That's a sort of "Robin Hood" approach... and a can't decide whether I like it or disagree with it:/. On the one hand, it defeats the jerks at Comcast who were trying to pack the house with a non-involved audience. On the other hand, if they were to get people to commit to stay for a certain period of time and they left early (while keeping the money), that would be unethical. Hrm...
Here is FPL's page on the Turkey Point reactor: About Turkey Point. Their site also has a News Releases page, which I'll be watching for updates whenever they get their PR department in gear.
Sorry, I care about the ethical implications of things people want to pay me to do. You could just as easily say "what person in their right mind *wouldn't* accept a few bucks for selling crack to high schoolers, let along people that might be down on their luck..."
Please note that I'm not implying that selling crack should be illegal (actually, I think it along with other drugs should be legalized), only that I consider it an unethical way of earning income.
The fact that a lot of people are willing to do anything for a buck is likely a true one, but it doesn't excuse the lack of ethics on these peoples' part. Note that I'm actually taking the optimistic view that they were aware of the implications of their actions; the truth may in fact be that they're too dense to realize it and have shown us a keen demonstration of the age-old saying that democracy is a system of government under which the people get no better than they deserve.
Wow. I'll stop with the run-on sentences now. Sorry about that.
Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? I certainly hope it has absolutely no dependence on copyright law in any sense, because to take money from a system that you so vehemently disagree with would seem kinda hypocritical...
What are they being punished for? Using a photo that Chris Gregerson willfully posted on the web? They're being punished for using it without his consent. Now, I ran a WHOIS search on your linked domain (biodome.org), and am operating under the assumption that you're Canadian, so we'll run with the idea that you're living in a society that respects copyright for the duration of my reply.
His entire business model is only possible because guys with guns are standing behind him saying you have to pay him if you want to use his stuff. Sure, and I'm totally fine with that. Your country's right to exist hinges on the fact that lots of guys with guns would repel an armed invasion. People are motivated to respect all sorts of laws because guys with guns (the police) will come and get them if they rob a bank, for instance. What's your point?
He's the same kind of vermin that the RIAA and MPAA represent. Not by a long shot. He made a simple case for an instance of copyright infringement, and didn't appear to paint some morbid picture of the issue being worth millions and millions of dollars. Your position on this point is just idiotic.
In fact, he's worse.. taking a photo of a cityscape is hardly a skill. I suck at photography, and so do most people I know. The guy's work obviously had some commercial appeal, because it was considered good enough to be in the advertisement. Let's see your portfolio of cityscapes, buddy. If you happen to be okay with other people using for work for whatever purposes they like without compensating you, that's fine by me. Just don't try and force that view on society as a whole.
Yes, that certainly sounds like justice. Yep, sure does. The whole point of punitive damages is to punish offenders for their wrongdoing. Otherwise, they'd only be risking the actual value of whatever they're ripping off in the first place.
Mod parent up. I choose to license most of my content (primarily educational resources for parents and teachers) under Creative Commons style licenses, but I fully support the right of copyright holders to choose whatever license they deem fit for their work. How in the hell did the parent post get modded down?!?
Let me put it this way: I'm typing this from an Ubuntu workstation, running Firefox. I appreciate the software I use, and fully respect the fact that it's licensed under the GPL (most of it, anyways). You can't have your cake and eat it too; either you support copyright law (whether it's via "copyleft" licenses or not) or you don't. Make up your damned minds already.
Quoting the summary:
They sued me for defamation, producing a sales agreement signed by one ' Michael Zubitskiy' (who they said took the photo and sold the rights to them). I sued them for copyright infringement, and they added claims against me for trademark infringement, deceptive trade practices, and tortuous interference. The story here is that the defendant tried to pull some hard-core legalistic intimidation bullshit in response to the original lawsuit, and the plaintiff still stood his ground and pushed forward.
