I called it as soon as I heard the deal was closed and it wasn't Google who won the patents. There is no way that Google or the government was going to let that go unchallenged.

They already do that. Exactly how many cases have the media companies actually taken to trial and all the way to a jury verdict? Why is that? Exactly how many case of software "piracy" have be taken to trial and all the way to a jury verdict? Once you look at these numbers you see they are not worried about "pirates" or their filed court dates set for trials would be through the roof.

It is about one thing and one thing only, preserving the status quo. It's about ripping off artists of their copyrights. It's about controlling what music gets out and the music that does get out all the expenses are paid by the artists before they see any money. You only have to look at cases against the artists who try and leave the record companies to see they are far more worried about keeping artists in line and keeping control of the distribution channel for as long as they possibly can. Take a look at what the record company did to 30 seconds from Mars, telling them they couldn't leave because they owe the record company money for "a poor album that didn't recover costs". Your telling me a platinum record can't pay for the costs? Give me a break. How about what New Line Cinema did to Peter Jackson, trying to tell him that the Lord of the Rings didn't make a profit so there was nothing to split with him. He ended up suing them and won, which is extremely usual. "Pirates" are absolutely the last thing they are worried about. if demonizing "pirates' allows them to grab more control or keep control longer term.

That's your best reply to defend your position is to call people names? How old are you, because that is the kind of thing a child does.

You going to post the entire conversation you are quoting there so it can been seen in context and the other parts of what he said about that or would that invalidate your position so you won't bother to mention it? You do actually know what Christ said about full filling that law and what he came to and what the greatest law above all others and replaced them is right? Or did you just read that on some web site without knowing the full details around this supposed information.

You clearly are letting your political bias override the raw facts that show you are 100% incorrect. You really need to do a lot more study of societies across the world and in the US before you can claim what you did, because it simply isn't true and has never been true. Only those on the far radical left want to see their community change in to anything other than what it currently is because they are not the ones in charge or feel like the community owes them something that they shouldn't have to work for.

The only problem with this is that if you read the guy's whole manifesto yourself, which I have done. It becomes very clear that he is not right wing but a radical leftist in every sense of the word. Go read the entire thing yourself and then tell me his ideas would match up in any way with conservative right wing politics. If after reading the whole thing you believe that then either your reading comprehension is low or your trying to be blind to the facts so you can blame the conservatives when in fact yet again it is a leftist going radical and shooting up people again. Yea he must be a right wing conservative when he says he wants a one world government. He is clearly right wing when he says that the entire world should have 1 currency. He is right wing when he says that governments should give away more services and money to people and to "redistribute the wealth". Yep sounds exactly like a right wing conservative, oh wait those are all the things the radical leftists believe.

Yes you can get several options for Linux. The first point about not having DRM support on Linux is complete crap. The idea that Linux users won't pay for closed source programs is also complete and total crap that people just make up with no evidence to support it. If you have any doubt about that look at the Humble Indie Bundle and see how Linux users pay more per user for closed source games than Linux or Mac by a large percentage. There are multiple set top boxes running Linux that offer DRM movie and video streaming without any problems. So it isn't an issue of a technical problem. It's an issue of a political one with companies. You have Roku, Tivo, Neuros, Boxee, MeeGo, Videoscape, WD Live TV and the list just keeps on going. So clearly streaming movies/video even DRM videos on Linux is possible and is done all the time.

If you want to look at your current options under Linux. You can look at Hulu, Hulu Plus, Crackle, YouTube Movie rentals, WB tv show site, Slash Control, Veoh, CBS, NBC, ABC, TNT, Zediva, SyFy, Cartoon Network, South Park, usanetwork.com, tvland.com, jaman.com, Fear.net, PBS Frontline, Uncle Earl's Classic Television, Shocker Internet Drive-In, mevio.com, mylifetime.com, Free Film Source, MGM.com, asiapacificfilms.com, current.com, movieflix.com, cinemanow.com, joost.com, truveo.com, vudu.com, documentarystorm.com, blinkbox.com, mubi.com, ireel.com, and memocast.com just to name a few of the options out there.

