It seems absurd to me that you feel Obama deserves no trust whatsoever and you'll continue liking Cruz. You gotta be clueless to not recognize both as sleazy politicians.
And I don't know where you think competition comes from, but it doesn't just magically appear and grand scales as soon as you deregulate things.
That's why recognizing your OWN bias is so important
The primary reason science is so powerful is because it wards off the biases we have personally. The first thing you should think when you recognize that you dealt with bad IRS and VA experiences is that you are SO extremely biased that you probably have an EXTREMELY far off from reality judgment of things.
Policy and even claims about the nature of things should not be accepted by such biased personal anecdotes.
That's the first thing to deal with here.
Your conclusion about everything-the-government-does is completely nonsense. You have not got a good sample, an objective study. Your judgment is as careless as saying that you got mugged by some black guys on two different occassions, so all African Americans are violent criminals.
The government touched what became our National Park system. That's crap? Or turning to crap? What utter nonsense.
Note: I'm not saying *anything* disputing your personal experience with the IRS and VA. I'm not even saying that it wasn't typical. Perhaps the IRS is generally horrible. But you are part of the problem here if you use certain bad examples and then accept wholecloth the Republican campaign message of knee-jerk anti-government sentiment.
You wrote "Giving consumers lawful affordable options for listening to what they want when they want it in a convenient format reduces piracy."
Now read it truthfully: "Giving consumers lawful affordable options for listening to what they want when they want it in a convenient format reduces SHARING."
It's not like anyone is going to think Techdirt is on the RIAA side either way. Drop the bullshit propaganda. Don't support the war on sharing. This is not about theft or attacking ships.
The MAD Magazine ruling, the original Supreme Court precedent on parody does NOT say that the satire has to poke fun at the work itself. Your statements about US fair use are simply incorrect.
Re: No, Mr. Lehrer was the first to make his OWN label
He didn't work with record labels. They wouldn't touch him, and so his has the significance of having been perhaps the first artist to create his own record label.
The other issues are real about extended family etc.
Super to see actual questioning of these things in relative mainstream. Our society accepts far too many claims about economics without question. Capitalism is not something to be revered or given deference. What we want is progress and innovation. Capitalism can go to hell if it isn't doing the best job for us.
Are you just some completely dogmatic anarcho-capitalist??
The idea that someone with true integrity like Kucinich could be completely dismissed indicates merely that you have not learned to be open-minded. Given you agree on this, maybe you could learn that with effort to see other's views, you'll find that *some* of them make sense. You shouldn't agree with him or anyone automatically on everything either, but if you've been that judgmental about Kucinich or his views… Well, I hope you take this as a lesson to check yourself and listen more and don't make up your mind in advance.
The use of a journal article for the purpose of filing a patent is a totally *transformative* USE compared to the normal purpose of journal articles. It didn't transform the article itself, that's not the point.
This is a broken system. They get their funding up-front from people who are already paying, the community paid already. There's no justice patenting this! We need to get rid of this patent nonsense. And Techdirt shouldn't be promoting that people fund new patents.
YouTube is hurting music careers because there is MORE music. It's better business to provide something really scarce. The problem is that good music isn't scarce now. This pianist wants most music recordings and videos destroyed because then he would be more in demand.
Mike, you went so far as to criticize the term "users" but then went on to use the far *worse* term "consumers"
"Every creator is also a consumer of content" NO. "content" is a problematic word itself, but if we accept that physical metaphor, the content is NOT consumed here!
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Re: A moment of sanity!
And I don't know where you think competition comes from, but it doesn't just magically appear and grand scales as soon as you deregulate things.
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That's why recognizing your OWN bias is so important
Policy and even claims about the nature of things should not be accepted by such biased personal anecdotes.
That's the first thing to deal with here.
Your conclusion about everything-the-government-does is completely nonsense. You have not got a good sample, an objective study. Your judgment is as careless as saying that you got mugged by some black guys on two different occassions, so all African Americans are violent criminals.
The government touched what became our National Park system. That's crap? Or turning to crap? What utter nonsense.
Note: I'm not saying *anything* disputing your personal experience with the IRS and VA. I'm not even saying that it wasn't typical. Perhaps the IRS is generally horrible. But you are part of the problem here if you use certain bad examples and then accept wholecloth the Republican campaign message of knee-jerk anti-government sentiment.
On the post: If You're Going To Complain About Spotify Payments, At Least Understand A Little Economics First
Re: Stop calling sharing "piracy"
You wrote "Giving consumers lawful affordable options for listening to what they want when they want it in a convenient format reduces piracy."
Now read it truthfully: "Giving consumers lawful affordable options for listening to what they want when they want it in a convenient format reduces SHARING."
On the post: If You're Going To Complain About Spotify Payments, At Least Understand A Little Economics First
Stop calling sharing "piracy"
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Re: Re: Re:
On the post: What's So Bad About Making Money Off Fan Fiction?
Why link to outdated license??
Why the heck would you link to an outdated version 2.5??
Otherwise, superb article, thanks!
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Re: Re:
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Re: No, Mr. Lehrer was the first to make his OWN label
The other issues are real about extended family etc.
On the post: King Cries Trademark Over The Banner Saga
Sounds like a bunch of lawyers cheating everyone
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Thanks
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Re: I got this one covered! -- Because The Rich want it!
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I wanna see the people who didn't sign
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Craig Struck??
On the post: President Obama Says He Learns What NSA Is Doing From The Press, Then Goes To NSA For Details
Re: "allegations"
On the post: Rep. Dennis Kucinich: Abolish The NSA And Give Snowden A Parade
Are you just some completely dogmatic anarcho-capitalist??
On the post: Copyright Lawyers vs Patent Lawyers Smackdown: And The Winner Is...
Journal normal use = learning, patent use = legal
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PATENT PENDING‽
On the post: Pianist Storms Off Stage, Claims Fans Filming His Performance Mean Record Labels Won't Give Him A Contract
The problem is competition
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Stop calling readers and fans "consumers" !
"Every creator is also a consumer of content" NO. "content" is a problematic word itself, but if we accept that physical metaphor, the content is NOT consumed here!
Reading and copying etc. do NOT consume things!!!
On the post: MPAA Freaks Out: Insists That Having To Consider Fair Use Before Filing A DMCA Takedown Would Be Crazy
good analogy
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