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• On the post: WotC Makes Major Changes To D&D OGL License, Sends Community Into A Frenzy

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 13 Jan, 2023 @ 04:15pm

  One thing to keep in mind is that OGL 1.1 was NOT a draft version. It came with contracts to be signed by certain content creators. You don’t do that with draft versions.

• On the post: UK Copyright Group Plans Heavy Anti-Piracy Measures For Bond Film Because Of How Successful It Will Be

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 07:51am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  That's not narrative-driven.

• On the post: Photographer Loses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Mapmaker That Used His Photo With His Explicit Permission

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2015 @ 06:57pm

  Re: Re: What an idiot

  I don't mind if people want to pay for my photography. But if you choose a license that allows for the relatively free usage of your work, you have no right to complain if someone takes you up on your offer and complies to the license completely.

• On the post: Why Everyone's Totally Overreacting To Spotify's Privacy Policy (Which Isn't As Bad As You Think)

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2015 @ 06:55pm

  Re: Re: So you're going with "CRAZY BUT NOT TOO CRAZY"? How exactly did you determine this degree of crazy is okay?

  Then why does the privacy policy itself not reflect this voluntary state of these 'crazy' things? It is very definite about most of them.

• On the post: Why Everyone's Totally Overreacting To Spotify's Privacy Policy (Which Isn't As Bad As You Think)

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 22 Aug, 2015 @ 06:53pm

  I don't agree that I'm overreacting.
  
  Just because the CEO says it is all opt-in, the privacy policy should reflect that, and it doesn't.
  
  The policy basically says: "Don't like these terms, don't use Spotify", also the settings page of Spotify doesn't allow you to opt in or out of anything, except the sharing with third parties, which had been there for a while.
  
  I don't care what this CEO says. I canceled my Spotify account, because this was a giant breach into my privacy.
  
  If it's opt-in have the privacy policy say so. This is clearly them backpedalling after the unanticipated backlash that Spotify received. If there hadn't been that backlash, do you really think they'd be saying "no worries, we meant it all as opt-in. Promise!"? Of course not.

• On the post: DC Mayor Reverses Course On Body Cam Footage, Opens Up Recordings To Citizens And Researchers

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2015 @ 04:37am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Good cops would welcome the cameras

  Shooting back isn't the same as shooting first. Only Han Solo should do that. But yeah aiming a gun at a cop is a really bad idea.

• On the post: Photographer Loses Copyright Infringement Lawsuit Against Mapmaker That Used His Photo With His Explicit Permission

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 21 Aug, 2015 @ 04:07am

  What an idiot

  Most of my photos are released under CC-BY, a decision I didn't take lightly. And some of them have been used in commercial settings (there's a webshop selling fridge magnets of photos of mine, and several have appeared in magazines and online articles (including one in a cracked.com article)).
  It just makes for a more interesting line on my resume: "Internationally published photographer" instead of "Hobbyist fool with a camera".
  
  I'd love to have one of my photos used as the cover of a book/map. I'd buy a copy of that, instantly, or at first ask if I could get one for free.

• On the post: Hollywood Keeps Breaking Box Office Records… While Still Insisting That The Internet Is Killing Movies

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 18 Aug, 2015 @ 06:41am

  Is making movies profitable yet? They keep claiming that it isn't. Perhaps they should stop making movies.

• On the post: Leonard Nimoy's Son Needs To Crowdfund Money For Spock Documentary… To License Photos And Videos

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2015 @ 02:45am

  Re: Why?

  You're forgetting Leonard Nimoy's cameos in both movies?

• On the post: Miami Cops Flood Waze With Bogus Speed Trap Data, Don't Understand How Crowd Sourcing Works

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 11 Feb, 2015 @ 06:56am

  safety or money?

  I thought that speedtraps were there so that people would drive slower so that the roads are safer. Apparently I have been very naive and it's all about the benjamins anyway.
  
  Also how is a speedtrap report going to cause a police officer to die?

• On the post: NSA Defender Rep. Mike Pompeo Attacks SXSW With Ignorant Misleading Diatribe For Having Ed Snowden Speak

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 10 Mar, 2014 @ 08:54am

  Re: imprimatur

  Can't be, "imprimatur" isn't in the Constitution. Which Pompeo uses for toilet paper.

• On the post: EA: You Can Only Rate Our Dungeon Keeper App If you Give It A Perfect Rating

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 13 Feb, 2014 @ 05:39am

  Re:

  You're kinda optimistic putting the mechs at $5, given that mere points cost up to $70 on the Dungeon Keeper game, you can expect to pay that much or more for an in-game mech.

• On the post: Insanity: PayPal Freezes Mailpile's Account, Demands Excessive Info To Get Access

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2013 @ 04:01am

  Re: Re: Updated...

  They are a bank in Europe.

• On the post: CIA Veteran: Snowden Did Everything Wrong And The Government Respects Your Privacy

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 05:50am

  Re: It bears repeating

  I vote for an Axel Foley branch in all Three-Letter-Acronym agencies.

• On the post: Press Suckered By Anti-Google Group's Bogus Claim That Gmail Users Can't Expect Privacy

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2013 @ 04:32am

  Re: Re: There is a difference, surely ?

  Ok, I'll remove the "e" then.

• On the post: Charles Carreon Having Some Difficulties Trying To Represent His Wife In Court Over Copyright Infringement Claims

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 07 Aug, 2013 @ 07:21am

  Re:

  Despicable Me 3?

• On the post: President Obama: NSA Surveillance Was Necessary To Make Sure Boston Bombings Weren't Part Of Bigger Plot

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 07:31am

  Re:

  "Meet the new boss, same as the old boss"
  
  Impeaching this sockpuppet will not change anything. US Congress is in the pocket of commercial interests, and will need a serious amount of overhaul before it becomes healthy again. And I don't think this will be possible without a certain amount of bloodshed.

• On the post: Bradley Manning Gets Punished Twice Because He Accessed Information 'With A Computer'

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2013 @ 03:51am

  Re:

  A computer is mightier than a SCUD missile?

• On the post: Ed Snowden Explains To Former Senator, Who Emailed In Support, That No Foreign Gov't Can Access His Documents

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 17 Jul, 2013 @ 07:55am

  Re: Amazing

  So, you have actual access to the data that Snowden was talking about? Do you work for the NSA?
  
  He only showed that there was such a system in place, and not the actual contents of said system.

• On the post: NSA Recruiters Get Smacked Down By University Of Wisconsin Students

  

  Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Jul, 2013 @ 03:44pm

  Re: Where Have I Seen This Before?.. Hmm...

  Wherein Brain proved to be the insane one. NARF

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