This is not a false rationalization borne out of a pirate's mind, it is the fucking truth.
There are full bodies of law to deal specifically with copyright, because it is completely a different beast.
I will not go into explaining this, it has been done ad nauseam on this website, suffice to say that an argument does not become false just because a person of dubious moral character (a pirate) states it.
Most USian/.ers simply do not appreciate how horrible it is to go to the US in any capacity nowadays.
Somebody commented that immigration is at all time high, but we do not have qualification about the type of immigrant. Low skilled labour will surely want to go to the US, but people for a research lab can pick and choose and I am sure many of them don't take kindly to be treated as a criminal on arrival to the land of the free and to be resented for "stealing" an US job. The mindless nationalism post 9/11 is also scary for many people that have experienced nationalism for the sake of it first hand.
Add to that the general anti-science environment in many places in the US and you have a recipe for scaring away many highly skilled people.
Canada in the other hand has a long tradition of welcoming high skilled workers and treats all visitors with a smile in the face.
I am going to Vancouver next year, and as a Mexican I don't even need a visa. Compare that to the US requirements and frankly it is a no brainer.
As somebody dealing in a day to day basis with Indian colleagues I can say I have never experienced those problems. But alas, I am Mexican, maybe I come to the table with a different attitude,
In Europe you don't need to be a citizen of your respective host country to enjoy pretty much all the rights that citizens enjoy (except voting, which is understandable).
In the US not being a citizen is a real handicap for varied reasons.
There is a point to be made about what is best for both host country and new arrivals, I have got the impression that people in the US embrace citizenship more for the convenience than for the love of their host country.
You can put many things under our name, but we don't go killing thousands of people wily-nilly to defend the privileges of a few rich Texan oil producers and never had an official apartheid system for the best part of 100 years (and other 200 of slavery, which we abolished several decades earlier than in the US).
We may be drowned in lots of things, but at least they do not affect negatively other countries (do not even try the immigrant bullshit, if you don't want our immigrants build your wall and watch your economy collapse. As simple as that).
In the UK BT (British Telecom) was also privatized, but a few years later competition was opened and now there are several offerings if you want to get a telephone line. The telecoms regulator keeps the former monopoly in place (because they still have a big hand in the market, specially in what is called the last mile of the infrastructure, which they still own).
In Mexico we know why there is no competition, it would not surprise me if Mr Slim's family and some famous politicians are related in some way (maybe some marriages or good "friendships" or are compadres....)
And where is all the competition that other privatized industries have to endure?
Slim got his hands in Telmex because he was good buddy with the right politicians. If you want an accurate picture of Slim think Russian oligarch, he had the good sense of not ruffling the feathers of the politicians.
Well, explain this genius: why do we need so many "Windows for Dummies", "Windows, the lost manual" and similar offerings if Windows "just works'? Why all the training? Why the expensive support?
Windows doesn't just work, so use another argument, the evidence show this one is not going to fly at all buddy.
There is always something where science does not have the immediate answers for, to abandon science at that point seems a bit ludicrous to me to be frank.
What should be done is finding new ways to study the subject until a more satisfactory conclusion is reached.
In any case science can't answer the whats and whys of this world, but it can answer the hows. Physics (how?) did not become philosophy (what?), and philosophy did not become religion (why?), you just began to ask different questions.
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Keep finding excuses for the filthy addiction that smoking is.
Two wrongs don't make a good; a bigger evil does not justify a lesser one.
I interpret this as a species of octopus moving to an environmental niche in which the squid already trhives.
Unsurprisingly it develops similar characteristics that makes it more fit for survival.
Darwin would be thrilled me thinks.
That is a statement of fact, not wishful thinking.
Copyright holders appeal to sentimental, loaded language because deep inside them they know their business model is broken.
Saying this as somebody that has never pirated a single song, mind you.
This is not a false rationalization borne out of a pirate's mind, it is the fucking truth.
There are full bodies of law to deal specifically with copyright, because it is completely a different beast.
I will not go into explaining this, it has been done ad nauseam on this website, suffice to say that an argument does not become false just because a person of dubious moral character (a pirate) states it.
Most USian /.ers simply do not appreciate how horrible it is to go to the US in any capacity nowadays.
