You know, I don't see Joe Averageguy saying, "I'm not gonna take this !@#$ from Hollywood anymore, I'm going indie." The public opinion on places like Slashdot is certainly against them, but we're not exactly a majority of the American public.
When this sort of abuse of copyright occurs, why is anyone suprised when people who rely on income from their efforts band together to attempt to halt the infringment?
That's a bit like saying, "Well, the 'come out or we'll shoot' warning didn't work. Bring out the B-52s, we'll carpet-bomb the city!" Surely a lawyer with a carefully written C&D letter would have been more effective than an email demanding the removal of what is apparently a simple text search of their site?
I heard somewhere (IIRC, NPR's All Things Considered) that he waited until he completely recovered from his gallbladder surgery to resign with the other DOJ people who didn't like the warrantless wiretapping program.
You could use Microsoft's free Word 2003.doc viewer and never pay a cent for Office. I used this in conjunction with OpenOffice to fix some formatting quirks in my resume in Word format.
I offered to send a PDF with complete fidelity to the employment agency, but no dice. They wanted Word.
"'Best before November 1959.' Damn it, Bob, there were plenty of brand-new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50's charm."
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Hey, if Chrysler hired the ex-CEO of Home De(s)pot...
I think a resume that reads "I wasted a metric ton of shareholder money, industry goodwill, and still my company fell down and went 'splat' " is practically required for executives of large corporations.
Had you read the article, you would have known that the author makes no such statement-- in fact, you're reiterating his point. The real trolling is in the submitter's summary.
Keep in mind that he's communist only in the sense that he believes there is (or ought to be) no such thing as private property. In their heyday, Communist Party-controlled states abolished private property by taking ownership of everything*, which is probably something even RMS wouldn't support.
Then again, he's never been in a position that Mao or Lenin had.
* Yeah, I know, that's an incredibly naive and simplistic view of history. I didn't feel like opening up Wikipedia and reading for the next two hours.
Perhaps a good question for him would be, "Do you balk at the contracts that ISPs and cellular phone providers make you sign for their services?" Such contracts often have do-not-sue clauses that supposedly require the customer to slog through their support channels, then arbitration, but never litigation.
Wouldn't you rather have the option of crossfading the music yourself on your own device, rather than the web radio station being forced to do this to keep two other listeners from stream ripping?
(No, I don't mean only 3 people listen to 'net radio-- I mean the infinitesimal number of people who record off a net radio stream.)
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"Public opinion is pretty much against them..."
You know, I don't see Joe Averageguy saying, "I'm not gonna take this !@#$ from Hollywood anymore, I'm going indie." The public opinion on places like Slashdot is certainly against them, but we're not exactly a majority of the American public.
They're busy either covering the butts of their coworkers, or arresting people for not presenting their driver's license.
"... we don't *need* them any more."
I'm sorry, I can't get "Gone, gone, gone... Sméagol's FREEEEE!!" out of my head.
"MS may try some patent-fu..."
I think I just found my new favorite tag.
China Airlines is headquartered in Taiwan...
(PR of) China's quality control may be lacking, but the airliner is another can of worms.
That's a bit like saying, "Well, the 'come out or we'll shoot' warning didn't work. Bring out the B-52s, we'll carpet-bomb the city!" Surely a lawyer with a carefully written C&D letter would have been more effective than an email demanding the removal of what is apparently a simple text search of their site?
Mafia? Nah, just future Microsoft board members, given the pattern of this administration.
Code 2319! We have a Code 2319!
I heard somewhere (IIRC, NPR's All Things Considered) that he waited until he completely recovered from his gallbladder surgery to resign with the other DOJ people who didn't like the warrantless wiretapping program.
You must be new here in Washington.
Somehow, I can't predict anything other than a disturbing mosh-pit out of that imagery.
You could use Microsoft's free Word 2003 .doc viewer and never pay a cent for Office. I used this in conjunction with OpenOffice to fix some formatting quirks in my resume in Word format.
I offered to send a PDF with complete fidelity to the employment agency, but no dice. They wanted Word.
"'Best before November 1959.' Damn it, Bob, there were plenty of brand-new bombs, but you had to go for that retro 50's charm."
Hey, if Chrysler hired the ex-CEO of Home De(s)pot...
I think a resume that reads "I wasted a metric ton of shareholder money, industry goodwill, and still my company fell down and went 'splat' " is practically required for executives of large corporations.
"Creative ferment." I like that. Much like how a garden with steel walls and ceiling to discourage thieves will inevitably die.
Although I don't agree with breaking the law to change the law, that just pisses off lawmakers.
Kinda reintroduces a (dated?) meaning of the word "tagger" (as in spray paint on a wall)...
Although it is fun to make up a tag simply for amusement purposes.
"and good God my fingers are getting tired."
I'll say. You've got the lawyer tossing some guy named Lachs and a hefty Statue of Limitations at the plaintiffs. That's gotta smart.
You do realize that this is the crowd that watched such movies as the Terminator trilogy...
Had you read the article, you would have known that the author makes no such statement-- in fact, you're reiterating his point. The real trolling is in the submitter's summary.
Keep in mind that he's communist only in the sense that he believes there is (or ought to be) no such thing as private property. In their heyday, Communist Party-controlled states abolished private property by taking ownership of everything*, which is probably something even RMS wouldn't support.
Then again, he's never been in a position that Mao or Lenin had.
* Yeah, I know, that's an incredibly naive and simplistic view of history. I didn't feel like opening up Wikipedia and reading for the next two hours.
Perhaps a good question for him would be, "Do you balk at the contracts that ISPs and cellular phone providers make you sign for their services?" Such contracts often have do-not-sue clauses that supposedly require the customer to slog through their support channels, then arbitration, but never litigation.
Outhouse? How appropriate. They get to piss and dump on their users.
A better question might be, why post the story at all? They could just put the headline text at the top of the page for a day.
BTW, don't let the nonexistence of the tag prevent you from making your own. I use "captainobvious" myself.
Nice. Now all you need is Tracy Grandstaff reading this in monotone...
Wouldn't you rather have the option of crossfading the music yourself on your own device, rather than the web radio station being forced to do this to keep two other listeners from stream ripping?
(No, I don't mean only 3 people listen to 'net radio-- I mean the infinitesimal number of people who record off a net radio stream.)