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Comment Re:Safe Harbor (Score 2) 1005

dropbox is different than mega upload. in just about every way possible. first off they market themselves as data backup system not a file locker. second they don't show up in the search engines when you look for illegal content. third most people see them as a business to business company not a front for serving illegal content. I"m not saying people don't use drop box for that purpose, but you gotta admit they have a much cleaner rep than the mega sites.

Comment gone are the days (Score 1) 891

why is it policy makers responsibility to make sure car manufactures create the most fuel efficient cars? Remember when business owners were in business because they made a quality product? Now they make cars just like inkjet printers ... the printers are there as a means to sell ink. If you really want a policy that makes sense, prevent anyone associated with the auto industry from investing in any type of fuel "futures". Once you take their money out of the product the car depends on, you will see the MPG skyrocket.

Comment now sure what they are talking about (Score 2) 493

they just built a brand new playground buy us. they did add a really nice rubbery type of padding on the ground, but they have a 15ft high slide and a really cool rock wall and crazy jungle gym type things. plenty of places for kids to fall to their "death", just like when I was a kid. you know what ... that playground is always packed. Not like "geeze there are so many people I can't move" packed, but there are always people there with the kids. It's a really cool place.

Comment hmm .. which have i heard of .. (Score 1) 90

well .. i have never heard of filesanywhere until now. dropbox.com has been growing by leaps and bounds even with the limited controversy over the TOS. plus.. that stupid box they have doesn't look at all like the dropbox logo. honestly .. i doubt the people at dropbox ever heard of this company either. just jumping on the troll wagon like everyone else.

Comment very intersesting .. "education" (Score 1) 219

I wonder what the education will consist of. I have read several books on Copyright Law. Also books on the pros / cons of the current law. Plus other books on the legal interpretations of copyright law. All of the books seems to go around in circles and generally leave you more confused than you were when you started. they all say something like "if the item was published between 196x and 197x then it may be copyrighted, unless it was published without a copyright notice. then it's not copyrighted. Unless it was refiled before 1979 and then published again with a copyright notice before 1982 .... etc, etc, etc." I would be very curious how they will explain what can be downloaded and what cannot. I would also be interested to see if you were to follow the rules listed in the "education" package, and were to download something that did not meet the requirements for copyrighted work. Could they still sue you for it. Or would the blame be on them for not properly documenting the scenario in which it would be illegal to download the content.

Comment Re:Why is this controversial? (Score 1) 623

that's not what they are talking about . they want CA residents to collect sales tax from ALL buyers no matter if they reside in the state of CA or not. when in fact .. the onus is on the buyer to pay sales tax to their local state government. Just because you bought it online and didn't pay sales tax doesn't mean you are not required to pay it. http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/23351894/ns/business-personal_finance/t/states-crack-down-tax-free-online-purchases/

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