about a password on a laptop?

  If Canada Border Services Agency (formerly Canada Customs) or the RCMP (formerly a respectable police force) wish to view the contents of my laptop and bypass the password to do so, will they be guilty of a criminal offense under this new act?
  Will I be able to launch a civil suit for damages caused by this wanton act of DRM circumvention?

• On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 02:14pm

  Re: What's wrong with that?

  Sorry, my sarc tag didn't make it through.

• On the post: Senate Lets Copyright Lobby Set Up Shop In Senate Building During PROTECT IP Debate

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 26 Sep, 2011 @ 02:12pm

  What's wrong with that?

  Mike, you wouldn't let anyone tell you what displays you can and can't put up inside the house you own, so how dare you tell the Copyright Alliance what displays they can set up in the House they own?

• On the post: Officials In The Philippines Want To Criminalize Downloading

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 13 Sep, 2011 @ 12:44pm

  Re:

  Getting laws passed through bribery should be a capital offense (for both parties).

• On the post: A Legal Analysis For Why BART's Mobile Phone Shutdown Was Illegal

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 24 Aug, 2011 @ 02:41pm

  With the usual result....

  "a denial of due process guaranteed by the Constitution" carries no penalty when conducted by a government official.

• On the post: Once Again NY Expands 'Anti-Piracy' Laws Based On No Evidence

  

  Tech42 ( profile ), 09 Aug, 2011 @ 08:17am

  No evidence?

  The only evidence a politician needs is evidence to show that the cheque cleared.
  Once that's in place, anything you can imagine will sail through to become law.

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