Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., MGM Pictures Inc., Colombia Pictures Industries Inc., 20th Century Fox Films Co., Sony BMG, Universal and EMI have until Feb. 29 to file claims for damages in the case.
So, is that Feb 29 of this year, or in the next leap year, or is this article HOPELESSLY OUT OF DATE? Did they file it or not?
Yeah, you know, they said the same thing about the war protesters in the 60's. Bunch of bored long haired pot smoking teenagers. Who happened to change the world, for a while, and make people realize that "war" isn't this noble, romanticized thing, and "war" isn't always "The Answer", and "dying for your country" wasn't necessarily the highest sacrifice a citizen could make, especially when the reasons for the war were all wrong. Gee, public opinion sure changed after the protests started, and the peaceful hippies started getting teargassed, beaten with clubs, and even killed.
So what if a bunch of "bored teenagers" take it onto themselves to open the world's eyes to the pervasive FRAUD that is "Scientology"? At least they're trying to DO something about the situation, instead of sitting on their asses playing computer games all day. What have YOU done to improve the world lately?
Hopefully said statue will wear a condom. The Vatican wants to show how far they've come and admit their mistakes. I guess we'll have to wait another 400 years for the tribute to the little rubber thing...
hey I was my friend's car the other day and he put on a CD and I head some music. I didn't pay for that music. Can I unhear it or do I have to pay for it too? Oh GOD, am I a criminal now? Perhaps I should join the other 2+million people already in jail in the US for this horrible offense...
No, they could just ship all the artists to Russia with pieces of paper in their hands saying "The bearer is the owner of 0.5% of Russia". I'm sure Putin will honor it.
Which is why I think the guy is totally justified. If someone asked about MY contracts at work, I wouldn't feel that compelled to tell them, either
But what about your municipality's contracts? Don't you want to know if the council are all shareholders of the company that keeps winning all the bids on construction?
These are PUBLIC records. As far as I know no minors are involved, and nothing was ordered sealed by a judge. What happened to transparency in government, etc? The mere fact that someone doesn't want the public to know this means that laws were probably broken. You agree that the government should be allowed to KEEP breaking them?
When you pay "property tax" the excuse is that you are paying for the services your municipality is rendering you: sidewalks, roads, water, sewage, public schools, public buildings, public facilities/services, etc. Of course since everyone wants to maximize revenue, someone decided to base the amount of property on the type/use of the property and its value - with the rich/more valuable properties paying more.
An IP tax would just be another way to suck money out of people - presumably with the excuse that it would help defray the costs of enforcing/managing copyright - but really the expense of this compared to paying the gas for a single police cruiser running 24/7 is minimal. I'm sure governments would salivate at this idea.
If the government can deprive you of a basic right... then rights are privileges, not rights.
Government can deprive you of everything, up to and including your life, if the conditions are right (crime, drafts/war). Welcome to life - we are all still basically serfs. That's what power is all about. I suggest you read a bit of Henry D. Thoreau for some more insight into this phenomenon. The only way to avoid this is revolution, and making sure that YOU (not "your party") end up on top. Who do you think has more "rights" in Cuba - loyal Cubans, or Fidel Castro? Who had more rights in Iraq, the Baath Party members, or Saddam? It's good to be the king.
No, increase the maintenance fee geometrically every year, and let the author decide at what point it's no longer worth keeping the monopoly. Problem solved.
exactly why the monopoly should end before all commercial value has been harvested.
If the only reason there is commercial value IS the monopoly itself, then it will never end because what makes Day 1 different from Day "n"? On the other hand - why should the ultimate goal of creating something be the monopoly?
Surely artists create for the sheer joy of creating - the GOOD ones actually managed to make a living from it through patronage, sponsorship, commissions for further works, etc. But now we have a bunch of cheap plagiarists drooling with the hope of retiring forever by making the smallest incremental change possible to some existing/previous works, and hoping these "new" works are different enough to avoid lawsuits.
Heck, in Hollywood sometimes they manage to release different versions of the same movie (from different studios) in the same season.
Enough. The internet's cheap and efficient distribution, and digitalization, have given ME the power to choose what I deem worthy of economic compensation, and what isn't. Call me a criminal. But you can't stop all of us.
This is the oldest excuse in the book, so much so that probably every mother on Earth has a response to it (adjusted for language/culture where appropriate): "If everyone else jumped off a bridge, would you?".
Yet strangely those same mothers insist that you put on extra clean clothes on Sunday and go to the church to attempt to communicate telepathically with non existent magical beings because of the times you play with your genitals - because everyone else does it.
