Big Search and Big Piracy, of course.
/bob
Please be sarcasm....please, please, please!
...that the MPAA is "on the wrong track" when it calls infringement "theft."
Yes, 'theft' is too weak. New term...MURDER!
Yeah...Chris Dodd that Big Red Dirty Republican who was appointed to the US Senate by Bush in 2000 when he took office.
/ignorant partisan rant
Leave with pay for six week investigation...results - nothing.
But, you know, most cops will ignore you even if you're 5 mph over the speed limit. So even the enforcement shows some buffer and flexibility. (=drm circumvention for personal use)
The cake is a lie!
can't get free stuff anymore
Only a delusional troll would believe that there are not a multitude of workarounds, let alone other sites, where 'free stuff' can still be found...and these workarounds were probably available as soon as the first 'freetardist' got a website block splash page.
They shouldn't be doing nothing, they should be repealing!
I can see it now...a piglet with nail clippers duct-taped to its back.
How many people watched Mad Men because a Beatles song was played? (Guessing nil)
How many people who watch Mad Men heard a song by the Beatles for the first time? (>nil)
Oh...I could easily change some words around in the statement to make a statement to the goals of a crony capitalist. Hollande is a socialist, though.
Hmmm...a large bureaucracy that is essentially ineffective and a waste of money? It stays! It is a program any socialist would love.
Home security systems. Every alarm (true or false) requires a police response at taxpayer expense, of course.
So any Techdirt business model contrary to the views of the content industry is "confused", "pirate-apologist" or simply wrong. And any business model consistent with the content industry narrative is "Mike you don't understand what your talking about"? What a joke.
FTFY
Re: Re: Those people arguing against the "Pirate Dan Comment"
Or how Bieber made videos of himself singing copyrighted music and posted it to YouTube, rocketing him to fame and making millions for the "traditional" industry.
"He STOLE others CREATIVITY without PERMISSION and now we exploit his fame to make us MILLIONS!"
Those morally superior industry executives should forfiet ALL profits from Bieber's success on principle alone.