"I understand the "Libertarian" viewpoint here, and I also understand the desire to sell lemonade."
He wasn't selling ANYTHING, including lemonade.
"All in all I'm leaning against this guy selling lemonade at this market,"
He wasn't selling ANYTHING, including lemonade.
"He's also abrasive and I don't identify with his attitude versus many of the other people that have filmed cops..."
Regardless of how you or the "President of the Market/Block" feel about this guy, where is the part where this guy did something illegal that required police action?
The joke would have been better years ago when only amateurs were allowed to compete in the Olympics. Since those rules have changed, the joke is just outdated and not funny since there is no reality contained in the statement. I suppose you could go for the nostalgic laugh angle, if you are so inclined.
Darryl, Darryl Daryl, and your other brother Darryl,
Eventually, all content is SUPPOSED to end up in the Public Domain. So, consumers are very much a stakeholder despite your opposition to such a claim. You see, the content is only to be controlled by the creator for a set amount of time. Then, the content becomes part of our shared culture. The creator can still sell it if they desire but so can others. However, the monopoly is over and now we ALL OWN it!
The publishers are currently lobbying Congress to make a law that says it's illegal to expose your clay tablet to any fire or extended periods in the sun. All kilns and even household ovens are obviously just theft devices that serve no other purpose other than to allow "claytards" to steal content that was never intended to be permanent. Commercial ovens need to be addressed separately since they could potentially be used to defeat the DRM in mass quantities and this simply is not to be tolerated.
One industry insider says: "We put content on soft clay so we could capitalize on repeat sales. Moisture and low impact collisions (usually from being dropped) ensure the secondary and tertiary sales. These claytards are just trying to prevent us from making an honest living and really this just hurts the authors the most since that's where our major concerns really are to be found."
I used to work for a company that produced industrial software for the corrugated industry. At the heart of the software was a very complex algorithm that is used to determine how to cut the paper to reduce waste and what order to run the various papers for maximum efficiency. Apparently there are only a handful of people on the planet that can do this in without software but it is a long tedious process. The software essentially allows every corrugated plant to run with maximum efficiency at all times.
This is an example of software that should be patentable, in my opinion, despite the fact that I no longer am associated with said company.
What other industry has the luxury of treating their customers like criminals and then raising a stink to the government when those customers stop buying their products
Big pharma, major oil companies, the banking industry - you know - all the usual folks who have taken advantage of the taxpayers over the years.
"but then attack every reasonable alternative to fight it."
And this is EXACTLY the point that shows you simply don't understand the opposition whatsoever. Every conceivable effort has been made to reasonably point out where, when, why, how, and even under what circumstances would be reasonable ways to combat piracy and these crucial elements of the discussion fall by the wayside as you and your ilk plug your ears and scream "I'm not listening!! I'm not listening!! I'm not listening!!".
Try, just once, maybe for five minutes out of your troll ridden life to LISTEN and UNDERSTAND when people who say that trying to completely legislate away piracy WILL NEVER WORK!!
It is not because we are "freetards", "pirates", or that we condone illegal activity, or that we don't think content producers shouldn't get paid. In fact the numbers from several studies previously linked to here on this site show that those who do download content are among the BEST paying customers the content industry has.
The content industry was GRANTED rights to allow them to produce content with the goal being to enrich society as whole with works of artistic and cultural value that would be shared with EVERYONE. The Public Domain is where all of this cultural enrichment is SUPPOSED to end up. The longer you and your ilk believe that this is NOT the case the longer the rest of society will pummel you into the ground and defeat any type of restriction of OUR culture. It is only YOUR content for so long, and the terms of these monopolies have been extended by back door deals involving YOUR industry and MY public servants (Congress).
The problem is YOU and YOUR industries and it will eventually be handled in a proper manner that you and your industries will not be happy with at all. It is the content industries that steals the culture of the people, by the people, and for the people then holds it ransom and dares to call society the criminal.
When you can just comprehend that viewpoint (not even agree with it) you may understand the argument you are actually in.
Until that time, you are simply a miserable myopic troll.
