Doug Wheeler" back for a FOURTH comment in FIVE years!
Seems no end of these ZOMBIES!
Ahh Blue, you still have the ability to make me chuckle.
So your definition of a "zombie" is someone who comments only when they have something worth saying?
My definition of a "zombie" would be someone who spews mindless drivel everyday, even when it makes zero sense and/or contradicts their previous comments, just as long as they are anti-Techdirt in nature.
Re: Re: First, your Socialist slant simply doesn't apply to entertainments.
Claim it's out-dated and should be done away with -- you only need a Constitutional amendment --
Incorrect. Just as the Copyright clause grants Congress the ability to create copyright laws, it also grants Congress the ability to abolish copyright laws. Nothing in the clause mandates that copyright must exist. No Constitutional amendment required.
An interesting note about the Copyright Clause - it's the only enumerated power granted to Congress that explicitly specifies HOW to enact such a power. This in and of itself indicates that our founding fathers themselves were concerned about copyright and patents infringing upon the inalienable rights of every human some 200 years ago.
We have shown again and again that they undermine domestic labor.
You have?
Most articles I've read on the subject indicate that areas with robust immigration tend to spur economic growth which in turn creates more jobs for domestic workers.
Here's a letter from almost 1,500 economists (you know, the people who really understand this issue from an economics point of view) stating that immigration is an overall positive to our economy, with the possible exception of the uneducated domestic workers. Maybe we should focus on educating our domestic workforce, instead of blaming those who immigrate here and are making our country a better place for everyone.
Re: Re: Re: If clearly specific, you'd argue "ineffective"; if a bit broader, you'd argue "overbroad".
...just by that forms contract it's required to show all comments that are non-commercial and within common law.
Where do you get this stuff? Just because you filled out a web form to create a comment does not create any sort of legally binding contract between you and Techdirt. That's just plain silly. I might also add, even if it was a binding contract (which it's not), you aren't even using your legal name.
Further, like a bar, it's required to police the site against egregious blowhards who, say, call others "ignorant motherfucker"
Um, bars do not police against people calling other people names. I've been to plenty of places where people have been called dumb motherfuckers and much worse. Bars will ask patrons who are disruptive, unruly, loud and rude (like you are here on Techdirt) to leave and ban them from ever coming back. I'm not sure how your bar analogy supports your point, when it seems support just the opposite.
Yea, um... this is not TD or its audiences strong point. Facts don't matter, just their feelings.
Say what? Not sure where you are getting that from.
Mike has ALWAYS stated that policy should be based on empirical data. Just look at the multitude of posts concerning copyright laws where he argues that policy should be based on verifiable data as opposed to the MIAA/MPAA's emotional pleas of "Piracy is stealing! We need more enforcement!".
Here is an example from 2014:
Decisions need to be made based on empirical data. As we've discussed in the past, historically, copyright reform discussions have been almost entirely faith-based. This is why the claims of "everyone just wants stuff for free" are so concerning," since the data suggests that's not even close to true. Source
He's arguing pretty much the same thing about SESTA. Let's look further than "Human trafficing is bad!" to see what this bill is really about and how it won't actually solve the problem SESTA is trying fix and will create many more other problems instead.
Re: Re: Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
You value your purchases at what they cost you. If they were available cheaper you would value them less.
That isn't true at all. Those numbers represent the point where I start to question the wisdom of the transaction in my own mind. I will certainly pay less, if it's offered, but paying more would require additional justification for me.
Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
You try to make much of that books, games, and music don't have similar "displacement". The study also says that further lowering of price won't cause more sales.
That is because the price is close to the customer's perceived value. It doesn't matter how much it cost to produce the product, what matters is how much a consumer is will pay for the product. Econ 101 stuff.
Here is my personal perceived value of the products being discussed:
Ebook - $2.00
Dead Tree Book - $15.00
Music (purchased) - $1.00 per track
Music (streamed) - $.001 per track
Movie - Price of HBO/Showtime subscription and 3 month delay
The limit before your comments start triggering my bullshit meter seems to be 1024.
Re: DOOM! It's teh end of teh internets, I tells ya!
It's false notion that removing privileges from liability for "internet corporations" and letting them be like all others is bad.
No, your notion is the one that is false.
CDA 230 puts internet companies on equal footing with "all others" by not making the tool provider responsible for how the tool gets used.
We don't make Ford responsible when someone speeds. We don't make McDonalds responsible because people get fat. We don't make Smith & Wesson responsible when someone gets shot. We don't make Exxon responsible when an arsonist uses gasoline to start a fire. Etc, etc, ad nauseam.
You are the one who thinks that because it's an "internet corporation" it should be treated differently than "all others".
Wow. Mike mentions abuse 8 times, but never once in noting that children are literally being abused.
And the abusers should be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law. No one has said otherwise.
But that's not what this bill is about. If you look beyond the grandstanding of "save the children", this bill is about blaming the wrong parties.
