2. Corporate greed has ruined music. The music label execs expect the same kinds of profits that they were enjoying a few years ago. Meanwhile they don't pay jack to the artist using creative accounting and on the basis that the band owes them for (barely there) promotion, unless (s)he's a well-known one.
FTFY
btw, can you offer me ANY proof how in the face of piracy, people have stopped creating?
Artists can use those same systems that the "pirates" are using, too. And by slamming the door on these distribution networks, they are in essence closing the doors for fledgling artists. But you don't care about that, as long as you can worship your 50cents, your Lady Gagas, and your next one-hit-wonders.
Meanwhile the rest of the world mourns the loss of yet another venue for artists to promote their works to.
Did they have similar policies for the Faux News/Glen Beck Rally? (which was by definition a political rally, whereas this is a parody of it, and not meant as a political rally)
Oh don't worry, I'm not living in the past, I've grown past it now. I always had better grades than those who bullied me (was part of why I was being bullied).
But it makes me so angry, when people just say "oh you should just shrug it off". I endured that kind of hell for 8 years, and for the first 7 years, I thought that no-one would ever listen to me. And it was a hell! At some point in the 8th year in, teachers made me spend lunch breaks in the teachers' lounge, because I wasn't safe outside. It didn't actually help diminishing the teasing, but it made my lunch breaks a bit more enjoyable.
Bullying can have severe consequences for the victim that lasts years.
Even today, I feel very anxious to even speak up in groups (even if they are all like-minded people), for fear that people judge me negatively on it, and start teasing me.
I have a hard time trusting people, and I avoid conflicts, where I can. And I try to blend in with the wall.
In that regard is the Internet a great liberator for me, because you can't see me and I can't see you, and I dare to speak up for myself.
Fighting back to those bullies didn't help in my case, ignoring them didn't work either. I just was different, and that was reason enough. After I gave a couple of the bullies a black eye, the bullying intensified. After I tried to laugh it off, they kept going. If I just ignored them they thought that was funny. Nothing that I tried worked.
I was lucky, I was leaving school, and none of my fellow class""""mates"""" were allowed to go to the same school, the head of the school I was leaving, could foresee what would've happened if that were allowed to happen.
So I got a fresh start, and then it went better. I made friends, for the first time in my life, who didn't backstab me.
But let me tell you, if those class""""mates"""" had gone to the same school as me, I would not have been here.
I can tell you, from personal experience, that years of near-constant teasing and bullying does make your self-esteem and your self-worth become 0!
Words don't hurt they say, and I shout BULLSHIT! It does hurt, and if it gets repeated enough you start to listen.
I've been on the edge, where I have contemplated taking my own life, because no-one would miss me, because I was worth nothing. That's what I honestly believed. Thankfully my family found out and fought for me. Against myself and against those fucking bullies.
Don't you dare shrug it off as "well grow a thicker skin", because kids at that young age are very impressionable, and people tend to believe that shit after it has been said to them over and over and over again.
Shouldn't that number raise a HUGE red flag for HADOPI? If that many people are committing civil disobedience, perhaps the laws are wrong?
You can't have millions of outlaws, can you?
Because my neighbour murdered his wife, I should also be able to hit my wife. WTF?! RIAA, I know you lost your ever-loving mind long ago, but even this shouldn't make sense to your weird thought processes.
I have the dvd at home. I forget which medallion number I have (will post that here later). But I still need to watch the documentary. :)
Looking forward to it.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Be careful what you wish for...
What's stopping Microsoft from taking any Linux code and putting it into their own wares?
It's unlikely that Linux' code is registered at a copyright board. It is however licensed under the General Public License, that states some stipulations.
But that's slightly beside the point.
The person who tries to register your works illegally would then have to prove that his (or her) work existed before your content. But you have prior-art.
Undoubtedly this copyright office will become as encumbered as the patent office... :-/
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FTFY
btw, can you offer me ANY proof how in the face of piracy, people have stopped creating?
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Re: Sorry Mike
Artists can use those same systems that the "pirates" are using, too. And by slamming the door on these distribution networks, they are in essence closing the doors for fledgling artists. But you don't care about that, as long as you can worship your 50cents, your Lady Gagas, and your next one-hit-wonders.
