@John Fenderson,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Not just that it's none of their business, but also on the complexity issues. However, I think claiming that taking the deduction is tantamount to instructing the government to donate in your stead is a bit disingenuous. That would only be true if you were taking a tax credit. A deduction, on the other hand, just prevents them from taxing you on that amount. Also, if you took the deductions, you could afford to give 12% or even more to charity, because the extra taxes you're paying could go straight to the charity's coffers instead of the governments.
So your argument is "I wouldn't use it, therefore it is not a useful product." Way more than 85,000 people disagree with you.
I'll be using mine as I work through a new exercise regiment. It'll be nice to be able to glance down at my watch to see how far I've run. I'm sure I'll come up with other uses as well.
I think that would be aiding and abetting. However, in the case of flashing your lights, you are flashing them in the general vicinity, not specifically warning criminals. If you wanted to make a comparison to robbery, it would be more like, going into a crowd and telling everyone that a certain area had a high police presence. If that crowd happened to contain robbers, they may avoid the area that you specified so as to not get caught.
"The university did nothing to silence her speech, but merely said that if she wanted to say those things, she couldn't do it while a student in their school."
Isn't that the exact definition of silencing speech. Short of taking someone's life, all instances of silencing speech are really just where and how said speech is allowed (i.e. "You can say whatever you want, just not in this country... just not within X miles of this event, etc.)
Multiple other factors seem to be left out here. First, the article mentions that the prints are displayed in galleries worldwide. I'm not an art gallery expert, but I would assume they usually pay an artist for this. Second, you are discounting any extra income that may have been generated by the video itself, such as increased record sales (which I'm aware are unlimited) and increased tickets/prices for performances. Most artists spend however much they feel necessary for producing a music video with no hope of making that money back directly. The hope is that the video increases awareness. In this case, it not only did that, but the artist was able to turn the video directly into extra income.
Normally, I agree with most of the posts here, but I'm not sure about this one. It's not like he told a bunch of people to visit the website in question in order to take it down (a la the Slashdot effect). He had them visit a different website that would then generate multiple requests to the server in question. In a way, it sounds like he crowdsourced a DDOS. I'm not sure if it's criminal, but it definitely seems to cross an ethical line.
Even playing offline could be a problem in the future. I was sold I console that would play PS3 games. Future PS3 games might require a certain firmware version (or higher), thereby forcing me to update. You could have someone saying they were willing to forgo all future updates and features in order to keep this one feature, but then the basic functionality (playing PS3 games) would eventually break.
Did you hear that whooshing sound? the ACs comment was obviously a joke referencing the fact that the net effect of the DMCA is to impact the average consumer more than the hacker.
I'm not saying your wrong, but I think your theory drastically overestimates the number of adults that have an interest in child pornography. He would be severely limiting his target audience that way.
Interesting. I'd rather they not have a school paper than one in which the First Amendment rights of students are violated. Were this a private school or even a professional news company, then the owners/publishers would be able to publish what they like without violating anyone's rights. However, this is a public school, and therefor a government run institution. When they say that students cannot publish an article as is, they are engaging in government funded censorship.
No, I'd say Mike is "do as I do." The things he produces that have no marginal cost (techdirt) are given away for free. This is then used to sell other things, such as company analysis and guidance as well as time that he spends as a speaker.
To apply this to music, as you did, would be to give the music away and charge for the t-shirts and concerts.
Not according to the rules of English I learned. When using acronyms, the choice of indefinite article is determined by the sound of pronouncing the first letter.
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Not only that, but he can afford to donate the 3 million he got in dividends for 2011 to his employees.
http://www.joystiq.com/2012/03/02/notch-gives-3-million-mojang-dividend-to-employees/
Unintentional Innuendo
Are you saying that unbeatable didn't even register as innuendo?
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@John Fenderson,
I agree with you wholeheartedly. Not just that it's none of their business, but also on the complexity issues. However, I think claiming that taking the deduction is tantamount to instructing the government to donate in your stead is a bit disingenuous. That would only be true if you were taking a tax credit. A deduction, on the other hand, just prevents them from taxing you on that amount. Also, if you took the deductions, you could afford to give 12% or even more to charity, because the extra taxes you're paying could go straight to the charity's coffers instead of the governments.
