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Posted by michael on from the head-in-the-sand dept.

An AC wrote to say that "telepolis has an article telling you why the DMCA and the companies who pushed it forward are doomed to fail. It's nothing new but a good summary of the neverending copyright discussion." The author's summary is good but I disagree with the conclusion -- there's no reason to believe that some deus ex machina is suddenly going to save net users from a police state.

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  1. fp by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    fp

  2. welcome! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    JESUS CHRIST I KICKED A
    TESTICLE RIGHT OFF MY BODY

    AGAIN

    @
    o
    `~'+",
    /^'!
    ;

    ascii spork

  3. Land Of The Morning Calm by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    The Templars - Land Of The Morning Calm

    On a world flight late one night
    He left his friends, he left his wife
    Far to the east, destination unknown
    Doesn't even know where to call his home
    Thought he had it bad back on the block
    Knocking down pints with no afterthought
    Now he's far away in some foreign land
    He took for granted all he had

    CHORUS
    2x Over the Sea of Japan
    He left his freedom, he left his land
    Over the Sea of Japan

    12 beers later and the sun in his face
    It's not a bad dream, he's really in this place
    360 days to some, but they're not in the land of the morning calm.

    CHORUS

    Repeat first & second verse

    CHORUS

  4. Can you imagine... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    ... a Beowulf cluster of these?

    Thank you.

    --Patrick Bateman, Esq.

  5. color blind? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Is taco color blind? This must be the worst color scheme I've seen in my life.

  6. Re:Pssst... hey buddy! Free Linux Certification! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    What if they have a pointed stick?

  7. Forgot some... by Andux · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    [Article]
    • Frist Pr0st!
    • ASCII art.
    • Someone bragging about how their country doesn't have a DMCA.
      • US-bashing.
      • France-bashing.
      • Canada-bashing.
      • "If it wasn't for us, you'd be speaking German now!"
      • Nazi troll.

    Link to article pointing out that the EU is about to make DMCA type laws mandatory.

    • Post by that bastard with the indented WWWWWWWWWW sig that throws the whole article out of whack.

    Beowulf cluster.

    ASCII art.

    Troll.

    • Heated reply.
      • YHBT. YHL. HAND.

    Natalie Portman.

    Attempt to summarize all posts.

    • You are here.

    Hot grits.

    Karma whoring.

    • "Mod this troll DOWN!"
    • More karma whoring.
    • Troll.

    *BSD is Dying.

    Stephen King, author, dead at 54.

    • Reply by idiot who believes it.
      • Laughter.

    ASCII art.

    Troll.

    White supremacist troll.

    • Nazi troll.

    Troll.

    Insightful post that nobody notices because it's all the way at the bottom of the first page.

    Deparented replies. - - - Page 2 - - -

    • *BSD is dying.
    • Even more ASCII art.
    • Random death troll.
    • Nazi troll.
    • .03891WPM FP.
      • "Um.. not quite."
      • Laughter.
    • Troll.
    • ASCII art.
    • Story.
    • Random death troll.
    • ASCII art.
    • *BSD is dying.
    • Last post.
    --
    (Do not sign anything.) -- Fell, Planescape: Torment
  8. Re:Pssst... hey buddy! Free Linux Certification! by number+one+duck · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    They you eat the stick, thus disarming him!

  9. Holy... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Did someone vomit all over Slashdot? What the fuck is with all this yellowish crud encrusted all over the header of each comment?

  10. Re:Pssst... hey buddy! Free Linux Certification! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    utter bullshit.