The printing press put monks out of work, but society still got the books -- and they got the books at a lower price. If the printing press put authors out of work, then maybe you'd have a gripe about the printing press. Piracy, on the other hand, puts the authors and creators out of work. The final stage of piracy is that no one can earn a living from their work that is benefiting society.
You're confusing two issues: Creation and Publication. Writers and Musicians are the creators of new work, publicists are those who hedge their bets with the artists with funding distribution, advertising, and reproduction costs in exchange for a percentage of sales revenue. The Monks were the publishers, and they went out of business with the press. They also lost control of the medium (not being able to prescribe which works would be copied and distributed etc) and the world was better for it. The authors didn't go out of business; Instead, they found they had to work harder, and produce better quality literature, or be swamped by new authors which were revolutionary in their style and content, as distribution was no longer a Cartel model.
Music is becoming the same. Good artists will continue to thrive, and the chod will be squeezed in the press for attention. Sure, many current artists will fail (thank god) but they will be replaced with creators who actually have a product people want to buy, instead of what a media conglomerate wants to produce.
There are plenty of failed authors across all genres; Their product is sub-par. It's about time there was the same consumer weight being thrown at other media types.
Your conversation is a little too long. Here's the more accurate one.
ISP Tech Support; "Hello, thanks for calling. If you're a user of BitTorrent, please press 1 now. If not, please press 2." Us: 1 ISP TS: You are a dirty pirate. We're disconnecting your service for alleged copyright infringement and sending you an invoice for the remainder of your contract, payable within 30 days or we'll ruin your credit record. *click*
That's true, but what if it's Jimmy the WhiteHat attending DefCon with a very nice implementation of a much better hack? A vulnerability in a Blackberry device, for instance, which forwards email silently to another address? A list of hacks for Macbooks to win the cash prizes?
$10k to another blackhat in prize money is one thing, $Xm from the card details gathered using a zero-day exploit is probably big enough motivation to get a sister or cousing a job in a Vegas hotel for a month prior...
"'connecting and using... lawful devices that do not harm the network.'"So, anything with a network card must be switched off, then? Malware, poor configuration, malicious intent all turn a connected device into a DoS device.
Take media with recorded conversations, place in a pile, load it up with a half-tonne of aluminium filings and iron oxide, and apply a high temperature heat source.
(And I shudder what future archaeologists with do with our pop culture as source material... any history geek will tell you how average Joes understanding of history nowadays was pretty fucked up Shakespeare & co.).
I take the basis of all prescribed religion (a religious text) to be exactly this; A work of fiction, taken out of context.
Just my opinion, folks. No need to get heated about it.
Erm... Surely you just replace a room thermostat with a CPU temp probe and the biiiiiiig chillers on the back wall with smaller chillers feeding directly into the cases?
Feedback loop to turn on the chillers above a certain temp and... Bob's your mother's brother.
I know democracy is a rubbish system (especially in first-past-the-post systems), but it's not difficult. The electorate just need the situation explained to them, and to understand why they should care.
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Perhaps I should have the rest of your comment...
Nuke it from orbit?
The printing press put monks out of work, but society still got the books -- and they got the books at a lower price. If the printing press put authors out of work, then maybe you'd have a gripe about the printing press. Piracy, on the other hand, puts the authors and creators out of work. The final stage of piracy is that no one can earn a living from their work that is benefiting society.
You're confusing two issues: Creation and Publication. Writers and Musicians are the creators of new work, publicists are those who hedge their bets with the artists with funding distribution, advertising, and reproduction costs in exchange for a percentage of sales revenue. The Monks were the publishers, and they went out of business with the press. They also lost control of the medium (not being able to prescribe which works would be copied and distributed etc) and the world was better for it. The authors didn't go out of business; Instead, they found they had to work harder, and produce better quality literature, or be swamped by new authors which were revolutionary in their style and content, as distribution was no longer a Cartel model.
Music is becoming the same. Good artists will continue to thrive, and the chod will be squeezed in the press for attention. Sure, many current artists will fail (thank god) but they will be replaced with creators who actually have a product people want to buy, instead of what a media conglomerate wants to produce.
There are plenty of failed authors across all genres; Their product is sub-par. It's about time there was the same consumer weight being thrown at other media types.
"I need your clothes, your boots, and your... Your... You drive a Prius? Fuck it, I'll walk."
ArnoldBraunschweiger
...we no longer have a democracy.
You're right there.
Remember: Ballot, Soap, Jury, Ammo.
GM tried, but the government just won't let them stop. Even when nobody is buying them.
Your conversation is a little too long. Here's the more accurate one.
ISP Tech Support; "Hello, thanks for calling. If you're a user of BitTorrent, please press 1 now. If not, please press 2."
Us: 1
ISP TS: You are a dirty pirate. We're disconnecting your service for alleged copyright infringement and sending you an invoice for the remainder of your contract, payable within 30 days or we'll ruin your credit record. *click*
Agreed. It's akin to stating that you hate burgers because you've had a Big Mac.
Woo woo! Here comes the clue train!
Copyright infringement is still a civil offence in the United Kingdom! ECHR covers criminal offences.
Once again, people, illegal doesn't mean criminal!
... Oh yes; Gattaca.
That's true, but what if it's Jimmy the WhiteHat attending DefCon with a very nice implementation of a much better hack? A vulnerability in a Blackberry device, for instance, which forwards email silently to another address? A list of hacks for Macbooks to win the cash prizes?
$10k to another blackhat in prize money is one thing, $Xm from the card details gathered using a zero-day exploit is probably big enough motivation to get a sister or cousing a job in a Vegas hotel for a month prior...
"'connecting and using ... lawful devices that do not harm the network.'"So, anything with a network card must be switched off, then? Malware, poor configuration, malicious intent all turn a connected device into a DoS device.
What, no abandoned tube line?
How the buggery did you get that past the "Use less caps. It's like shouting" filter?!
Take media with recorded conversations, place in a pile, load it up with a half-tonne of aluminium filings and iron oxide, and apply a high temperature heat source.
You might want to wear safety goggles.
(And I shudder what future archaeologists with do with our pop culture as source material ... any history geek will tell you how average Joes understanding of history nowadays was pretty fucked up Shakespeare & co.).
I take the basis of all prescribed religion (a religious text) to be exactly this; A work of fiction, taken out of context.
Just my opinion, folks. No need to get heated about it.
Indeed! For instance, did you know that the Spartans actually spoke Doric Greek?
There was no "Madness? THIS IS SPARTA!"
I'm fairly sure they would too :)
No, but I'm visiting Ireland next week! I'll think of you while I'm enjoying a decent beer and looking at some Irish... Well, you know what I mean.
Oh, so they're taking the US system! How bizarre...!
Like I originally said, my utopian world of consumer power is better than the current world.
I can dream...
Erm... Surely you just replace a room thermostat with a CPU temp probe and the biiiiiiig chillers on the back wall with smaller chillers feeding directly into the cases?
Feedback loop to turn on the chillers above a certain temp and... Bob's your mother's brother.
The very definition of a free market; Free not to supply products to unprofitable demographics.
This is where you write to your congressman backing a similar scheme as is being mandated in Sweden; Guaranteed 1MB downstream to the home.
If your congressman won't help, get another one.
I know democracy is a rubbish system (especially in first-past-the-post systems), but it's not difficult. The electorate just need the situation explained to them, and to understand why they should care.