I know it's a civil and not a criminal matter, but there seems to be no downside to making constant accusations and DMCA claims about anything you don't like. You can get anything taken down in minutes with a form letter, yet it takes days or months to get it put back up after expensive legal fights. This system is fucked up.
Smart. Very smart. Rather than adopt a business model of offering affordable alternatives which most people would be happy to go with they're going to cut off their noses to spite their faces. They're happier to take 45% of nothing rather than a reasonable licensing fee of a reasonable price.
These people are so utterly daft that the mind absolutely boggles. Is it any wonder that they are incapable of adapting to a new technological age and prospering in that age? sigh...
The worst part is these individuals are getting rich from high salaries while the rapidly drive their industries into the toilet. And, once everything gets flushed away, these individuals will walk away with their vast savings and live happily ever after while they've demolished an industry and left it in the stone ages.
sigh...
THIS!
Their profit margins and revenues are soaring higher every year, and still they pretend that piracy has their entire industry on the brink of collapse.
More likely, they're just butthurt that some pirates are eating the scraps that fall from their table.
According to MPAA/RIAA logic, downloading stuff for free rather than paying for it destroys that industry. So ACTA stops or restricts free downloading, child pornography will become a rampant industry, and nobody wants that.
If we stop ACTA, we stop child pornography. It's as simple as that.
There are book authors, researchers, and television commentators who build their entire careers on the fears of parents.
When someone, anyone, comes along and offers a cut-and-dried explanation to a common problem ("Tour child is autistic? It was vaccines!"), they cling to the idea. The author/commentator/researcher has given them a target for their fears and misunderstandings. Like and angry lynch mob, they will accept the first target they can, regardless of the facts. They are blinded by their desperation to know what went wrong with their child's health, and their threshold for truth is set very, very low.
This is the least of my privacy concerns on the internet. Seeing ads for things I'm interested in is better than seeing ads for things I'm not interested in, right?
I'd certainly change my mind in some unspeakable horror was revealed, but my default stance is not to hang too much importance on it.
There are only a few things that cops do that actually make me feel safer, and stopping speeding drivers is one of them.
Although I've been in the deserts of Nevada and I can tell you that nobody drives the speed limit out there.
Every third word is a number, and the story lists a long string of proprietary "technologies" and marketspeak. The story is also peppered with no less than five marketing images from Nvidia.
Maybe we could apply the principles of the Miller test to intrusive government demands. How about this: would you feel more secure or less secure if the government was able to read all your texts whenever they feel like it?
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Do you hear me panasonic? I like the hair washing machine, but I'd love relaxing instasleep more...ahhh...
Go ahead and comply with government demands, but tell the common people what the government is doing to them. I like it.
I know it's a civil and not a criminal matter, but there seems to be no downside to making constant accusations and DMCA claims about anything you don't like. You can get anything taken down in minutes with a form letter, yet it takes days or months to get it put back up after expensive legal fights. This system is fucked up.
Smart. Very smart. Rather than adopt a business model of offering affordable alternatives which most people would be happy to go with they're going to cut off their noses to spite their faces. They're happier to take 45% of nothing rather than a reasonable licensing fee of a reasonable price. These people are so utterly daft that the mind absolutely boggles. Is it any wonder that they are incapable of adapting to a new technological age and prospering in that age? sigh... The worst part is these individuals are getting rich from high salaries while the rapidly drive their industries into the toilet. And, once everything gets flushed away, these individuals will walk away with their vast savings and live happily ever after while they've demolished an industry and left it in the stone ages. sigh...
THIS!
Their profit margins and revenues are soaring higher every year, and still they pretend that piracy has their entire industry on the brink of collapse.
More likely, they're just butthurt that some pirates are eating the scraps that fall from their table.
Playing games at 18 watts and under!
Winning the format war was a hollow victory for Sony...it's like making the best covered wagon at the advent of the automobile.
According to MPAA/RIAA logic, downloading stuff for free rather than paying for it destroys that industry. So ACTA stops or restricts free downloading, child pornography will become a rampant industry, and nobody wants that.
If we stop ACTA, we stop child pornography. It's as simple as that.
Nothing can unite a governmental body like monetary payoffs in exchange for broader control of the population.
MPAA's IP changed.
FMV games are now patented? I guess since IBM and the USPTO weren't around in the 80s and 90s, so they wouldn't remember.
Companies claim outrageous piracy rates with little no evidence to back it up.
Government agrees with them so they can monitor, prosecute, or seize the property of a majority of the population.
" once people convey subscriber information to their Internet service providers, they no longer have an expectation of privacy"
" once people convey medical information to their health care providers, they no longer have an expectation of privacy"
" once people convey purchase information to their credit card company, they no longer have an expectation of privacy"
" once people convey voice data to their telephone company, they no longer have an expectation of privacy"
The publisher will just laugh and print more. I'm disgusted that the Pentagon would trade real taxpayer money for fake property.
Oops...meant to say "Your", not "Tour".
There are book authors, researchers, and television commentators who build their entire careers on the fears of parents.
When someone, anyone, comes along and offers a cut-and-dried explanation to a common problem ("Tour child is autistic? It was vaccines!"), they cling to the idea. The author/commentator/researcher has given them a target for their fears and misunderstandings. Like and angry lynch mob, they will accept the first target they can, regardless of the facts. They are blinded by their desperation to know what went wrong with their child's health, and their threshold for truth is set very, very low.
On all the internet forums I'm on, people from Australia complain constantly about their slow speeds and Draconian caps.
Now they're on their way to being the best! Congrats, entire country of Australia!
This is the least of my privacy concerns on the internet. Seeing ads for things I'm interested in is better than seeing ads for things I'm not interested in, right?
I'd certainly change my mind in some unspeakable horror was revealed, but my default stance is not to hang too much importance on it.
There are only a few things that cops do that actually make me feel safer, and stopping speeding drivers is one of them. Although I've been in the deserts of Nevada and I can tell you that nobody drives the speed limit out there.
It's sad that the word "diplomacy" was once associated with peace and understanding. In this country, it's synonymous with bullying and threats.
Every third word is a number, and the story lists a long string of proprietary "technologies" and marketspeak. The story is also peppered with no less than five marketing images from Nvidia.
Maybe we could apply the principles of the Miller test to intrusive government demands. How about this: would you feel more secure or less secure if the government was able to read all your texts whenever they feel like it?
This no-questions-asked demand of goods without a trial and insta-judgement favoring the plaintiff doesn't bode well for the country as a whole.
Looks like they're cutting straight to the heart of the matter. Whoever has the most money is right.
Anything that exposes the absurdity of our current and antiquated patent law needs to be done.
That group's numbers dwindle every year
Click the "search maps" button on the link you've provided. See what happens?