"Nobody hates America and whines about it more than you. Every day, post after post, complaining about the judicial, executive, and legislative branches."
The judicial, executive, and legislative branches aren't "America", they're the people Americans have put in charge of running America. If those people do a shit job, they can expect Americans to complain about it.
Maybe you're the bend-over-and-take-it type, but thankfully many aren't.
Re: Content IS property: but data on any particular computer is not.
"And yet again, if he didn't back it up locally, TOUGH!"
And yet again, I and others will correct you on this point, because you're either too stupid to understand, or you're just another troll spouting things you know are untrue. MegaUpload was his back-up, and when his hard drive crashed he found that his back-up had been taken down by a government agency who seem to be be completely bought and paid for by the entertainment industry.
Re: You "capitalists" are claiming a socialist excuse to profit!
...rip DVD movies and upload them to a "file locker" so that they can be monetized indirectly through advertisers on a site that has made NO products of its own, and the only draw is the pirated content.
They don't make products, they offer a service. The draw is how good that service is. It's not the content, because that's available in countless other places. I can't tell whether you just don't understand that very basic concept, or your religious pro-copyright zeal has blinded you to it.
Licensing is so important it needs a capital L now?
A better question is why does Faulkner's estate, who had zero productive input into his works, deserve any money if someone quotes his work? Don't blah, blah about copyright law, tell us why they deserve an income for doing nothing. And for a bonus point, explain how that's different to your incorrect claim that "the public wants everything for free".
"I hope the Faulkner estate wins because if Hollywood is intent on making use of previously published material then they need to make sure that what they are using is being used in an appropriate manner."
Why would you make such a ridiculous assertion without any form of explanation? How this use is inappropriate in any way whatsoever?
Re: "content that he backed up via Megaupload and lost"
"If was actually "backed up", then surely he'd still have local copies. But if not, then tough: he's learned a valuable lesson about how to manage "content" storage."
Hopefully you've read Gwiz's comment and learned a valuable lesson about making smart-ass comments about a topic you don't know all the facts on. Can we expect an apology for your completely incorrect assumption and mocking attitude?
Do you see the irony in responding with that after being called childish?
"Sure, Mike won't have a frank and honest discussion with me (or anyone else who challenges his fundamental beliefs) because we're just not able to have that discussion."
So you're just going to keep lying to yourself and everyone else on this one? That's some good delusion there.
"No, Mike's not at all a coward for running away."
Where exactly do you think he's run away to? I find him in the same place several times a day. I'm sure there are plenty of other people who've dealt with you who also decided you're just not worth the effort. I bet they all "ran away" too right? It's them, not you!
"That it's a good thing that talented people no longer create new songs and records as often?"
Any how many songs on those "every other year" albums were genuinely good songs and how many were the filler crap required to meet the label's quantity quota? In my experience, lots of the latter!
Quantity does not equal quality. Only a label hack would think so. Are you a label hack?
"No, most of the clowns here steal from indie labels."
You have absolutely no way to know if that's true, so it's pretty obvious you're just making stuff up. Blatant lying isn't really going to convince anyone.
"people are not interested in how Jimi Hendrix makes the sounds he makes nearly at as much as the fact can do it.
[clip]
(have you ever noticed how damn boring those programs that are "the making of" type..
we dont care how they made the matrix, we want to live for a short time in the unreal world protrayed.."
I strongly disagree what you're saying here. You may not be interested in who music and movies are made, but many, many people are, including me. That's why I watch live performances on YouTube, so I can watch instruments being played. That's why I watch clips of workshops or interviews by musicians where they explain how and why they play the way they do. That's why I have shelves crammed full of 2-disc DVD's and DVD box sets, so I can watch all those "boring" programs that fascinate me as a movie fan.
"To force all artists to give their art away for free is tyranny."
Sorry, who's got a gun to their head? I don't see anybody being forced to do anything (unless they've signed a label contract, but that's another argument). If artists what to ignore the progress of technology and the current desires of their fans, they're free to do so. They just shouldn't put out their hand and demand an income.
"Bob Weir of the GRATEFUL DEAD tells Barlow on Youtube at last years' music tech summit that if something isn't done about piracy there will be a lot less professional musicians in the world."
And we should all take the advice of an old man who was lucky enough to be around during the tiny blip in the history of music where selling recordings made a very small proportion of musicians rich. That world is gone, stop wasting time lamenting its passing.
"Comparing tape trading to BitTorrent is like comparing a butter knife to a bulldozer."
