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The RIAA and French Button-Makers
Alien54 writes
"Requiring permission to innovate? Feeling entitled to search others' property? Getting the power to act like law enforcement in order to fine or arrest those who are taking part in activities that challenge your business model? Don't these all sound quite familiar? Centuries from now (hopefully much, much sooner), the actions of the RIAA, MPAA and others that match these of the weavers and button-makers of 17th century France will seem just as ridiculous."
The Jacquard Loom users were sharing torrents of punch card patterns.
12:50 - press return.
Needlepoint patterns are a frequent copyright hot zone on the web, newsgroups, etc. Ah well, at least when the lawyertroopers of the NPAA haul some needlepointing granny into court, they've probably got the right copyright terrorist.
One line blog. I hear that they're called Twitters now.
Personally, I'm hoping for the guillotine.
in 150 years, china will be issuing diplomatic myspace invectives
Myspace not only still around, but an official channel in 150 years? Wow, and I thought Phillip K. Dick had some psychotically frightening future visions...
...sometimes, in order to hurt someone very badly, you have to tell that person terrible lies. - PA
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Hyperbole, this is argoff. Argoff, hyperbole. Oh, I see you two already know each other!
Since the disbandment of the button guild, there has been no innovation in buttons and button related tech in the last 300 years. Surely we must all send dollars to the RIAAs immediately, or music may die forever!
Sometimes, life itself is sarcasm...
The irony is, we really should shoot the people who are stupid enough to pay to watch Gigli.