I think you're veering off the farm by thinking this a derivative of the Gandi quote you cited. I think this is far more likely a derivative of the famous Oscar Wilde quote:
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
Had you grown up a "proper nerd" and spent the requisite 500 plus hours rolling around in Monty Python recordings as a teenager, you would have known this.
I leave you well fish slapped with this Python Clip:
Bigger fundamental errant assumption at issue here...
I have been surprised for years that, in no case that I am aware of, has the fundamental truth of "There is no authoritative link between a file's name and it's actual contents" ever been established.
There has always been an explicable assumption that the filename indicates content.
I have long thought is would be a delicious exercise to set up a honeypot share of personally authored and registered graphic art files titled as music files. Then when the Maf-RIAA trips the download alarms, file suit just to get them to try to make the argument that Filename <> Content.
"Finally, while the video does at least make a nod to fair use (at 2:42), the message there is pretty clear that fair use is complicated, legalistic, and not for normal people, so you're best off just ignoring it."
You know? This statement above is a powerful and damning statement against Copyright's continued existence. And the reality behind it infuriates me.
Copyright is a -MONOPOLY- power granted by -WE THE PEOPLE- and now we're being told that -WE THE 'LITTLE' PEOPLE- aren't even allowed near the borders of Copyright?
Screw Copyright. REPEAL IT.
Seriously, No Copyright can't be worse that this Boat-Anchor around our necks.
And may I point out that your order for me to leave this discussion board is very anti-free speech and is fundamentally Un-American. A very Totalitarian tactic. Hint: Try countering my statements with fact-based counter-arguments next time instead of insults.
"Im sure christwire.org/ would love to have you."
Wow! They seem like nice folks.
I bet if I went there and posted that I had just burned a Bible and even posted video of me dancing around it while urinating on it, they might get mad, but they would probably mostly -PRAY- for me. You know, quiet, reflective thought and focused hope. As opposed to rioting in the streets killing and BEHEADING random, foreign looking people.
You have now been fully basted with my incisive rebuttal. Care to try again?
The TSA is just a symptom of our -civilized- Western Democracy's inability to recognize a cleverly executed slow-motion WAR plan being waged against us by the ultra-violent (via 1600 years of first cousin marriage created inbreeding) forces of -uncivilized- Islam.
Until we summon the courage as a nation and as a people to openly name and face this evil totalitarianism masquerading as a religion, we will not know peace within our own borders.
The misguided, self-hating apologists that currently infest our federal government will continue to harrass YOU and YOUR CHILDREN because -they- are feckless, unprincipled cowards.
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Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Fine Queen of Levitra.
Me thinks thine attorney is trying to cheat ya.
Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Sweet font of Cialis.
No Animals were harmed while trying to write this.
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Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, So meek and chaste.
Why Dost thou encumber the Courts with waste?
Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Our mistress of feck.
How can thee be so inactive above the neck?
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On the post: Dear Musicians: Once Again, Politicians Can Probably Play Your Songs At Events Without Your Permission
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On the post: It Is Good To Be Laughed At; It's Better Than To Be Ignored
I disagree, slightly...
Mike,
I think you're veering off the farm by thinking this a derivative of the Gandi quote you cited. I think this is far more likely a derivative of the famous Oscar Wilde quote:
“The only thing worse than being talked about is not being talked about.”
Had you grown up a "proper nerd" and spent the requisite 500 plus hours rolling around in Monty Python recordings as a teenager, you would have known this.
I leave you well fish slapped with this Python Clip:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxXW6tfl2Y0
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On the post: Woman Charged With 'Obstructing Governmental Administration' For Filming Police From Her Front Yard
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...And don't forget to empty the clip into me!
On the post: Litigious Porn Producers Claim People Infringe Even If They Accidentally Downloaded Its Porn Disguised As Popular Works
Re: Bigger fundamental errant assumption at issue here...
Sorry.
On the post: Litigious Porn Producers Claim People Infringe Even If They Accidentally Downloaded Its Porn Disguised As Popular Works
Bigger fundamental errant assumption at issue here...
There has always been an explicable assumption that the filename indicates content.
I have long thought is would be a delicious exercise to set up a honeypot share of personally authored and registered graphic art files titled as music files. Then when the Maf-RIAA trips the download alarms, file suit just to get them to try to make the argument that Filename <> Content.
On the post: An Open Letter To Sony CEO Howard Stringer
Mind-Boggling
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sony_BMG_copy_protection_rootkit_scandal
On the post: The Music Industry Is Desperate For A Few Good Technologists
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On the post: Oddest Copyright Lawsuit Ever: Oprah Sued For... Um... You Have To Read It Yourself
This is more sad than funny really...
