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• On the post: Belgian Anti-Piracy Group Facing Copyright Fraud, Embezzlement & Money Laundering Charges

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 21 Feb, 2012 @ 07:07am

  Look. Learn. Listen.

  To artist's,
  
  They represent their stock holders and not you. You are just a paycheck for them. They only care about extracting the most profit from you as fast as they can because they believe your band will only be famous for a minute.
  
  So if you plan on a career as a musician then you need to find the long term solution.

• On the post: UK Report Blames The Internet For Terrorism, Says ISPs Should Take Down Content

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 08 Feb, 2012 @ 06:24am

  Blame. Target. Get reelected.

  With politicians it is always some "evil doers" or something bad that they must fight against. They need "crises" to do three things. Show the voters that they are working for them and to then use that as a "see the good I did" so reelect me platform.
  
  The third is the opposite of what Descartes said "A state is better governed which has few laws, and those laws strictly observed.". They have to make laws or they will lose their power.

• On the post: The Real Goal Of Regulating Buffer Copies? So Hollywood Can Put A Tollbooth On Innovation

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 06 Feb, 2012 @ 10:43am

  I am against regulation, but...

  I think it is now time to show those industries that are seeking so much control what it feels like when you are a truly regulated industry.

• On the post: Young People Followed SOPA News More Than Election News

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 01:08pm

  The Internet has become

  our lives. Those is the 10-30 age group depend on the Internet in much greater numbers than the other groups. So they don't want it messed with. Period.

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 01:04pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: I really am confused

  So you really think that it's 100% different? Just wanting to clarify your thinking.

• On the post: Is The US Meddling In Polish ACTA Voting?

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 12:27pm

  Re: Hmmm... Warsaw

  I said above; Stop Pollack jokes in the interest of Internet freedom!!! They are not backwards but forwards thinking!!!

• On the post: Hey Advertisers! Stop Believing The NFL's Lies About Trademark Law And Call The Super Bowl The Super Bowl

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 12:24pm

  Re: Re: I am hosting a Super Bowl party at my house

  Sounds like an idea we should test.

• On the post: Hollywood Still Doesn't Realize That The Internet Drives Popular Culture Now

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 12:23pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The bipartisan problem

  FOCUS

• On the post: Poland Prime Minister Suspends Any Effort To Ratify ACTA; May Kill ACTA In The EU

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 11:53am

  Viva Poland!!!

  Thanks God those backwards Pollacks have taken a stand against backward laws!!!!

• On the post: Is The US Meddling In Polish ACTA Voting?

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 11:50am

  I am part Polish...

  And this just shows the Polish are NOT always backwards. So I say in the effort to promote Internet freedom we all should stop all Polish jokes!!!

• On the post: If Politicians Pushing SOPA/PIPA Want To Create Jobs, They Should Support The Internet — And Stop Treating Copyright Companies As Special

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 10:52am

  Re: Re: Really?

  LOL, buggey. Funny typo.

• On the post: Hollywood Still Doesn't Realize That The Internet Drives Popular Culture Now

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 10:50am

  Re: Re: Re: The bipartisan problem

  All I can say is please just go away to all of the occupy people. The reason is that they just don't do anything. They have no cohesive message. They are all over the place and so all they do is show that they are nothing. But are protesting for everything.
  
  If the SOPA/PIPA protest showed anything is that you have to pick your battles. Without doing that you are shooting a shotgun at a mountain and hoping that you can cause it to fall.
  
  All I can say to every person that wants to protest anything.
  
  Focus or people will just think FOCUS (Fuck Off Cuz U're Stupid).

• On the post: Hollywood Still Doesn't Realize That The Internet Drives Popular Culture Now

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 10:45am

  Re:

  Mike really should have said that culture is more influenced by the internet that it is by Hollywood. Neither drives culture but both influence it. The internet does now more than Hollywood.

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 10:40am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: I really am confused

  Ok, agreed. I do agree that it is barely a derivative work. At least with Obama hope image it is very different.

• On the post: Hey Advertisers! Stop Believing The NFL's Lies About Trademark Law And Call The Super Bowl The Super Bowl

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:31am

  Re: Generic Trademarks.

  Good point. Maybe we can get the OED to add it to the dictionary.

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:27am

  Re: Re: I really am confused

  Really? Don't complicate it to that level. We don't need Copyright percentage judges. That determine whether or not a derivative work changed x% of the original work.

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:23am

  Re: Re: I really am confused

  Art is a creative expression. Writing is a creative expression. Both work off the prior existing art. Both are done to say something.
  
  Do I think we should have to give attribution for each phrase or statement that was once said by someone else? No. But if I use a large part of what you said in my work then I should give you credit. Period. If you use several paragraphs from someone else's work do you not think you should give credit? And are you saying that the above work is not the equivalent to a couple of paragraphs?

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:11am

  Re: Re: Re: There are two problems here

  Too funny!!!!

• On the post: When Judges Are Determining Whether Or Not Art Should Exist… We Have A Problem

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:10am

  Re: Re: Re:

  It's all marketing. The skill is there, but it is mostly about marketing. A friend of mine (name withheld) that makes in the 6-7 figures for her art and she even admits that she makes those numbers because she knows how to work in the right circles and has a stellar PR manager. She thinks her art is creative (I don't really agree) but not worth the numbers she is getting.

• On the post: Hey Advertisers! Stop Believing The NFL's Lies About Trademark Law And Call The Super Bowl The Super Bowl

  

  Skeptical Cynic ( profile ), 03 Feb, 2012 @ 09:05am

  I am hosting a Super Bowl party at my house

  and we are going to watch it on a TV with 70 whole inches of viewing pleasure. I hope the NFL complains because I would love to make a mockery of them. Plus I bet that if they go after me I can make some money from the crazy amount of press I will get as people gasp with shock at the whole matter.

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