It's not like Mike broadcast who exactly these AC trolls were, just that they all came from the same IP addresses he knew, or something like that, right? It's kinda like having a house guest over, except it's a blog, you don't have to ask for his name or know anything about them, but you'll recognize them if they ever visit again.
Now say we take an AC and stick him in a box where he then writes a comment. Without opening the box we can neither tell if he has trolled or given a straightforward intelligent remark. Therefore we can assume that the AC is both a Troll and a rational human being at the same time!
Erwin Schrödinger would later use this same thought experiment to describe the Copenhagen interpretation paradox with his famous Schrödinger's cat theory.
I suspect first you will have to pay to lease the toilet, pay royalties every time you or someone else uses it, also you will need a license before others can use your toilet, and those people who use your toilet will also have to pay a fee every time they use it as well. And don't forget that you don't actually own the toilet and you must renew your lease every month, with tiered flush plans, and finally the rights owner for the toilet may at any time cancel your lease and repossess your toilet.
What purpose do scientific journals even have? To me it always just sounded like a bunch of articles on new inventions and sciencey stuff for rich researcher people to peruse on their toilets. What I'm asking is why do Scientific Journals exist in the first place? what are they?
But their ARE more business models, you just seem to think that Hollywood's version is the only kind of business model that matters, and that everyone here is arguing for no new business model at all, and just pirate everything. Piracy is not the new model we argue for, piracy is the symptom of Hollywood's failing one.
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Because Hollywood and the MPAA are making a living hell for anyone who tries, for example Veoh. What with the sueing, and the copyright trolling, and the bad legislation...
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Why is the EFF "not supposed to lobby", is lobbying illigal? Lobbying itself is a GOOD thing! Lobbying is another form of connection between the government and the constituents. Anyone can lobby, but sometimes it helps to join together as a group to more effectively make your voice heard! Yes corruption is a problem, but just because a group comes together to support what they believe is right does not mean they are automatically right or wrong. It's better to look what they are actually lobbying for rather than who they are supported by to determine that.
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remember that the MPAA threw a big fuss over DVRing as well, torrenting is just the new easier way to DVR, just as DVRing was the new easier way to record something on a VCR, which the MPAA also threw a hissy fit over!
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That's were your wrong, while they don't directly receive money from piracy, they receive publicity which leads to higher profits in the long run. And yes piracy increases publicity of said pirated material, this is an immutable fact, to what extent is another thing all together though. And yes publicity does increase sales, this is also true in most cases, to argue against that is silly. Your only response can be the moral argument against piracy, but that's not what I'm arguing. So, whether or not that is true, it does not make my argument any less true.
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Get rich plan for copyright maximalists:
1. Buy copyright from content creator.
2. Gain money from government issued monopoly.
2. Use money to lobby government for extended/ more strict control of monopoly.
3. ???
4. profit
5. go back to step step two.
We don't mind rights holders getting compensation, we just don't like rights holders who make profit off doing nothing more than owning the copyright of others and forcing stricter laws on others.
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Ponies!
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see , you don't have to be an AC to troll :D
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Now say we take an AC and stick him in a box where he then writes a comment. Without opening the box we can neither tell if he has trolled or given a straightforward intelligent remark. Therefore we can assume that the AC is both a Troll and a rational human being at the same time!
Erwin Schrödinger would later use this same thought experiment to describe the Copenhagen interpretation paradox with his famous Schrödinger's cat theory.
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Scientific Journal's purpose?
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1. Buy copyright from content creator.
2. Gain money from government issued monopoly.
2. Use money to lobby government for extended/ more strict control of monopoly.
3. ???
4. profit
5. go back to step step two.
We don't mind rights holders getting compensation, we just don't like rights holders who make profit off doing nothing more than owning the copyright of others and forcing stricter laws on others.
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