(I know that Touhou's not free, but the developer explicitly endorses piracy of it outside Japan, since it's not sold outside of the country. Quite the chill guy, in my opinion.)
Do you have a link to where he said this? Or maybe at least something I can google to verify this?
I've been looking around and I have yet to find this statement.
... that they DON'T believe they are fighting for justice or morals. They could not be that stupid. They have used just about the most underhanded tactics ever seen in courts of law, and they have tried to sue children for hundreds of thousand of dollars (when the only possible "damage" the child could have caused them was a few dollars in royalties at most, even if guilty).
*sigh* That's what I figured. I kind of thought they actually believed that, though. So it's all about money, huh? How disappointing. Well, I guess there are people out there who will do anything for money. Sort of like hitmen or mercenaries or lawyers(though there still seems to be a few good lawyers left).
I most certainly do. Joking about something like that scares me. I've heard people joke about less serious violence and it does not reassure me when they say "I was just kidding". Ah well, it was facetious after all, so I suppose I should just let it go.
"Would somebody please shoot an official of the RIAA, so that they finally get the point?"
I think statements like this are part of the reason why the RIAA believes it is fighting for justice, morals and the like. I'm not suggesting that we should all sing the RIAA's praises, but violence will only make them believe that they are right.
I slipped up a bit there. I said the "latter part of the agreement" when I meant "the latter part of B.1". Not a big problem, IMO, but, a small typo can do big damage.
1. Provide law enforcement authorities ex officio powers to investigate criminal infringements of intellectual property rights and initiate criminal actions on their own initiative.
The latter part of this agreement seems to give law enforcement agents power to "initiate criminal actions". On top of that, the reason they are granted this power is by "right of office", or ex officio. Surely this can't be correct?
Despite advances in [multimedia], by the year [2050], experts believe that we will still be worse of in terms of [copyright legislation], requiring drastic measures to reduce [unauthorized copying].
to boycott the entire US entertainment industry. If that cannot be achieved, then at least the RIAA/MPAA should be brought into check somehow. We must also push for less restrictive copyrights.
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I see. Thank you for the information.
(I know that Touhou's not free, but the developer explicitly endorses piracy of it outside Japan, since it's not sold outside of the country. Quite the chill guy, in my opinion.)
Do you have a link to where he said this? Or maybe at least something I can google to verify this? I've been looking around and I have yet to find this statement.
Exactly.
It only prevents legal innovation by someone other than the rights holder or a licensee.
"I Kiss You" is there. It's a bit easier to find using the List view rather than the Timeline.
Weird. I just did the same thing, except my confusion only lasted until I expanded your post.
... that they DON'T believe they are fighting for justice or morals. They could not be that stupid. They have used just about the most underhanded tactics ever seen in courts of law, and they have tried to sue children for hundreds of thousand of dollars (when the only possible "damage" the child could have caused them was a few dollars in royalties at most, even if guilty).
*sigh* That's what I figured. I kind of thought they actually believed that, though. So it's all about money, huh? How disappointing. Well, I guess there are people out there who will do anything for money. Sort of like hitmen or mercenaries or lawyers(though there still seems to be a few good lawyers left).
I most certainly do. Joking about something like that scares me. I've heard people joke about less serious violence and it does not reassure me when they say "I was just kidding". Ah well, it was facetious after all, so I suppose I should just let it go.
"Would somebody please shoot an official of the RIAA, so that they finally get the point?"
I think statements like this are part of the reason why the RIAA believes it is fighting for justice, morals and the like. I'm not suggesting that we should all sing the RIAA's praises, but violence will only make them believe that they are right.
I slipped up a bit there. I said the "latter part of the agreement" when I meant "the latter part of B.1". Not a big problem, IMO, but, a small typo can do big damage.
B.Investigatory Provisions
Parties shall:
1. Provide law enforcement authorities ex officio powers to investigate criminal infringements of intellectual property rights and initiate criminal actions on their own initiative.
The latter part of this agreement seems to give law enforcement agents power to "initiate criminal actions". On top of that, the reason they are granted this power is by "right of office", or ex officio. Surely this can't be correct?
Yeah, we need to get the SPCA on these people. Abusing seals is a terrible thing to do.
In order for our ancestors to travel through time, wouldn't we have to send a time machine back to the past?
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I know what you mean. Still, I'm not going to let that get in the way of living my life.
Hopefully, by then, technology will be advanced enough to deal with them.
Good idea.
Soon the robots will overtake us all. It is only a matter of time. First they walk, then they run, then they climb walls.
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Despite advances in [multimedia], by the year [2050], experts believe that we will still be worse of in terms of [copyright legislation], requiring drastic measures to reduce [unauthorized copying].
to boycott the entire US entertainment industry. If that cannot be achieved, then at least the RIAA/MPAA should be brought into check somehow. We must also push for less restrictive copyrights.