And then people have to download the book. If it has DRM, they'll just bypass it easily. Either way, your book will get downloaded by people who don't mind downloading it.
1) Would DRM stop people from doing this? Highly unlikely. 2) Is stopping the pirate bogeyman worth punishing everyone, including paying customers, over?
"so bad"? No one ever said it inflicted severe physical harm. Children, who cannot defend themselves, are spanked. Yet, what would happen if you did the same thing to an adult who you disagreed with (one who would not listen to you)? There would be legal consequences, most likely. It is, as far as I know, illegal to hit someone merely because you disagree with them accept in self-defense. Children are not subhumans, but that is exactly what you will produce by treating them as such.
Who cares if I slapped my wife around a few times? She wouldn't listen to me. Besides, it was just a brief slap. It didn't leave any lasting marks, and she sure did seem to learn her lesson! She won't disagree with my opinion again!
I know, right? A few slaps never hurt or degraded anyone. Especially the wife! Why can't I just do whatever I want to people as long as I don't cause severe physical damage to them when I think they're wrong? Damn subhumans.
Perhaps I've just met all the wrong people, but which voters are these? I see so many people who believe in that "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" nonsense, trust the government unconditionally (but only when it comes to 'protecting' them from alleged threats), and would rather sacrifice freedom for security merely because some people might die (just emotionally-driven nonsense).
What follows is your arbitrary standard for what constitutes as maturity.
and thats okay
No, it's not. At least not to me. "The world isn't fair." is not, to me, an excuse for inaction. Under that line of logic, anything could be justified. Yes, bad things will happen, but it's not "okay" as you describe. If we just preached that life wasn't fair at every injustice, nothing would ever change. No system will ever be perfect, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved.
Far too many students view school as something to be suffered.
And with the way it's done now, why is that such a surprise? It actually emphasizes teaching to the test and rote memorization. If you make school boring and unbearable, very few people will find it anything but.
but needing to wave a piece of ID that you'd need with you to get in a bar is suddenly unreasonable because it's being done somewhere else?
Uh... yes? How does the fact that it's being done in one place mean that it's okay in another place? This doesn't even take the reason you have to show ID in bars into account (which in itself could be idiotic). The reason could not apply at all to another place, so it might just be inconveniencing people. Using this reasoning, we could force people to show IDs when they went anywhere merely because that's how it's done at bars, but that would be a waste of time.
Yes, for copyright infringement. My heroes! The US, the world's police force, has saved us all from such a heinous criminal. Think of all the bits that they stopped from being copied! Totally worth all of this taxpayer money being wasted.
The US government very likely didn't follow procedure, as we see here. Do you not see how dangerous this is to allow them to do as they please? Whatever you think of Kim and Megaupload, think of yourself and others first. If they can do this to him, they can do this to anyone. They can ruin anyone's business. That's not good.
I don't feel sorry for anyone who uploaded their only copy of their files to Megaupload, either.
Sorry that everyone isn't as technologically minded as you are.
You know what's funny, though? While they may not have had an expectation that their data would stay there forever, I'm almost positive Megaupload would have informed them if they were going to legitimately shut down their website. That would give them time to get their files. But here, thanks to the US government, it was shut down instantly and without notice. Very nice.
This whole situation is just children, Brazilians and the mentally challenged just whining about not being able to get their warez
Uh... what about people with legitimate data hosted there? You even mentioned them in the above paragraph. I have a feeling they're "whining" about it, too. Probably whining that it's the US government's fault.
but because the porn sex isn't anything like actual sex.
Yeah, but it's like video games: it's as simple as being able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. If they can't figure it out on their own, then their parents can simply tell them. It's not actually such a big hurdle to overcome. The younger ones probably wouldn't be interested, anyway.
Where did I recommend otherwise? I hope they don't. Otherwise they'd be supporting companies whose decisions they oppose. That would be quite foolish.
But they can also criticize these companies for their actions. Which is what they're doing. That at least lets them know why they're doing what they do.
(or giving your games away Free should you so choose)
Really has nothing to do with free games.
Stop whining
It's simple criticism, which can be quite important at times.
X could be anyone the government doesn't like. And since there's no real oversight here, getting rid of them would be fairly simple. Oppressive governments or individuals would love this ability.
It is time to shift focus from restricting government gathering of information
As I still believe in the spirit of the constitution and privacy, no, it's not. I do not believe the government should be doing that.
NDAA, continued surveillance, complete disregard for the constitution... hm, nope. Not much difference there. Seems like he just pulled out when it was convenient to do so.
Take a look at history and human nature. There have been many corrupt governments. Do you think the UK's is somehow immune? Do you think that a government is made up of perfect individuals who could do no wrong (individually or as a group)? Few people plan for their government to abuse them, my friend. It's a slow process, but it's what happens when you let the government slowly take away the rights of the people.
Humans need as much privacy as possible. It's also very useful to keep the government at bay. You seem to think we should take everyone's privacy away because some people are criminals.
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I actually know people that do that, particularly with PC games.
I seriously wish people would stop supporting companies that utilize DRM.
And then people have to download the book. If it has DRM, they'll just bypass it easily. Either way, your book will get downloaded by people who don't mind downloading it.
In this case, the real questions would be:
1) Would DRM stop people from doing this? Highly unlikely.
2) Is stopping the pirate bogeyman worth punishing everyone, including paying customers, over?
If spanking were so bad
"so bad"? No one ever said it inflicted severe physical harm. Children, who cannot defend themselves, are spanked. Yet, what would happen if you did the same thing to an adult who you disagreed with (one who would not listen to you)? There would be legal consequences, most likely. It is, as far as I know, illegal to hit someone merely because you disagree with them accept in self-defense. Children are not subhumans, but that is exactly what you will produce by treating them as such.
