Which as a Libertarian he should wholeheartedly support. Profit to the strongest, not the most deserving! (Although the objectivist mantra of the strongest are the most deserving might apply here...)
Which is why he might be considered an excessive loon. :)
I really don't see how A) will lead to B(ii) - in fact I don't see how B(i) would lead to B(ii). Cutting spending and/or increasing tax, and reducing waste (including insane military spending and corporate boondoggles) would be much simpler.
If C) is true (I'm British so can't tell so well) then kudos to him - but one 'sane' idea in many 'insane' ones does not a desirable make.
Fair enough, as I'm pretty anti-Objectivist, especially when it affects how people at the bottom of the pile are treated. Still, unless any particular element can be shown to be overtly Objectivist, we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
Being intolerant of a KKK member is usually nothing to do with being racist, unless you are a black power activist. As a 'white', me despising the KKK is about detesting bigotry and intolerance. However, I wouldn't automatically say 'racist' if a black friend didn't like them either.
I agree with most of what you are saying - I think we're coming at it from different angles. However, appeal to some sort of authority for assistance is one thing, having to blindly obey authority is another. Whilst you Americans have an admirable 'can-do' attitude, sometimes it seems you are a bit knee-jerk for or against when it comes to authority (and in some people in both directions).
And yes, children should be free to be children as much as possible, and learn their own consequences.
That's true. I was recently looking at buying some movie downloads that were on special offer. I already had the movies on video (up to twice) and some on DVD, but I was interested in digital copies I could just watch on a whim. But the thought of DRM and assorted looniness made me pause, until I missed the offer and the company missed my money.
And there I was in the mood for some Star Trek II... DRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
"In news today, after the Grand Bank Heist city police put up roadblocks every half-mile throughout the city and announced that these roadblocks would remain for one month, or until the perpetrators were caught."
"In follow-up news today, massive traffic jams have brought the city to a grinding halt, with 'rush hour' now lasting from 4am to midnight as people wait to get through any of the average of 10 police roadblocks on their way to anywhere."
"In news today, following the city police's controversial bid last week to stop armed robbery by roadblocking the city extensively, five separate banks were hit by robbers. Amazingly, in three cases they fled by foot; in the other two either pushbikes or motorbikes were used. Due to the gridlocked traffic for the last week, police responders were unable to respond.
Police have now announced that they will do full strip-searches of anyone within a half-mile of a bank."
Because one is still the most guilty, the rest are more aiding and abetting, albeit to different degrees. But yes, the same felony associations that get used on normal people should be applied here.
When you are abusing anonymity to actively harm people (and there is no way you can say that lawsuits are not 'harm') then no, you should probably have to make a declaration.
How can you possibly expect to sue someone for breaking a patent without actually a) declaring what the patent is (Microsoft pay heed!) and b) saying who has a financial interest (even if it is only to the court officials)?
It's a little different a company having internal access to material (and we don't know if it's everything) and then that access being made 'publicly' available to the government (yours and any other that cares to investigate).
Show me the line in the Constitution where it effectively says "Any copying of any material that may possibly be covered by copyright is automatically infringing"...
Fair use butthurts copyright maniacs. And no, this could be out of fair use - but you refuse to even countenance it unless it's you 'infringing'.
Well, if you wish to say that you can reproduce a similar effect (note: I haven't been able to see either) a lot simpler and cheaper (which NYT might well be interested in for their own purposes), then using a selection of the original content may well be seen to be more useful.
Of course, some lorem ipsum might be safer, if less good as an illustration, especially if your point is precisely "we can generate this for 1% of the resources, why are you paying those cowboys?".
And I'll sympathise more with papers the day they pay people who feature in their stories for the stories they write. (Which of course would be wrong in many cases.)
You were actually being quite reasonable until that last unnecessary dig.
We could just as equally say "calling the cops and making harmless fun an arrestable offence is just the kind of overreach that content controllors and copywrong maximalists and patent trolls buy laws for".
Oh, and Conservative "Respect my authoritah!" attitudes are so much better. Along with turning a blind eye on any bullying of anyone darker than a light sun-tan, of anyone who isn't a jock, of anyone who isn't hetero-male-overcompensating, of anyone 'different'. Because the world was so much a better place 30-60 years ago, and nothing's improved.
Yes people go too far with political correctness. But there is still so far to go. It's just getting the balance right.
Then they complain that on the one hand kids aren't like kids of old and only spend time on their computers, then complain that the kids go and spend all their time on 'violent' video games
Re: It's a for profit site
Which as a Libertarian he should wholeheartedly support. Profit to the strongest, not the most deserving! (Although the objectivist mantra of the strongest are the most deserving might apply here...)
Re: Re: Just another politician.
Which is why he might be considered an excessive loon. :)
I really don't see how A) will lead to B(ii) - in fact I don't see how B(i) would lead to B(ii). Cutting spending and/or increasing tax, and reducing waste (including insane military spending and corporate boondoggles) would be much simpler.
