while i've seen it a hundred times, i read the 'flag' as:
"This comment has been flogged by the community..."
hee hee hee
...and i have to say, i agree with other posters in another thread who say techdirtia is too quick on the 'report' button for 'offenses' of no real import, just 'cause it is a particular AC, or some other regular trollish tool...
half the time, it is a comment that is of no consequence anyway, and 'hiding' it simply gives it more 'taboo' interest than it is due...
just sayin'...
"I hope these cops get what they deserve for doing this."
you mean paid-leave and a desk job when they get back ? ? ?
*that* is about the most that happens in 90%+ of these cases...
kops out of control ? ? ? meh, SNAFU...
double-amputee, mentally ill person in a wheelchair wielding a pen ? ? ? SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT! (true story)
(tragically, you simply CAN NOT make up ANY extreme circumstances where piggies will take out an unarmed person, no matter how young, no matter how old, no matter how small, no matter if in a wheelchair, or strapped in a bed on oxygen, the piggies WILL KILL YOU, then lie about it...
just another fascist day in amerika, kampers:
the donut-eaters are NOT protecting and serving us 99%, they are protecting the property and propriety of the 1%...
for *whatever* reason, i get a bunch of 'polling' type calls (which -in some ways- i don't mind); but more often than not, they are 'push' polls which are simply trying to 'push' you to some position which is impossible to avoid...
for example, last night at the end of the poll (which -as you point out- did NOT include any 3rd party choices), i was asked for my religious affiliation, they went through 9 choices which included 'none' (they don't dare say 'agnostic' or 'atheist' *gasp*), which i selected...
*then*, the next question is how much i go to church...
huh? i just told you 'none' on religion, and now you are asking how many times i go to worship at my 'none' church? ? ?
ahh, but then it gets even trickier: the first option is, 'more than once a week'; second option, 'once a week'; third option, 'once a month', and LAST option, 'less than once a month'... there was NO option for 'never', EVERYONE who responded (including this agnostic/practicing atheist) is marked down as going to church at least *some*...
fuckers...
i have heard this type of crap over and over during the 'polling' calls i get...
DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS, they are gamed...
let's get real:
it is NOT because the denizens of washingtoon are stoopid and simply don't realize they are working against the interests of us 99% to the benefit of the 1%; it is because THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT of what they are doing...
which is WHY they *mostly* try and keep all this stuff behind closed doors... out of sight, out of mind...
they are simply providing some minimal window-dressing, barely believable deniability of their evil ways, and smoke and mirrors to confuse *most* of us who do not follow these issues...
make no mistake: their perfidy and misdirection are 100% purposeful; they only try to make it seem like it is only by accident that the interests of us 99% NEVER get represented; and the profiteering of the 1% rules the day...
so-o-o-o, you are perusing all the budgets the nickelbacks, madonnas, justin beibers, etc of the 'mainstream' music world spend on their tours, and whether *they* pay EVERYONE, and pay them sufficiently and fairly ? ? ?
WHEN HAS ANYONE ever done such scrutiny of THEIR payouts ? ? ? are you telling me NO ONE has ever played for 'free' (as in beer) with those superstars ? ? ?
where is the (fake) outrage over all those situations which have preceded ms palmer ? ? ?
oh, you mean there isn't any ? ? ? you mean all these wendy whiners only pick on (relatively) little people who *DARE* to have a fan play with them ? ? ?
yeah, i have a difficult time thinking these are all principled, oh-so-worried-for-the-artistic community types, and not simply jealous shit-stirrers...
1. so-o-o-o, one gives up control by kickstarting ? ? ?
i don't think so, that is EXACTLY WHY they are kickstarting: TO RETAIN control so they don't have to sell their souls -and total artistic life- to soul-sucking korporate overlords...
(AND that includes idiot monkeys in the peanut gallery...)
2. i doubt seriously that most of the bitching is being done by 'fans', but mostly non-contributing bystanders who are attempting to put her in her place... and YES, i would say that most definitely includes jealous people who are not, can not, and will not succeed by going indie like she has...
3. as explained in the article, as a matter of principle, i'm disappointed she caved to UNFAIR bitching, but that is HER CHOICE to respond to the situation...
4. ...oh, and not that you were saying this, but the other idiot who says that as a society we HAVE TO support artistes, etc: you are an idjit, NO ONE 'deserves' support or a guaranteed career, i don't care WHAT field it is in, and that goes DOUBLY for so-called 'artistes'...
the guy who mops up hospital corridors is INFINITELY more important to society than both artists and bank CEO's...
