Dmitriy Plaks’s Comments

• Nov 10th, 2009 @ 2:45pm

  Re:

  on More Important Saving Lives From Swine Flu Or Protecting Roche's Monopoly?
  Can you show some studies that conclude "stronger laws = more innovation"?
• Nov 10th, 2009 @ 2:11pm

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  on More Important Saving Lives From Swine Flu Or Protecting Roche's Monopoly?
  Better yet, why not make the drug here instead of importing it?
• Nov 4th, 2009 @ 9:10am

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  on Law Professor (?!?) Claims Copyright Infringement Because Blog Uses Faculty Photo In Blog Post [Update]
  When you have a hammer, everything seems like a nail.
• Oct 14th, 2009 @ 9:30am

  Re: Re:

  on Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
  wouldnt that fall under patents instead of copyright?
• Oct 13th, 2009 @ 10:53am

  Re: Letters to all!

  on Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
  And once you hit a few judges with that letter maybe that would put a dent into RIAA's campaign to get everyone's money.
• Oct 13th, 2009 @ 10:46am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: yeah yeah, but...

  on Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
  Yes, but if you read their website carefully, the freely available version is meant as a trial only and has limitations. To get a fully working copy you need to buy their license.
  
  http://www.telerik.com/purchase/faqs/telerik-premium-collection-for-dotnet.aspx
• Oct 13th, 2009 @ 9:35am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: yeah yeah, but...

  on Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
  Can you point out some concrete examples?
• Oct 8th, 2009 @ 12:05pm

  Re: Re:

  on Peter Sunde Brings Criminal Charges Against BREIN, Claims They Falsified Documents Against The Pirate Bay
  I can see the Onion putting up a story like this.
• Jul 23rd, 2009 @ 8:06am

  Re: I want...

  on The Fact That A Credit Card Is Patented Is A Selling Point?
  It wards off potential enemies and acts as a neat night light.
• Jul 22nd, 2009 @ 2:18pm

  patent misuse anyone?

  on The Fact That A Credit Card Is Patented Is A Selling Point?
  So if we take the claim of "carbon and/or carbon based material" to the extreme as many patent hoarders do all the time, does this mean that if this patent is granted that all carbon based credit cards are covered? This is a problem for one main reason: most (if not all) plastics contain some carbon.
  
  Lets take a typical credit card. Its made of laminated pvc (polyvinyl chloride). This plastic is made entirely of carbon, hydrogen and chlorine molecules (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Polyvinyl_chloride). To a lawyer it sounds a lot like the plastic is a carbon based material and would be covered by this patent.
  
  This could end in several ways: 1) ThinkTank Holdings sues MasterCard and Discover for patent infringement on their regular cards; 2) ThinkTank Holdings sues anyone who has ever made any kind of material that has any carbon in it (this would include just about any kind of consumer and industrial material out there, including diamonds, graphite, gasoline, methane, steel, etc, etc, etc); 3) ThinkTank Holdings just licenses the patent to Visa and calls it a day. You can draw your own conclusions, but I don't think option 3 is going to be very popular.
• Jan 22nd, 2009 @ 7:57am

  Re: Libel suit would be better

  on Man Sues Former Employer For Not Updating Whois... And Then Acting Stupid
  While I agree with your point that employers should not use former employees' names in these circumstances, is it actually illegal?
• Jan 9th, 2009 @ 5:01pm

  Re: Re: the Storm is fairly open

  on Turns Out Verizon Wireless' Open Pledge Has Meant Almost Nothing
  I agree the data plan is WAY too expensive, but the network quality is good. The speed of the CDMA network is outstanding and is comparable to a wifi connection. And yes, I have done a few tests.... My roommate has a G1 and we are able to open websites at the same speed when he's on our home wifi and I'm on my Storm.
• Jan 9th, 2009 @ 3:14pm

  the Storm is fairly open

  on Turns Out Verizon Wireless' Open Pledge Has Meant Almost Nothing
  I've been a Verizon Wireless customer for about 2 years. Previously I had some Motorolla phone that was hugely locked down. I couldnt even download java apps. Recently I got the Blackberry Storm and I have been pleasantly surprised how open (in comparison to the previous phone) it is. I am able to download any java/blackberry app out on the internet and use the built-in GPS with the Blackberry Maps application (not just the Verizon branded one). On top of that, RIM is promising a true application store sometime in March similar to what Apple and Google have. The Storm might be the exception to the rule, but its a step forward in the right direction. Perhaps they'll see customer feedback or good sales and will change their other phones around too.
• Dec 6th, 2008 @ 6:37am

  Pachabel (as Dmitriy)

  on Joe Satriani Sues Coldplay For Copyright Infringement
  The same copying has been done by a whole lot of other artists when they used the chord progression from Pachabel's Cannon in D. This youtube video does a great job summarizing it and providing a few laughs too. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JdxkVQy7QLM