No, the tracking technology only works at night... because most of the attacks are at night. The fact that US troops are probably using their night vision equipment to gain an advantage over them at night has NOTHING to do with it.
OK, how about as your doctor I "err on the side of caution". You probably have a cold, but there's a slight chance that you have blocked sinuses. Brain abscesses have been found to occur in some cases of sinusitis. Therefore I'd like to a) take a sample and culture b) perform a CT and MRI c) do a lumbar puncture d) rule out influenza, parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial virus e) rule out mucormycosis f) rule out lymphomas and other nasal cavity tumors.
Total cost: $23,000
You can pay me in installments every month.
Oh, I am "ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION".
This sarcastic post was intended to demonstrate how the "erring on the side of caution" argument can be perverted and blown WAY out of proportion.
The cop can't arrest the prostitute until money has changed hands either.
No, but they can arrest the "John" for soliciting, and no money has to change hands. Which is why cops often pose as prostitutes - it's great to get the statistical # of arrests up on a slow month.
common sense and decency were on the stock market they'd be way up today
No. Common sense says the stock market is going to stay down for a LONG time yet, until the economy gets its act together. Wanting it to be way up is not common sense, it's "wishful thinking". Wait for tomorrow, you'll see. We bears will have our way, but first we need buyers for our shorts:)
Now that we couldn't buy Yahoo, let's get some FUD out there to try to discredit ads, and hopefully cause people to not want to pay Yahoo/Google as much. Then when the share price comes down maybe we can think about a hostile takeover of Yahoo again.
That's what I thought, way back when all these buyouts and mergers started happening in the 90's. Guess what? The big commercial entities (EA, Sierra, Ubisoft, etc) keep making "sequels" and innovators keep appearing with new stuff that sells well (before getting bought out before version 3, etc).
I doubt very much we'll only every have the One Big Gaming company - games would suck so much people would eventually stop buying them.
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Big fucking deal, I have a medical degree and at least 20 people are alive per week that wouldn't be if it wasn't for me.
Are we done waving our e-penises yet?
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Sweden Pursues Illegal File-Sharers
Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc., MGM Pictures Inc., Colombia Pictures Industries Inc., 20th Century Fox Films Co., Sony BMG, Universal and EMI have until Feb. 29 to file claims for damages in the case.
So, is that Feb 29 of this year, or in the next leap year, or is this article HOPELESSLY OUT OF DATE? Did they file it or not?
A "torrent" file does not a copyright infringement make.
Yeah, you know, they said the same thing about the war protesters in the 60's. Bunch of bored long haired pot smoking teenagers. Who happened to change the world, for a while, and make people realize that "war" isn't this noble, romanticized thing, and "war" isn't always "The Answer", and "dying for your country" wasn't necessarily the highest sacrifice a citizen could make, especially when the reasons for the war were all wrong. Gee, public opinion sure changed after the protests started, and the peaceful hippies started getting teargassed, beaten with clubs, and even killed.
So what if a bunch of "bored teenagers" take it onto themselves to open the world's eyes to the pervasive FRAUD that is "Scientology"? At least they're trying to DO something about the situation, instead of sitting on their asses playing computer games all day. What have YOU done to improve the world lately?
Hopefully said statue will wear a condom. The Vatican wants to show how far they've come and admit their mistakes. I guess we'll have to wait another 400 years for the tribute to the little rubber thing...
hey I was my friend's car the other day and he put on a CD and I head some music. I didn't pay for that music. Can I unhear it or do I have to pay for it too? Oh GOD, am I a criminal now? Perhaps I should join the other 2+million people already in jail in the US for this horrible offense...
No, they could just ship all the artists to Russia with pieces of paper in their hands saying "The bearer is the owner of 0.5% of Russia". I'm sure Putin will honor it.
I hereby submit a patent to use computing and human resources technology to increase the speed of the patent process.
Pay me, bitches.
Yet again, King Canute orders the tide to stop coming in.
Which is why I think the guy is totally justified. If someone asked about MY contracts at work, I wouldn't feel that compelled to tell them, either
But what about your municipality's contracts? Don't you want to know if the council are all shareholders of the company that keeps winning all the bids on construction?
These are PUBLIC records. As far as I know no minors are involved, and nothing was ordered sealed by a judge. What happened to transparency in government, etc? The mere fact that someone doesn't want the public to know this means that laws were probably broken. You agree that the government should be allowed to KEEP breaking them?
I didn't have time to RTFA, but this is about writing resumes, right?
Yes, or it could be about selling Structured Investment Vehicles (subprime mortgages?)...
If this is such an earth-shattering discovery, how come I read about it in Carl Sagan's COSMOS 20-odd years ago?
slow news day?
then why do you have to pay for it?
