a crucial lesson i took away from a speech on the tee vee box machine by an activist (i think kathy kelly) was the importance of 'small voices'...
that one ne'er-do-well who works up the gumption, and with a weak and wavering voice says 'Now, wait a minute...', and then another has the courage to say 'Yeah, what he/she said...', and that small crack in the facade gives comfort to everyone else speaking up to say 'YEAH, WTF is going on here...'
out of such seemingly small and insignificant squeakings, great movements are born...
here is a comment i just cut/pasted from slashdot that is all too typical of how the greedy bastards shoot themselves in the foot *AND* we end up paying for their medical bills :
I live in Denmark, and recently spent 30 minutes to try and buy an english e-book online.
Found it at 3 different retailers (US, UK, Australia), that refused to sell it to me (add it to the basket), because of my location.
Then found it at 2 additional retailers, that allowed me to add it to a basket, then accepted my credit-card information, before refusing to actually sell it to me.
Then I got sort of mad and decided to break a 15 year old principle on not pirating stuff. Went to google, and had the ebook literally 30 seconds later! 10 seconds later on my device, and I could start reading.
What on earth are they thinking!
Oh, and I then later wrote the agent for the writer in question here in Denmark, and in the UK to offer payment. I have not heard a word from the UK agent, and the Danish one just confirmed that they do not sell the english language version of that writer in Denmark as an ebook.
Fools, really. And, they are probably, as I write this, banging on the door to the parliament, requiering stricter copyright laws.
Fools.
art g again: and the MAFIAA creates another pirate, congrats, dingleberries...
Re: Re: Re: Hey, pirates: produce your own content THEN innovate on delivery.
they effectively have STOLEN those airwaves in a massive collusion between the industry extortionists and gummint lackeys looking for a cushy job in said industry...
happens ALL the time, not just media/entertainment crapola: the gummint is held captive by the industries it is supposedly regulating and overseeing in one capacity or another... it is a sham...
as per usual: the 1% reap the benefits of gaming and controlling the gummint's laws and enforcement, while us 99% are stuck with the bill, and *pay* them to diminish our rights...
make me want to holler, throw up both my hands...
this ain't livin', lord, this ain't livin...
"But the fun is in applying the existing corrupt doctrine to the random new fact pattern and trying to guess/influence which way the case will go based on who has the better connections and most money (corrupting forwards, as opposed to backwards).
The nuances of the deep political arguments are the funand profitable part. How is this like Cablevision? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. How is it not? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. Who has the better fact, law, and policy arguments? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. For me anyway, this part is more fun and profitable than just getting the answer later. Of course, that's fun too though. Lawyers win either way! ! !
as they are presently instituted to the benefit of our korporate overlords, and the detriment of both the artists they purportedly serve, and to society...
the 'default' position should be an expansive fair use definition/practice, with copymax extortionists having a steep hill to climb in proving otherwise; *NOT* the other way around as it is presently...
and -the ultimate irony, as you touched on- that even one of the biggest korporate media borgs on the planet, will REFUSE to litigate 'their' (ultimately, 'our') clear cut rights for valid fair use...
*what chance* do us 99.999% stand in such an (in)justice system ? ? ?
(practically speaking, virtually none)
*what happens* to us exercising and defending our rights in this regard ? ? ?
(we don't, they erode and die)
as a Gator Fan, i have to take issue with this:
*someone* got a Heisman trophy as a quarterback, and i'm pretty sure the name on it was Tim Tebow...
*someone* won a national championship as a quarterback, and as i recall, his name was Tim Tebow...
*please* don't tell me your tribe is from the ACC, or i will laugh in your general direction...
DESPISE the idea of the time-warner-disney-etc borg getting ONE penny of mine out of the money i might spend on what an artist has produced...
BUT, The Artist themselves getting the bulk of *whatever* small-medium-large price i pay for their work ? ? ?
ab-so-fucking-lutely ! ! !
and -to me- that is one of the central fallacies in this whole shmear: it AIN'T The Artists (ULTIMATE creators) who get the lion's share of this money, it is the USELESS GATEKEEPERS...
fuck'em all
*many*, *many* years ago when *E*C*H*E*L*O*N, *G*R*E*E*N*L*A*N*T*E*R*N, etc were merely rumors of whacked-out k-k-k-konspiracy mongers (like me!), and subsequently turned out to be -not just 100% true- but 200% true, i suggested that we all append a list of assumed trigger words in ALL our emails...
*IF* even a small-ish proportion of regular folks did this, then it would make intercepting/reading emails based on these trigger words effectively useless...
BUT, why is it i have to defend myself against my 'own' (sic) gummint, again ? ? ?
(um, because it AIN'T my -or yours, unless you're a 1 percenter- gummint any more...)
