Hey, there are a million reasons people do this - but its still not legal. If enough people what this changed... get some new politicans to change the laws you know.
This is a perfect example of the natural law of supply and demand, like the parent post said. They can pass all the laws in the world, but as long as the demand is there (and the demand for Meth is skyrocketing), there WILL be a supply.
Its quite clear both you and the AC have no clue as to what the THEORY of Supply and Demand is all about. But there are 3 things one can do:
* Make it a crime punishable by death to USE it.
* Make it all legal, it will be a sort of Darwinian weeding out of the excess population.
* Or, given that only people with psychological problems do drug, create a fair, balanced and just society where people don't feel the need for this (Compare with the Scandinavian countries where almost nobody do drugs, because the vast majority are happy)
Of course neither are likely in to happen in the near future.
So let's say the xxAA stops suing downloaders and the gov't decides copyright laws are unenforceable - supply and demand, you know. Courts refuse to hear copyright infringement suits. People are completely free to download any movie, book or music, burn to a disc and sell it on the street corner, with complete confidence that nothing bad will ever come of it. What's gonna happen?
Whats going to happen is that the talentless hacks who are only trying to get rich on the backs of somewhat amoral copyright law, will find somewhere else to make a quick buck. Ie, it will mean that a lot of the crap will disappear so only only quality will remain. As we have seen, people do pay for quality.
Sounds like a good future.
take a look at the periods and societies in history that had (or still has) no concept of intellectual property,
There is no "intellectual property" its a conceit invented by the greedy.
and those that did (or still do). Determine which is more conducive to the advancement of art, literature and entertainment.
Copyright may (or more likely not) have been behind "entertainment" but it has done nothing for literature or especially art; the vast dumb majorities of the commercial masses do not want, appreciate or understand art so you get commercial pap. The great strides in art and literature came before copyright - the last century will be remembered a black hole in art. Perhaps we'll get some real art once copyright is gone.
"But how will they make a living?" - If their art isn't important enough that they can find a way, then it wouldn't be important to us.
Are you saying I do not have a right to watch these?
He wasn't - but you don't have a right to watch them. It should be illegal that they are forcing us to pirate (no I won't say theft!) these videos just to keep up with what other people are able to see.
Then you need to change the current laws. Contact your politicians!
This article made a good point, but michael didn't have to add his flamebait last line.
Everybody has an opinion, nobody is objective. Instead of pretending to be "fair and balanced" better to show your opinion up front - then people know where you stand.
Not only does he make sure to post unverified, inflammatory "articles" submitted by similarly-minded/.'ers as himself, but he also continuously feels the need to add those shitty little quips on to the end of the article which he clearly never reads, and NEVER verifies for accuracy.
Well retardo, if you read the article you would have found a link to their website where they confirm the story. You are an IDIOT who didn't read the article.
Irritating: This may be true, but you can always just stick it in offline mode and forget about it.
No you can't.
Steam isn't perfect for all users, but it serves its purpose. If you don't like it go into offline mode and never come back, otherwise boycott Valve games...
If you don't like people having slaves then don't buy any.
Doesn't work that way smartass. Its wrong and our duty to point it out at any given opportunity until it is removed.
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If by "correcting", you mean .. [snip]
Strawman argumentation - add 1 point to the troll'o'meter.
This isn't what you're arguing.
Since you don't understand, you can hardly make that determination.
To stretch the metaphor...[snip]
Don't make up nonsense which is not relevant. Two things can have the same status while being differnet. Like the 4 commonwealths in the US.
The US Constitution does not provide for anything that is not a state to have the rights and obligations of a state.
Wrong - it does not specify that anywhere. As long as the others have no problem, there is no problem.
Oh it isn't an argument - I was just correcting you.
In civilised countries men and women have the same rights, that doesn't mean that there suddenly is only one gender.
These commonwealths have the rights and obligations of states, but it doesn't make them states.
Actually, I would love for someone to point out where it says it's illegal...
They have the copyright to the mateiral. They don't want you to do it, therefore it's illegal. Don't like it - go into politics!
Hey, there are a million reasons people do this - but its still not legal. If enough people what this changed... get some new politicans to change the laws you know.
This is a perfect example of the natural law of supply and demand, like the parent post said. They can pass all the laws in the world, but as long as the demand is there (and the demand for Meth is skyrocketing), there WILL be a supply.
