"Yes, they are, but at least this ruling will reduce that for a little while until the pirates find another way to trample on the rights of the authors and musicians whose hard work they are appropriating."
Those are amoral rights and has only come about because the industry has managed to buy the politicians. Nobody should be entitled to get paid over and over for a job done once - regardless of how long it took them or what it is. Either everybody gets paid that way (oh, you used a door handle - well you have to pay the maker of the door handle again) or nobody gets paid that way.
"Come to that, why should people with disabilities be allowed to stick around, when a fully able-bodied society would be perfectly viable?"
Indeed - if they are an economic burden on society it might be better for society to do something about it - and depending on the disability it might be better for them not to suffer.
"Why should people with dark skin be allowed to stick around, when a fully-white society would be perfectly viable?"
Since scientifically there is no basis for dividing humans into race there is no point in separating them.
"Why should Jews be allowed to stick around, when a fully Jew-free society would be perfectly viable?"
All religion is a problem, since it is a refusal to grow up and primitive worship of unprovable deitys - the modern society should start working towards getting rid of it entirely.
"We have collectively decided that such questions simply have no place in our lives. "
You span to wide with your brush, but no we haven't. Growing numbers are seeing the problem with religion - and good on them.
"It's one of the foundations of our modern western civilisation, period, and there is simply no further room for debate."
There never was a debate, and as such some notions are on the backboiler for the future when the debate comes.
"The question of whether men should be "allowed" to exist is the same question, asked in a different way. Therefore the answer, to people in our society, will be the same: of course men must be allowed to exist. No justification will be required."
Its a stupid question to begin with, what do people expect - that men will be hunted to extinction? Of course they wont and of course there wont be a noticeable change for decades probably centuries, however if this way of self procreation becomes the norm trends will probably be noticeable over time. Most women are likely to want a child, and a great deal of men don't. So over time there may very well become more and more women and fewer and fewer men.
But we are probably talking millennia here - assuming we survive the singularity.
"People aren't buying Windows Vista and Office 2007 because they have Windows XP and Office 2003 that does the job just fine, and possibly better, and it costs nothing to continue using it. "
But when MS discontinues support, they will most likely also closed down validation - so as people need to reinstall... they can't... and are forced to buy another system.
"Know much about Swedish law do you? Because according to every single article i've read in Swedish from a reliable source the prosecutor has no case whatsoever."
Funny, I've never read one - perhaps you can link to some?
But either way should these laws exist they are sure to be found illegal themselves because of the treaties Sweden has signed regarding copyright, once other countries (especially usa thinks enough is enough - and 0 million might do it)
"All the Pirate Bay administrators are doing is providing a tracker, which can very well (and does) link to legal content as well as illegal."
Show us 10 things which are legal...
"The fact that they are generating income from ads placed on search results is irreverent. You might as well say that Google is guilty of infringement as well, since they index both legal and illegal material with a similar business model and are constantly defending their ability to do so."
No. They are quite deliberately promoting pirated material on their site, that mens they are aiding and abetting criminal activity. If they didn't do taht they might have chance when the hammer falls.
I want to watch TV on the TV - I'm using the computer for something else (yes, at the same time - almost nothing is good enough to devote 100% attention to)
"provide a link to the audio file, and maybe someone would download the song...and the rest of that artist's oeuvre. At least if it goes as far as it sounds like you want it to. That doesn't make money for anyone,"
They don't deserve to get paid over and over - a carpenter doesn't keep getting paid when someone elses a door he has made.
"It shouldn't be any more personal than a phone number is. Whenever someone calls me, I like to log them on my caller ID. I don't see a difference here."
My phone number IS personal, its none of your business unless i give it to you. Its not listed and called ID is disabled.
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It's a pity the world is in such a state.
What? Illegal? The law aughta be changed i tellsya!
I mean if I buy the DVDs I'll give money to THEM!
Or does any thing go in the Banana republic of America?
It just doesn't have some features you would like.
It's $11.95 for ONE month - then they close up shop. So make the most of it.
Yeah except one node can't just magically find another node, it needs someone to tell it where it is.
"Yes, they are, but at least this ruling will reduce that for a little while until the pirates find another way to trample on the rights of the authors and musicians whose hard work they are appropriating."
