BongoBern’s Comments

• Dec 28th, 2011 @ 9:28am

  All Set to Go Ballistic but...

  on Senator Joe Lieberman Follows Up His 'Report Blog As Terrorist' Letter By Asking Twitter To Block Pro-Taliban Feeds
  MAJikMARCer has put it neatly in a nutshell. Good job, mate!
• Sep 20th, 2011 @ 10:52am

  Weird

  on Police Ticket Guy Who Helped Direct Traffic After Traffic Light Failure; Then Leave Without Handling Traffic
  What's the phrase about no good deed going unpunished?
• Sep 14th, 2011 @ 2:06pm

  It's True!

  on Guy Who Created The TSA Says It's Failed, And It's Time To Dismantle It
  John Mica's a Republican - he oughta know!
• Sep 11th, 2011 @ 8:08am

  Ignore the Politicians

  on The Washington Declaration On Intellectual Property And The Public Interest... Which Politicians Will Ignore
  If they can ignore us - we can ignore them.
• Sep 7th, 2011 @ 7:36am

  Your tax dollars in inaction.

  on Congress Moves Forward With Useless Patent Reform That Won't Fix Any Real Problems
  Does Congress actually know anything about this?
• Sep 3rd, 2011 @ 5:27am

  Bit of this and that

  on If TV Companies Released Authorized Torrents With Ads, Would People Download Them?
  I use a DVR to record shows with commercials - that I can skip through. Until the TV becomes seamless with Inet (god forbid) this seems like the way to go since I have to have a subscription/account anyway.
• Sep 2nd, 2011 @ 1:55pm

  Filming police

  on Man Facing 75 Years In Jail For Recording The Police; Illinois Assistant AG Says No Right To Record Police
  Seems to me, as in cases we've seen, we NEED to be filming public officials in action. I said "public," we hire them with our tax money and it's only fair that we know how our money is being spent. All it requires on the part of law enforcement is a little restraint if violence is unnecessary. I know their adrenaline's up and they're mad as hell, but not every takedown requires physical retribution.
• Sep 1st, 2011 @ 3:05pm

  Twitter take downs

  on Twitter Keeps Suspending Accounts Based On Highly Questionable DMCA Claims
  Does that mean a "retweet" is infringement?
• Aug 29th, 2011 @ 1:11pm

  Messin' with Texas

  on Don't Mess With Texas... Or, Well, Don't Use That Slogan As A Book Title Or Texas Will Sue
  There's an excess of Texas which is what most of us don't like about it.
• Aug 27th, 2011 @ 9:03am

  CD the Ripper

  on Brazil Looks To Criminalize Ripping A CD?
  Seems like time is flowing backwards in Brazil.
• Aug 27th, 2011 @ 9:01am

  Tweeting Jurists

  on California Wants To Put Jurors In Jail For Tweeting About Trial
  If you are tweeting and receiving tweets concerning court cases then you are getting information, MAY be getting information that is inadmissible or contaminate to the proceedings. The judge orders the jury not to discuss the case and they should be willing to accept that. I'm not sure about jail time for this but stiff fines would be appropriate.
• Aug 27th, 2011 @ 7:07am

  Fee for non-usage

  on AT&T Takes A Lesson From Banks: Will Now Charge You For Not Using Enough Long Distance
  This is why we so distrust, if not dislike, if not loathe corporate think. Why Romney, Perry, and the Republicans should champion a new cause instead of corporate coddling. Pay not to use?! Like adding gas tax to someone with no car, or requiring "no car" insurance. Like taking 25$ off the cost of a plane ticket and charging 25$ for a piece of luggage. This is insane, absurd and, apparently, inevitable.
• Aug 18th, 2011 @ 1:01pm

  Copyrightousness

  on Legally Bought Some Books Abroad? Sell Them In The US And You Could Owe $150k Per Book For Infringement
  This is getting out of hand. It's as bad as the tax code and needs to be wayyyy simplified.
• Aug 13th, 2011 @ 8:35am

  (untitled comment)

  on Fox News Tells AP Not To Use Clips From GOP Debate; AP Apparently Unfamiliar With Fair Use
  Fair use applies to all. No permits required. Irritating to see a "Goldline: The only gold company Glenn Beck recommends." ad underneath all of this - as if Glenn Beck wasn't a payed shill. Glenn Beck? Drech. A madman tilting at windmills.
• Aug 1st, 2011 @ 3:20pm

  Dice Age?

  on 20th Century Fox Claims 'Dice Age' Game Sounds Too Much Like Ice Age Movie
  Does not remotely sound like - well it "sounds" like "Ice Age" but not exactly. The "D" would indicate that it's not about mammoths and sabre-tooth tigers, and more about spotted cubes. I'm not sure how cold dice can get, though Lady Luck can freeze you out. Still, we've never found any frozen gamblers from the "ice" age. Unless you count the hunters who went after mammoths and tigers with stone tipped sticks!
• Jul 28th, 2011 @ 6:46am

  Corporate Image

  on Football Player Sues Hanes; Says It Can't Fire Him Over Controversial Things He Said On Twitter
  I would think that a spokesman, or representative of a company would have to be aware of the image the company wants to present in public. A bit of free speech can entangle itself in public perception of the company. This may be a little overbearing, but Hanes is within its rights to terminate a contract it sees as harmful to public recognition.
• Jul 28th, 2011 @ 6:45am

  Corporate Image

  on Football Player Sues Hanes; Says It Can't Fire Him Over Controversial Things He Said On Twitter
  I would think that a spokesman, or representative of a company would have to be aware of the image the company wants to present in public. A bit of free speech can entangle itself in public perception of the company. This may be a little overbearing, but Hanes is within its rights to terminate a contract it sees as harmful to public recognition.
• Jul 27th, 2011 @ 9:03am

  Fair Use

  on Idea/Expression Dichotomy Is Dead; Judge Allows Photographer's Lawsuit Against Rihanna To Move Forward
  The judge is obviously borrowing from earlier expressions of law. If I have a picture of me walking my dog in front of a wildly colored billboard, am I also guilty of crossing La Chapelle? As Gracey said, "You can't copyright an idea..." Think "parody" or "improvisation."
• Jul 27th, 2011 @ 8:54am

  Manipulate?

  on Propaganda Campaign Against Vigilante Hacking Groups: Gov't Officials Warn That The KGB Could Infiltrate Lulzsec
  I just don't see Anonymous or WikiLeaks being manipulated by anybody. That's the whole point, isn't it?
• Jul 20th, 2011 @ 8:51am

  Remembering and looking up

  on No, Google Is Not Rewiring How We Remember
  It was always easier to ask "how do you spell..." instead of looking it up in the dictionary. I remembered if I had to look it up, not so much if I was told. I used to be a good speller until spell check came along, now not so much. In fact spell check often changes a word I don't want it to change and I DON'T notice! Now that's bag.

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