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  • On the post: If Artists Don't Value Copyright On Their Works, Why Do We Force It On Them?

    Brian Schroth ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2011 @ 11:39am

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    There are two flaws in what Mike is saying.

    The first flaw was his phrasing "44% of the musicians on Tunecore who don't really see the need". This was foolish, since "don't see the need" was an actual option in the survey. He should have said "44% of the musicians on Tunecore who don't see registered copyrights as being worth a significant amount (i.e. more than $35)". This is a minor flaw, but apparently the only one that you noticed. Why such a minor flaw made you whine up such a storm, I have no idea.

    The other flaw is making the unfounded leap from artists not seeing the value in registered copyrights to artists not seeing the value in copyrights, period. This is a major flaw, and you didn't even notice it. Hell, it might even be worth raising the shitstorm you have been over the minor flaw! It's a shill's dream!

  • On the post: Prostitutes Have Just Moved From Craigslist To Facebook

    Brian Schroth ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2011 @ 11:22am

    Re: Re: Re: This will make i tharder to fight

    Ah yes, two people consensually doing something totally natural that harms no one is "real crime".

  • On the post: If Artists Don't Value Copyright On Their Works, Why Do We Force It On Them?

    Brian Schroth ( profile ), 09 Feb, 2011 @ 08:00am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyrights

    "Really? And how does the Constitution propose we measure this "progress" in order to determine whether certain laws or actions of Congress fall inside or outside this particular "condition"? What legal test does the Constitution propose?"

    What a strange question. "Legal tests" tend not to be described in the actual Constitution. Is the Lemon test in the Constitution? Does the Constitution specify the precise requirements for Miranda warnings? No, these came from court precedent (as the names we give them, Miranda and Lemon, make rather obvious).

    "Clearly you do not understand the difference between a "condition" and a purpose or objective."

    If it's a misunderstanding, it's a misunderstanding shared by, for example, Justice Breyer (as evidenced by his dissent in Eldred v. Ashcroft). It's quite possible for it to be a condition and a purpose.