It seems, what with all this boundless greed, miserably failed business models attached to corporate giants and misguided moneygrabs flying around, there's no chance you guys will ever run out of material for this site. I applaud all that you do. You've very rarely made any point with which I disagree, and every time I research the topics you bring up I find myself agreeing with you even more. I thank all of you at Techdirt for educating me in just how wrong things are with business, law, you name it. Thanks.
I think Mike speaks for a lot of us here in the real world. And guess what: there's no room here for those who are
-afraid- (as in afraid that they'll no longer be swimming in cold, hard cash) of changing. No matter how many pointless, unrealistic anti-consumer laws are lobbied into existence in the name of "deserved compensation", no matter how many essentially innocent folks these "content creators" (largely the ones who make the money, not the ones who create the content) unwisely opt to file suit against, the market-- not the courts-- will speak its true mind in the end. People certainly deserve to be compensated for their work, but the consumer of the goods they produce has the right to spend their money in any such manner as they choose. Fair use is not a right, it is a law of physics.
I can kinda understand spam and junk e-mail, but why are unsolicited circular ads and retarded credit offers at all legal? The amount of paper/energy wasted in this manner must be astronomical. Not thinking very green, if you ask me. And the fact that my address is being bought and sold between companies with which I've had no contact? A shady business model to say the least. There should be an all-inclusive "do-not-mail list," similar to what they've enacted for telemarketers. I have signed up for one of those mail preference services, but I still feel you should be able to opt out completely. It's a waste of paper and space. I'm glad that guy's getting his, though-- spam is the absolute bane of modern civilization.
The whole approach to this so far has been the absolute pinnacle of stupidity. These are teenagers (for the love of God), whose lives are being deliberately and wrongfully destroyed by these laws which very loosely apply to them. The fact of their having to register as sex offenders is insulting to me in so many respects. It insults our collective intelligence, the very fabric of justice and the concept of logic itself. The only reason I'm forced to take this seriously is because it's not Comedy Central; it's not Ren and Stimpy-- it's real, and it makes me sick. I don't know all the facts, but I'm sure this sort of abuse of authority costs unwarranted mounds of cash, which people apparently still think is easy to come by. It effectively ends these young peoples' lives by enforcing useless and damaging loopholes in laws which were originally written for a perfectly valid purpose. I don't want to see any pictures of underage kids, and I don't think they should be floating around at all, but I don't think "sexting" is a particularly horrendous offense. I agree with making it a misdemeanor and I hope they can pass this law in every state before yet more people have their lives bulldozed by our deflated justice system.
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Mike,
It seems, what with all this boundless greed, miserably failed business models attached to corporate giants and misguided moneygrabs flying around, there's no chance you guys will ever run out of material for this site. I applaud all that you do. You've very rarely made any point with which I disagree, and every time I research the topics you bring up I find myself agreeing with you even more. I thank all of you at Techdirt for educating me in just how wrong things are with business, law, you name it. Thanks.
(as Lonzo5)
The thing that gets me is: RSA will actually pay lawyers to defend this if it goes to court. Disquieting. Do they even care how this makes them look?
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Mike?
I think Mike speaks for a lot of us here in the real world. And guess what: there's no room here for those who are
-afraid- (as in afraid that they'll no longer be swimming in cold, hard cash) of changing. No matter how many pointless, unrealistic anti-consumer laws are lobbied into existence in the name of "deserved compensation", no matter how many essentially innocent folks these "content creators" (largely the ones who make the money, not the ones who create the content) unwisely opt to file suit against, the market-- not the courts-- will speak its true mind in the end. People certainly deserve to be compensated for their work, but the consumer of the goods they produce has the right to spend their money in any such manner as they choose. Fair use is not a right, it is a law of physics.
Spam/Junk Mail (as Lonzo5)
Hey,
I can kinda understand spam and junk e-mail, but why are unsolicited circular ads and retarded credit offers at all legal? The amount of paper/energy wasted in this manner must be astronomical. Not thinking very green, if you ask me. And the fact that my address is being bought and sold between companies with which I've had no contact? A shady business model to say the least. There should be an all-inclusive "do-not-mail list," similar to what they've enacted for telemarketers. I have signed up for one of those mail preference services, but I still feel you should be able to opt out completely. It's a waste of paper and space. I'm glad that guy's getting his, though-- spam is the absolute bane of modern civilization.
Utter retardation (as Lonzo)
The whole approach to this so far has been the absolute pinnacle of stupidity. These are teenagers (for the love of God), whose lives are being deliberately and wrongfully destroyed by these laws which very loosely apply to them. The fact of their having to register as sex offenders is insulting to me in so many respects. It insults our collective intelligence, the very fabric of justice and the concept of logic itself. The only reason I'm forced to take this seriously is because it's not Comedy Central; it's not Ren and Stimpy-- it's real, and it makes me sick. I don't know all the facts, but I'm sure this sort of abuse of authority costs unwarranted mounds of cash, which people apparently still think is easy to come by. It effectively ends these young peoples' lives by enforcing useless and damaging loopholes in laws which were originally written for a perfectly valid purpose. I don't want to see any pictures of underage kids, and I don't think they should be floating around at all, but I don't think "sexting" is a particularly horrendous offense. I agree with making it a misdemeanor and I hope they can pass this law in every state before yet more people have their lives bulldozed by our deflated justice system.