You must not live in California. Every year they make the budget there are teachers waiting to see if their job will be the one cut. We have a lottery in CA that was SUPPOSED to SUPPLEMENT the education budget. Instead, what we got was the lottery earnings are REPLACING budget dollars so the state can make up for shortfalls in other places. Anything being done in education is usually done by issuing bonds now.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not at all for just throwing money into the education "well" and expecting everything to be better in the morning. However, in CA, we have one of the lowest (bottom 20%) spending per student budgets around. (http://www.edsource.org/data-ca-per-pupil-exp-compare-states.html) From the cited report:
"EdSource examined the available data sources and interpretations with care and also consulted extensively with experts when we encountered questions or inconsistencies. Throughout this report, you will find straightforward explanations of what we found and—as necessary—notes about the data we chose and why we chose it. Based on our research, we feel confident in reporting the following:
California's public schools serve the country's largest student population, one that is quite diverse and faces substantial challenges. (Page 3)
California's effort to support its schools financially does not quite match its capacity. (Pages 4-6)
California's per-pupil expenditure lags the national average, and the gap grows if labor costs are considered. (Page 7)
California's high labor costs and modest per-pupil expenditures mean that its school districts have low staff-to-pupil ratios compared with the country as a whole, with some staff categories particularly low. (Page 8)
California school districts are for the most part similar to the rest of the country in their spending patterns, with about two-thirds of funds going to instruction. (Page 9)
These conclusions are largely based on data from the 2007-08 school year, the most recent year for which reliable data are available. Significant cuts to education in California and many other states that began in fall 2008 are not reflected in these figures or comparisons."
So, while spending in some OTHER states may have increased that is not the case where I live and where my children go to school.
"Public education allows for an educated workforce - probably the single greatest job creating/efficiency force on the planet."
This is almost invariably the FIRST thing cut when budget issues arise. It seems illogical to provide less education if you desire society to continue to advance. Frustrating doesn't even begin to describe this sacrilege.
Step #1: Look for blatant put down of original premise without reason: "I don't agree with resell rights, but the furniture analogy is retarded."
Step #2: Look for the follow up bad analogy regarding physical good compared to digital media: "Someone (not even on a record label) invests $30,000 in the production, promotion, marketing, recording, mastering and distribution of an album.
Sorry, but they're gonna need to get paid more than once to come close to recouping that, unless you think they can sell one download for 30k."
Step #3: Find one of typically several level headed questions that should theoretically end the troll thread: "So you don't think they market, promote, design, or prototype furniture?"
Step #4: Watch the troll bury himself with his own answer: "Of course they do, and that cost is recouped after their first sale."
Step #5: Troll Gets called out for being a troll: "Ha ha ha ... you were joking, weren't you?
if you weren't joking, then obviously you don't have an MBA, or any common sense. Recouped on first sale? Every piece of furniture sold incurs "real" physical material costs, which you can't create for free... unlike virtual goods (movies, music etc.) that cost close to nothing to replicate after the initial development costs and can be packaged in virtually limitless ways."
Step #6 Watch troll implode and lash out all at once! Typically they provide some scenario that quite honestly wouldn't make sense in a world created by Syd and Marty Croft:
"No asshat, if desired, all the costs of producing a piece of furniture can be recouped after one sale.
Not so with a record album.
Are you fucking dense?"
(I always imagine their office/computer chair spinning at 78RPM while steam pours out their ears and their Mom's voice coming from upstairs "Honey, are you OK? Do you want me to make you a sandwich?")
Step #7 Starve the troll and move on. Unfortunately, I was unable to do this on this article, hence my reply. My bad.
The pharma company and the doctor are obviously colluding in the dissemination of false information that is being presented as scientific fact. It honestly doesn't get much more damaging than that in the world of medicine and the information being published.
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He wasn't SELLING anything.
"What if he isn't selling lemonade?"
He wasn't SELLING lemonade either.
"I understand the "Libertarian" viewpoint here, and I also understand the desire to sell lemonade."
He wasn't selling ANYTHING, including lemonade.
"All in all I'm leaning against this guy selling lemonade at this market,"
He wasn't selling ANYTHING, including lemonade.
"He's also abrasive and I don't identify with his attitude versus many of the other people that have filmed cops..."
Regardless of how you or the "President of the Market/Block" feel about this guy, where is the part where this guy did something illegal that required police action?
