The other point is that if you look at the length of the replies, you'll notice that they take up a prominent part of the comment section, and it's annoying to have to browse through all the pointless trollbashing to find good comments.
It's a typical prisoner's dilemma:
A lot of people think none of the 2 parties are good, but dislike one better then the other. So instead of voting for a smaller party that they like, they vote for the one bigger they mistrust less in fear of the other winning.
They know it would be more beneficial to vote someone else, but they don't dare in fear for the other camp not doing the same.
Let me get this straight:
- You think it's not a big deal if a record company scam millions per year in shady, extortion like deals
- You think it's ok to abuse the copyright system
- You think record companies do a huge amount of good (to who?), and deserve all the help they can get to stay afloat
- You think we actually need record companies (if they can't persist, then no, the marked do not need them.)
- You think music piracy is their main plight
Yeah, true democracy is more resistant to corruption (it's hard to bribe 200M people), but more suspectible to demagogy.
I don't say it would be possible to convert to this kind of crowd government in years.
Unfortunately, the current system favors dumb, controllable citizenry, while democracy would require intelligent people.
But the internet available to a lot of people, and gaining recognition as a valid information source, so maybe in the future.
In response to AC above:
Don't forget that with the internet, we have a vast information infrastructure. With proper moderation, classification and scoring of competence (seriously, numeric skill scores/reward badges for people who prove their competence on a given field, given by their peers, just like the "insightful" and "funny" here on TD) it could be hammered into a working system.
Or not. :]
It just occured to me that it could be tested in a virtual environment, like one of the MMORPG-s. No graphics needed, but everybody who joins gain citizenship to a fictional country, assigned/taken up a position, and respond to generated events, like political situations, disasters, lawmaking etc.
Then maybe it's time to drop the "Government", and try out a new form of democracy (or old, if you like).
We already have the technical infrastructure, and crowdsourcing proved to be effective in many instances.
Let the real public decide what to do, and hold accountable who is at fault.
And here we are, where is the limit on derivative works should be under a certain patent.
Monsanto made a patentable (independent) DNA using 2 natural.
What if I breed a new crop by crossing the patented plant with natural? Is that derivative enough? If not, then what is?
What about accidental breeding, like from a neighbour's farm?
Re: Re: Re: Nothing to see here
Explained better than I could.
The other point is that if you look at the length of the replies, you'll notice that they take up a prominent part of the comment section, and it's annoying to have to browse through all the pointless trollbashing to find good comments.
Re:
Probably something to do with campaign donations. Just a gut feeling
Nothing to see here
Please move along
Re: OK, someone help me out here...
I was thinking of the same question. But then it occurred to me that the US is doing this all the time.
Re: Re:
Because the latest hollywood "masterpieces" aren't comically horrid, propagandist, simplistic eyecandy movies. /s
Also, larger population do not necessary mean larger market for movies, at least not in a linear relationship like ootb suggested below.
Re: Re: Re:
There is always one who give in to the temptation :]
But the trend in the latest week is promising. Sooner or later we starve them.
Re: Re: Blame Bush
"Afghanistan was a necessary target due to Osama Bin Laden"
Necessary? No.
Handy, convenient? Yes.
Re: Re: Re:
No. You should go back to the dairy.
Re: Re: Proof
The point is that turkeys should vote for Muharram or Ramadan, but they fear if they don't vote for Chirstmas, then the elves win with Thanksgiving
Re: Proof
It's a typical prisoner's dilemma:
A lot of people think none of the 2 parties are good, but dislike one better then the other. So instead of voting for a smaller party that they like, they vote for the one bigger they mistrust less in fear of the other winning.
They know it would be more beneficial to vote someone else, but they don't dare in fear for the other camp not doing the same.
Re:
Let me get this straight:
- You think it's not a big deal if a record company scam millions per year in shady, extortion like deals
- You think it's ok to abuse the copyright system
- You think record companies do a huge amount of good (to who?), and deserve all the help they can get to stay afloat
- You think we actually need record companies (if they can't persist, then no, the marked do not need them.)
- You think music piracy is their main plight
I have only one question: WTF?
Re:
Pay for spyware? no thanks.
Re: Re: If by "jokers", you mean "lawyers justifying jack-booted fascist tyranny",
It's his sane personality of the many personalities : ]
Re: Re: Not our fault -- We were comissioned by Congress to do this
At least they were kind enough to provide a list of additional suspects need to be investigated, hanged, quartered, burned and shot into a river.
Re: Re: Re: Of course we are the enemy
Yeah, true democracy is more resistant to corruption (it's hard to bribe 200M people), but more suspectible to demagogy.
I don't say it would be possible to convert to this kind of crowd government in years.
Unfortunately, the current system favors dumb, controllable citizenry, while democracy would require intelligent people.
But the internet available to a lot of people, and gaining recognition as a valid information source, so maybe in the future.
In response to AC above:
Don't forget that with the internet, we have a vast information infrastructure. With proper moderation, classification and scoring of competence (seriously, numeric skill scores/reward badges for people who prove their competence on a given field, given by their peers, just like the "insightful" and "funny" here on TD) it could be hammered into a working system.
Or not. :]
It just occured to me that it could be tested in a virtual environment, like one of the MMORPG-s. No graphics needed, but everybody who joins gain citizenship to a fictional country, assigned/taken up a position, and respond to generated events, like political situations, disasters, lawmaking etc.
Too bad I'm too dumb to create this kind of game.
Re: Of course we are the enemy
Then maybe it's time to drop the "Government", and try out a new form of democracy (or old, if you like).
We already have the technical infrastructure, and crowdsourcing proved to be effective in many instances.
Let the real public decide what to do, and hold accountable who is at fault.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Monsanto
And here we are, where is the limit on derivative works should be under a certain patent.
Monsanto made a patentable (independent) DNA using 2 natural.
What if I breed a new crop by crossing the patented plant with natural? Is that derivative enough? If not, then what is?
What about accidental breeding, like from a neighbour's farm?
Re: Nothing to hide, everything to lose
Especially when the data used selectively by the prosecution to further their cause, but denied to you when you need it to defend yourself.
Re: Re:
If apple cave in, others will follow to carve a piece for themselves.
See how well worked it out for google: newspapers, ISPs, ISPs again
Re: Re: Re:
I think that's a prime example of "Terrorism"