You're the one whose done that, not the post's author, and to do so would be to completely miss the point being made.
"...what is the FTC doing about apple, who buys materials from suppliers who's employees are jumping off the roof of their factories because of working conditions."
While I don't defend Foxconn's working conditions for a second, it's worth noting that the suicide rate at their factory's is quite a bit lower than China's average rate. The whole suicide thing made a great media story, but it needs to be kept in perspective.
That is not the definition of a monopoly, not even close. There is nothing that Apple provides that you can't get elsewhere. You've proven that yourself by claiming you'll never own Apple products. Do you have a computer? Smart phone? MP3 player?
"Considering you already steal instead of pay.... big whoop."
Exactly, why bother with people who aren't going to pay? That's just stupid. Imagine if all the time and energy wasted on trying to hold back the piracy tide was instead spent developing the services that people clearly want to pay for?
"Nobody cares."
If nobody cares, then why do you need six-strikes?
Re: Re: Re: Re: If anyone wants to steal my petition letter...
"Punishing weasel pirates for breaking the law will have zero negative effect on the internet itself."
Punishing pirates for breaking the law will have zero negative effect on piracy. FTFY.
But you seem completely blind to the fact that your attempts to punish pirates comes at the cost of important human rights like privacy and justice, and all at the behest of a bunch of corporations who massively over-value their place in society.
On the post: Court Tells FBI To Reveal More Info About Its Digital Wiretapping Program
Re: Re: Re:
The judicial, executive, and legislative branches aren't "America", they're the people Americans have put in charge of running America. If those people do a shit job, they can expect Americans to complain about it.
Maybe you're the bend-over-and-take-it type, but thankfully many aren't.
On the post: Justice Department Continues Handwaving To Avoid Facing Up To Its Questionable Behavior In Taking Down Megaupload
Re: Content IS property: but data on any particular computer is not.
And yet again, I and others will correct you on this point, because you're either too stupid to understand, or you're just another troll spouting things you know are untrue. MegaUpload was his back-up, and when his hard drive crashed he found that his back-up had been taken down by a government agency who seem to be be completely bought and paid for by the entertainment industry.
He's not a knucklehead, he's unlucky.
On the post: No, Copyright Is Not A Human Right
Re: You "capitalists" are claiming a socialist excuse to profit!
They don't make products, they offer a service. The draw is how good that service is. It's not the content, because that's available in countless other places. I can't tell whether you just don't understand that very basic concept, or your religious pro-copyright zeal has blinded you to it.
On the post: Faulkner Estate Sues Sony Pictures Because Owen Wilson Quoted Nine Words (Incorrectly)
Re: Faulkner vs Sony
Licensing is so important it needs a capital L now?
A better question is why does Faulkner's estate, who had zero productive input into his works, deserve any money if someone quotes his work? Don't blah, blah about copyright law, tell us why they deserve an income for doing nothing. And for a bonus point, explain how that's different to your incorrect claim that "the public wants everything for free".
On the post: Faulkner Estate Sues Sony Pictures Because Owen Wilson Quoted Nine Words (Incorrectly)
Re:
Why would you make such a ridiculous assertion without any form of explanation? How this use is inappropriate in any way whatsoever?
On the post: Empirical Data Suggests That Website Blocking Is A Useless Weapon Against Infringement
Re: Re: Re: The old "ineffective so do nothing" ploy.
Reading comp fail. Nobody said a copy isn't property, only that copyright isn't property.
A much better question is what right does the government have to prevent his access to his perfectly legal files?
On the post: EFF Files Motion To Have Court Release Seizure Warrant In Megaupload Case
Re: "content that he backed up via Megaupload and lost"
Hopefully you've read Gwiz's comment and learned a valuable lesson about making smart-ass comments about a topic you don't know all the facts on. Can we expect an apology for your completely incorrect assumption and mocking attitude?
On the post: Governments Using, Also Fretting, Encrypted Communications App
Re: Re: Re:
And you are famous for making accusations without offering any proof, or even examples.
On the post: Humble Ebook Bundle Breaks $1 Million; All The Authors Should Be Best Sellers
Re: Re: Re: Re: Legitimately free
Yeah, that's just for Mike's benefit. It provides nothing useful to the reader at all, right?
Idiot.
On the post: Funniest/Most Insightful Comments Of The Week At Techdirt
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Do you see the irony in responding with that after being called childish?
"Sure, Mike won't have a frank and honest discussion with me (or anyone else who challenges his fundamental beliefs) because we're just not able to have that discussion."
