Good, could be better. Less transparent logical fallacies would be an improvement. Spacing and italics are good. I look forward to seeing your next bit of work.
I could've sworn Pythagoras calculated the circumference of the Earth some 2000 years before an Italian con man took Spanish gold and got lost in the "West Indies"...
I've seen it--the great iTunes strip mines--a desolate file strip-mining operations where third-world laborers with little to no human rights work for pennies per day... all just so iTunes'll have enough files to turn into mp3's for sale.
There's no reason people couldn't get together and make a .indie domain, which is limited to those producers of media who are NOT member of the MAFIAA or any associated guilds...
"...both of them still think that it was Google that killed SOPA/PIPA, and so their idea of a "meeting" is to get Google into a backroom there and to "negotiate a deal.""
If it comes down to it, I think I'd trust Google far further than I would Chris Dodd or Cary Sherman...
"Companies are abusing the legal system, intended to benefit consumers, to harm their competitors. We need to cut down the legal system to stop these abuses whenever possible, so that all of us will be better off."
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Re: Re: Re: Gradient
Good, could be better. Less transparent logical fallacies would be an improvement. Spacing and italics are good. I look forward to seeing your next bit of work.
On the post: UK Now Seizing Music Blogs (With American Domains) Over Copyright Claims
Re: Re: Present Tense
FTFY
;-P
On the post: Disney And Warner Bros. Prepare To Fight Over Who Owns The Public Domain Wizard Of Oz
Re: 2 deep pockets collide in the woods - do they make a sound?
On the post: Disney And Warner Bros. Prepare To Fight Over Who Owns The Public Domain Wizard Of Oz
Re: Re: Falcon Punch (Kan-ChYo!)
;-P
On the post: Disney And Warner Bros. Prepare To Fight Over Who Owns The Public Domain Wizard Of Oz
Falcon Punch (Kan-ChYo!)
On the post: Why Music Is Not A Product & Three Reasons Why That's A Good Thing
Re: *scoff*
I'll give you a hint: "product" is not the right answer.
On the post: Nothing Scales Like Stupidity
Re: I can understand the thought process here
Maybe it's just my bad memory.
;-P
On the post: Sony Music Raised Prices On Whitney Houston's Music... Less Than 30 Minutes After She Died
Re: Re: Re: File Mines
So sad.
On the post: Always A Gatekeeper: RIAA Backs .music Proposal... If It's Only Limited To 'Accredited' Musicians
Turnabout is fair play
On the post: Park Ranger Tases Guy Walking Dogs Without A Leash
Assertion
If the state doesn't demonstrate their ability to be violent, people might stop believing the state is in charge...
On the post: Canadian Muslim Who Sends Text Urging His Employees To 'Blow Away' The Competition Arrested As A 'Terror' Suspect
Re: Grrrr
Also, you have an awesome handle.
On the post: Major Label-Owned Vevo Caught Publicly Streaming NFL Game Off Of 'Rogue Site'
Yay!
I hope so...
On the post: Tim Berners-Lee In Court To Try To Prevent Patent Troll Eolas From Patenting Key Web Concepts
Re: Earth, Wind, and
;-P
On the post: Open Offer To Chris Dodd & Cary Sherman: Meet The Internet Online And In The Open
Representation...
On the post: Beware Of Those Who Claim They're 'Saving The Culture Business' When They're Really Protecting Those Who Strip Artists Of Rights
*Our new troll*
Maybe we got one of the script-writing lobbyists... a real, live spin-doctor!
On the post: If The Internet Is Treated Just Like The Offline World, We'd Never Have Ridiculous Laws Like SOPA/PIPA
Re: Grade
Some of the finest trolling I've ever seen.
High points:
Opinion spoken as fact.
Addressed the topic at hand.
Good, subtle ad hom.
I expect to see a slew of responses. A gold star for you!
On the post: Ex-FTC Officials Remind Current FTC Officials That They're Supposed To Protect Consumers, Not Competitors
Re: Re: 1%
FTFY
;-P
On the post: Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On Infringement
Re: Re: Definitions
On the post: Evidence Shows That Megaupload Shutdown Had No Real Impact On Infringement
Re: Artists
Mistakes?
Don't you mean "happy accidents"?
;-P
On the post: The Rise Of The 'Professional Amateur' And The Fall Of Gated, Exclusionary 'Clubs'
Re: Re: Re: Milkey goodness
Duh. Kinda thought that was implicit in my prior statement.
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