This universe is likely infinite in size (not limited to the visible Hubble Volume) and simple probability concludes that your DNA "pattern" reoccurs infinitely. String/Brane theory predicts an infinite number of universes. Without postulating any ET's at all, the megaverse is densely populated with YOU.
Dave562, my friend, of course I'm high. Why aren't you? And WTF are dave561 and dave147 doing right now?
I am not talking economics, this stuff is Social Contract crap that's been understood for centuries. Look - people like to pay money for artists to perform which is a good way for creators to earn money. Their music - the SONG ITSELF - does not belong to them EVER. They instead get a short monopoly time to make some bucks.
Copyright is the embodiment of this contract, and the Contract itself has been brutally rendered void * by the absurd extensions to copyright and the invention of "IP" (and we all pee, dude). Please read background on the Constitutional copyright/patent stuff. The first copyright term was set at a few measly years - so the creators had a pretty short monopoly period to monetize their stuff... at a time when it took a long time to go anywhere useful (think crossing the Atlantic) and electricity and instantaneous communications were still far far in the future. If anything, the copyright and patent terms should now be about one-tenth - YEAH 10% - or less of those original terms, not longer fer fuxssake!
Dude, I'm an old hippy programmer, as I see you could discern. I would go totally ejaculatory if every time a computer played one of my subroutines a little royalty payment would go clinking into my bank account. But, Lo!, Dude!, that doesn't happen to creative ol' crashdot. Please get back to me when you've worked to eliminate this obvious injustice.
The SONGS BELONG TO ALL OF US... look it up. You're concerned with how the artists will make a living, and so are they. Not surprisingly, we all have that same problem. Freakin' Duh!, dave562.
I repeat my offer (that must be extended by All of Us if we are going to fix this crap) to all Creators everywhere:
!!!!! Return Respectfully to the Creators' Social Contract or Fuck Off !!!!!
I have removed the humorous (TM) and hereby relinquish all right to the form and wording of the above offer. No attribution of any kind is required to repeat it or reproduce it or write it on bathroom walls at concert venues. Dave562, you can tell them your mother Betty477 said it if you like.
The last time in the Western World stuff was all locked away for the enrichment of a few and the guaranteed impoverishment of human culture, you could go to the New World and give the bastards the Finger Adios they deserve. Where you gonna go now, my friend? We're all out of empty places where you can kill all the people and then enjoy your freedom to innovate.
Don't take it too seriously, though, DaveFiveHundredAndSixtyTwo. Nothing has any meaning at all and you don't really exist. Film at 11.
Cut the crap folks - artists, inventors, and creators don't ever ever even OWN their creations AT ALL unless they are kept totally secret. ALL THEIR SONGS ARE BELONG TO US! Look it up. WE let them make some money off of their creations cuz we're nice. ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE want human culture to progress using our Massive REMIX Process and re-churning their contributions as quickly as possible.
ALL THE MUSIC IS FREE. It belongs to all of us. Because of the thoughtless, selfish, greedy, and ignorant positions taken by the creators and their corporate buddies, you don't have to feel bad about breaking Your Part of Humanity's Contract with them. They broke their part of the contract first, rendering it NULL and VOID (or void * for you geekBabies). Their music is free and it belongs to all humanity and they can either Return Respectfully to the Social Contract or Fuck Off (TM).
A digital SPDIF out is built into 99% of DVD players, most of which play regular ol' audio CD's. Since a PC has been determined by the courts to NOT be a recording device (the RIAA vs. lost the MP3 Players case), so SCMS is not an issue, the SPDIF out looks to be a yawning Digital Hole, although digital capture would be limited to a 1X speed.
SPDIF to USB anyone? I'm sure there are some cheap (under $70) USB Audio Adapters that will enable SPDIF CD ripping from a DVD player... in fact, a cheap cable that's just SPDIF-to-USB has been a dream of mine --- truly a RipCord (TM, I hope soon).
I'm a software guy - otherwise I'd create this thing... any volunteers in the hardware world? We will all be grateful to you for the death of ALL audio CD copy protection.
Folks, the "Argument from Design", aka the "Teleological Argument", was ripped to shreds a couple of centuries ago. Check out David Hume's "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion". He died in 1776.
If you'd still like to believe in ID (AFD, TA) and want lots of people to agree with you, please return to the early 18th century with a large group of your closest friends.
