Shvegas’s Comments

• Mar 26th, 2011 @ 10:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: bleh

  on Study Shows That Piracy Has Not Resulted In A Decrease Of Quality New Music
  It is not surprising that "Classic albums" have decreased. Albums are dieing because people are buying music different. People seem to want to buy only the songs they want, not albums. How music is packaged has nothing to do with the quality of music being released.
• Nov 23rd, 2010 @ 3:21pm

  Re: Re: Logic problem

  on Newspapers Say: Shut Up And Get Scanned And Groped
  Nice anecdote, but in your scenario it still kills almost as many people and we hope the plane can land. If one out of 20 doesn't land it is still a much bigger problem.
• Nov 23rd, 2010 @ 12:46pm

  Logic problem

  on Newspapers Say: Shut Up And Get Scanned And Groped
  I have never heard anybody claiming that going through a metal detector to get on a plane is contrary to the constitution so why are body scanners? Is x-ray scanning of your suitcases put on a plane contrary to the constitution. What is the difference between looking through your suitcase and looking through your clothes?
  BTW @Big Al - If Achmed walks into a screening line with an underwear bomb he would be lucky to kill 20 people. The people around him shield those standing further away. If he takes down a plane by blowing a hole in the side of the plane 300 to 400 people could easily be killed.
• Nov 10th, 2009 @ 2:09pm

  Re: Re: Re: 114(b) pertains to cover songs

  on Does Bluebeat Actually Have A Legal Basis For Its Claim Of Copyright Over Beatles' Songs?
  Those sounds are still present despite the fact they may be altered through the "psycho-acoustic simulation" process.
  
  It seems to me that changing a song using "psycho-acoustic simulation" and recording a song as a cover artist and making it sound exactly the same are no different. Just because the average listener can't tell the difference between the original recording and the cover or psycho-acoustic copy if the recording is different then why would the psycho-acoustic copy and the cover be treated differently?
• Oct 22nd, 2009 @ 10:22am

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  on The Debate Is Not Free vs. Paid
  Seems to me like that problem would be solved by writers and customers not the government creating an artificial market. Maybe writers in the future will be motivated by something other than profit. Maybe writers will figure out how to get rich with unlimited free copies of content on the internet. Let them figure it out. What is the worst thing that could happen finding out?
• Oct 13th, 2009 @ 10:06am

  Re: Re: Re: yeah yeah, but...

  on Extortion Is Profitable Too, Doesn't Mean That It's A Fair Way To Profit Off Piracy
  So by this rationale there should be no problem making files available. Additionally if you put a bag of potatoes on my front lawn then they are not your potatoes or at least it seems reasonable for me to pick them up and do what I want with them.