This is the kind of thing that happens when U.S.companies aren't allowed to disclose their dealings with the federal government.
Which begs the question: Is a stateless corporation possible? What would it look like? Do you have to be a criminal if you prefer to work without government oversight?
While it's often amusing to read the rantings of a troll, and instructive to read the responses (insofar as many are first attempts at framing concepts mocked by the troller), ultimately, troll threads are distracting.
Collapsible threads would allow an uninterrupted flow of on-topic comments; troll threads could then be read at leisure for what they are - entertainment.
Who is going to take the U.S. seriously if we continue to deny a performance right for sound recordings as the rest of the developed world already does?
Somewhere in a sweaty third world dictatorship:
"Wait, you are telling me U.S. continues to deny performance rights for sound recordings? How can we take them seriously? For the sake of sound recordings everywhere we must be contemptuous of the U.S. I tell you!"
Note as evidence they entered the phrase "putt putt craft" with the corresponding search results. Enter that phrase now and the results will show a page of...stories about this story.
There really should be a betting pool where we could all guess when the exact "Oh fuck..." moment hits.
UMG is pushing a physical disc, and yet this site announcing "Pure High Fidelity Audio" has an option to "Download the digital version of your high fidelity albums"?
Somebody at this clown academy has too many squirrels in his pants.
I'm trying to remember the saying that goes something like 'believe, but check your source'.
These two AGs seem to be part of a largish group of people whose lives would be immeasurably improved by learning to use the internet for non-lineal searches (e.g., checking the sources of their sources). Unfortunately, the best place to learn about using the internet...is on the internet. Perhaps their children will do better.
I get no sense of satire from the article, either. If he had said something like "I banged this out on my trusty Remington typewriter by the light of a kerosene lantern" or "I'm peaking, man" then maybe...but no.
Goons need on-the-job training without the risk of getting shot at. What better than harmless citizens? Innocent citizens are preferred - no paperwork after the exercise.
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Which begs the question: Is a stateless corporation possible? What would it look like? Do you have to be a criminal if you prefer to work without government oversight?
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Re: A suggestion for TechDirt
While it's often amusing to read the rantings of a troll, and instructive to read the responses (insofar as many are first attempts at framing concepts mocked by the troller), ultimately, troll threads are distracting.
Collapsible threads would allow an uninterrupted flow of on-topic comments; troll threads could then be read at leisure for what they are - entertainment.
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Somewhere in a sweaty third world dictatorship:
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There really should be a betting pool where we could all guess when the exact "Oh fuck..." moment hits.
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Re: taking/seizing?
Is there a difference between data meant for public distribution and data generated during the process of facilitating a private conversation?
Can a government's use of data be equated with an individual's use of data?
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Wait a frickin minute...
Somebody at this clown academy has too many squirrels in his pants.
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These two AGs seem to be part of a largish group of people whose lives would be immeasurably improved by learning to use the internet for non-lineal searches (e.g., checking the sources of their sources). Unfortunately, the best place to learn about using the internet...is on the internet. Perhaps their children will do better.
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Re: Aw, I wanted one!
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Re: HaHaHa... Satire?
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Unemployment. Let's hope that changes soon.
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.....
Sigh.
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Re: Standard Government Argument
"Dramatically concise" - ABA Journal
"The government, in a rare moment of honesty, achieves gothic terseness in its summation" - The New York Times
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