"Bear in mind that bank bailouts and a "too big to fail" rationale are nothing new. We saw a very similar situation in response to the S&L crisis of the late 1980s. And when the banks realized that they could pull stupid crap like that with impunity, they started pushing for something new."
Know what the funny part about that is?
Reagan, after bailing the S&L banks out, sent over 2000 CEOs to prison for breaking the law.
Wow, looks like AJ's never had to work a day in his life, has he?
news flash, AJ, despite what you try to do, that is, embarrass people who have real jobs, the fact is, you can make fun of those people all you want, at least they can put gas in their car, food in their fridge and pay their taxes.
The only negative thing about copyright from Mike and on this site that I see, is the abuse of copyright (and governmental corruption) and that it needs to be fixed.
Mike has stated that he's not sure how to fix it though.
Do you repeal it completely? Do you scale it back to pre-Sonny-Bono? Do you scale it back to 10-28 years (original length)? Where's the best line?
A jerk in high school who needles people endlessly and then when the person finally lashes back at you, you throw your hands up and go "woah, calm down", to make it seem like the other person's the guilty party.
That's what you are, a childish highschool jerk who needles people in an attempt to make yourself look better.
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Wow...
Not the technology, that's impressive of itself, but...
A company NOT fighting the future?
Oh, excuse me...
A fairly large company not fighting the future.
There we go.
Shocking.
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Permission Culture
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Re: difference
On the post: UK Thankfully Rejects Plans For New IP Czar With Mandate To 'Increase, Protect & Enforce'
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Very few conservatives in politics, and most of them say they're Libertarian.
On the post: House Of Representatives Bans Spotify Because P2P Tech Must Be Evil!!
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Not criticizing you, I'm pointing out that all the complaints about kids getting fat can be summed up with stuff like that.
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http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2011/04/14/business/20110414-prosecute.html
This compares the S&L crisis to the Current crisis and the governmental actions taken by both Reagan and Bush 1 vs Bush 2 and Obama.
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Here. http://www.quickmeme.com/meme/3stcpl/
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Know what the funny part about that is?
Reagan, after bailing the S&L banks out, sent over 2000 CEOs to prison for breaking the law.
On the post: Sen. Charles Grassley: An Unregulated Video Game Market Is A Dangerous Thing
Bin Laden said it best...
On the post: Copyright Alliance Invents New History (And New Meanings For 'Big' And 'Little') To Condemn Antigua
Don't like history?
On the post: CEA Takes Away CNET's Role In Picking CES Best In Show; Awards Dish Hopper 'Best In Show'
As is said often on the Simpsons...
On the post: As Expected, ICE Seizes 313 Websites In Its Role As The NFL's Private Police Force
So...
How many points was that worth? None?
man, the ICE does horrible defense, doesn't it?
Really guys, you need to stop the other team on 4th and goal, if you can't do that, then you just better give up.
On the post: Former RIAA VP Named 2nd In Command Of Copyright Office
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news flash, AJ, despite what you try to do, that is, embarrass people who have real jobs, the fact is, you can make fun of those people all you want, at least they can put gas in their car, food in their fridge and pay their taxes.
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The pot calls the kettle what?
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Hasn't itunes been selling more than 1 billion songs a year the last couple of years?
Last I checked, they sell songs at 99 cents a song, so, 1 billion x .99 = 990 million dollars.
And iTunes sends more of that to the artists than the RIAA ever did.
Plus, it probably didn't help that the RIAA got hammered with price fixing by the DoJ around 1998.
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Mike has stated that he's not sure how to fix it though.
Do you repeal it completely? Do you scale it back to pre-Sonny-Bono? Do you scale it back to 10-28 years (original length)? Where's the best line?
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A jerk in high school who needles people endlessly and then when the person finally lashes back at you, you throw your hands up and go "woah, calm down", to make it seem like the other person's the guilty party.
That's what you are, a childish highschool jerk who needles people in an attempt to make yourself look better.
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