and lost it because of commercial stupidity, (slavery and colonialism)
Umm.. What?!? By abolishing slavery and expanding via colonialism?!? Are you suggesting they should have kept the slave trade and not expanded their empire to ensure commercial success?
Re: Re: Re: Why does this blocking concern anyone here?
You'll presumably be able to continue "perfectly legal activity" of torrenting Linux and so on. They'll surely actually check the first ones they make examples of to be copyrighted content....
...wait..wait.wait..
Didn't you say yesterday that they'll be harassing people simply for downloading large volumes of data?
Local cable company upped speed several times to now 50Mbits for basically same $50/month with no limits, but I don't use that capacity. (Don't even have the right modem.) A gig is not necessary for even pretty good quality streaming, let alone for (yuck) Facebook, and such.
I guess you're right.. Just like we don't need more than 640KB of RAM either.
Hardly anyone wants that speed except pirates! Here at Techdirt, the pirato-geeks* assume their greed to download free content is universal, but it ain't.
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Re: I thought Timothy Geigner, aka "Dark Helmet", handled all porn items.
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I agree, but they will usually give me a reason to check it out myself.
On the post: HBO: The Key To Combating Piracy Is To Make Game Of Thrones More Available... Except Here
Re: Honestly...
Thats usually enough to make me want to check something out...
On the post: Librarian Of Congress Shoots Back At White House Over Phone Unlocking: We're Just Doing Our Job
I wonder just who they think the 'other interested parties' might be..
On the post: UK Lets The Recording Industry Decide What Websites To Censor
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Umm.. What?!? By abolishing slavery and expanding via colonialism?!? Are you suggesting they should have kept the slave trade and not expanded their empire to ensure commercial success?
On the post: UK Lets The Recording Industry Decide What Websites To Censor
Re: Re: Re: Why does this blocking concern anyone here?
...wait..wait.wait..
Didn't you say yesterday that they'll be harassing people simply for downloading large volumes of data?
On the post: Another Future Clash: How Will The Law Deal With Autonomous Vehicles
Re: Re: Re: A car that drives itself?
The same happens in aeroplanes, but for that, I'm truly grateful.
On the post: Oreo Wins The Superbowl Ad Wars With A Timely Tweet
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On the post: Odd: Mega Removing Any File It Can Find That Is Publicly Indexed -- Even Completely Legitimate Uploads
Re: THE SKY IS FALLING[/sarcasm]
FTFY
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On the post: NRA: Games To Blame For Violence! Also, Here's A Shooting Game For 4-Year-Olds!
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Pretty much the rest of the world> "You guys are fucking idiots".
On the post: CBS Sports Writer Feels It's OK To Issue 'Stealth' Corrections Because It's Just 'The Internet'
I see what they're doing..
/sarc
On the post: Camming Group Leader Sentenced To 5 Years; Barred From Owning 'Any Device' That Can Infringe Copyrights After Release
Re: Re: Pens. Paper. yada yada
Yay! Finally something to look forward too!
On the post: Sony Patent Application Takes On Used Game Sales, Piracy With Embedded RFID Chips In Game Discs
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WTF? Quotes or not, do you really think its unethical to lend your stuff to a friend?
Your idiocy blows my mind more than your inability to form a sentence.
On the post: RIAA Lawyers Trying To Rewrite History Of Copyright Clause Through Shoddy Scholarship And Selective Quotation
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On the post: Let Congress Know That Now Is The Time To Fix Copyright, Not To Put Their Head In The Sand
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On the post: Time Warner Cable Doesn't Think There's Demand For Google Fiber
Re: Just more of Mike's pro-Google puffery.
I guess you're right.. Just like we don't need more than 640KB of RAM either.
Hardly anyone wants that speed except pirates! Here at Techdirt, the pirato-geeks* assume their greed to download free content is universal, but it ain't.
* a new term: steal it
It's shit, I don't want it.
On the post: Time Warner Cable Doesn't Think There's Demand For Google Fiber
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On the post: Apparently All That Stuff About Needing SOPA To Go After Foreign Sites Was Bogus
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: ICE itself didn't
He wishes it was, that way we'd all still be only dial-up and there would be 'no' piracy.
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