RobM’s Comments

• Nov 14th, 2012 @ 3:02pm

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  on Democrats & Republicans Should Come Together To Support A Future Of Abundance
  More nonsense about letting corporations suck the life out of regular Americans. Sad. I thought TechDirt was better than this.
• Oct 31st, 2012 @ 4:07pm

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  on George Lucas Finally Relinquishes His Tight Control Of Star Wars... To Mickey Mouse
  So that geodesic sphere at Epcot is now a Death Star.
  
  I haven't been inside it in 30 years, so I guess they added a few tweaks?
• Oct 11th, 2012 @ 4:50pm

  Sorry.

  on Font Designed To Help Dyslexic Individuals Gets Legal Threat, Becomes More Open In Response
  Dyslexics of the World, Untie!
• Oct 4th, 2012 @ 11:31am

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  on The MPAA's Problem In A Nutshell: Views Relationship With The Public As One Way
  "The MPAA views the end user the same way as all corporations do: a consumer. If you ask me "consumer" is an insult and anyone who calls me one needs to be punched in the mouth"
  
  1000 x this
• Oct 2nd, 2012 @ 5:48am

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  on California Governor Vetoes Bill Barring Gov't From Turning Off Mobile Phone Service
  "...Brown said that the bill could "divert attention" away from a true emergency by requiring that government agencies apply for a court order within six hours of a service shutdown. The democratic governor encouraged the bill's author, Democratic Sen. Alex Padilla of Los Angeles, to bring amended version of the legislation forward next year."
  
  At least get the whole story.
• Sep 5th, 2012 @ 5:46pm

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  on Julia Child Foundation Wants An Injunction Against Facts

  "Child, who died in 2004, had a Thermador oven in her Cambridge kitchen. It's now displayed at the Smithsonian National Museum of American History in Washington."

  
  Can you imagine buying the former Child residence in Cambridge (MA) and then someone comes in and rips out your friggin stove for some museum?
• Aug 27th, 2012 @ 5:32pm

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  on DailyDirt: The Future Of Storage
  "This is the highest density of non-biological data ever encoded by DNA, and a gram of material could store 455 exabytes of data."
  
  Future Headlines:
  1 All biologically stored data Mostly Spam
  2 MPAA/RIAA claim infringement on anyone with genetic material
• Aug 16th, 2012 @ 5:33am

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  on US Women's Gymnastics Team Decides Self-Chosen Nickname 'Fierce Five' Needs Trademark Protection
  You cannot trademark Squat™ these days.
• Jan 4th, 2012 @ 5:06pm

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  on Kopimism Approved As Official Religion In Sweden: File Sharing Now Protected Under Freedom Of Religion Laws?
  My traditionalist sect uses Ctrl-Ins and Shift-Ins. Or are we 'orthodox'?
• Dec 29th, 2011 @ 2:35pm

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  on When Does Speech Go From Legal To Lethal?
  "What if Melchert-Dinkel had just sent Nadia an mp3 file with Ozzy’s Suicide Solution?"
  
  Wouldn't that mean millions of dollars for infringement?
• Dec 23rd, 2011 @ 5:34pm

  Clueless

  on Barnes & Noble Going Around Asking Everyone To Change All Links From Borders To B&N
  Some VP, or Exec VP, or even Senior VP of Marketing wants to be Proactive before Year-End and get the word out on the brand and ... has no clue, but doesn't even care.
  
  USA, LTD. a wholly owned subsidiary of MegaGinormiCorp™©
• Dec 14th, 2011 @ 5:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: From the "we condone piracy" department...

  on CD Projekt Shakes Down Suspected File Sharers
  "piracy for private use"
  No such thing. Impossible.
  
  Corporations have been usurping the public's rights.
  
  Copyright is NOT an inherent right but something GRANTED by the Constitution, for a limited time.
• Nov 29th, 2011 @ 5:14pm

  451 F

  on Ray Bradbury Discovers The Internet Is Real After All; Publishers Force Him To Offer Ridiculously Overpriced Ebooks
  So the temp that a paper book burns at is relevant to those reading an e-book how?
• Nov 15th, 2011 @ 3:48pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Search Engine

  on SOPA Gives Me Powers That I Don't Want
  "False claims, especially those made with intent to hurt a business or cause it problems, would certainly be actionable - and potentially even criminal."
  
  See, "especially a business" just shows what this whole law is about. A business, not the public, not society, only business.
  Open kimono there.
• Aug 11th, 2011 @ 5:46pm

  Seriously. Making US Pols look less stupid

  on UK Prime Minister Wants To Ban Suspected Rioters From Facebook & Twitter
  "Prime Minister David Cameron suggesting that those who are suspected of rioting be banned from social networks"
  
  Like that is gonna work.
  
  Aside from the Catholic Church, I can't think of another entity that has ruined more lives than Britain. From India, Ireland, Africa, and the Middle East, all the other bits. Albeit they did draw the line in 1940.
  Hey, even a blind squirrel...
• Jul 8th, 2011 @ 5:51pm

  Re: Re: It Boggles The Mind

  on Lawyer Trying To Trademark Bitcoin Explains His Legal Theory
  Marcus Carab posted
  "Lawyers have been doing stuff just because they think they can get away with it for a long time. At this point, lawyers are educated by lawyers who were educated by lawyers who did that. Simply put, it's part of the culture, and I think there are a lot of lawyers who view that as their job."
  
  Add to that, lawyers are also probably a majority of the Lobbyists, Legislators, and Judges.
  
  Nice Tidy package, isn't it.