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• On the post: No Punishment For Bogus DMCA Notices If Service Provider Doesn't Take Down The Content

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 4 May 2011 @ 2:00am

  
  

  I only wonder if one could use a countersuit of fraud to seek damages to one's reputation, and/or court fees. of course, you would have to prove that the take down was willfully fraudulent, but still...

• On the post: Why Is The Obama Administration Putting Billions Of People At Risk With Patent Pressure From The USTR?

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 3 May 2011 @ 7:52pm

  
  

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  How much do you really believe that your vote counts? In the end, the popular vote means NOTHING in an election. It's the electoral college that matters, and those votes are cast by other people, not by the count of the popular vote.

• On the post: Judge Slams Copyright Troll Lawyer John Steele's Latest 'Fishing Expedition'

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 2 May 2011 @ 5:28pm

  
  

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  Perhaps in poor taste, however..
  
  I think butt piracy is part of Mr Steele's IP.

• On the post: Judge Slams Copyright Troll Lawyer John Steele's Latest 'Fishing Expedition'

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 2 May 2011 @ 5:18pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: welp

  Except that driving isn't a right, it's a privilege, so there's a huge difference, here.

• On the post: Unsealed Righthaven Agreement Has Other Judges Questioning Legitimacy Of Righthaven's Lawsuits

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 2 May 2011 @ 4:54pm

  
  

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  Okay, see, you guys keep going back and forth. I'm not a lawyer, of course, and don't understand half the BS legalese lawyers/legislators come up with, but here's my take on the conversation so far:
  
  Righthaven owns the copyright.
  Righthaven gave exclusive rights (ALL rights) to Stephens Media.
  You need to have those rights to sue.
  Righthaven cannot exercise those rights since they licensed them away, thus they have no standing to bring suit.
  
  That about sum it all up?

• On the post: Interesting World: Man Unwittingly Live Tweets Raid That Killed Osama Bin Laden

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 2 May 2011 @ 1:27pm

  
  

  Re: Take note...

  You have to know that if they need a communication source to go silent in a foreign country that they'll just bomb the hell out of it, right?

• On the post: The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 30 Apr 2011 @ 9:47pm

  
  

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  32GB thumb drives are around $30. Why even bother?

• On the post: Kraft Threatens Cooking Teacher With Trademark Claim For Teaching Students To Cook Beyond Kraft Mac & Cheese

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 25 Apr 2011 @ 4:42pm

  
  

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  I'd rather spend the extra 5 minutes and make it from scratch, even if I do like the box stuff.

• On the post: Obama Says It's Okay To Treat Manning The Way He's Been Treated Because He 'Broke The Law'

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 22 Apr 2011 @ 5:40pm

  
  

  Re: For his own safety

  When did he attempt suicide? Thus far, this is only a rumor with no substantiation.

• On the post: Details Of Apple's Lawsuit Against Samsung Revealed; And It's Even More Ridiculous

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 19 Apr 2011 @ 6:11pm

  
  

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  It isn't about avoiding 'patent sin,' it's about avoiding overly litigious corporations.

• On the post: Guy Sues Over 'Da Da Da Da Da Da.... CHARGE!' Jingle He Might Not Have Written

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 19 Apr 2011 @ 4:54pm

  
  

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  The difference with all of your examples and this is that your examples all have serious legal ramifications if they are caught. The only thing this guy loses is some money to the lawyers. Other than looking like an idiot, that is.
  
  Things like this should be charged with fraud with some jail time attached.

• On the post: Not Just YouTube's Copyright School Video That Has Problems... The Quizzes Are Misleading Too

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 19 Apr 2011 @ 12:07pm

  
  

  Re: Possible answers for question 4

  This almost reads like the lyrics to a Daft Punk song.

• On the post: Latest Domain Seizures May Come Back To Bite One Of The Biggest Supporters Of Domain Seizures

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 18 Apr 2011 @ 7:39am

  
  

  Re: Re: Doesn't espn and vs and maybe others

  You forget your /sarc?

• On the post: Why Google Should Buy The Recording Industry

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 15 Apr 2011 @ 6:09pm

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Public domain books.

  You do realize that 'Google Books' is not the only ebook app for Android, right? Maybe you're still being far too myopic?

• On the post: Technology Trumps ICE Domain Seizures: Browser Plugin Fix Created In Just Days

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 15 Apr 2011 @ 11:41am

  
  

  Re: Re: Re: Circumvention Device

  Okay, explain how not using the DNS servers is bypassing a security feature? Since I can go directly to the front door using the IP address, why should I go to the side door that's locked?

• On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 14 Apr 2011 @ 5:52pm

  
  

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  They also missed the point that the pat downs wouldn't have prevented 9/11, anyways. The locked cockpits would have done that.

• On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 14 Apr 2011 @ 5:51pm

  
  

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  Yes, let us decry the words that someone uses when they are extremely agitated. It makes you look so much better of a person when you're saying, 'Why, no, Sally. The big scary person with the rubber glove isn't going to hurt you, just touch you in your no-nos where we always told you not to let them.'

• On the post: New Zealand Politican Tweets How She's Violating Copyright Law Night Before Supporting Three Strikes Copyright Law

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 14 Apr 2011 @ 5:34pm

  
  

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  In the US...

• On the post: FBI Hijacks Botnet, With Court Order... Then Issues Kill Signal To Millions Of Computers

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 14 Apr 2011 @ 4:54pm

  
  

  Re: Really?

  you do this for a living. Nice. Ummm, you know they just shut down the client, right? if your computer reboots? Oops! There it is, again! so, it's not even a 'safety measure.'
  
  And 'wasn't already compromised in some way' isn't an excuse, either.

• On the post: FBI Hijacks Botnet, With Court Order... Then Issues Kill Signal To Millions Of Computers

  

  Any Mouse (profile), 14 Apr 2011 @ 4:10pm

  
  

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  Not even close to analogous.

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