If people stop paying your employer for the s/w and instead just keep copying it and giving it to their friends, I am pretty sure you will stop getting paid.
Probably. What's your point?
Or were insinuating that I should support a position that I know to be morally bankrupt merely because it would benefit me financially to do so?
by saying we only follow the laws we want to criminals are saying they should decide. law determines what is property, our law says music is.
So all those people helping slaves escape from the south should have been arrested for stealing? The law's the law and should always be followed, and property is defined by the law, right?
why dont you actually create something instead of steal?
I would never steal anything. Copying is fair game though.
it doesnt matter if they could make money on it. all that matters is THEY OWN IT.
You ignore the fact that the music industry is the one doing all the hand-wringing about the demise of their profits. I'm pretty sure they care about making money on it, or they wouldn't spend so much time and money bribing politicians to pass draconian new laws in their favor. But when we say "Hey, if you really want money, you're going about it completely the wrong way!" suddenly people like you show up spouting nonsense about how everyone is a thief and we should just leave the poor record execs alone since it's not about the money for them.
If you don't like the procedures, get in a car and drive yourself to wherever you're going.
"If you don't want to be searched by police officers without cause, you can always never leave your house."
"If you don't want your cellphone conversations being screened police officers without cause, you can always use carrier pigeons."
It's so simple! Whenever the government does something shitty, claim it's really okay because you can just do something else!
Either that, or come up with a 100% fool-proof way of detecting any and all potential weapons and release it out into the world for everyone to use.
There isn't one. Deal with it and quit spending billions on shitty authoritarian solutions that treat every citizen like criminal. What a bunch of god damned pansies we've become. "Oenoes! I have a one in a hojillion chance of dying to a terrorist attack! Please save me gubamint! Here, take all my rights if that'll help!"
I can just imagine the TSA blogger in question typing out "We checked with our bosses, and molesting young children is, in fact, standard operating procedure" hitting post, and then thinking to himself, "There, that should reassure the public!"
more closely he tried security code after security code until he found the right one for my house. then he posted it on the web with instructions on how to get in
Closer still: He tried security code after security code until he found the right one to get into his own house. Then he posted it on the web with instructions on how everyone else could get inside their own house too.
Yes, a cutthroat capitalist system clearly depends on people being lazy and not producing anything. In a truly, 100% capitalist system with no social safety nets to fall back on of any kind, not working is the surest way to guarantee your continued existence. Wait, what?
A more appropriate comparison:
Communism is based on equality of outcome.
Capitalism is based on justice.
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Probably. What's your point?
Or were insinuating that I should support a position that I know to be morally bankrupt merely because it would benefit me financially to do so?
Sorry, no dice.
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law determines what is property, our law says music is.
So all those people helping slaves escape from the south should have been arrested for stealing? The law's the law and should always be followed, and property is defined by the law, right?
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I would never steal anything. Copying is fair game though.
it doesnt matter if they could make money on it. all that matters is THEY OWN IT.
You ignore the fact that the music industry is the one doing all the hand-wringing about the demise of their profits. I'm pretty sure they care about making money on it, or they wouldn't spend so much time and money bribing politicians to pass draconian new laws in their favor. But when we say "Hey, if you really want money, you're going about it completely the wrong way!" suddenly people like you show up spouting nonsense about how everyone is a thief and we should just leave the poor record execs alone since it's not about the money for them.
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Gonna need a citation on that. Producing music has never been easier or less expensive.
the rewards are continually getting smaller
I think you mean "the rewards are continually getting distributed across a wider range of musicians".
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I Can Feel It Working
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It never was. ;)
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Evidence that Mike pirates anything? Thought not.
Just another shill. Report and move along, folks.
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Abolish intellectual property laws.
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Correct! And the reason is: To make timid members of the ignorant populace (like you!) feel safe, despite all rational evidence.
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"If you don't want to be searched by police officers without cause, you can always never leave your house."
"If you don't want your cellphone conversations being screened police officers without cause, you can always use carrier pigeons."
It's so simple! Whenever the government does something shitty, claim it's really okay because you can just do something else!
Either that, or come up with a 100% fool-proof way of detecting any and all potential weapons and release it out into the world for everyone to use.
There isn't one. Deal with it and quit spending billions on shitty authoritarian solutions that treat every citizen like criminal. What a bunch of god damned pansies we've become. "Oenoes! I have a one in a hojillion chance of dying to a terrorist attack! Please save me gubamint! Here, take all my rights if that'll help!"
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Gotta Love the TSA
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Oh, FUDbuster. You're such an optimist, you. *ruffles FUD's hair*
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Which part?
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Closer still: He tried security code after security code until he found the right one to get into his own house. Then he posted it on the web with instructions on how everyone else could get inside their own house too.
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Yes, a cutthroat capitalist system clearly depends on people being lazy and not producing anything. In a truly, 100% capitalist system with no social safety nets to fall back on of any kind, not working is the surest way to guarantee your continued existence. Wait, what?
A more appropriate comparison:
Communism is based on equality of outcome.
Capitalism is based on justice.
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At least then there'd be a good chance of creating something new and worthwhile on top of it.
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