I did think that the comic about someone not being able to obtain their favorite TV series anywhere on the internet, so the finally resorted to TPB was funny, but the IP Right Holders have 100% right to not put it up.
You're only proving that the purpose of copyright has changed, somewhere along the way, from providing incentive for the production of creative works to forever LOCKING UP said works as "property" and denying them to the world.
Once you publish something, the world eventually has a right to it. Just as you take from the world the experiences it provides you and instill them into a creative work, you must in turn provide the work itself as public domain. Copyright was supposed to be a short-term exception to this rule, but the "artist entitlement" mentality has changed it, and the world will not be better off for it.
Go out into the real world, step away from TechDirt and you can see that people still want Hollywood movies, they still want music from record labels.
That's only because they don't know how to find the independent material. The studios and labels don't produce exceptional material in any way, they simply have leftover influence from a past era.
So keep up the arrogance. That gobsmacked feeling you got when SOPA was defeated? It'll return once you see the first muli-million dollar Kickstarter film.
For the most part, I'm fairly benevolent and tend to say yes pretty easily when people ask for something that isn't free but I have harder time when people DEMAND that I give away everything for free because it's expected.
No offense intended, but it seems a bit arrogant to assume that your work is important enough to the world that they DEMAND anything of you. Perhaps EXPECT would be a more suitable word.
Whatever Tesla's claims are about the cars range, or indeed, whatever other Tesla test vehicles have achieved, Top Gear claimed that their specific car only went 55 miles before needing a charge, something that I'm sure everyone who works on the show would agree with.
I mean, here at least, FACTS can't be considered libel, but then again, I'm also aware the UK is a bit looser with their definition of the term.
Don't you realize that, if a musician has to spend their time working a McJob to pay the bills, that their time isn't spent writing new music or performing for people?
Are you seriously so naive as to believe that "professional" musicians spend 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day writing and practicing? Touring may be rigorous, but they don't do that all year either...and if the band members have day jobs, they don't *have* to tour in the first place.
Seriously, how often do you think most major label bands practice? Do most of them even do it once a week? The guys in Metallica apparently barely even see each other in the years between albums and tours.
If it’s not available under 100% your terms, you have the free-and-clear option of not having it.
Okay, then, I'll take that option. And who is it, precisely, that loses out when I do?
This is the purpose of my own mantra of "Don't pirate, don't purchase." Piracy only keeps them relevant...shut them off completely, and they'll freaking LONG for these days.
Did I say anything about a "business model?" I listen to music, I don't care about the so-called "business."
Nor do I care what fees this guy thinks he's entitled to. As long as someone else does just as much work and releases for free, then that's what I'll listen to. I see no reason to pay for what others can do for free...that's me being smart about my own finances, and remaining guilt free about sinking so low as to actually give money to record labels or the sniveling, entitled whiners they claim to represent.
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In short, I'm your worst fucking nightmare. Nice to meet you.
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Stopped reading there. The second you call it "stealing," I know right away nothing else you typed is worth the time to read it.
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You're only proving that the purpose of copyright has changed, somewhere along the way, from providing incentive for the production of creative works to forever LOCKING UP said works as "property" and denying them to the world.
Once you publish something, the world eventually has a right to it. Just as you take from the world the experiences it provides you and instill them into a creative work, you must in turn provide the work itself as public domain. Copyright was supposed to be a short-term exception to this rule, but the "artist entitlement" mentality has changed it, and the world will not be better off for it.
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That's only because they don't know how to find the independent material. The studios and labels don't produce exceptional material in any way, they simply have leftover influence from a past era.
So keep up the arrogance. That gobsmacked feeling you got when SOPA was defeated? It'll return once you see the first muli-million dollar Kickstarter film.
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No offense intended, but it seems a bit arrogant to assume that your work is important enough to the world that they DEMAND anything of you. Perhaps EXPECT would be a more suitable word.
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I mean, here at least, FACTS can't be considered libel, but then again, I'm also aware the UK is a bit looser with their definition of the term.
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Yeah! Who is the public to dictate the market value of infinite goods?
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Hey, wait a minute...
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Are you seriously so naive as to believe that "professional" musicians spend 40 hours a week, 8 hours a day writing and practicing? Touring may be rigorous, but they don't do that all year either...and if the band members have day jobs, they don't *have* to tour in the first place.
Seriously, how often do you think most major label bands practice? Do most of them even do it once a week? The guys in Metallica apparently barely even see each other in the years between albums and tours.
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Okay, then, I'll take that option. And who is it, precisely, that loses out when I do?
This is the purpose of my own mantra of "Don't pirate, don't purchase." Piracy only keeps them relevant...shut them off completely, and they'll freaking LONG for these days.
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"Snort their stuff" is not a proverb.
Just saying.
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How exactly is that a "fact?" They could be as good, worse, or better, depending on the listener.
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Well, what the hell does that mean? I download music without paying for it, but it's hardly unauthorized.
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Nor do I care what fees this guy thinks he's entitled to. As long as someone else does just as much work and releases for free, then that's what I'll listen to. I see no reason to pay for what others can do for free...that's me being smart about my own finances, and remaining guilt free about sinking so low as to actually give money to record labels or the sniveling, entitled whiners they claim to represent.
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This guy can keep charging upfront for what others do for free, for all I care. He'll just end up being undersold by people who do it better for free.
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Also: Slavery in the 1960s...heh. You're off by about 100 years, cat.
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