... then rights are privileges, not rights.
When you pay "property tax" the excuse is that you are paying for the services your municipality is rendering you: sidewalks, roads, water, sewage, public schools, public buildings, public facilities/services, etc. Of course since everyone wants to maximize revenue, someone decided to base the amount of property on the type/use of the property and its value - with the rich/more valuable properties paying more.
An IP tax would just be another way to suck money out of people - presumably with the excuse that it would help defray the costs of enforcing/managing copyright - but really the expense of this compared to paying the gas for a single police cruiser running 24/7 is minimal. I'm sure governments would salivate at this idea.
If the government can deprive you of a basic right
Government can deprive you of everything, up to and including your life, if the conditions are right (crime, drafts/war). Welcome to life - we are all still basically serfs. That's what power is all about. I suggest you read a bit of Henry D. Thoreau for some more insight into this phenomenon. The only way to avoid this is revolution, and making sure that YOU (not "your party") end up on top. Who do you think has more "rights" in Cuba - loyal Cubans, or Fidel Castro? Who had more rights in Iraq, the Baath Party members, or Saddam? It's good to be the king.
No, increase the maintenance fee geometrically every year, and let the author decide at what point it's no longer worth keeping the monopoly. Problem solved.
exactly why the monopoly should end before all commercial value has been harvested.
If the only reason there is commercial value IS the monopoly itself, then it will never end because what makes Day 1 different from Day "n"? On the other hand - why should the ultimate goal of creating something be the monopoly?
Surely artists create for the sheer joy of creating - the GOOD ones actually managed to make a living from it through patronage, sponsorship, commissions for further works, etc. But now we have a bunch of cheap plagiarists drooling with the hope of retiring forever by making the smallest incremental change possible to some existing/previous works, and hoping these "new" works are different enough to avoid lawsuits.
Heck, in Hollywood sometimes they manage to release different versions of the same movie (from different studios) in the same season.
Enough. The internet's cheap and efficient distribution, and digitalization, have given ME the power to choose what I deem worthy of economic compensation, and what isn't. Call me a criminal. But you can't stop all of us.
Yet strangely those same mothers insist that you put on extra clean clothes on Sunday and go to the church to attempt to communicate telepathically with non existent magical beings because of the times you play with your genitals - because everyone else does it.
Wow these guys are stupid. Just turn off the damn phone.
Wrong. They can track it even when it's off. They can even use it as an eavesdropping device, when it's off. Google "roving bug"...
Take out the battery.
No, the tracking technology only works at night... because most of the attacks are at night. The fact that US troops are probably using their night vision equipment to gain an advantage over them at night has NOTHING to do with it.
Err on the side of caution?
OK, how about as your doctor I "err on the side of caution". You probably have a cold, but there's a slight chance that you have blocked sinuses. Brain abscesses have been found to occur in some cases of sinusitis. Therefore I'd like to a) take a sample and culture b) perform a CT and MRI c) do a lumbar puncture d) rule out influenza, parainfluenza and respiratory syncytial virus e) rule out mucormycosis f) rule out lymphomas and other nasal cavity tumors.
Total cost: $23,000
You can pay me in installments every month.
Oh, I am "ERRING ON THE SIDE OF CAUTION".
This sarcastic post was intended to demonstrate how the "erring on the side of caution" argument can be perverted and blown WAY out of proportion.
The cop can't arrest the prostitute until money has changed hands either.
No, but they can arrest the "John" for soliciting, and no money has to change hands. Which is why cops often pose as prostitutes - it's great to get the statistical # of arrests up on a slow month.
common sense and decency were on the stock market they'd be way up today
:)
No. Common sense says the stock market is going to stay down for a LONG time yet, until the economy gets its act together. Wanting it to be way up is not common sense, it's "wishful thinking". Wait for tomorrow, you'll see. We bears will have our way, but first we need buyers for our shorts
Now that we couldn't buy Yahoo, let's get some FUD out there to try to discredit ads, and hopefully cause people to not want to pay Yahoo/Google as much. Then when the share price comes down maybe we can think about a hostile takeover of Yahoo again.
So is my computer going to explode?
Oh wait some of them already come with that feature built in!
And nothing of value was lost.
That's what I thought, way back when all these buyouts and mergers started happening in the 90's. Guess what? The big commercial entities (EA, Sierra, Ubisoft, etc) keep making "sequels" and innovators keep appearing with new stuff that sells well (before getting bought out before version 3, etc).
I doubt very much we'll only every have the One Big Gaming company - games would suck so much people would eventually stop buying them.