The only one helping the terrorists are the CIA themselves. If they had just stayed the fuck out of the area in the 70s, none of this would have been an issue today.
The only thing the CIA knows how to do well is mess everything up.
Someone please send the 20 year old letter Albini wrote to Taylor Swift, who wrongly believes Spotify should pay her instead of the label she signed with.
If I were a business whose sole purpose is to screw as many people as I can, I have one of two options:
1) Run a website and sell drugs, ID cards, and other illegal substances, but risk getting so many years behind bars, future laws may lock up my grandkids...
-OR-
2) Run a pharmaceutical company, bilk billions from the wares, and get a fine levied by the FTC that's so laughably small, it affects nothing of the business.
I also remember a time where people could travel between countries without having an invasive body search done.
But you know what else I remember? "Terrorist" activities. Hijackings, bombings, and murders all done before the "technology" of today existed.
If these actions couldn't be stopped then, and the technology sure as hell didn't stop two attacks against the WTC, what in the hell do these people think they'll accomplish by spying on everyone?
The only way "terrorist" activities can be stopped is by killing the human species. It's the only way to be sure.
There's something terribly lopsided with the way Google handles this type of situation.
If a user receives "too many" copyright complaints, their account is closed immediately.
However, what about those who abuse copyright notices? Yep, those accounts don't get closed at all, leaving the abuser to continue filing more bogus complaints.
If Google really wanted to fix this problem, they should apply the same rules to every account.
It needs to be addressed cable "packages" are sold as they are because distributors control the pricing, not the cable industry.
This is important to understand, because ESPN will cost a fucking boatload compared to a station like Telemundo. Since the latter is "bundled" in current pricing schemes, this subsidizes the cost of having ESPN in the packages.
Everyone complains cable companies are raising our prices, but that's further from the truth (in part). The showdown between distributors and cable operators (who must then "blackout" the signal(s)) is more proof than anyone needs this isn't a cable issue.
Recently, Verizon started offering smaller bundles in its FioS offering, and it didn't take long for distributors to rush to court, including ESPN, which charges an outrage price for its content of many different stations.
It's pretty damn impossible to offer customer choices when distributors are calling the shots.
Well, here's an idea to the "intellectual property" dispute: just use the word idea, because that's what everyone else is using despite the law clearly stating otherwise.
I absolutely promise you two things: use the word "idea" where "IP" is used, and you'll get more people aware of the problem.
The second will be the current stupid pool of maximalists loving the term because now, everyone will understand why they need to lock them up, treat consumers like thieves, and demand more and more revenue.
Sort of like the "Streisand Effect", by using "idea", then the true problem starts to reveal itself.
Let's see how this works: "Today, the Disney company forced a daycare to take down a wall painting of its ideas, including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck."
By changing a simple word, the context of the issue changes instantly. "Intellectual Property" is a term purposely used to mislead.
I concur the term should stop being used, but instead, use what the controlling jerks believe how it's defined.
Then, maybe the public can understand why their dancing baby video was taken down.
Here's the thing. Let's assume for a second Minecraft were a text-based game, this author would still find something to rag about (perhaps the lack of graphics as children aren't imaginative enough to know what a Creeper looks like).
People like this just sit around typing whatever the hell they want, hoping for 15 minutes of fame.
The most atrocious message these "copyright maximalists" make isn't actually spoken, but it's heard nonetheless:
"Our IP is important. Without it, others will steal our ideas and profit from our designs. Despite the fact our products sell well enough for our business to earn a profit, it's not enough and we will do everything in our power to ensure these profits only go to us.
If there's anything which remains true of "capitalism", greed knows no bounds.
I'm going to take a step back and claim this is just another example of Microsoft's poor PR dept having no clue what they're doing.
It doesn't matter that it's in the game arena. Anything coming out of the Microsoft PR dept should be taken with a grain of salt, followed with a gargle of salt water.
I stopped paying attention to these videos a long time ago.
Consumers are able to purchase the copy at its retail price because it is distributed on a specific medium that will play back on only a licensed player. This isn't true, either.
The content that's on the DVD isn't restricted to the player at all. It's MPEG and pretty much any video player can play the digital file.
The only damn reason the disk is used is to add the copy protection layer so that other MPEG players can't access the digital file it can easily play.
Of course, this truth won't be told. There's no way the entertainment industry is going to release $30 movie prices because they have a monopoly on player restrictions.
This includes their idiotic product/services like UltraViolet.
On the post: CIA Boss Claims That Merely Debating Surveillance Is Helping The Terrorists
The only thing the CIA knows how to do well is mess everything up.
On the post: Steve Albini Takes On 'Parasitic' Record Labels And Copyright's 'Outdated' Illusion Of Control
On the post: FTC Gets $1.2 Billion From Drug Company Over 'Pay For Delay' Patent Scam
1) Run a website and sell drugs, ID cards, and other illegal substances, but risk getting so many years behind bars, future laws may lock up my grandkids...
-OR-
2) Run a pharmaceutical company, bilk billions from the wares, and get a fine levied by the FTC that's so laughably small, it affects nothing of the business.
The choice is obvious.
On the post: Disney Warned Fusion Not To Do News Coverage That Might Embarrass It Or Others In Hollywood
Seriously, what the fuck is wrong with corporations in America today.
On the post: Charter Acquires Time Warner Cable, Promises It Will Suck Less Than Blocked Comcast Merger
Competition wins again. Just not for consumers, who'll now be trapped in further price fixing/gouging with even less options to choose a provider.