Meanwhile the rest of the world mourns the loss of yet another venue for artists to promote their works to.
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obligatory joke
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But it makes me so angry, when people just say "oh you should just shrug it off". I endured that kind of hell for 8 years, and for the first 7 years, I thought that no-one would ever listen to me. And it was a hell! At some point in the 8th year in, teachers made me spend lunch breaks in the teachers' lounge, because I wasn't safe outside. It didn't actually help diminishing the teasing, but it made my lunch breaks a bit more enjoyable.
Bullying can have severe consequences for the victim that lasts years.
Even today, I feel very anxious to even speak up in groups (even if they are all like-minded people), for fear that people judge me negatively on it, and start teasing me.
I have a hard time trusting people, and I avoid conflicts, where I can. And I try to blend in with the wall.
In that regard is the Internet a great liberator for me, because you can't see me and I can't see you, and I dare to speak up for myself.
Fighting back to those bullies didn't help in my case, ignoring them didn't work either. I just was different, and that was reason enough. After I gave a couple of the bullies a black eye, the bullying intensified. After I tried to laugh it off, they kept going. If I just ignored them they thought that was funny. Nothing that I tried worked.
I was lucky, I was leaving school, and none of my fellow class""""mates"""" were allowed to go to the same school, the head of the school I was leaving, could foresee what would've happened if that were allowed to happen.
So I got a fresh start, and then it went better. I made friends, for the first time in my life, who didn't backstab me.
But let me tell you, if those class""""mates"""" had gone to the same school as me, I would not have been here.
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"and if it gets repeated enough you start to listen" was supposed to be
"and if it gets repeated enough you start to believe it."
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Words don't hurt they say, and I shout BULLSHIT! It does hurt, and if it gets repeated enough you start to listen.
I've been on the edge, where I have contemplated taking my own life, because no-one would miss me, because I was worth nothing. That's what I honestly believed. Thankfully my family found out and fought for me. Against myself and against those fucking bullies.
Don't you dare shrug it off as "well grow a thicker skin", because kids at that young age are very impressionable, and people tend to believe that shit after it has been said to them over and over and over again.
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Remember, this girl spends a lot of hours every day in the company of those who bully her, she kinda has to, as she has to go to school.
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France, the country full of outlaws?
You can't have millions of outlaws, can you?
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I don't quite follow, Mike.
I mean, if this game developer doesn't have access to the original sources, how can he infringe on their copyrights?
All he offers on his site that is "originally"* Square Enix' is a demo version of the game, to give you a demo's access to OpenCarmageddon.
And if it becomes illegal to distribute a demo of a game, then expect even more 'piracy' to occur...
Square Enix has a known history of being bullies, and with the recent flop of Final Fantasy XIV, I think they are looking for other revenue streams.
But the game Carmageddon isn't offered for sale anywhere anymore.
So there is no loss of sale through this remake.
In my not so humble and very angry opinion: big publisher bullies can f%ck off and die!
Square Enix, consider me a lost sale. I will NEVER buy any of your offerings again!
*) It only became Square Enix' property through acquisition of another game house.
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Re: Re: Well, those are just facts
Screenplay for a baseball match:
TEAM A at TEAM B's stadium
Player X is on bat
Pitcher Y throws a fast ball
Player X misses
Referee: "STRIKE!"
[crowd boos]
Pitcher Y throws a curve ball.
Referee: "BALL!"
Pitcher Y throws another fast ball.
Player X connects and sends it flying out the park
[Crowd cheers]
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Looking forward to it.
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Well, those are just facts
Oh wait, the big sports federations in all their greed, have tried to declare facts copyrightable.
In any case, you got a fair point Mike.
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The problem isn't so much the bogus-ocity of the letter
And that number could be scarily high. :(
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Be careful what you wish for...
It's unlikely that Linux' code is registered at a copyright board. It is however licensed under the General Public License, that states some stipulations.
But that's slightly beside the point.
The person who tries to register your works illegally would then have to prove that his (or her) work existed before your content. But you have prior-art.
Undoubtedly this copyright office will become as encumbered as the patent office... :-/
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