"First off, it's 2 million, not 20 million that Berry wants."
Oh, well, that's much better!
"There is no obligation in copyright to share, any more than there is an obligation to share your house with anyone who might show up looking for a place to sleep at a reasonable price."
Analogy fail: real property =/= imaginary property (hint: that's why it's called imaginary property, because it's not real. But you either already know this and choose to ignore it or you are incredibly thick.)
"The labels tend to be creative with the books so that there is hardly anything left to distribute for royalties. They also tend to classify things that may not have been covered in the original contract however they feel is in their favor. I doubt that digital downloads were covered much in the Def Leppard's original contract."
I realize you're being polite, but 'tend to' really should be replaced with 'in the majority of cases' or something along those lines. :)
To be fair, it's hard to keep digging when you haven't shored up what was dug before, and it keeps collapsing on you. I'm not surprised he had to take a break.
I fully expect he'll return to digging once he's had a brief respite.
Ahh, so you're one of those moral puritans who would support Prohibition if it became law again, even though all of history has proven it was a massive mistake.
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Oh, well, that's much better!
"There is no obligation in copyright to share, any more than there is an obligation to share your house with anyone who might show up looking for a place to sleep at a reasonable price."
Analogy fail: real property =/= imaginary property (hint: that's why it's called imaginary property, because it's not real. But you either already know this and choose to ignore it or you are incredibly thick.)
Care to try again?
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I realize you're being polite, but 'tend to' really should be replaced with 'in the majority of cases' or something along those lines. :)
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From GMacGuffin's comment above.
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And a lot of christians belong to groups like the Westboro baptist church: i.e not nice people (and not very christian, imho).
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The fact that if they do, this man could face jail time is the issue being discussed, not whether or not anyone has complained *yet*.
Methinks you are the one that owns a man of straw.
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'No one expects the Spanish Inquisition!'
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I fully expect he'll return to digging once he's had a brief respite.
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Now pay us*!
*"us" being the MPAA, RIAA, ASCAP, etc ad nauseam...
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We can definitely tell you're "touched"...
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Going to google this right now...
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This is truly one of the best comments I've read in a while!
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...but you are.
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You know, because LAW and all...
Gotcha.
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I bow to your intellect.
Loser.
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What does his ethnicity have to do with anything, anyway?
;)
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