1. i have a real email address that is pretty much all over the place: art guerrilla at windstream dot net
you want to have a private set-to, we can do that (you will not)...
otherwise, you are making an unnecessary scene in front of the kampers, with your -to mix metaphors- knee-jerk jumping to conclusions, and presumptuous ascribing of positions and values to me that i don't hold...
2. i *purposefully* use a feminist dog-whistle term (oops, i did it again...) like 'feminazi' for a number of reasons... first, it outs the feminazis; (i know, crazy, isn't it ?)
secondly, i could not be more anti-rush limpballs than anyone (*except* for that confounded principle of true free speech! damn, trapped by my principles again!), but even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while...
*snicker*
3. and, yes, professor dickless, i know what 'objectification' 'means'; but my point was, it has become so misused and overused as a concept, that it is all but meaningless... when porn/looking/talking/propositioning become akin to rape, there is no more discussion possible...
4. oh, thanks for the grammar-nazi shit, too... i -in fact- *could* care less, but i simply won't bother with the effort... *snarkasm*
5. the rest of your emotional screed (tl;dr) is probably only proof of my views, thanks for that...
(succinct bullet points, next time, D+.)
oh, sweet geebus, i made the mistake of reading some of your irrational jabberings; you may be able to read words, but apparently the meanings, context, and subtext of them all strung together elude you...
1. i *used* to be a 'feminist', but after the new wave of ultra-orthodox feministes who pilloried EVERYTHING that was even slightly non-worshipful of all things feminazi, i could care less about the butthurt feelings of the shrill shrikes...
here is the thing: in THEIR 'sexual empowerment', they will 'objectify' (WTF does that even *REALLY* mean in this context?) men ALL DAY LONG AND TWICE ON SUNDAYs, and *that's* a 'good' thing...
now, IF 'objectification' is an unmitigated 'wrong' (and not only do i not think it is, i think it is INEVITABLE), isn't it equally wrong for fem'tards to engage in that as well ? ? ?
are they EQUALLY unforgiving in shouting down their sisters who objectify men ? ? ? (OR, even objectify other wymnz ?)
No, they are not, they are hypocrites; they do NOT want to be 'equal', they want to have 'superior' rights...
i will interject this right here:
in this world, you have a right to NOT be assaulted, you do NOT have the right to NOT be insulted...
2. as i recall the picture the fired teacher took, there was nothing inherently 'sexual' or creepy about THE PICTURE, it was like any of a thousand random, casual pictures they would have in their yearbook; BUT, it was the context of a person in authority sharing it as *some* sort of turn on/whatever, that made it creepy...
3. lastly, i am *not* down with the outing of the moderator at the creepy pictures blog, here is why:
how about we have someone do an 'investigation' that turns up YOU are subscribed to (fill in the blank with what ANYONE ELSE thinks is perverted/'bad') newsgroup, and YOUR boss/spouse/parents, etc are informed of this -presumably disgusting- fact/truth, and YOU are fired/divorced/beat up/whatever...
i mean, *that's* still okay, right ? ? ?
watch that slippery slope, the first step is a doozy...
yes, but who will think of the unemployed statisticians ? ? ?
/sarc
you all have missed the real story:
"VOLUNTEER" ! ? ! ? ! ?
um, didn't all of techdirtia agree that if amanda palmer has one penny left to her (or her husband's) name, she should spend it all on 'experts'* ? ? ?
isn't exploiting fans -like- THE worst ? ? ?
will no one think of the statisticians whose work she is undercutting ? ? ?
/sarc
*(Expert: someone who knows more and more about less and less, until they know absolutely everything there is to know about nothing at all.)
On the post: DMCA Exemptions Announced; Exemption For DVD Ripping Rejected; Phone Unlocking Going Away
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that one ne'er-do-well who works up the gumption, and with a weak and wavering voice says 'Now, wait a minute...', and then another has the courage to say 'Yeah, what he/she said...', and that small crack in the facade gives comfort to everyone else speaking up to say 'YEAH, WTF is going on here...'
out of such seemingly small and insignificant squeakings, great movements are born...
everybody squeak up !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Turns Out When Random House Said Libraries 'Own' Their Ebooks, It Meant, 'No, They Don't Own Them'
Re:
I live in Denmark, and recently spent 30 minutes to try and buy an english e-book online.
Found it at 3 different retailers (US, UK, Australia), that refused to sell it to me (add it to the basket), because of my location.
Then found it at 2 additional retailers, that allowed me to add it to a basket, then accepted my credit-card information, before refusing to actually sell it to me.
Then I got sort of mad and decided to break a 15 year old principle on not pirating stuff. Went to google, and had the ebook literally 30 seconds later! 10 seconds later on my device, and I could start reading.
