I'm of the opinion that the massive economic growth we experienced in the 90s derived from the fact that the net/web and software were not heavily patented. Anyone was free to start up a web based business or write and sell software without the fear of being sued into bankruptcy. And they did.
Now you can't do anything online or produce software without violating someone's patent. You're better off buying up a bunch of old patents and suing true innovators in Texas.
The problem with your analogy is that it's not analogous. There is a movement among people that feel that copyright has gone too far. They've joined together into a political party to push back.
Did you know that, in the US, literature and music were originally not covered by copyright?
Did you know that, in the US, there was no copyright covering performances. You could perform any song or play you wanted and didn't have to pay the author a dime. Copyright only covered the physical published work.
Now it's nearly impossible to go a day without violating copyright. (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/11/how-long-could-you-last-without-infringing-a-copyright/) It's gone too far. And it needs to change. And the people who make up the Pirate Bay have a right to fight for that change.
And just to make this clear, they did not chose the name "Pirate." The copyright industry did. Technically they're "infringers" but for nearly a century the copyright industry has been pushing the "pirate" moniker, so the Party chose it ironically.
"Pirate Parties would take "political action" back home when they disagreed with positions taken by the official delegates at the WIPO meetings"
Oh my fricken god! We can't allow political parties to take political action! Where would this end?! With actual people being able to have input on matters that impact them?! We can't have that!
"The message is ugly and completely devoid of sensitivity (or logic)"
Seems pretty logical to me. The soldiers were sent to fight the Taliban, but instead they're killing innocent people. And he's pissed about that. As anyone should be.
"Method of making a food product from the thigh of a bird and food product made in accordance with the method."
A method in accordance with the method?! How the frick does that circular BS make any sense?! How about a method to obtain infinite free energy made in accordance with the method?
Speaking of that map of the US, what the fuck did they do to the Great Lakes?! I highly doubt if there are any high tech jobs out there, other than on fishing boats.
I've always said that shutting down Megaupload had nothing to do with shutting down Megaupload. It was to spread FUD and kill the entire cloud storage market before it became entrenched.
Who would invest in an industry that can be shutdown anytime and anywhere?
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If it does limit resales, it is DRM. If it doesn't, it's just fricken stupid.
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Now you can't do anything online or produce software without violating someone's patent. You're better off buying up a bunch of old patents and suing true innovators in Texas.
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Re: Uh, the name is part of what they stand for
Did you know that, in the US, literature and music were originally not covered by copyright?
Did you know that, in the US, there was no copyright covering performances. You could perform any song or play you wanted and didn't have to pay the author a dime. Copyright only covered the physical published work.
Now it's nearly impossible to go a day without violating copyright. (http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/11/how-long-could-you-last-without-infringing-a-copyright/) It's gone too far. And it needs to change. And the people who make up the Pirate Bay have a right to fight for that change.
And just to make this clear, they did not chose the name "Pirate." The copyright industry did. Technically they're "infringers" but for nearly a century the copyright industry has been pushing the "pirate" moniker, so the Party chose it ironically.
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Oh my fricken god! We can't allow political parties to take political action! Where would this end?! With actual people being able to have input on matters that impact them?! We can't have that!
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He didn't swallow anything. But he is looking forward to cashing those consulting and lobbying checks after he retires from the government.
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It's like the copyright version of Sears and K-Mart!
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Seems pretty logical to me. The soldiers were sent to fight the Taliban, but instead they're killing innocent people. And he's pissed about that. As anyone should be.
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It should review its IP policy to ensure that it's legally valid before threatening people.
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As I've said before, it's nearly impossible not to infringe copyright on the internet. We all do it everyday.
http://www.dvorak.org/blog/2009/05/11/how-long-could-you-last-without-infringing-a-copy right/
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A method in accordance with the method?! How the frick does that circular BS make any sense?! How about a method to obtain infinite free energy made in accordance with the method?
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But if we stop fighting terrorism, the terrorist will win! Won't somebody think of the children! And some other third thing!
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Google could broadcast every single event live and stream them for later viewing. It'd be awesome. Everyone would love it.
Come on, Google!
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Who would invest in an industry that can be shutdown anytime and anywhere?
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