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    Fubo pays $3.4M to settle claims it illegally shared user data with advertisers

    What the hell is Fubo? Nevermind, my bad! I found it
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    US says AI models can’t hold patents

    No, Patents are state granted monopoly privileges. They are not personal property.
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    Ars Technica’s best video games of 2023

    Lost a lot of respect for Ars Technica when I saw Diablo IV on that list.
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    Book authors sue OpenAI and Meta over text used to train AI

    Copyright is is rationalized appropriation. Your taking control of everyone's physical property in order to give yourself a temporary monopoly for your own gain. It warps society in so many ways and makes it so you don't own a great deal of what you purchase. far better to abolish it and find...
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    Review: Shadow and Bone is a worthy adaptation of the Grishaverse novels

    Watched it already and it was awesome, Can't wait for the next season!
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    Review: The Old Guard is a solid thriller whose parts don’t add up to a whole

    I really enjoyed it, and I look forward to the Sequel.
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    Feds apparently reveal charges against Assange in accidental filing

    You do realize your country does extraordinary renditions don't you? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extraordinary_rendition and that you do in point of fact have secret courts: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_St ... ance_Court That write their own secret laws: "On December 16, 2005...
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    Forcing kid to masturbate for cops in sexting case was wrong, court finds

    How about facilitating the production of child pornography under color of law? that is afterall the end result of his signing that search warrant.
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    New film explores the real-life romantic threesome behind Wonder Woman

    Polyamorous relationships don't have to be open relationships, there is polyfidelity. http://www.punkerslut.com/articles/what ... elity.html Edit: Just wanted to add I am happy to see you have made poly work for you and i hope you get your chance to marry all your loves in the future.
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    The most famous civil rights song, “We Shall Overcome,“ is no longer copyrighted

    All of what you state implies/requires government intervention. Property exists and can be defended even in the absence of a government because it is tangible. even land. in the event of societal collapse your "intellectual property" does not exist at all unless someone for their own reasons...
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    The most famous civil rights song, “We Shall Overcome,“ is no longer copyrighted

    Well for one thing, Copyright is not property. It is a government granted monopoly privilege that only exists by taking away peoples actual rights in their tangible property. You don't get to tell me what i can do with my own pen and paper, my computer or 3d printer just because it will bring...
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    Charlotte police release long-awaited video of cop killing black man

    Actually, a body camera would have provided a lot of insight into this situation if the shooter had actually been wearing one. The person who needed to have one the most in this situation didn't. That isn't the fault of the technology, that is a fault of policy. If they are armed and...
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    US piracy cyberlocker operator gets 3 years in prison, must pay $100k

    Copyright isn't a capitalist construct, it is a monopoly. it is the very opposite of capitalism. Creativity and creative expression existed long before the advent of copyright and in my opinion will exist long after we finally rid ourselves of it. There are other ways to be compensated for...
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    US piracy cyberlocker operator gets 3 years in prison, must pay $100k

    You make a good point. So does Azethoth666 and the like you are responding to. How to reconcile these two opposing points of view? My view is that it is very sad to see games released by pirates before they are released by the studio, or albums and movies available on pirate sites before they...
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    US piracy cyberlocker operator gets 3 years in prison, must pay $100k

    Copyright isn't a capitalist construct, it is a monopoly. it is the very opposite of capitalism. Creativity and creative expression existed long before the advent of copyright and in my opinion will exist long after we finally rid ourselves of it. There are other ways to be compensated for...
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    Obama praises Trans-Pacific Partnership accord as full text is released

    Here in Australia at least it is very straight forward, when you sign up for your phone account call costs are clearly laid out for you by your provider. It doesn't matter who the provider of the person you are calling is... Much better than having to pay to accept a call from someone with no...
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    Ars was briefly hacked yesterday; here’s what we know

    won't let me change my password, just comes up and says "You did not enter a confirm e-mail address" even though i am not trying to change email addresses. i even tried changing to an alt account but it still comes up with the same error. Edit: Nevermind, i found the link posted earlier in the...
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    DRM in HTML5 is a victory for the open Web, not a defeat

    Your right, Service is king. but your wrong that drm is having any sort of positive impact here. It is not drm that encourages people to use those services and drm is not required to enable them. people use those services because of the benefits they do see and because they generally are not...
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    Valve's Gabe Newell foresees living room PCs, inter-game marketplaces

    Have you considered remote controlling it with a tablet? that's what i do with my living room pc. the Asus transformer comes with software for that express purpose which is what i use. but i have no doubt there are third party solutions. anyway, it works well for me :)