Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 8 Jul 2012 @ 9:31am
Re: Re: Re: Usefullness
And if it was a race, one contestant wouldn't be allowed to sabotage the others all the time
Oh I dunno... Dick Dastardly always seemed to. If the world is lucky, Apple might meet the same fate each time they cheat. That's the problem with the current patent system - it encourages companies to be Dick Dastardly because in this game, nice guys don't win.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 30 Jun 2012 @ 1:58am
Re: Taplin is focusing on the wrong issue.
The solution to getting artists paid for content is to monetize the creation of the content as a service instead of the fruits of their labor as a product.
What? You mean like every other career that involves creating something but isn't deemed "artistic"? Nah.. that'd just be copying rather than innovative, surely? /s
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 28 Jun 2012 @ 8:13am
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"Everyone is guilty. We, your Corpora... um.. er.. Governmental Masters in our glorious munificence, get to decide who is allowed leniency. Remember friend citizen, the Government is your Friend."
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 28 Jun 2012 @ 8:10am
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exactly how are the funds exchanging hands?
Depends on your preferred medium... I understand bungs, considerations, jollies, contributions, consultancy, engagements, directorships, chairs, peerages fact finding missions and thickly filled brown envelopes of cash are all valid tokens of exchange among others...
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 28 Jun 2012 @ 8:06am
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i hope the UK economy suffers greatly, particularly in these poor financial times
Hey it's not our fault that as a nation we suck at ignoring stupid rules. Same with for example H&S law - every other country in Europe applies them with some degree of pragmatism or at least self-interest but not the UK... "it says so in the Rules!". If the US-Government-by-proxy (cf. entertainment industries) stopped coming up with such stupid "rules" the UK courts would stop trying to enforce them...
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 28 Jun 2012 @ 7:59am
Re: This guy is a menace to society
On a serious note, does the UK government not see how totally disproportionate the punishment is here? Do they really want to put web site operators in jail for a decade? Is society better off now?
No it's completely reasonable... after all the average sentence for rape is 8 years in the UK and we all know that "stealing" imaginary money is far more serious than that! /sarc
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 23 Jun 2012 @ 12:10pm
Re: usa nr 1
only in america....
I think you meant "If only in america" - it would at least be somewhat amusing if it was just them. However it may at least be true that few countries cock up with such style, flair and general overperformance.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 22 Jun 2012 @ 11:00am
Re: Re: Dear Stephanie Moore,
Seriously? So you think her approach is democratic? Does the fact that someone is not american mean they can't point out bull when they see it without you getting all rambo'd up?
There is not a single truly democratic government in the world, including both the UK and US and I suspect the above Mr Eejit might agree. More than this, those that profess to be are getting observably less democratic every time they knee-jerk against some imagined threat or pass laws firmly and obviously weighted to favour of those with millions over the majority of the populous.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 12 Jun 2012 @ 10:51am
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Should she have the right to reclaim this stuff without any issue?
Well "thinking more simply" appears to mean "ignoring reality and making up somethign unrelated" but following the ludicrious analogy and making an attempt to adapt it to something that gets within at least a continent of resembling the facts of the situation; If the "crack house" in question is advertising itself as a furniture storage company and indeed operates as a furniture storage company in addition to whatever other activities it has and the woman is guilty of no crime in connection with the property and can prove she owns the TV and sofa... then "Yes.. duh!" is the answer
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 8 Jun 2012 @ 11:55am
One eyed men
Companies such as Apple have made transformative changes in our lives, made possible by massive investments made by intellectual property.
Apple... a history of building off other's inventions (or "stealing" other's ideas, depending on your viewpoint) and a present of huge amounts of patent litigation including occasionally those they appropriated the ideas from. Whatever you may think about the benefits or otherwise of the patent system it has to take a very special form of blindness (probably the lucrative form) to say such a thing about Apple and not at least wonder in passing what all those others they sue might have produced as well.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 7 Jun 2012 @ 2:45pm
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Could it be that this period was not particularly powerful for literature?
Uh huh... well since as usual you're going for the "wild supposition to deny the evidence without presenting any yourself" schtick, here's some anecdotal information:
Authors from ~ the 40's:
Poul Anderson Isaac Asimov Alfred Bester
James Blish Nelson S. Bond Leigh Brackett
Ray Bradbury Fredric Brown Bertram Chandler
John Christopher Arthur C. Clarke Hal Clement
L. Sprague de Camp Lester del Rey Robert A. Heinlein
L. Ron Hubbard C. M. Kornbluth Henry Kuttner
Fritz Leiber Walter M. Miller, Jr. C. L. Moore
Chad Oliver Frederik Pohl Ross Rocklynne Eric Frank Russell Clifford D. Simak E.E. "Doc" Smith
Theodore Sturgeon William Tenn A. E. van Vogt Jack Vance John Wyndham
Yes, I see... clearly not one single famous and well-loved and read author in that lot. Yep, that definitely explains why there's only 40 or so currently published titles from that decade.