On the post: Concord PD Hits For The Cycle: Lemonade Stand + Camera + Wiretap Law
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On the post: A Legal Analysis For Why BART's Mobile Phone Shutdown Was Illegal
Re: Re: No credit for submission?
On the post: A Legal Analysis For Why BART's Mobile Phone Shutdown Was Illegal
No credit for submission?
On the post: Fox Responds To 'Piracy Surge' By Answering A Different Question
Re: Re: Says " the 90+ million households who pay to watch".
On the post: Australian Government Considering Three Strikes; Consumers Not Considered Stakeholders
Re: Consumers Not Considered Stakeholders
Eventually, all content is SUPPOSED to end up in the Public Domain. So, consumers are very much a stakeholder despite your opposition to such a claim. You see, the content is only to be controlled by the creator for a set amount of time. Then, the content becomes part of our shared culture. The creator can still sell it if they desire but so can others. However, the monopoly is over and now we ALL OWN it!
Reality bites hardest when you try to ignore it!
On the post: Author Says eBooks Will Hurt Authors Because Of Royalty Rates
Re: Re: Clay Tablets
One industry insider says: "We put content on soft clay so we could capitalize on repeat sales. Moisture and low impact collisions (usually from being dropped) ensure the secondary and tertiary sales. These claytards are just trying to prevent us from making an honest living and really this just hurts the authors the most since that's where our major concerns really are to be found."
/s
On the post: 'What Idiot Wrote The Patent That Might Invalidate Software Patents? Oh, Wait, That Was Me'
Re: Can anyone please give an example
This is an example of software that should be patentable, in my opinion, despite the fact that I no longer am associated with said company.
On the post: Of Course: New Fox Delay Means More Unauthorized Downloads Of Fox Shows
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Big pharma, major oil companies, the banking industry - you know - all the usual folks who have taken advantage of the taxpayers over the years.
On the post: Can PROTECT IP Be Fixed?
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And this is EXACTLY the point that shows you simply don't understand the opposition whatsoever. Every conceivable effort has been made to reasonably point out where, when, why, how, and even under what circumstances would be reasonable ways to combat piracy and these crucial elements of the discussion fall by the wayside as you and your ilk plug your ears and scream "I'm not listening!! I'm not listening!! I'm not listening!!".
Try, just once, maybe for five minutes out of your troll ridden life to LISTEN and UNDERSTAND when people who say that trying to completely legislate away piracy WILL NEVER WORK!!
It is not because we are "freetards", "pirates", or that we condone illegal activity, or that we don't think content producers shouldn't get paid. In fact the numbers from several studies previously linked to here on this site show that those who do download content are among the BEST paying customers the content industry has.
The content industry was GRANTED rights to allow them to produce content with the goal being to enrich society as whole with works of artistic and cultural value that would be shared with EVERYONE. The Public Domain is where all of this cultural enrichment is SUPPOSED to end up. The longer you and your ilk believe that this is NOT the case the longer the rest of society will pummel you into the ground and defeat any type of restriction of OUR culture. It is only YOUR content for so long, and the terms of these monopolies have been extended by back door deals involving YOUR industry and MY public servants (Congress).
The problem is YOU and YOUR industries and it will eventually be handled in a proper manner that you and your industries will not be happy with at all. It is the content industries that steals the culture of the people, by the people, and for the people then holds it ransom and dares to call society the criminal.
When you can just comprehend that viewpoint (not even agree with it) you may understand the argument you are actually in.
Until that time, you are simply a miserable myopic troll.
On the post: Politicians, Innovation & The Paradox Of Job Creation
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You must not live in California. Every year they make the budget there are teachers waiting to see if their job will be the one cut. We have a lottery in CA that was SUPPOSED to SUPPLEMENT the education budget. Instead, what we got was the lottery earnings are REPLACING budget dollars so the state can make up for shortfalls in other places. Anything being done in education is usually done by issuing bonds now.
