athe’s Comments

• Jun 20th, 2011 @ 3:52pm

  Re: Re:

  on Peanuts Rights Holder Shuts Down Peanutweeter, Pisses Off Fans For No Reason At All
  It's not parody, it's satire
  
  You might want to look up the definition of parody sometime:
  
  –noun
  1. a humorous or satirical imitation of a serious piece of literature or writing
• May 9th, 2011 @ 3:36am

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  on Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
  On a final note, those who may post here who practice law may appreciate that Mozilla's counsel may have exposed himself to problems under the rules of practice that govern those who are members of the bar. If his client wants to stand on a soap box so be it. But as counsel this was a poor move.
  
  I'd suggest that the counsel to DHS in recent times is probably poorer...
• May 2nd, 2011 @ 4:18pm

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  on Unsealed Righthaven Agreement Has Other Judges Questioning Legitimacy Of Righthaven's Lawsuits
  Copyright is something abstract, it is NOT a property. Intellectual property on the other hand is covered by copyright, amongst other things.
• Apr 28th, 2011 @ 7:28pm

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  on Royal Family Bans Satirical Coverage Of The Big Wedding
  Would you really want to take footage of the Queen and use it for a "spoof" though?
• Apr 27th, 2011 @ 6:17pm

  Re: Ah. My taxes put to good use.

  on White House Threatens Blog For Accurately Using White House Logo
  They are working on fixing corruption - fixing it so that all politicians are corrupt. It's just that Wyden wont tow the "company" line...
• Apr 19th, 2011 @ 3:56pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Details Of Apple's Lawsuit Against Samsung Revealed; And It's Even More Ridiculous
  Talk about throwing everything at the wall and seeing what sticks...
  
  Can't wait to see what Samsung comes back at them with - I can't believe that they wouldn't have something.
  
  I'm guessing that the iPhone 5 wont be very innovative if this is the tact that Apple are taking now.
• Apr 15th, 2011 @ 3:12am

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  on TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure
  And if you're on a plane currently being threatened by by terrorists, that gets hit by an asteroid, you really gotta wonder if someone has it in for you...
• Apr 8th, 2011 @ 8:12pm

  Re: Aggregators vs. journalists

  on Journalists Are Aggregators Too (And That's A Good Thing)
  It would seem fair that those people that "aggregate" other peoples work should compensate those people that created the work in the first place.
  
  
  Then doesn't it also then seem fair that those creating the news should be paid by those reporting on it?
  
  
  If the aggregators are driving more traffic the way of the newpapers, how can that be bad? I think tha they just need to find a better way of monetising that.
• Sep 28th, 2010 @ 7:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: Good Job NYPD

  on More Stories Of People Arrested For Making Joke Threats On Social Networks
  No, but the investigation probably should...
• Sep 13th, 2010 @ 11:42pm

  For physical media

  on Appeals Court Destroys First Sale; You Don't Own Your Software Anymore
  One option for second hand sales of physical media that I can think if is, advertise the license as free, but you just happen to be charging $80/$4000/whatever for the physical media itself.
• Sep 8th, 2010 @ 5:17pm

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  on Groups Still Slamming Craigslist
  Yes, it seems a lot like there may be exploitation on both sides.
• Sep 1st, 2010 @ 4:59pm

  Oh Well

  on Does Steven Levitan Also Want A Cut Every Time You Buy A TV?
  I really enjoyed Modern Family, and was planning on buying it when it was released on DVD. No more.
  
  Of course I realise that the masses would have no idea who this guy is, and it'll still probably still sell really well, but, I just can't bring myself to.
• Aug 19th, 2010 @ 3:45pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Leverage the scarcity

  on Treasure Trove Of Jazz To Be Blocked, Perhaps Forever, Thanks To Copyright
  There's a chance that they'd hear zero songs they represent, and still collect from this museum...
• Aug 10th, 2010 @ 4:48pm

  Re: well

  on FBI Prioritizes Copyright Issues; Not So Concerned About Missing Persons
  You'll need to pay $200K per copy, and every copy will need to be erased...
• Aug 5th, 2010 @ 6:57pm

  Re: "Most people are both creators and consumers at the same time" WRONG !!

  on Can We Please Stop The False Dichotomy Of 'Creators' vs 'Consumers' When It Comes To Copyright?
  I'm thinking of categorising this as "funny", because surely you can't be serious...
• Aug 3rd, 2010 @ 3:58pm

  Re: Re: Re: Only Genzyme can produce the drug?

  on Patents Getting In The Way Of Saving Lives; Fabry Disease Sufferers Petition US Gov't To Step In
  But it never should have been a private right or property. The research was tax payer funded.
• Jun 11th, 2010 @ 5:42pm

  Here's a link to the original article

  on Australian Gov't Says ISPs Should Spy On Users... At The Same Time It's Trying To Attack Google For Doing Less?
  Couldn't seem to see one Mike's article above, so here it is: http://www.zdnet.com.au/govt-wants-isps-to-record-browsing-history-339303785.htm
• May 24th, 2010 @ 10:24pm

  Re: Re: Re: I download your music, and burn a new CD, to replace the broken one. Do you think this should be allowed?

  on Lady Gaga Says No Problem If People Download Her Music; The Money Is In Touring
  Didn't really answer the question there, did ya?
• May 24th, 2010 @ 7:32pm

  Re: Re: Re: But you just said that it's okay for you to give away the Beatles' music, because you're not charging for it. So why can't I do that with your copyrighted material?

  on Lady Gaga Says No Problem If People Download Her Music; The Money Is In Touring
  Better pull up your socks, you hypocrisy is showing...
• May 24th, 2010 @ 7:16pm

  Re: I download your music, and burn a new CD, to replace the broken one. Do you think this should be allowed?

  on Lady Gaga Says No Problem If People Download Her Music; The Money Is In Touring
  OK, so I buy your CD, then back it up to my music server (I do have the right to create a backup, correct?). I put the CD in storage. It remains there for some time, then some accident occurs, and the CD breaks. What, should I go out and purchase a new copy of the CD, deleting the backup until such time as I've got a new copy? I still have the (admittedly damaged) CD to prove that I bought and own it...

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