2.3M million pounds just makes the claim of economic damage even fishier. Those statistics come from people who deliberately inflate them all the time; you can't take them at face value.
This evidence comes from the same people who are liable to claim that 34 cases of copyright infringement is worth a penalty of $13 million, meaning each individual count is worth $382,353. If you were talking songs and had an 8GB iPod loaded with about 2000 of them, that would make it worth $764,705,882, meaning that iPod would be the most valuable object on the planet. When you take into consideration that only about 8.3 trillion US dollars exist in the world, it also means that The Pirate Bay has stolen over 50 times more dollars than actually exist on Earth.
I dunno. A simple and direct answer honestly sounds kinda stupid in this case. Morality tends to be a continuum, not a binary, especially in areas of copyright that are morally reprehensible by lasting longer than a lifetime. Why don't you ask for something more thoughtful and insightful?
Lousy, fuzzy, illegal copies that have no hope of stealing sales from the actual movie. Philip Danks is clearly something of a jerk, but I doubt he's actually done any harm.
Most of the push against online anonymity is probably due to Johnathan Gabriel's Greater Internet Fuckwad Theory (GIFT), which was formulated a whole decade ago and has been studied academically ever since.
I personally would rather that online anonymity be a subject tackled by individual websites and services. It's probably not going to end though since even freaking Google discovered that it can't force people to use their real identities, so if the government decides to step in... it's probably going to be a case of why we can't have nice things.
Those "crazies" are the industry's customers, i.e., the ones that allow them to stay in business in the first place.
Even internet pirates have the potential to be customers. You know why? Because setting up torrenting software can actually be pretty difficult. You have to configure it to account for proxies, firewalls, and such, and difficulties such as lack of peers and swarms of leechers with no seeders can make torrenting movies frustrating to do.
As Redbox and Netflix have shown, if you make movies conveniently available, even pirates will pay for them just so they can avoid a lot of hassle.
I think it's more than just a copyright issue. This is emblematic of the ancient views that drive Nintendo and hold it back from relevance in the modern world. It's a company that's deeply rooted in tradition and its attitude is that it doesn't care if you like what it does or not. This is probably the main thing that's cheesed off third party developers for the Wii-U cause Nintendo actually doesn't care that much about accommodating them and their games. They already own the most popular game franchises in the world, after all, and they're carefully taking notes on Miyamoto's design philosophies as if they plan to clone him later on.
That's probably what's most exasperating when these incidents pop up. Nintendo seems just wily enough to get by and even trump its enemies on occasion without ever having to change its ways for the better, such that, out of the big three console makers today, it really does seem to have the best chance for long-term survival out of them.
It just really rouses the techie in me. It feels like looking at a computer loaded with viruses and malware to the point that a complete wipe and reinstall is the only thing that will fix it.
My colleague here pretty much says my own thoughts even though he goes heavy on the mockery.
I do kinda like your protest suggestions, except they don't seem feasible when the game is rigged to keep you from winning. That's the kind of situation Ferguson is in now. When the rule makers reveal that their rules are untrustworthy, that's when anything goes, for better or for worse. When a government proves abusive of basic rights, it is the duty of the people to alter or abolish it.
If everyone was home, do you honestly think the police could "harm" them? Do you think the police would go door to door, knock and enter and dump tear gas in just to say they did their jobs?
Uh... YES. Yes, I do. At this point, I would not be surprised if the police tried doing that. They've consistently been the instigators throughout all this.
I mean, cripes, the coroner's report pretty much confirmed what everyone already suspected. C'mon, dude, you seriously sound like you can't be bothered to do your research here. Talking about about due process is all well and good, except the officer who allegedly did it has been sent away on paid vacation instead of being asked to provide an explanation. What kind of due process is that?
Do you have any suggestions for how people can more constructively protest and make their voices heard? You put forth some romantic platitudes, but I don't think what you're suggesting is achievable even in theory, especially with a situation that's escalated this badly. The suggestions put forth by the law enforcement are pretty artificial, seemingly designed to corral the protestors so they won't have to listen to them, thus making their voices less effective rather than more. "An official channel for protestors", or even whistleblowers for that matter, is an oxymoron.
Also, a fight with only one side is called a massacre. The sound of one hand clapping is the sound of someone's palm colliding with someone else's cheek. I mean, c'mon, you realize that this all started when the police murdered an unarmed boy by shooting him six times, right? And that they've done everything possible to keep the truth from getting out and the protestors started protesting cause they were sick of being lied to and feeling threatened among other things, right? That alone makes your arguments invalid. This is the apex of something that's been building up for a long, long time.
