18 hours ago, when I was doing the translation stuff for the Torrentfreak piece (http://torrentfreak.com/finlands-crowdsourced-copyright-law-proposal-130124/ ) the estimated target date was Feb 18th with 7.2% done.
glad to see the rate's INCREASING not decreasing, as you'd expect ('the first 5% is always the easiest')
I can just imagine CBS holding a gun and looking at its feet and wondering why it hurts so much.
And then going on about how it's their patriotic duty to blow itself in the foot as many times as possible, and implore the courts and congress to craft legislation to enable them to continue to do this.
Re: Re: But I thought the push was for everyone to have a gun
What you're forgetting is that people own guns because they're cowards.
Cowards don't like being publicly outed as cowards.
And if they're not cowards, absent a threat (which the paper has got) then why do they feel the need to own a gun, as if they were about to be under seige?
Ask the people in Kabul how well assault weapons stood up to the US army. Oh wait, they didn't.
This isn't the 18th century, maybe learn a few things about the way things are now, and let your aggression go. Of course, we can't do much about your 'hero complex' (always wanting to be the one to 'save the day') but the fact that you've as much chance of winning the lottery as being an armed bystander to an event and doing some good might be something you should look into.
" but because it's defamation. Basically that article is saying that anyone with a gun permit (not necessarily a gun) is a threat to you and your family."
They are.
Someone who feels they need a gun to 'feel safe', is a coward. I have a problem with cowards having weapons. They tend to get afraid easily, and that leads to issues.
Someone who likes to go hunting, is a bit of a sadist. They have no NEED to hunt, they just find killing enjoyable. That's not a stable individual there.
I did some part-time gun-smithing when I was younger, but I got rid of all my guns ~15 years ago. Because I GREW UP. I don't have any, don't need any, and don't want any. I'm no coward, that needs to huddle up with my blued-steel security blanket like Linus "dirty Harry" Von Pelt
Aww bless, you think it's still the late 18th century...
"consider that when penning the amendments they'd just finished using privately owned firearms to overthrow an oppressive government. I'm fairly certain they meant for the people to keep that ability."
Yeah, The difference then between the army, and an armed civilian was one had a silly hat, a bright uniform, and could march in step. The weapons and tools for both were the same.
Want to see an example of how that's changed? See Afghanistan. They had an armed invasion of a PORTION of the US Military. The afghan civilians were also better armed, had much more practice using them, AND had 'home field advantage'. They still lost.
Fact is, for every civilian AR15, there's a better military one. You've got Billy-joe JimBob's pickup, they have a Bradley or a Stryker. You have a crop-duster, they have UAV's, F18/F15 and Apache's.
The point is technology has moved on to the point that a 'citizen' has no ability to stand against an army on his own, not with his own resources. But there's a solution - it's what the 2nd amendmentw as actually about, a militia. We have one, it's called THE NATIONAL GUARD.
But otherwise, the 2nd amendment is as outdated and unfit for purpose as the 3rd is.
Of course, Glyn, this is the same consultation that I've been having the censorship issues (http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120729/02544819867/uk-government-censors-copyright-consultation- submission-about-how-awful-collection-societies-are.shtml) with them. Where it seems any 3rd party source or critisism from anyone not a big company, a regular submittor, or a lawyer was going to be censored, according to what little they've said in response to a FOI request (http://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/discussions_on_redactions_in_col#incoming-332796).
I think it's more because the paranoid cowards are afraid that someone's going to take away their 'blued-steel security blanket' and make them have to do without their comfort item.
We have a mental health problem in the US, and it's from the people that feel they need a firearm to feel safe. Something seriously wrong in that sort of thinking.
Even under UK law (the worst defamation law in the world) he'd have a hard time claiming the florida transcript was defamatory. Mainly because there's ALWAYS qualified privledge for proceeds of court, as long as they're a true/accurate representation of it.
I've reproduced the comment here.
by K Dureek 27/11/2012 00:20
"Now we’re not suggesting for one second that illegal file-sharing isn’t a big problem, and hasn’t damaged the industry. It clearly has."
Except everything else you write shows it clearly hasn't.
Music sales are on an increase year-on-year. Look at th eBPI stats, you'll find they're up about 70% on 1998 (pre-napster). The difference is now the amount sold, it's the HOW.
If you have a song on tape, you couldn't easily put it to CD before 95 when cd burners became common. but 3-4 years later, MP3s became popular. If you had it on CD, you had it on MP3. The ease of format shifting was the first 'problem'. At last a new format that didn't require re-purchasing.