On the post: Secretary Of State: We Must Have A Secure Internet; Homeland Security Secretary: A Secure Internet Makes Us All Less Safe
I remember a time when the internet didn't exist.
I also remember a time where people could travel between countries without having an invasive body search done.
But you know what else I remember? "Terrorist" activities. Hijackings, bombings, and murders all done before the "technology" of today existed.
If these actions couldn't be stopped then, and the technology sure as hell didn't stop two attacks against the WTC, what in the hell do these people think they'll accomplish by spying on everyone?
The only way "terrorist" activities can be stopped is by killing the human species. It's the only way to be sure.
On the post: YouTube Reinstates Metal Gear Video Konami Took Down, Warns Konami Not To Be Jerks
If a user receives "too many" copyright complaints, their account is closed immediately.
However, what about those who abuse copyright notices? Yep, those accounts don't get closed at all, leaving the abuser to continue filing more bogus complaints.
If Google really wanted to fix this problem, they should apply the same rules to every account.
On the post: Cable Execs Refuse To Offer Better TV Bundle Options Because Consumers Already Enjoy All The 'Value' They Can Handle
It needs to be addressed cable "packages" are sold as they are because distributors control the pricing, not the cable industry.
This is important to understand, because ESPN will cost a fucking boatload compared to a station like Telemundo. Since the latter is "bundled" in current pricing schemes, this subsidizes the cost of having ESPN in the packages.
Everyone complains cable companies are raising our prices, but that's further from the truth (in part). The showdown between distributors and cable operators (who must then "blackout" the signal(s)) is more proof than anyone needs this isn't a cable issue.
Recently, Verizon started offering smaller bundles in its FioS offering, and it didn't take long for distributors to rush to court, including ESPN, which charges an outrage price for its content of many different stations.
It's pretty damn impossible to offer customer choices when distributors are calling the shots.
On the post: Flight Attendants Lost Their Tantrum Suit To Keep Bitching About Our Electronic Devices On Flights
Re: Work from HOME with gourmet scented
(sorry, couldn't help but feed this post - comic opportunities are hard to find)
On the post: US Says 'No' To Corporate Sovereignty Reform; Hungary Says 'No' To Corporate Sovereignty
Interesting. I'm curious to how long the word "dispute" was changed from "issue".
On the post: Verizon Buys AOL, Because Two Lumbering Dinosaurs Who Can't Figure Out The Modern Internet Must Be Better Together
You were a wonderful site all these years.
If you're not separated by the purchase of AOL, then Verizon will make sure you become absolutely useless.
On the post: DEA Takes $16,000 From Train Passenger Because It Can
On the post: How To Use 'Intellectual Property' Properly
I absolutely promise you two things: use the word "idea" where "IP" is used, and you'll get more people aware of the problem.
The second will be the current stupid pool of maximalists loving the term because now, everyone will understand why they need to lock them up, treat consumers like thieves, and demand more and more revenue.
Sort of like the "Streisand Effect", by using "idea", then the true problem starts to reveal itself.
Let's see how this works:
"Today, the Disney company forced a daycare to take down a wall painting of its ideas, including Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck."
By changing a simple word, the context of the issue changes instantly. "Intellectual Property" is a term purposely used to mislead.
I concur the term should stop being used, but instead, use what the controlling jerks believe how it's defined.
Then, maybe the public can understand why their dancing baby video was taken down.
On the post: US Presidential Election Is So Corrupt Even The Person In Charge Says She Has No Power To Stop Abuse
The second corporations were allowed to contribute to election campaigns was the second democracy died.
On the post: Latest Pointless Moral Panic: Minecraft Is Ruining Our Children
People like this just sit around typing whatever the hell they want, hoping for 15 minutes of fame.
He got it.
On the post: China's Top Mobile Company Complains About Counterfeits
"Our IP is important. Without it, others will steal our ideas and profit from our designs. Despite the fact our products sell well enough for our business to earn a profit, it's not enough and we will do everything in our power to ensure these profits only go to us.
If there's anything which remains true of "capitalism", greed knows no bounds.
On the post: Microsoft Advertises The Witcher 3 On Xbox With Footage From The PC Version; Fans Not Fooled
It doesn't matter that it's in the game arena. Anything coming out of the Microsoft PR dept should be taken with a grain of salt, followed with a gargle of salt water.
I stopped paying attention to these videos a long time ago.
On the post: DVD Makers Say That You Don't Really Own The DVDs You Bought... Thanks To Copyright
This isn't true, either.
The content that's on the DVD isn't restricted to the player at all. It's MPEG and pretty much any video player can play the digital file.
The only damn reason the disk is used is to add the copy protection layer so that other MPEG players can't access the digital file it can easily play.
Of course, this truth won't be told. There's no way the entertainment industry is going to release $30 movie prices because they have a monopoly on player restrictions.
This includes their idiotic product/services like UltraViolet.
On the post: Our Response To Sony Sending Us A Threat Letter For Reporting On The Company's Leaked Emails
I get the "go" part, but "pound" doesn't rhyme with "buck" and "sand" isn't a synonym for "yourself".
On the post: Verizon Responds To Internet Video Competition With More Flexible Cable TV Packages, ESPN Immediately Whines
One in the same.
Disney. Why does this company keep coming up in every discussion of innovation as the evil character.
It's about time this evil character is dealt with, preferably in Disney fashion of killing them off.
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