'''That is because there was no real "Franchise Reform".'''
I was going to say the exact same thing: WHAT reform? Cable is still a monopoly; I don't claim to know exactly why, but cable companies will NOT service another cable companies 'area'. Same thing with DSL: I wanted to get DSL through AT&T but they said they "couldn't", that Centurylink services my area. Turns out their service really blows, I had to go with the much more expensive Mediacom Cable for decent internet.
Before some goon says, "See, you had a choice!"... No. I really didn't. A choice between two different types of monopolies is not really a choice.
"""They want nothing to do with these plastic or paper replicas."""
Don't be naive. They want plenty to do with these 'plastic or paper replicas.' They want Wowwee to send them wads of cash and then all will be well.
Having said that, as much as I hate to admit it, I feel like Gibson has a pretty fair claim here. I agree that they are going about this in the usual idiotic ham-handed manner, but it would probably have been a good idea on the part of Wowwee to contact Gibson about a licensing agreement.
This is all the more funny because it actually happens. I've seen OEM Software orders come packed with an obviously unusable chip of memory because "this OEM software can only legally be sold with hardware."
You can bet your bottom dollar that the number is ZERO, because if they had caught anyone, they would be trumpeting it from the rooftops in order to justify their inane existence.
"""Please explain to me what the existing laws on the books are to address a pirate server hosted in Pakistan/Iran/N.Korea/etc. or any country that does not believe in enforcing American IP rights."""
The law of "chill out dude." The cat's out of the bag, the genie is out of the bottle, Pandora's box is opened, pick your damn cliche, but the end result will be the same: you can't put the egg back into Humpty Dumpty's shell. As stupid as COICA is, it won't really affect anything if it passes, it will just make the US look hypocritical and stupid.
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I was going to say the exact same thing: WHAT reform? Cable is still a monopoly; I don't claim to know exactly why, but cable companies will NOT service another cable companies 'area'. Same thing with DSL: I wanted to get DSL through AT&T but they said they "couldn't", that Centurylink services my area. Turns out their service really blows, I had to go with the much more expensive Mediacom Cable for decent internet.
Before some goon says, "See, you had a choice!"... No. I really didn't. A choice between two different types of monopolies is not really a choice.
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Ahh, but did you ask if the check CLEARED cleared? Therein lies your mistake!
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Don't be naive. They want plenty to do with these 'plastic or paper replicas.' They want Wowwee to send them wads of cash and then all will be well.
Having said that, as much as I hate to admit it, I feel like Gibson has a pretty fair claim here. I agree that they are going about this in the usual idiotic ham-handed manner, but it would probably have been a good idea on the part of Wowwee to contact Gibson about a licensing agreement.
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Use anyone else's work without permission recently?"""
Translation: Hi, I'm an asshole!
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They understand
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I see what you did there.
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FTA: """...why is the government so anxious to wiretap/spy on people without a warrant?"""
All hilarity aside AC, your first sentence is in fact the correct answer.
"""Getting a warrant creates a paper trail."""
That's why, Mike, pure and simple. Plausible deniability.
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Interesting freudian slip there.
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Because I sense you are new, I'm only going to point out one of the many flaws in your post:
Songs != houses. We're not even talking apples to oranges. That analogy is completely wrong in every way.
Lurk moar.
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The law of "chill out dude." The cat's out of the bag, the genie is out of the bottle, Pandora's box is opened, pick your damn cliche, but the end result will be the same: you can't put the egg back into Humpty Dumpty's shell. As stupid as COICA is, it won't really affect anything if it passes, it will just make the US look hypocritical and stupid.
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I don't even know how to begin explaining to you how stupid that post was.
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