What on earth are they thinking!
Oh, and I then later wrote the agent for the writer in question here in Denmark, and in the UK to offer payment. I have not heard a word from the UK agent, and the Danish one just confirmed that they do not sell the english language version of that writer in Denmark as an ebook.
Fools, really. And, they are probably, as I write this, banging on the door to the parliament, requiering stricter copyright laws.
Fools.
art g again: and the MAFIAA creates another pirate, congrats, dingleberries...
On the post: Mr. Bean: We Must Be Allowed To Insult Each Other
Re: Re: Re:
(calm down, inertnest, its okay: i have german ancestry, i have special dispensation to mock them...)
hee hee hee
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Aereo: Has No One Noticed It's Insane That We're Being Accused Of Infringing BECAUSE We Carefully Followed The Cablevision Precedent?
Re: Re: Re: Hey, pirates: produce your own content THEN innovate on delivery.
happens ALL the time, not just media/entertainment crapola: the gummint is held captive by the industries it is supposedly regulating and overseeing in one capacity or another... it is a sham...
as per usual: the 1% reap the benefits of gaming and controlling the gummint's laws and enforcement, while us 99% are stuck with the bill, and *pay* them to diminish our rights...
make me want to holler, throw up both my hands...
this ain't livin', lord, this ain't livin...
(so, sue me, marvin gaye's ghost...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Aereo: Has No One Noticed It's Insane That We're Being Accused Of Infringing BECAUSE We Carefully Followed The Cablevision Precedent?
Re: Re: Re: Re:
"But the fun is in applying the existing corrupt doctrine to the random new fact pattern and trying to guess/influence which way the case will go based on who has the better connections and most money (corrupting forwards, as opposed to backwards).
The nuances of the deep political arguments are the funand profitable part. How is this like Cablevision? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. How is it not? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. Who has the better fact, law, and policy arguments? It doesn't matter: We'll 'argue'/bribe the position which benefits *us*, today. For me anyway, this part is more fun and profitable than just getting the answer later. Of course, that's fun too though. Lawyers win either way! ! !
oh, and i'm claiming fair use...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Stupid Copyright Licensing Tricks Strike Again: NBC Can't Show Viral SNL Pandora Intern Clip
reason #520359258 to hate copyrights...
the 'default' position should be an expansive fair use definition/practice, with copymax extortionists having a steep hill to climb in proving otherwise; *NOT* the other way around as it is presently...
and -the ultimate irony, as you touched on- that even one of the biggest korporate media borgs on the planet, will REFUSE to litigate 'their' (ultimately, 'our') clear cut rights for valid fair use...
*what chance* do us 99.999% stand in such an (in)justice system ? ? ?
(practically speaking, virtually none)
*what happens* to us exercising and defending our rights in this regard ? ? ?
(we don't, they erode and die)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Tim Tebow Trademarking 'Tebowing' Tarnishes Trademark
Re: Re: Re: Article Correction
*someone* got a Heisman trophy as a quarterback, and i'm pretty sure the name on it was Tim Tebow...
*someone* won a national championship as a quarterback, and as i recall, his name was Tim Tebow...
*please* don't tell me your tribe is from the ACC, or i will laugh in your general direction...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Humble Ebook Bundle Breaks $1 Million; All The Authors Should Be Best Sellers
Re: Re:
DESPISE the idea of the time-warner-disney-etc borg getting ONE penny of mine out of the money i might spend on what an artist has produced...
BUT, The Artist themselves getting the bulk of *whatever* small-medium-large price i pay for their work ? ? ?
ab-so-fucking-lutely ! ! !
and -to me- that is one of the central fallacies in this whole shmear: it AIN'T The Artists (ULTIMATE creators) who get the lion's share of this money, it is the USELESS GATEKEEPERS...
fuck'em all
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Governments Using, Also Fretting, Encrypted Communications App
security through obfuscation...
*IF* even a small-ish proportion of regular folks did this, then it would make intercepting/reading emails based on these trigger words effectively useless...
BUT, why is it i have to defend myself against my 'own' (sic) gummint, again ? ? ?
(um, because it AIN'T my -or yours, unless you're a 1 percenter- gummint any more...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Governments Using, Also Fretting, Encrypted Communications App
Re: The saddest part
...and yet we still have an endless supply of mercenaries!
(geez, wonder if it has anything to do with the fact that the military and prisons are about the only industries hiring...
i wonder...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: DailyDirt: Man's Best Friends
ALL dogs go to heaven...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Hollywood Accounting: How A $19 Million Movie Makes $150 Million... And Still Isn't Profitable
why is it 9 out of 10 movies are about...
just askin'...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Apparently If You Explain Many Ways That Artists Can Make Money Outside Of Copyright, You're Against Artists Getting Paid
Re: Re: If they are so worried about it
uh huh...
with that kind of 'thinking', i believe you'll make master of the universe in jig time, you sociopathetic authoritarian...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Could Co-operatives Save Newspapers -- And Investigative Journalism?
