I was unaware that I have a TV show. I was also unaware that I "deserve" piracy since I don't believe in the concept and don't charge any money for anything I create, giving it away freely.
There's a lot of contempt for her in your response. Makes me question your motives.
I'm networking? If you can call using analytics networking. If you can call not ONE of the half of a million people who have watched my videos and not ONE of the blog owners knowing my name or who I am "networking."
If you can call me spending my own money to create things and give them all away free, anonymously, "networking."
Personally I just call it "using available data to see what people appreciate."
I am not chasing fame. I post everything anonymously, with a creative commons license.
I am chasing INFORMING people. I am chasing adding to the body of human knowledge in my extremely modest way. I am chasing pleasing people. I am chasing putting something out there that people find inspiring or engaging or fun or cool.
Anonymously.
Because I too like fun, cool, inspiring things and appreciate when others put them out there.
I find out that certain videos are a hit with certain blogs, that's where my traffic comes from. So I make sure to give them more of what they want, PLUS I struck up a relationship of sorts with the blog owners which is mutually beneficial.
I let them know when I have new content, which helps them. They give me a wider platform, info that helps me learn the subculture, etc.
I am NOT a networker kind of person, I'm a "do every last thing yourself" kind of person, but analytics let you know when you're wasting your time, let you know where your "friends" and compatriots are, etc.
For a musician, it could even help them know what cities they might try booking an appearance in, because they discover they have a fan base there.
We are counting threats to us used as justification. We don't consider our threats to others (which now outweigh any threats to us by orders of magnitude) as justification.
"Assault of a police officer takes real brains..."
Or a lying cop. Which happens. A lot.
Trust me, I can tell you from personal experience. 1 false arrest, 1 assault on me by a cop threatening false arrest because I witnessed him do something wrong.
The problem is that stores introduce these cards as substitutes for their weekly ads and paper coupons. They also tend to vastly inflate prices for items bought without the card from what they had been before.
So actually you aren't gaining anything. The store now still has the same prices as before the card (or even typically HIGHER ob average) but you have to give up your personal information to get the price you USED to be able to get with a paper coupon.
Problem is that now I have a lot of stores I can't shop in because of how they treated me.
Just look at the comments, people saying "it's a private business, they can do what they want, stop crying" etc. THAT is the prevailing attitude here in the US.
We aren't smart here, and we have only ad-supprted TV and radio here, so corporations have successfully convinced a majority of the population into stridently, adamantly supporting corporate attacks on their own personal rights and freedoms.
I dunno... when I let my hair grow long as I do at times, suddenly every store I go into has a "long-standing policy" that I never seemed to notice before that allows them to demand that I leave my $150 backpack with them (with no insurance against theft, etc.) if I want the privilege of buying their stuff.
If I dress differently or have short hair, the stores don't seem to have that policy so much.
It's getting to the point where even brick and mortar stores consider it a privilege for you to be able to shop there.
You only get the advertised sale price if you use their "club card" which has your personal identifying information plus now your spending habits, etc.
Let's not even get started on places like Costco that charge you admission to get in to buy a tray of muffins.
It's not that the balance has shifted - the balance has been dismantled, removed and sold for scrap.
It was not only common in the US in stores/markets, it was almost universal. Barbers shop, shoe store, clothing store, diner, bar, all had pressed tin ceilings circa 1900.
Most are long since gone, You can still find some in historic downtown buildings in most cities.
going to agree that "intellectual property" is neither?
The only instances of intellectual property theft that have occurred has been when human culture has been stolen and privatized by "intellectual property laws."
Wait, you wanted TIRES with that car? Sorry, not supported. You locks jam on the car doors? No that's not a fix, the product is complete as sold. Stop claiming it's a lemon.
You want a car that has tires and a door lock that doesn't jam? Those are newly invented features in our new Car 8.0 which you can purchase soon!
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What the FUCK are you talking about?
I was unaware that I have a TV show. I was also unaware that I "deserve" piracy since I don't believe in the concept and don't charge any money for anything I create, giving it away freely.
Entitled?
There's a lot of contempt for her in your response.
Makes me question your motives.
I'm networking? If you can call using analytics networking.
If you can call not ONE of the half of a million people who have watched my videos and not ONE of the blog owners knowing my name or who I am "networking."
If you can call me spending my own money to create things and give them all away free, anonymously, "networking."
Personally I just call it "using available data to see what people appreciate."
No.
I am not chasing fame. I post everything anonymously, with a creative commons license.
I am chasing INFORMING people. I am chasing adding to the body of human knowledge in my extremely modest way. I am chasing pleasing people. I am chasing putting something out there that people find inspiring or engaging or fun or cool.
Anonymously.
Because I too like fun, cool, inspiring things and appreciate when others put them out there.
I am chasing GIVING BACK.
Not necessarily.