I know bunches of people still cruising around the net on Win2K because they refuse to use a newer version of Windows. There's a general sentiment that once their PCs die they'll either switch over to a Mac or some Linux distro. Kinda funny, actually.
Listen, I know I'll be modded down for this, and I can kiss my karma goodbye, and it's not popular to say here, and the moderators won't agree, and it's probably flamebait, certainly not insightful or funny, least of all informative, and most assuredly not on-topic, but I just pooped my pants.
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It's actually being cracked by a million monkeys clattering away at a million typewriters. Pretty hard to defeat that.
No way man, they need Mr. Fusion, pronto.
That's a sort of "Robin Hood" approach... and a can't decide whether I like it or disagree with it :/. On the one hand, it defeats the jerks at Comcast who were trying to pack the house with a non-involved audience. On the other hand, if they were to get people to commit to stay for a certain period of time and they left early (while keeping the money), that would be unethical. Hrm...
Here is FPL's page on the Turkey Point reactor: About Turkey Point. Their site also has a News Releases page, which I'll be watching for updates whenever they get their PR department in gear.
Sorry, I care about the ethical implications of things people want to pay me to do. You could just as easily say "what person in their right mind *wouldn't* accept a few bucks for selling crack to high schoolers, let along people that might be down on their luck..."
Please note that I'm not implying that selling crack should be illegal (actually, I think it along with other drugs should be legalized), only that I consider it an unethical way of earning income.
The fact that a lot of people are willing to do anything for a buck is likely a true one, but it doesn't excuse the lack of ethics on these peoples' part. Note that I'm actually taking the optimistic view that they were aware of the implications of their actions; the truth may in fact be that they're too dense to realize it and have shown us a keen demonstration of the age-old saying that democracy is a system of government under which the people get no better than they deserve.
Wow. I'll stop with the run-on sentences now. Sorry about that.
... about the people who accepted money to "attend" a meeting they knew nothing about? Pretty shitty ethics on both sides of this transaction.
Windows Server 2008 in action. Hot stuff!
No shit on the user part, Sherlock... I just learned about the Intarweb 4 hours ago. Still a pretty fair guess, eh? Hey, watch out for the stalkers!
Just out of curiosity, what do you do for a living? I certainly hope it has absolutely no dependence on copyright law in any sense, because to take money from a system that you so vehemently disagree with would seem kinda hypocritical...
Point well taken.
You're always welcome to try another site.
Here's the photo, in full resolution. Thanks for asking!
Mod parent up. I choose to license most of my content (primarily educational resources for parents and teachers) under Creative Commons style licenses, but I fully support the right of copyright holders to choose whatever license they deem fit for their work. How in the hell did the parent post get modded down?!?
Let me put it this way: I'm typing this from an Ubuntu workstation, running Firefox. I appreciate the software I use, and fully respect the fact that it's licensed under the GPL (most of it, anyways). You can't have your cake and eat it too; either you support copyright law (whether it's via "copyleft" licenses or not) or you don't. Make up your damned minds already.
Quoth the story summary: "I represented myself during the litigation."
The old saying goes: "A man who represents himself in court has a fool for a client."
You are a shining example of the fact that there is an exception to every rule. Good job!!!
I know bunches of people still cruising around the net on Win2K because they refuse to use a newer version of Windows. There's a general sentiment that once their PCs die they'll either switch over to a Mac or some Linux distro. Kinda funny, actually.
I searched Google for the string you provided at the end of your post and got two hits.
I have consequently lost all faith in humanity and have decided to end my miserable existence. Thanks a bunch.
Listen, I know I'll be modded down for this, and I can kiss my karma goodbye, and it's not popular to say here, and the moderators won't agree, and it's probably flamebait, certainly not insightful or funny, least of all informative, and most assuredly not on-topic, but I just pooped my pants.
I think you meant Redmond, which apparently runs their city's website on Windows 2000, but your point still stands :).
Nah, it's Dr. Arroway saving power for cancer research. She already knows we're not along in the universe.