You shouldn't have been modded down. You are absolutely correct. The 1st amendment does not say Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of reasonable speech, or non-commercial speech. It simply states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech..." No law means NO law. But, in a land where a pre-nup can be broken so easily, why should I expect any more respect for the constitution? It sad that such a direct statement as the 1st amendment can be interpreted so loosely. It's even sadder that most people think it goes too far in protecting freedom and believe it should be heavily modified(if not completely repealed) to grant freedom only to those who agree with them. However, modifying it is preferable to the outright violations that are widely practiced now.
First, commercial speech is censored. Next, it will be political speech under the guise that it is "fraudulent". The original statement is correct. Either speech is free or it isn't, no matter what convenient label you want to put it under. It is the listener's responsibility to investigate whether it's fraudulent.
He's no Hillary, but he's a civil rights lightweight. He voted for the renewal of the patriot act. As far as I'm concerned, that knocks him out of the running. Only one current senator is worthy of consideration for the office, and that's Fiengold (as long as he's not some IP law fascist). He's the only one who stood up and said "no" the first time around, so to hell with all the rest. They're either gutless or evil.
"Yes, the "black" white man; I have heard of them. It is said that a "black" white man once became a Human Being. They are a very strange creatures. Not as ugly as the white man true; but they are just as crazy!" -Old Lodge Skins
My point is that if Microsoft thinks piracy is so bad, then every copy of their software will come with a hardware dongle. And that right there will put them into a niche market. But they want the whole market. That requires allowing a few leaks in the pipe. Same goes for Adobe and Symantec. And of course they understand this perfectly well, which leads us to the current situation. To put it quite simply, these people cannot survive in a mass market without the bootleggers. This includes the entire entertainment industry, also. The big boys play both sides of the fence, while we wallow on about "morality" and "stealing", blah, blah, blah. And they exploit our indignation very successfully...to the point of creating the richest person in the whole wide world. Only through piracy(and other violations of the law) could something like this ever happen. In fact if you want to see them really suffer, call for an end to all illegal use of content. You can bet there will be a lot of bankrupcy going around. When you consider the power, one could bring down a significant portion of the entire law enforcement infrastructure to its knees simply by obeying every law. So many sources of revenue would completely dry up. It would indeed bring on an economic crisis.
...if MS introduced a completely secure DRM system to ensure that not a single un-licensed copy of their software was unable to function anywhere on the planet - forcing those that couldn't afford it to switch to OSS.
That statement alone should show you why they won't attempt such a thing. You just have to look at Apple's market share to see the results of "perfect" DRM. DRM would not be a shot in the arm for Microsoft's business. It would be shooting themselves in the foot. It would cripple them.
...we will have increasing damage done by the laws that don't reflect what's right and how wrong.
It's worth repeating that the law is not designed to reflect right or wrong. And the evidence that bears that out speaks quite loudly. To find a solution, you need to be aware of the more basic motivations(more like instincts) behind these things. I can assure you that "protecting the children" is not one of them. It may have been at one time or another, but it was horribly perverted by profiteers. The very same kind that are getting rich from prohibition and war.
I'll cut you some slack and just say it's very symbiotic, or mutually parasitic. Either way, the profit motive is what drives it now. Most of our laws are intended to generate revenue(speed traps, prohibition,RICO, even the patriot act) and protect company profits(DMCA, IP law in general). You don't have to believe it, but I just follow the money. Yes, we have all these "nice" laws to protect the children, but it's real intent is to put a significant part of the population at a disadvantage, unable to achieve truly gainful employment, all for getting caught pissing in the alley. Real predators roam free while pot smokers languish. This would not happen if the intentions were authentic. The numbers show that they are not. You can focus on stated intent(spin). I will focus on the results.
Let me get this straight. The refrigerator is "feeding" the grid because it consunes less from the grid? Because we get some power from a wind turbine, right? Is there some kind of net metering thing going on here? Or is it just simple reduction of usage? Sounds like somebody's playing with words.
People demanded "morality" as much as Eskimos "demand" a refrigerator. The morality is being pushed by the authorities, not the other way around. and notice it doesn't apply to them. Nowadays most people are demanding revenge, and they pay lots of money into the system to get it. And much of the time they get the wrong guy! "Morality" is a dog and pony show intended to provide profit. If it was for real, then we would have moral authorities.
This isn't about about the children! It's about the damn MONEY! These people couldn't care less about the children! But apparently bringing up the real issue is considered offtopic to those who prefer to piss and moan about "age of consent".
