shine the spotlight on any little speck you can spin into a huge story that disparages the prosecution
Pot, meet kettle.
Your entire schtick is to rush to post something (anything) critical of the posted article. It doesn't matter what the article is actually about or how irrelevant the nitpick.
If Mike posted something critical of Mussolini you'd be the guy who rushed in to post that Mussolini made all the trains run on time and "why isn't Mike talking about that??"
An exactly copy of the copyrighted work of a creator is not you arranging bits on a hard drive in any manner you see fit.
Um, that's exactly what is it. Literally.
violation of his human rights
Bzzzzt, wrong. Even if I accepted IP law (which I don't), it's clear that the intent of granting such a monopoly in the US is about maximizing the public interest, and not about the creators' "human rights".
I thought the entire point of patents is that the public gets to know how to do something in exchange for granting a limited-time monopoly to the creator . . .
Can't you believe in free speech, and also criticize someone for what they say? Can't you believe in the right to bear arms, and also criticize someone for misusing a gun?
If so, why can't you believe in the right of juries to nullify, and also criticize them when the power is misused?
This is less of an effort to get Apple to "pay up" and more of an effort to force a cross-licensing agreement so that Apple can't strongarm Google's partners anymore.
Would you say the same about bribing politicians? Just curious.
(Either way, I'll award you a 7/10. It's a pretty obtuse post, and thereby challenges people to respond effectively, but I didn't quite feel the contempt. You might try adding a "Mikey" next time.)
"But it ends up in the same place after a while - too many authors, too little space, not enough sales per author."
"What we need is less consumer choice! Some writers will just have to stop writing for the good of the book industry as a whole! The government should hand out book licenses like they hand out taxi licenses, because I am absolutely clueless about basic economic principles!"
Aviation security expert Chris Yates said: “This was a lapse but I don't believe this was a serious security breach. Anybody who passes through Manchester Airport must be screened whether that is through a full body scanner or a metal detector. That did happen in this instance.
So he was screened; they just didn't check that he was supposed to be there in the first place.
Have you seen a post here about how kids shouldn't have to have boarding passes? I can't recall any myself.
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We're almost there!
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Your entire schtick is to rush to post something (anything) critical of the posted article. It doesn't matter what the article is actually about or how irrelevant the nitpick.
If Mike posted something critical of Mussolini you'd be the guy who rushed in to post that Mussolini made all the trains run on time and "why isn't Mike talking about that??"
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However, if someone who has the ebook offers to send me a copy (BitTorrent, for example), I will gladly accept.
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Bzzzzt, wrong. Even if I accepted IP law (which I don't), it's clear that the intent of granting such a monopoly in the US is about maximizing the public interest, and not about the creators' "human rights".
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So once that whole "rights" nonsense is gone, your argument becomes "but . . . but . . . it's ILLEGAL!", to which I respond, "So what?"
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Uhhhh
I thought the entire point of patents is that the public gets to know how to do something in exchange for granting a limited-time monopoly to the creator . . .
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Can't you believe in free speech, and also criticize someone for what they say? Can't you believe in the right to bear arms, and also criticize someone for misusing a gun?
If so, why can't you believe in the right of juries to nullify, and also criticize them when the power is misused?
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Re: More. Rigorous. Licensing.
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My Assumption
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Trolls, start your engines!
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(Either way, I'll award you a 7/10. It's a pretty obtuse post, and thereby challenges people to respond effectively, but I didn't quite feel the contempt. You might try adding a "Mikey" next time.)
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Not true. Home ownership has advantages and disadvantages, and it isn't always one-sided.
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"What we need is less consumer choice! Some writers will just have to stop writing for the good of the book industry as a whole! The government should hand out book licenses like they hand out taxi licenses, because I am absolutely clueless about basic economic principles!"
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So he was screened; they just didn't check that he was supposed to be there in the first place.
Have you seen a post here about how kids shouldn't have to have boarding passes? I can't recall any myself.
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