I did the same for a while. But with all the salmon I was eating, I knew something fishy was going on. That's when I got a handy little pamphlet and C&D notice from the friendly neighborhood restaurants to set me straight.
Are those legal tender? I've got a laser I could shine into an envelope briefly, but a whole moonbeam? You must be rich! And, where do I find these unicorns? I've been searching for all of 5 minutes and can't find a torrent for one. What is your tear extraction method? Do you punch the male ones in the nads or is it one of those ruination of the earth crying natives kinda things? If its the latter, can you really just conjure up any mythical creature you want with a suitable mythical problem? I would appreciate a well thought out answer replete with germane facts to back up a detailed response if you have the time.
don't do anything at home this weekend. You might just be killing some important industry
I'm killing the personal entertainment consumption industry!!! If it goes under, who will content producers count on to continue to pay so many hours of attention?
(subtle hint: attention isn't necessarily paid, it is bought by the purveyors of the content we enjoy with said content)
Having had the shitty early morning I had, I think you are right. I may have read that tag as applying to the mother teresa line only (blocking the recent memory of the first paragraph) and felt like pouring my pent up annoyance into a rant.
"it takes the burden out of the entertainment industries"
A burden that they (at those owning the copyrights) are supposed to bear as the justiciable persons pursuing reasonable (well, not anymore) compensation (or economic slavery) for contestable (if you have enough money) damages. As a corollary, the DOT is not responsible for the court costs involved in a traffic accident, and it would be incredibly short sighted for such a policy to exist as it would place the cost on the rest of the consumers (everyone).
"leaves them free to create more jobs"
What new jobs? Larger legal departments? If anything, they need to have less jobs for a little while so they can clear out the useless people they have now and make room for some people with an original idea. I think three full tries at a spiderman brand (ya, there was another one before the recent trilogy) is indicative of exactly how much they really value creativity and artistic talent (they don't). In fact, the new movie is essentially an expanded version of the game Mirror's Edge. If this is gonna be the next big seller, they are doomed (... still).
"very reasonable"
Clearly...
"instead of spending money on fighting infringement"
They will ALLWAYS be "fighting infringement". Patting them on the head for burying it in sand will only push it in deeper.
"Mother Teresa of Calcutta would be proud"
Funny you should bring up someone who believed in and actively encouraged channeling divinity though the depths of prolonged suffering.
Now, please shill just a little bit harder next time so when we call the proctologist to find your head we can use the echoes to make the job a little easier.
I may appear to be a little lighter than igneous rock pulling the bad joke that I did, but 20 adult elephants barely balances a spoonful of the nutronium residing in your head. Please either learn to chuckle rather than get personal or find a real, factual reason for being such an execrable malcontent.
You heard the man, pay up! I can't patronize you freeloading freetards with complementary 30 second samples forever! If you don't pay me what I want now then you are killing the comment industry!
I think we can all agree by now that nothing is obvious to a record label executive. They would likely keel over and die if their minimally functioning brain stems weren't preprogrammed to make them breath; given its abundance, they'd likely be starved of oxygen while accusing everyone else of taking it for free.
"Problem is, the labels will never admit that their own actions resulted in unauthorized file sharing."
Ya, they're stubborn. Then again, admitting fault might improve their revenue, remove the perpetual moral panic they use to up-sell their latest legislation, and generally move society forward. But who wants any part of that?
"But the government is doing so at the behest of the corporations that have purchased it on the free market because they have the capital and own the means of (money) production."
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So, since I am against SOPA/ACTA/TPP(/YADDAYADDA?), the two narrow stereotypes I am likely to be shoehorned into are aggregator and pirate? What about simple patriotic self interest? You're damn right I'm being greedy! I want to keep all those privileges (ex. freedom of speech) people like you seem to think can be stripped from others just to shore up the bottom line of a bunch of collusive hypocritical thieves (MPAA/RIAA/BSA/etc.) who seem to think its everyone else's fault that they haven't dominated the world yet. They're still making near record profit during a recession while fucking over the artists and consumers and I'm supposed to feel sorry that their monopoly via format is crumbling out from beneath them? And, I say privileges because its people with such incredibly narrow motives such as yourself (shills) that ruin this great experiment (a constitutional federal democratic republic) for the rest of us by getting them taken(/legislated) away, and they aren't rights anymore if they can just be taken away.
I normally joke around about most things (or at least try), but when it comes to selfish unenlightened excretions promoting the incremental decline of civilization I get quite serious (sometimes). Please go find a proctologist and kindly have your two tracks extracted. I believe they may be interfering with your ability to create any original thoughts of your own. While your at it, see about finding some real facts and creating some original opinions of your own. I know it would be disingenuous of you to take that job away from some prick working for the MAFIAA, but branch out and try forming your own thoughts on for size. You may even find it liberating.
tl;dr - please kindly pull over and change the air in your head, it seems to be under vacuum.
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Awwww, I did it, its all my fault
(subtle hint: attention isn't necessarily paid, it is bought by the purveyors of the content we enjoy with said content)
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Touche, I believe I have trolled myself.
Having had the shitty early morning I had, I think you are right. I may have read that tag as applying to the mother teresa line only (blocking the recent memory of the first paragraph) and felt like pouring my pent up annoyance into a rant.
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/sarc
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Now, please shill just a little bit harder next time so when we call the proctologist to find your head we can use the echoes to make the job a little easier.
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Funny, does anyone remember paying anything?
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Do You Need an Invoice?
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Let's Take a Small Step Back
I think we can all agree by now that nothing is obvious to a record label executive. They would likely keel over and die if their minimally functioning brain stems weren't preprogrammed to make them breath; given its abundance, they'd likely be starved of oxygen while accusing everyone else of taking it for free.
"Problem is, the labels will never admit that their own actions resulted in unauthorized file sharing."
Ya, they're stubborn. Then again, admitting fault might improve their revenue, remove the perpetual moral panic they use to up-sell their latest legislation, and generally move society forward. But who wants any part of that?
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Which is textbook corporatism, not capitalism.
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I normally joke around about most things (or at least try), but when it comes to selfish unenlightened excretions promoting the incremental decline of civilization I get quite serious (sometimes). Please go find a proctologist and kindly have your two tracks extracted. I believe they may be interfering with your ability to create any original thoughts of your own. While your at it, see about finding some real facts and creating some original opinions of your own. I know it would be disingenuous of you to take that job away from some prick working for the MAFIAA, but branch out and try forming your own thoughts on for size. You may even find it liberating.
tl;dr - please kindly pull over and change the air in your head, it seems to be under vacuum.
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