It might be an anreasonable agreement though: Sign this or we will never ever give your car/property back under any circumstances ever. Why do we have your car? Well, you were driving on the public highway at 1 mile an hour under the posted speed limit, you might go over it you PIRATE!
In the early days, VHS was probably had a much higher 'piracy' to genuine use ratio - but that didn't stop the content controllers from working out how to profit from it once they had been forced to accept it. Over time, 'genuine' use probably came to dominate.
In fact, if it hadn't been for the content controllers having launched DVDs themselves, they would have been screaming blue murder about how those 'destroyed' their 'god-given' VHS income. Ditto with CDs and audio cassettes. Here we have an example though of someone else coming up with the 'disruptive' techology and the content control companies forgot to jump on board this time - and now they are shafted.
I think that if the 'largest terrorist organisation' was only considered that by one government/organisation and a beacon of liberty by everyone else, it would be incredibly valuable to let them have their 15 minutes, at least.
However, Wikileaks isn't considered a terrorist organisation by any anyone outside of the US State Department.
I Second this. The Second Amendment would not be passable anywhere else in Europe other than maybe Switzerland. What voters want, voters get. Hopefully.
Well, the complement of this 'pirate ship' (as the shills would have us) may not be pirates, but I think most of us would be complimented at being associated with pirates - thank you Disney!
Then as you have already paid for the licence for the content, you should only pay for the replacement media, which is a fraction of a $20 movie cost...
I'll point you to a 'glorious' chapter in British Imperial history, the Opium Wars we fought against China to make them import opium... (ok, that was in response to them doing a massive trade blockade, but...)
So it's ok to benefit from it but you can still rail against it?
Erm, what does aggression and condoning it have to do with anything? I don't see 'statism' as 'aggression' - I prefer to live in a society where I don't have to be armed, where I can walk into any hospital and be healed for free, and where I can (mostly) trust companies to actually be giving me products and services as advertised, without poisoning me and the environment.
What you are advocating is anarchy - seen too many examples of that in the last few hundred years of European history - it becomes the tyranny of the majority, or just tyranny. This is why we evolved the rule of law, and continue to evolve it along with social mores.
It's a shame, because I can admire some libertarian ideals, but this level of extremity is alongside "Britain for the British" or "All men are rapists!" which you can get at the opposite ends of the political scale.
"Stop downloading the creative output we stole from the artists without compensating them or bore yourself into a drooling stupor watching and listening only to the low-grade content we claim to have created and are enforcing with ridiculously over-broad laws, and are now trying to foist on your country which has its own unique culture and laws."
So where are 'corporations' mentioned in the Constitution? How does "95 years from publishing or 120 years from creation or Life of Author + 70 years" equate to 'For a Limited Time', especially when you look at lifespans in the 1700s?
Actually, if Mike were to market some "coolaid" I'd certainly buy some. I'd love to help my 'coolness'. ;) Just don't do it in grape! (blech)
You see, that's what current copyright law is missing, those fun technicalities. Without the possibility of someone screwing up their registering or extension of a copyright (it's automatic and way too long) then we lose so many opportunities for works to (re-)enter the public domain!
There should be a central Public Domain defender who could sue the living daylights out of anyone who tries to falsely claim ownership of public domain material.
I'd settle for someone suing these companies out of existence anyway.
That would only work for any given translation. So older translations would be coming out of copyright - use one of them! After all, they can't all be by the same company, and therefore they will have to be a bit different or they would have infringed already.
If 'translation' of a work allowed full re-copyrighting, the companies would simply translate a work into another language, 'translate' it back, and extend copyright (even more) indefinitely...
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In fact, if it hadn't been for the content controllers having launched DVDs themselves, they would have been screaming blue murder about how those 'destroyed' their 'god-given' VHS income. Ditto with CDs and audio cassettes. Here we have an example though of someone else coming up with the 'disruptive' techology and the content control companies forgot to jump on board this time - and now they are shafted.
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However, Wikileaks isn't considered a terrorist organisation by any anyone outside of the US State Department.
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Erm, what does aggression and condoning it have to do with anything? I don't see 'statism' as 'aggression' - I prefer to live in a society where I don't have to be armed, where I can walk into any hospital and be healed for free, and where I can (mostly) trust companies to actually be giving me products and services as advertised, without poisoning me and the environment.
What you are advocating is anarchy - seen too many examples of that in the last few hundred years of European history - it becomes the tyranny of the majority, or just tyranny. This is why we evolved the rule of law, and continue to evolve it along with social mores.
It's a shame, because I can admire some libertarian ideals, but this level of extremity is alongside "Britain for the British" or "All men are rapists!" which you can get at the opposite ends of the political scale.
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What's your problem darryl, you upset that 'pirates' are cooler than deported petty thieves that no-one else wanted?
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Actually, if Mike were to market some "coolaid" I'd certainly buy some. I'd love to help my 'coolness'. ;) Just don't do it in grape! (blech)
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I'd settle for someone suing these companies out of existence anyway.
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If 'translation' of a work allowed full re-copyrighting, the companies would simply translate a work into another language, 'translate' it back, and extend copyright (even more) indefinitely...
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