Pirating software diminishes the value of the work to the author, so
Well, that post died very early on, right there. There is absolutely no guarantee that a person downloading a certain content, would have paid for it if it weren't available as a download. In fact, it's highly likely exactly the opposite. It's also highly likely that, once you hear a certain CD or see a certain movie, you'll go and buy a copy on legitimate media - because it often (not true for software "protected" by DRM shit) adds value. That's how I ended up buying Wall-E special edition DVD and went to the movies with that hot asian chick to see it *after* I've seen the version I downloaded via torrent. Same thing goes for half of my classical music CDs. The big media have lots to thatnk Bittorrent and TPB.
It was not inevitable. Nokia had MeeGo, Qt and the N9. What better proof that MeeGo strategy would have had at least a fighting chance, than the success of the N9?
Note to self: always use preview. Always. Here is the corrected post.
The arrest of journalist Kristyna Wentz-Graff was not part of some systematic crack down on reporters/journalists. At best it was a swamped cop dealing with a large group and not noticing her credentials, at worst it was an idiot cop, maybe both. To infer, as I think the FA does, that the US is arresting journalists as part of some nation wide crackdown is completely false, or at least very misleading.
The arrest of journalist Kristyna Wentz-Graff was not part of some systematic crack down on reporters/journalists. At best it was a swamped cop dealing with a large group and not noticing her credentials, at worst it was an idiot cop, maybe both. To infer, as I think the FA does, that the US is arresting journalists as part of some nation wide crackdown is completely false, or at least very misleading.
What I can't understand is what the fuck is our prime minister doing, thinking he can ignore the voice of tens of thousands of angry people on the streets. It's basically the biggest protest in 30 years, and that previous one was the whole "Solidarnosc" thing.
Oh, that little protest? The one that basically toppled the communist regime? Yeah, I think you Poles do take your protests seriously.
There is no way in hell the second photograph violates the first one's copyrights. If this ruling sets a precedent, pretty much everybody is in some kind of shit.
I'll repeat that more precisely: if that ruling sets a precedent, you cannot take a photo without infringing on some other person's copyrights.
Yeah. It would be fun if a popular techie-friendly website such as Slashdot or Reddit would sponsor a wager contest: write the expected BS response, and the one closest to the actual BS response from govt gets a prize.
The problem isn't this shitty bill, it's the people who sponsored it. So we protest this bill today, bang enough pots and pans to shame a few backers into not letting this bill pass, then what? Those same dipshits who wrote this legislation still have jobs. They're going to try again, and again, and again until some mutation of this legislation passes. They'll sneak it into an appropriation bill while nobody's looking during recess, because there's too much lobbyist money at stake for them not to. We defeat SOPA today, only to face it again tomorrow. It's like trying to stop a cold by blowing your nose. It's time we go after the virus.
He's right. All the anti-SOPA/PIPA efforts are defensive and basically flawed. I did a lot to participate in the anti-SOPA activities, but even I can see that it's ultimately futile - until the head of the dragon is severed.
Unfortunately, the "rich cocksuckers" (just citing Carlin) are influential, and have been projecting their influence all around the world. An EU politician isn't any better than any US politician - in both cases, corporate psychopaths tend to percolate up the chain of power, and therefore, have no quibbles being bribed and acting in their own interest vs. the interest of everyone.
This *could* be stopped if there were a concerted action like the one resisting SOPA/PIPA, but there isn't. There is no time even to mount a half-buttocked campaign, at this point.
..but despite that, I'll be a bit less politically correct and give a little sign of appreciation: good targets, guys. MPAA, RIAA and the greatest copyrights troll of all, Universal. Good selection.
How about for the rest of us who aren't in America? I'd really like to help, since if this passes it's only a matter of time before it's in the UK too.
What can we non-US citizens do to help?
Boycott the companies that support SOPA/PIPA, like Universal, Adidas etc.
I plan on buying products from competing companies that do not support SOPA, and post a picture of it on the social networks I frequent.
When a scientific paper from the 60s or 70s is still behind a paywall, then yes, my enemy IS copyrights. Moving to open-access journals is just one facet of the solution, because I still have to access non-open-access publications to do my work.
Killing copyrights completely is simplest and most complete solution to all the problems I mentioned.
I am an advocate of copyright. I feel it is a very effective mechanism for channeling revenue to those who advance science and the useful arts.