(which has actually been 'proven', i think in britain, where they studies the 'value'/'worth' society derives from various jobs, and hospital janitors are 'worth' more than bank CEO's...)
mitt rmoney has zillions of dollars himself, and zillions more in kickstarter, er, PAC donations, yet he still asks people to volunteer to run his everyday campaign activities, how evil is that ? ? ?
*snort*
you people are not to be believed...
*AND* i seriously doubt 99% of the bitchers have done an 'artistic' endeavor in their pitiful lives...
the thing is, it is difficult enough for most stories of people being screwed over a million different ways to get through the korporate-media filter/gatekeeper function...
*however*, due to both the power of the inertnet, *and* the collective response of people, *sometimes* even small injustices, and other incidents of unfair korporate behavior come to light, and *sometimes* The They (tm) blink...
*that* is why The They (tm) want to lock down the inertnet, and all communications; that is why The People must be stopped, it smacks of... of... of freedom ! ! !
it doesn't matter if 99% of us want a change, WE are NOT 'in charge'... the dem'rats and rethugs kabuki theater is what we are allowed to watch; that is inconsequential...
...and so we *have to* buy music to 'prove' we aren't pirate scum ? ? ?
i don't pirate (yet, the MAFIAA is pushing me to that), but i don't buy MAFIAA-backed shit either...
archive.org : THE greatest website, period.
picked up some tasty piano tunes by charles parker -no, not *that* charlie parker- from there... if it was up to the MAFIAA, i would NEVER have heard of this guy... *now*, i'm looking for his music to BUY, whoda thunk it (NOT the MAFIAA, that is for sure...)
1. an 'economist' is anyone who calls themselves an 'economist'; there are no 'qualifications'...
2. economist jokes:
teach a parrot to say 'supply and demand', and you have an economist...
if you laid all the economists on earth end-to-end, they would never reach a conclusion...
3. the trouble i have had with 'econ 101' and economists in general, is that ALL KINDS of 'stuff' is NOT figured into their supposedly objective calculations: all that 'stuff' that is too inconvenient, or contrary evidence, or impossible to reduce to numbers/money, is branded as an 'externality', and SIMPLY IGNORED...
for example, they may talk about the cost of production related to the materials, labor, etc, but 'externalities' like pollution are COMPLETELY IGNORED...
1. NO, ninja -and all of techdirtia- is right: we don't give a SHIT what something -ANYTHING- costs the producer...
(and -in your few-and-far-between moments of humanity- YOU don't either...)
NO ONE goes shopping and compares whether they should get a widget from Brand A or Brand X based on whether Brand A or Brand X has lower/higher production costs... *that* is insane...
we shop on features, price, and convenience...
besides the fact that all the other information regarding their production costs is simply not available, NO ONE gives that crap a second thought...
(NOT that i would trust your average korporation to give honest numbers regarding their production costs, anyway...)
IF i spot a great price on a widget i want/need, i don't start wringing my hands and hoping the producers have low enough production costs to make sufficient profit; NO ONE does that for ANY products/services...
(IN FACT, that is prezactly how the -mythical- free market economy *should* work: you price your widgets too low, you go out of bidness, and another competitor steps up to replace you...)
2. you are a thoroughly disagreeable character; chances are you're a lawyer, amirite ? ? ?
dog damn, i can't wait for the revolution, you fuckers will be the first invited to the necktie party...
it really astounds me how you think insulting EVERYONE is going to win friends and influence people on these issues you supposedly care about...
(i'm thinking the only reason you 'care' about these issues, is because you are -directly or indirectly- paid to do so...)
oh, and for the record, i have NEVER pirated ANYTHING; BUT, i have stopped buying ANY music, movies, etc that are a product of the MAFIAA, because i despise them...
BUT, because of unrepentant MAFIAA apologists like you, i am seriously toying with going FULL PIRATE...
don't you get it, YET ? ? ?
it is not pirate king mike the torrent freak who is pushing me to full blown piracy, it is YOU AND YOUR FIENDS at the MAFIAA who are turning me pirate...
none so blind...