Who cares if I slapped my wife around a few times? She wouldn't listen to me. Besides, it was just a brief slap. It didn't leave any lasting marks, and she sure did seem to learn her lesson! She won't disagree with my opinion again!
I know, right? A few slaps never hurt or degraded anyone. Especially the wife! Why can't I just do whatever I want to people as long as I don't cause severe physical damage to them when I think they're wrong? Damn subhumans.
Voters do want the 4th amendment respected.
Perhaps I've just met all the wrong people, but which voters are these? I see so many people who believe in that "nothing to hide, nothing to fear" nonsense, trust the government unconditionally (but only when it comes to 'protecting' them from alleged threats), and would rather sacrifice freedom for security merely because some people might die (just emotionally-driven nonsense).
Do you really want the cops to have to wake up a judge at 3am when your teenage daughter has gone missing after complaining about a stalker?
I desire checks and balances, so yes.
It was stated as a fact, so I figured I should point that out.
Too bad no one, probably including most religious people, actually adhere to their own religion anyway.
Maturity is
What follows is your arbitrary standard for what constitutes as maturity.
and thats okay
No, it's not. At least not to me. "The world isn't fair." is not, to me, an excuse for inaction. Under that line of logic, anything could be justified. Yes, bad things will happen, but it's not "okay" as you describe. If we just preached that life wasn't fair at every injustice, nothing would ever change. No system will ever be perfect, but that doesn't mean it can't be improved.
Far too many students view school as something to be suffered.
And with the way it's done now, why is that such a surprise? It actually emphasizes teaching to the test and rote memorization. If you make school boring and unbearable, very few people will find it anything but.
but needing to wave a piece of ID that you'd need with you to get in a bar is suddenly unreasonable because it's being done somewhere else?
Uh... yes? How does the fact that it's being done in one place mean that it's okay in another place? This doesn't even take the reason you have to show ID in bars into account (which in itself could be idiotic). The reason could not apply at all to another place, so it might just be inconveniencing people. Using this reasoning, we could force people to show IDs when they went anywhere merely because that's how it's done at bars, but that would be a waste of time.
Yeah, but it ultimately comes down to intellectual property nonsense. Even if it didn't, the US absolutely should not be involved.
What? From what I've saw, libertarians in the US are generally pro-free market. Copyright doesn't allow for a free market at all.
But that wasn't the whole point. He said it as if he was saying that the guy he replied to was claiming that the previous guy did no wrong. He didn't.
They will extradite him
Yes, for copyright infringement. My heroes! The US, the world's police force, has saved us all from such a heinous criminal. Think of all the bits that they stopped from being copied! Totally worth all of this taxpayer money being wasted.
I don't feel sorry for him or his business
The US government very likely didn't follow procedure, as we see here. Do you not see how dangerous this is to allow them to do as they please? Whatever you think of Kim and Megaupload, think of yourself and others first. If they can do this to him, they can do this to anyone. They can ruin anyone's business. That's not good.
I don't feel sorry for anyone who uploaded their only copy of their files to Megaupload, either.
Sorry that everyone isn't as technologically minded as you are.
You know what's funny, though? While they may not have had an expectation that their data would stay there forever, I'm almost positive Megaupload would have informed them if they were going to legitimately shut down their website. That would give them time to get their files. But here, thanks to the US government, it was shut down instantly and without notice. Very nice.
This whole situation is just children, Brazilians and the mentally challenged just whining about not being able to get their warez
Uh... what about people with legitimate data hosted there? You even mentioned them in the above paragraph. I have a feeling they're "whining" about it, too. Probably whining that it's the US government's fault.
Nice generalizations, though.
I certainly didn't buy anything, and as far as you know, neither did anyone else. I don't know where you're getting that.
People are voicing their complaints. It is possible to do both that and boycott the products.
but because the porn sex isn't anything like actual sex.
Yeah, but it's like video games: it's as simple as being able to tell the difference between fantasy and reality. If they can't figure it out on their own, then their parents can simply tell them. It's not actually such a big hurdle to overcome. The younger ones probably wouldn't be interested, anyway.
The previous guy didn't do ANYTHING wrong and was a perfect saint
Actually, he didn't mention anything about the previous guy...
If you don't like the terms don't buy it.
Where did I recommend otherwise? I hope they don't. Otherwise they'd be supporting companies whose decisions they oppose. That would be quite foolish.
But they can also criticize these companies for their actions. Which is what they're doing. That at least lets them know why they're doing what they do.
(or giving your games away Free should you so choose)
Really has nothing to do with free games.
Stop whining
It's simple criticism, which can be quite important at times.
Suppose some person X becomes suspicious.
X could be anyone the government doesn't like. And since there's no real oversight here, getting rid of them would be fairly simple. Oppressive governments or individuals would love this ability.
It is time to shift focus from restricting government gathering of information
As I still believe in the spirit of the constitution and privacy, no, it's not. I do not believe the government should be doing that.
It's also possible to advocate for both health care and privacy.
NDAA, continued surveillance, complete disregard for the constitution... hm, nope. Not much difference there. Seems like he just pulled out when it was convenient to do so.
Take a look at history and human nature. There have been many corrupt governments. Do you think the UK's is somehow immune? Do you think that a government is made up of perfect individuals who could do no wrong (individually or as a group)? Few people plan for their government to abuse them, my friend. It's a slow process, but it's what happens when you let the government slowly take away the rights of the people.
Humans need as much privacy as possible. It's also very useful to keep the government at bay. You seem to think we should take everyone's privacy away because some people are criminals.