As has been pointed out to this suggestion before, some of the most insightful comments come as replies to trollish comments. We wouldn't want to lose those.
Ironically, the trolls don't seem to even realise that they are spawning interesting and insightful conversation from their idiocy.
The problem with the whole thing is that the industry keeps thinking of music/films/books etc as entertainment, a product to be bought and sold. They tend to treat fans merely as consumers, wallets with arms and legs and a head.
That is entirely the wrong attitude. Art should be thought of as art, culture should be thought of as culture; and sharing is an important part of that.
Swapping CDs, books and DVDs among your friends and family brings simple joys like conversation alive. I would hate to see the end of that because of over zealous copyright.
I will close with this. True artists do not make music, or films, or write books for money. They do it for the love of creating something wonderful. They do it for the sheer love of the creative process. But, most of all, they do it so that their work can be enjoyed and shared by as many people as possible.
I think you need to go back to school, moron. This world has never seen true Communism so we cannot talk about the evils of Communism as we have never experienced said evils.
Re: "Study: Megaupload closure boosted Hollywood sales 10%"
Correlation is not causation. There are too many other factors to consider before we can say that definitively. That article does not appear to explore anything.
Re: Industry doesn't hate "new technologies" but their ILLEGAL USAGE.
Technology will always be used for illegal purposes but that is not an excuse to prevent the development of the technology to such an extent that it is rendered useless.
Technology is neutral, the Internet is neutral. So why are the entertainment trying to censor it into oblivion?
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Re: SUGGESTION TO TECHDIRT STAFF
As has been pointed out to this suggestion before, some of the most insightful comments come as replies to trollish comments. We wouldn't want to lose those.
Ironically, the trolls don't seem to even realise that they are spawning interesting and insightful conversation from their idiocy.
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Pity, though, that is not the case. The only thing that Western governments care about is corporate well-being.
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That is entirely the wrong attitude. Art should be thought of as art, culture should be thought of as culture; and sharing is an important part of that.
Swapping CDs, books and DVDs among your friends and family brings simple joys like conversation alive. I would hate to see the end of that because of over zealous copyright.
I will close with this. True artists do not make music, or films, or write books for money. They do it for the love of creating something wonderful. They do it for the sheer love of the creative process. But, most of all, they do it so that their work can be enjoyed and shared by as many people as possible.
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Re: Re: A great discussion of commons
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Re: Let's talk of the "Death of the Commons"
Disclaimer - By 'you' I do not mean you personally, I mean you and your corporate entertainment industry shills.
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Re: Re: Re: "Study: Megaupload closure boosted Hollywood sales 10%"
Why do you continue to do it then?
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Re: "Study: Megaupload closure boosted Hollywood sales 10%"
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Re: Proxies
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Re: A mark of insanity
Just to go another direction :-)
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Next Kickstarter, Pledgemusic, Bandcamp etc
The plan is becoming clear
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Re: Hah... As if the cockroaches ever come out when the light shines
Moron. You do realise that it wasn't even Mike who wrote the article, right?
If you are gonna type bollocks, you may as well get the author right.
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Politicians would be declared bankrupt in no time.
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Re: HD
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Hamstringing new (email isn't even all that new) technology to save a dying industry is just stupid.
Are you listening entertainment industry?
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Sadly, it does not happen often enough.
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Torrent technology?
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Re: Industry doesn't hate "new technologies" but their ILLEGAL USAGE.
Technology is neutral, the Internet is neutral. So why are the entertainment trying to censor it into oblivion?
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