Re: Re: 1p2U
hee hee hee
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Reddit, Trolling, Doxxing, Free Speech & Anonymity: Whoo Boy, Is This Stuff Complicated
Re: Re: NOT gonna be PC...
you want to have a private set-to, we can do that (you will not)...
otherwise, you are making an unnecessary scene in front of the kampers, with your -to mix metaphors- knee-jerk jumping to conclusions, and presumptuous ascribing of positions and values to me that i don't hold...
2. i *purposefully* use a feminist dog-whistle term (oops, i did it again...) like 'feminazi' for a number of reasons... first, it outs the feminazis; (i know, crazy, isn't it ?)
secondly, i could not be more anti-rush limpballs than anyone (*except* for that confounded principle of true free speech! damn, trapped by my principles again!), but even a blind pig finds an acorn every once in a while...
*snicker*
3. and, yes, professor dickless, i know what 'objectification' 'means'; but my point was, it has become so misused and overused as a concept, that it is all but meaningless... when porn/looking/talking/propositioning become akin to rape, there is no more discussion possible...
4. oh, thanks for the grammar-nazi shit, too... i -in fact- *could* care less, but i simply won't bother with the effort... *snarkasm*
5. the rest of your emotional screed (tl;dr) is probably only proof of my views, thanks for that...
(succinct bullet points, next time, D+.)
oh, sweet geebus, i made the mistake of reading some of your irrational jabberings; you may be able to read words, but apparently the meanings, context, and subtext of them all strung together elude you...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: South Park Sued Over Big Bad Lollipop
Re: Re:
hee hee hee
ho ho ho
ha ha ha
ak ak ak
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Reddit, Trolling, Doxxing, Free Speech & Anonymity: Whoo Boy, Is This Stuff Complicated
NOT gonna be PC...
here is the thing: in THEIR 'sexual empowerment', they will 'objectify' (WTF does that even *REALLY* mean in this context?) men ALL DAY LONG AND TWICE ON SUNDAYs, and *that's* a 'good' thing...
now, IF 'objectification' is an unmitigated 'wrong' (and not only do i not think it is, i think it is INEVITABLE), isn't it equally wrong for fem'tards to engage in that as well ? ? ?
are they EQUALLY unforgiving in shouting down their sisters who objectify men ? ? ? (OR, even objectify other wymnz ?)
No, they are not, they are hypocrites; they do NOT want to be 'equal', they want to have 'superior' rights...
i will interject this right here:
in this world, you have a right to NOT be assaulted, you do NOT have the right to NOT be insulted...
2. as i recall the picture the fired teacher took, there was nothing inherently 'sexual' or creepy about THE PICTURE, it was like any of a thousand random, casual pictures they would have in their yearbook; BUT, it was the context of a person in authority sharing it as *some* sort of turn on/whatever, that made it creepy...
3. lastly, i am *not* down with the outing of the moderator at the creepy pictures blog, here is why:
how about we have someone do an 'investigation' that turns up YOU are subscribed to (fill in the blank with what ANYONE ELSE thinks is perverted/'bad') newsgroup, and YOUR boss/spouse/parents, etc are informed of this -presumably disgusting- fact/truth, and YOU are fired/divorced/beat up/whatever...
i mean, *that's* still okay, right ? ? ?
watch that slippery slope, the first step is a doozy...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Textbook Publisher Pearson Takes Down 1.5 Million Teacher And Student Blogs With A Single DMCA Notice
Re: Re: Re: You confound bad management at "hosting company, ServerBeach"
SERIOUS breeches of THE LAW , like copyright infringement are punishable for life + infinity...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Textbook Publisher Pearson Takes Down 1.5 Million Teacher And Student Blogs With A Single DMCA Notice
Re: Re: Re: Re:
make that at least two...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Amanda Palmer Unleashes The Voice Of The People About Health Insurance Via Twitter
yes, but who will think of the unemployed statisticians ? ? ?
you all have missed the real story:
"VOLUNTEER" ! ? ! ? ! ?
um, didn't all of techdirtia agree that if amanda palmer has one penny left to her (or her husband's) name, she should spend it all on 'experts'* ? ? ?
isn't exploiting fans -like- THE worst ? ? ?
will no one think of the statisticians whose work she is undercutting ? ? ?
/sarc
*(Expert: someone who knows more and more about less and less, until they know absolutely everything there is to know about nothing at all.)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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