Wabbit’s Comments

• Jan 31st, 2012 @ 1:57pm

  Re: Re: Mike your logical fallacy

  on Warner Bros. Just Keeps Pushing People To Piracy; New Deal Also Delays Queuing
  I like forgetting about movies ... it allows me to spend my money elsewhere.
• Aug 19th, 2011 @ 12:41pm

  Re:

  on No, Having Open WiFi Does Not Make You 'Negligent' And Liable For $10,000
  How about having Randazza actually support the claim of negligence in legal terms. Seems he has failed to do the same thing you are accusing Mike of.
  
  

  
  That’s what negligence is: It is the law saying “You really should have seen that coming.” When you do something careless, and that carelessness costs someone else money, you pay the ”carelessness tax” – Negligence.
  

  
  
  This is hardly a legal definition of negligence. The person and lawyer bringing the law suit have the burden of establishing negligence, not the person being accused.
• Jul 20th, 2011 @ 9:31am

  Random thought

  on Shouldn't Users Have Been At The Table For The Six Strikes Negotiations?
  Once the ISPs implement this scheme, and people start getting kicked off the Internet, I am thinking that there may be a possibility of a class action antitrust lawsuit against the RIAA/MPAA for using their granted monopolies in a manner that imposes undue influence over contracts between the ISPs and their subscribers.
• May 27th, 2011 @ 6:53am

  Re: Good/Bad

  on International Lulz: Anonymous Aids Rebellions in Tunisia, Algeria and Libya

  They don't always go exactly where you'd want them to, and there's a definite variance in the amount of "pop" that results, and sometimes because of a shift in the wind they can turn around and shoot back at you, but overall we're pleased that they're there.

  
  
  This same statement could also be used to describe numerous governments. Even here in the U.S.
• Mar 24th, 2011 @ 5:30am

  Re: Wow

  on Some In The Press Realizing That Copyright Industry Claims Of 'Losses' From 'Piracy' Are Bunk
  My thought exactly. It seems like it's been decades since the major press outlets have done any serious digging/research for reporting that does not involve a political scandal.
• Dec 8th, 2010 @ 11:12am

  Re: My wife's answer

  on Breast Cancer Charity Bullying Other Charities Over Trademark
  Damn keyboard ... I hit return instead of tab, and a title with a blank comment posted.
  
  Anyway, I am an IP attorney ... I showed my wife a news article about what SGK is doing, and she wrote to them that she will no longer donate to them as a charity. I said good for her!!!
• Dec 8th, 2010 @ 11:08am

  My wife's answer

  on Breast Cancer Charity Bullying Other Charities Over Trademark
• Sep 29th, 2010 @ 5:39am

  Re: Reporters vs columnists

  on Why Do Reporters Feel They Need To Get A Quote To Report What They Know?

  "News and opinion should be separate, otherwise the reader cannot be sure what part of the stories are facts."

  Readers and viewers don't necessarily care about the difference between facts and opinion. Look at how popular Fox News is.

• Aug 26th, 2010 @ 5:38am

  What a shame

  on If A Book Editor Drastically Changes A Book, Would Publishing The Originals Be Fair Use?
  This story provides a clear picture of how our copyright laws are causing the loss of culture and heritage. So much for advancing "the progress of science and useful arts."
• Aug 5th, 2010 @ 8:34am

  Re:

  on Wishful Thinking: Hollywood Believes Next Generation Of Kids Will Pay For Content
  I support significantly shorter terms for copyright (on the order of 20 years), which would completely solve your hypothetical problem.
• Aug 3rd, 2010 @ 10:00am

  Re:

  on FBI Claims Wikipedia Can't Display Its Logo
  Why, you ask? His letter tells us why. This is not the first exchange between Godwin and the FBI on this issue. Many of us would get snarky too if we were in his shoes and the FBI kept trying to misinterpret the law to their own end.