Here's an article I found on Salon that talks about "rentiers" that are the true drain on our economy. The ratcheting up of IP controls seem to help enable this.
In the early days of emusic.com, you could find albums of older acts (BJ Thomas and John Prine come to mind) that were actually re-recordings of their old hits. Sometimes they were better than the originals, sometimes not.
If you really want to mess with the "fundamental" parts of Hollywood's business, how about attacking "Hollywood Accounting." The most fundamental part of their business is to screw over as many as possible.
He never said the the laws were effective, just that those laws are the monopoly's only hope. If you add his point of the collateral damage to your point of "It ain't going to work anyway," you come to the conclusion that these laws are really bad.
Maybe you could reconvene the panel on the Jerry Springer Show. Also invite Hulk Hogan to bust some heads. It would generate enough cash to fix the entire recording industry.
I think you could make an argument that it's format shifting. If IBM purchased all of the books, scanned then into Watson, and kept the physical books. I don't see much difference between that and me buying a CD and ripping it to Mp3's for my own personal use.
Time for the obligatory out of context quote (from the Turow article): copyright is a relic, suited only to the needs of out-of-step corporate behemoths.
Please note the first word is not capitalized because it's not the start of the sentence. But who cares, he actually said it!
How rich “moochers” hurt America
Here's an article I found on Salon that talks about "rentiers" that are the true drain on our economy. The ratcheting up of IP controls seem to help enable this.
http://www.salon.com/2013/03/22/how_rich_moochers_ruin_america/
I watched it Last Night
I watched it last night (I've got Comcast). It was pretty funny. BTW, it's already available in all the usual illegal places.
P.S. Your buddy Louis CK was on too. Very funny guy.
Re: Re: Not a great day at all...
I read the parent comment as satire. I hope I'm right.
This has been going on a long time
In the early days of emusic.com, you could find albums of older acts (BJ Thomas and John Prine come to mind) that were actually re-recordings of their old hits. Sometimes they were better than the originals, sometimes not.
Hollywood Accounting
If you really want to mess with the "fundamental" parts of Hollywood's business, how about attacking "Hollywood Accounting." The most fundamental part of their business is to screw over as many as possible.
ACTA will not require any revision or adaptation of EU law
They keep using this excuse. If nothing is going to change, why bother with it in the first place.
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You forgot option 3:
Screw the artist and screw the customer at the same time. This would be completely consistent with past behavior.
What's the definition of an honest politician?
Once he's bought, he stays bought.
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He never said the the laws were effective, just that those laws are the monopoly's only hope. If you add his point of the collateral damage to your point of "It ain't going to work anyway," you come to the conclusion that these laws are really bad.
Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel
This quote has been attributed to Samuel Johnson:
www.samueljohnson.com/refuge.html
It seems like it still applies.
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How will they square this up with the previous post about France requiring data retention? You can't retain it and delete it at the same time.
Reconvene the Panel
Maybe you could reconvene the panel on the Jerry Springer Show. Also invite Hulk Hogan to bust some heads. It would generate enough cash to fix the entire recording industry.
Format Shifting?
I think you could make an argument that it's format shifting. If IBM purchased all of the books, scanned then into Watson, and kept the physical books. I don't see much difference between that and me buying a CD and ripping it to Mp3's for my own personal use.
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Time for the obligatory out of context quote (from the Turow article): copyright is a relic, suited only to the needs of out-of-step corporate behemoths.
Please note the first word is not capitalized because it's not the start of the sentence. But who cares, he actually said it!
Re: SCO
Hey George, Christopher Wright summed up SCO's argument in his Help Desk comic: The Real Legal Argument Revealed