It's like trying to blame Ford for making windowless white vans or Nestle for making candy because they sometimes are used by pedophiles looking for victims.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well, when has Techdirt ever moderated, oh, say, Geigner?
...just a harmless fool...
That about sums it up for me, but really more along the lines of the creepy old uncle who has overstayed his welcome by four gin & tonics and just won't take the hint that it's time to go home.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Now here's what I couldn't get in after 10 tries:
It simply amazes me that a person can be such an ass to everyone around them and then be all indignant that everyone treats them like the ass they are being.
Give me one reason why you should be treated with a single iota of respect when you show none to anyone else here.
I am genuinely curious to understand how the simple logic of "Action A" causes "Reaction B" from those around you seems to be a concept that eludes you.
When you hide a post, you can't see it, search for it, have it indexed on Google, nothing.
He's wrong about that too. I just searched for exact words in the comment above and lo and behold it returns this article. There is no snippet showing, but Google most definitely indexes hidden Techdirt comments.
I stumbled onto Techdirt sometime in 2009 from Digg.com and I've been lurking in comment section ever since. The first year or so I commented anonymously before creating an account in 2010.
NO ONE would recall name and password after SIX years, nor lurk that long with account handy.
Out of all of your wacko conspiracy theories, this one really make me laugh, Blue.
It doesn't even dawn on you that other people might maintain a Techdirt login to retain their viewing preferences and are only occasional commenters.
I know I personally prefer to be logged into Techdirt when reading the articles because I prefer the page width set to "variable" which fills up my HD monitor, instead of a small column in the middle of the screen. I am always logged in when reading Techdirt, even when I don't plan on commenting.
I was really being a bit juvenile there and chuckling over the fact that company named Chaturbate might be screwing themselves. The joke kind of writes itself, really.
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Ahh Blue, you still have the ability to make me chuckle.
So your definition of a "zombie" is someone who comments only when they have something worth saying?
My definition of a "zombie" would be someone who spews mindless drivel everyday, even when it makes zero sense and/or contradicts their previous comments, just as long as they are anti-Techdirt in nature.
Maybe you need a new shtick, your comments are getting a bit blasé these days.
On the post: The Sad Legacy Of Copyright: Locking Up Scientific Knowledge And Impeding Progress
Re: Re: First, your Socialist slant simply doesn't apply to entertainments.
Incorrect. Just as the Copyright clause grants Congress the ability to create copyright laws, it also grants Congress the ability to abolish copyright laws. Nothing in the clause mandates that copyright must exist. No Constitutional amendment required.
An interesting note about the Copyright Clause - it's the only enumerated power granted to Congress that explicitly specifies HOW to enact such a power. This in and of itself indicates that our founding fathers themselves were concerned about copyright and patents infringing upon the inalienable rights of every human some 200 years ago.
On the post: The Case Of Glassdoor And The Grand Jury Subpoena, And How Courts Are Messing With Online Speech In Secret
Do you have any concern for all the resources Techdirt has wasted by publishing your inane ramblings over the years?
On the post: Emails Show ICE Couldn't Find Enough Dangerous Immigrants To Fulfill The Adminstration's Fantasies
Re:
You have?
Most articles I've read on the subject indicate that areas with robust immigration tend to spur economic growth which in turn creates more jobs for domestic workers.
https://www.google.com/search?q=immigration+and+economic+growth
Here's a letter from almost 1,500 economists (you know, the people who really understand this issue from an economics point of view) stating that immigration is an overall positive to our economy, with the possible exception of the uneducated domestic workers. Maybe we should focus on educating our domestic workforce, instead of blaming those who immigrate here and are making our country a better place for everyone.
http://www.newamericaneconomy.org/feature/an-open-letter-from-1470-economists-on-immigrati on/
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Re: Re: Re: If clearly specific, you'd argue "ineffective"; if a bit broader, you'd argue "overbroad".
Where do you get this stuff? Just because you filled out a web form to create a comment does not create any sort of legally binding contract between you and Techdirt. That's just plain silly. I might also add, even if it was a binding contract (which it's not), you aren't even using your legal name.
Um, bars do not police against people calling other people names. I've been to plenty of places where people have been called dumb motherfuckers and much worse. Bars will ask patrons who are disruptive, unruly, loud and rude (like you are here on Techdirt) to leave and ban them from ever coming back. I'm not sure how your bar analogy supports your point, when it seems support just the opposite.
On the post: More Thoughts On The Senate's SESTA Hearing
Re: Re: Re: hand wringing
Say what? Not sure where you are getting that from.
Mike has ALWAYS stated that policy should be based on empirical data. Just look at the multitude of posts concerning copyright laws where he argues that policy should be based on verifiable data as opposed to the MIAA/MPAA's emotional pleas of "Piracy is stealing! We need more enforcement!".
