Not a damn change, she deserves all the scorn and vitriol she's getting. She's a horrible human being and a poster child for everything wrong with religious dogma.
"...it seems to me that there is a very lucrative market for highlights like these."
There is NO market for these GIF highlights. None. Nobody is going to pay money for a short, low-res, soundless, looping clips. Stop making ridiculous claims without even a shred of info to support them.
"Well, it helps the artists heirs, as the copyright becomes part of his estate."
Actually it mostly it helps the copyright owners, which are usually not the artist or their heirs.
But even if you're right, WHY?! Can anyone explain why artist's heirs should be supported by copyright? Can you think of any other group that has legal protection of their heirs' future income?
"Because they still have to pretend that copyright is meant to serve the public."
I think they stopped pretending that long ago. I can't ever remember ever hearing copyright supporters talk in terms of serving the public, only serving themselves. Some have genuine self-interest for their art, some are just greedy corporates and control freaks, but they never talk about benefits to the public.
"Bullying is a troubling aspect that you are not mentioning."
I think Tim made it pretty clear his behavior was despicable, but that's not the point of the article, which was the school's over-reach in punishment.
"The tweets and such finds their way to W causing the hostile school environment."
The tweets weren't in the school environment, they were on Titter, where she had to actively seek them out.
Sympathy for the victim is understandable but not a good enough reason for the university to be able to do what they did.
"Some more research on the matter would have shown you that Australia and New Zealand are in the process of introducing plain packaging for tobacco..."
Some research on the matter would have shown you this has been discussed several times on Techdirt.
Not really sure why this would affect your trust of them, unless you work of Apple of course...
A lot of comments here reek of skin in the game. Most of iFixit's readers would be happy to get an early peek under the hood of products. I'd be surprised if many felt the need to leap to Apple's defense.
"The headline is misleading, bordering on (if not exceeding) factually incorrect..."
What part of "Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV" is factually incorrect? Whoever you think is in the wrong, this is still exactly what happened.
There are consequences for giving a product that you don't want taken apart to a website whose raison d'ĂȘtre is taking stuff apart, as Apple has learned the hard way.
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Not a damn change, she deserves all the scorn and vitriol she's getting. She's a horrible human being and a poster child for everything wrong with religious dogma.
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Cheerleaders...
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There is NO market for these GIF highlights. None. Nobody is going to pay money for a short, low-res, soundless, looping clips. Stop making ridiculous claims without even a shred of info to support them.
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Re: Advertising supported radio and television has always been on verge of collapse.
You mean you can't see the thing that's actually happening right in front of you?
From anyone else such a stupid assertion would surprise me. You, not so much.
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Re: Re: Since when is requiring people to pay a pittance for goods a "stick"? That's basic free market.
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I LOL'd. :)
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So what? You could say that about lots of people in other professions. Nobody should be owed an inheritance.
"But because nothing sells like a dead musician their heirs stand to have something of an inheritance."
Only a tiny fraction of dead musicians are in that category.
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Actually it mostly it helps the copyright owners, which are usually not the artist or their heirs.
But even if you're right, WHY?! Can anyone explain why artist's heirs should be supported by copyright? Can you think of any other group that has legal protection of their heirs' future income?
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I think they stopped pretending that long ago. I can't ever remember ever hearing copyright supporters talk in terms of serving the public, only serving themselves. Some have genuine self-interest for their art, some are just greedy corporates and control freaks, but they never talk about benefits to the public.
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I think Tim made it pretty clear his behavior was despicable, but that's not the point of the article, which was the school's over-reach in punishment.
"The tweets and such finds their way to W causing the hostile school environment."
The tweets weren't in the school environment, they were on Titter, where she had to actively seek them out.
Sympathy for the victim is understandable but not a good enough reason for the university to be able to do what they did.
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Some research on the matter would have shown you this has been discussed several times on Techdirt.
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140319/03205226620/australia-may-soon-regret-giving-up- its-refusal-to-accept-corporate-sovereignty-trade-agreements.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/ 20150803/09020531838/australias-legal-bill-fighting-philip-morris-corporate-sovereignty-case-35-mill ion-so-far.shtml
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20140829/03425628359/corporate-sovereignty-debate- heats-up-australia.shtml
Be careful with snark, it can bite you in the ass.
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A lot of comments here reek of skin in the game. Most of iFixit's readers would be happy to get an early peek under the hood of products. I'd be surprised if many felt the need to leap to Apple's defense.
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What part of "Apple Punishes iFixit For Doing A Tear Down On Apple TV" is factually incorrect? Whoever you think is in the wrong, this is still exactly what happened.
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