You might want to tell that same nonsense to law enforcement the world over who use the Glock on a regular basis for their standard firearm. Your comments makes me even wonder if you have ever actually used one or if your just one of those people who hates all guns just on principal alone.

How in the world can he possibly claim to be a Knight's Templar and at the same time return to conservative Roman Catholicism? Seems a number of people need to learn their history a whole lot better, since trying to claim both at the same time is insanity and makes zero sense.

You might want to learn about what you are talking about before making yourself look so foolish showing that you clearly have no idea what you are talking about at all. Using your justification method to slam religion you might as well use the same method to slam every single country in the world and every society in history since they all have done the exact same thing, even the country your in now. No it doesn't matter which one because they all have done it. Your just spouting blind hate which while interesting to watch, ultimately it means nothing other than to show someone who clearly has no idea what they are talking about.

What exact makes him right wing? That he doesn't want people coming in and changing everything, that he wants it to stay the same? Sorry that isn't right wing at all. It isn't even political. Lots of people want that exact thing and will go to amazing lengths to try and make it happen. Just look at small town politics anywhere in the world and you will see this. People want to protect their way of life and for things to be the same forever. That has zero to do with politics, and everything to do with people hating change. Not wanting things to change isn't even weird or insane. It's a very very common attitude with a large portion of society.

You might want to actually look in to the rules that were set up for Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae to be run by Congress about 7-8 years ago and who exactly it was who put those rules in place and told Freddie and Fannie how they must approve mortgages. If you really look at the history of both of them and how Democrats in Congress were involved you might be very surprised at where the problems lie and when they were created. Democrats in Congress made this whole mess and they were told point blank it was going to blow up in their faces with some of the asinine rules that they forced on Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Economist and the banking sector all told them their messed up rules were going to create a nightmare and that is exactly what has happened. If you force them to give out loans no matter what, regardless of how bad a loan it is, don't be surprised when it all goes to hell in a hand basket. Democrats have made a game out of blaming Wall Street for this mess and refusing to acknowledge their main role in this whole mess. If Congress says they are class A securities what are you suppose to do stand up and say you guys are insane and they aren't? A number of people did exactly that and were told to sit down and shut up and stop trying to take advantage of the middle class and the poor. Once again Democrats blame anyone but themselves for the problem. We are seeing now more of the exact same thing.

Someone needs to go back and learn their history correctly. Seems someone bough in to some serious historical rewriting that seems to be so common these days. Try and do you own research and find out for yourself rather than just repeating what seems to popular but clearly so very wrong. I would bet your going to try and bring the Crusades into it. Well if that is your point then you clearly have no understanding of the Crusades and need to go back and learn the actual full history of the Crusades, as well as other commonly misunderstood historical events that I hear people complaining about when clearly they haven't researched the history completely themselves or were taught really bad history which seems to be very common in schools and universities these days.

That is the biggest problem I have seen. Is that parents and schools push for everyone to be winners. Guess what not everyone are winners. Some people are just average and will average their entire life. We see the problem this creates with Dr. Spock and others with the idea of never tell a child no but instead redirect them. This idea that we should never physically correct children has gotten completely insane and it is a large reason why we have as many people in prison as we do. Children are growing up thinking they can do whatever they want and that force will never be used on them to make them do anything. Guess what that isn't how it works in the real world. Laws by their very nature are enforced upon threat of violence. You may get away with tell your parents that you don't have to listen to them or do what they say. You try that with law enforcement and you will quickly learn the error of that idea. We have been raising generations that have basically never heard the word no, told they are special and everyone is the same, and that they can do whatever they want and they will never be physically punished. That is a recipe for complete socialital break down and eventual anarchy.

