As long as we collectively pretend to believe that some people are wise enough to sit in judgement of another, this will continue to happen. It just isn't so.
It's their problem to solve. Every countries have problems, and ultimately it's up to them to solve them. Not up to another country to intervene in what it thinks it's the better solution..
I think you're being overly harsh. Put yourself in the position of the guy with the cigar behind the desk at evil-corporate-conglomerate-hq. If you had a whole government on your payroll, wouldn't *you* use it as a business tool? Otherwise, it's just wasteful.
If someone were to facilitate stealing something you created, wouldn't you want to go after whomever was helping to do that, no matter where they were located?
Copying != stealing*.
(*) This needs to be a sticky; preferably on the inside of everyone's eyelids.
In the wondrous future which awaits, every legal and valid activity will thankfully be taxed by our glorious leaders so that they may better protect us from ourselves.
I find it interesting to speculate on what you must have been told about healthcare in civilized countries, such that you are able to accept the american system.
...sell arms to third-world dictators and monitor the world's internet traffic for warnings of impending payback against your actions and prevent millions of your citizens from obtaining medical care and threaten foreign governments with sanctions if they don't punish their citizens who break the laws bought-and-paid-for-in-your-country by your head powermongers and...
2) "Method of jettisoning a package of one parking attendant, one lawyer and seven patent trolls into space using $5 worth of goods found at any convenience store"
A patent on the observation of cessation electrical activity in the heart, resulting in a pulse as a precursor to an eventual absence of a pulse.
Nah; no profit in it. More likely is the opposite.
"A patent on the method whereby a four-sectioned pump-like organ provides the delivery mechanism for nutrients capable of sustaining an organic machine."
Patenting chicken soup and lots of liquids for treating colds?
A patent on the method of exhibiting callous and inhuman greed, whereby suffering is transmuted into financial wellbeing for my children at the expense of others' children who will be processed into chicken-feed for my gain.
Yah; but (a) if they were gonna buy it why would they download it? then again, they *may still* buy it after downloading it in which case that part of her punishment is not applicable (unless they wait until the end of time to see if they do still buy it).
(b) she's not to be blamed for their action. they downloaded it, not her; the riaa is just too fricken lazy to spend time extorting money from each 'infringer'. far easier to extort it from a single person. god bless the usa's corrupt legal system and the convenience it provides to corporate exortionists, woohoo!
Yah but this argument couldn't possibly apply in this case. Have you seen the songs she downloaded. The only way they're gonna gain in popularity is by selling them before they've been heard:P
This is the real reason the RIAA is so pissed. People get to hear how crappy their music is before buying it.
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Brain implants such that all enjoyment may be monitored at the point of experience and an audit trail constructed.
Good citizens should not shirk their responsibilities to the state by enjoying their response to a stimulus for which they have not been taxed.
As long as we collectively pretend to believe that some people are wise enough to sit in judgement of another, this will continue to happen. It just isn't so.
I think you're being overly harsh. Put yourself in the position of the guy with the cigar behind the desk at evil-corporate-conglomerate-hq. If you had a whole government on your payroll, wouldn't *you* use it as a business tool? Otherwise, it's just wasteful.
rofl.
Where do I sign to get my mexican slaves? .. and will you send them by airmail?
Copying != stealing*.
(*) This needs to be a sticky; preferably on the inside of everyone's eyelids.
In the wondrous future which awaits, every legal and valid activity will thankfully be taxed by our glorious leaders so that they may better protect us from ourselves.
I find it interesting to speculate on what you must have been told about healthcare in civilized countries, such that you are able to accept the american system.
Try watching Sicko for a little bit of reality.
This is your cue to start calling Michael Moore names to help yourself avoid the truth of what he's saying...
I'd be more interested in seeing the -1/+5 limit removed. Allow +/- 2^32 :D
...sell arms to third-world dictators and monitor the world's internet traffic for warnings of impending payback against your actions and prevent millions of your citizens from obtaining medical care and threaten foreign governments with sanctions if they don't punish their citizens who break the laws bought-and-paid-for-in-your-country by your head powermongers and...
Bah, it's not about the OS, it's about the apps: Word, for example
T,FTFY
surely you're not saying that millions of people having their idenity stolen is as important as apple's potential lost profits...
There's been a lot of fuss all around the world because of a 'mere' 2750; I'm thinking yah, 5400 is a lot.
Camping Tip: Hiding in a bush right next to a spawn-point with a silenced machine pistol makes for a great kill:death ratio...
2) "Method of jettisoning a package of one parking attendant, one lawyer and seven patent trolls into space using $5 worth of goods found at any convenience store"
Nah; no profit in it. More likely is the opposite.
"A patent on the method whereby a four-sectioned pump-like organ provides the delivery mechanism for nutrients capable of sustaining an organic machine."
A patent on the method of exhibiting callous and inhuman greed, whereby suffering is transmuted into financial wellbeing for my children at the expense of others' children who will be processed into chicken-feed for my gain.
Um, are you seriously accusing all powerful people of having a conscience?
Yah; but if you factor in all the cases of "fatally injured whilst 'resisting arrest'" it probably balances out.
That warning is a necker cube. At the moment, I'm seeing it from the perspective of "you need to work together to bring down the beast."
Yah; but
(a) if they were gonna buy it why would they download it? then again, they *may still* buy it after downloading it in which case that part of her punishment is not applicable (unless they wait until the end of time to see if they do still buy it).
(b) she's not to be blamed for their action. they downloaded it, not her; the riaa is just too fricken lazy to spend time extorting money from each 'infringer'. far easier to extort it from a single person. god bless the usa's corrupt legal system and the convenience it provides to corporate exortionists, woohoo!
Yes; I have a conscience.
mod parent up. +1 inciting death of RIAA executive ;P
j/k :)
Yah but this argument couldn't possibly apply in this case. Have you seen the songs she downloaded. The only way they're gonna gain in popularity is by selling them before they've been heard :P
This is the real reason the RIAA is so pissed. People get to hear how crappy their music is before buying it.
</musicalTasteNazi>
Maybe not but if I give you a frozen croissant and you stab someone to death with it, should I be blamed?
Hint: no.