There's only so much the schools can do when the parents don't care. There's a social stigma against learning and intelligence any more, no encouragement to better yourself, so it doesn't happen. It's easier to sit you kid in front of the TV or XBox instead of reading to them and with them.
That's kind of the point... the power rests ENTIRELY on prosecutorial discretion, and that they can easily push for asinine punishment if they feel like it.
The DOJ is at fault because they're playing favorites, the laws don't apply equally to all people. There's no "devil's advocate" to be had in those situations.
Wait... you think people won't create without direct monetary compensation? Then why did you write your post just now, without being paid?
Copyright, as it is, has very little benefit to society as a whole. I can see arguing for a very limited copyright, but the current system of life + 70 years plus whatever Congress decides to tack on whenever Mickey comes back up for public domain again is completely untenable.
Everyone is a criminal. It shifts the power of enforcement and judgement completely to the executive branch of the government because they can decide whether or not to prosecute depending on whether you play ball, and they can throw the book at anyone, no matter how specious because there are laws against everything someone might do. We're already seeing that with things like the Bradley Manning case and Aaron Swartz:
I actually get better service with DSL in my neighborhood. Youtube on Comcast was hit and miss, always buffering. CenturyLink is much more reliable and stead, even if the top speed isn't as high.
How about it starts with the President, and then works it's way down? Not sure I'm a fan of bottom up with things like this, because the people at the top are the ones implementing it. But of course they'd willingly do it, right?
But given it's ubiquity and necessity for daily life, banning someone from having phone or Internet service is often considered a cruel and unusual punishment.
So you don't think that having a massive amount of information that the NSA/FBI has NO REASON TO HAVE is part of the issue? Since when have 12.3 million iPhone users become the subject of a government investigation?
...really? I can start Steam in offline mode, and the games I've tried playing all seem to work. Even in single player. But you do have to do a bit of prep to make sure:
Uhh... apologize? Saying "Hey, the sky is blue" isn't apologizing, it's recognizing reality. In this case, Mike is just recognizing the reality of human behavior.
News flash... human nature controls people MUCH more strongly than any amount of law. If you want to succeed, basing your business on law and ignoring human nature is a very silly proposition.
The patent system is a government-enforced monopoly. This isn't a private business matter when you're using the government as a stick to whack another business.
Silicon actually isn't a classic metal, it's a metalloid with properties of both metals and non-metals. That's what makes it so useful as a semiconductor.
The cynicism in me starts to wonder if there are nefarious uses of DMCA takedowns by Microsoft, poisoning Google's results so Bing gives better information...
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The DOJ is at fault because they're playing favorites, the laws don't apply equally to all people. There's no "devil's advocate" to be had in those situations.
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Copyright, as it is, has very little benefit to society as a whole. I can see arguing for a very limited copyright, but the current system of life + 70 years plus whatever Congress decides to tack on whenever Mickey comes back up for public domain again is completely untenable.
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http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2009/oct/05/criminalizing-everyone/?page=all
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I'm pretty sure this is a literal example of doublethink.
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News flash... human nature controls people MUCH more strongly than any amount of law. If you want to succeed, basing your business on law and ignoring human nature is a very silly proposition.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metalloid
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