braindead’s Comments

• Jul 22nd, 2009 @ 1:37am

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  on John McCain Settles Jackson Browne Lawsuit Over Song Use
  isn't McCain one of those ppl who claim there is no such thing as FairUse?
  
  and that is why he settled and issued a public apology
• Jul 18th, 2009 @ 6:56pm

  Re: Re: Amazon is at fault on fronts

  on Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone
  actually you should be smart enough to never buy a DRMed product.
• Jul 18th, 2009 @ 6:03pm

  Re: Is it really Amazon?

  on Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone
  2009: Publisher decides an ebook was a mistake and tells Amazon to pull it. Amazon may or may not think that's a hot idea, but they have to comply if they want to keep their deals with the publisher. Ebook is pulled, Amazon gets blamed.
  
  of course they will, if they want to keep there customers they should protect them. If you have books but no customers your not going far, but if you have customers then publishers will have no choice but to deal with you, I am sure you are familiar with the saying "if you build it they will come"
• Jul 1st, 2009 @ 8:21pm

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  on Insider Trading Suspected In The Pirate Bay Sale
  Honestly, the story is somewhat surreal and feels quite like the trial itself: a lot of people not really taking things seriously.
  
  have you ever been to TPB? they use to have a section where they posted letter they received by companies asking them to remove that is copyrighted or threatening them to sue with the responses they sent. TBP staff always made fun of them in there replies.
• Jun 23rd, 2009 @ 4:09pm

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  on Do School Administrators Not Realize Students Have Access To The Internet?
  sheltering the child from real life issues is hardly a way to protect them from harm.
  
  if protecting them from harm is really the issue then the children should be informed about said harmful issues.
• Jun 17th, 2009 @ 7:29am

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  on UK Court Says No Right To Being An Anonymous Blogger
  "A UK judge has required the unveiling of an anonymous police blogger, claiming blogging is "essentially a public rather than a private activity," and thus, there is no right to anonymity."
  
  Not that I am agreeing with the Judge but he has a point in what he said, it should certainly not be dismissed so fast.
• Jun 10th, 2009 @ 7:54am

  i totally agree with the verdict.

  on Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Over Computer Tech's Right To Search Your Computer
  lets put in in an other way.
  
  you send your car to the shop or a car wash, while working on your car they find a human finger. Aren't they required by law to report it?
  
  how is that any different.
• Jun 3rd, 2009 @ 6:24am

  AG in the paper business

  on Alternative Weekly Papers See Spike In Adult Ads Following Craigslist Decision
  im waiting for the article that explain how the AG is a shareholder in some of those papers
• Jun 3rd, 2009 @ 1:11am

  doesnt work like that

  on Is A Security Auditor Liable If There's A Security Breach?
  "Savvis -- who had audited the security of CardSystems' computer systems and determined that the company "had implemented sufficient security solutions and operated in a manner consistent with industry best practices."
  
  lawsuit will go nowere Savvis never said data is secure it only said:
  the company "had implemented sufficient security solutions and operated in a manner consistent with industry best practices.
  
  which has nothing to do with Data breach:
  -Everyone (or at least most ppl) know that its impossible to have a 100% secure system.
  -Savvis never rated security of system, it simply said system is with in the norm.
  
  so unless that system was below standard (and some1 can prove that) Savvis has no liability what so ever.
• Jun 2nd, 2009 @ 5:22am

  Re: Re: being optimistic are we?

  on YouTube's Big Traffic Stick Forces PRS To Slash UK Streaming Royalty Rate
  @ John Duncan Yoyo agreed,
  I just think that they're not happy about this and decided to go along cause there was no other alternative.
• Jun 2nd, 2009 @ 4:50am

  being optimistic are we?

  on YouTube's Big Traffic Stick Forces PRS To Slash UK Streaming Royalty Rate
  "It looks like maybe the PRS is beginning to understand that without useful distribution (like that provided by YouTube), its members' content loses a lot of value[...]"
  
  i think PRS feels its getting the short end of the stick and i bet if they could sue youtube for black mail (or what ever else) that's what we would be reading about on TechDirt today.
• May 29th, 2009 @ 12:48am

  that judge is an idiot

  on Lifelock Found To Be Illegally Placing Fraud Alerts On Credit Profiles
  by his reasoning a person isn't allowed to appoint his lawyer or his financial manager to renew that service.