Comments on: Why a pro-SOPA MPAA technologist changed sides and went to work for ISOC

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Thu, 19 Apr 2012 06:56:00 +0000

What did it say on McSweeney’s? If your favorite rock band is Van Halen, you probably have a pissing Calvin sticker on your Jeep Cherokee.

By: Andrew Singleton

Andrew Singleton — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 15:28:00 +0000

It all depends on the situation and which would be better.

Consistency you demand? HAW HAW!

By: Henry Pootel

Henry Pootel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 14:17:00 +0000

I’m thinking of who “pissing Calvin” usually resonates with – and I’m not connecting with why it’s on there. Too bad Bill Watterson can’t use some “moral rights” there to stop a “derogatory treatment” of his work.

By: Nathan Hornby

Nathan Hornby — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:51:00 +0000

Forget about the irony, the thing is bloody hideous. Looks like a clipart collage from a 7 year old, created in MS word.

Seriously, it put me off the whole article.

By: digi_owl

digi_owl — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 12:17:00 +0000

One thing i find wondering tho, was his earlier MPAA statements redacted once he found them to be flawed? Or do MPAA still use them?

By: koko szanel

koko szanel — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 11:47:00 +0000

Its a trap! Or a plant to be more precise.

By: Alpacaman

Alpacaman — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 10:05:00 +0000

Calvin and Hobbes is much more special than a picture of Calvin pissing. I doubt it is ironic as well.

By: Russell

Russell — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:39:00 +0000

I suppose ISOC needs native weasel-word speakers just like the guys on the other side do. Sounds like they got a pro.

By: Scurra

Scurra — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 09:33:00 +0000

And I tell you that there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

Actually, it looks as though this guy had just gone in the wrong door by mistake one morning. Happens more often than you might think, especially when we live in such a polarised world these days (the “if you’re not with us, you’re against us” sort of thing.) Holding a nuanced position on something is getting increasingly difficult.

By: niktemadur

niktemadur — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 08:25:00 +0000

I found the headline picture striking, too. How did that pre-internet meme, the pissing Calvin, end up within the parameters of the Creative Commons license, and so long ago to boot?

By: sites4you

sites4you — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 06:54:00 +0000

changes do happen all the time.

By: Robin Davies

Robin Davies — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:22:00 +0000

And who exactly is going to be “volunteering” for those “voluntary measures”. Verizon, presumably. And that’s supposedly better than a legislative approach?

By: evanplus

evanplus — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:19:00 +0000

The Creative Commons licensed image with bootleg Calvin and Monopoly Guy images is just precious. I’d wonder if it’s meant to be ironic, but given that the rest of his Flickr photostream is un-altered album covers he’s also released as (CC BY 2.0) I’m guessing it’s not.

By: EH

EH — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 05:09:00 +0000

I can barely listen due to his entirely inappropriate and incessantly belying chuckles. He’s either a tool or out of his element, regardless of his IETF work.

HAW HAW NO WAT I MEAN GUISE?

That said, if you dig the Inside Baseball of digital copyright and shizz, Joly’s video is a must-see.