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Submission + - Copyright Troll Paul Duffy, Disciple of John Steel (fightcopyrighttrolls.com)

Submitted by Anonymous Coward
An anonymous reader writes: Copyright Troll Paul Duffy, a disciple of John Steele and principle of Prenda Law Inc., formerly Steele | Hansmeier PLLC, has filed a response to an amicus curiea brief filed by EFF in an ongoing mass-Doe BitTorrent lawsuit, Hard Drive Production, Inc. v. Does 1-1,495. The response contains nothing but insults:
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"The EFF Is a Radical Special-Interest Group Generally Opposed to Any Effective Or Efficient Enforcement of Intellectual Property Law"

"This mission is radical, quasi-anarchist, and intrinsically opposed to any effective enforcement of intellectual property rights."

"their history of advocating lawlessness on the Internet suggests that their purpose is not to help this Court administer justice, but to hinder and obstruct the process"
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Facebook

Submission + - Benefits of a Facebook landing page (pagemodo.com) 1

Submitted by
ryanwilliams2012
ryanwilliams2012 writes: "Most companies and firms these days are taking their businesses online. With so many people logging on to the internet for browsing, social networking and work, the chances of stumbling onto a website that advertises the products and businesses of companies is quite high. This gives even local businesses a chance to go global and become recognized. It’s also a good way to connect with customers and potential clients and keep them updated on new offers, changes and products.

A better method, however, is creating a landing page wherein details of whatever a company is involved in incorporated. Here, visitors can get all the information they’re looking for as well as being able to sign up or register with a site they’re interested in. A notable example is a Facebook landing page that links to a site. The page may images, videos, reviews and any other material deemed necessary to herd traffic to the said company’s website.

There are also other sites that offer you simple templates and tools that you can use to create a Facebook landing page if you don’t know how to go about it on your own. But, if you don’t need the help of an external source, you’d do well to keep in mind certain tips that will guarantee you higher visitor traffic.

Remember, a landing page is meant to generate sales from customers so it must be designed as such.

Decide on what your landing page is supposed to target. It could be to register with your site, fill out a contract or order a product. Be clear on your intentions and constantly work towards improving your page.

Keep things simple and avoid cluttering your page with irrelevant links and ads. Visitors should be able to navigate with ease and must be able to find what they’re looking for.

Maintain consistency. If your site or your business promises customers certain benefits like discounts on certain products, your landing page should also reflect the same. This will build trust and will increase your chance of getting you and your page more hits.

Utilize the same tips we’ve given to create a Facebook landing page and it’s very likely that visitor traffic and sales will increase. Combining one of the world’s most successful social networking sites with your business gives you a greater chance to taking your business to new heights."

Comment More than half a dozen? (Score 0) 179

by jginspace (#38863377) Attached to: Rockbox Developers Talk Open Source Firmware

currently supports products from more than half a dozen manufacturers, including Apple, Arhcos, iRiver and Toshiba

But less than a dozen right? Wouldn't it be easier just to give the number - or go the full hog, list the half dozen and say "...and more", rather than stopping at four? And it's "Archos". Spamming all those techworld.com.au link must be intensive business.
Communications

Submission + - Thailand welcomes Twitter's censorship plans, roya (thenextweb.com)

Submitted by
patiwat
patiwat writes: "The Thai government has called Twitter's tweet censorship move a "welcome development." Tweets may now be blocked at the request of the Thai government; the system will be used to discourage and punish lese majeste (criticism of the Thai King). The government previously declared that Facebook users worldwide "liking" a lese majeste Facebook link would also be prosecuted; over 10,000 Facebook pages have been removed and hundreds of individuals, including children and academics, have been jailed. Calls to reform the lese majeste laws have been fiercely criticized by no less than the Army Commander, whose backing is critical to the government's stability."

Comment Will referee? (Score 4, Interesting) 206

by jginspace (#38838745) Attached to: Scientists Organize Elsevier Boycott
They've been asked to say that they: "1) won’t publish with them, 2) won’t referee for them, and/or 3) won’t do editorial work for them ... At least do number 2)" ... most of those signed up have gone for all three however it seems like roughly one in ten have prevaricated on the "won't referee" pledge - what is the magnetic allure of refereeing for Elsevier journals?

Comment Domscheit-Berg and OpenLeaks (Score 3, Interesting) 269

by jginspace (#38831885) Attached to: WikiLeaks Cable: NASDAQ Folded To Chinese Pressure

They were destroyed by a former WikiLeaks employee who left with them, then destroyed the key. Yes, somehow there wasn't a backup of the documents or key (or at least one of the two).

I'm not sure how much we can trust Domscheit-Berg and OpenLeaks. Check their News page (latest 26 Jan 2011, SSL cert expired months ago), Identi.ca (5 months ago), Blog (29 Jan 2011, quote: "Right now we are working on extending our infrastructure and setting it up for testing with our alpha users group. The 1.430 Euro we received as donations in December and January will help us to do so. We will spend this money to help cover infrastructure costs e.g. SSL certificates").

Also Thompson-Reuters isn't a terrific source when it comes to 'piracy'/'hacking' stories so here's an alternative to the rawstory.com link:
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/tag/daniel-domscheit-berg/

Comment panopticlick (Score 4, Insightful) 211

by jginspace (#38808417) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: Choosing Anonymous Proxies?

What degree of anonymity are you looking for? Exactly which of the HTTP request headers do you wish to be anonymized? Okay so your proxy is not passing on your IP address. So It's not passing on common proxy behaviours (like HTTP 1.0 requests). And there's no 'proxy' anywhere in the request. You're not even using TOR. Well done. Now check Panopticlick. You're not anonymous. Now exactly what kind of proxy where you looking for and what kind of anonymity were you looking for?

Comment "Authorities"? (Score 5, Interesting) 239

by jginspace (#38787691) Attached to: NinjaVideo.net Founder Gets 14 Months

The site operated from February 2008 until authorities shut it down in June 2010.

Ninjavideo.net was among the first group of sites seized by ICE and their "authority" is questionable.

Interestingly, ICE have not placed a redirect to their Youtube video yet on any of the Ninja* sites (see TVshack.cc for an example) so presumably the decision to steal/confiscate the site is still being contested by Matthew David Howard Smith or an associate.

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