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• On the post: The SHOCKING Photos That Violated Facebook's Policies!

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 09:36am

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  "...people to flock to something that causes such misery routinely."
  
  Like Mesonexian Eeve said above, this could have been instigated by a cadre of knuckle-draggers, which means there's an obvious flaw in FB's business structure especially since this function isn't working as intended.

• On the post: State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 07:58am

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  Ugh nevermind that link too.

• On the post: State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 07:50am

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  Bah, stupid academic links
  
  http://www.scribd.com/doc/115919383/Cut-Hollywood-Subsidies

• On the post: State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 07:40am

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  "So the increase from 11000 jobs to 24000 jobs in four years is fiction? I thought you said that all of the crew comes NY or LA, but the guy who owns the soundstage says 75% of the crew is local. And then there's your claim that about how insignificant film tourism is, ignoring the claim from the economic development guy that there was $400 million over the last five years. "
  
  So Georgia is the rule, not the exception?
  
  "Looking at the credits nationwide, a report released in December by the nonprofit Center on Budget and Policy Priorities pointed to a study done for the Massachusetts Legislature in 2009 that concluded film subsidies were costing the state $88,000 a job. A similar study for New York?s film office said government coffers were gaining $2,000 with each job created.
  
  Over all, the center?s report concluded that film subsidies offered ?little bang for the buck.? "
  
  http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/20/business/media/20incentives.html?ref=michaelcieply&_r=0
  
  These subsidies are definitely not the god-send you make them out to be.
  
  And funny enough, the article mentions that because these states are having difficulty balancing their budgets, they pull out of the program, which they think will push Hollywood to make movies out of the United States, thereby destroying any benefit these subsidies provide.

• On the post: State Subsidies To Hollywood: Almost Every Program Has Been A Dismal Failure, Costing Taxpayers

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 07 Dec, 2012 @ 07:19am

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  I see your Georgia, and give you New Mexico...
  
  "Gov. Susana Martinez last week'said that New Mexico could save $25 million by cutting the repayment to television and
  movie producers to 15% of their expenses within the state from the current 25%. "There are choices we have to make in New Mexico," the governor said Friday.
  
  "Do we subsidize Hollywood or do we
  start cutting in the classroom? I prefer to
  not be subsidizing Hollywood and make
  sure that we fund adequately our classrooms."
  Martinez said the assistance program
  is often mistakenly characterized as a tax
  credit."
  
  http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/detail?sid=9dcf78c1-b3e4-4502-958c-ace9ab9a6c17%40sessionmgr4&vid=1&hid=14&bdata=JnNpdGU9ZWhvc3QtbGl2ZQ%3d%3d#db=buh&AN=57844503
  
  Because of the competition between states, this percentage can keep growing and negatively impact other sectors of the state.

• On the post: Republican Study Committee Dumps Derek Khanna, Author Of Copyright Reform Brief, After Members Complain

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2012 @ 11:36am

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  Apparently no one pays you to look up the true definition of sociopath either.
  
  Unless, you pay yourself in...you know, pats on the back.

• On the post: Republican Study Committee Dumps Derek Khanna, Author Of Copyright Reform Brief, After Members Complain

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2012 @ 11:34am

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  "Watching the foundation crack and crumble is going to be interesting. I hope all the suffering that follows will be worth that rip of Game of Thrones."
  
  What suffering?

• On the post: Why Copyright Shouldn't Be Considered Property… And Why A Return To 1790 Copyright May Be Desirable

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 10:48am

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  Primerose path? What does this article have to do with living the life of luxury?

• On the post: Why Copyright Shouldn't Be Considered Property… And Why A Return To 1790 Copyright May Be Desirable

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2012 @ 10:44am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright is a grant of limited property rights for limited time.

  I just had a Keanu Reeves conspiracy moment:
  
  "What if OOTB is a bot invented to provide a polar opposite view to Techdirt debates"

• On the post: Fixing Copyright: Is Copyright A Part Of Free Market Capitalism?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 01:32pm

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  "The overwhelming consensus is that copyright is "property.""
  
  I've google searched "copyright is property" and I have yet to find a solid answer to this, not to say it isn't there, but I've seen plenty of debate about it as well.

• On the post: Fixing Copyright: Is Copyright A Part Of Free Market Capitalism?

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 12:42pm

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  AJ, I'm not a copyright expert, but from what I've read there seems to be a lot of grey area debate when it comes to defining copyright as property.
  
  Wouldn't it be foolish then to jump the gun and say it is property?

• On the post: First Amendment Concerns About Internet Radio Bill Not Just Overblown But Completely Backwards

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 12:10pm

  Re: Re: the irony of censorship on techdirt

  How is the content being suppressed or deleted?
  
  Any comment reported to the point of being hidden is still available to read.
  
  You sound like you're just butthurt no one wants to hear you whine.

• On the post: $1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year… And Very Few Jobs Created

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 09:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Don't ever go near NPR again, Mike! It's taxpayer subsidized too!

  In to the blue forgot to mention it comes with an optional Dark Helmet mask :P

• On the post: $1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year… And Very Few Jobs Created

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 09:34am

  Re: Re: Don't ever go near NPR again, Mike! It's taxpayer subsidized too!

  I wouldn't so much say "grasping at straws" as much as he is just pouting because Mike won't engage him in a battle of egos.

• On the post: $1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year… And Very Few Jobs Created

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 04 Dec, 2012 @ 09:13am

  I think this gets worse when you start to think about how our tax dollars have gone to fund cgi abs for Nicolas Cage.

• On the post: Chris Dodd: Bogus Facebook 'Copyright' Declaration Proves Everyone Loves Copyright

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 29 Nov, 2012 @ 12:11pm

  Re: You're flat LYING here:

  OOTB ego: + 1
  
  OOTB's imaginary representation of Mike Masnick's ego: - 1
  
  The ego of everyone else who reads OOTB's posts: ...the amazing amount of Schadenfreude broke the scale.

• On the post: President Obama Is Not Impressed With Your Right To Modify His Photos

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 20 Nov, 2012 @ 02:14pm

  This is why I love photoshop
  
  http://cheezburger.com/6792392192

• On the post: App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 01:12pm

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  Haha, too true.
  
  It's funny, my brother-in-law is a software engineer who designs medical software for a bunch of hospitals in California.
  
  He told me Microsoft has always piggybacked on the updates other software companies put out for their products.

• On the post: App Developer Hijacks Customer Twitter Accounts In An Attempt To Shame Pirates

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 12:48pm

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  I'm just saying, from a programming standpoint, sending out a product that hasn't been thoroughly tested is bad for business.
  
  Obviously, accusing your paying customers of piracy is also bad for business, but Hollywood has already set the example that using that assumption is an okay business practice.

• On the post: AC/DC And Kid Rock Finally Realize That Selling Tracks Online Is Probably A Good Idea

  

  Lowestofthekeys ( profile ), 19 Nov, 2012 @ 12:31pm

  Re: Re: Why do you always trumpet sell-outs?

  I think OOTB missed the part of debate class where you're supposed to make coherent arguments.

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