Second, files were easy to transfer, and sell. You no longer needed large storefronts, and to 'arrange' shelf-space at your local HMV or Virgin (or ASDA), you just needed a website. So there went the gatekeepers and their cut.
Thirdly, the rise in social media has meant that there's a new way for music to be popularised. No longer is it about paying DJs to play it on Radio1 or your local commercial station. Now it's your friends on facebook, and twitter. People won't 'like it' because the radio says it's popular now, people can tell for themselves how popular it is. And that's a blow to the gatekeepers, and the marketeers. Now you can't MAKE it popular. It has to actually become popular itself. That's a lot harder.
All told these three (and there are others as well, but these are the big ones) have CHANGED it, but not DAMAGED it. What it has damaged is the domination by the big 3. It's trivial for me to set up a 'label' and sell music now; certainly compared to the mid/late 90s when I was working for a small Epsom-based record company, who was being deliberately obstructed by the likes of the BPI (who cater to the majors and not the small ones, at least back then).
I basically made the same arguments the day of the article (almost 2 weeks ago), in the comments there. See the second one, by 'K Dureek' (my pseudonym)
I think it's the opposite.
I think the smithsonian piece focuses more on a few personal choices after the event (like FDR in a white dress 140 years ago) rather than contemporary accounts in the media showing surprise.
Actually, the baby colours is wrong. before the 30s/40s, red/pink was for boys, and blue was for girls, because red was a strong colour, for blood and war and such. Blue was considered a soft colour.
QI told me so - https://sites.google.com/site/qitranscripts/transcripts/7x07
They had a number of hits, just not in the US. But then, they're a UK group. Richard Fairbrass has turned into more of a TV person in recent years anyway, doing things like late-night TV and pop quizes (his appearances on Never Mind the Buzzcocks are some of the reasons it gained such popularity, and can get the likes of Ne-Yo, Alice Cooper and Josh Groban to host it (all 3 have in recent times)
I think the key example of how he matured though, is that he presented a gameshow where you ended up actually making gold ingots in the Jordanian desert as both the final challenge, and your prize (The Desert Forges).
And yes, I've heard the first two Right Said Fred albums, my sister had them. They're not bad, actually. Still not a patch on Hawkwind.
You can, I sure wish it were possible.
The US is perhaps the most undemocratic country in the west. It's so hard to get on a ballot, it's a lot easier to get on in pretty much any other western country.
I say this with experiance, as both the first long-term leader of the USPP, and then the first head of the PPI. It's easier to set up and get registered as a political party in Russia, than in the US. Should tell you something!
The point behind the book was that it was to help educate people on the problems, and principles of the Pirate Party. I'm working on other stuff 'for pay'.
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Re: current stats
glad to see the rate's INCREASING not decreasing, as you'd expect ('the first 5% is always the easiest')
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And then going on about how it's their patriotic duty to blow itself in the foot as many times as possible, and implore the courts and congress to craft legislation to enable them to continue to do this.
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Some solutions
http://falkvinge.net/2013/01/08/how-the-police-and-politicians-can-regain-the-public-trust/
Won't happen though, and we all know it.
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Re: Re: But I thought the push was for everyone to have a gun
Cowards don't like being publicly outed as cowards.
And if they're not cowards, absent a threat (which the paper has got) then why do they feel the need to own a gun, as if they were about to be under seige?
On the post: More Post-Newtown Fallout: Gun Owners Vs. Journalists In New York
Re:
This isn't the 18th century, maybe learn a few things about the way things are now, and let your aggression go. Of course, we can't do much about your 'hero complex' (always wanting to be the one to 'save the day') but the fact that you've as much chance of winning the lottery as being an armed bystander to an event and doing some good might be something you should look into.
On the post: More Post-Newtown Fallout: Gun Owners Vs. Journalists In New York
Re: A different take
They are.
Someone who feels they need a gun to 'feel safe', is a coward. I have a problem with cowards having weapons. They tend to get afraid easily, and that leads to issues.
Someone who likes to go hunting, is a bit of a sadist. They have no NEED to hunt, they just find killing enjoyable. That's not a stable individual there.