I thought CNN wasn't a reliable news source anymore...
The "takes two to tango" line particularly leaps out at me though because it's one that's echoed around a lot of public schools. And it's not really true either. It takes only one person to start a fight. It takes two people to make it a fair fight. Trying to find blame in both parties like that is something you do when you don't care about the situation and just want to shut it down, which leaves things open for the situation to return, possibly worse than before.
It's also worth noting that the protestors aren't the ones doing the burning and looting. Those ne'er-do-wells comprise a third faction separate from the police and protestors.
You're also forgetting how the highway patrol diffused the situation in less than a day. When the police re-entered the equation, things went downhill again.
This is honestly looking like one of those situations where it may be best to nuke it from orbit and start over from scratch.
What I mean, exactly, is perhaps firing every single officer and head of law enforcement in the city. It would be an extreme measure, but if the police are the ones disturbing the peace, getting rid of them all and hiring new ones from, say, the ranks of the peaceful protestors would go a long way towards restoring the peace. It would fix one of the main problems and get some cool heads in that are ready to fix the other big problem: police militarization.
Something similar to this happened in the country of Georgia in 2004. The police force was effectively disbanded via mass firings and about three months of peace followed.
Aw c'mon man, no one would suggest going so far as to fire all cops. That's just silly.
...then again though, such silly things have happened before. Have you heard about how the country (not the state) of Georgia elected President Mikheil Saakashvili in 2004, who pledged to fire every cop that was caught harassing his people? He actually meant it too; the corruption of the Georgia police ran so deep that he ended up firing every single officer and head of law enforcement until there were none left.
Once they were all gone, the country of Georgia became fine and peaceful for a whole three months because the cops had been the ones causing all the trouble in the first place. With the entire police force effectively disbanded, not a hint of disorder remained because the police had been the ones causing the disorder.
I have no idea if such action would work for Ferguson, but sometimes nuking something from orbit and then starting over from scratch is the only way to fix something, and if there really are good cops remaining in the city, I'd appreciate it if they would speak out. Isn't anyone on the force over there on the side of the protestors?
This is kind of an extremest example, so don't take it the wrong way, but... I think saying that this is well understood by economists is kinda like saying there are good cops in the Ferguson, Missouri police department. You may be technically right when you say that, but you're also not addressing some of the bigger disasters those people in general have had a hand in, so that argument lacks persuasiveness and relevance. Besides, clearly the good people do not outweigh the bad people here otherwise we wouldn't be seeing such turmoil unfold in the first place.
Actually, I think you're missing the point entirely. The situation at hand is one where the solution is pretty darn obvious at this point, but the people in charge are being frustratingly slow and vague when approaching it. That's why the dinner with a spouse comparison is accurate. This is about preventing cable company fuckery, as John Oliver put it, not carefully considering some big upgrade or change to how everything is run.
Eh... I think your argument fails because you assume that the legacy gatekeepers are far more generous than they actually are. You're not playing with a full deck.
After reading his notices and some of his poetry, Randy honestly sounds like he's mindlessly lashing out in a fit of depression. His mind certainly sounds like the sort of thing that would create something like Darkchylde, to say the least.
Eh... assuming that there's a market cap before you know what it is is just REALLY bad reasoning. You're throwing details into the conversation that aren't relevant. Besides, a market is something you grow and cultivate. It's not like a water tank that has a maximum capacity and cannot possibly hold anymore than that.
As for e-book resale... that just sounds really impractical and not very relevant to the conversation either. And actually, if ebook reselling does take off, why would you trust a fresh new copy from the publisher less than one that may have been tampered with by some creative individual? I've had enough experience with viruses and malware that I don't think I'd be interested in an ebook resale market unless I'm looking for something that's been discontinued by the publisher.
Indeed it is most of the time. But you gotta keep your eyes open for the few good ones. They do exist, and if you don't pick them out, then your blanket distrust will not only undermine all authority, but also the basis for replacing it.
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This evidence comes from the same people who are liable to claim that 34 cases of copyright infringement is worth a penalty of $13 million, meaning each individual count is worth $382,353. If you were talking songs and had an 8GB iPod loaded with about 2000 of them, that would make it worth $764,705,882, meaning that iPod would be the most valuable object on the planet. When you take into consideration that only about 8.3 trillion US dollars exist in the world, it also means that The Pirate Bay has stolen over 50 times more dollars than actually exist on Earth.