Somebody commented that immigration is at all time high, but we do not have qualification about the type of immigrant. Low skilled labour will surely want to go to the US, but people for a research lab can pick and choose and I am sure many of them don't take kindly to be treated as a criminal on arrival to the land of the free and to be resented for "stealing" an US job. The mindless nationalism post 9/11 is also scary for many people that have experienced nationalism for the sake of it first hand.
Add to that the general anti-science environment in many places in the US and you have a recipe for scaring away many highly skilled people.
Canada in the other hand has a long tradition of welcoming high skilled workers and treats all visitors with a smile in the face.
I am going to Vancouver next year, and as a Mexican I don't even need a visa. Compare that to the US requirements and frankly it is a no brainer.
Thousands of people highly skilled in other countries willing to work for less money are saying you are not worth as much as you think you are.
You can deal with reality or keep whining about the facts driving global markets.
I prefer to see, learn and do. Welcome to reality buddy, the ride is bumpy, the adaptable thrive.
You seem more like a hindrance.
As somebody dealing in a day to day basis with Indian colleagues I can say I have never experienced those problems. But alas, I am Mexican, maybe I come to the table with a different attitude,
In Europe you don't need to be a citizen of your respective host country to enjoy pretty much all the rights that citizens enjoy (except voting, which is understandable).
In the US not being a citizen is a real handicap for varied reasons.
There is a point to be made about what is best for both host country and new arrivals, I have got the impression that people in the US embrace citizenship more for the convenience than for the love of their host country.
OK, then all your companies should be restricted to sell stuff only in the US market.
The amount of people around here that do not understand that we live in a globalized economy is frankly staggering....
In normal shops mind you, no need to go to Ebay for that. They are expensive, but that was to be expected.
Those leeches take a life of its own in big corps....
Many websites use email addresses as user login names.
If you provide me@gmail.com and you try to use that to confirm login registrations you may have problems because you will be seen as me@googlemail.com
It is a minor annoyance to be fair, but it is there.
And we are all thankful for that.
Aufwiedersehen.
So the big guy should always have it.
Whay should I bother thinking about a good trade mark if the big guy will come and steal it from me.
Do you have any other good ideas or are you in a slow day today?
.... interventionist and imperialistic.
You can put many things under our name, but we don't go killing thousands of people wily-nilly to defend the privileges of a few rich Texan oil producers and never had an official apartheid system for the best part of 100 years (and other 200 of slavery, which we abolished several decades earlier than in the US).
We may be drowned in lots of things, but at least they do not affect negatively other countries (do not even try the immigrant bullshit, if you don't want our immigrants build your wall and watch your economy collapse. As simple as that).
Forget about the good ones.
In the UK BT (British Telecom) was also privatized, but a few years later competition was opened and now there are several offerings if you want to get a telephone line. The telecoms regulator keeps the former monopoly in place (because they still have a big hand in the market, specially in what is called the last mile of the infrastructure, which they still own).
In Mexico we know why there is no competition, it would not surprise me if Mr Slim's family and some famous politicians are related in some way (maybe some marriages or good "friendships" or are compadres....)
And where is all the competition that other privatized industries have to endure?
Slim got his hands in Telmex because he was good buddy with the right politicians. If you want an accurate picture of Slim think Russian oligarch, he had the good sense of not ruffling the feathers of the politicians.
There you go. Thanks for playing sonny.
That is all what is to it.
Lets forget standards for a minute, just remember the subject.
Nobody has probed conclusively that copyright infringement actually harms sales of anything.
People parrot this like if it was a given but come with precious little in the way of proof.
If it was theft we would not have completely different laws dealing with copyright infringement.
You imply that Windows "just works".
Well, explain this genius: why do we need so many "Windows for Dummies", "Windows, the lost manual" and similar offerings if Windows "just works'? Why all the training? Why the expensive support?
Windows doesn't just work, so use another argument, the evidence show this one is not going to fly at all buddy.
There is always something where science does not have the immediate answers for, to abandon science at that point seems a bit ludicrous to me to be frank.
What should be done is finding new ways to study the subject until a more satisfactory conclusion is reached.
In any case science can't answer the whats and whys of this world, but it can answer the hows. Physics (how?) did not become philosophy (what?), and philosophy did not become religion (why?), you just began to ask different questions.
All the winners of best recordings of the year in BBC Music Magazine were readily available in emusic as non DRMed files.