I agree. That was the worst "insightful" or "funniest" comment I've seen on here. Any chance of either a recount or showing us what came third in both categories?
Australia Post, the Australian USPS, has asked for an email tax for years. Every time, the government said no. Then eBay Australia opened it's door. Suddenly, Australia Post went quiet. Now they have eBay seller parcel packages available.
To explain the relevance of my comment above, "Really though: At this point I don’t think it’s necessary for any pressure to be applied by The Powers That Be to cause someone that works in content production to suddenly have a crisis of faith and prostrate themselves before the Altar of Copyright." reminded me of how long it had been since I first heard them whinging about downloading.
My goodness, has it really been 12 years since the music industry started whinging about downloads? (It took an extra year to filter through to Australia back then)
My goodness, has it really been 20 years since I first saw the tag "Renting this CD deprives he artist of income"? (I used to wonder how that worked, what with video rentals)
My goodness, has it really been 30 years since "Home Taping is Killing Music"? Took long enough! That's before my time, too..... I wasn't around for anything previous.
Isn't there a saying about being doomed to repeat history? I can't think of the exact phrase right now, but it's probably copyrighted anyway, so I wouldn't be allowed to say it.
They're already having hissy fits over MEGA. Just the word MEGA is evil to them. I'd better hide my MEGA MIX records. Not to mention my MEGA BYTES of data.....
Sorry for stating the obvious, but of course we won't hear from the people who's privacy may be violated: They don't have money so "nobody" gives a shit!
Useless trivia, the Dalek stories were mostly skipped over when a repeat screening of old "Doctor Who" occurred in Australia in 2003-2005 because there was a copyright and royalties dispute between the BBC and the Estate of Terry Nation. Even "The War Games" was skipped (a whopping 10 episodes) because a Dalek appeared in ONE SCENE! (source: Wikipedia)(and I was watching, too)
Can I?
Can I now play SimCity with no DRM? Sorry, no non-DRM?
I should actually watch it one day
Dear Fox,
If you moved to cable, I would not miss any good Fox shows. Think about why
Signed
AUSTRALIAN "Game Of Thrones" Fan
i.e. a CABLE show
Have you worked it out yet?
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Why does the USTR even exist? No sarcasm, I really want to know. What does USTR even stand for?
Re: Croc Jokes
Given how crap the top funny comment was, could you share a croc joke or two please? I could use a laugh and I'm sure many other readers could too.
Re: The top comment is shit
I agree. That was the worst "insightful" or "funniest" comment I've seen on here. Any chance of either a recount or showing us what came third in both categories?
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Actually, this could be good for Australia: It's NOT French Fries, it's Chips!
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So where does this leave French Vanilla? Can McDonald's still serve French Fries with that?
Australia Post
Australia Post, the Australian USPS, has asked for an email tax for years. Every time, the government said no. Then eBay Australia opened it's door. Suddenly, Australia Post went quiet. Now they have eBay seller parcel packages available.
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I own this comment. Please do not quote me unless you agree to my terms and conditions for doing so.
What do you mean "It doesn't work that way"?
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I notice he's taking you straight to court for not doing the right thing but he never once says what the right thing to do is!
Re: Time flies
To explain the relevance of my comment above, "Really though: At this point I don’t think it’s necessary for any pressure to be applied by The Powers That Be to cause someone that works in content production to suddenly have a crisis of faith and prostrate themselves before the Altar of Copyright." reminded me of how long it had been since I first heard them whinging about downloading.
Time flies
My goodness, has it really been 12 years since the music industry started whinging about downloads? (It took an extra year to filter through to Australia back then)
My goodness, has it really been 20 years since I first saw the tag "Renting this CD deprives he artist of income"? (I used to wonder how that worked, what with video rentals)
My goodness, has it really been 30 years since "Home Taping is Killing Music"? Took long enough! That's before my time, too..... I wasn't around for anything previous.
History Repeating
Isn't there a saying about being doomed to repeat history? I can't think of the exact phrase right now, but it's probably copyrighted anyway, so I wouldn't be allowed to say it.
Awesome!
That was the most awesome crash I've seen in NASCAR in years. Pity people got injured in the process.
Obvious
Nobody has made the most obvious statement here on how stupid the RIAA is being:
THE INTERNET EXISTED BEFORE GOOGLE!
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They're already having hissy fits over MEGA. Just the word MEGA is evil to them. I'd better hide my MEGA MIX records. Not to mention my MEGA BYTES of data.....
Captain Obvious
Sorry for stating the obvious, but of course we won't hear from the people who's privacy may be violated: They don't have money so "nobody" gives a shit!
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Maybe it's because Bjork is lame.
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I thought the same thing as above!
Useless trivia, the Dalek stories were mostly skipped over when a repeat screening of old "Doctor Who" occurred in Australia in 2003-2005 because there was a copyright and royalties dispute between the BBC and the Estate of Terry Nation. Even "The War Games" was skipped (a whopping 10 episodes) because a Dalek appeared in ONE SCENE! (source: Wikipedia)(and I was watching, too)
DUH
I mean, if iTunes is THE biggest music store and you get cut off the internet, how the fuck are you supposed to legally buy music?