This is what governments do. They interfere with our lives and screw everything up, then claim that in order to make things better, we need them to interfere even more. The government is a parasite and it should surprise nobody that they are trying to take over the internet.
and apply it to your intellectual property, Techdirt. It took you a lot of intellectual work and creativity to make this website. It took you a lot of intellectual work and creativity to get the current level of readership that you now enjoy.
Let's say I were to agree with your premise, that Intellectual Property should be free for everyone. I also have a website, but I don't get nearly the same amount of readers that you do.
You are a fascist government capitalist pig dog if you do not give me your domain name, website, and readership so that I can use your Intellectual Property for the benefit of my blog.
The only people that are hurt by a fast rate of innovation are the parasites, the looters, the bureaucrats in washington who have to work hard to figure out how to stick their evil greedy fingers into the new technology and use their political power to rake in the cash at our expense.
In the real world, innovation helps everyone, ESPECIALLY the poor.
Our Antitrust laws make any businessman a criminal simply by doing business. NO mater what action you take, you are violating one or more of the myriad of antitrust laws in this country. They were designed so that politicians could loot companies to satisfy bloodthirsty voters, and that's exactly how they are used.
Any time people fail, they cry foul to the government to bail them out.
"It's not right for Google to be such a success, they need to pay for us! they can afford it!"
"It's not right for rich people to be able to keep their money! They need to pay their fair share!"
"It's not right for oil companies to make money selling an essential product to Americans! We need to seize their profits!"
We need to remove the government from our economy and limit it to only protecting our rights to life, liberty, and private property. This would protect against theft, fraud, breach of contract, etc, and would allow our economy to work the way it is supposed to: work hard, earn rewards. Right now our government works like this: buy a politician, receive stolen money.
Because that's the way government works. Government takes your money and gives it to their buddies. That's true of all government, federal, state, and local. Government is evil and we have given it too much power.
I love how you guys stand up for capitalist principles when it comes to technology, but then have an extreme big-government slant on everything else. Gee, a company working with other companies to offer a great service to customers? How novel! Now how can we get the government involved to screw it all up? lol
Actually that's not true. There was a report in Popular Mechanics about that myth and they found that even the clunkers from the 50's weren't affected by cell phone signals. Hell they even covered this on Mythbusters.
Yet again we see that freedom is the answer. We need to scrap this government or severely cut it back. In any situation, allowing people to be free is the best answer, and it always works. Let the airlines decide what the best policy is for their customers, there's a novel concept.
(note: freedom also applies to many other political issues, and the right answer is always: the government shouldn't be involved.)
I love how this article is written. Your first mistake is assuming that anything anybody in the Atlanta government does will actually make sense or be based in any sort of reason at all. Atlanta government is a joke and anything they say should be taken as a joke.
Same ol thing
This is what governments do. They interfere with our lives and screw everything up, then claim that in order to make things better, we need them to interfere even more. The government is a parasite and it should surprise nobody that they are trying to take over the internet.
Loser Pays
We need loser pays ASAP. Lawsuits are killing us.
Global Warming
Facebook is no more responsible for the rise in STDs than man is responsible for the earth's temperature.
Let's take your principle
and apply it to your intellectual property, Techdirt. It took you a lot of intellectual work and creativity to make this website. It took you a lot of intellectual work and creativity to get the current level of readership that you now enjoy.
Let's say I were to agree with your premise, that Intellectual Property should be free for everyone. I also have a website, but I don't get nearly the same amount of readers that you do.
You are a fascist government capitalist pig dog if you do not give me your domain name, website, and readership so that I can use your Intellectual Property for the benefit of my blog.
Nonsense
The only people that are hurt by a fast rate of innovation are the parasites, the looters, the bureaucrats in washington who have to work hard to figure out how to stick their evil greedy fingers into the new technology and use their political power to rake in the cash at our expense.
In the real world, innovation helps everyone, ESPECIALLY the poor.
AntiTrust is AntiBusiness
Our Antitrust laws make any businessman a criminal simply by doing business. NO mater what action you take, you are violating one or more of the myriad of antitrust laws in this country. They were designed so that politicians could loot companies to satisfy bloodthirsty voters, and that's exactly how they are used.
This is why our economy sucks
Any time people fail, they cry foul to the government to bail them out.
"It's not right for Google to be such a success, they need to pay for us! they can afford it!"
"It's not right for rich people to be able to keep their money! They need to pay their fair share!"
"It's not right for oil companies to make money selling an essential product to Americans! We need to seize their profits!"
We need to remove the government from our economy and limit it to only protecting our rights to life, liberty, and private property. This would protect against theft, fraud, breach of contract, etc, and would allow our economy to work the way it is supposed to: work hard, earn rewards. Right now our government works like this: buy a politician, receive stolen money.
So now you're criticizing reporters?
What about when Palin's email account was hacked? Didn't you announce that with glee?
Because...
Because that's the way government works. Government takes your money and gives it to their buddies. That's true of all government, federal, state, and local. Government is evil and we have given it too much power.
I love it
I love how you guys stand up for capitalist principles when it comes to technology, but then have an extreme big-government slant on everything else. Gee, a company working with other companies to offer a great service to customers? How novel! Now how can we get the government involved to screw it all up? lol
Re: Re: Re:
Actually that's not true. There was a report in Popular Mechanics about that myth and they found that even the clunkers from the 50's weren't affected by cell phone signals. Hell they even covered this on Mythbusters.
Freedom is the answer
Yet again we see that freedom is the answer. We need to scrap this government or severely cut it back. In any situation, allowing people to be free is the best answer, and it always works. Let the airlines decide what the best policy is for their customers, there's a novel concept.
(note: freedom also applies to many other political issues, and the right answer is always: the government shouldn't be involved.)
LOL
I love how this article is written. Your first mistake is assuming that anything anybody in the Atlanta government does will actually make sense or be based in any sort of reason at all. Atlanta government is a joke and anything they say should be taken as a joke.
Looks like they have a lot in common with the environmentalist lobbyists then!