Also, sometimes the software is free (as in beer) but the source code is not available, and treads a legal gray area, such as an emulator of a past computer (like a retro gaming console such as the NES or the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) or even a game engine (such as SCUMM for LucasArts Point-and-Click Graphic Adventure games).
the problem with separating the hardware and software
The problem of not being in control of both the software and hardware, however, is that with so much variation among manufacturers of hardware, they become a pain in the ass for developers to debug. With Apple, you only get apple devices. You know what you're getting, so there would be far fewer bugs. Considering that Android devices use HTC, Samsung, Google, et al. hardware, it's hard and unpredictable to know whether the problem is an Android problem or the problem with the smartphone itself.
This is why I switched from Android to iOS and never looked back: much lower chance of bugs (still buggy, but the odds are fewer).
You can't really "comment" on a Newspaper or Magazine in real time. You can write a letter, but that takes far longer and comments get posted immediately rather than letters to the editor which are posted at the print publisher's discretion. That's why people who want to destroy §230 because print media doesn't have a similar law are either idiots or disingenuous.
If you've paid attention to the policing in the United States (and all of the Americas, even), black people can and do get the brunt of extrajudicial police violence, sometimes ending up in death based upon nothing more than suspicion. This is what led to the George Floyd protests last summer.
And I can't speak for Tim Cushing, but I do believe that society overreacts when white women and girls are the victims of kidnapping and death. Think of how many missing or killed white women and girls you ever saw on CNN or Headline News (such as Elizabeth Smart or JonBenet Ramsey), and then think about how many of them are black. That should tell you pretty much everything you need to know about how much our society value black lives.
Re: Re: Re: Re: It's all fun and games until copyright maximalis
Not only that, but thanks to the gatekeeper-less world we have now (as far as music is concerned, at least), I now know that Blue Öyster Cult had still made original music after their major label dropped them, and I bought their albums (and I thought they were terrific!).
If we were stuck in a world with Gatekeepers I never would have known about them still existing and thought they vanished from the face of the earth.
(Just so you know, the title is a joke. Joshua Davis a.k.a. Bit Shifter is a friend of mine and loves the track despite the similarity to one of his own tracks)
If Metallica had really learned their lesson not to harm their fans, they'd pull a Peter Gabriel or Al Green and put up all their entire catalog on Bandcamp.
Why? Not because I can't hear Metallica's music. Like many said, Karma for disrespecting their fans (to be fair, "Weird Al" Yankovic and They Might Be Giants didn't like Napster but none of it had to do file sharing because in both cases comedic novelty songs would be attributed to them that they never did).
I'm offended because I make chiptune, which is also called "8-bit" by some people, and the so-called "8-bit folk music" doesn't sound like chiptune at all! I was expecting awesome bleeps and bloops which would sound like a game boy or an NES but instead I got this silly bell music that sounds like it could have been played in December!
If only they played actual 8-bit music! This is why Amazon and Twitch need to figure out their content ID system better than a blanket ban (and even YouTube's version has a ton of problems, but at least it doesn't take down as much like it used to).
Personally, I think the worst thing was switching from an "opt-in" copyright system with a two-term system to an "opt-out" system as prescribed by the Berne Convention. This is why I think what ultimately needs to be done is to renegotiate the Berne Convention.
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Re: Re:
Also, sometimes the software is free (as in beer) but the source code is not available, and treads a legal gray area, such as an emulator of a past computer (like a retro gaming console such as the NES or the Sega Genesis/Mega Drive) or even a game engine (such as SCUMM for LucasArts Point-and-Click Graphic Adventure games).
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Re: Re: Mendez?
Oh, never mind. It's from the link:
Karl, I would appreciate you editing your TechDirt article so we're not kept in the dark. Thank you.
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Re: Mendez?
Who's Mendez? Is Xavier Menendez the new Attorney General? Has he been confirmed? I'm confused.
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Mendez?
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Re: Re: the problem with separating the hardware and software
Fair enough.