Justin's
Well, I don't have much to say about Nutella's big mistake here, but I will say this:
Justin's is delicious and would make a much better shake.
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How many actors and musicians are there in the world? Hint: The answer is not "billions"
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So your argument is "I wouldn't use it, therefore it is not a useful product." Way more than 85,000 people disagree with you.
I'll be using mine as I work through a new exercise regiment. It'll be nice to be able to glance down at my watch to see how far I've run. I'm sure I'll come up with other uses as well.
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I think that would be aiding and abetting. However, in the case of flashing your lights, you are flashing them in the general vicinity, not specifically warning criminals. If you wanted to make a comparison to robbery, it would be more like, going into a crowd and telling everyone that a certain area had a high police presence. If that crowd happened to contain robbers, they may avoid the area that you specified so as to not get caught.
Re: You're cloaking a defeat for your notions with focus on money.
Actually, this was a settlement, so nothing got shot down "in court". Limewire thought, rightly or wrongly, that it was easier to settle than fight.
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"The university did nothing to silence her speech, but merely said that if she wanted to say those things, she couldn't do it while a student in their school."
Isn't that the exact definition of silencing speech. Short of taking someone's life, all instances of silencing speech are really just where and how said speech is allowed (i.e. "You can say whatever you want, just not in this country... just not within X miles of this event, etc.)
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Multiple other factors seem to be left out here. First, the article mentions that the prints are displayed in galleries worldwide. I'm not an art gallery expert, but I would assume they usually pay an artist for this. Second, you are discounting any extra income that may have been generated by the video itself, such as increased record sales (which I'm aware are unlimited) and increased tickets/prices for performances. Most artists spend however much they feel necessary for producing a music video with no hope of making that money back directly. The hope is that the video increases awareness. In this case, it not only did that, but the artist was able to turn the video directly into extra income.
Hmmm...
Normally, I agree with most of the posts here, but I'm not sure about this one. It's not like he told a bunch of people to visit the website in question in order to take it down (a la the Slashdot effect). He had them visit a different website that would then generate multiple requests to the server in question. In a way, it sounds like he crowdsourced a DDOS. I'm not sure if it's criminal, but it definitely seems to cross an ethical line.
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But what if you were an elitist? What would you do then?
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Even playing offline could be a problem in the future. I was sold I console that would play PS3 games. Future PS3 games might require a certain firmware version (or higher), thereby forcing me to update. You could have someone saying they were willing to forgo all future updates and features in order to keep this one feature, but then the basic functionality (playing PS3 games) would eventually break.
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@RD:
Did you hear that whooshing sound? the ACs comment was obviously a joke referencing the fact that the net effect of the DMCA is to impact the average consumer more than the hacker.
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Are you saying that the BCA has brought about an effect that can only be defeated by Robert Smith of The Cure?
Re: There's some sick logic for this...
RegistrarRegistry Is LocatedI'm not saying your wrong, but I think your theory drastically overestimates the number of adults that have an interest in child pornography. He would be severely limiting his target audience that way.
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Interesting. I'd rather they not have a school paper than one in which the First Amendment rights of students are violated. Were this a private school or even a professional news company, then the owners/publishers would be able to publish what they like without violating anyone's rights. However, this is a public school, and therefor a government run institution. When they say that students cannot publish an article as is, they are engaging in government funded censorship.
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No, I'd say Mike is "do as I do." The things he produces that have no marginal cost (techdirt) are given away for free. This is then used to sell other things, such as company analysis and guidance as well as time that he spends as a speaker.
To apply this to music, as you did, would be to give the music away and charge for the t-shirts and concerts.
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Not according to the rules of English I learned. When using acronyms, the choice of indefinite article is determined by the sound of pronouncing the first letter.
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You don't consider Hitchcock's Psycho a REAL classic. It was remade back in the late 90's and wasn't half bad (although it was 49% bad).