Ben’s Comments

• Jan 26th, 2017 @ 2:18pm

  For me, the shoe fits...

  on Did A Former National Parks Employee Violate The CFAA By Tweeting About Climate Change?
  I know that when the CFAA was written social media had never been considered. That being said, (And without using any car analogies.) the average person would see what happened as either the NPS rebelling against an elected President or an employee disobeying his/her employer. Both get you fired, one might be a crime in it's own right. Add in the former employee factor and that is a bigger problem, jail time becomes a real possibility even in the corp world.
• Nov 30th, 2015 @ 12:47pm

  cultural clashes

  on Saudi Arabia Says It Will Sue Twitter Users Who Compare It To ISIS; Apparently Skips The NY Times
  "And, really, if your goal is to distance yourself from a group of crazy nutjobs who appear to have a somewhat arbitrary sense of justice and thrive on using the death penalty as a weapon, perhaps announcing plans to go after individuals criticizing you on Twitter isn't the best way to further the distinction."
  
  This has nothing to do with distancing themselves from a crazy group but about saving face. The threat of a lawsuit is more to get others to agree that this is wrong thinking then to appear less nutty.
• Aug 15th, 2015 @ 7:19pm

  Edited Videos

  on Judge Realizing He Probably Can't Block Release Of Surreptitiously Recorded Video
  Hi Mike,
  
  Thanks for covering this issue. I know that it's main topic is not often discussed here on Techdirt.
  
  I wanted to point out that in you opening statement you said that CMP edited then released their videos. This is true, but they also released the full unedited videos at the same time.
  
  one example is:
  
  https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&a mp;uact=8&ved=0CCQQtwIwAWoVChMI6-61gcOsxwIVBHQ-Ch25iwqL&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fw atch%3Fv%3DvwAGsjoorvk&ei=EfHPVauiL4To-QG5l6rYCA&usg=AFQjCNEQnEb98ukQ3ON6oztCfHaoxeRraQ& sig2=hWcd8GWgtZ9GXoECXAAH0w&bvm=bv.99804247,d.cWw
  
  Fill free to look around, every short edited video has been accompanied with the full unedited video as well.
  
  Just say'en
• Mar 18th, 2015 @ 2:49pm

  Bought one

  on DRM; Or How To Make 30,000-Hour LED Bulbs 'Last' Only One Month
  I just bought, simply because I can hack it and use it for as long as see fit too. :)
• Mar 16th, 2015 @ 5:47am

  Military-grade attack hardware

  on EU Releases Its Regulatory Approach For Drones; US Puts Out 'Request For Comments' On Commercial And Private Use
  I think this is why the FAA is dragging their feet. Once they setup rules for the plebs then we might notice those how arn't following the rules. No rules, no domestic oversight!
• Nov 14th, 2014 @ 1:39am

  Five eyes

  on UK's Home Secretary Says Terrorists Will Be The Real Winners If Country's Cell Coverage Dead Zones Are Fixed
  I'd guess this has more to do with keeping the five eyes (who seem to have unlimited access) from tracking all UK citations in real time. I understand "five eyes" not as an agreement to not spy on each other but as a convenient way around there own domestic spying restrictions.
  
  ~Just my two cents.
• Aug 16th, 2014 @ 7:44am

  Consumer or product

  on NY Times Says FCC Should Reclassify Broadband Under Title II
  I think the think most of us are missing is that we are no longer costumers. In the age of mass date we are the product, and these companies now have the "right" to make as much money as they can selling us to the other large content companies. For me this is what this whole thing is now about.