Why build all these fancy contraptions when we can get nature to do it for us? Doesn't blue/green algae producte lots of oxygen per acre/square mile? And absorb CO2? Since the planet is covered with water, let's stock the oceans with it, and maybe more plankton, also. It's the same thing with desalination. With all that fresh water falling out of the sky, why are we biulding ridiculously expensive plants to purify the ocean water? No rain where you live? Pipe it from where it's raining like you do with all that oil and gas. Think Greenpeace will complain about leaky water pipes? Probably..."You're wrecking the desert!".
the purpose of tor is not to hide that you're using tor...
I do understand that. That why I made the statement. Now tor has a second purpose, to hide its use entirely. It has to blend in better. If it's sending traffic over "unusual" ports for instance, it's going to raise alarms. It has to imbed itself into a meaningless google search for example. It needs to throw out lots of chaff to divert attention away from itself. It will make the connection even slower. Collateral damage in the fight for freedom on the net. Those limitations will be overcome.
Nope. Not good enough. Medicine, food, and law belong in the public domain. Anything less is a fraud, a farce, a charade to keep the IP gravy train afloat.
Man! You can always tell when authoritarian freaks get mod points! They do what they can to keep people from seeing anything that could interfere their little agenda. Truth, troll, and flamebait are all identical to them. Any and all challenges (and this one is an extremely important one) must be wiped out! Oh, well. All I can do is to continue plugging along in the hopes of getting the message out to put a stop to these atrocities.
LOCK 'EM UP! every last one of them! There. Does that it make a +5 insightful??
I hope all your teeth fall out! Except one, so you get a toothache!
Regardless, I still think we are too quick to just throw people in jail and forget about them.
The creeps making tons of money from the prison industry believe we should feed them even faster. This isn't about punishment, much less rehabilitation. Profit motive is driving it. And the taste of revenge is sweet indeed.
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You shouldn't have been modded down. You are absolutely correct. The 1st amendment does not say Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of reasonable speech, or non-commercial speech. It simply states, "Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech..." No law means NO law. But, in a land where a pre-nup can be broken so easily, why should I expect any more respect for the constitution? It sad that such a direct statement as the 1st amendment can be interpreted so loosely. It's even sadder that most people think it goes too far in protecting freedom and believe it should be heavily modified(if not completely repealed) to grant freedom only to those who agree with them. However, modifying it is preferable to the outright violations that are widely practiced now.
First, commercial speech is censored. Next, it will be political speech under the guise that it is "fraudulent". The original statement is correct. Either speech is free or it isn't, no matter what convenient label you want to put it under. It is the listener's responsibility to investigate whether it's fraudulent.
He's no Hillary, but he's a civil rights lightweight. He voted for the renewal of the patriot act. As far as I'm concerned, that knocks him out of the running. Only one current senator is worthy of consideration for the office, and that's Fiengold (as long as he's not some IP law fascist). He's the only one who stood up and said "no" the first time around, so to hell with all the rest. They're either gutless or evil.
He is both black and white.
"Yes, the "black" white man; I have heard of them. It is said that a "black" white man once became a Human Being. They are a very strange creatures. Not as ugly as the white man true; but they are just as crazy!" -Old Lodge Skins
Will the real Linux owner please stand up?
My point is that if Microsoft thinks piracy is so bad, then every copy of their software will come with a hardware dongle. And that right there will put them into a niche market. But they want the whole market. That requires allowing a few leaks in the pipe. Same goes for Adobe and Symantec. And of course they understand this perfectly well, which leads us to the current situation. To put it quite simply, these people cannot survive in a mass market without the bootleggers. This includes the entire entertainment industry, also. The big boys play both sides of the fence, while we wallow on about "morality" and "stealing", blah, blah, blah. And they exploit our indignation very successfully...to the point of creating the richest person in the whole wide world. Only through piracy(and other violations of the law) could something like this ever happen. In fact if you want to see them really suffer, call for an end to all illegal use of content. You can bet there will be a lot of bankrupcy going around. When you consider the power, one could bring down a significant portion of the entire law enforcement infrastructure to its knees simply by obeying every law. So many sources of revenue would completely dry up. It would indeed bring on an economic crisis.
...if MS introduced a completely secure DRM system to ensure that not a single un-licensed copy of their software was unable to function anywhere on the planet - forcing those that couldn't afford it to switch to OSS.
