I find it odd that nature itself doesn't get a say in any of this. I don't know about you but I don't see anyone asking the animals how much their habitat is worth.
Even if the DMCA is complete bullshit, proper, thorough, and EQUAL enforcement of the laws we already have on the books will do ten times as good as writing new ones.
Right now, "The rich and politically well connected possess immunity" is an implied part of the constitution.
If the law were enforced as written most of the elite would be rotting in prison.
Fighting dirty in a war tends to piss off the world at large and is very costly in terms of international relations. Which in turn has strategic implications if you need their support in the future, or if they may choose to retaliate out of principle.
As an example, I cite how the Holocaust was the main factor resulting in the Nuremberg trials.
Hitting someone below the belt is a good way to bring your opponent down, but your victory will be short lived if you get an army of outraged fans climbing the ropes to poke your eyes out.
Deliberate targeting of civilian assets is a well established violation of the laws of war.
Even when done accidentally it's considered collateral damage and in cases of profound recklessness the aggressing party may be liable for reparations.
Your last statement proves you need a serious civics lesson, particularly regarding the 14th amendment.
We have due process for a reason.
Namely because the government cannot be trusted to get the facts right all the time.
You are horribly naive if you assume that the only people that need to challenge a ticket are scofflaws. Honest citizens get screwed over all the time. So no, unlike what you've stated, not breaking the law isn't enough to protect you from needing to challenge a ticket.
If someone breaks into your house and steals a hundred bucks out of your dresser drawer, does that give you a blank check to run him through with a pitchfork, roast him over an open fire, and sue him for a hundred grand?
I'm all for the guilty getting their just desserts but there is such a thing as taking advantage of a bad situation.
See also blowing out of proportion.
This is a blatant cash grab by the RIAA to take advantage of a bad law and is rather akin to giving someone the death penalty for a parking violation.
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Regulation doesn't stop corporate elite from robbing us blind and committing all sorts of fraud with our money.
Fuck regulation, all it gets us is smoke and mirrors reassurances that don't have any teeth.
I'd say that bitcoin is better off staying wild and untamed. At least that way people KNOW not to be stupid with who they trust.
With dollars, people get lulled into a false sense of security.
With bitcoins people are naturally paranoid and are much more careful.
Is it really?
I find it odd that nature itself doesn't get a say in any of this. I don't know about you but I don't see anyone asking the animals how much their habitat is worth.
You're probably being sarcastic, but it's easy to make a profit fucking over the environment if you don't have to eat the consequences.
Tragedy of the commons is instructive on why sometimes government intervention is a wise course of action.
Given the lucrative profits possible from abusing the rain forest I don't think anything short of force of arms is going to put a stop to it.
Brazil needs to crack down on this and make it a crime, and then actually put some money behind law enforcement.
So?
Tu couque is not a valid logical rebuttal.
Kettles are still black even if it's the pot saying so.
Your presumption that just because God *won't* do something means he *can't* do it is flawed.
There's plenty of crap a sentient being can refrain from doing that it's perfectly capable of.
If it's suspicious they're supposed to seize it and turn it over to the USPIS for investigation.
Throwing shit in the garbage is only for waste.
Dear americans:
Fuck you
Sincerely, the feds.
Who wants to bet that China instigated some North Korean pressure to back off?
Even if the DMCA is complete bullshit, proper, thorough, and EQUAL enforcement of the laws we already have on the books will do ten times as good as writing new ones.
Right now, "The rich and politically well connected possess immunity" is an implied part of the constitution.
If the law were enforced as written most of the elite would be rotting in prison.
Veoh was doomed the moment they wound up in the RIAA's crosshairs.
They were going bankrupt either way, so they decided to go down fighting.
Actually in most cases delinquent taxes can attach to your property in the form of a tax lien.
Once attached it becomes just as much a liability secured by your home as a regular mortgage.
After that
Fighting dirty in a war tends to piss off the world at large and is very costly in terms of international relations. Which in turn has strategic implications if you need their support in the future, or if they may choose to retaliate out of principle.
As an example, I cite how the Holocaust was the main factor resulting in the Nuremberg trials.
Hitting someone below the belt is a good way to bring your opponent down, but your victory will be short lived if you get an army of outraged fans climbing the ropes to poke your eyes out.
Deliberate targeting of civilian assets is a well established violation of the laws of war.
Even when done accidentally it's considered collateral damage and in cases of profound recklessness the aggressing party may be liable for reparations.
Your last statement proves you need a serious civics lesson, particularly regarding the 14th amendment.
We have due process for a reason.
Namely because the government cannot be trusted to get the facts right all the time.
You are horribly naive if you assume that the only people that need to challenge a ticket are scofflaws. Honest citizens get screwed over all the time. So no, unlike what you've stated, not breaking the law isn't enough to protect you from needing to challenge a ticket.
Sometimes mere survival is not enough.
If you're a pig headed nation out for international supremacy, you must become better than your competition.
In the immortal words of Ray Kroc
"It is not enough that I succeed. Others must fail"
Except that providers use DRM to go above and beyond the restrictions that copyright law imposes.
It's not even that.
DRM allows content providers to enforce restrictions that go above and beyond vanilla copyright law.
Or ban you from completely unrelated services.
Apparently EA threatens to ban you from Origin if you try to dispute a purchase of simcity
Good on scotus but I'm betting that legal fees still wiped out his profits.
If someone breaks into your house and steals a hundred bucks out of your dresser drawer, does that give you a blank check to run him through with a pitchfork, roast him over an open fire, and sue him for a hundred grand?
I'm all for the guilty getting their just desserts but there is such a thing as taking advantage of a bad situation.
See also blowing out of proportion.
This is a blatant cash grab by the RIAA to take advantage of a bad law and is rather akin to giving someone the death penalty for a parking violation.
Indeed. Making review discretionary is a blank check to the appeals courts to fuck up however they please.
Her crime is pissing off the RIAA and trying to duke it out with the establishment.
Do not piss off the corporate elite or you will regret it.
Going after the guy on top was the right move.
Since EA owns Maxis, Maxis may well have had their statement compelled.