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Largest social network in the Western world. It's been in all the papers.

"Turned?"

This is an awesome bit of writing. Thanks (sincerely) for posting this here.

Came back to add this, seeing as you're not interested in responding. I don't really care if you don't like Techdirt, and by extension, the person who wrote this (that's me) and th…

Really? Care to point out the factual inaccuracies?

"Debasing real photography." Whose definition of "real"? According to her, she uses software to edit her images, which some photographers would claim to debase real photography. Di…

"What they urgently need is some sort of cross-licensing agreement, but I'm unsure where it's going to come from ..." Yeah, that's the issue. Here's my pipe dream. Someone at one b…

I don't think this is a case of entitlement. There are plenty of people who do without rather than pirate. There are plenty who pirate after trying to make a legitimate purchase. A…

Charles, I'm the author of the idiotic article and I thought I'd wade in and explain my comment about not wanting to hear another rundown on why the system is the way it is. Over a…

"“More time on Facebook probably means less time on the road,” he said. That may mean safer roads, but it also means a bumpier, less vibrant economy." So... the economy is being he…

"And in case you're not convinced, allow me to submit some personal anecdotal evidence."

This, in particular, is disturbing: "The ITU is one of those international organizations that does not have to answer to anybody in particular. None of its decision makers have to …

I've always thought this is one of the more brilliant quotes concerning intellectual property rights/copyright, in response to those who feel that they "deserve" or are somehow ent…

Well, it was posted by Jane Wells (UX Lead for Wordpress) and filed under "Community" at Wordpress.org. I'm not sure where that falls exactly, but obviously she's chosen to speak f…

That's very true. It makes you wonder what internet entity (other than designated supervillain/punching bag Google) these politicians are aware of? "It says here that Wordpress hos…