"The difference there is that it is discrimination, by excluding one candidate and not the other. What Paypal is doing isn't censorship or discrimination, because they are declining an entire segment of business, not a single company or individual."
It is censorship and discrimination because they are deciding what is and isn't a "dirty" book. Are the two books mentioned in the article (Sophocles’ Oedipus and Ovid’s Metamorphoses) and other (that at one time were considered) questionable books considered cause them to denied companies selling them access? If the answer is no then it by definition censorship and discrimination.
Paypal as a private company can take this stance, but don't claim they aren't using their market position to dictate public policy.
Did you read the entire article? Paypal acts as a middle man for credit card companies, banks, ect., they are the ones putting pressure on Paypal to do this. If Paypal says no, there goes their business. When your alternative says no, there goes their business. You need to direct your ire to the ones at the top.
"Basically, it would have been better if he has waited for the law to be introduced, and then criticize it."
Did you read and comprehend my last statement?
"Sorry but the time to discuss and point out potential problems with legislation is while its being formed, not after its written and enacted."
Once a bill is introduced most of the work of writing it is done. It might get tweaked or killed, but it is almost never completely rewritten to address concerns that weren't addressed earlier.
"So it's ok to give away someone else's content when you agree to pay them for it and then its ok to not pay them for it. "
I like it! Ok RIAA & MPAA I'll never "pirate" anything again. You'll get paid right after it gets processed through a copy of YOUR accounting and disbursement model.
Yes, their first responsibility is suppose to be to their stockholders. Nowadays the heads of these companies only feel responsible for themselves and everything else be damned.
"In the end, the "internet" is doing one thing solidly: proving that it is still not ready for prime time and a honest life. It's still caught in the juvenile justice system. Kim dotcom grew up enough and now faces adult justice. The rest of you can't hide out in the juvi system forever."
"The vast majority of the "culture" today isn't created online. Online is a result of culture and a feedback mechanism, but not a source in and of itself. Take away the outside cultural material created offline, and the online world would be pretty empty."
The same quote again with the words in CAPS showing the replacements.
The vast majority of the "culture" today isn't created IN HOLLYWOOD. HOLLYWOOD is a result of culture and a feedback mechanism, but not a source in and of itself. Take away the outside cultural material created OUTSIDE AND BEFORE HOLLYWOOD, and the HOLLYWOOD world would be pretty empty.
It's legal with a camera, because then it's a movie. If it's done privately and paid for it's a crime. I believe the court case was Voyeur v. Discretion.
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It is censorship and discrimination because they are deciding what is and isn't a "dirty" book. Are the two books mentioned in the article (Sophocles’ Oedipus and Ovid’s Metamorphoses) and other (that at one time were considered) questionable books considered cause them to denied companies selling them access? If the answer is no then it by definition censorship and discrimination.
Paypal as a private company can take this stance, but don't claim they aren't using their market position to dictate public policy.
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I believe the technical term is "long pig".
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Did you read and comprehend my last statement?
"Sorry but the time to discuss and point out potential problems with legislation is while its being formed, not after its written and enacted."
Once a bill is introduced most of the work of writing it is done. It might get tweaked or killed, but it is almost never completely rewritten to address concerns that weren't addressed earlier.
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And;
Most people tend to drink bleach before seeing if it's dangerous.
Most people tend to speed on icy roads before seeing if they will crash.
Most people tend to (add your own ridiculous example)
Sorry but the time to discuss and point out potential problems with legislation is while its being formed, not after its written and enacted.
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I like it! Ok RIAA & MPAA I'll never "pirate" anything again. You'll get paid right after it gets processed through a copy of YOUR accounting and disbursement model.
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"They are politicians who feel a need to take away our rights so they can "keep us safe" without ever really knowing how to do that."
It has nothing to do we keeping us safe. It's all about controlling the masses.
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To paraphrase Leona Helmsley
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Translation:
If you upset the status quo get out of my yard.
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The same quote again with the words in CAPS showing the replacements.
The vast majority of the "culture" today isn't created IN HOLLYWOOD. HOLLYWOOD is a result of culture and a feedback mechanism, but not a source in and of itself. Take away the outside cultural material created OUTSIDE AND BEFORE HOLLYWOOD, and the HOLLYWOOD world would be pretty empty.
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Re: It would still be pretty lucrative...
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