Here is an example from 2014:
He's arguing pretty much the same thing about SESTA. Let's look further than "Human trafficing is bad!" to see what this bill is really about and how it won't actually solve the problem SESTA is trying fix and will create many more other problems instead.
On the post: EU Buried Its Own $400,000 Study Showing Unauthorized Downloads Have Almost No Effect On Sales
Re: Re: Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
That isn't true at all. Those numbers represent the point where I start to question the wisdom of the transaction in my own mind. I will certainly pay less, if it's offered, but paying more would require additional justification for me.
On the post: EU Buried Its Own $400,000 Study Showing Unauthorized Downloads Have Almost No Effect On Sales
Re: Yes, people would watch more movies if cheaper and better.
That is because the price is close to the customer's perceived value. It doesn't matter how much it cost to produce the product, what matters is how much a consumer is will pay for the product. Econ 101 stuff.
Here is my personal perceived value of the products being discussed:
Ebook - $2.00
Dead Tree Book - $15.00
Music (purchased) - $1.00 per track
Music (streamed) - $.001 per track
Movie - Price of HBO/Showtime subscription and 3 month delay
The limit before your comments start triggering my bullshit meter seems to be 1024.
On the post: Why SESTA Is Such A Bad Bill
Re: DOOM! It's teh end of teh internets, I tells ya!
No, your notion is the one that is false.
CDA 230 puts internet companies on equal footing with "all others" by not making the tool provider responsible for how the tool gets used.
We don't make Ford responsible when someone speeds. We don't make McDonalds responsible because people get fat. We don't make Smith & Wesson responsible when someone gets shot. We don't make Exxon responsible when an arsonist uses gasoline to start a fire. Etc, etc, ad nauseam.
You are the one who thinks that because it's an "internet corporation" it should be treated differently than "all others".
On the post: Why SESTA Is Such A Bad Bill
Re:
And the abusers should be prosecuted to fullest extent of the law. No one has said otherwise.
But that's not what this bill is about. If you look beyond the grandstanding of "save the children", this bill is about blaming the wrong parties.
It's like trying to blame Ford for making windowless white vans or Nestle for making candy because they sometimes are used by pedophiles looking for victims.
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I hope the appeal gets tossed quickly so you can put this all behind you.
On the post: Al Jazeera Gives A 'Voice To The Voiceless' By Killing News Comments
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well, when has Techdirt ever moderated, oh, say, Geigner?
Not at all. It takes a bit more than some random anonymous fool insulting me online to offend me. But please keep trying, it is mildly amusing.
On the post: Al Jazeera Gives A 'Voice To The Voiceless' By Killing News Comments
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Well, when has Techdirt ever moderated, oh, say, Geigner?
That about sums it up for me, but really more along the lines of the creepy old uncle who has overstayed his welcome by four gin & tonics and just won't take the hint that it's time to go home.
On the post: Deputy Attorney General Trots Out All Sorts Of Silly Analogies About 'Intellectual Property'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Now here's what I couldn't get in after 10 tries:
Give me one reason why you should be treated with a single iota of respect when you show none to anyone else here.
I am genuinely curious to understand how the simple logic of "Action A" causes "Reaction B" from those around you seems to be a concept that eludes you.
On the post: Deputy Attorney General Trots Out All Sorts Of Silly Analogies About 'Intellectual Property'
Re: Re: Re: Now here's what I couldn't get in after 10 tries:
Laughing my ass off here. Pretty much all you've EVER done is complain for years, Blue.
Here's a comment I wrote back in 2011 poking fun at you for how much you complain about the platform that is providing you a place to complain:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111127/18464916904/may-dolphin-be-unflogged-paskistani -government-censors-texting.shtml#c536
On the post: This Week In Techdirt History: August 6th - 12th
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: In the last week
He's wrong about that too. I just searched for exact words in the comment above and lo and behold it returns this article. There is no snippet showing, but Google most definitely indexes hidden Techdirt comments.
https://www.google.com/search?q=site%3Atechdirt.com+%22When+you+hide+a+post%2C+you+can%27t +see+it%2C+search+for+it%2C+have+it+indexed+on+Google%2C+nothing.%22&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8
On the post: Techdirt Turns Twenty!
Happy Birthday!!!
I stumbled onto Techdirt sometime in 2009 from Digg.com and I've been lurking in comment section ever since. The first year or so I commented anonymously before creating an account in 2010.
Here's to twenty more years!
On the post: EFF Pioneer Awards: Chelsea Manning, Annie Game... And Me
Re: ZOMBIE ATTACK WARNING!
Out of all of your wacko conspiracy theories, this one really make me laugh, Blue.
It doesn't even dawn on you that other people might maintain a Techdirt login to retain their viewing preferences and are only occasional commenters.
I know I personally prefer to be logged into Techdirt when reading the articles because I prefer the page width set to "variable" which fills up my HD monitor, instead of a small column in the middle of the screen. I am always logged in when reading Techdirt, even when I don't plan on commenting.
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Re: Re: dang...
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