someone could only have that idea while knowing nothing about Tolkien. I mean, seriously. He was responsible for an entirely new vein of criticism of Beowulf, for goodness sake.
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And to be clear, I don't have a problem with that. He certainly transformed it to a different medium, eh?
What I don't like his how is company won't let anyone else touch those sorts of things. Intellectually and morally bankrupt are some terms I might use to describe that behavior.
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I recently went to Germany.
Walt Disney ripped so much crap out of Neuschwanstein Castle. There are scenes from Bambi (and surely others) that are ripped off completely from decor there.
"Prohibition did kick them in the balls. It made them go deep underground, and it was more difficult to profit while breaking the law."
You are dumber than half a dog.
Prohibition made it possible to profit, massively, by breaking the law. It did not make it harder to profit while breaking the law. Rather it took law abiding citizens and turned them into potential criminals overnight.
The same will happen here. This will move underground, harming many legitimate businesses and people, and 'piracy' will still happen.
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Re: Where's the diff, Mike? Both say some version of "self-policing".
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Re: Re: No contradiction: Net Neutrality* was against corporate interests.
Did you have to radio in to HQ for this?
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We have a democratically elected government, of the people, by the people, for the people.
Our beacon of goodness shines as an example for the world.
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What I don't like his how is company won't let anyone else touch those sorts of things. Intellectually and morally bankrupt are some terms I might use to describe that behavior.
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Walt Disney ripped so much crap out of Neuschwanstein Castle. There are scenes from Bambi (and surely others) that are ripped off completely from decor there.
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We're making progress.
"Going from free-for-all to managed containment is, and always has been, the goal since the dawn of copyright."
This is ahistorical horseshit, however.
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What gives you the right to snoop into my private data to see if it might be infringing?
Simple question.
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I don't see fucking as a problem.
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Re: Congressmen
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You are dumber than half a dog.
Prohibition made it possible to profit, massively, by breaking the law. It did not make it harder to profit while breaking the law. Rather it took law abiding citizens and turned them into potential criminals overnight.
The same will happen here. This will move underground, harming many legitimate businesses and people, and 'piracy' will still happen.
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Easy enough to fix though. Just don't allow people to communicate. Ends that fucking problem once and for all.
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Two authorities you can't even place.
Well, I'm convinced.
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Here's a silly one you can purchase:
http://www.amazon.com/Maus-Survivors-Father-Bleeds-History/dp/0394747232
Again, sidebar. This isn't the most important statement of your mistruth, but this one's fairly dear to me.
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"On October 18th, Walker got a new patent: 8,041,711, for a "Method and system for providing a link in an electronic file being presented to a user,"
From the 90s? New? Bullshit.
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