I enjoy many of those Disney movies, too. I love the pixar animation, the colorful characters - it's just a nice way to unwind with something light and silly and fun. And I don't have kids or grand kids, but I still watch.
IMHO, at the crux of this is one thing: They do not like the openness of the Internet in regards to information because all too often it exposes their tyranny and abuse of power.
They want secrecy, spying, databases filled with our personal info at their disposal. They want (and do) to track us, read our texts, listen to our phone conversations, know what we use our credit cards for and access our (what should be) private bank accounts.
I think the table needs to be turned. The "wild wild west" is taking place in D.C. with our liberties and freedoms. They think technology is the way to tread on our privacy rights and our freedoms, trampling them so completely we've none left.
And how about killing humankind's free spirit? I'd say one could start the argument that that falls under a form of "murder", darryl... Their guns are nodes...
"Al Quada did not fly words into the world trade center. They hijacked planes and committed mass murder. Which is illegal. Their opinion of america and the west in general did not cost a single life. Actions did. So your example is flawed.
Exactly. And not a one of those horrendous actions were - or could be - committed "on the internet".
So how can the Internet be a "wild wild west"? It just can't. It's physically impossible.
@Darryl - I can't believe you're still at all this "hating" on Mike. You sound like a crazed, irate, jealous female who fits that expression, "hell hath no fury..." - sure you're a male "darryl"?
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@darryl - how cow, are you a dark-minded, angry "tool"!
Overall there's good in everyone but I fear one would have to dig awfully deep to find it in you ...
You spent some serious time and effort there to insult, degrade and demoralize another human being (slander?) - how about putting some of that time and energy into something positive, like solutions to these difficult problems we as a society face?
What I get from the writings on techdirt.com is a basic understanding of human nature and what does and could drive commerce, the human free spirit and enterprise. All good things if we could just do it "right" - something we need to figure out. Insulting someone isn't going to solve squat.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people..." - Eleanor Roosevelt
What baffles me most about this whole copyright issue is the simple fact that you can never, ever "steal" the originality of any author be it movies, poetry, music, what have you. You just can't.
You can't "steal" the words they put together to create their song, movie, poem, etc.
You can't "steal" the arrangement of the music notes a musician used to create his/her music.
Who can ever "steal" Romeo and Julie from Shakespeare? (I just recently amused myself with a simple, light hearted movie called "Gnomeo and Juliet" - it was cute, but it wasn't Shakespeare... )
Who can "steal" Symphony No. 5 from Beethoven?
It can't be done. They "own" it - forever, infinitely.
Making a "COPY" of it for your entertainment does not make a person a thief no more than "rearranging" it does - as hypocritical Disney proves right here.
No matter how hard the tyrants try, they'll never be able to "ban" or outlaw creativity because it's part of human nature.
Okay, I don't have the time right now to read the links - I WILL - but the first thing that went through my mind was, "What is there to search on a laptop"?
Are they looking for drugs? Guns? Other misc. contraband? Are they actually turning them on and looking at files? That's WAY too intrusive if that's the case...
Oh wait...I bet they're looking for downloaded music!
I actually read that there's some kind of flying "thing" that can see through roofs that the gov't is working on. I didn't do any further research after gasping to get my breath back but I did read that somewhere.
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Crazy crap. I have seen the most horrendous comments on FB - how, pray tell, is using a FB log in on a localized site and telling the entire world where you've made a comment making anyone "more accountable"? Anyone know? Is FB Some kind of major authority in accountability now? Please.
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52 year young kid
I enjoy many of those Disney movies, too. I love the pixar animation, the colorful characters - it's just a nice way to unwind with something light and silly and fun. And I don't have kids or grand kids, but I still watch.
Speaking of which, Beauty and the Beast awaits...
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Good grief.
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Tell that to Disney.
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Tyrants
They want secrecy, spying, databases filled with our personal info at their disposal. They want (and do) to track us, read our texts, listen to our phone conversations, know what we use our credit cards for and access our (what should be) private bank accounts.
I think the table needs to be turned. The "wild wild west" is taking place in D.C. with our liberties and freedoms. They think technology is the way to tread on our privacy rights and our freedoms, trampling them so completely we've none left.
And how about killing humankind's free spirit? I'd say one could start the argument that that falls under a form of "murder", darryl... Their guns are nodes...
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Exactly. And not a one of those horrendous actions were - or could be - committed "on the internet".
So how can the Internet be a "wild wild west"? It just can't. It's physically impossible.
@Darryl - I can't believe you're still at all this "hating" on Mike. You sound like a crazed, irate, jealous female who fits that expression, "hell hath no fury..." - sure you're a male "darryl"?
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Overall there's good in everyone but I fear one would have to dig awfully deep to find it in you ...
You spent some serious time and effort there to insult, degrade and demoralize another human being (slander?) - how about putting some of that time and energy into something positive, like solutions to these difficult problems we as a society face?
What I get from the writings on techdirt.com is a basic understanding of human nature and what does and could drive commerce, the human free spirit and enterprise. All good things if we could just do it "right" - something we need to figure out. Insulting someone isn't going to solve squat.
"Great minds discuss ideas; average minds discuss events; small minds discuss people..." - Eleanor Roosevelt
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Copying isn't stealing
You can't "steal" the words they put together to create their song, movie, poem, etc.
You can't "steal" the arrangement of the music notes a musician used to create his/her music.
Who can ever "steal" Romeo and Julie from Shakespeare? (I just recently amused myself with a simple, light hearted movie called "Gnomeo and Juliet" - it was cute, but it wasn't Shakespeare... )
Who can "steal" Symphony No. 5 from Beethoven?
It can't be done. They "own" it - forever, infinitely.
Making a "COPY" of it for your entertainment does not make a person a thief no more than "rearranging" it does - as hypocritical Disney proves right here.
No matter how hard the tyrants try, they'll never be able to "ban" or outlaw creativity because it's part of human nature.
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What?
Are they looking for drugs? Guns? Other misc. contraband? Are they actually turning them on and looking at files? That's WAY too intrusive if that's the case...
Oh wait...I bet they're looking for downloaded music!
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http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/03/us/politics/03elect.html
Balance of Power: Democrats Take Control of U.S. Senate
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/@thecapitol/control/
In 'Change' Election, U.S. Republicans Take House, Democrats Hold Senate
http://www.rferl.org/content/US_Republicans_Take_House_Democrats_Hold_Senate/2208978.html
Chr istopher, Think before you post please...
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I actually read that there's some kind of flying "thing" that can see through roofs that the gov't is working on. I didn't do any further research after gasping to get my breath back but I did read that somewhere.
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NEWSFLASH: The Senate is DemocRAT controlled, not Republican. Harry Reid shoved this through - Harry Reid: DEMOCRAT.
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Good grief! Take a chill pill already! Then give me one good reason why you should be taken seriously, Anonymous Coward.
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U.S. politician's do this to the little guys every day. They're robbing us blind under the cover of law. But that's okay? I don't think so...
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Facebook "Required"?
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Crazy crap. I have seen the most horrendous comments on FB - how, pray tell, is using a FB log in on a localized site and telling the entire world where you've made a comment making anyone "more accountable"? Anyone know? Is FB Some kind of major authority in accountability now? Please.
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I see - I must have gotten the 2 incidents mixed up. Been reading a lot on both.
Thank you for the clarification.
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