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  • On the post: John McCain Settles Jackson Browne Lawsuit Over Song Use

    braindead ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2009 @ 01:37am

    isn't McCain one of those ppl who claim there is no such thing as FairUse?

    and that is why he settled and issued a public apology

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    braindead ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 06:56pm

    Re: Re: Amazon is at fault on fronts

    actually you should be smart enough to never buy a DRMed product.

  • On the post: Doubleplusungood: That Copy Of 1984 On Your Kindle Is Now Gone

    braindead ( profile ), 18 Jul, 2009 @ 06:03pm

    Re: Is it really Amazon?

    2009: Publisher decides an ebook was a mistake and tells Amazon to pull it. Amazon may or may not think that's a hot idea, but they have to comply if they want to keep their deals with the publisher. Ebook is pulled, Amazon gets blamed.

    of course they will, if they want to keep there customers they should protect them. If you have books but no customers your not going far, but if you have customers then publishers will have no choice but to deal with you, I am sure you are familiar with the saying "if you build it they will come"

  • On the post: Insider Trading Suspected In The Pirate Bay Sale

    braindead ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2009 @ 08:21pm

    Honestly, the story is somewhat surreal and feels quite like the trial itself: a lot of people not really taking things seriously.

    have you ever been to TPB? they use to have a section where they posted letter they received by companies asking them to remove that is copyrighted or threatening them to sue with the responses they sent. TBP staff always made fun of them in there replies.

  • On the post: Do School Administrators Not Realize Students Have Access To The Internet?

    braindead ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 04:09pm

    Re:

    sheltering the child from real life issues is hardly a way to protect them from harm.

    if protecting them from harm is really the issue then the children should be informed about said harmful issues.

  • On the post: UK Court Says No Right To Being An Anonymous Blogger

    braindead ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2009 @ 07:29am

    "A UK judge has required the unveiling of an anonymous police blogger, claiming blogging is "essentially a public rather than a private activity," and thus, there is no right to anonymity."

    Not that I am agreeing with the Judge but he has a point in what he said, it should certainly not be dismissed so fast.

  • On the post: Supreme Court Won't Hear Case Over Computer Tech's Right To Search Your Computer

    braindead ( profile ), 10 Jun, 2009 @ 07:54am

    i totally agree with the verdict.

    lets put in in an other way.

    you send your car to the shop or a car wash, while working on your car they find a human finger. Aren't they required by law to report it?

    how is that any different.

  • On the post: Alternative Weekly Papers See Spike In Adult Ads Following Craigslist Decision

    braindead ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2009 @ 06:24am

    AG in the paper business

    im waiting for the article that explain how the AG is a shareholder in some of those papers

  • On the post: Is A Security Auditor Liable If There's A Security Breach?

    braindead ( profile ), 03 Jun, 2009 @ 01:11am

    doesnt work like that

    "Savvis -- who had audited the security of CardSystems' computer systems and determined that the company "had implemented sufficient security solutions and operated in a manner consistent with industry best practices."

    lawsuit will go nowere Savvis never said data is secure it only said:
    the company "had implemented sufficient security solutions and operated in a manner consistent with industry best practices.

    which has nothing to do with Data breach:
    -Everyone (or at least most ppl) know that its impossible to have a 100% secure system.
    -Savvis never rated security of system, it simply said system is with in the norm.

    so unless that system was below standard (and some1 can prove that) Savvis has no liability what so ever.

  • On the post: YouTube's Big Traffic Stick Forces PRS To Slash UK Streaming Royalty Rate

    braindead ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2009 @ 05:22am

    Re: Re: being optimistic are we?

    @ John Duncan Yoyo agreed,
    I just think that they're not happy about this and decided to go along cause there was no other alternative.

  • On the post: YouTube's Big Traffic Stick Forces PRS To Slash UK Streaming Royalty Rate

    braindead ( profile ), 02 Jun, 2009 @ 04:50am

    being optimistic are we?

    "It looks like maybe the PRS is beginning to understand that without useful distribution (like that provided by YouTube), its members' content loses a lot of value[...]"

    i think PRS feels its getting the short end of the stick and i bet if they could sue youtube for black mail (or what ever else) that's what we would be reading about on TechDirt today.

  • On the post: Lifelock Found To Be Illegally Placing Fraud Alerts On Credit Profiles

    braindead ( profile ), 29 May, 2009 @ 12:48am

    that judge is an idiot

    by his reasoning a person isn't allowed to appoint his lawyer or his financial manager to renew that service.