Riiiggghhhhttt.... so if an artist doesn't want, let's say, black people to listen to their music, or gay people, or white people, then they get to decide that? Fuck that shit. You put it out there, you don't get to decide how it gets used.
Music is made to be listened to. Be it in pieces or as a whole. You don't get to speak and take back your words. You don't get to sing and take back your notes.
I have yet to hear a really valid reason why you, the consumer, should be able to decide how someone else's work will be distributed. It seems a pretty unfair thing, really. I don't tell you how to spend your paycheck, why should you be able to tell an artist that they must give their work away for free?
The article is not talking about telling the artist how to distribute their work - it is telling the artists that they don't get to decide how we distribute other things just because it may also be used to distribute their work. It would seem a pretty unfair thing of you to tell me that I can spend my paycheck any way I like, as long as I only use your currency that you get a % of for every transaction performed. It's akin to Mastercard saying to the public "you must use our card" and then having the government come along and enforce it.
Theft as most people understand it doesn't really require a lawyer at all because people just understand it. They can figure it out without help.
Infringement needs lawyers because it doesn't make as much sense and as such people need to be convinced it is wrong. And that is where the lawyers come in because that is where they get paid.
If someone steals a DVD, no one questions it - they get slapped on the wrist and sent on their way. It's a nuisance crime.
Because 'stealing' a song is is not so straight forward, you need to make them pay $250000 and serve time in jail... because... well... I'm not sure.
Well, I agree on a basic level - I don't feel patents are useless. I do feel they are not properly regulated in situations like this.
The company should be forced to license the technology at a reasonable rate as determined by a regulatory body. They should not be able to block it. That is not the point of a patent.
I would love to hear their side of the story so if anyone can find any comments by the patent holders I would be interested in reading them. If it amounts to "It's my ball and you can't play" then I say screw'em.
I guess no one else here seems to think another problem would be that while you may consent to them seeing your posts, did your friends also consent to them seeing theirs?
Never mind the computer - we want his hand and his face as they were the instruments used and as such he should no longer have access to them. Three strikes my ass!
Just remove their trademarks and any copyright they should legally have - they are not responsible enough to have any.
It's like not getting your kid a pet until they can prove they are responsible enough. Clearly their goldfish died and enough innocent lives have been lost.
"A guy named Lars Erickson had recorded The Pi Symphony back in 1992 and registered a copyright on the output. It was based on assigning notes to the numbers 0 to 9, then playing them according to the sequence of pi."
Why is all that I can think of is...
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people, started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends...
Seems like she is perfectly suited to politics. Making stuff up and presenting it as fact is exactly what they do. She could probably get a job with RIAA if she worked on the quality of her bullshit.
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Do it in the bedroom it's called... well, never mind that one.
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Riiiggghhhhttt.... so if an artist doesn't want, let's say, black people to listen to their music, or gay people, or white people, then they get to decide that? Fuck that shit. You put it out there, you don't get to decide how it gets used.
Music is made to be listened to. Be it in pieces or as a whole. You don't get to speak and take back your words. You don't get to sing and take back your notes.
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I'm going to pick on this one paragraph:
I have yet to hear a really valid reason why you, the consumer, should be able to decide how someone else's work will be distributed. It seems a pretty unfair thing, really. I don't tell you how to spend your paycheck, why should you be able to tell an artist that they must give their work away for free?
The article is not talking about telling the artist how to distribute their work - it is telling the artists that they don't get to decide how we distribute other things just because it may also be used to distribute their work. It would seem a pretty unfair thing of you to tell me that I can spend my paycheck any way I like, as long as I only use your currency that you get a % of for every transaction performed. It's akin to Mastercard saying to the public "you must use our card" and then having the government come along and enforce it.
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I thought LV made bags, not suits... I'm so confused.
What about Bill?
Hold on - does this mean Bill Clinton can't have a Facebook page?
Awkward...
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What we call 'errata' they call 'editions.'
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Theft as most people understand it doesn't really require a lawyer at all because people just understand it. They can figure it out without help.
Infringement needs lawyers because it doesn't make as much sense and as such people need to be convinced it is wrong. And that is where the lawyers come in because that is where they get paid.
If someone steals a DVD, no one questions it - they get slapped on the wrist and sent on their way. It's a nuisance crime.
Because 'stealing' a song is is not so straight forward, you need to make them pay $250000 and serve time in jail... because... well... I'm not sure.
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Why does it only let me click funny once...
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Well, I agree on a basic level - I don't feel patents are useless. I do feel they are not properly regulated in situations like this.
The company should be forced to license the technology at a reasonable rate as determined by a regulatory body. They should not be able to block it. That is not the point of a patent.
I would love to hear their side of the story so if anyone can find any comments by the patent holders I would be interested in reading them. If it amounts to "It's my ball and you can't play" then I say screw'em.
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I guess no one else here seems to think another problem would be that while you may consent to them seeing your posts, did your friends also consent to them seeing theirs?
It isn't just your privacy at risk.
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Never mind the computer - we want his hand and his face as they were the instruments used and as such he should no longer have access to them. Three strikes my ass!
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Just remove their trademarks and any copyright they should legally have - they are not responsible enough to have any.
It's like not getting your kid a pet until they can prove they are responsible enough. Clearly their goldfish died and enough innocent lives have been lost.
Never mind the damage their movies have done...
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"A guy named Lars Erickson had recorded The Pi Symphony back in 1992 and registered a copyright on the output. It was based on assigning notes to the numbers 0 to 9, then playing them according to the sequence of pi."
Why is all that I can think of is...
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people, started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends...
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Seems like she is perfectly suited to politics. Making stuff up and presenting it as fact is exactly what they do. She could probably get a job with RIAA if she worked on the quality of her bullshit.
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Thanks for the suggestion, Just read it. Loved the line about "immigrants where they are natives."
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Control is an illusion. It is influence, but never control.
I just wish everyone would learn that you can't take it with you.
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When did we stop building foundations for our children and instead start building ceilings?
The next generation needs to determine how high their own sky is, and if it surpasses ours, all the better.
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This whole thread should get funniest post of the week.
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It's not about content creator, it's about content owner.
Sheesh... ;P