I did some part-time gun-smithing when I was younger, but I got rid of all my guns ~15 years ago. Because I GREW UP. I don't have any, don't need any, and don't want any. I'm no coward, that needs to huddle up with my blued-steel security blanket like Linus "dirty Harry" Von Pelt
On the post: More Post-Newtown Fallout: Gun Owners Vs. Journalists In New York
Re: Re:
"consider that when penning the amendments they'd just finished using privately owned firearms to overthrow an oppressive government. I'm fairly certain they meant for the people to keep that ability."
Yeah, The difference then between the army, and an armed civilian was one had a silly hat, a bright uniform, and could march in step. The weapons and tools for both were the same.
Want to see an example of how that's changed? See Afghanistan. They had an armed invasion of a PORTION of the US Military. The afghan civilians were also better armed, had much more practice using them, AND had 'home field advantage'. They still lost.
Fact is, for every civilian AR15, there's a better military one. You've got Billy-joe JimBob's pickup, they have a Bradley or a Stryker. You have a crop-duster, they have UAV's, F18/F15 and Apache's.
The point is technology has moved on to the point that a 'citizen' has no ability to stand against an army on his own, not with his own resources. But there's a solution - it's what the 2nd amendmentw as actually about, a militia. We have one, it's called THE NATIONAL GUARD.
But otherwise, the 2nd amendment is as outdated and unfit for purpose as the 3rd is.
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censorship
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That's why we're trying to get the Georgia Pirate Party going.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: As a general rule
We have a mental health problem in the US, and it's from the people that feel they need a firearm to feel safe. Something seriously wrong in that sort of thinking.
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defamation claims
It's a little something I learnt when researching the law thanks to the UK IPO office censoring me for alleged defamation of collecting societies (as Glyn wrote about in July) It's a case that's still ongoing, as I'm trying to find out the facts of what they've been doing.
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(for those that don't want to find it there)
by K Dureek 27/11/2012 00:20
"Now we’re not suggesting for one second that illegal file-sharing isn’t a big problem, and hasn’t damaged the industry. It clearly has."
Except everything else you write shows it clearly hasn't.
Music sales are on an increase year-on-year. Look at th eBPI stats, you'll find they're up about 70% on 1998 (pre-napster). The difference is now the amount sold, it's the HOW.
If you have a song on tape, you couldn't easily put it to CD before 95 when cd burners became common. but 3-4 years later, MP3s became popular. If you had it on CD, you had it on MP3. The ease of format shifting was the first 'problem'. At last a new format that didn't require re-purchasing.
Second, files were easy to transfer, and sell. You no longer needed large storefronts, and to 'arrange' shelf-space at your local HMV or Virgin (or ASDA), you just needed a website. So there went the gatekeepers and their cut.
Thirdly, the rise in social media has meant that there's a new way for music to be popularised. No longer is it about paying DJs to play it on Radio1 or your local commercial station. Now it's your friends on facebook, and twitter. People won't 'like it' because the radio says it's popular now, people can tell for themselves how popular it is. And that's a blow to the gatekeepers, and the marketeers. Now you can't MAKE it popular. It has to actually become popular itself. That's a lot harder.
All told these three (and there are others as well, but these are the big ones) have CHANGED it, but not DAMAGED it. What it has damaged is the domination by the big 3. It's trivial for me to set up a 'label' and sell music now; certainly compared to the mid/late 90s when I was working for a small Epsom-based record company, who was being deliberately obstructed by the likes of the BPI (who cater to the majors and not the small ones, at least back then).
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Re: Re:
I think the smithsonian piece focuses more on a few personal choices after the event (like FDR in a white dress 140 years ago) rather than contemporary accounts in the media showing surprise.
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QI told me so - https://sites.google.com/site/qitranscripts/transcripts/7x07
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Leave Right Said Fred alone!
I think the key example of how he matured though, is that he presented a gameshow where you ended up actually making gold ingots in the Jordanian desert as both the final challenge, and your prize (The Desert Forges).
And yes, I've heard the first two Right Said Fred albums, my sister had them. They're not bad, actually. Still not a patch on Hawkwind.
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Re: I'll take it
The US is perhaps the most undemocratic country in the west. It's so hard to get on a ballot, it's a lot easier to get on in pretty much any other western country.
I say this with experiance, as both the first long-term leader of the USPP, and then the first head of the PPI. It's easier to set up and get registered as a political party in Russia, than in the US. Should tell you something!
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
That's why we're thinking about updating our rules to deal with the crapload of useless, abusive, and stupid comments.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
The point behind the book was that it was to help educate people on the problems, and principles of the Pirate Party. I'm working on other stuff 'for pay'.
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