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  • On the post: This Week In BestNetTech History: April 12th – 18th

    Rikuo ( profile ), 18 Apr, 2015 @ 10:08pm

    Just thought I'd leave this here
    http://yro.slashdot.org/story/15/04/19/0021228/joseph-goebbels-estate-sues-publisher-over-diary-excerpt-royalties?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed
    Goebbel's Estate Sues publisher over diary.
    What I find most amusing are the comments. There's seriously some people there trying to make it out as if Goebbels did nothing wrong.

  • On the post: Guy Who Took Walter Scott Shooting Video Now Demanding To Be Paid; Everyone Gets Confused About Fair Use

    Rikuo ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2015 @ 02:31pm

    Re: Re: I'm kindof on this guys side.

    ...and more to the point, how do you define "unique"? There have been plenty of videos of people shooting other people, in the back and front. Not of this specific officer and this specific victim sure, but that's just one detail.

  • On the post: Guy Who Took Walter Scott Shooting Video Now Demanding To Be Paid; Everyone Gets Confused About Fair Use

    Rikuo ( profile ), 17 Apr, 2015 @ 02:30pm

    Re: I'm kindof on this guys side.

    Where in copyright law does it mention that for a copyright holder wanna-be, his work has to be "unique"?

  • On the post: Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored

    Rikuo ( profile ), 14 Apr, 2015 @ 02:23am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    I'm going to make it as simple as possible for you. Let's suppose the Roman Empire, (or any ancient empire for that matter) had enacted copyright laws. Would the existence of those laws have prevented Dark Ages, where previous technological advancements were lost? How would copyright laws have helped ensure the dissemination of knowledge in the face of invading armies?

  • On the post: Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored

    Rikuo ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2015 @ 11:18am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Wow...talk about a completely bullshit argument. Are you honestly arguing or insinuating that the technological advances of ancient civilisations would have been saved if they had had copyright law?
    Talk about grasping for straws. This argument is bullshit because it ignores the fact that those civilisations were more or less in a constant state of war. I highly doubt that Attila the Hun would have respected Roman copyright laws as he pillaged his away across the Roman Empire.

  • On the post: Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored

    Rikuo ( profile ), 13 Apr, 2015 @ 11:16am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    "As you’ve probably guessed, I generally fall into the second group. While I think that the consequences matter to a significant degree, I also think that some rights are inviolable, irrespective of the consequences. For example, I believe that the investment of labor creates in someone a moral claim to the thing labored upon. The laborer’s moral claim is superior to the claim of someone else who didn’t labor to create the thing. This holds true (to some degree) no matter the consequences. If I spend two years writing a novel, my moral claim to it trumps yours and everyone else’s. The morality comes in part from my investment of labor in creating the novel."

    You'd have an argument there if, AND ONLY, if after the two years, you actually receive a new right.
    The thing is...you don't.
    What happens with copyrights is that the free speech rights of everyone else, their inherent right to make speech up to and including speech that has been uttered by someone else previously, is instead curtailed. Not only that, but their property rights are curtailed as well. As it stands now, if you spend two years writing a novel and then publish it, I
    1) Cannot utter aloud the text of the novel
    2) Use my own equipment, property that I have purchased and otherwise own, to copy the text of the novel
    You do not receive anything at all when you write and publish a piece of work. What happens is everyone else's rights are curtailed.

  • On the post: Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 09:31am

    Re: Re: Re:

    If the data is inconclusive, then why be in favour of the continued existence of X?
    "It's not something that can be decided definitively using science."
    Faith based proposition at its clearest and finest. I've heard literally the exact same sentence, word for word (I am not kidding here) from theists I've debated with, in their arguments in favour of God.

  • On the post: Copyrights & Patents Have Become A Religion; All Data Will Be Ignored

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 09:28am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    Here's how DNS works.
    DNS is a system whereby your computer or internet connected device asks a remote server "What's the IP address for www.example.com?" Computers can't use worded addresses like we see them. Instead they use numbers such as 23.45.87.12 (if using IPv4) or FE80:0000:0000:0000:0202:B3FF:FE1E:8329 (if using IPv6).
    Laws such as SOPA would have enabled censorship at the DNS level. They would have allowed for the ordering of ISPs and other online bodies to reject answering your computer's question. Thus, when a computer asks "What's the IP address for www.example.com?", the DNS server is forbidden to answer. Without an answer, the web page fails to load.
    Now, of course, the quick and easy solution is to use other DNS servers, but this is a risky proposition. This entails one having to go out and find these other servers and to trust them.
    Your American ISP DNS server can be trusted (more or less), so if you put in www.yourbankhere.com, you will get the real web site for your bank. However, if your ISP is forced to deny DNS requests, now you have to ask other DNS servers to resolve that URL. However...how do you know you can trust those responses? What if the DNS server you're asking gives you a counterfeit site, one that looks like your bank?

