That is how such people think, and no, it's not capitalism done wrong.
Capitalism is so beneficial even communists do it but they call it "State capitalism."
This is the so-called "free-market" capitalism we're all supposed to accept without question... but there's no such thing as a free market. The market that exists does need to be freed up and more competition would allow this. Breaking the ISPs' stranglehold on politics would be a good start, enabling competitors to thrive. Call it what you like, I call it common sense.
They actually apologised at the time but I think we both agree they should never have shown up in the first place. The blogger found it very intimidating.
As I said elsewhere this is a low-hanging fruit thing, doing things for the sake of being seen to do something. It does chill speech whether you have "approved" views or not. It's not about being locked up, it's about having uniformed LEOs showing up at your door telling you it's Not Very Nice to express such views, whatever they are. This is what our police are doing instead of investigating burglaries, etc. It's a waste of time.
I see views I disapprove of all the time on Twitter. I just mute the posters and move on, however obnoxious the posts are. It's not my job to control other people but I'm not obliged to leave it in my timeline either.
All confirmed correct. So-called conservatives are the worst for this: basically, the line is, "You knew what you were signing up for, you knew it wasn't going to be Disneyland, so tough!"
I've seen one right-winger say online, "You should have died out there."
Rule of thumb: don't send people out to fight your damn make-work wars if you're not prepared to deal with the consequences.
Indeed. Some people fling poo over and over again in the hope that it'll stick. When lies fail, they resort to innuendo in the hope of planting ideas in people's heads, Inception-style. Won't work, AC dood. Pics or it didn't happen.
I'm fairly certain you can't copyright a mailing list. You can't copyright facts, and he didn't make up the email addresses, so what exactly is under copyright? Also, you can't copyright an email address.
Arranging the email addresses in a particular order isn't creative, so that can't be copyrighted as a pattern or whatever. Our friend "Jhon" appears to be demanding control over works he didn't create himself and that can't be copyrighted anyway.
If someone copied the list they can email the people on the list, and that's it. The list itself only has as much value as potential users are willing to grant it. Even so, each contact doesn't automatically guarantee sales or whatever. AND people can and do change their email addresses.
As I've pointed out many times before, copyright maximalists are usually abject failures at whatever endeavour they've engaged in... primarily due to over-protectionism which reduced their exposure to potential fans.
I must admit I have a lot of fun with scraptivism, that is, asking awkward questions to show the flaws in the stated positions of the people I'm arguing against. Calmest, most informative comments trump histrionic name-calling and/or blithe dismissal every time.
The pushback gives people a chance to test their debating skills and to learn from the replies. I read through the comments on every post because I learn so much from them.
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The lonely "I wanna be lonely, so there! Why don't any of the women I fancy love me?" misogynist.
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Citation?
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Agreed, given the statements made here: https://www.capitalismmagazine.com/2014/12/altruism-means-self-sacrifice-not-benevolence/
That is how such people think, and no, it's not capitalism done wrong.
Capitalism is so beneficial even communists do it but they call it "State capitalism."
This is the so-called "free-market" capitalism we're all supposed to accept without question... but there's no such thing as a free market. The market that exists does need to be freed up and more competition would allow this. Breaking the ISPs' stranglehold on politics would be a good start, enabling competitors to thrive. Call it what you like, I call it common sense.
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[Sad but True]
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They actually apologised at the time but I think we both agree they should never have shown up in the first place. The blogger found it very intimidating.
As I said elsewhere this is a low-hanging fruit thing, doing things for the sake of being seen to do something. It does chill speech whether you have "approved" views or not. It's not about being locked up, it's about having uniformed LEOs showing up at your door telling you it's Not Very Nice to express such views, whatever they are. This is what our police are doing instead of investigating burglaries, etc. It's a waste of time.
I see views I disapprove of all the time on Twitter. I just mute the posters and move on, however obnoxious the posts are. It's not my job to control other people but I'm not obliged to leave it in my timeline either.
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All confirmed correct. So-called conservatives are the worst for this: basically, the line is, "You knew what you were signing up for, you knew it wasn't going to be Disneyland, so tough!"
I've seen one right-winger say online, "You should have died out there."
Rule of thumb: don't send people out to fight your damn make-work wars if you're not prepared to deal with the consequences.
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Until it shows up on YouTube.
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I dunno, a Green Party member wrote a blog post slagging off UKIP and the police showed up at the door. Creepy as hell. https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2014/may/12/police-ask-blogger-remove-legitimate-tweet-ukip
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Indeed. Some people fling poo over and over again in the hope that it'll stick. When lies fail, they resort to innuendo in the hope of planting ideas in people's heads, Inception-style. Won't work, AC dood. Pics or it didn't happen.
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I concur. The thing is, I think their funding model is per arrest or something so they're picking the low hanging fruit. That needs to change.
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Being the original creator doesn't automatically grant you copyright, QED.
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Ermmm... no.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2017/jul/04/beatles-song-rights-dispute-paul-mccartney-and-sony-a tv-work-it-out
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Ah, right.
The "Sign up to receive or do without" model is never going to work.
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I'm fairly certain you can't copyright a mailing list. You can't copyright facts, and he didn't make up the email addresses, so what exactly is under copyright? Also, you can't copyright an email address.
Arranging the email addresses in a particular order isn't creative, so that can't be copyrighted as a pattern or whatever. Our friend "Jhon" appears to be demanding control over works he didn't create himself and that can't be copyrighted anyway.
If someone copied the list they can email the people on the list, and that's it. The list itself only has as much value as potential users are willing to grant it. Even so, each contact doesn't automatically guarantee sales or whatever. AND people can and do change their email addresses.
As I've pointed out many times before, copyright maximalists are usually abject failures at whatever endeavour they've engaged in... primarily due to over-protectionism which reduced their exposure to potential fans.
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Which people?
If we can't hold the police accountable for their actions they're above the law. Why should those tasked with upholding the law be above it?
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He's an incel, Mason. Ignore.
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I must admit I have a lot of fun with scraptivism, that is, asking awkward questions to show the flaws in the stated positions of the people I'm arguing against. Calmest, most informative comments trump histrionic name-calling and/or blithe dismissal every time.
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Agreed. Other options ought to be made available so people aren't forced into something they don't want to do to pay the rent.
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The pushback gives people a chance to test their debating skills and to learn from the replies. I read through the comments on every post because I learn so much from them.
Therefore, even the trolls have some value.
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^This. It is actually true whether we like it or not. Therefore, let's make it safer for everyone by decriminalising it.
Ninja, Rocky, thank you for your comments, they're very informative.
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