The biggest problems facing the "leaders" of the MPAA and RIAA really come from the extremely wealthy people they represent.
Dodd gets his marching orders from a small group of fatcats who have nothing but contempt for the public. And as log as Dodd has to relate to them, he will be unable to relate to the public, and be unable to understand the internet. They are just too different.
In 20 years, when the senile power-mongers are put out to pasture, this will be a non-issue. Assuming that we don't lose here and now.
That is only one kind of 3D printer.
There are MakerBots which extrude melted ABS plastic in a continuous controlled "stream". There are also systems which harden resin using lasers. Then there is the type which uses a resin powder which is "glued" together by the ink.
Yes, none of these use paper. But there is a huge variety, not just the sprayer concept.
This is why you need to run Android for now, and a more transparent OS when it exists.
Stop feeding your children to the Corporate Blob! It just makes it bigger and more powerful!
You're right, and I don't know why I didn't realize this before.
Holywood is not just trying to prop their old business model up, they are trying to become the gatekeepers of the internet, period. Congress loved the idea, because they could ask Hollywood to censor whatever they wanted and still appear to be uninvolved. Everything would have to be approved by Hollywood, or they would take down the entire site. And as Frank Herbert said in Dune, he who can destroy something, controls it.
I just don't see how they thought they could get away with it for long. The backlash would have been much worse.
This is the mentality that so many people who aren't educated/experienced in the arts have. If they can recognise any piece of a work in another work, they simply poo-poo it as a rip-off. But the more art you see, the more you realize that everything is a rip-off of something. There is nothing new under the sun. Once you come to this realization, you can get past this immaturity and actually appreciate the work for what it is (or isn't). I went through the same stage in my late 20's. Too bad she's still there at 79.
Hey! That's just what Hollywood/Congress wants you to do! Just realize that the pieces you pick up will be loaded with DRM, since they will have had time to re-engineer everything with authentication and identification technologies.
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If you read my posts, you will realize that I don't normally name-call. But when I personally know people positively affected by public assistance, and you start spreading lies about it, I am going to tell you what I think of you in no uncertain terms.
You are a lying sack of horseshit, AC. You don't even kinda know what you are talking about.
If I wanted horseshit I'd go to a farm.
Really, go blow smoke up someone else's ass. I know a hell of a lot of people who had to go on the public dole, and they got off it ASAP. It kept them alive and above water long enough to get another job.
If idiots like you had the slightest idea just how hard you have to work to get into these programs and stay in them, you would shut up. But, instead you rely on 3rd hand info from 40 years ago. If it's so easy to do, why aren't you doing it? Just jump on the welfare system and coast!
You, sir, are an ass. Go bray somewhere else.
I'm not voting for him. I'm voting against science-hating, privileged, uber-religious idiots who are trying to eliminate all entitlements so they don't have to pay taxes on the obnoxious amounts of money they make.
At least the Democrats pretend to care about the poor. It's only lip service, but it's something.
I am constantly reminded of the tobacco industrie's claims that smoking cigarettes doesn't cause cancer. They bought a few congress-critters who were equally absurd as Lamar.
I'd also love to know what "corporate interests" Wikipedia is supposed to be protecting with the blackout.
Actually, no one is going to sue you because you won't make a dime! You are last-to-market, and have no authenticity. Everyone will know who the real author is, because she is popular. You could always try copying unpopular books...
...Which is why stockholder lawsuits should be illegal.
You are an investor. You should be investing disposable income/funds. By buying stock, you are accepting risk, and that risk includes the management doing something extremely stupid. You don't like it? Sell the stock.
The market should be correcting itself at this level, not the government.
Microsoft has been breaking links on it's sites for the past 11 years, for no good reason and no useful redirects. I can't tell you how many times I've followed a blog link to MSDN, only to be deposited on the main page. There is a search on the main page, and I've used it, but I've never found the page that was referenced. Which means the page was deleted, right? Wrong. I had to Google the specific item to find out where Microsoft had moved it.
If Microsoft doesn't understand the internet, can we expect B&N to understand it?
This could rock if it were true. Maybe even wake people up to the fact that the public domain has been subverted, and get people to push for a more reasonable program? Like 14, even 20 years from filing date?
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**AA leader's problems
Dodd gets his marching orders from a small group of fatcats who have nothing but contempt for the public. And as log as Dodd has to relate to them, he will be unable to relate to the public, and be unable to understand the internet. They are just too different.
In 20 years, when the senile power-mongers are put out to pasture, this will be a non-issue. Assuming that we don't lose here and now.
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Re: Are they really in the public's interest?
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There are MakerBots which extrude melted ABS plastic in a continuous controlled "stream". There are also systems which harden resin using lasers. Then there is the type which uses a resin powder which is "glued" together by the ink.
Yes, none of these use paper. But there is a huge variety, not just the sprayer concept.
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Stop feeding your children to the Corporate Blob! It just makes it bigger and more powerful!
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Holywood is not just trying to prop their old business model up, they are trying to become the gatekeepers of the internet, period. Congress loved the idea, because they could ask Hollywood to censor whatever they wanted and still appear to be uninvolved. Everything would have to be approved by Hollywood, or they would take down the entire site. And as Frank Herbert said in Dune, he who can destroy something, controls it.
I just don't see how they thought they could get away with it for long. The backlash would have been much worse.
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On the post: DOJ Gives Its Opinion On SOPA By Unilaterally Shutting Down 'Foreign Rogue Site' Megaupload... Without SOPA/PIPA
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On the post: Are Democrats About To Lose An Entire Generation Of Voters By Pushing PIPA/SOPA Forward?
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You are a lying sack of horseshit, AC. You don't even kinda know what you are talking about.
On the post: Are Democrats About To Lose An Entire Generation Of Voters By Pushing PIPA/SOPA Forward?
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"Democracy is two wolves and a sheep deciding what's for dinner."
Common saying of the time, often attributed to Benjamin Franklin.
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Really, go blow smoke up someone else's ass. I know a hell of a lot of people who had to go on the public dole, and they got off it ASAP. It kept them alive and above water long enough to get another job.
If idiots like you had the slightest idea just how hard you have to work to get into these programs and stay in them, you would shut up. But, instead you rely on 3rd hand info from 40 years ago. If it's so easy to do, why aren't you doing it? Just jump on the welfare system and coast!
You, sir, are an ass. Go bray somewhere else.
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At least the Democrats pretend to care about the poor. It's only lip service, but it's something.
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Flashbacks...
I'd also love to know what "corporate interests" Wikipedia is supposed to be protecting with the blackout.
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Re: Love this quote
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Most people are too lazy to hop to another site and read more words than necessary.
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You are an investor. You should be investing disposable income/funds. By buying stock, you are accepting risk, and that risk includes the management doing something extremely stupid. You don't like it? Sell the stock.
The market should be correcting itself at this level, not the government.
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Tek noligy
Microsoft has been breaking links on it's sites for the past 11 years, for no good reason and no useful redirects. I can't tell you how many times I've followed a blog link to MSDN, only to be deposited on the main page. There is a search on the main page, and I've used it, but I've never found the page that was referenced. Which means the page was deleted, right? Wrong. I had to Google the specific item to find out where Microsoft had moved it.
If Microsoft doesn't understand the internet, can we expect B&N to understand it?
See, Google has spoiled you.
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