Except instead of the police getting warrant, what seems to happen is a letter is sent out saying:
"We have absolute proof your car was involved in a robbery. Unless you pay us $50,000 dollars by Friday, we will be forced to sue you and pursue criminal charges against you. As you are probably aware since you are a robber Charlie Manson is looking for a new roommate and our attorneys assure us we will be able to collect at least 4 million dollars from you and your family. We will only make this generous offer one time because we don't like to make deals with criminals but we are, after all is said and done, a kind and loving corporation so we feel compelled to at least give you this one fleeting chance to redeem your immortal soul.
p.s. failure to respond to this offer will be interpreted by the courts as admission of guilt."
Then I thought maybe they really are just that committed to their cause they can't see it rationally. They have become so focused and invested so much time and money that they won't back down even when it becomes clear they cannot win.
They are going to ride it all the way to the fireball at the end.
"You are falling into Mike's logical fallacy here. I am not against art."
No, from your comments it becomes apparent you are against anyone using anything that you feel you are somehow entitled to be paid for.
"But we all have rights. Artists have the right to make art, but the people who make and own that art have the choice of not allowing it to be part of other people's art."
Artists make art not commercial products.
It is because of the good nature of people and the sympathy they have for the ever-popular tortured artist that Artists have been able to make money from their craft.
Welcome to 2011, Ideas travel at light speed across the internet.
Artists have abused the sympathy people once had for them and now feel scorn and contempt because they see how the artists have placed themselves above the masses as an elite group that deserves the special treatment that was once given.
Artists are feeling that they no longer have respect given to them, so just as you do here, they demand what they want.
Go to a high school with your arguments and talk with the students, they will laugh you off campus. It has been stated before but those clinging to the old ways are increasingly becoming irrelevant.
If you are an artist you will create because you have to. It is inside you and you have to let it out whether you are paid or not. It is a gift that many do not have. In the past this made your art valuable to others. Now there are more artists in more art forms and more people with the time and resources to explore their own creativity. The rare thing that once was valued by society is becoming more common and the value is decreasing.
True artists create for the joy it gives them and the satisfaction of having others appreciate something they created.
Yes there are ways to monetize this but the old ways no longer are working(that is what Mike keeps trying to point out to you) and in fact are disliked by the rising generation.
If you want to create by all means do so but if you are concerned about what might happen to it if someone else sees it then lock it up in your basement. Then when they come and kick the door in because your corpse has started to stink people and the landlady or your kids go down to the basement they will exclaim "What a shame he never showed this to the rest of the world", and you will have the reward you deserve.
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I see where this is headed....
2: The Tech companies provide shiny computers and stacks of cash to key people.
3: The Tech companies use software (not the false Samsung rootkit) on these computers to monitor their newly purchased politicians.
4: PROFIT!!
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Just speaking from my personal experience. Campus police are worse than the cops I dealt with in South America.
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"We have absolute proof your car was involved in a robbery. Unless you pay us $50,000 dollars by Friday, we will be forced to sue you and pursue criminal charges against you. As you are probably aware since you are a robber Charlie Manson is looking for a new roommate and our attorneys assure us we will be able to collect at least 4 million dollars from you and your family. We will only make this generous offer one time because we don't like to make deals with criminals but we are, after all is said and done, a kind and loving corporation so we feel compelled to at least give you this one fleeting chance to redeem your immortal soul.
p.s. failure to respond to this offer will be interpreted by the courts as admission of guilt."
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then recuse
else continue
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You suggest an AC will actually read when no one else has posted?
;)
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Then I thought maybe they really are just that committed to their cause they can't see it rationally. They have become so focused and invested so much time and money that they won't back down even when it becomes clear they cannot win.
They are going to ride it all the way to the fireball at the end.
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"funny, no wait, that is a little too close to the truth" button.
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As I was reading through this I kept thinking a similar thought.
If it is such a big hassle then give up.
That or find a way to satisfy the pent up demand that you are obviously failing to meet.
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not a lot of sport involved,
but on a hot summer afternoon it sure is fun.
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What is the funniest part is that you do not realize that is EXACTLY what the debate is.
Nice job Mike.
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Re: Sorry. I'm still stuck in the headline.
You should be. :P
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I guess that explains how AC's can come up with some of the nonsense they post.
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Here in the United States "Spring Break" is very popular with the 15-25 crowd. It doesn't have a specific date.
So yes a 21 year old going on to South America for spring break is common.
Spring Break
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FTFY
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Re: Re: I support this.
No, from your comments it becomes apparent you are against anyone using anything that you feel you are somehow entitled to be paid for.
"But we all have rights. Artists have the right to make art, but the people who make and own that art have the choice of not allowing it to be part of other people's art."
Artists make art not commercial products.
It is because of the good nature of people and the sympathy they have for the ever-popular tortured artist that Artists have been able to make money from their craft.
Welcome to 2011, Ideas travel at light speed across the internet.
Artists have abused the sympathy people once had for them and now feel scorn and contempt because they see how the artists have placed themselves above the masses as an elite group that deserves the special treatment that was once given.
Artists are feeling that they no longer have respect given to them, so just as you do here, they demand what they want.
Go to a high school with your arguments and talk with the students, they will laugh you off campus. It has been stated before but those clinging to the old ways are increasingly becoming irrelevant.
If you are an artist you will create because you have to. It is inside you and you have to let it out whether you are paid or not. It is a gift that many do not have. In the past this made your art valuable to others. Now there are more artists in more art forms and more people with the time and resources to explore their own creativity. The rare thing that once was valued by society is becoming more common and the value is decreasing.
True artists create for the joy it gives them and the satisfaction of having others appreciate something they created.
Yes there are ways to monetize this but the old ways no longer are working(that is what Mike keeps trying to point out to you) and in fact are disliked by the rising generation.
If you want to create by all means do so but if you are concerned about what might happen to it if someone else sees it then lock it up in your basement. Then when they come and kick the door in because your corpse has started to stink people and the landlady or your kids go down to the basement they will exclaim "What a shame he never showed this to the rest of the world", and you will have the reward you deserve.
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