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 08:53am

    Re:

    So? Just because a movie isn't "good" (in some people's eyes) and can arguably be called propaganda doesn't mean that no-one should be able to show it, or that those who do plan to show it should be bullied into not doing so.

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 08:51am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe BestNetTech likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

    " but University students have a right to make their voices heard when they feel their tuition money is being used to pay for an event they disagree with."

    What about the other students who are just fine with this? They pay tuition too, last I checked. If I was a student there, I wouldn't have a problem with the university showing this movie.

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 08:49am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe BestNetTech likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

    Do all movies shown by a university have to be presented as an example of showing other people's or other regime's mentality?
    No. There are many different ways a movie can be viewed. Some people might want to see it for it's technical achievements (if it has any, I haven't seen it) or lack thereof. Some people might want to see what can arguably be called US propaganda.
    In short, just because a few people are butthurt about a potential movie, is no reason to send strongly worded letters complaining about being butthurt.

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 01:39am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe BestNetTech likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

    Time to Godwin. Should a history teacher be allowed to show Nazi propaganda movies in class? They are thoroughly racist after all...

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 01:37am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe BestNetTech likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

    When I was in school, my history teacher, while we were studying World War II, asked for my assistance in getting him a copy of Leni Riefenstahl's Nazi propaganda movie, "Triumph of the Will". I and a few others thoroughly enjoyed watching it in class, as it's a fascinating look into the mindset of the Nazi regime.
    According to a certain AC, my teacher must now be considered an apologist for Nazism. Right, I'll go get my pitchfork and torch. We can't ever show anything controversial, am I right?

  • On the post: Hecklers Try To Veto University Screening Of 'American Sniper;' May Find Themselves Watching 'Paddington Bear' Instead

    Rikuo ( profile ), 11 Apr, 2015 @ 01:32am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Hmm. Maybe BestNetTech likes films in which Muslims are murdered.

    I'm an atheist skeptic, and I've long been critical of religion. Guess what I've got? Two fully paid for copies of the Bible. Wait...is that an endorsement? OMG, I never knew!

  • On the post: Big Media Companies Insist That VPN Services Violate Copyright Law

    Rikuo ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2015 @ 02:42pm

    Re: It's not VPN - Slingshot customer.

    Sounds to me then that what you've got is a DNS proxy, rather than a VPN.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Says Lifetime GPS Monitoring Of Sex Offenders May Be Unconstitutional

    Rikuo ( profile ), 09 Apr, 2015 @ 03:02pm

    For those who try the above link and get an error message, check your URL bar and remove the ]? at the end.

  • On the post: Reminder: Fair Use Is A Right — And Not 'An Exception' Or 'A Defense'

    Rikuo ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2015 @ 01:19pm

    Re:

    I must also point out that in your response, you quoted Mike's work. You used it, without asking him for permission first. Do you have a right to use it, or would you be happy if Mike took you to court over it?

  • On the post: Reminder: Fair Use Is A Right — And Not 'An Exception' Or 'A Defense'

    Rikuo ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2015 @ 01:18pm

    Re: Re:

    Doh! "scan your copy of ." should read "scan your copy of [Insert Famous Novel Here].

  • On the post: Reminder: Fair Use Is A Right — And Not 'An Exception' Or 'A Defense'

    Rikuo ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2015 @ 01:16pm

    Re:

    " You can make fair use of the works contained therein, but only if you can gain legal access to them first. I have no duty to produce the books to you because you have no right. You can't sue me to produce the books because you have no right."

    Correct. You are of course ignoring the fact that I can, in 99% of cases, get the text of whatever is on your bookshelf from the internet, using one method or another. I don't need to break into your house and scan your copy of . I can simply torrent it.

  • On the post: NVIDIA Calls A Feature A 'Bug,' Strips Away Overclocking Option On Its Mobile Device Cards

    Rikuo ( profile ), 17 Feb, 2015 @ 09:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Common Sense

    Sure. Your comment was trying to make an emotional argument about how no parent wants to see their children's eyes getting damaged by battery acid.
    Thing is, this is a fallacy. Gaming laptops and the people using them to overclock are generally not children. They're more than likely adults, who can make an informed decision to do something that is dangerous. So your comment that is basically saying "Think of the children!" is a non sequitur.

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