what about my "need" for things to get into the public domain in a sane and efficient manner?
what about the copyright cartels "want" for seemingly endless control?
also, one could argue that when dealing with costs accrued for a work,
they "need" to break even, but anything after that is a "want".
how about any device that can run code be allowed to run any that the owner of the hardware wants? this most certainly should be a black and white issue. if you are pro-company-who-made-the-hardware-decides, you can't possibly be pro-consumer-who-bought-the-hardware-decides. open it up, or gtfo!
I remember the price of these things go up ridiculously at some point(can someone explain the what & why), and its still no where near where it was? get it to 256gigs $100 and then we'll be on the right track.
i get what you're saying. "do good in school and you will have a nice career and make lots of money" sounds like a long-term bribe... or is it a reward?
so, pictures of murder victims creates a demand for more murder victims? yet, photos of that nature(even dead children) are widespread on gore sites. they are also not illegal. i just don't see how photos of any crime (or just ONE, as is the case here), can also be a crime. where else does this apply? photos of murders, car wrecks, genocides, etc. i don't support CP, but i hate double standards much more.
i still don't understand how having a photo of a crime can constitute a crime (especially drawings). if CP creates a demand for more CP, than pictures of victims of other bad things(murder, car crashes,etc) do the same for other bad things and should likewise be illegal. you can't have it both ways. i don't support CP in anyway, but i hate double standards even more.
there is no reason for dense city areas to not offer 100/10 connections for the same or cheaper as the Finns, Japanese, and/or S.Koreans. i think that shines a whole different light on the problem. if they're not upgrading connections where they have the people to use it, why the fuck would they put the same-ish slower connections in rural areas? also, whatever happened to all the tales of dark fiber that was already run all over the place?
part of the problem is/was that connections are sold in bps and most programs show speeds in Bps. i remember back when i bought my first computer with 56k modem and netscape was showing like 3-4K, where is the resat of the speed, i thought, then a friend told me what was up.
there has to be a cut-off point though, right? at some point, you should either be relieved or face full consequences. it gets old when people with jobs that involve weapons + stress keep getting to blame deadly mistakes on the stress of the job. either apply it to all jobs (cuz, hey, we all deal with stress differently) or none. no special exemptions.
i'd wager that people that both buy and pirate is greater than those that only pay or only pirate combined. so, yeah, there are some customers in the mix.
set up a micropayment for these people. if i download something, all the overhead and middlemen of packaging and distribution are cut out of the picture (if its a torrent, i incur some of the distribution cost). i will gladly pay exactly the amount that the studio would get for a dvd, given its lowest available retail price. that is the real value of the movie, right? say an older dvd is $9.99 retail, how much of that is going to the studio? $1? maybe. $5? unlikely. please set up a system where i can pay you the $1 (older) to $3 (new release) that your movie is worth. the problem is that they can never make enough money. it would be extremely easy for a studio to set up a system like this, pay for the torrent, and use its own private tracker, but they would be asking insane prices(like $9.99+) that do not reflect the actual value.
same here. they let me tape & archive the shows on my vcr, yet how many dvrs are crippled so you can't just copy the stuff to your computer and make your own blu-rays/dvds/etc? quality and 1:1 shouldn't factor in.
just because they found a new revenue streams (tv on home media) that is profitable enough (why most shows weren't ever released on vhs) is no reason to deny me what you've let me do for 20ish years.
its sad enough we let them use our airwaves, but then get called criminals because we don't like getting raped by their double-dipping. of course, there is my Subscriber-Capture Paradox, which states that if something is illegally downloaded, it becomes legal once it is played on a channel i subscribe to and therefore can be captured.
Until there's honesty from this (significant) population of the "copyright is unjust" crowd as to their actual motivations, the conversation can't go forward very much.
it is completely unjust if one side of an agreement keeps changing the rules, especially when the officiator is in their pocket. extending the length every 20 years or so is not finite.
if they extended criminals' sentences every time they were about to be released, would you be for that? would their cries of "i served my time" not be a good enough excuse? what more motivation would be needed?
should we let everything be like this? you can change whatever contract you want as long as you pay a judge enough money? that is just to you?
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what about my "need" for things to get into the public domain in a sane and efficient manner?
what about the copyright cartels "want" for seemingly endless control?
also, one could argue that when dealing with costs accrued for a work, they "need" to break even, but anything after that is a "want".
how about any device that can run code be allowed to run any that the owner of the hardware wants? this most certainly should be a black and white issue. if you are pro-company-who-made-the-hardware-decides, you can't possibly be pro-consumer-who-bought-the-hardware-decides. open it up, or gtfo!
