These groups, which represent a minority of people, complain about conditions that affect them, and consistently seek help from the government and other entities are now trying to deny another small group of people governmental help?
"That's because they have knowledge and experience in such creations, and ventured capital up front as an investment in that content, believing it was desirable and would return its investment."
So that's why they made 6 Fast and Furious movies.
You also left out the part about them throwing money at politicians, that makes keeping their investments in tact consistent despite undermining the system of law.
I just had a moment where I envisioned him talking to a witness on the stand....
Ken: So you say you saw the defendant walking into the grocery store...
Witness: Yes, I saw him holding a gun and walking into the store at the time of the robbery
Ken: Are you sure this is the man you saw
Witness: I swear to GOD!
Ken: SWEAR TO ME!!!
This is the difficulty of running a business, and it's also their prerogative to do what they can to stay in business, which doesn't make it right, but if there's anything we can learn it's that the people running business will do what it takes to look out for the business and themselves.
It's interesting...this whole thing reminds me of what Harry G Frankfurt referred to in his book "on bullshit."
He basically says that "bullshitting", particularly the kind done by politicians, is different and much more effective than lying because the person truly believes, to an extent, in what they're saying.
Dodd is a perfect example of this with his background in politics.
"Does the presence of the string "Homeland" in a file name constitute a good-faith belief that the material is infringing?"
Good point, and one thing it relates to is the constant bickering on how Google does not enforce removal of copyrighted content the same way it enforces the removal of child pornography.
If these guys have such a hard time knowing what is, and isn't infringing, how is Google supposed to do it?
Re: Re: Re: Exciting reading, but I don't get your point.
"...but this is the data that "they" will work with."
This is the sad truth of how things are. Luckily, some people call these organizations on their bogus statistics as evidenced by one of the Ars Technica writers who examined some RIAA stats on musicians:
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These groups, which represent a minority of people, complain about conditions that affect them, and consistently seek help from the government and other entities are now trying to deny another small group of people governmental help?
Talk about hypocritical.
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So that's why they made 6 Fast and Furious movies.
You also left out the part about them throwing money at politicians, that makes keeping their investments in tact consistent despite undermining the system of law.
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Ken: So you say you saw the defendant walking into the grocery store...
Witness: Yes, I saw him holding a gun and walking into the store at the time of the robbery
Ken: Are you sure this is the man you saw
Witness: I swear to GOD!
Ken: SWEAR TO ME!!!
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Not to say the subject isn't important, but if you're looking for that kind of a discussion there's plenty of gaming blogs out there.
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They have the exact same mentality of big budget = great content.
That's one more thing to add to the list of things that hurt Hollywood that aren't related to piracy.
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Re: Just Google for "propaganda" and it'll recurse infinitely!
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He basically says that "bullshitting", particularly the kind done by politicians, is different and much more effective than lying because the person truly believes, to an extent, in what they're saying.
Dodd is a perfect example of this with his background in politics.
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Good point, and one thing it relates to is the constant bickering on how Google does not enforce removal of copyrighted content the same way it enforces the removal of child pornography.
If these guys have such a hard time knowing what is, and isn't infringing, how is Google supposed to do it?
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Re: Diet?
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Maybe things have changed, but that was last August.
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Re: Re: As usual, Misleading Mike reads only what fits his template.
I mean, the careful craft of blue's repressed bromance notes scream unrequited love.
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Well, good luck with that.
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Re: Re: Re: Exciting reading, but I don't get your point.
This is the sad truth of how things are. Luckily, some people call these organizations on their bogus statistics as evidenced by one of the Ars Technica writers who examined some RIAA stats on musicians:
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2012/10/have-we-lost-41-percent-of-our-musicians-de pends-on-how-you-the-riaa-count/
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Where exactly did he make excuses?
I'm not being facetious, I'm just trying to wade through your bullshit.
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