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How to Approach a Homosexual
04/23/10, 07:27
Transvestite != Homosexual |
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iBex scratches own ass with horn
04/22/10, 18:16
Butt mites? |
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Chicken adopts kitten?
04/22/10, 18:01
I've eaten chicken breast, but I never considered it breastfeeding. |
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Drunk Chick + Gravity Vs. Glass Table
04/22/10, 17:59
This is the time where the boys and girls at home get to fill in the blank. |
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Coolest Birthday Candle Ever!
04/22/10, 13:13
Happy Birthday! |
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Blood In Blood Out
04/22/10, 07:47
Gah, this takes me back to a bad time in my life. Five for that evil. |
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Coolest Birthday Candle Ever!
04/22/10, 07:42
I was thinking the same thing! |
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Mark Mothersbaugh Hawaiian Punch Commercial (1987)
04/21/10, 16:47
Mark Mothersbaugh could sell me anything. |
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Gatchaman Trailer for movie that will never be
04/21/10, 14:29
:( |
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The End of Religious Freedom in America
04/21/10, 08:46
It's stuff like this that makes me think John Lennon was an okay dude for writing "Imagine". |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 23:44
I think you don't understand copyright law. I deal with this on a daily basis (though not from a litigation perspective). Copyright law started with Charles Dickens getting pissed that other people were (physically) stealing his work and then saying that they created it and thus sold it. That's where it started, over who was to credit for the creation.
Where we are now has nothing to do with claims of authorship, but over "ownership" of 0s and 1s. All the copyright info presented in EULAs and so forth are functionally meaningless outside of the scope of authenticity and resale.
That being said, I don't download things that aren't intended to be distributed that way (ie, I download web page info, but not movies outside of YouTube and other clip content). |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 22:58
Define "entitlement" in regards to what can be copied.
Additionally, copying, bootlegging, and piracy are different things, no matter what you may believe. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 22:55
I didn't think I was going in that direction. Copying a book is easy. Copying a tree, not so easy. Maybe I'm wrong for believing that "intellectual property" is a farce, the ultimate something-for-nothing, but that's the stance I'm taking.
The ethics of the situation is that I can't claim that I wrote "Blue Suede Shoes" even if I can reproduce it. Additionally, it would be wrong for me to make money off of playing it without consulting the person that wrote/performed it, or their representative first. But, I can play any song I want without having to pay for it if I am doing so for my entertainment and use.
If I were to make money with a software product (I use Logic Studio, for example) I feel that it would behoove me to pay for it. I own a copy of Logic Studio. I paid a lot of money for said copy and it came directly from the manufacturer. It is an active tool in my profession and I understand the moral point of paying for that tool since I make money with it. If I were to sample music, it would be the same scenario.
BUT, if I were to make a back-up of my software, I should be able to do so. This is where the copying comes into play and thus the crux of my argument. If I want to make photocopies of my books, I should be allowed to. It all comes back to the legal battle over videotape recording destroying the movie industry (which it never did). |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 22:18
No one takes anything in copying. The original is still there and unmodified. There's a concept gap at play here. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 22:17
Ad hominem is the weapon of the defenseless man.
Your opinion is a metaphor, which already is a strike against your logic, and you're using the word "piracy" which is not a valid term for this situation. So, you've built a strawman and you're attacking people that disagree. You should be a pundit. It would be lucrative for you. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 22:06
poorwill: you might want to switch banks if you feel their cryptographic systems aren't up to snuff. Any yahoo with any ability to listen to phone/internet traffic can pull the 0s and 1s from it for free. Deciphering the cryptography is another story, but getting that garbled mess is free and easy. It's not hacking; cracking that crypto is hacking, but it's a process of information handling.
Your bank info is freely available to those people with the tools to get it. Whether they understand it or not and if they can manipulate it is an entirely different matter. Hopefully, though, your bank has taken measures to hire people that take security seriously. |
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Giant vortex cannon vs candle at 20m
04/20/10, 19:31
Only you can prevent candlefires. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 19:25
Oh, and the money made by the sale of a song or TV show isn't generally made by the artists. They've already been paid by another company, the label, that then re-sells it through syndication, payola, and physical propagation on some form of media (CDs or DVDs). The artists, if they've been in the situation to sell their material to labels that know how to make money on it, make "royalties" but it's really not like they're doing anything to earn those royalties.
If Cliff Richards was actively selling his music to the Beastie Boys (for example) he would be entitled to the money he made. If his record label did the sell, they would be entitled, but they would give Cliff a tiny percentage of the money they made as a treat. Cliff didn't directly earn the money, but I'm sure he enjoys it.
Philanthropy, on the other hand, is a wholly awesome endeavor and should be complimented at every turn. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 19:02
Sorry, I believe in copyleft.
I'm writing this on a Linux machine built with free software that no one will ever ask me to pay for. I purchased the machine itself, which is a fine machine, but the software I have not spent a penny on, and it's all legal because the writers understand the intangible nature of information.
If you think I'm a dumbfuck now, you should read "In the Beginning there was the Command Line" by Neil Stephenson. |
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Copying Is Not Theft
04/20/10, 18:58
See, I don't download things. I have mp3s, but they're all ripped from CDs that I've bought or been given. I believe in supporting artists. I go to shows (ie, leave the house) for music, art, plays, and dances.
What I don't support are corporate lawyers trying so hard to make a buck out of nothing, out of confusion, and/or out of mistrust. |
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