Its quite clear both you and the AC have no clue as to what the THEORY of Supply and Demand is all about. But there are 3 things one can do:
* Make it a crime punishable by death to USE it.
* Make it all legal, it will be a sort of Darwinian weeding out of the excess population.
* Or, given that only people with psychological problems do drug, create a fair, balanced and just society where people don't feel the need for this (Compare with the Scandinavian countries where almost nobody do drugs, because the vast majority are happy)
Of course neither are likely in to happen in the near future.
So let's say the xxAA stops suing downloaders and the gov't decides copyright laws are unenforceable - supply and demand, you know. Courts refuse to hear copyright infringement suits. People are completely free to download any movie, book or music, burn to a disc and sell it on the street corner, with complete confidence that nothing bad will ever come of it. What's gonna happen?
Whats going to happen is that the talentless hacks who are only trying to get rich on the backs of somewhat amoral copyright law, will find somewhere else to make a quick buck. Ie, it will mean that a lot of the crap will disappear so only only quality will remain. As we have seen, people do pay for quality.
Sounds like a good future.
take a look at the periods and societies in history that had (or still has) no concept of intellectual property,
There is no "intellectual property" its a conceit invented by the greedy.
and those that did (or still do). Determine which is more conducive to the advancement of art, literature and entertainment.
Copyright may (or more likely not) have been behind "entertainment" but it has done nothing for literature or especially art; the vast dumb majorities of the commercial masses do not want, appreciate or understand art so you get commercial pap. The great strides in art and literature came before copyright - the last century will be remembered a black hole in art. Perhaps we'll get some real art once copyright is gone.
"But how will they make a living?" - If their art isn't important enough that they can find a way, then it wouldn't be important to us.
Are you saying I do not have a right to watch these?
He wasn't - but you don't have a right to watch them.
It should be illegal that they are forcing us to pirate (no I won't say theft!) these videos just to keep up with what other people are able to see.
Then you need to change the current laws. Contact your politicians!
We'll be sure to laugh when they get shut down ;)
(And they will - no matter what they think, its only a matter of time)
You should read your sig.
if you have asked MSIE to ignore font sizes on pages. CSS what killed readablity.
No. There are 50 states, 4 of which call themselves commonwealths.
No, there are 46 states and 4 commonwealths.
The use of "commonwealth" by Kentucky, Massachusetts, Pennsylvania and Virginia carries no legal meaning.
Irrelevant.
Wow, thanks :)
What is "inline-block"?
The search page isn't www.msn.com, but http://beta.search.msn.com/
(Which I btw can't see properly because of bad design from microsoft, but then that was to be expected)
One button? Who cares?
;)
I do!
I want 3 buttons! And I hate mousewheels - and the lame programs that assume everybody MUST have a mousewheel..
Seriously, though... give it a rest with the one button thing. It's an OLD joke.... that has been lame for years....
Oh, its not a joke - its a campaign to get rid of the damn thing
What's Fink?
And on which of those platforms do Quicken run? None, yep that's right - so why correct him?
This article made a good point, but michael didn't have to add his flamebait last line.
Everybody has an opinion, nobody is objective. Instead of pretending to be "fair and balanced" better to show your opinion up front - then people know where you stand.
Not only does he make sure to post unverified, inflammatory "articles" submitted by similarly-minded /.'ers as himself, but he also continuously feels the need to add those shitty little quips on to the end of the article which he clearly never reads, and NEVER verifies for accuracy.
Well retardo, if you read the article you would have found a link to their website where they confirm the story. You are an IDIOT who didn't read the article.
I have a computer running Windows 95 that runs just as well as when we first bought it. That's coming from Microsoft, the Big Evil.
That's because they weren't so inventive then. You can bet that Windows 2010 won't work in 2020...
What are cold calls?
Here in Europe all banks provide this, and their interface is usually through the browser - some require MSIE, but not all.
True and dubious.
Considering the HL2 box doesn't mention the need of a service contract to work
They ones they sell here do mention that you need an internet connection for it to work. (Under Requirements)
Irritating: This may be true, but you can always just stick it in offline mode and forget about it.
No you can't.
Steam isn't perfect for all users, but it serves its purpose. If you don't like it go into offline mode and never come back, otherwise boycott Valve games...
If you don't like people having slaves then don't buy any.
Doesn't work that way smartass. Its wrong and our duty to point it out at any given opportunity until it is removed.
Well?