Does this mean that to obtain documents under the freedom of information act, you have to pay to take theDOJ to court to prove the documents exist before being able to get them for free?
I would say the majority are not assholes, at least up to the point in time that the AC moniker is applied, which I think is what some of the original article is saying.
It is, however, easier to dismiss an AC's comment (in my opinion), if it differs from your own, because you don't have a history of comments with this AC (are they always posting argumentitive statements just to get a reaction, or is this a one off where this is what they really believe as opposed to what they think will annoy/get a reaction)
I think there's at least four levels of anonymity here at techdirt:
Those who register and post under their full name
Those who register and post under a pseudonym (like me)
Those who don't register a profile but still post under the same pseudonym (like our very own 'I'm not a member of this community, honest' O_O_T_B)
Those who post under the Anonymous Coward pseudynom.
There are also different levels to the first two, whether you link your profile to a page about you or not, for example.
The middle two are very similar, with the exception that you can't see in one place what non-registered users have posted, you still know it's the same person (most of the time)
The last isn't even truly anonymous, as the avatar stays the same (at least on the same thread, for the user (I presume it's a IP related thing) so at least in the one thread you can see which anonymous' are the same.
The levels of anonymity could go towards how you post, what you post under the same name either polishes or tarnishes your pseudonym's appearance to others, anonymous coward posts do niether and post's under your real name can polish/tarnish your 'actual' reputation (dependant on who see's it.
I think you may have hit the proverbial nail on the head here:
"So sitting here and saying that Swedens have to respect US law in their native country is beyond ludicrous."
Whatever law is passed in the US nationally, cannot be rationally rolled out worldwide, unless of course the US is going to take on all laws of other countries too, a scary thought when you think of places like north korea, where you're told what your opinion is before you're allowed to form one (this is just one of many laws from other countries that simply couldn't exist under the US constitution, I'm sure you can all think of many others).
So arguing that SOPA/E-PARASITE must be brought in to stop TPB is absolutely ludicrus, I'm sure the owners of TPB couldn't care less about what another country's internet usage rights are. I think this discussion and any arguments for or against SOPA/E-PARASITE should be limited to what affect and effect it will have in it's country of origin, not how it could affect sites based where this law cannot be enforced.
"I don't care for the dishonesty of casting removing infringing content as violating free speech."
It's not just the removal of infringing content that is covered here, is it?
I've quoted it below but I'll put it here too for your delectation:
In the first quote of the above story, whole domains blocked for one site infringing:
"But another big worry is that blocking the domain name for one infringing site (say, latviablogging.com/counterfeitrolexes) could prevent access to thousands of innocent ones also hosted under that domain (like latviablogging.com/motherscookierecipes). "
Clearly demonstrating how free speech can and will be impeded under E-PARASITE/SOPA.
In the first quote of the above story, whole domains blocked for one site infringing:
"But another big worry is that blocking the domain name for one infringing site (say, latviablogging.com/counterfeitrolexes) could prevent access to thousands of innocent ones also hosted under that domain (like latviablogging.com/motherscookierecipes). "
That's example one, clearly demonstrating how free speech can and will be impeded under E-PARASITE/SOPA. I can link to plenty more when I can be bothered to, if this is not enough for you.
In the UK, Sky TV allows you to stream their channels to iPhone, iPads, soon android and laptops through SkyGo, but you can only register it on two seperate devices.
I like this idea, personally, and it also means I don't miss games, movies, or anything else when I'm away from home.
erm, you may have watched this too many times, and probably for the wrong reasons if you're taking notice of last names.
I'm also not sure that porn is well known for it's continuity, more for assisting in bashing one out.
The only old way to determine (quickly) the authenticity in a rolex used to be the second hand, it moves continuously on a real rolex, and 'ticks' on a fake.
Yes, there probably are people who can make the continuous movement, but most cheap replica makers won't bother - it's expensive and therefore would put the price of the replica up, making it less desirable.
That's my two penny's to this discussion, probably not entirely relevant, but hey, that's me, not entirely relevant.
The word "should" as opposed to "must" would be the first indicator that this is an opinion based comment, and on an opinion based discussion board too, who would have thought it?!
His opinion is fact, in the sense that it's a fact that it is his opinion.
