why we have all these efforts to create ways to punish companies when their users break the law.
You do know that's the most intensely stupid thing ever, right?
You think we should sue the Dollar Store every time a person uses a cheap screwdriver for something illegal?
You think we should jail McDonalds the moment some McDonalds customer kills their neighbor with the fossilized remains of a Big Mac?
Just because something is "on the internet" doesn't mean it's now magical and can be done instantly. Here's an easy one: If you cannot/should not do it IRL in front of you, then the same applied on the internet.
"It seems like a pretty clear case of what's good and right, and spying on journalists' communications is generally considered not right."
One could make the logical argument that spying on any citizen; regardless of their function in society; is likely a key step towards a martial-law/fascist governance...
Anonymous, wherever you are, do please keep up the good work.
Do not go gentle into that good night,
Old age should burn and rage at close of day;
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Though wise men at their end know dark is right,
Because their words had forked no lightning they
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Good men, the last wave by, crying how bright
Their frail deeds might have danced in a green bay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Wild men who caught and sang the sun in flight,
And learn, too late, they grieved it on its way,
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Grave men, near death, who see with blinding sight
Blind eyes could blaze like meteors and be gay,
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
And you, my father, there on the sad height,
Curse, bless me now with your fierce tears, I pray.
Do not go gentle into that good night.
Rage, rage against the dying of the light.
Given that we know the per song extortion, if we can find how the precise file size, we could calculate a average "cost per byte" and "cost per bit" to determine how much she's being charged (on average) for every 1 or 0.
Then, compare/contrast to the cost of other things (Photoshop, or some such) provided we also calculate the cost per bit of those as well.
As governments become less necessary (and this becomes apparent to the public at large) their death-throes will get worse, as they vainly struggle to scare and convince everybody they're still needed...
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Re: Re: Re: Not the whole story
Hello Coward!
You do know that's the most intensely stupid thing ever, right?
You think we should sue the Dollar Store every time a person uses a cheap screwdriver for something illegal?
You think we should jail McDonalds the moment some McDonalds customer kills their neighbor with the fossilized remains of a Big Mac?
Just because something is "on the internet" doesn't mean it's now magical and can be done instantly. Here's an easy one: If you cannot/should not do it IRL in front of you, then the same applied on the internet.
Think!
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Re: A Matter of Convenience?
I'm betting somebody *already had* the pirated copy, so it was just easier to use it instead. ;-P
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Re: ;-)
Insightful, and well written.
Thank you.
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2 words
Look it up, it's good for ya.
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:eye-roll:
I think an unregulated Senate/Congress is far more dangerous to my rights and liberties than any video-game ever has been.
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Crampons for cramps.
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I'm a fan
I feel this should be our ode about liberty...
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Re: Uh...
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Re: Re: Recycling
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Re: FTFY
-FTFY
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Re: Re: War of Attrition...
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Re: YUP
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Re: Aaron Swartz, R.I.P.
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And the fix:
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Re: Bizarre disconnect.
Do you have a point? Maybe you should try the "honest contribution" rather than the "crazy person yelling" approach, it could sway more people.
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Re: Cost per bit
Given that we know the per song extortion, if we can find how the precise file size, we could calculate a average "cost per byte" and "cost per bit" to determine how much she's being charged (on average) for every 1 or 0.
Then, compare/contrast to the cost of other things (Photoshop, or some such) provided we also calculate the cost per bit of those as well.
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On governments and death
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Re: Actually....
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Re: Re: :-S
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