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    testcore (profile), 28 Apr 2011 @ 6:20pm

    Well said!

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    RD, 28 Apr 2011 @ 7:27pm

    They wont get it

    A metaphor the mouth-breathing, head-in-the-sand "sharing is theft" shills will completely miss, of course. Expect lots of arguments about how the poop is like a car, and using it without paying for it is stealing, and therefore the current way must be preserved (or something like that....their circular, blind, strawmen arguments rarely have any logic or rationality behind them).

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      Anonymous Coward, 28 Apr 2011 @ 7:40pm

      Re: They wont get it

      I've never understood the need to analogize the simple concept that is the dissemination of culture. It's not like a car or any other kind of vehicle. You do not need to simplify it any further. If you know how communication works then it stands to reason that you also know how culture works.

      I mean, how did they do it back in the day? "Culture is like a pair of legs! If it were meant to be spread then why are legs so easy to break?"

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        DH's Love Child (profile), 29 Apr 2011 @ 5:59am

        Re: Re: They wont get it

        Well, the problem is that it SHOULD be a simple concept, but IP laws have morphed to the point that even lawyers and judges can't agree what the hell it means.

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    Pixelation, 28 Apr 2011 @ 7:34pm

    Thanks for the laugh.

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    rosspruden (profile), 28 Apr 2011 @ 8:23pm

    Maybe it's because I've had three drinks of Carolina Moonshine, but the "This is a metaphor." comment had me in stitches. :)

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    Lawrence D'Oliveiro, 28 Apr 2011 @ 9:55pm

    It’s A Shit Metaphor

    That is all.

    :)

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    mrharrysan (profile), 28 Apr 2011 @ 11:15pm

    I too, got a chuckle multiplier from Nina's disclaimer.

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    G Thompson (profile), 28 Apr 2011 @ 11:40pm

    Though I get the metaphor, My first thought was another..

    "Lots of Stars are managed by turds"

    muwahahahaha

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    anothermike, 29 Apr 2011 @ 1:49pm

    coming up

    Next up, applying turd polish to make people think it shines like a star.

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