I could've told you long before the fact that having a popular site dedicated to showcasing other people's artwork and photos would increase exposure of the artists and photographers. That you've only learned of this principle after the fact is your failing, not Pinterest's.
That's an interesting question. If he just openly walked in and acted friendly or confused that probably would've ended up more awkward than deadly, particularly if you're the kind of person to leave his door unlocked. But assuming you did immediately assume he was a thief, most people aren't stupid enough to just sit around their house with their gun, so it would take a bit of time to get it. That'd give the guy time to announce himself ("Hi, is Bob home?" or "Who are you?") or get nervous and leave, which would probably avert the shooting unless you were some kind of psychopath. If he didn't, though, you might've been able to, though I'm not sure what the repercussions would be once the police found out that the guy had a reason to expect to be welcome.
Perhaps "every time" was a poor choice of words, but there have been a few series of break-ins in my area that I remember, most of which were resolved by a dude with a gun (though there's one I don't remember much about that might've been handled by the authorities).
The thing is that "smart" no longer means knowing the dates that various treaties were signed on, but being able to tell what effect those treaties had and drawing comparisons to present day. We also need to be able to verify our sources, rather than just believing everything we read. Critical thinking and rationality are still useful, it's just memorizing that's been mechanized. I fail to see why this is a bad thing.
Isn't it the right of an artist to cripple his business if he chooses? What of the successful artists that long only to know what it's like to be a starving artist, but are prevented from living their dream because the thoughtless and inconsiderate masses put their work on Pinterest? Doesn't anyone care about them?
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If you're talking about making money by selling stuff related to your content, Hasbro's properties seem to work like that. Shows such as Transformers and My Little Pony exist mostly to facilitate sales of a toy line or game, not to be profitable on their own, at least judging by last year's Q3 financial report, and the incredibly low rate at which infringing content is removed indicates that they're doing just enough to be allowed to keep their IP. Pokemon and Hello Kitty have operated roughly like this for as long as I can remember. There are countless other shows that exist to sell merchandise, and if the distribution of such shows is restricted just for being illegal then that's a mistake on the part of the rights holder.
I'm not sure if no one's ever thought to do that to adults or they did and children are just more susceptible, but such a market exists.
Shooting people that are on your land is perfectly legal in Texas so long as you aim to kill. I don't see why you'd think that's unreasonable. What do you do, call the police every time someone breaks into your house?
Twitter users don't yet have the ability to blow up buildings with tweets, officials say, but if they were to get the ability, more buildings would be destroyed, according to demolitions experts.
I've never understood why people say the "real world" is more interesting. There's fewer people to talk to, almost no music and nothing to read, it smells like car exhaust and garbage, and if you stay out long enough the Sun starts to kill you. My area doesn't even have street performers or flash mobs. What's the appeal?
The entire point of the article you're commenting on is that excusing piracy is irrelevant. Piracy happens whether it's right or not. If that means that people won't be able to get rich making music then that's unfortunate, but so far we haven't been able to find a solution to piracy that adequately protects the rest of the Internet. People can either try to make money in this environment or they can give up on making money in it, but whining about how they don't like the environment isn't a sustainable business model.
And when there is no business to be made? Money will often run out before attention, especially for college students, and regional restrictions will often prevent foreigners from contributing to a business. Is it wrong for people who can't pay for something to pirate it?
This argument is pointless. One side defines theft as getting something without paying for it, the other defines theft as relieving someone else of something they own, and both sides think the other is at best splitting hairs and at worst playing word games when they argue. Let's just call it thefringement and move on to something that people might actually change their minds about.
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Perhaps "every time" was a poor choice of words, but there have been a few series of break-ins in my area that I remember, most of which were resolved by a dude with a gun (though there's one I don't remember much about that might've been handled by the authorities).
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I'm not sure if no one's ever thought to do that to adults or they did and children are just more susceptible, but such a market exists.
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