The i-Team’s Comments

• Oct 6th, 2010 @ 5:07am

  Further comments from Cory

  on Cory Doctorow Explains Why 'Free' Isn't His Concern; But Restrictions On Individual Rights Are
  Further down the page in the comments, Cory has posted a rather elegant rebuttal to a previous comment.
  
  Here's another success-factor for systems that gets drowned out in the noise about which artists get paid how much: Whether the pre-Internet system was doing a very good job of enabling a diverse group of creative people to create a diverse pool of art that was pleasing and available to a diverse audience (this, presumably, is the goal of copyright policy -- it's not government's job to pick winners in the marketplace, but ensuring a plurality of participation in the market is assuredly good policy). In this regard, the Internet is so fantastically ahead of all the commercial distribution systems and business-models and ethics that preceded it that its lead can only be measured in astronomical units.
  
  Very well put, I thought :-)
• Jul 15th, 2010 @ 8:12am

  In the UK...

  on Court Explores Constitutionality Of DNA Sampling On Anyone Arrested On Felony Charges
  The second item is something we've been debating in the UK. In Scotland the DNA is destroyed if there is no charge or conviction made. In England it is retained indefinitely even with no charge or conviction. This has since been declared illegal by the EU and may well be changed to allow a UK policy of destroying all DNA evidence if no charge is made.
• Mar 26th, 2010 @ 3:22am

  Re:

  on As Expected Digital Economy Bill To Be Rushed Through With No Debate
  Oh really? I got the standard boilerplate letter back from both my MP and Harriet Harman's office. Basically saying "Thanks for your letter but we're going to ignore it anyway". Good to know at least one of our elected officials is taking this seriously.....
• Feb 5th, 2010 @ 1:42am

  Re: reminds me...

  on This Has To Be A Joke: Music Duo Claims It Won't Sell CDs Again Until 'Piracy' Is Stopped
  Yeah me too, they were called Moop...
  
  "Tom, we're now entering the second day of the rock band MOOP's refusal to play, and the second day of absolutely no other news to report on. In a recent poll we asked people if MOOP's refusal to play would stop them from downloading music off the Internet. 1% said yes. 2% said no. And 97% said, "Who the hell is MOOP?" Back to you, Tom."
  
  One of my favourite episodes!!!
• Sep 23rd, 2009 @ 2:19pm

  Re: Re: Re: Should be a fun court record....

  on Eminem's Misguided Lawsuit Against Apple Over iTunes Set To Start
  It could become the next big internet meme...
  
  Do it, for all of us ;-p
• Sep 9th, 2009 @ 4:07am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Dude, Seriously

  on Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone... But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It
  Lol, the website re-encoded it!
  
  The RSS feeds are showing the html code for the apostrophe, can't type it in without your site changing it back! :-p
• Sep 9th, 2009 @ 4:05am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Dude, Seriously

  on Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone... But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It
  Mike, I think what the poster was referring to is in the RSS feed.
  For example, Outlook shows this post as:
  
  "Glenn Beck Didn't Rape And Murder Anyone... But He Doesn't Want Websites Discussing It"
  
  Hope this helps...
• Jun 17th, 2009 @ 1:09am

  Re: Re: Re: Impostors be damned

  on It's Not About Being First... It's About Market Adoption
  Lol, I'm loving the anti-angry dude comments! He he!