But if they take a bribe to get someone through security faster, how do we know they got any kind of actual scrutiny when they went through? maybe their bags went right through the scanner without so much as a glance
Just because they went through security, doesn't mean they got any sort of screening.
If you don't see how a SERIOUS breach of security at a major airport doesn't translate to TSA making us all less safe, you're either an idiot or an apologist.
So, I'll spell it out for you: Once they know they can bribe TSA at this airport, they can get their bombs, etc to ANY other airport. This little insignificant detail makes air travel less safe for everyone due to the actions of the TSA. Get it now?
You said yourself that they are in the content business. There are 2 important words there: CONTENT - what they create, BUSINESS - how they make money. They are not mutually exclusive.
This started out so well and then you added the word 'moral'.
In the US, there are no 'moral' rights associated with copyright (as has been affirmed by that pesky Supreme Court).
Copyright (again I'm speaking from a US perspective where this all started) has been perverted from it's original intent to become a weapon for censorship and stifling innovation. Entire generations of culture are locked up behind copyright all over the world. This is not at all what copyright was supposed to do.
If they think that recordings prior to 1972 are not covered by DMCA safe harbors, what makes them think they're covered by DMCA at ALL? Either they're covered by DMCA or they're not
The interpersonal experience between a professor and his class is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than the relationship between the producers of a film and the people who watch it.
Not in the slightest. I am only pointing out how incredibly heartless it is to try to make political points and to drag out the rhetorical terms so early in the deal.
and if he had waited an 'appropriate' amount of time (whatever the hell that is) to write about this, you would have said something to the effect of "That's old news now, nothing to see here"
I'm pretty sure you don't give a rat's ass about decorum, as long as you can find any reason to blast Mike.
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Just because they went through security, doesn't mean they got any sort of screening.
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Well done father!
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So, I'll spell it out for you: Once they know they can bribe TSA at this airport, they can get their bombs, etc to ANY other airport. This little insignificant detail makes air travel less safe for everyone due to the actions of the TSA. Get it now?
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That was one of the best posts I've read in a LONG time!!
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We can only hope...
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Mike had said on more than one occasion that "give it away and pray" is not a business model. Here's a refresher for you: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20080522/1545021204.shtml
You said yourself that they are in the content business. There are 2 important words there: CONTENT - what they create, BUSINESS - how they make money. They are not mutually exclusive.
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In the US, there are no 'moral' rights associated with copyright (as has been affirmed by that pesky Supreme Court).
Copyright (again I'm speaking from a US perspective where this all started) has been perverted from it's original intent to become a weapon for censorship and stifling innovation. Entire generations of culture are locked up behind copyright all over the world. This is not at all what copyright was supposed to do.
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Um..
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The interpersonal experience between a professor and his class is FAR MORE IMPORTANT than the relationship between the producers of a film and the people who watch it.
The sheer volume is meaningless in this analogy.
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It's good to know
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My first thought was..
Seems like this ruling would pretty well decimate that market as well, which would adversely affect the NEW car market. hmmm...
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And times like this makes me very frustrated to be one...
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and if he had waited an 'appropriate' amount of time (whatever the hell that is) to write about this, you would have said something to the effect of "That's old news now, nothing to see here"
I'm pretty sure you don't give a rat's ass about decorum, as long as you can find any reason to blast Mike.
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