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I personally would rather that online anonymity be a subject tackled by individual websites and services. It's probably not going to end though since even freaking Google discovered that it can't force people to use their real identities, so if the government decides to step in... it's probably going to be a case of why we can't have nice things.
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Even internet pirates have the potential to be customers. You know why? Because setting up torrenting software can actually be pretty difficult. You have to configure it to account for proxies, firewalls, and such, and difficulties such as lack of peers and swarms of leechers with no seeders can make torrenting movies frustrating to do.
As Redbox and Netflix have shown, if you make movies conveniently available, even pirates will pay for them just so they can avoid a lot of hassle.
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That's probably what's most exasperating when these incidents pop up. Nintendo seems just wily enough to get by and even trump its enemies on occasion without ever having to change its ways for the better, such that, out of the big three console makers today, it really does seem to have the best chance for long-term survival out of them.
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I do kinda like your protest suggestions, except they don't seem feasible when the game is rigged to keep you from winning. That's the kind of situation Ferguson is in now. When the rule makers reveal that their rules are untrustworthy, that's when anything goes, for better or for worse. When a government proves abusive of basic rights, it is the duty of the people to alter or abolish it.
If everyone was home, do you honestly think the police could "harm" them? Do you think the police would go door to door, knock and enter and dump tear gas in just to say they did their jobs?
Uh... YES. Yes, I do. At this point, I would not be surprised if the police tried doing that. They've consistently been the instigators throughout all this.
I mean, cripes, the coroner's report pretty much confirmed what everyone already suspected. C'mon, dude, you seriously sound like you can't be bothered to do your research here. Talking about about due process is all well and good, except the officer who allegedly did it has been sent away on paid vacation instead of being asked to provide an explanation. What kind of due process is that?
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Also, a fight with only one side is called a massacre. The sound of one hand clapping is the sound of someone's palm colliding with someone else's cheek. I mean, c'mon, you realize that this all started when the police murdered an unarmed boy by shooting him six times, right? And that they've done everything possible to keep the truth from getting out and the protestors started protesting cause they were sick of being lied to and feeling threatened among other things, right? That alone makes your arguments invalid. This is the apex of something that's been building up for a long, long time.
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The "takes two to tango" line particularly leaps out at me though because it's one that's echoed around a lot of public schools. And it's not really true either. It takes only one person to start a fight. It takes two people to make it a fair fight. Trying to find blame in both parties like that is something you do when you don't care about the situation and just want to shut it down, which leaves things open for the situation to return, possibly worse than before.
It's also worth noting that the protestors aren't the ones doing the burning and looting. Those ne'er-do-wells comprise a third faction separate from the police and protestors.
You're also forgetting how the highway patrol diffused the situation in less than a day. When the police re-entered the equation, things went downhill again.
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What I mean, exactly, is perhaps firing every single officer and head of law enforcement in the city. It would be an extreme measure, but if the police are the ones disturbing the peace, getting rid of them all and hiring new ones from, say, the ranks of the peaceful protestors would go a long way towards restoring the peace. It would fix one of the main problems and get some cool heads in that are ready to fix the other big problem: police militarization.
Something similar to this happened in the country of Georgia in 2004. The police force was effectively disbanded via mass firings and about three months of peace followed.
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...then again though, such silly things have happened before. Have you heard about how the country (not the state) of Georgia elected President Mikheil Saakashvili in 2004, who pledged to fire every cop that was caught harassing his people? He actually meant it too; the corruption of the Georgia police ran so deep that he ended up firing every single officer and head of law enforcement until there were none left.
Once they were all gone, the country of Georgia became fine and peaceful for a whole three months because the cops had been the ones causing all the trouble in the first place. With the entire police force effectively disbanded, not a hint of disorder remained because the police had been the ones causing the disorder.
I have no idea if such action would work for Ferguson, but sometimes nuking something from orbit and then starting over from scratch is the only way to fix something, and if there really are good cops remaining in the city, I'd appreciate it if they would speak out. Isn't anyone on the force over there on the side of the protestors?
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Actually, what's with your logic tending to be scattered all over the place? You seem to just throw ideas out without thinking them through at all.
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As for e-book resale... that just sounds really impractical and not very relevant to the conversation either. And actually, if ebook reselling does take off, why would you trust a fresh new copy from the publisher less than one that may have been tampered with by some creative individual? I've had enough experience with viruses and malware that I don't think I'd be interested in an ebook resale market unless I'm looking for something that's been discontinued by the publisher.
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