Those are amoral rights and has only come about because the industry has managed to buy the politicians. Nobody should be entitled to get paid over and over for a job done once - regardless of how long it took them or what it is. Either everybody gets paid that way (oh, you used a door handle - well you have to pay the maker of the door handle again) or nobody gets paid that way.
Well, your explanation has the added virtue of being short :)
Don't use such words without a breif explanation of what the difference is!
"Come to that, why should people with disabilities be allowed to stick around, when a fully able-bodied society would be perfectly viable?"
Indeed - if they are an economic burden on society it might be better for society to do something about it - and depending on the disability it might be better for them not to suffer.
"Why should people with dark skin be allowed to stick around, when a fully-white society would be perfectly viable?"
Since scientifically there is no basis for dividing humans into race there is no point in separating them.
"Why should Jews be allowed to stick around, when a fully Jew-free society would be perfectly viable?"
All religion is a problem, since it is a refusal to grow up and primitive worship of unprovable deitys - the modern society should start working towards getting rid of it entirely.
"We have collectively decided that such questions simply have no place in our lives. "
You span to wide with your brush, but no we haven't. Growing numbers are seeing the problem with religion - and good on them.
"It's one of the foundations of our modern western civilisation, period, and there is simply no further room for debate."
There never was a debate, and as such some notions are on the backboiler for the future when the debate comes.
"The question of whether men should be "allowed" to exist is the same question, asked in a different way. Therefore the answer, to people in our society, will be the same: of course men must be allowed to exist. No justification will be required."
Its a stupid question to begin with, what do people expect - that men will be hunted to extinction? Of course they wont and of course there wont be a noticeable change for decades probably centuries, however if this way of self procreation becomes the norm trends will probably be noticeable over time. Most women are likely to want a child, and a great deal of men don't. So over time there may very well become more and more women and fewer and fewer men.
But we are probably talking millennia here - assuming we survive the singularity.
"The depressing thing is, as a man I can't really think of why we should be allowed to stick around."
So the sole reason they'd want a man around is for one fuck to have a child???
Surely the world can't be that weird.
"People aren't buying Windows Vista and Office 2007 because they have Windows XP and Office 2003 that does the job just fine, and possibly better, and it costs nothing to continue using it. "
... they can't ... and are forced to buy another system.
But when MS discontinues support, they will most likely also closed down validation - so as people need to reinstall
Its not electric at the moment.
Why? Money! They can make a lot more because they have trained the foolish buyers they have to buy a whole new machine each time.
Another group of people who should be on the "Allowed to kill for the good of humanity" list.
"Know much about Swedish law do you? Because according to every single article i've read in Swedish from a reliable source the prosecutor has no case whatsoever."
Funny, I've never read one - perhaps you can link to some?
But either way should these laws exist they are sure to be found illegal themselves because of the treaties Sweden has signed regarding copyright, once other countries (especially usa thinks enough is enough - and 0 million might do it)
"All the Pirate Bay administrators are doing is providing a tracker, which can very well (and does) link to legal content as well as illegal."
Show us 10 things which are legal...
"The fact that they are generating income from ads placed on search results is irreverent. You might as well say that Google is guilty of infringement as well, since they index both legal and illegal material with a similar business model and are constantly defending their ability to do so."
No. They are quite deliberately promoting pirated material on their site, that mens they are aiding and abetting criminal activity. If they didn't do taht they might have chance when the hammer falls.
Baaa, I couldn't think of 8 words starting with F in 60 seconds!
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Where is the helmet
Duh, like there is difference between putting something in the microwave and placing it on the street.
Never release anything under the GPL - like all contracts relating to "intellectual property" it is evil.
I want to watch TV on the TV - I'm using the computer for something else (yes, at the same time - almost nothing is good enough to devote 100% attention to)
I would be careful about arming bears, they have terrible aim!
"provide a link to the audio file, and maybe someone would download the song...and the rest of that artist's oeuvre. At least if it goes as far as it sounds like you want it to. That doesn't make money for anyone,"
They don't deserve to get paid over and over - a carpenter doesn't keep getting paid when someone elses a door he has made.
"It shouldn't be any more personal than a phone number is. Whenever someone calls me, I like to log them on my caller ID. I don't see a difference here."
My phone number IS personal, its none of your business unless i give it to you. Its not listed and called ID is disabled.