Nice, to accuse someone of ripping off musicians (without proof I might add), in a thread where you are trying to defend an industry that was designed to rip off musicians.
I have yet to see your proof that Mike has been lying.
Yes, the recording industry is failing, but mostly not because of piracy.
No, the music industry is not the same as the recording industry, and yes the music industry is actually booming. (looking at your own numbers)
It was only a matter of time when one of the protectionists would use the Lulzsec and Anonymous movements as reasons for more protectionism. And you know what? Gullible politicians are going to buy it too.
And yet, if it weren't available chances are pretty slim they'd pay for it... Just ask the average Photoshop user.
And I agree that uploading is the illegal act here, and that going after them is a good thing. But the copyright-maximalists have it wrong too, they have $$-signs in front of their eyes, and are eyeing their bulging wallets and complain that it isn't bulging more.
Getting rid of piracy will also get rid of the sales that you get by people actually liking your product after they've got to sample it.
Copyright infringement also isn't stealing, but the copyrightards keep bringing that falsehood up, because it makes for a great soundbite and feeds that conservative underbelly-feeling, and smacks of truthiness. And people are being stopped by the RIAA, the MPAA and other organisations. It's just not helping the RIAA and the MPAA much, except set more bad blood, and causing more people to just download in retaliation. DUH.
Most people are greedy by nature, especially the entitled clusterfucks at the RIAA and the MPAA, who feel that we should pay 15 times for the same movie and music, Betamax, VHS, vinyl, cassette, cd, dvd, hddvd, bluray, digital download. We, the people, have been milked dry.
And despite the fact that they are making record sales even during times of recession, these clusterfuck-morons want more money.
Being inspired by someone is something COMPLETELY different from making a copy.
A copy should resemble the original a lot more than the examples shown here.
The figure on the t-shirt is different than the one in the cartoon, the text is similar but not the same. So, it's not a copy, one might be inspired by the other, but there is no clear proof of that, nor is that illegal. People are inspired by others all the time, hence the saying "standing on the shoulders of giants."
For instance, Edison wasn't the first to think of lightbulbs. He was just quicker in filing for a patent. And Edison was a bully and a blowhard. He stifled a lot of progress with his patents.
And if scientists couldn't built upon other people's ideas, gravity would still be a mystery to us, other than that apples can fall on people's heads.
But I own the idea of language, all of you who are using it to share information should cease immediately, or pay me *pinky to corner of mouth* 1 million dollars, or I'll send my shark-lawyers with frickin' lasers to you.
The offensiveness to our freedoms of Al-Qaeda is done by agencies like the TSA, Al-Qaeda itself is offended by our freedoms, but doesn't offend them by themselves.
All they do is try and strike fear.
And apparently they struck gold with our governments who would like us all to cower in fear of the terrorist boogeyman. Because a scared nation is easier to lead.
Well, I'm not convinced that Al-Qaeda poses much of a threat.
How many attacks on our liberties have been made by Al-Qaeda?
How many attacks on our liberties have been made by the TSA?
I fear the TSA more, because they are designed to infringe on our liberties, Al-Qaeda's intentions are more to strike fear rather than infringe.
Besides that, the chance of me getting hit by one of their attacks is sooo much lower than the chance of me being subjected to one of TSA's gropefests or nudescans.
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I have yet to see your proof that Mike has been lying.
Yes, the recording industry is failing, but mostly not because of piracy.
No, the music industry is not the same as the recording industry, and yes the music industry is actually booming. (looking at your own numbers)
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The pi billion, that's just hilarious.
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Twitter is basically shouting into a desert full of other shouting people.
Facebook creeps into your life, reads your letters and looks in your drawers to see if you have something interesting in there for their advertisers.
Myspace is pretty much a music portal now.
Friendster only limited popularity.
Same with Orkut.
I don't see how Google's Google+ or even Diaspora are going to bring to the table that makes it actually relevant.
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It was only a matter of time when one of the protectionists would use the Lulzsec and Anonymous movements as reasons for more protectionism. And you know what? Gullible politicians are going to buy it too.
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And I agree that uploading is the illegal act here, and that going after them is a good thing. But the copyright-maximalists have it wrong too, they have $$-signs in front of their eyes, and are eyeing their bulging wallets and complain that it isn't bulging more.
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Google's Fourth?
Will they make it a success this time?
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Copyright infringement also isn't stealing, but the copyrightards keep bringing that falsehood up, because it makes for a great soundbite and feeds that conservative underbelly-feeling, and smacks of truthiness. And people are being stopped by the RIAA, the MPAA and other organisations. It's just not helping the RIAA and the MPAA much, except set more bad blood, and causing more people to just download in retaliation. DUH.
Most people are greedy by nature, especially the entitled clusterfucks at the RIAA and the MPAA, who feel that we should pay 15 times for the same movie and music, Betamax, VHS, vinyl, cassette, cd, dvd, hddvd, bluray, digital download. We, the people, have been milked dry.
And despite the fact that they are making record sales even during times of recession, these clusterfuck-morons want more money.
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Or to use a more recent example, by Bob Ross?
Being inspired by someone is something COMPLETELY different from making a copy.
A copy should resemble the original a lot more than the examples shown here.
The figure on the t-shirt is different than the one in the cartoon, the text is similar but not the same. So, it's not a copy, one might be inspired by the other, but there is no clear proof of that, nor is that illegal. People are inspired by others all the time, hence the saying "standing on the shoulders of giants."
For instance, Edison wasn't the first to think of lightbulbs. He was just quicker in filing for a patent. And Edison was a bully and a blowhard. He stifled a lot of progress with his patents.
And if scientists couldn't built upon other people's ideas, gravity would still be a mystery to us, other than that apples can fall on people's heads.
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Re: I own the idea that ideas can be owned
On the post: When You're About To Fly, Who Do You Fear More: Al Qaeda... Or The TSA?
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All they do is try and strike fear.
And apparently they struck gold with our governments who would like us all to cower in fear of the terrorist boogeyman. Because a scared nation is easier to lead.
Well, I'm not convinced that Al-Qaeda poses much of a threat.
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Also you seem to forget those people who find a movie on a torrent site and then go to the store to buy the dvds (has actually happened).
You seem to ignore the figures that people who pirate are also the ones who spend MORE on multimedia products, such as cds and dvds.
Getting rid of piracy does not and will not result in more sales.
On the post: When You're About To Fly, Who Do You Fear More: Al Qaeda... Or The TSA?
2 extra questions
How many attacks on our liberties have been made by the TSA?
I fear the TSA more, because they are designed to infringe on our liberties, Al-Qaeda's intentions are more to strike fear rather than infringe.
Besides that, the chance of me getting hit by one of their attacks is sooo much lower than the chance of me being subjected to one of TSA's gropefests or nudescans.
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Never again a Sony.
And from what I can see, I'm not missing a thing.
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A few suggestions
Crazy Steve.
AppleSource
AppSucks
Download Marketplace
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Re: App store alternative
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