At least when it comes to science, this statement is a fucking lie. Me and my colleagues in science, have no love for copyrights, because it is *always* a gun pointed against our work. It is a means for private journals to make money, nothing else. Most scientists would love for the results of their scientific research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and see copyrights as the main obstacle in that.
Even those scientists that don't look at science quite so altruistically, hate copyrights because it makes citing other works a total pain in the arse (try writing a document review or a textbook, and see how much you enjoy filling those forms asking for permissions from each copyrights holder, for each picture you would like to include in your book or document review).
Sorry, maybe this is too long and confusing. In brief, scientists view on the issue is FUCK COPYRIGHTS, WITH A RAKE!
You don't think SOPA/PIPA will affect you if you live outside the USA? This kind of policy has a tendency to spread to other countries with like-minded politicians.
In fact, SOPA/PIPA were specifically designed to target "rogue foreign sites".
If the media industry continues this shameless behaviour, there will be more an more people like me who support the complete abolition of copyrights. That's going to hit in the face the media industry, and I, for one, will be watching and laughing. I want nothing more than my scientific research results to be available to everybody. A great number of musicians and visual artists are just as nonchalant about copyrights, and our numbers are going to grow. It seems inevitable.
(Great) minds think alike, huh? Yes, his latest direct-to-fans initiative paid handsomely for him, and he said he enjoyed being in charge of his own art (not quoting exactly).
Is there any chance we could get in touch? Your ideas about scientific publishing of your own works intrigue me and I think I could learn a few things.
This is my throw-away account: howdilydoo (at) gmail [dot] com
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Pirating software diminishes the value of the work to the author, so
Well, that post died very early on, right there. There is absolutely no guarantee that a person downloading a certain content, would have paid for it if it weren't available as a download. In fact, it's highly likely exactly the opposite. It's also highly likely that, once you hear a certain CD or see a certain movie, you'll go and buy a copy on legitimate media - because it often (not true for software "protected" by DRM shit) adds value. That's how I ended up buying Wall-E special edition DVD and went to the movies with that hot asian chick to see it *after* I've seen the version I downloaded via torrent. Same thing goes for half of my classical music CDs. The big media have lots to thatnk Bittorrent and TPB.
Granted, I only read TFS, but to my defense, I got so disgusted that all energy left my body in an instant.
It was not inevitable. Nokia had MeeGo, Qt and the N9. What better proof that MeeGo strategy would have had at least a fighting chance, than the success of the N9?
Yeah, Arif Kader is one of the unreasonable ones. And thank fuck for that!
I'm pissed at all those "reasonable" politicians that will merrily let the world go to shit.
Note to self: always use preview. Always. Here is the corrected post.
The arrest of journalist Kristyna Wentz-Graff was not part of some systematic crack down on reporters/journalists. At best it was a swamped cop dealing with a large group and not noticing her credentials, at worst it was an idiot cop, maybe both. To infer, as I think the FA does, that the US is arresting journalists as part of some nation wide crackdown is completely false, or at least very misleading.
However, incidents like this have hapened a huge number of times.
Or like this.
Or this.
Or this.
Or this.
The arrest of journalist Kristyna Wentz-Graff was not part of some systematic crack down on reporters/journalists. At best it was a swamped cop dealing with a large group and not noticing her credentials, at worst it was an idiot cop, maybe both. To infer, as I think the FA does, that the US is arresting journalists as part of some nation wide crackdown is completely false, or at least very misleading.
However, incidents like this have hapened a huge number of times.
Or like this.
Or this.
Or this.
Or this.
What I can't understand is what the fuck is our prime minister doing, thinking he can ignore the voice of tens of thousands of angry people on the streets. It's basically the biggest protest in 30 years, and that previous one was the whole "Solidarnosc" thing.
Oh, that little protest? The one that basically toppled the communist regime? Yeah, I think you Poles do take your protests seriously.
I do not know where this will end and while our government seems to be afraid to say no, we will not go down without a fight.
The Poles are fighting it, too.
There is no way in hell the second photograph violates the first one's copyrights. If this ruling sets a precedent, pretty much everybody is in some kind of shit.
I'll repeat that more precisely: if that ruling sets a precedent, you cannot take a photo without infringing on some other person's copyrights.
Canada = Overseas? I know the USA education system has myopic geography but putting an ocean between Canada and the USA......wow.
MAFIAA pushing ACTA in the European Union
You're link is better
I didn't quite like the tone of the GP post, but you completely confirmed his point :(
Yeah. It would be fun if a popular techie-friendly website such as Slashdot or Reddit would sponsor a wager contest: write the expected BS response, and the one closest to the actual BS response from govt gets a prize.
