I suppose you WANT Americans to die, eh Mike? Look, if the FBI didn't foil their own plots, then their own plots might be successful. What if the FBI technician got confused and in a Fire-Marshall-Bill-esque moment of mental absentia, gave some impressionable kid they had manipulated and groomed a real bomb. Given how some of these zany law enforcement schemes have ended up, I for one am glad the FBI is protecting us.
In the end, what I'm saying is thank you, FBI. If not for the FBI, who would foil the dastardly plots of the FBI?
It seems to me, from what I understand from nerds, that’s really rare. If it’s not a legitimate user, the internet has ways to try to shut that whole thing down. But let’s assume that maybe that didn’t work or something: I think there should be some punishment, but the punishment ought to be of the infringer, and not overbearing and secretive TPP.
"Piracy is the same product, without the hassle of going to the store, or ordering online, or waiting for UPS guy to deliver. It's now, it's here, and it's free."
Have you ever tried to download something from TPB? It's not hassle free. Loads of fakes, listing page can be slow, people not seeding, having to apply cracks which often don't work, having to wade through idiotic comments like "I WISH TEHER WAS CHON LEE"S BOOBERS AND PEANUS!!!" and get inundated by ads offering you chinese, russian and brazilian brides as well as the opportunity to meet singles in my area while playing poker online and taking herbal male enhancements.
Get a clue.
"Also, I have to wonder: What are the qualifications for this guy to detail the consumer's mind. Was it an empirical study, or just something he pulled out of his ass? He doesn't appear to have any more qualifications except perhaps as a consumer himself."
This is bullshit and you know it. The author isn't presenting it as a study, or empirical anything you're just trying to muckrake. That "process" is so obvious as to be self-evident.
"Perhaps Mike can get him to write for Techdirt, considering there doesn't appear to be much qualification required, right Zach?"
I am a Nigerian Prince who has with much gumption and panache developed an algorithm capable of determining a user's real identity (FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, ADDRESS, BANK ACCOUNTINFO) based on their connecting to a monitored BITORENT download.
In order to refine and test this algorithm, please send me 720p or higher DRM-free digital files of some of your more popular latest releases, preferably in XVid with OggVorbis audio, so that I may seed and track these nefarious buggery-participants.
I will then send you several gigs worth of suable downloaders, for much money and public education on the evils of piracy to be had by you.
Thanks you for time,
Prince Ngali Mboto Mzungu
Kingdom of Nigeria
In the above scenario, who gets the strike? BBC? They didn't program the bot or issue the takedown. The stream was taken down by a provider for ustream, so they issue strikes against themselves?
While this certainly sucked, there might be a bit of a silver lining here (I hope). The negative attention on Ustream as a result of this might push them to build "re-enablement" into their product.
It doesn't answer the question of "how do you program in fair use into these bots?"
Other thing I'd consider doing is contacting my congressperson, were I an American, and lambast congress as whole for pushing this nonsense.
Two moronic Governments fighting over idiocies while prot specced pallies, who have nothing to do with their Federal Sized Egos, suffer the consequences. Classic.
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Re: Brains...
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You fool!
In the end, what I'm saying is thank you, FBI. If not for the FBI, who would foil the dastardly plots of the FBI?
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Re: I'm a victim too
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Suing or Just Sending Dumb C&D's?
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Legitimate Users
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Have you ever tried to download something from TPB? It's not hassle free. Loads of fakes, listing page can be slow, people not seeding, having to apply cracks which often don't work, having to wade through idiotic comments like "I WISH TEHER WAS CHON LEE"S BOOBERS AND PEANUS!!!" and get inundated by ads offering you chinese, russian and brazilian brides as well as the opportunity to meet singles in my area while playing poker online and taking herbal male enhancements.
Get a clue.
"Also, I have to wonder: What are the qualifications for this guy to detail the consumer's mind. Was it an empirical study, or just something he pulled out of his ass? He doesn't appear to have any more qualifications except perhaps as a consumer himself."
This is bullshit and you know it. The author isn't presenting it as a study, or empirical anything you're just trying to muckrake. That "process" is so obvious as to be self-evident.
"Perhaps Mike can get him to write for Techdirt, considering there doesn't appear to be much qualification required, right Zach?"
So why do you come here?
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Re: *unghh*
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Re: Re: Legacy players
I am a Nigerian Prince who has with much gumption and panache developed an algorithm capable of determining a user's real identity (FIRSTNAME, LASTNAME, ADDRESS, BANK ACCOUNTINFO) based on their connecting to a monitored BITORENT download.
In order to refine and test this algorithm, please send me 720p or higher DRM-free digital files of some of your more popular latest releases, preferably in XVid with OggVorbis audio, so that I may seed and track these nefarious buggery-participants.
I will then send you several gigs worth of suable downloaders, for much money and public education on the evils of piracy to be had by you.
Thanks you for time,
Prince Ngali Mboto Mzungu
Kingdom of Nigeria
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Re: Clap with one hand!
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On the post: Copyright Enforcement Bots Seek And Destroy Hugo Awards
Re: easy fix ---> three strikes philosophy
While this certainly sucked, there might be a bit of a silver lining here (I hope). The negative attention on Ustream as a result of this might push them to build "re-enablement" into their product.
It doesn't answer the question of "how do you program in fair use into these bots?"
Other thing I'd consider doing is contacting my congressperson, were I an American, and lambast congress as whole for pushing this nonsense.
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FTFY
On the post: TripAdvisor's Rankings Of 'Dirtiest Hotels' Is Not Defamation
Re: A Big Win
On the post: Samsung/Apple Jury Foreman's Explanation For Verdict Shows He Doesn't Understand Prior Art
Re: Are juries really so silly?
It seems in this case the dominant person (the foreperson) also has some skin in the patent game and that appears to have driven some of his thinking.
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Wow
I'm fairly certain I was a really stoned teenager on that date. You old, Mike.
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Also, when you say "X is demonstrably Y" usually that means you can demonstrate it. Go ahead, I'm patient.
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