Please don't get me wrong, I'm not at all for just throwing money into the education "well" and expecting everything to be better in the morning. However, in CA, we have one of the lowest (bottom 20%) spending per student budgets around. (http://www.edsource.org/data-ca-per-pupil-exp-compare-states.html) From the cited report:
"EdSource examined the available data sources and interpretations with care and also consulted extensively with experts when we encountered questions or inconsistencies. Throughout this report, you will find straightforward explanations of what we found and—as necessary—notes about the data we chose and why we chose it. Based on our research, we feel confident in reporting the following:
California's public schools serve the country's largest student population, one that is quite diverse and faces substantial challenges. (Page 3)
California's effort to support its schools financially does not quite match its capacity. (Pages 4-6)
California's per-pupil expenditure lags the national average, and the gap grows if labor costs are considered. (Page 7)
California's high labor costs and modest per-pupil expenditures mean that its school districts have low staff-to-pupil ratios compared with the country as a whole, with some staff categories particularly low. (Page 8)
California school districts are for the most part similar to the rest of the country in their spending patterns, with about two-thirds of funds going to instruction. (Page 9)
These conclusions are largely based on data from the 2007-08 school year, the most recent year for which reliable data are available. Significant cuts to education in California and many other states that began in fall 2008 are not reflected in these figures or comparisons."
So, while spending in some OTHER states may have increased that is not the case where I live and where my children go to school.
On the post: The Phrase 'Reasonable Compromise' Should Not Be Part Of Any 'Free Speech' Discussion
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FTFY
On the post: Jay-Z And Kanye West Go To Ridiculous Efforts To Stop Album From Leaking
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On the post: Canadian Political Party Threatens Widow For Using Its Logo In Ad Criticizing Canadian Government
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So you are suggesting what type of punishment for the company that produces the product that caused her husbands terminal illness?
On the post: Politicians, Innovation & The Paradox Of Job Creation
Re: Re: Re: Infrastructure spending
This is almost invariably the FIRST thing cut when budget issues arise. It seems illogical to provide less education if you desire society to continue to advance. Frustrating doesn't even begin to describe this sacrilege.
On the post: Artists In The US Want To Get Paid Multiple Times For A Single Work
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On the post: Artists In The US Want To Get Paid Multiple Times For A Single Work
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Step #1: Look for blatant put down of original premise without reason: "I don't agree with resell rights, but the furniture analogy is retarded."
Step #2: Look for the follow up bad analogy regarding physical good compared to digital media: "Someone (not even on a record label) invests $30,000 in the production, promotion, marketing, recording, mastering and distribution of an album.
Sorry, but they're gonna need to get paid more than once to come close to recouping that, unless you think they can sell one download for 30k."
Step #3: Find one of typically several level headed questions that should theoretically end the troll thread: "So you don't think they market, promote, design, or prototype furniture?"
Step #4: Watch the troll bury himself with his own answer: "Of course they do, and that cost is recouped after their first sale."
Step #5: Troll Gets called out for being a troll: "Ha ha ha ... you were joking, weren't you?
if you weren't joking, then obviously you don't have an MBA, or any common sense. Recouped on first sale? Every piece of furniture sold incurs "real" physical material costs, which you can't create for free... unlike virtual goods (movies, music etc.) that cost close to nothing to replicate after the initial development costs and can be packaged in virtually limitless ways."
Step #6 Watch troll implode and lash out all at once! Typically they provide some scenario that quite honestly wouldn't make sense in a world created by Syd and Marty Croft:
"No asshat, if desired, all the costs of producing a piece of furniture can be recouped after one sale.
Not so with a record album.
Are you fucking dense?"
(I always imagine their office/computer chair spinning at 78RPM while steam pours out their ears and their Mom's voice coming from upstairs "Honey, are you OK? Do you want me to make you a sandwich?")
Step #7 Starve the troll and move on. Unfortunately, I was unable to do this on this article, hence my reply. My bad.
On the post: Should Doctors Who Put Their Names On Ghostwritten 'Journal' Articles For Big Pharma Be Sued For Fraud?
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On the post: Should Doctors Who Put Their Names On Ghostwritten 'Journal' Articles For Big Pharma Be Sued For Fraud?
Sure seems to fit a RICO case to me...
On the post: Righthaven Fails To Pay Sanctions; Complains A Day Late
Queue the AC apologists in...
Where's the paytard battle cry "But the law is the law!" now?
Pay up RH! Feels good being on the other side doesn't it?
I wish they'd just find the tallest tree in the county and hang 'em all, then throw a BBQ to celebrate!
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