Gary61

bio:I'm an electronics engineer by trade, and a musician/ explorer/sci-fi fan/avid reader/maker/Renaissance Man by avocation. I live in Florida, but have traveled the world. I love all things steampunk, avant-gard, musical, fantastical, and note-worthy.
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Commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
We're seriously f*cked if this comes to pass. Say 'goodbye' to the InterTubes....
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Bravo to the lady police officer who wrote this - very detailed, passionate, yet precisely to the point. I've been a veteran traveler myself. As an electronics field engineer for tankerships, I've traveled around the world (36 countries at last...
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Frankly, Mark, you've done this before (going back to the well, eh?) - but I must admit, your characterization and plotting are MUCH improved over your previous efforts along these lines - bravo, my good sir, bravo! And don't forget...
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Cowicide commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
" ... Amen to that, man. Time for the global mesh net. Wouldn't even have to be a pirate net, just a net composed of everyone's wireless devices, connected together, sending and receiving packets. ... " Yes, I've been hoping for something like that for many years. By the way does anyone think this will ever take off? Is it for real? If so, this could be very useful. Etherlinx (your own relatively cheap wifi router that goes for 50 miles) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t6A-G0wT3ys http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATYtQmsCur4...
AndreiMincov commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
Adoption of ACTA would actually be the most important step in the development of the Internet. The danger of collapse of the copyright and IPR system as we know it is much greater than any potential "benefit" to the society that global piracy provides. There is no other efficient way to curtail piracy on the Internet but with cooperation of ISPs. I hope the signatory countries go further and provide that after the expiration of a grace period, countries that will NOT become party to ACTA, would be disconnected from the global Internet. Technically, it is much easier task than...
Antinous / Moderator commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
I hope the signatory countries go further and provide that after the expiration of a grace period, countries that will NOT become party to ACTA, would be disconnected from the global Internet. I say we take off and nuke the entire site from orbit. It's the only way to be sure....
Laurel L. Russwurm commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
The internet could be the mechanism to make for real democracy, possibly even the first step toward the unified world dreamed of in early science fiction. Instead the powerful old guard tries to legislate a giant step backward so they can confine technology in a box they control. If these powers of darkness win, the world we wake up in one day won't be George Orwell's bleak but elegant 1984, but rather the sad buffoonery of "Idiocracy" (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0387808/) Sadly it looks like governments are bending over backwards to do the bidding of powerful corporations, essentially turning themselves into a collection...
forfreedom commented on Secret copyright treaty leaks. It's bad. Very bad.
This would be the death of the internet as we know it. I feel like these are things that you would see in one of those futuristic movies where the government has way too much power. These ideas, although not concrete, are perfect examples of the ridiculous evolution of copyright laws that we have seen in the last decade and continue to see. We are obviously in a digital age. Instead of spending so much time attacking the digital pirates, industries need to find a way to creatively adapt instead of bullying individuals with legal scare tactics. They are wasting...

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