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the problem with separating the hardware and software
The problem of not being in control of both the software and hardware, however, is that with so much variation among manufacturers of hardware, they become a pain in the ass for developers to debug. With Apple, you only get apple devices. You know what you're getting, so there would be far fewer bugs. Considering that Android devices use HTC, Samsung, Google, et al. hardware, it's hard and unpredictable to know whether the problem is an Android problem or the problem with the smartphone itself.
This is why I switched from Android to iOS and never looked back: much lower chance of bugs (still buggy, but the odds are fewer).
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Re:
Or maybe Franz Kafka's The Castle…
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Re: What about Newspapers/Magazines?
You can't really "comment" on a Newspaper or Magazine in real time. You can write a letter, but that takes far longer and comments get posted immediately rather than letters to the editor which are posted at the print publisher's discretion. That's why people who want to destroy §230 because print media doesn't have a similar law are either idiots or disingenuous.
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Re:
Actually these intermediary laws mean that there will be Free Speech in Malaysia and Indonesia.
That is, the government will be free to kneecap you if they don't like what you freely say.
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Re: Re: Good Run
Now we know how Total Recall came to be…
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Re:
Here's how I would write it:
if (skin.tone(!white)){years++;}else{prison.exit();}I tried code-blocking the whole thing, but the "<br />" html tags kept showing up instead of proper line breaks.
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Re: There is a simple solution.
Considering what our elected officials think about © (even the "good" ones (exception being Ron Wyden, of course)), fat chance that would ever happen.
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Re:
If you've paid attention to the policing in the United States (and all of the Americas, even), black people can and do get the brunt of extrajudicial police violence, sometimes ending up in death based upon nothing more than suspicion. This is what led to the George Floyd protests last summer.
And I can't speak for Tim Cushing, but I do believe that society overreacts when white women and girls are the victims of kidnapping and death. Think of how many missing or killed white women and girls you ever saw on CNN or Headline News (such as Elizabeth Smart or JonBenet Ramsey), and then think about how many of them are black. That should tell you pretty much everything you need to know about how much our society value black lives.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: It's all fun and games until copyright maximalis
Not only that, but thanks to the gatekeeper-less world we have now (as far as music is concerned, at least), I now know that Blue Öyster Cult had still made original music after their major label dropped them, and I bought their albums (and I thought they were terrific!).
If we were stuck in a world with Gatekeepers I never would have known about them still existing and thought they vanished from the face of the earth.
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Re: It's called Toys In Space.
Which is what I've been saying to anyone who would listen!!!!
Here's what real 8-bit music sounds like: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkReIdVkVjM
(Just so you know, the title is a joke. Joshua Davis a.k.a. Bit Shifter is a friend of mine and loves the track despite the similarity to one of his own tracks)
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Re: Re: Well if that's how you want to play it...
If Metallica had really learned their lesson not to harm their fans, they'd pull a Peter Gabriel or Al Green and put up all their entire catalog on Bandcamp.
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Re: Re: Karma's a Twitch
Nice! Imma add that to my favorite tracks on Tidal!
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I'm…extremely offended!
I'm offended!
Why? Not because I can't hear Metallica's music. Like many said, Karma for disrespecting their fans (to be fair, "Weird Al" Yankovic and They Might Be Giants didn't like Napster but none of it had to do file sharing because in both cases comedic novelty songs would be attributed to them that they never did).
I'm offended because I make chiptune, which is also called "8-bit" by some people, and the so-called "8-bit folk music" doesn't sound like chiptune at all! I was expecting awesome bleeps and bloops which would sound like a game boy or an NES but instead I got this silly bell music that sounds like it could have been played in December!
If only they played actual 8-bit music! This is why Amazon and Twitch need to figure out their content ID system better than a blanket ban (and even YouTube's version has a ton of problems, but at least it doesn't take down as much like it used to).
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Re: Twitter Jail
You're in Twitter Jail again? Is it temporary? Do you have to delete a tweet to get out of jail? Is there any hope of coming back to Twitter?
Please, offer me some hope! ☹️
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Re: Re:
Personally, I think the worst thing was switching from an "opt-in" copyright system with a two-term system to an "opt-out" system as prescribed by the Berne Convention. This is why I think what ultimately needs to be done is to renegotiate the Berne Convention.
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