It's a reference to The League on FX. It's also on Netflix. Don't let the fact that it centers on a fantasy football league fool you, this is simply the funniest television show on cable at the moment....
Nothing could have made me rest easier in knowing you couldn't see me than this statement. Cats? Shit, why not just try to keep Cthulu around as a pet? He's slightly less evil and twice as interesting....
One simple and trumping response to anyone blaming video games or violent media for tragedies, and it's only one word:
Japan.
End of story. Find another scapegoat...or, better yet, the actual cause. Retreading old pet tropes actually HARMS the efforts to make sure unspeakable shit like this doesn't happen again....
"But that has evolved as we know more about human behavior. We know now that people often behave in economically "irrational" ways."
That may be, but there's still a fundamental difference between economics and law in that economics is attempting to describe whereas law is attempting to create....
"The short of it is though that I just don't understand why because in some economic model it's not property we should pretend that in the real world (as in the law that actually defines copyright and the Constitution that protects our property interests in it from government intrusions) it's not property."
I'll let Mike reply on his own, but I would phrase it thus: because economic truth came first.
Economics is describing, not prescribing, what actually is. It does not create anything, it only describes what is occurring and what IS. The law, in this case, is the exact opposite. It is creating a system where copyright is property when it previously was not. As such, the onus is on those creating something to demonstrate that the creation is the best way, or we default back to what WAS before the creation.
For those that think the theory behind copyright in today's age is flawed, that is why the economic thought is paramount, because it simply IS, rather than what the law CREATED.
"hahaha holy shit... Gwiz that is hilarious -- and, I just checked, and it gets even MORE amazing. They aren't all redirected to Trichordist -- techdrit.com redirects to the Google Public Policy Blog! They are trying to smear us by implying that we are google.
Desperate and hilarious. Oh man I love those guys."
I disagree that it's hilarious. It is quite simply a bald-faced attempt at confusion of an internet audience. It's the kind of smear tactic one would expect from a third-rate government, such as North Korea, on par w/their claims that their leaders shot 11 holes in one the first time he played golf.
This is NOT funny. It's, putting it simply, WRONG. It's a breach of trust on the internet community, one that deserves public backlash of the utmost severity. Lowery and anyone else at Trichordist are clearly liars....
"How about showing how the fuck he is trying to improve his life and I might give a damn. All he is doing is bitching that he is not getting more handouts. He got semi famous for someone giving him something and now he is bitching "hey, why is no one giving me more""
Don't bother, that's AJ losing his mind. Anytime you see a reference to his false 300 years property claim, just move on. He'll likely reply to me here, and you'll note that I will not engage. Completely devoid of any substance, AJ is now on par with ootb....
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My choice? Psshhhh, fucking dark, yo...
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Simple retort
Japan.
End of story. Find another scapegoat...or, better yet, the actual cause. Retreading old pet tropes actually HARMS the efforts to make sure unspeakable shit like this doesn't happen again....
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That may be, but there's still a fundamental difference between economics and law in that economics is attempting to describe whereas law is attempting to create....
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I'll let Mike reply on his own, but I would phrase it thus: because economic truth came first.
Economics is describing, not prescribing, what actually is. It does not create anything, it only describes what is occurring and what IS. The law, in this case, is the exact opposite. It is creating a system where copyright is property when it previously was not. As such, the onus is on those creating something to demonstrate that the creation is the best way, or we default back to what WAS before the creation.
For those that think the theory behind copyright in today's age is flawed, that is why the economic thought is paramount, because it simply IS, rather than what the law CREATED.
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Are you really going to lump Stallman into that category?
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Desperate and hilarious. Oh man I love those guys."
I disagree that it's hilarious. It is quite simply a bald-faced attempt at confusion of an internet audience. It's the kind of smear tactic one would expect from a third-rate government, such as North Korea, on par w/their claims that their leaders shot 11 holes in one the first time he played golf.
This is NOT funny. It's, putting it simply, WRONG. It's a breach of trust on the internet community, one that deserves public backlash of the utmost severity. Lowery and anyone else at Trichordist are clearly liars....
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Don't bother, that's AJ losing his mind. Anytime you see a reference to his false 300 years property claim, just move on. He'll likely reply to me here, and you'll note that I will not engage. Completely devoid of any substance, AJ is now on par with ootb....
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You got a pair of FREE BOOTS YOU MOTHERFUCKER!!!
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