Oh, in case you were wondering, personally I've not heard of about 1/2 that list but I happen to own probably around 70 books by the ones I have heard of, which probably represents less than 1/5 of their total output. I'd also be suprised if as many as 1/5 of that list were still alive when I first read one of their works. So much for literature of that period having no readership value....
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 7 Jun 2012 @ 2:20pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This allows them to 'remix' the past and resell it.... who wouldn't want that?
According to Wikipedia, the top 10 grossing films in 2011 were as follows:[lots of sequels most barely watchable without hurling]
And for that reason the total amount of money spent by me on that list of films... hmmm maybe £40-£50 and that only because I have children.
On the ot
her hand back when... oh I suppose about when the Smurfs were on TV the first time or so when I had way less money, spending a far larger percentage of the money on myself rather than others and still no problem accessing free copies of anything if I chose I'd estimate that if you produced a similar list from that time the amount I spent on them would probably be about the same - i.e. £100-£130 today allowing for inflation.
Wonder why that is...
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 7 Jun 2012 @ 4:22am
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Yes, there are obviously some here who do not like Mr. Masnick being criticized
Criticize him all you like. Bring supporting information and be eloquent and I might agree with you. Make it a pointless and personal attack with no value and I reserve the right not to have to look at it. I'd love to have a treeing function that would allow the collapse of a whole thread or sub-thread so I can skip some of the pointless off-topic arguments sometimes. It's not like the comments get removed so "free speech" is hardly being stifled is it? Look, it's right there available at the click of a mouse just like happens on many forum systems with threads. To paraphrase someone else here, because you have a right to espouse a different opinion doesn't mean you have the right to say anything you want without consequence.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 31 May 2012 @ 2:50pm
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I wish whoever it is would actually speak up about why they spout this stuff. I'm sure it would be an absolutely fascinating insight into either the workings of corporate propaganda, a study of the psychology of obsession or at least increase understanding of the vagaries mental health. My best guess for now is that Mike must have been really really mean to a puppy particularly beloved of this person at some point in the past.
Not an Electronic Rodent (profile), 29 May 2012 @ 11:28am
How odd....
Look at that... 55 comments over 6 hours and not one troll/shill popping up saying how hard copyright lawyers work to be accurate and how you can't make an omlette without breaking eggs or something. Guess there's not a lot of room for "creative re-interpretation" in this one.
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Re: usa nr 1
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Re: Re: Dear Stephanie Moore,
There is not a single truly democratic government in the world, including both the UK and US and I suspect the above Mr Eejit might agree. More than this, those that profess to be are getting observably less democratic every time they knee-jerk against some imagined threat or pass laws firmly and obviously weighted to favour of those with millions over the majority of the populous.
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If the "crack house" in question is advertising itself as a furniture storage company and indeed operates as a furniture storage company in addition to whatever other activities it has and the woman is guilty of no crime in connection with the property and can prove she owns the TV and sofa... then "Yes.. duh!" is the answer
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Uh huh... well since as usual you're going for the "wild supposition to deny the evidence without presenting any yourself" schtick, here's some anecdotal information:
Authors from ~ the 40's:
Yes, I see... clearly not one single famous and well-loved and read author in that lot. Yep, that definitely explains why there's only 40 or so currently published titles from that decade.
Oh, in case you were wondering, personally I've not heard of about 1/2 that list but I happen to own probably around 70 books by the ones I have heard of, which probably represents less than 1/5 of their total output. I'd also be suprised if as many as 1/5 of that list were still alive when I first read one of their works. So much for literature of that period having no readership value....
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: This allows them to 'remix' the past and resell it.... who wouldn't want that?
On the ot
her hand back when... oh I suppose about when the Smurfs were on TV the first time or so when I had way less money, spending a far larger percentage of the money on myself rather than others and still no problem accessing free copies of anything if I chose I'd estimate that if you produced a similar list from that time the amount I spent on them would probably be about the same - i.e. £100-£130 today allowing for inflation.
Wonder why that is...
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How odd....
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