Think about YouTube analytics.
I find out that certain videos are a hit with certain blogs, that's where my traffic comes from. So I make sure to give them more of what they want, PLUS I struck up a relationship of sorts with the blog owners which is mutually beneficial.
I let them know when I have new content, which helps them. They give me a wider platform, info that helps me learn the subculture, etc.
I am NOT a networker kind of person, I'm a "do every last thing yourself" kind of person, but analytics let you know when you're wasting your time, let you know where your "friends" and compatriots are, etc.
For a musician, it could even help them know what cities they might try booking an appearance in, because they discover they have a fan base there.
After reading your comment I'd tell you what a terrible terrible person you are, but I can't. My stomach is too busy growling.
Does that count for spy satellites too?
We are counting threats to us used as justification.
We don't consider our threats to others (which now outweigh any threats to us by orders of magnitude) as justification.
That's just us "protecting our freedoms."
Which is why we need to ban boots and watches.
Charges were dropped. Because it was obvious BS. And nobody including the judge believed it, but these kinds of charges were routine.
Sue for false arrest?
You've been watching too much TV.
When you're a 18 year old kid and two cops lie on the police report, you don't sue.
You consider yourself lucky that the charges were dropped and that your lawyer only cost you $350.
Yes, of course a lying person/neighbor/citizen happens a lot.
Point is, a lot of ALL people are liars, and it doesn't stop just because they happen to be wearing a badge.
"Assault of a police officer takes real brains..."
Or a lying cop. Which happens. A lot.
Trust me, I can tell you from personal experience. 1 false arrest, 1 assault on me by a cop threatening false arrest because I witnessed him do something wrong.
Rephrase the headline - Windows 8 allows 15% of previously-known malware to infect systems.
...that if the President unilaterally decides to have me secretly shot and disposed of, it will be a Democrat doing it and not a Republican.
Why would Apple want to go into the messy business of actually building hardware again?
You can't charge a repeating fee for hardware.
The problem is that stores introduce these cards as substitutes for their weekly ads and paper coupons. They also tend to vastly inflate prices for items bought without the card from what they had been before.
So actually you aren't gaining anything. The store now still has the same prices as before the card (or even typically HIGHER ob average) but you have to give up your personal information to get the price you USED to be able to get with a paper coupon.
You haven't gained in this change, you've lost.
Ahh, a conservative. Maybe even a Libertarian.
I'll bet you come from a long line of proud Woolworth's Lunch Counter patrons.
That actually is what I do.
Problem is that now I have a lot of stores I can't shop in because of how they treated me.
Just look at the comments, people saying "it's a private business, they can do what they want, stop crying" etc. THAT is the prevailing attitude here in the US.
We aren't smart here, and we have only ad-supprted TV and radio here, so corporations have successfully convinced a majority of the population into stridently, adamantly supporting corporate attacks on their own personal rights and freedoms.
It's pathetic.
I dunno... when I let my hair grow long as I do at times, suddenly every store I go into has a "long-standing policy" that I never seemed to notice before that allows them to demand that I leave my $150 backpack with them (with no insurance against theft, etc.) if I want the privilege of buying their stuff.
If I dress differently or have short hair, the stores don't seem to have that policy so much.
It's getting to the point where even brick and mortar stores consider it a privilege for you to be able to shop there.
You only get the advertised sale price if you use their "club card" which has your personal identifying information plus now your spending habits, etc.
Let's not even get started on places like Costco that charge you admission to get in to buy a tray of muffins.
It's not that the balance has shifted - the balance has been dismantled, removed and sold for scrap.
It was not only common in the US in stores/markets, it was almost universal.
Barbers shop, shoe store, clothing store, diner, bar, all had pressed tin ceilings circa 1900.
Most are long since gone, You can still find some in historic downtown buildings in most cities.
Of course, why didn't I realize that?
Wait, come to think of it, why do we even NEED Appeals Courts or Supreme Courts? Dang Government waste!
I knew someone was going to say that.
MELINDA Gates might be a semi-decent person. But then again...
...one of them would jump right up to fund fighting her case all the way to the Supreme Court. What the hell, lunch money.
But they won't of course, because you can't be a decent person and be a billionaire.
going to agree that "intellectual property" is neither?
The only instances of intellectual property theft that have occurred has been when human culture has been stolen and privatized by "intellectual property laws."
Wait, you wanted TIRES with that car? Sorry, not supported.
You locks jam on the car doors? No that's not a fix, the product is complete as sold. Stop claiming it's a lemon.
You want a car that has tires and a door lock that doesn't jam? Those are newly invented features in our new Car 8.0 which you can purchase soon!
but why am I afraid its going to turn using my desktop into something that feels more like using an iPhone or a tablet or an ATM?
what an adult chooses to put into their own body. Period.
Except maybe the smallpox virus.