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So close:
http://arstechnica.com/media/news/2010/03/60-of-americans-engaging-in-couch-potato-multitask ing.ars
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I did mark it 'insightful', though, just so you know.
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Paying for free?
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It is, however, easier to dismiss an AC's comment (in my opinion), if it differs from your own, because you don't have a history of comments with this AC (are they always posting argumentitive statements just to get a reaction, or is this a one off where this is what they really believe as opposed to what they think will annoy/get a reaction)
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Those who register and post under their full name
Those who register and post under a pseudonym (like me)
Those who don't register a profile but still post under the same pseudonym (like our very own 'I'm not a member of this community, honest' O_O_T_B)
Those who post under the Anonymous Coward pseudynom.
There are also different levels to the first two, whether you link your profile to a page about you or not, for example.
The middle two are very similar, with the exception that you can't see in one place what non-registered users have posted, you still know it's the same person (most of the time)
The last isn't even truly anonymous, as the avatar stays the same (at least on the same thread, for the user (I presume it's a IP related thing) so at least in the one thread you can see which anonymous' are the same.
The levels of anonymity could go towards how you post, what you post under the same name either polishes or tarnishes your pseudonym's appearance to others, anonymous coward posts do niether and post's under your real name can polish/tarnish your 'actual' reputation (dependant on who see's it.
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"So sitting here and saying that Swedens have to respect US law in their native country is beyond ludicrous."
Whatever law is passed in the US nationally, cannot be rationally rolled out worldwide, unless of course the US is going to take on all laws of other countries too, a scary thought when you think of places like north korea, where you're told what your opinion is before you're allowed to form one (this is just one of many laws from other countries that simply couldn't exist under the US constitution, I'm sure you can all think of many others).
So arguing that SOPA/E-PARASITE must be brought in to stop TPB is absolutely ludicrus, I'm sure the owners of TPB couldn't care less about what another country's internet usage rights are. I think this discussion and any arguments for or against SOPA/E-PARASITE should be limited to what affect and effect it will have in it's country of origin, not how it could affect sites based where this law cannot be enforced.
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Loving these posts by the way... It's important to remember humour when you're reading what someone else considers serious :-)
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It's not just the removal of infringing content that is covered here, is it?
I've quoted it below but I'll put it here too for your delectation:
In the first quote of the above story, whole domains blocked for one site infringing:
"But another big worry is that blocking the domain name for one infringing site (say, latviablogging.com/counterfeitrolexes) could prevent access to thousands of innocent ones also hosted under that domain (like latviablogging.com/motherscookierecipes). "
Clearly demonstrating how free speech can and will be impeded under E-PARASITE/SOPA.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Rules for ACs
"But another big worry is that blocking the domain name for one infringing site (say, latviablogging.com/counterfeitrolexes) could prevent access to thousands of innocent ones also hosted under that domain (like latviablogging.com/motherscookierecipes). "
That's example one, clearly demonstrating how free speech can and will be impeded under E-PARASITE/SOPA. I can link to plenty more when I can be bothered to, if this is not enough for you.
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Less intelligence, maybe, but it is a pain to filter through the crap that gets spouted.
I do like the irony, however, of mentioning your rights to free speech whilst trying to inhibit others by being incredibly pro E-PARASITE/SOPA.
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I like this idea, personally, and it also means I don't miss games, movies, or anything else when I'm away from home.
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Best you get your hands on those public domain films that have been talked about here recently ;-)
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111031/14012416574/various-lawsuits-trying-to-avoid-admitt ing-that-porn-classics-debbie-does-dallas-deep-throat-are-public-domain.shtml
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I'm also not sure that porn is well known for it's continuity, more for assisting in bashing one out.
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Quality title for a porn flick.
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Yes, there probably are people who can make the continuous movement, but most cheap replica makers won't bother - it's expensive and therefore would put the price of the replica up, making it less desirable.
That's my two penny's to this discussion, probably not entirely relevant, but hey, that's me, not entirely relevant.
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His opinion is fact, in the sense that it's a fact that it is his opinion.
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"I'm a lawyer"
Kinda answered your own question.
Funny post though
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I want to live 'til I die, no more, no less - Eddie Izzard
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Re: Eh?
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