I remember the price of these things go up ridiculously at some point(can someone explain the what & why), and its still no where near where it was? get it to 256gigs $100 and then we'll be on the right track.
^^ this. how much of this money would be better spent elsewhere or not at all? at least come up with this generations velcro or tang already.
not just here, though. the entire military industrial complex welfare system needs to go, too.
i'd bump it further and get rid of lobbying and pacs altogether. the whole idea reeked of corruption from the get-go.
i get what you're saying. "do good in school and you will have a nice career and make lots of money" sounds like a long-term bribe... or is it a reward?
so, pictures of murder victims creates a demand for more murder victims? yet, photos of that nature(even dead children) are widespread on gore sites. they are also not illegal. i just don't see how photos of any crime (or just ONE, as is the case here), can also be a crime. where else does this apply? photos of murders, car wrecks, genocides, etc. i don't support CP, but i hate double standards much more.
i still don't understand how having a photo of a crime can constitute a crime (especially drawings). if CP creates a demand for more CP, than pictures of victims of other bad things(murder, car crashes,etc) do the same for other bad things and should likewise be illegal. you can't have it both ways. i don't support CP in anyway, but i hate double standards even more.
^^ this
there is no reason for dense city areas to not offer 100/10 connections for the same or cheaper as the Finns, Japanese, and/or S.Koreans. i think that shines a whole different light on the problem. if they're not upgrading connections where they have the people to use it, why the fuck would they put the same-ish slower connections in rural areas? also, whatever happened to all the tales of dark fiber that was already run all over the place?
part of the problem is/was that connections are sold in bps and most programs show speeds in Bps. i remember back when i bought my first computer with 56k modem and netscape was showing like 3-4K, where is the resat of the speed, i thought, then a friend told me what was up.
but it has always been like that for the pc. if you wanted it, it could be found. nothing changed.
there has to be a cut-off point though, right? at some point, you should either be relieved or face full consequences. it gets old when people with jobs that involve weapons + stress keep getting to blame deadly mistakes on the stress of the job. either apply it to all jobs (cuz, hey, we all deal with stress differently) or none. no special exemptions.
just start it already ffs!
quality shouldn't ever be a factor.
until another lawyer points out that the car also had a "free to drive by anyone who reads this" sign on it.
if it was reasonable, they'd also have to make it available to be covered.
what is even worse is that the commercials during the original airing should be all that was needed for these series to make their money.
i'd wager that people that both buy and pirate is greater than those that only pay or only pirate combined. so, yeah, there are some customers in the mix.
set up a micropayment for these people. if i download something, all the overhead and middlemen of packaging and distribution are cut out of the picture (if its a torrent, i incur some of the distribution cost). i will gladly pay exactly the amount that the studio would get for a dvd, given its lowest available retail price. that is the real value of the movie, right? say an older dvd is $9.99 retail, how much of that is going to the studio? $1? maybe. $5? unlikely. please set up a system where i can pay you the $1 (older) to $3 (new release) that your movie is worth. the problem is that they can never make enough money. it would be extremely easy for a studio to set up a system like this, pay for the torrent, and use its own private tracker, but they would be asking insane prices(like $9.99+) that do not reflect the actual value.
I pay for cable and DVR, but its easier for me...
same here. they let me tape & archive the shows on my vcr, yet how many dvrs are crippled so you can't just copy the stuff to your computer and make your own blu-rays/dvds/etc? quality and 1:1 shouldn't factor in. just because they found a new revenue streams (tv on home media) that is profitable enough (why most shows weren't ever released on vhs) is no reason to deny me what you've let me do for 20ish years. its sad enough we let them use our airwaves, but then get called criminals because we don't like getting raped by their double-dipping. of course, there is my Subscriber-Capture Paradox, which states that if something is illegally downloaded, it becomes legal once it is played on a channel i subscribe to and therefore can be captured.
not just intellectual. the whole system reeks of feudalism.
Until there's honesty from this (significant) population of the "copyright is unjust" crowd as to their actual motivations, the conversation can't go forward very much.
it is completely unjust if one side of an agreement keeps changing the rules, especially when the officiator is in their pocket. extending the length every 20 years or so is not finite. if they extended criminals' sentences every time they were about to be released, would you be for that? would their cries of "i served my time" not be a good enough excuse? what more motivation would be needed? should we let everything be like this? you can change whatever contract you want as long as you pay a judge enough money? that is just to you?
Afterall, how many sales are you going to get when everything is already available for free?
more than zero and less than the current.