'cause you had below-average joe's number when you called him out on this a couple threads back, and as i recently posted:
like many bots/authoritarians (impossible to tell apart without a tissue sample), below-average joe will not let lack of evidence influence the truthiness of what he is told to believe; conversely, NO AMOUNT of evidence contrary to his position will convince him otherwise...
you've seen it time and again: *generally* picks microscopic nits; moves the goalposts from one sentence to the next, WILL NOT be pinned down on any answers, engages in personal invective, then goes on to bitch about how *OTHERS* engage in personal invective, repeats his 'winning' arguments ('mike is afraid to 'debate' me, blah blah blah') more times than an actual -or sane- human is capable of doing...
um, sounds great in theory, wilson...
only thing is -and this is just a minor detail- you would essentially have to dismantle the present kapitalist imperialist system to diminish the power of those infinitely rich, totally amoral, and completely fictitious 'humans' called korporations...
i'd sure like to try, but ain't gonna happen until Empire collapses...
thank you...
that appears to be below-average joe's response to everything: b-bu-but its The Law (chorus of angels singing in the background)...
doesn't give a shit about the underlying 'morality' or efficacy of The Law, merely that it IS The Law...
what a tool...
below-average joe in 1776:
b-bu-but its against The Law to revolt against The King ! ! !
below-average joe in 1950's:
b-bu-but its against The Law to eat at a 'white's only' lunch counter ! ! !
below-average joe today:
b-bu-but its against The Law to steal intangible, infinitely reproducible, worthless bits ! ! !
*snort*
remember kampers, authoritarians are approx 25% of the population: their very survival depends upon doing EXACTLY as Big Daddy tells them, with NO QUESTIONS asked...
um, perhaps you missed a teeny tiny case where faux news essentially enshrined in settled law that they are -as a 'news' organization- NOT required to 'tell the truth' ? ? ?
allow me to repeat that: 'our' (sic) (in)justice system has ENSHRINED IN CASE LAW that 'news' organizations are under NO, ZERO obligation to report news that is 'truthful'...
(was a case where reporters were doing a story on BGH in milk, and faux news altered/pulled the coverage, and fired the reporters; they sued, and -as i recall- *technically* they 'won', but they were/are forever smeared by fux news...)
don't you get it yet ? ? ?
being held to standards of 'truth', 'laws', and -most particularly- punishment is ONLY for the 99%, the 1% skates...
On the post: So What Can The Music Industry Do Now?
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"This comment has been flogged by the community..."
hee hee hee
...and i have to say, i agree with other posters in another thread who say techdirtia is too quick on the 'report' button for 'offenses' of no real import, just 'cause it is a particular AC, or some other regular trollish tool...
half the time, it is a comment that is of no consequence anyway, and 'hiding' it simply gives it more 'taboo' interest than it is due...
just sayin'...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Police Delete Aftermath Footage Of Suspect Shot 41 Times
Re: Dropbox auto upload
you mean paid-leave and a desk job when they get back ? ? ?
*that* is about the most that happens in 90%+ of these cases...
kops out of control ? ? ? meh, SNAFU...
double-amputee, mentally ill person in a wheelchair wielding a pen ? ? ? SHOOT! SHOOT! SHOOT! (true story)
(tragically, you simply CAN NOT make up ANY extreme circumstances where piggies will take out an unarmed person, no matter how young, no matter how old, no matter how small, no matter if in a wheelchair, or strapped in a bed on oxygen, the piggies WILL KILL YOU, then lie about it...
just another fascist day in amerika, kampers:
the donut-eaters are NOT protecting and serving us 99%, they are protecting the property and propriety of the 1%...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
On the post: Hospital Tech Declines To Patent His Invention, As Saving Lives Is 'More Important Than Money'
Re: Re: weary/wary
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Can 'The Internet Vote' Be The Next Important Voting Bloc?
Re: Re: Speak up
for example, last night at the end of the poll (which -as you point out- did NOT include any 3rd party choices), i was asked for my religious affiliation, they went through 9 choices which included 'none' (they don't dare say 'agnostic' or 'atheist' *gasp*), which i selected...
*then*, the next question is how much i go to church...
huh? i just told you 'none' on religion, and now you are asking how many times i go to worship at my 'none' church? ? ?
ahh, but then it gets even trickier: the first option is, 'more than once a week'; second option, 'once a week'; third option, 'once a month', and LAST option, 'less than once a month'... there was NO option for 'never', EVERYONE who responded (including this agnostic/practicing atheist) is marked down as going to church at least *some*...
fuckers...
i have heard this type of crap over and over during the 'polling' calls i get...
DON'T BELIEVE THE POLLS, they are gamed...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Another Judge Blasts Copyright Trolls
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
'morals' and 'laws' only work ONE WAY -in favor of our korporate overlords- not the reverse...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: USTR: By Making People Testify About TPP Text They Cannot See... We're Being Transparent
it is NOT because the denizens of washingtoon are stoopid and simply don't realize they are working against the interests of us 99% to the benefit of the 1%; it is because THAT IS THE WHOLE POINT of what they are doing...
which is WHY they *mostly* try and keep all this stuff behind closed doors... out of sight, out of mind...
they are simply providing some minimal window-dressing, barely believable deniability of their evil ways, and smoke and mirrors to confuse *most* of us who do not follow these issues...
make no mistake: their perfidy and misdirection are 100% purposeful; they only try to make it seem like it is only by accident that the interests of us 99% NEVER get represented; and the profiteering of the 1% rules the day...
it ain't stupidity, its cupidity...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Publishers Can't Seem To Celebrate The Ebook Boom Without Slipping In Odes To Copyright
Re: Re:
snark my nerds ! ! !
