benecere’s Comments

• Sep 9th, 2011 @ 2:44am

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  on Leaping The Uncanny Valley: Japanese Pop Star Turns Out To Be A Computer Generated Mashup
  Due to numerous copyright notifications. I suppose there's nothing I can say that everyone isn't already thinking, huh?
• Feb 18th, 2011 @ 7:01am

  It is inconsistent

  on Millennium Park Garden Deemed Not Copyrightable, Because Gardens Are Not Authored
  Sorry, my hand slipped on my overly sensitive keyboard.
  
  But, my point is this: The ruling pisses me off for reasons other than my wanting gardens copyrighted. What pisses me off is that this proves that most of the other cases, where the courts, the congress and even damn diplomats are pushing to sue and pull people off the internet are only viable because they are backed by the strong-arms of the RIAA and MPAA.
  
  If the laws were consistent and set precedent, this guy should have won. Perhaps, if it got to that point, people would pay more attention and demand better laws.
  
  I don't know, but I'd guess if landscapers had a huge lobby behind them, the situation would be a whole lot different.
• Feb 18th, 2011 @ 6:53am

  It's inconsistent

  on Millennium Park Garden Deemed Not Copyrightable, Because Gardens Are Not Authored
• Dec 14th, 2010 @ 12:38pm

  Re:

  on Is The US Response To Wikileaks Really About Overhyping Online Threats To Pass New Laws?
  Spoken like a true Machiavellian, well, except for the "Anonymous Coward" part. Fuck, yeah! Let's achieve freedom through totalitarianism, because there's nothing like a Democracy of Hypocrisy complete with fireworks and what's-his-face sickeningly warbling on about "Thank God I'm an Ameeerican where at least I know I'm free"?
• Dec 9th, 2010 @ 12:21pm

  What?

  on Justice Department Report Notes Defense Department Sucks At Protecting Whistle Blowers
  The Defense Department; no, I guess now.
• Dec 9th, 2010 @ 12:20pm

  What?

  on Justice Department Report Notes Defense Department Sucks At Protecting Whistle Blowers