That statement alone should show you why they won't attempt such a thing. You just have to look at Apple's market share to see the results of "perfect" DRM. DRM would not be a shot in the arm for Microsoft's business. It would be shooting themselves in the foot. It would cripple them.
...we will have increasing damage done by the laws that don't reflect what's right and how wrong.
It's worth repeating that the law is not designed to reflect right or wrong. And the evidence that bears that out speaks quite loudly. To find a solution, you need to be aware of the more basic motivations(more like instincts) behind these things. I can assure you that "protecting the children" is not one of them. It may have been at one time or another, but it was horribly perverted by profiteers. The very same kind that are getting rich from prohibition and war.
I'll cut you some slack and just say it's very symbiotic, or mutually parasitic. Either way, the profit motive is what drives it now. Most of our laws are intended to generate revenue(speed traps, prohibition,RICO, even the patriot act) and protect company profits(DMCA, IP law in general). You don't have to believe it, but I just follow the money. Yes, we have all these "nice" laws to protect the children, but it's real intent is to put a significant part of the population at a disadvantage, unable to achieve truly gainful employment, all for getting caught pissing in the alley. Real predators roam free while pot smokers languish. This would not happen if the intentions were authentic. The numbers show that they are not. You can focus on stated intent(spin). I will focus on the results.
Subpoenas will be flying like confeti. A lawyer's dream come true.
Let me get this straight. The refrigerator is "feeding" the grid because it consunes less from the grid? Because we get some power from a wind turbine, right? Is there some kind of net metering thing going on here? Or is it just simple reduction of usage? Sounds like somebody's playing with words.
People demanded "morality" as much as Eskimos "demand" a refrigerator. The morality is being pushed by the authorities, not the other way around. and notice it doesn't apply to them. Nowadays most people are demanding revenge, and they pay lots of money into the system to get it. And much of the time they get the wrong guy! "Morality" is a dog and pony show intended to provide profit. If it was for real, then we would have moral authorities.
This isn't about about the children! It's about the damn MONEY! These people couldn't care less about the children! But apparently bringing up the real issue is considered offtopic to those who prefer to piss and moan about "age of consent".
Prosecution? Prison? Offtopic? Are you completely unable to associate the two words??
are hungry for more bodies. The system works.
In a post Ghengis Kahn world, should we allow anyone to ride a horse?
Why build all these fancy contraptions when we can get nature to do it for us? Doesn't blue/green algae producte lots of oxygen per acre/square mile? And absorb CO2? Since the planet is covered with water, let's stock the oceans with it, and maybe more plankton, also. It's the same thing with desalination. With all that fresh water falling out of the sky, why are we biulding ridiculously expensive plants to purify the ocean water? No rain where you live? Pipe it from where it's raining like you do with all that oil and gas. Think Greenpeace will complain about leaky water pipes? Probably..."You're wrecking the desert!".
the purpose of tor is not to hide that you're using tor...
I do understand that. That why I made the statement. Now tor has a second purpose, to hide its use entirely. It has to blend in better. If it's sending traffic over "unusual" ports for instance, it's going to raise alarms. It has to imbed itself into a meaningless google search for example. It needs to throw out lots of chaff to divert attention away from itself. It will make the connection even slower. Collateral damage in the fight for freedom on the net. Those limitations will be overcome.
if its use can be detected.
Nope. Not good enough. Medicine, food, and law belong in the public domain. Anything less is a fraud, a farce, a charade to keep the IP gravy train afloat.
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Man! You can always tell when authoritarian freaks get mod points! They do what they can to keep people from seeing anything that could interfere their little agenda. Truth, troll, and flamebait are all identical to them. Any and all challenges (and this one is an extremely important one) must be wiped out! Oh, well. All I can do is to continue plugging along in the hopes of getting the message out to put a stop to these atrocities.
LOCK 'EM UP! every last one of them! There. Does that it make a +5 insightful??
I hope all your teeth fall out! Except one, so you get a toothache!
Regardless, I still think we are too quick to just throw people in jail and forget about them.
The creeps making tons of money from the prison industry believe we should feed them even faster. This isn't about punishment, much less rehabilitation. Profit motive is driving it. And the taste of revenge is sweet indeed.
We can't fill 'em fast enough. No room for these guys though.
"The following problem appears to be solved by getting a 3 pronged grounded adapter fro Dell."
That's a direct quote. Insert your own "m".
with a good slashdotting. That'll work. In fact it did.