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Amanda Palmer Destroys/Saves Musicians; Chances Of 'Hitting It Big' As An Artist Remain Unchanged
Re: Re: This is upsetting
WHEN HAS ANYONE ever done such scrutiny of THEIR payouts ? ? ? are you telling me NO ONE has ever played for 'free' (as in beer) with those superstars ? ? ?
where is the (fake) outrage over all those situations which have preceded ms palmer ? ? ?
oh, you mean there isn't any ? ? ? you mean all these wendy whiners only pick on (relatively) little people who *DARE* to have a fan play with them ? ? ?
yeah, i have a difficult time thinking these are all principled, oh-so-worried-for-the-artistic community types, and not simply jealous shit-stirrers...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Amanda Palmer Destroys/Saves Musicians; Chances Of 'Hitting It Big' As An Artist Remain Unchanged
Re: Re: Kickstarter changes things
i don't think so, that is EXACTLY WHY they are kickstarting: TO RETAIN control so they don't have to sell their souls -and total artistic life- to soul-sucking korporate overlords...
(AND that includes idiot monkeys in the peanut gallery...)
2. i doubt seriously that most of the bitching is being done by 'fans', but mostly non-contributing bystanders who are attempting to put her in her place... and YES, i would say that most definitely includes jealous people who are not, can not, and will not succeed by going indie like she has...
3. as explained in the article, as a matter of principle, i'm disappointed she caved to UNFAIR bitching, but that is HER CHOICE to respond to the situation...
4. ...oh, and not that you were saying this, but the other idiot who says that as a society we HAVE TO support artistes, etc: you are an idjit, NO ONE 'deserves' support or a guaranteed career, i don't care WHAT field it is in, and that goes DOUBLY for so-called 'artistes'...
the guy who mops up hospital corridors is INFINITELY more important to society than both artists and bank CEO's...
(which has actually been 'proven', i think in britain, where they studies the 'value'/'worth' society derives from various jobs, and hospital janitors are 'worth' more than bank CEO's...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Amanda Palmer Destroys/Saves Musicians; Chances Of 'Hitting It Big' As An Artist Remain Unchanged
Re: unpaid work
*snort*
you people are not to be believed...
*AND* i seriously doubt 99% of the bitchers have done an 'artistic' endeavor in their pitiful lives...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Canadian University, Publisher Promise To Fix Problems With Art History Book That Has No Photos
better than nothing...
*however*, due to both the power of the inertnet, *and* the collective response of people, *sometimes* even small injustices, and other incidents of unfair korporate behavior come to light, and *sometimes* The They (tm) blink...
*that* is why The They (tm) want to lock down the inertnet, and all communications; that is why The People must be stopped, it smacks of... of... of freedom ! ! !
it doesn't matter if 99% of us want a change, WE are NOT 'in charge'... the dem'rats and rethugs kabuki theater is what we are allowed to watch; that is inconsequential...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: EMI Universal Deal Cleared, Giving One Company Veto Rights On Pretty Much Any New Music Service
Re: Re: Re: The music industry needs to die
i don't pirate (yet, the MAFIAA is pushing me to that), but i don't buy MAFIAA-backed shit either...
archive.org : THE greatest website, period.
picked up some tasty piano tunes by charles parker -no, not *that* charlie parker- from there... if it was up to the MAFIAA, i would NEVER have heard of this guy... *now*, i'm looking for his music to BUY, whoda thunk it (NOT the MAFIAA, that is for sure...)
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Economist Combats 'Myths Of Piracy' With More Myths
Re: Re: Re:
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Economist Combats 'Myths Of Piracy' With More Myths
Re: Re: Re:
2. economist jokes:
teach a parrot to say 'supply and demand', and you have an economist...
if you laid all the economists on earth end-to-end, they would never reach a conclusion...
3. the trouble i have had with 'econ 101' and economists in general, is that ALL KINDS of 'stuff' is NOT figured into their supposedly objective calculations: all that 'stuff' that is too inconvenient, or contrary evidence, or impossible to reduce to numbers/money, is branded as an 'externality', and SIMPLY IGNORED...
for example, they may talk about the cost of production related to the materials, labor, etc, but 'externalities' like pollution are COMPLETELY IGNORED...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: MPAA & RIAA: If People Can Sell Foreign Purchased Content Without Paying Us Again, US Economy May Collapse
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
(and -in your few-and-far-between moments of humanity- YOU don't either...)
