Then I presume you'll stop using the government-subsidised Internets and the government-subsidised roads and government-subsidised power and go and live in a log cabin somewhere, living off the sweat of your brow with home-built technology? No?
We don't normally have mad libertarians in the UK, but you really are coming off as a caricature of one.
The only half-way decent/sensible thing you've said is about not subsidising someone else's war (machine).
Because his miniscule income from it will totally wreck their income from a movie that did well enough to spawn a sequel...
It sounds ridiculous that someone cannot even say (in a remotely commercial environment, which is far too many today) that he was the actual creator of something. It would be one thing if he had signed an NDA or secrecy agreement - but he cannot because of 'copyright'??? That is just plain stupid.
This was plagiarism (and dealt with as such) rather than 'copyright' infringement. So where do you get 'hatred' of copyright? Did plagiarism magically appear with the internet, or is it as old as Gogg 'stealing' Ogg's cave paintings?
All very 'tactful'. Oh wait, you meant "interesting tack".
ACTA is about both how it was negotiated, and what was negotiated in so dodgy a way.
No upstanding law should be discussed in such secrecy, or attempt to be fobbed off avoiding democratic scrutiny (in the US).
Because ACTA was negotiated and implemented (as far as it has been) in bad faith does not take away from that it is problematic and purely designed to prop up an obselete business (model). Because people don't like the cavalier attitude ACTA has towards everyone who isn't the content industry doesn't mean they can't disagree with the incredibly concerning secrecy it was agreed under.
Stealing may be stealing, but infringement is infringement, not stealing. You might as well argue that because one company bottles water and sells it, by drinking out of your tap you are 'stealing' from them. There is also the difference between a crime (stealing) and a civil misdemeanour (infringement). So Hollywould should commit crimes to make up for misdemeanours against them? (if they aren't already...)
If you can't even get the terms in your cruddy laws for imaginary property right, then why should anyone take them, or you, seriously?
Someone should 'copyright' the original aramaic & greek sources and then sue every bible-maker and quoter for using 'unauthorised' derivative (i.e. translated) works.
Besides, the public domain is for commie fascist liberal socialists!
And when your kid in the backseat says "I feel sick" or "I need to pee" do you just tell them to 'hang on another 200 miles for their own good'? Or even 20?
Kids may not drive the car, but they are still passengers with valid needs, including safety, comfort and entertainment. Ignore them at your peril... :)
"I am saying only that nobody should expect the internet (or any other communication medium) to be more or less open than everything else in a given country."
So in other words, you're saying that everyone should expect the internet to be as non-open as the most restrictive or censorious country, instead of the most open or laissez-faire?
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We don't normally have mad libertarians in the UK, but you really are coming off as a caricature of one.
The only half-way decent/sensible thing you've said is about not subsidising someone else's war (machine).
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It sounds ridiculous that someone cannot even say (in a remotely commercial environment, which is far too many today) that he was the actual creator of something. It would be one thing if he had signed an NDA or secrecy agreement - but he cannot because of 'copyright'??? That is just plain stupid.
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"Kool-Aid - Free Diabetes with every Dose!"
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But +1 for the Three Billy Goats Gruff. Except that it's actually "Tre Bukkene Bruse" in the original Norwegian! Gotta keep those languages preserved!
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All very 'tactful'. Oh wait, you meant "interesting tack".
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No upstanding law should be discussed in such secrecy, or attempt to be fobbed off avoiding democratic scrutiny (in the US).
Because ACTA was negotiated and implemented (as far as it has been) in bad faith does not take away from that it is problematic and purely designed to prop up an obselete business (model). Because people don't like the cavalier attitude ACTA has towards everyone who isn't the content industry doesn't mean they can't disagree with the incredibly concerning secrecy it was agreed under.
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If you can't even get the terms in your cruddy laws for imaginary property right, then why should anyone take them, or you, seriously?
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Besides, the public domain is for commie fascist liberal socialists!
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Kids may not drive the car, but they are still passengers with valid needs, including safety, comfort and entertainment. Ignore them at your peril... :)
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So in other words, you're saying that everyone should expect the internet to be as non-open as the most restrictive or censorious country, instead of the most open or laissez-faire?
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