So you're just going to keep lying to yourself and everyone else on this one? That's some good delusion there.
"No, Mike's not at all a coward for running away."
Where exactly do you think he's run away to? I find him in the same place several times a day. I'm sure there are plenty of other people who've dealt with you who also decided you're just not worth the effort. I bet they all "ran away" too right? It's them, not you!
On the post: Next Time Someone Suggests Piracy Will Kill Music, Remind Them That Music Survived The Last Ice Age
Re: Re: Re:
Any how many songs on those "every other year" albums were genuinely good songs and how many were the filler crap required to meet the label's quantity quota? In my experience, lots of the latter!
Quantity does not equal quality. Only a label hack would think so. Are you a label hack?
On the post: Next Time Someone Suggests Piracy Will Kill Music, Remind Them That Music Survived The Last Ice Age
Re: Re: Re: Re:
You have absolutely no way to know if that's true, so it's pretty obvious you're just making stuff up. Blatant lying isn't really going to convince anyone.
On the post: Next Time Someone Suggests Piracy Will Kill Music, Remind Them That Music Survived The Last Ice Age
Re: Re: Re:
[clip]
(have you ever noticed how damn boring those programs that are "the making of" type..
we dont care how they made the matrix, we want to live for a short time in the unreal world protrayed.."
I strongly disagree what you're saying here. You may not be interested in who music and movies are made, but many, many people are, including me. That's why I watch live performances on YouTube, so I can watch instruments being played. That's why I watch clips of workshops or interviews by musicians where they explain how and why they play the way they do. That's why I have shelves crammed full of 2-disc DVD's and DVD box sets, so I can watch all those "boring" programs that fascinate me as a movie fan.
On the post: Next Time Someone Suggests Piracy Will Kill Music, Remind Them That Music Survived The Last Ice Age
Re: Re: RE: Piracy Will Kill Music
Sorry, who's got a gun to their head? I don't see anybody being forced to do anything (unless they've signed a label contract, but that's another argument). If artists what to ignore the progress of technology and the current desires of their fans, they're free to do so. They just shouldn't put out their hand and demand an income.
"Bob Weir of the GRATEFUL DEAD tells Barlow on Youtube at last years' music tech summit that if something isn't done about piracy there will be a lot less professional musicians in the world."
And we should all take the advice of an old man who was lucky enough to be around during the tiny blip in the history of music where selling recordings made a very small proportion of musicians rich. That world is gone, stop wasting time lamenting its passing.
"Comparing tape trading to BitTorrent is like comparing a butter knife to a bulldozer."
You're the one whose done that, not the post's author, and to do so would be to completely miss the point being made.
On the post: FTC Supposedly Getting Ready To Go After Google For Antitrust Violations
Re: Re: Re: The utimate monpoly: Apple
So explain to us how the legal definition of a monopoly applies to Apple.
"Apple is doing it's best to prevent me from using the smart phone of my choice actually."
And yet you can still quite easily go and buy a smart phone from a range of different manufacturers. That's a very ineffectual 'monopoly' they've got.
"They also try to tie me to their products permanently if I ever use their product."
Apart from that assertion being laughingly false, you just said you'd never use their products, so how could you ever be tied to them?
On the post: FTC Supposedly Getting Ready To Go After Google For Antitrust Violations
Re:
While I don't defend Foxconn's working conditions for a second, it's worth noting that the suicide rate at their factory's is quite a bit lower than China's average rate. The whole suicide thing made a great media story, but it needs to be kept in perspective.
On the post: FTC Supposedly Getting Ready To Go After Google For Antitrust Violations
Re: The utimate monpoly: Apple
On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan
Re: Re: Re: Re: Let's end this argument right now, once and for all
On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan
Re: Re:
Exactly, why bother with people who aren't going to pay? That's just stupid. Imagine if all the time and energy wasted on trying to hold back the piracy tide was instead spent developing the services that people clearly want to pay for?
"Nobody cares."
If nobody cares, then why do you need six-strikes?
On the post: Hollywood Star Rosario Dawson Speaks Out Against Hollywood's 'Six Strikes' Plan
Re: Re: Re: Re: If anyone wants to steal my petition letter...
Punishing pirates for breaking the law will have zero negative effect on piracy. FTFY.
But you seem completely blind to the fact that your attempts to punish pirates comes at the cost of important human rights like privacy and justice, and all at the behest of a bunch of corporations who massively over-value their place in society.
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