I wonder why pirates don't post their stolen movies on youtube?
Stolen? You mean copied. Copying is not the same thing as stealing. That's why we have a word for it: copying.
http://maddox.xmission.com/
Citing Maddox:
The problem isn't this shitty bill, it's the people who sponsored it. So we protest this bill today, bang enough pots and pans to shame a few backers into not letting this bill pass, then what? Those same dipshits who wrote this legislation still have jobs. They're going to try again, and again, and again until some mutation of this legislation passes. They'll sneak it into an appropriation bill while nobody's looking during recess, because there's too much lobbyist money at stake for them not to. We defeat SOPA today, only to face it again tomorrow. It's like trying to stop a cold by blowing your nose. It's time we go after the virus.
He's right. All the anti-SOPA/PIPA efforts are defensive and basically flawed. I did a lot to participate in the anti-SOPA activities, but even I can see that it's ultimately futile - until the head of the dragon is severed.
I think those can all be safely called "bribery".
So who's bribed who to get this pushed through ?
I assume this is a rhetorical question, but in the extremely unlikely event that it isn't:
Bribers: big media and related corporate interests.
Bribed: the politicians.
(duhhh...)
Unfortunately, the "rich cocksuckers" (just citing Carlin) are influential, and have been projecting their influence all around the world. An EU politician isn't any better than any US politician - in both cases, corporate psychopaths tend to percolate up the chain of power, and therefore, have no quibbles being bribed and acting in their own interest vs. the interest of everyone.
This *could* be stopped if there were a concerted action like the one resisting SOPA/PIPA, but there isn't. There is no time even to mount a half-buttocked campaign, at this point.
I would love to be proven wrong.
..but despite that, I'll be a bit less politically correct and give a little sign of appreciation: good targets, guys. MPAA, RIAA and the greatest copyrights troll of all, Universal. Good selection.
How about for the rest of us who aren't in America?
I'd really like to help, since if this passes it's only a matter of time before it's in the UK too.
What can we non-US citizens do to help?
Boycott the companies that support SOPA/PIPA, like Universal, Adidas etc.
I plan on buying products from competing companies that do not support SOPA, and post a picture of it on the social networks I frequent.
When a scientific paper from the 60s or 70s is still behind a paywall, then yes, my enemy IS copyrights. Moving to open-access journals is just one facet of the solution, because I still have to access non-open-access publications to do my work.
Killing copyrights completely is simplest and most complete solution to all the problems I mentioned.
I can't quite believe that Slashdot was too chickenshit to join the protest.
Slashdot... I am disappoint.
I am an advocate of copyright. I feel it is a very effective mechanism for channeling revenue to those who advance science and the useful arts.
At least when it comes to science, this statement is a fucking lie. Me and my colleagues in science, have no love for copyrights, because it is *always* a gun pointed against our work. It is a means for private journals to make money, nothing else. Most scientists would love for the results of their scientific research to reach as wide an audience as possible, and see copyrights as the main obstacle in that.
Even those scientists that don't look at science quite so altruistically, hate copyrights because it makes citing other works a total pain in the arse (try writing a document review or a textbook, and see how much you enjoy filling those forms asking for permissions from each copyrights holder, for each picture you would like to include in your book or document review).
Sorry, maybe this is too long and confusing. In brief, scientists view on the issue is FUCK COPYRIGHTS, WITH A RAKE!
You don't think SOPA/PIPA will affect you if you live outside the USA? This kind of policy has a tendency to spread to other countries with like-minded politicians.
In fact, SOPA/PIPA were specifically designed to target "rogue foreign sites".
If the media industry continues this shameless behaviour, there will be more an more people like me who support the complete abolition of copyrights. That's going to hit in the face the media industry, and I, for one, will be watching and laughing. I want nothing more than my scientific research results to be available to everybody. A great number of musicians and visual artists are just as nonchalant about copyrights, and our numbers are going to grow. It seems inevitable.
Hey, I'm a great fan of Louis CD, too!
(Great) minds think alike, huh? Yes, his latest direct-to-fans initiative paid handsomely for him, and he said he enjoyed being in charge of his own art (not quoting exactly).
Is there any chance we could get in touch? Your ideas about scientific publishing of your own works intrigue me and I think I could learn a few things.
This is my throw-away account: howdilydoo (at) gmail [dot] com