The really sad part is that when the lawsuit is dismissed, the plaintiff will be incapable of accepting that reality either.
On the post: Texas Legislature Looks To Make TSA Groping Procedures Illegal
State's Rights!
Thank God that Texans still have their State's Rights balls!
On the post: YouTube Launches Myth Perpetuating 'Copyright School'; Dismisses Remixes As 'Not Original'
Damning....
You know? This statement above is a powerful and damning statement against Copyright's continued existence. And the reality behind it infuriates me.
Copyright is a -MONOPOLY- power granted by -WE THE PEOPLE- and now we're being told that -WE THE 'LITTLE' PEOPLE- aren't even allowed near the borders of Copyright?
Screw Copyright. REPEAL IT.
Seriously, No Copyright can't be worse that this Boat-Anchor around our necks.
On the post: Vandals Win First Round Of Ridiculous Lawsuit Variety Filed Against Them; Issue Mocking Video
The Score...
Goliath, 0.
On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure
Re: Re: The TSA is just a symptom...
See above.
On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure
Re: really?
Yep, Pretty Much.
Reproductive Health Journal reports the following rates on consanguinity in Muslim countries:
Algeria: 22.6%
Bahrain: 39.4%
Egypt (North): 20.9%
Egypt (Nubia-South): 60.5%
Iraq: 47.0%
Jordan: 28.5%
Kuwait: 22.5%
Lebanon: 12.8%
Libya: 48.4%
Mauritania: 47.2%
Morocco: 19.9%
Oman: 56.3%
Palestine: 17.5%
Qatar: 54.0%
Saudi Arabia: 42.1%
Sudan: 44.2%
Syria: 30.3%
Tunisia: 20.1%
United Arab Emirates: 40.0%
Yemen: 40.0%
http://www.reproductive-health-journal.com/content/6/1/17/table/T1
Ouch. Bet that one hurt.
"Take your bigoted posts elsewhere"
Nope. Staying right here.
And may I point out that your order for me to leave this discussion board is very anti-free speech and is fundamentally Un-American. A very Totalitarian tactic. Hint: Try countering my statements with fact-based counter-arguments next time instead of insults.
"Im sure christwire.org/ would love to have you."
Wow! They seem like nice folks.
I bet if I went there and posted that I had just burned a Bible and even posted video of me dancing around it while urinating on it, they might get mad, but they would probably mostly -PRAY- for me. You know, quiet, reflective thought and focused hope. As opposed to rioting in the streets killing and BEHEADING random, foreign looking people.
You have now been fully basted with my incisive rebuttal. Care to try again?
On the post: TSA Gropes 6-Year Old Girl: Says It's Okay Since It Followed Standard Operating Procedure
The TSA is just a symptom...
Until we summon the courage as a nation and as a people to openly name and face this evil totalitarianism masquerading as a religion, we will not know peace within our own borders.
The misguided, self-hating apologists that currently infest our federal government will continue to harrass YOU and YOUR CHILDREN because -they- are feckless, unprincipled cowards.
On the post: Latest Issue Of Newsweek Down To Just Six Ads
Re: Re: Why Bother?
"Alpaca Damned Communists" just doesn't have that verbal slap up-side-da-head I was going for.
Tard.
On the post: Latest Issue Of Newsweek Down To Just Six Ads
Why Bother?
After all, "We're all Socialists Now". Right Apparatchik-holes?
(http://www.newsweek.com/2009/02/06/we-are-all-socialists-now.html)
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God Damned Communists.
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On the post: If This Is 'Piracy' Then I Support Piracy
OK....I'm Convinced.
...So now what?
Where do I go to help overthrow the vile Copyright Overlords?
I have a pitchfork. Will that be of use?
And I might be able to cobble a torch or two together.
On the post: Bev Stayart Loses Yet Again In Her Quixotic Quest To Blame Search Engines For Search Results She Doesn't Like
Re: Re: I wax longingly o'er the fair Bev Stayart
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Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Fine Queen of Levitra.
Me thinks thine attorney is trying to cheat ya.
Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Sweet font of Cialis.
No Animals were harmed while trying to write this.
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On the post: The 'Other' One-Click Patent Holder Sues Apple, Paypal... And Victoria's Secret
End Patent Now.
It no longer serves the economic interests of the nation and only serves to line the pockets of lawyers.
As Slavery passed, so must Patent.
On the post: Bev Stayart Loses Yet Again In Her Quixotic Quest To Blame Search Engines For Search Results She Doesn't Like
I wax longingly o'er the fair Bev Stayart
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Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, So meek and chaste.
Why Dost thou encumber the Courts with waste?
Oh Bev, Oh Stayart, Our mistress of feck.
How can thee be so inactive above the neck?
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