CD’s Comments

• Sep 10th, 2013 @ 3:11pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Court Says WiFi Isn't Radio Because It's Not Audio; Therefore WiFi Sniffing Can Be Wiretapping
  Time to put speakers on routers. I bet they sound like really fast dial-up modems or something. The blinky-blinky of the fiber light probably sounds like Morse code.
• Aug 27th, 2013 @ 1:44pm

  Re: Errrmmm, didn't that quote prove S-n-F fails?

  on Gun Runner Uses Instagram Account To Sabotage Own Criminal Enterprise, And Bloomberg Still Thinks It's A Win For Stop And Frisk

  If you can afford a car, you can pretty much avoid being subjected to 'random' searches.

  
  
  Don't give them any ideas. It's bad enough trying to drive through NYC as it is.
• Feb 6th, 2013 @ 1:34pm

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  on North Korea Threatens To Nuke US With Copied Video Game Footage
  I wonder if they got HOMEFRONT!
• Jan 4th, 2013 @ 4:26pm

  Amazon is in trouble....

  on One Problem With FTC/Google Settlement: Implies Fair Use Scraping Is An Antitrust Issue
  I guess this means that Amazon is also performing anti-trust scraping when they show products offered by other sites or online stores on their pages.
• Nov 16th, 2012 @ 4:27pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Taliban Spokesman Accidentally Copies Mailing List On Press Release Email
  This will go unnoticed. The Government, including the CIA, are too busy having wet daydreams about affairs than caring about terrorist attacks and platter served intel.
• Aug 1st, 2012 @ 6:31am

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  on How Petty Patent Fights Can Get: Samsung Upset That Apple Gets Top Billing In Patent Suit
  Mute point. Now had this been an electronic sign capable of being updated via the internet using a touchscreen that scrolled and snapped back when you get to the end of the page, then someone's going to pay!
• Jul 16th, 2012 @ 3:54pm

  Re: Re: I don't get it...

  on In The Patent Battle Over Speech Devices, The Real 'Irreparable Harm' Is A Child Losing Her Only Voice
  Who had the other 10% of the iPad market?
• Jul 9th, 2012 @ 5:23am

  Re:

  on UK Ministry of Defence Close To Gaining Patent On Key GPS Technology; US Not Amused
  In order to extradite, they would have to claim copyright infringement on the manuals or something. They could however, claim infringement on another patent and sue to have all GPS devices in the UK banned for sale. Who says watching Apple and Samsung isn't a learning experience?!
• Feb 14th, 2012 @ 4:04pm

  Similar or no?

  on Meltwater Partially Wins One Lawsuit, Gets Sued By AP In Another For Daring To Aggregate News
  Is this not similar to the Belgian Newspaper and Google delisting episode?
  
  http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110508/16543114199/belgian-appeals-court-says-google- must-pay-up-linking-to-newspaper-websites.shtml
• Jan 30th, 2012 @ 9:19am

  (untitled comment)

  on NBC News Doesn't Understand Fair Use; Demands Mitt Romney Remove Ads That Use TV News Clips
  Quick shutdown the campaign website, freeze all assets, and delete the data within a week or two.
• Jan 23rd, 2012 @ 5:00pm

  (untitled comment)

  on Jonathan Coulton Destroys The Rationale Behind The Megaupload Seizure With A Single Tweet; Follows Up With Epic Blog Post
  Maybe he should use the RIAA's math and sue them for lost wages. I mean, how could they debunk the numbers that they use to calculate damages for their payouts when they're used against them?!
• Jan 19th, 2012 @ 4:27pm

  Re: Re: Re: It's Simple

  on What Is Ron Paul Thinking? Sues To Unmask Anonymous Internet Users
  Your post hit when your ISP ran a test run of the SOPA/PIPA internet scrubber to check for infringing content. Since yours was free of infringement, they posted it two extra times for you to reward your good behavior.
• Jan 18th, 2012 @ 7:19pm

  Re: I think Bruce got our message

  on Best Congressional Response To SOPA Yet? Rep. Bruce Braley Takes To *CENSORED* To Explain His *CENSORED*
  Why stop? Might as well keep the pressure on. That's what Lobbyists do. We may not have the cash floating around, but constantly making contact forces them into a whole 'squeaky wheel gets the grease' situation.
• Jan 16th, 2012 @ 1:09pm

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  on It's Official: Wikipedia To Go Dark On Wednesday
  The search engines could respond by filtering all the RIAA and MPAA links in their databases. Reply to questions why it's gone...well there was this guy that said that he owned this line of code in the source of your HTML and it fell under his copyright. So, we had to remove all of your sites that had this comment in them...
• Jan 6th, 2012 @ 10:38am

  Re: Re: LLC

  on Righthaven Fails To Show Up In Court As Ordered... When Confronted Says It Got Confused Over The Date
  I always thought it was Company, but your post made me second guess myself. So I googled "LLC". I don't know which is more credible... Wikipedia or a Government run agency, so I put both. They both say the same thing.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Limited_liability_company
  
  http://www.irs.gov/businesses/sm all/article/0,,id=98277,00.html
  
  I even googled Limited Liability Corporation and all the links were pointing to Limited Liability Company.
  
  However, your comment pointed me to the similarities between the two, so I'm sure it could be overlooked and then treated as a Corporation anyway.
• Jan 6th, 2012 @ 7:05am

  Re: LLC

  on Righthaven Fails To Show Up In Court As Ordered... When Confronted Says It Got Confused Over The Date
  Well I did put in a URL but it's not showing underlined....
  
  pay fees ordered by court links to:
  http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110927/22251216119/righthaven-desperately-trying-to-avoid-pa ying-legal-fees.shtml
• Jan 6th, 2012 @ 7:04am

  LLC

  on Righthaven Fails To Show Up In Court As Ordered... When Confronted Says It Got Confused Over The Date
  Good thing Righthaven is an LLC and not a Corporation. Otherwise, since the Gov thinks corporations are people, the court could issue a WARRANT for Righthaven.
  
  Then all we have to do is wait for Righthaven to be caught speeding. Or maybe they'd use Dog Chapman for bail bond since they cannot pay fees ordered by court and we see them running scared on A&E.
• Dec 22nd, 2011 @ 9:08am

  Re: Re:

  on The Myth That SOPA/PIPA Only Impact 'Foreign Sites'
  Now with this statement...."No "file hosting", no "video hosting", no "lockers", but an actual host where you decide 100% what is seen when people access your files - and you pay for the hosting."
  
  Exactly how will you be able to create either of your examples. Without hosting "FILES" you cannot have a website displayed. What if I want to allow "VIDEO HOSTING" or "STORAGE SPACE"? I get to "...decide 100% what is seen when people access [MY] files - and [I] pay for the hosting."
• Dec 16th, 2011 @ 6:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: The Scariest Part

  on Microsoft Reminds Everyone: You Do Not Own Your Software
  Profanity contained in the image....
  
  http://www.stevenhumour.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/11/save-button.jpg
• Nov 30th, 2011 @ 10:57am

  Re: Re: Copyright and Patent Everything

  on EU Advocate General: 'Functionalities Of A Computer Program Cannot Be Protected By Copyright'
  In addition, a Litigation Tax equal to some percentage of the agreed settlement or award in a case regardless of outcome and paid by the owner. This tax would then have to exempted from costs that can be sued for. Sure you can get attorney fees, but paying for your tax, that's on you.

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