Guess what in the real world and in all jobs you will hear no on a very regular basis and people don't think most people are special. It's the idea that we can't have advanced high school courses anymore because it makes some students feel bad that they can't do that level of work. So the **** what. Some people are just smarter, brighter and more advanced than others and trying to cover that up and make believe that it doesn't exist won't change the truth. You know why the work force of America and other countries is getting wider and wider between the skilled and unskilled? It's because parents and schools are not challenging students to be better and to try and be great. They are tell them "oh you failed...well that's ok at least you did your best". That is crap if you failed you failed and you need to do it over again and again until you do it correctly. If you want to give up and just be simple then go for it, because we always need garbage collectors and other non-skilled workers. You don't like it...too bad, that is the way society is. Some people are bright and on the top and some people are just not bright at all and they will always be at the lower levels of society. This idea that people are disadvantaged just because their school sucks or they didn't go to college. Guess what not everyone is mentally able to deal with college level courses and we need to get over this idea that everyone can go to college and should. That simply isn't reality and the sooner we accept it the better off society will be in the long run. Some people need to learn that not everyone can be a doctor/lawyer/business owner/whatever because they simply don't have the intelligence to do it, and no matter how much you try and teach them and send them to classes it simply will never happen.

Everyone is not the same and everyone can't be whatever they want to be. That is a lie that has been told to children for the last 20-30 years and it has done more damage to society than it has ever done any good.

This is a very accurate statement. If you ask some people if something is right or wrong they will reply that it depends on the situation and other factors. The idea that things can be just plain wrong in all cases is seen by some in society as outmoded and not keeping up with the times. The funny thing is that is more leftist media people and leftist guests brought on to shows, not to mention leftist professors who haven't left their ivory towers in years to deal with the real public.

The problem with people thinking this is normal is in fact because it is not. The vast majority of Americans consider themselves religious. This idea that religion is something to scorn is only held by a few few vocal minority in the US. They scream the loudest so people think that is the way it is, but that is just an echo chamber and it doesn't reflect reality. The last Time poll on religion about two years ago showed that 60% of American's have been to some kind of church/synagogue/temple/whatever generally at least once every 2 weeks. The idea that the US is not religious is just a fantasy that a very few vocal are trying to push on everyone else to make it seem like that is the major, when in fact they just wish it was the majority because they are the minority. This very small minority wants everyone to think that religion is crazy and those who believe it are crazy. The problem is they are the minority and it is religion that is the basis for laws in almost every country and every society throughout history but that isn't something they want to talk about.

I think it is interesting that people like that demand that people be tolerant and everyone should be allowed to think whatever they want, when in fact it is they who are the least tolerant especially when it comes to religion. Science has become a religion to so many of these type of people that they are throwing rationality out the window and are willing to accept anything that might go against religion even when it isn't logical and there is no proof to support it and true hard science doesn't support what they believe.

I tend to think the most common reason, and this is my opinion, is because these people want to be able to do whatever they want without feeling bad about what they are doing or how it effects other people. They justify it by saying those who oppose them are idiots and need to join the modern age and that these people can't think for themselves. In reality what they are saying is I don't care about anyone but me and I should be able to do whatever I want even if it hurts someone else. No one likes to be told they are wrong and that what they are doing is wrong. It seems that these type of people have taken it to an extreme and not only don't want to hear it, but they want everyone else and society to never tell anyone they are wrong or bad. You only need to look at one of the most famous examples of how this lead to the destruction of a society. Look at the social arc of the Roman society and you will be very surprised how similar it is to current society, and how if we don't do something different to break the cycle we could end up exactly like the Romans.

I thought that Mozilla would have realized the same thing that successful corporate leaders and turn around teams have been saying for years. If you are really good at one thing it doesn't mean you should start trying to do other things to make even more money. This type of thinking has crashed many companies over the years. The best example of this is Boston Market. They went from being a very profitable roasted chicken place to trying to offer all kinds of food and it pretty much ran the company in to the ground. It is a shadow of what it used to be. Most of the time doing one thing and doing it really really well is exactly what a company should continue to focus on rather than trying to chase even more profits and end up cratering.