If I'm not mistaken, we adults outnumber the "Children" at least 8 to 1.
Let's kick 'em off the frikkin' internet and tell them to go do their god-damned homework and -then- clean that pig sty of a room!
And...if they get that done, reward them with a nice bedtime story about the four Piggy-Bears, Bill, Hillary, Monica and little Chelsea. Oh! And tonight's chapter is "The Attack of the Sloppy Cigar Monster"..
I have been a proponent of retrograde reform of copyright (Explicit registration and short terms) but even I am coming to the point where I am mad enough about all of this to just see copyright abolished completely.
Copyright no longer serves a purpose worth the "Lawyer Tax" that comes with it.
"The penalties for false DMCA takedowns need to have some serious teeth."
Agreed. And if I ran the world, once someone was found liable for a DMCA false takedown declaration, that entity would have all their current copyrights transferred to the public domain.
I have a better idea.
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If I'm not mistaken, we adults outnumber the "Children" at least 8 to 1.
Let's kick 'em off the frikkin' internet and tell them to go do their god-damned homework and -then- clean that pig sty of a room!
And...if they get that done, reward them with a nice bedtime story about the four Piggy-Bears, Bill, Hillary, Monica and little Chelsea. Oh! And tonight's chapter is "The Attack of the Sloppy Cigar Monster"..
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Re: New Public Awareness Campaign!
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MadMen....here I come.
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New Public Awareness Campaign!
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"Remember Kids, Copyright KILLS!"
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Reading is Murder.
Where are the BAR Associations?
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Why is there such a wave of clearly unethical, clearly unlawful shake-down actions by attorneys these days?
If they can't police themselves, perhaps it's time WE the People took OUR law back.
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Great title!
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"Who Cares If Piracy Is 'Wrong' If Stopping It Is Impossible And Innovating Provides Better Solutions?"
Now -that- is how you send out an invitation to pro-IP AC trolls. Well done Mike.
Batter up!
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Will...
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Will those of you at the Justice Department who -did not- ride the short bus to school, kindly sound off?
(...Crickets...)
Thought so.
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Fishing for Rumblefish....
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"They changed their views not because their views changed, but because an unruly mob was doing a digital beatdown on them."
No. Wrong.
Now follow this -carefully- you intransigent clod...
They changed their views because their CUSTOMERS were doing a RIGHTLY DESERVED beatdown on them.
When your CUSTOMERS demand compliance, you either comply -OR- you go out of business.
No amount of political toasting can obscure which side your bread is buttered on.
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Excellent Point.
I have been a proponent of retrograde reform of copyright (Explicit registration and short terms) but even I am coming to the point where I am mad enough about all of this to just see copyright abolished completely.
Copyright no longer serves a purpose worth the "Lawyer Tax" that comes with it.
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"The penalties for false DMCA takedowns need to have some serious teeth."
Agreed. And if I ran the world, once someone was found liable for a DMCA false takedown declaration, that entity would have all their current copyrights transferred to the public domain.
That would teach the bastards.
Re: Re: Re: Re: I am so going to get "report"ed for this one ....
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Too Soon?
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How would you -fix- the problem?
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Re: Re: Re: Wow.
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I'm just glad Mike didn't say "cow-poopie".
That would have -really- spun me up.
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Wow.
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Mike said "bullshit".
Mike's pissed.
Go Mike. Go.
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Obama's ignorance of the Constitution...
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...is a gift that just keeps on giving.
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Or, and possibly the more reasonably assumed, America is a nation suffering from hyper-criminalization (too many laws).
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+1 for Recursion.
Something to think about...
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Secret laws are a sure sign that you are living under tyranny.
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Things were better when....
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Real men defended their honor with lead-ball pistols in an empty field.
The Alan Wolks of the world would eventually get their comeuppance and everyone's lot improved.
Do I really mean any of this??
I don't know.
Are you a U.S. Marshall?
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