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• On the post: Music Exec Says Too Many Silly Things To Put In This Headline

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 01 Jul, 2011 @ 01:12pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  What you're overlooking: If people want it, people will get it, one way or another. This applies to free content, and it also applies to to the production of content. You can easily scoff the few people who contribute to crowd-sourced content now, but that's only because there is an alternative source for content. When said source is finally killed, content will simply be produced by other means.
  
  I am sure we can all enjoy the wonderful amateur material that will come out to replace it.
  
  I certainly already am. 100% of the music and the vast majority of films and videos I currently watch are non-retail, although not necessarily, as you say, "amateur." The guys behind Rooster Teeth productions, for example, make very entertaining original series (available for free, no less), and make a living doing it.

• On the post: Kevin Smith Continues To Innovate: Offering VOD Before Theatrical Release… But Also Offering Incentives To Go To The Theater

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 05:01pm

  Re:

  I'm a big fan of Hollywood Babble-On, myself.
  
  GARMY STRONG!

• On the post: The Misconceptions Of 'Free' Abound; Why Do Brains Stop At The Zero?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 30 Jun, 2011 @ 11:48am

  Re: Free for one =/= free for all

  BUT PIRACY!

• On the post: Sony CEO: We Were Hacked By Freetards Who Just Want Everything Free

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 29 Jun, 2011 @ 06:07pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Most Modern Hackers are Freetards....

  An intellectual property tax? That's actually brilliant.
  
  And it would be hilarious to watch the copyright industries squirm if such a thing were ever publicly suggested...

• On the post: Want To Give Righthaven's Backers A Taste Of Their Own Medicine?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 02:53pm

  Pure schadenfreude reading each of these Righthaven articles. It just gets better and better...

• On the post: Capcom's Resident Evil DRM Is Evil: You Get To Play The Game Once And That's It

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 12:09pm

  The balls. The unmitigated BALLS.

• On the post: If Jay Maisel's Photograph Is Original Artwork, Then So Is The Pixelated Cover Of 'Kind Of Bloop'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 11:39am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: derivative work

  Paint doesn't cost thousands of dollars.

• On the post: If Jay Maisel's Photograph Is Original Artwork, Then So Is The Pixelated Cover Of 'Kind Of Bloop'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 09:40am

  Re: Re: derivative work

  ...you need to accept responsiblity for that and pay for the rights to use that underlying image. It is the right thing to do, it's the legal thing to do.
  
  In other words, creation is now a privilege for the wealthy. Sad.

• On the post: If Jay Maisel's Photograph Is Original Artwork, Then So Is The Pixelated Cover Of 'Kind Of Bloop'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 09:34am

  No-talent loser, indeed

  And you're doing a great job.

• On the post: If Jay Maisel's Photograph Is Original Artwork, Then So Is The Pixelated Cover Of 'Kind Of Bloop'

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 28 Jun, 2011 @ 08:59am

  Re: Re: Re: Photography is not art*. Jazz is not music.

  Funny you should mention MC Escher...much of his body of work is inspired by North African art, combined with mathematical concepts based on the works of HSM Coxeter and Roger Penrose.
  
  But he wasn't derivative, hmm?

• On the post: Australia, Once Again, Seeks To Censor The Internet

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2011 @ 01:07am

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  Given your grammar and spelling, I'm having a bit of difficultly with your post, but from what I can glean from it, you apparently do not understand the purpose of the US Constitution, nor the importance of it.

• On the post: Drake Tells Universal Music To Stop Taking Down The Music He's Leaking

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2011 @ 01:29am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  ...is that not what Marcus just said?

• On the post: Australia, Once Again, Seeks To Censor The Internet

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2011 @ 01:27am

  Re: they can't even get rid of rabbits

  I suspect the answer to 1 is most likely "browbeating and threats."

• On the post: Locked Up Technology Is Broken Technology

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2011 @ 01:21am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Have you ever bought a new car?
  
  Have you? Warranties are finite. Not to mention the dealers will use ANY excuse to claim it's been voided.

• On the post: Kind Of Blue: Using Copyright To Make Hobby Artist Pay Up

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 24 Jun, 2011 @ 11:36am

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  He didn't "reprint" the photo...he drew a new piece of pixel artwork BASED on the original photo.

• On the post: MPAA Directly Lobbies Law Enforcement To Be Its Own Private Police Force

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 02:14am

  Re: Re: Re: Graduated response a done deal

  Yep, piracy is definitely over now. You won. Congratulations. And I'm sure the half a billion people worldwide who've had their favorite services shut down will now just say "gee, shucks," kick their heels, and start paying you money.
  
  Honestly, despite much of TechDirt's fears of collateral damage, which I'm sure is a very real danger, I've decided that I'm rooting for your new laws. I really am. Getting much of the public away from label garbage will be the best thing that ever happened to free independent music.

• On the post: Giant Breweries Get Laws Passed In Wisconsin To Make Life Hard For Small Breweries [Updated]

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 21 Jun, 2011 @ 07:58am

  Re: Re: Re:

  What part of "I don't, I'm a blogger" are you having trouble with?
  
  Also, for the record: Making a claim that then encouraging others to Google your sources for you? That isn't how it's done.

• On the post: Irish Hotel The Latest To Sue Google Over Autocomplete Suggestions

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2011 @ 03:14pm

  It might be easier just to eliminate Autocomplete outright. It's clear that the world isn't ready for it.

• On the post: Senators Unconcerned About Massive Unintended Consequences Of Criminalizing People For Embedding YouTube Videos

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2011 @ 01:31pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  intelligent observations by ACs
  
  BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

• On the post: Entitlement? Spoiled Brats? Or Just Progress?

  

  RadialSkid ( profile ), 08 Jun, 2011 @ 08:53pm

  Re: Re: Re: capitalism

  As with anything else, if you think the price is too high, don't buy it.
  
  Many here, such as myself, do exactly this. Unfortunately most of your crowd can't seem to comprehend this point of view.
  
  No matter how many times I point out to you shills that I don't listen to retail music, the next time I lament another action by the recording industry that will further restrict the internet and/or culture and wish for the labels to finally blissfully fold, I still get you goofballs shooting back with gems like, "Yeah, you hate the labels, even though you love to steal their content!"
  
  Every. Frigging. Time.

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