Vhalidictes’s Comments

• Jan 13th, 2015 @ 12:55pm

  Try Harder! And see what happens...

  on Hollywood Privately Acknowledges Six Strikes Program Isn't Doing Much, Guaranteeing It Will Get Much Worse
  There's really no downside here.
  
  Either 1) The new expanded program doesn't work, and everyone is happy, or 2) It works great... and results in demand destruction.
  
  Piracy or Doing Without - it's all up to the content owners which way they prefer to not make any money.
• Jun 19th, 2014 @ 1:23pm

  This should be pretty obvious, but apparently...

  on Supreme Court Rejects Software Patents On Performing Generic Functions; Pretends That Lots Of Other Software Must Be Patentable
  Well, I can see from the comments here, there, and other places that SCOTUS is getting some flack. As much as they deserve criticism (and boy do they ever for many things), this situation isn't one of them.
  
  Patent Laws are written by.... Congress.
  
  The SCOTUS doesn't want to, and indeed can't, rule on the total mess that the US patent law has going on now.
  
  We need updated laws for that to happen in any way other than slowly, painfully, specifically, and over lots of time.
  
  Write to your congressperson... if you have one.
• Apr 4th, 2013 @ 10:17am

  Too Little, Too Late

  on Warner Brothers Thinks What People REALLY Want In A Streaming Service Is Something That Costs More But Offers Less
  Demand Destruction. It's a thing.
  
  I don't pirate, I don't care enough to. I'll start sending Hollywood money once content creators figure out this whole "Internet" thing.
  
  It might end up coming down to generation change among content owners.