secretwhistle

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by secretwhistle 14y ago
Largest social network in the Western world. It's been in all the papers.
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SimCity Developers' Reddit AMA Swiftly Turns Into WTF With The Online-Only DRM?(techdirt.com)
19 points by secretwhistle 14y ago|12 comments
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by secretwhistle 14y ago
"Turned?"
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by secretwhistle 14y ago
This is an awesome bit of writing. Thanks (sincerely) for posting this here.
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by secretwhistle 14y ago
Came back to add this, seeing as you're not interested in responding. I don't really care if you don't like Techdirt, and by extension, the person who wrote this (that's me) and think that everything cranked out there is a pack of lies. My
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by secretwhistle 14y ago
Really? Care to point out the factual inaccuracies?
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by secretwhistle 14y ago
"Debasing real photography." Whose definition of "real"? According to her, she uses software to edit her images, which some photographers would claim to debase real photography. Digital cameras debased real photography because people could
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
"What they urgently need is some sort of cross-licensing agreement, but I'm unsure where it's going to come from ..." Yeah, that's the issue. Here's my pipe dream. Someone at one big studio/label/publishing house stands up and says "This is
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
I don't think this is a case of entitlement. There are plenty of people who do without rather than pirate. There are plenty who pirate after trying to make a legitimate purchase. As you say, no one is under any obligation to sell their musi
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
Charles, I'm the author of the idiotic article and I thought I'd wade in and explain my comment about not wanting to hear another rundown on why the system is the way it is. Over at Techdirt, a site I've been reading for a half-decade and c
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
"“More time on Facebook probably means less time on the road,” he said. That may mean safer roads, but it also means a bumpier, less vibrant economy." So... the economy is being held back by the lack of teens cruising the main drag?
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
"And in case you're not convinced, allow me to submit some personal anecdotal evidence."
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Brazilian PRO Demands Blogger Pay $204 A Month To Embed Videos(techdirt.com)
2 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Dir. Alex Cox (Repo Man): "Go and pirate a bunch of my stuff right away."(thequietus.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Pro-SOPA astroturf group CreativeAmerica resorts to buying petition signatures(techdirt.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Why professional amateurs are the way of the future(gamesbrief.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
This, in particular, is disturbing: "The ITU is one of those international organizations that does not have to answer to anybody in particular. None of its decision makers have to stand for reelection. None of the leaders have much to fear
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UN, via the ITU, looking to regulate the internet(digitopoly.org)
2 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|1 comments
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Online FPS shooter record: 999 players on a single server(rockpapershotgun.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
I've always thought this is one of the more brilliant quotes concerning intellectual property rights/copyright, in response to those who feel that they "deserve" or are somehow entitled to the protection of IP rights: "Wise assessment of co
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
Well, it was posted by Jane Wells (UX Lead for Wordpress) and filed under "Community" at Wordpress.org. I'm not sure where that falls exactly, but obviously she's chosen to speak for the community, or at least Wordpress' relationship to its
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
That's very true. It makes you wonder what internet entity (other than designated supervillain/punching bag Google) these politicians are aware of? "It says here that Wordpress hosts 70 million blogs worldwide, which I find hard to believe.
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Classic album covers remade using clipart(clipartcovers.tumblr.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Two views on why networks news is ignoring SOPA/PIPA(techdirt.com)
7 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
And then get nailed to the wall for the jump in unemployment.
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
The only issue I have with this whole situation (and believe me, this is the ONLY issue -- everything else I'm on board with) is Gabe's response to the rogue PR's request that he "make it stop:" "The reality is that once I had posted the em
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by secretwhistle 15y ago
I would think that the statements regarding its support of the RIAA suing filesharers and Heritage fellow Edwin Meese comparing using Kazaa to "shoplifting DVDs" would indicate that Heritage members have traditionally taken views that side
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Pick up a Playmobil TSA-style checkpoint playset for the kids this Xmas(amazon.com)
2 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Daniel Castro misuses DNS circumvention report findings to support SOPA(jilliancyork.com)
1 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|0 comments
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Historically pro-copyright Heritage Foundation opposes SOPA(news.cnet.com)
4 points by secretwhistle 15y ago|3 comments

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