You totally stole my idea. I'll sue you into the innermost depths of hell.
Pray tell, how does one go about stealing ideas, hm?
Do you get to rummage around someone's brain and grab the idea while its still forming in the victims brain, thereby depriving the victim's access to said idea?
Remember, what you saw in Inception wasn't real, and besides that was about planting an idea, not stealing one.
Downloading a music file illegally is infringement on the copyright that rests on the music file. It's not stealing, because the artists hasn't lost anything.
Here's your idea of stealing:
You have a pig.
I clone that pig.
Now we both have a pig and then you accuse me of stealing.
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Generally speaking, if the disc is in the #bigbucks stores, such as wal*mart, best buy etc, or whatever equivalent in your country. It's been put there by MAFFIAA and should be avoided like the plague.
Obvious names like Disney, Warner, SONY, EMI, Universal, Paramount, etc. are all members of either the MPAA or the RIAA.
How can the USTR be so cynical?
They come off as Bond-villains, all that's missing is an monocle and a cat. They already have the schemes, and they seem to be the Constitutions arch-enemy.
And for what? A perceived bit of extra security in copyright, that's not even a paper tiger.
So only people with a credit card can enter the country, but only when you've already paid 14 bucks for the privilege of emptying your soul to US Customs and Border 'Protection' agency.
Next to that you have to endure the ridiculous security theatre, which thankfully you don't have to pay for (yet).
No, the US hates tourists, and would like to see America only open to Americans.
And on the other side, US demands info from EU, but don't reciprocate. The EU doesn't get flight info from the US. At least not to the extent that the US gets about EU citizens.
How much does a CD cost? How much is that per track?
Now how much do the record companies actually ask as reimbursement for every infraction of copyright law, when they are charging people in court. That's what the joke is here.
The guts these government have to openly flaunt their corruption for everyone to see. They must really not be afraid of a public uprising. No I am convinced it doesn't just look bad, it really is corruption.
HBO has only recently started on Dutch TV, but still it is years behind on the American network, meanwhile a lot of their content has been aired on Dutch stations one way or another already, removing the need for an HBO subscription.
Unless they're going to lock up their content from airing on Dutch tv stations. But I'm not so sure if that's wise.
Recently I was looking at sim only mobile subscriptions, and I have visited and bought a subscription at T-mobile.nl, but since then almost all ads I see are T-mobile ads, with a sparse Vodafone ad in between.
Yes, AdSense, I get it, very clever, you know that I visited t-mobile, but that does not mean that that's the only ad I want to see! Especially because they are of no use to me, and make me want to grab for the nearest Adblock Plus extension even quicker.
Especially because they are all animated ads, instead of the previous rather inobtrusive text ads. Why, Google, have you caved in to the advertisers moronic idea that we want to see flashing banners everywhere?
I guess, it serve me right for using a browser that doesn't have a NoScript extension.
Don't forget comment forms. A lot of the added value to Techdirt has been the user generated content in comments. Clearly someone could use the comment form to spread hatespeech, or link people to illegal material.
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Pray tell, how does one go about stealing ideas, hm?
Do you get to rummage around someone's brain and grab the idea while its still forming in the victims brain, thereby depriving the victim's access to said idea?
Remember, what you saw in Inception wasn't real, and besides that was about planting an idea, not stealing one.
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Here's your idea of stealing:
You have a pig.
I clone that pig.
Now we both have a pig and then you accuse me of stealing.
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Obvious names like Disney, Warner, SONY, EMI, Universal, Paramount, etc. are all members of either the MPAA or the RIAA.
A more detailed list of RIAA members:
http://www.riaa.com/aboutus.php?content_selector=aboutus_members
And Wikipedia holds a small list of MPAA members:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association_of_America#Members
Avoid these companies.
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They come off as Bond-villains, all that's missing is an monocle and a cat. They already have the schemes, and they seem to be the Constitutions arch-enemy.
And for what? A perceived bit of extra security in copyright, that's not even a paper tiger.
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BTW, EU has been giving this info to the US since 2003
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"The US Customs and Border Protection department charge $14 per application for an ESTA. All payments must be made by credit card." ( source: http://www.fco.gov.uk/en/travel-and-living-abroad/travel-advice-by-country/north-central-america/uni ted-states )
So only people with a credit card can enter the country, but only when you've already paid 14 bucks for the privilege of emptying your soul to US Customs and Border 'Protection' agency.
Next to that you have to endure the ridiculous security theatre, which thankfully you don't have to pay for (yet).
No, the US hates tourists, and would like to see America only open to Americans.
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It is very much a one way street.
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Now how much do the record companies actually ask as reimbursement for every infraction of copyright law, when they are charging people in court. That's what the joke is here.
Or in other words *Whoosh*
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That does have a ring to it.
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Unless they're going to lock up their content from airing on Dutch tv stations. But I'm not so sure if that's wise.
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actually getting annoyed at targeted ads.
Recently I was looking at sim only mobile subscriptions, and I have visited and bought a subscription at T-mobile.nl, but since then almost all ads I see are T-mobile ads, with a sparse Vodafone ad in between.
Yes, AdSense, I get it, very clever, you know that I visited t-mobile, but that does not mean that that's the only ad I want to see! Especially because they are of no use to me, and make me want to grab for the nearest Adblock Plus extension even quicker.
Especially because they are all animated ads, instead of the previous rather inobtrusive text ads. Why, Google, have you caved in to the advertisers moronic idea that we want to see flashing banners everywhere?
I guess, it serve me right for using a browser that doesn't have a NoScript extension.
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