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Musicians Oppose Anti-Piracy Measures In the UK
BluePeppers writes "The Guardian has a story, primarily about a deal that allows YouTube to broadcast music videos again, but also covering a coalition of artist unions that are opposing new legislation in the UK that would punish file sharers more severely. From the article: 'A coalition of bodies representing a range of stars including Sir Paul McCartney, Sir Elton John, and Damon Albarn attacks the proposals as expensive, illogical and "extraordinarily negative." The Featured Artists Coalition, the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors, and the Music Producers Guild have joined forces to oppose the proposals to reintroduce the threat of disconnection for persistent file sharers, which was ruled out in the government's Digital Britain report in June.""
Yeah, I see the same thing with any criticism of Apple.
How are mod points distributed these days, I wonder? I used to get them occasionally, but now I haven't had any in years. Meanwhile another poster commented to me that he continually received large numbers of mod points, more than he knew what to do with.
If points really are distributed in such an uneven fashion, it would explain why the moderation has gone downhill lately, with all the "troll" abuse and so on. (If you have lots of mod points, you're more likely to abuse them for simply people you disagree with rather than reserving them for genuinely good or bad posts; and if only some people are allowed to mod, whilst others never do, you introduce bias into the system.)
You get modded flamebait because you can't express yourself without sounding like a blowhard Internet Tough Guy. There's no conspiracy theory here. I personally will mod down anyone who blasts out like a child throwing a tantrum, whether or not I agree with them. Chest-beating post number one million about how you hate Sony does not contribute to the discussion.
(-1, Raw and Uncut is the only way to read)