And you obviously don't care about civil liberties like free speech and freedom of the press. You also apparently don't care to hold our government accountable in any way. That's very sad.
How long would they last if they targeted Vladimir Putin or Israel.
Along these same lines I've thought it odd that most of what gets headlines on Wikileaks is when something embarasses the US government. How come I never hear of them leaking China or Russian secrets? Or even Panamanian or Peruvian secrets? Don't know if it's because their secrets aren't leaked, or the media just doesn't report on it. I guess someday I should actually read Wikileaks. On someone else's computer though so I don't get put on a watchlist.
your full of shit, you will be shopping with them tomorrow. They hear this bullshit threat all the time. Take your $20 and shove it up your ass.
What an insightful comment. Thank you for your contribution to the community. In the future you may want to take a moment to proof read your comments so your poor grammer and spelling doesn't make you look foolish.
Quite an entitlement mentality when anytime we don't get to see others secrets we call it censorship?
To quote the Princess Bride, "You are trying to take what I have rightfully stolen"
The information belongs to the US Government, so they are censoring themselves? No one is trying to keep Assange's opinion quiet, THAT would be censorship.
To quote the Princess Bride, "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."
The difference is intent. And there's nothing illegal in a scruffy dude in a van taking pictures from the street either. You may not like it, but that doesn't mean he can't do it. Now if he's stalking children and you have proof of that, that's one thing, but if he (or Google) drive slowly down the street taking pictures of everyone's houses, that's legal.
For myself, the only objection I have to photos of my home on Street View is that they were taken in late fall when the trees were all bare, making the photos look quite dreary.
Ha! I have the same issue with my Street View picture!
I also agree with the rest of your post as well. If someone already knows where I live, Street View won't tell them anything they can't find out by driving up to my house. If someone sees my house in Street View, but has no idea who I am or who lives there, then so what? It's just another in a row of houses along the street.
You can find out a lot more about me by looking at my Techdirt profile than you could by looking at my house on Street View, and I would think the same would apply to Rose M. Welch.
I've given access to several companies to auto charge my credit card/checking accounts for the past ten years or so and never once had a problem. And I do keep track to make sure I'm not getting screwed.
I think this entire article needs the old correlation doesn't imply causation reminder first.
I agree. Mike is usually the first one to point that out, so I'm not sure why he chose to sidestep it here. I dislike ACTA as much as the next sane person, but this seems like too much of a stretch.
I can't wait to see what the future holds for air travel! I predict in the not-too-distant future that the TSA will madate that all travelers must wear translucent footie jumpsuits and nothing else.
You beat me to the point I was going to make, but said it much better than I could have.
Now if Steve Jobs is saying their projected earnings are "extraordinary... the best experience ever... it's phenomenal... it's unbelievably great... way better..." then you might have cause for concern as an investor (although with the way Apple has been performing it might be accurate), but when it's a new product he's hyping, that's par for the course.
You took the question right off my keyboard. After all that's the whole reason for this law, right? To "protect" the entertainment industry's sales? So the **IA's should be turning a huge profit now that this law is in place to force those pesky "pirates" to buy their merchandise.
I'll tell you why I pay for TV in one word: sports. Or more specifically, live sports.
I've gone to Justin.tv to try and watch over the net, but it was poor quality and more hassle to me than it's worth. I'm basically paying $100 per month to be able to watch sporting events live and in HD. It sucks, but until I can get all the major sports, and MMA fights, in high quality live streaming I'm stuck paying for convenience.
Perhaps the labels should have focused on keeping the games cheap...
What the record labels charge to license their music has no bearing on the cost of the games. Console prices are set in stone for the most part; $60 for PS3 and Xbox, and I think $50 for Wii. The licensing fees just eat into the game publisher's profits, although maybe that cost is passed onto the price of the periphrials, as they do seem overpriced for the poor quality as was mentioned above.
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Along these same lines I've thought it odd that most of what gets headlines on Wikileaks is when something embarasses the US government. How come I never hear of them leaking China or Russian secrets? Or even Panamanian or Peruvian secrets? Don't know if it's because their secrets aren't leaked, or the media just doesn't report on it. I guess someday I should actually read Wikileaks. On someone else's computer though so I don't get put on a watchlist.
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What an insightful comment. Thank you for your contribution to the community. In the future you may want to take a moment to proof read your comments so your poor grammer and spelling doesn't make you look foolish.
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To quote the Princess Bride, "You are trying to take what I have rightfully stolen"
The information belongs to the US Government, so they are censoring themselves? No one is trying to keep Assange's opinion quiet, THAT would be censorship.
To quote the Princess Bride, "You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means."
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The difference is intent. And there's nothing illegal in a scruffy dude in a van taking pictures from the street either. You may not like it, but that doesn't mean he can't do it. Now if he's stalking children and you have proof of that, that's one thing, but if he (or Google) drive slowly down the street taking pictures of everyone's houses, that's legal.
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Ha! I have the same issue with my Street View picture!
I also agree with the rest of your post as well. If someone already knows where I live, Street View won't tell them anything they can't find out by driving up to my house. If someone sees my house in Street View, but has no idea who I am or who lives there, then so what? It's just another in a row of houses along the street.
You can find out a lot more about me by looking at my Techdirt profile than you could by looking at my house on Street View, and I would think the same would apply to Rose M. Welch.
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I agree. Mike is usually the first one to point that out, so I'm not sure why he chose to sidestep it here. I dislike ACTA as much as the next sane person, but this seems like too much of a stretch.
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Now if Steve Jobs is saying their projected earnings are "extraordinary... the best experience ever... it's phenomenal... it's unbelievably great... way better..." then you might have cause for concern as an investor (although with the way Apple has been performing it might be accurate), but when it's a new product he's hyping, that's par for the course.
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I'll tell you why I pay for TV in one word: sports. Or more specifically, live sports.
I've gone to Justin.tv to try and watch over the net, but it was poor quality and more hassle to me than it's worth. I'm basically paying $100 per month to be able to watch sporting events live and in HD. It sucks, but until I can get all the major sports, and MMA fights, in high quality live streaming I'm stuck paying for convenience.
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The games won't get any cheaper
What the record labels charge to license their music has no bearing on the cost of the games. Console prices are set in stone for the most part; $60 for PS3 and Xbox, and I think $50 for Wii. The licensing fees just eat into the game publisher's profits, although maybe that cost is passed onto the price of the periphrials, as they do seem overpriced for the poor quality as was mentioned above.
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