NO ONE goes shopping and compares whether they should get a widget from Brand A or Brand X based on whether Brand A or Brand X has lower/higher production costs... *that* is insane...
we shop on features, price, and convenience...
besides the fact that all the other information regarding their production costs is simply not available, NO ONE gives that crap a second thought...
(NOT that i would trust your average korporation to give honest numbers regarding their production costs, anyway...)
IF i spot a great price on a widget i want/need, i don't start wringing my hands and hoping the producers have low enough production costs to make sufficient profit; NO ONE does that for ANY products/services...
(IN FACT, that is prezactly how the -mythical- free market economy *should* work: you price your widgets too low, you go out of bidness, and another competitor steps up to replace you...)
2. you are a thoroughly disagreeable character; chances are you're a lawyer, amirite ? ? ?
dog damn, i can't wait for the revolution, you fuckers will be the first invited to the necktie party...
it really astounds me how you think insulting EVERYONE is going to win friends and influence people on these issues you supposedly care about...
(i'm thinking the only reason you 'care' about these issues, is because you are -directly or indirectly- paid to do so...)
oh, and for the record, i have NEVER pirated ANYTHING; BUT, i have stopped buying ANY music, movies, etc that are a product of the MAFIAA, because i despise them...
BUT, because of unrepentant MAFIAA apologists like you, i am seriously toying with going FULL PIRATE...
don't you get it, YET ? ? ?
it is not pirate king mike the torrent freak who is pushing me to full blown piracy, it is YOU AND YOUR FIENDS at the MAFIAA who are turning me pirate...
none so blind...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Anyone Who Says Copyright Cannot Be Used For Censorship Has No Credibility
Re: Re:
'cause you had below-average joe's number when you called him out on this a couple threads back, and as i recently posted:
like many bots/authoritarians (impossible to tell apart without a tissue sample), below-average joe will not let lack of evidence influence the truthiness of what he is told to believe; conversely, NO AMOUNT of evidence contrary to his position will convince him otherwise...
you've seen it time and again: *generally* picks microscopic nits; moves the goalposts from one sentence to the next, WILL NOT be pinned down on any answers, engages in personal invective, then goes on to bitch about how *OTHERS* engage in personal invective, repeats his 'winning' arguments ('mike is afraid to 'debate' me, blah blah blah') more times than an actual -or sane- human is capable of doing...
bot or not ? ? ?
does it matter ?
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Anyone Who Says Copyright Cannot Be Used For Censorship Has No Credibility
Re: Re: Re:
GTFOH
either bot, or total authoritarian whack-job, which is it ? ? ?
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: What Public Domain? Why A Letter Written In 1755 Is Still Covered By US Copyright Law
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
um, sounds great in theory, wilson...
only thing is -and this is just a minor detail- you would essentially have to dismantle the present kapitalist imperialist system to diminish the power of those infinitely rich, totally amoral, and completely fictitious 'humans' called korporations...
i'd sure like to try, but ain't gonna happen until Empire collapses...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Local District Attorneys Sell Their Letterhead & Threats Of Jailtime To Debt Collectors
Re: Re: Re: Re:
that appears to be below-average joe's response to everything: b-bu-but its The Law (chorus of angels singing in the background)...
doesn't give a shit about the underlying 'morality' or efficacy of The Law, merely that it IS The Law...
what a tool...
below-average joe in 1776:
b-bu-but its against The Law to revolt against The King ! ! !
below-average joe in 1950's:
b-bu-but its against The Law to eat at a 'white's only' lunch counter ! ! !
below-average joe today:
b-bu-but its against The Law to steal intangible, infinitely reproducible, worthless bits ! ! !
*snort*
remember kampers, authoritarians are approx 25% of the population: their very survival depends upon doing EXACTLY as Big Daddy tells them, with NO QUESTIONS asked...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
On the post: Why The Internet Archive Says It Can Show You Every TV News Program
Re: Re:
allow me to repeat that: 'our' (sic) (in)justice system has ENSHRINED IN CASE LAW that 'news' organizations are under NO, ZERO obligation to report news that is 'truthful'...
(was a case where reporters were doing a story on BGH in milk, and faux news altered/pulled the coverage, and fired the reporters; they sued, and -as i recall- *technically* they 'won', but they were/are forever smeared by fux news...)
don't you get it yet ? ? ?
being held to standards of 'truth', 'laws', and -most particularly- punishment is ONLY for the 99%, the 1% skates...
art guerrilla
aka ann archy
eof
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