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• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 11:22am

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  Indeed. I think the thing is, they didn't expect the commonfolk to get onto it and use it for their own ends. Nor did they expect the commonfolk to become tech-savvy enough to build their own, if need be.

• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 10:49am

  Re: Re: Re:

  True. But eventually it will penetrate their thick skulls, when twitter, facebook and the like are shot down or hobbled...

• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 10:47am

  Re: Re:

  Well, the upside is that if these people pretend there's no problem until it's too late... then they're going to go ape the moment it DOES go too far. Hello, mass riots.

• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 10:20am

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  Cosigned.

• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 10:13am

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  But I bet they don't know what the effects of those effects will be.... it involves the people getting ANGRY. And staying that way.

• On the post: Megaupload Shutdown Means Other Companies Turning Off Useful Services

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 09:56am

  Re: Un/intended consequences

  Well, UMG commanded the DOJ to attack, and they don't wanna wait!

• On the post: The Pirate Bay Press Release On SOPA: We Are The New Hollywood

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 07:21am

  Re: and all the princess movies:

  Don't forget "Peter Pan" and "Treasure Island." The only NON-public domain work I can remember them churning out is "101 Dalmations," which is loosely based on a 1956 book. (And of course, they like people to believe THEY came up with it, not Dodie Smith)
  
  Yeah, the only original content to come out of Disney is from Pixar.

• On the post: The Pirate Bay Press Release On SOPA: We Are The New Hollywood

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 07:18am

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  I just had a nerdgasm over that quote.
  
  But yes, it's totally true. I bet theaters had exactly this reaction when movies showed up...

• On the post: The Pirate Bay Press Release On SOPA: We Are The New Hollywood

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 07:16am

  Re: Re: It struck me the other day...

  No, we aren't forced to watch their movies. But if we don't, they blame piracy and sic the government on our freedoms.

• On the post: Creative America Restocks… Hires Former DHS/ICE Spokesperson

  

  eso ( profile ), 23 Jan, 2012 @ 06:54am

  Another way in which Hollywood refuses to acknowledge how the Web works - they think news of this can't/won't spread, and nobody will notice their blunders.

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  eso ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 07:32am

  "The MPAA needs a reformer, one who helps guide Hollywood into the opportunities of a new market place."
  
  Sort of like the Mafia needs a reformer.

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  eso ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 07:17am

  Re: What is the problem?

  Read this: http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland/about
  
  Hugely flawed argument. And I would rather have a future filled with cover bands than no free Internet.
  
  And you're just perpetuating the usual lies that the big corporations are feeding you. It's been shown that lots of "nerds" DO buy content, but they don't want to just blindly gobble up the crap the dinosaur old media produces.
  
  Oh, and piracy is possible WITHOUT the web. I once gave a friend a burn of three CDs I owned and paid for, so he could see if he liked the bands. Guess what: HE BOUGHT THE CDS HIMSELF, and some bands got a new fan.

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  eso ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 07:12am

  Re: Re: Re: The real reason SOPA & PIPA are not going away

  Here's another example of consumer AND artist-friendly distribution that grinds the big corporations' gears.
  
  http://www.catherynnemvalente.com/fairyland/about
  
  And you know what? That book she allowed people to pay their OWN price for, it's her best-selling book in hardcopy to date!

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  eso ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 07:07am

  Re: Re: SOPA & PIPA are the symptom ...

  So you're saying you're opposed to fair use, or even having a song playing somewhere in the backgorund while you record a baby dancing. We should never use pictures from an anime as our icons, we should never allow bakers to produce cartoon "picture" cakes, and we should simply bend over to our corporate overlords.
  
  And yes, they ARE interfering with our free speech. YOU clearly don't "Get" free speech, because if you did, you would see that any bill that gives a kill switch for any website will be abused.

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  eso ( profile ), 22 Jan, 2012 @ 07:04am

  Re: Re: Re: The real reason SOPA & PIPA are not going away

  I meant to say "Tyrants never win."
  
  "I dont even think you are in the game, or know what the game is.."
  
  Spoken like a true shill, my dear.

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  eso ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 03:05pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  OK then, we need one of those over here stat! H

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  eso ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 02:19pm

  Re: The real reason SOPA & PIPA are not going away

  In the long run, we won't lose. Because tyrants never do.

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  eso ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 07:49am

  Re: Symbiosis

  Amen to everything you've said.

• On the post: MPAA Directly & Publicly Threatens Politicians Who Aren't Corrupt Enough To Stay Bought

  

  eso ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 07:44am

  Re: Re:

  Oh, they're much better suited to the job than the turds in office, who can't tie their shoes.
  
  They simply don't want to jump into all the muck, especially since "ordinary people" no longer get elected. You need to be ridiculously rich to win.

• On the post: Clay Shirky: Why SOPA's Not Going Away

  

  eso ( profile ), 21 Jan, 2012 @ 07:09am

  Re: What a moron.

  So do you seriously think that the government won't swoop in and conveniently "find copyrighted material" whenever people on a site (like this one) say something they don't like?
  
  Of course they will. Whenever the government does ANYTHING it's for it's own purposes.

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