If C) is true (I'm British so can't tell so well) then kudos to him - but one 'sane' idea in many 'insane' ones does not a desirable make.
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Fair enough, as I'm pretty anti-Objectivist, especially when it affects how people at the bottom of the pile are treated. Still, unless any particular element can be shown to be overtly Objectivist, we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
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It's a good thing this isn't a 'crime' then.
Re: Re: Re: Zero tolerance is the result of the 60's not cured by it
Being intolerant of a KKK member is usually nothing to do with being racist, unless you are a black power activist. As a 'white', me despising the KKK is about detesting bigotry and intolerance. However, I wouldn't automatically say 'racist' if a black friend didn't like them either.
I agree with most of what you are saying - I think we're coming at it from different angles. However, appeal to some sort of authority for assistance is one thing, having to blindly obey authority is another. Whilst you Americans have an admirable 'can-do' attitude, sometimes it seems you are a bit knee-jerk for or against when it comes to authority (and in some people in both directions).
And yes, children should be free to be children as much as possible, and learn their own consequences.
Re: Re: Anomaly? Coincicence? Or does DMCA = Censorship?
If it was disappearing off everyone's radar, then why did four major studios have to file fraudulent claims?
Also, you are completely failing to address their fraudulent (or extremely careless) activity, which is the actual main point of this article.
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Yes, but they don't need to keep up with the latest permutations.
"Ultraviolet? Isn't that a clearance level in Paranoia?"
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That's true. I was recently looking at buying some movie downloads that were on special offer. I already had the movies on video (up to twice) and some on DVD, but I was interested in digital copies I could just watch on a whim. But the thought of DRM and assorted looniness made me pause, until I missed the offer and the company missed my money.
And there I was in the mood for some Star Trek II... DRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
Re: Actually, had to shut down because of piracy!
"In news today, after the Grand Bank Heist city police put up roadblocks every half-mile throughout the city and announced that these roadblocks would remain for one month, or until the perpetrators were caught."
"In follow-up news today, massive traffic jams have brought the city to a grinding halt, with 'rush hour' now lasting from 4am to midnight as people wait to get through any of the average of 10 police roadblocks on their way to anywhere."
"In news today, following the city police's controversial bid last week to stop armed robbery by roadblocking the city extensively, five separate banks were hit by robbers. Amazingly, in three cases they fled by foot; in the other two either pushbikes or motorbikes were used. Due to the gridlocked traffic for the last week, police responders were unable to respond.
Police have now announced that they will do full strip-searches of anyone within a half-mile of a bank."
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Because one is still the most guilty, the rest are more aiding and abetting, albeit to different degrees. But yes, the same felony associations that get used on normal people should be applied here.
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Yes, but it is more likely that the detention could be a police van or cell than their own homes?
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When you are abusing anonymity to actively harm people (and there is no way you can say that lawsuits are not 'harm') then no, you should probably have to make a declaration.
How can you possibly expect to sue someone for breaking a patent without actually a) declaring what the patent is (Microsoft pay heed!) and b) saying who has a financial interest (even if it is only to the court officials)?
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It's a little different a company having internal access to material (and we don't know if it's everything) and then that access being made 'publicly' available to the government (yours and any other that cares to investigate).
Re: Re: Re: Use Your Own Content
And the NYT never ever ever profits off other people's work or unpaid resources?
Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright
Show me the line in the Constitution where it effectively says "Any copying of any material that may possibly be covered by copyright is automatically infringing"...
Fair use butthurts copyright maniacs. And no, this could be out of fair use - but you refuse to even countenance it unless it's you 'infringing'.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Copyright
Well, if you wish to say that you can reproduce a similar effect (note: I haven't been able to see either) a lot simpler and cheaper (which NYT might well be interested in for their own purposes), then using a selection of the original content may well be seen to be more useful.
Of course, some lorem ipsum might be safer, if less good as an illustration, especially if your point is precisely "we can generate this for 1% of the resources, why are you paying those cowboys?".
And I'll sympathise more with papers the day they pay people who feature in their stories for the stories they write. (Which of course would be wrong in many cases.)
Re: It funny to read all of this
You were actually being quite reasonable until that last unnecessary dig.
We could just as equally say "calling the cops and making harmless fun an arrestable offence is just the kind of overreach that content controllors and copywrong maximalists and patent trolls buy laws for".
Re: Zero tolerance is the result of the 60's not cured by it
Oh, and Conservative "Respect my authoritah!" attitudes are so much better. Along with turning a blind eye on any bullying of anyone darker than a light sun-tan, of anyone who isn't a jock, of anyone who isn't hetero-male-overcompensating, of anyone 'different'. Because the world was so much a better place 30-60 years ago, and nothing's improved.
Yes people go too far with political correctness. But there is still so far to go. It's just getting the balance right.
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Ok, that was more coherent when I first thought it out.
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Then they complain that on the one hand kids aren't like kids of old and only spend time on their computers, then complain that the kids go and spend all their time on 'violent' video games