Our police are at least as much of a threat to US democracy as Trump. They're the guardians of constitutional behavior as well as "ordinary" good behavior, but they're profoundly corrupt. They're bound to be, I suppose. Their psychological patterns are well documented--most are control freaks seeking order in their own lives after a childhood of abuse. Not the best preparation for a career enforcing law and order, not the best people to give a gun to.
You know, we're in the midst of a fascist takeover. There's no point in huffing and puffing about this or that court's decision. This is the real thing.
The key text is "when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism."
No way in the world are we in that situation, nor were the slave states.
Um ... no. Creators can hardly use what has been broadcast globally by possibly the world's biggest web presence. The supposed bump from the "free publicity" of unpaid "adapting and changing" doesn't happen, so the "adapting and changing" helps destroy creators' livelihoods. You might experience this yourself if you develop and publish something of your own. Independent creators can no longer expect a career, as they once could; they can pretty much only look forward to padding their resumes for their next gig.
The carriage maker analogy doesn't work. Some went into the car business, Studebaker being the prime example. And while many went out of business, their personnel moved into cars and trucks pretty quickly.
Likewise, the film and music business is adapting, changing. So is the word industry. Their obstructionism is really just a delaying action that buys them time. More power to them, I say. There are jobs at stake, bills to pay, kids to raise, potholes to fill. Folks in the Rust Belt discovered that abrupt abandonment of industries creates disasters.
No, copyright doesn't prevent you or me from saying a darn thing. It prevents you from using my speech without permission, or me using your speech without permission. In other words, it prevents our rights to our own speech.
No, copyright doesn't prevent you or me from saying a darn thing. It prevents you from using my speech without permission, or me using your speech without permission. In other words, it prevents our rights to our own speech.
At a time when the global economy for copyrighted material is going gangbusters while the US's is sinking, you advocate the US bowing out of the global economy in favor of our sinking selves. Brilliant!
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DeepThreat
Our police are at least as much of a threat to US democracy as Trump. They're the guardians of constitutional behavior as well as "ordinary" good behavior, but they're profoundly corrupt. They're bound to be, I suppose. Their psychological patterns are well documented--most are control freaks seeking order in their own lives after a childhood of abuse. Not the best preparation for a career enforcing law and order, not the best people to give a gun to.
The F Word
You know, we're in the midst of a fascist takeover. There's no point in huffing and puffing about this or that court's decision. This is the real thing.
Re: Re: Re: Re: "Disarm the public"
The key text is "when a long train of abuses and usurpations, pursuing invariably the same object evinces a design to reduce them under absolute despotism."
No way in the world are we in that situation, nor were the slave states.
Re: Re: Re:
Um ... no. Creators can hardly use what has been broadcast globally by possibly the world's biggest web presence. The supposed bump from the "free publicity" of unpaid "adapting and changing" doesn't happen, so the "adapting and changing" helps destroy creators' livelihoods. You might experience this yourself if you develop and publish something of your own. Independent creators can no longer expect a career, as they once could; they can pretty much only look forward to padding their resumes for their next gig.
Re: A tangent about carriage makers and lines of business
The carriage maker analogy doesn't work. Some went into the car business, Studebaker being the prime example. And while many went out of business, their personnel moved into cars and trucks pretty quickly.
Likewise, the film and music business is adapting, changing. So is the word industry. Their obstructionism is really just a delaying action that buys them time. More power to them, I say. There are jobs at stake, bills to pay, kids to raise, potholes to fill. Folks in the Rust Belt discovered that abrupt abandonment of industries creates disasters.
Re: Re: Re:
No, copyright doesn't prevent you or me from saying a darn thing. It prevents you from using my speech without permission, or me using your speech without permission. In other words, it prevents our rights to our own speech.
Re: Congress shall make no law...
No, copyright doesn't prevent you or me from saying a darn thing. It prevents you from using my speech without permission, or me using your speech without permission. In other words, it prevents our rights to our own speech.
Re: Who else may get left out?: Anti-globalists
At a time when the global economy for copyrighted material is going gangbusters while the US's is sinking, you advocate the US bowing out of the global economy in favor of our sinking selves. Brilliant!