Why do people with religious feelings want to appear logical, when the cornerstone for all religious belief systems is Faith? That's believing propositions without evidence. And the more preposterous a proposition, the greater the faith of the believer, so believing in ID doesn't take much faith at all because it sounds vaguely plausible. Believing that all of creation was shat out by an omnipotent nine-stomached Grimunflat... now that's Faith!
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This universe is likely infinite in size (not limited to the visible Hubble Volume) and simple probability concludes that your DNA "pattern" reoccurs infinitely. String/Brane theory predicts an infinite number of universes. Without postulating any ET's at all, the megaverse is densely populated with YOU.
I am not talking economics, this stuff is Social Contract crap that's been understood for centuries. Look - people like to pay money for artists to perform which is a good way for creators to earn money. Their music - the SONG ITSELF - does not belong to them EVER. They instead get a short monopoly time to make some bucks.
Copyright is the embodiment of this contract, and the Contract itself has been brutally rendered void * by the absurd extensions to copyright and the invention of "IP" (and we all pee, dude). Please read background on the Constitutional copyright/patent stuff. The first copyright term was set at a few measly years - so the creators had a pretty short monopoly period to monetize their stuff ... at a time when it took a long time to go anywhere useful (think crossing the Atlantic) and electricity and instantaneous communications were still far far in the future. If anything, the copyright and patent terms should now be about one-tenth - YEAH 10% - or less of those original terms, not longer fer fuxssake!
Dude, I'm an old hippy programmer, as I see you could discern. I would go totally ejaculatory if every time a computer played one of my subroutines a little royalty payment would go clinking into my bank account. But, Lo!, Dude!, that doesn't happen to creative ol' crashdot. Please get back to me when you've worked to eliminate this obvious injustice.
The SONGS BELONG TO ALL OF US ... look it up. You're concerned with how the artists will make a living, and so are they. Not surprisingly, we all have that same problem. Freakin' Duh!, dave562.
I repeat my offer (that must be extended by All of Us if we are going to fix this crap) to all Creators everywhere:
!!!!! Return Respectfully to the Creators' Social Contract or Fuck Off !!!!!
I have removed the humorous (TM) and hereby relinquish all right to the form and wording of the above offer. No attribution of any kind is required to repeat it or reproduce it or write it on bathroom walls at concert venues. Dave562, you can tell them your mother Betty477 said it if you like.
The last time in the Western World stuff was all locked away for the enrichment of a few and the guaranteed impoverishment of human culture, you could go to the New World and give the bastards the Finger Adios they deserve. Where you gonna go now, my friend? We're all out of empty places where you can kill all the people and then enjoy your freedom to innovate.
Don't take it too seriously, though, DaveFiveHundredAndSixtyTwo. Nothing has any meaning at all and you don't really exist. Film at 11.
Cut the crap folks - artists, inventors, and creators don't ever ever even OWN their creations AT ALL unless they are kept totally secret. ALL THEIR SONGS ARE BELONG TO US! Look it up. WE let them make some money off of their creations cuz we're nice. ABOVE ALL ELSE, WE want human culture to progress using our Massive REMIX Process and re-churning their contributions as quickly as possible.
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ALL THE MUSIC IS FREE. It belongs to all of us. Because of the thoughtless, selfish, greedy, and ignorant positions taken by the creators and their corporate buddies, you don't have to feel bad about breaking Your Part of Humanity's Contract with them. They broke their part of the contract first, rendering it NULL and VOID (or void * for you geekBabies). Their music is free and it belongs to all humanity and they can either Return Respectfully to the Social Contract or Fuck Off (TM).
Stealing is not even a relevant concept here
A digital SPDIF out is built into 99% of DVD players, most of which play regular ol' audio CD's. Since a PC has been determined by the courts to NOT be a recording device (the RIAA vs. lost the MP3 Players case), so SCMS is not an issue, the SPDIF out looks to be a yawning Digital Hole, although digital capture would be limited to a 1X speed. SPDIF to USB anyone? I'm sure there are some cheap (under $70) USB Audio Adapters that will enable SPDIF CD ripping from a DVD player ... in fact, a cheap cable that's just SPDIF-to-USB has been a dream of mine --- truly a RipCord (TM, I hope soon).
I'm a software guy - otherwise I'd create this thing ... any volunteers in the hardware world? We will all be grateful to you for the death of ALL audio CD copy protection.
Folks, the "Argument from Design", aka the "Teleological Argument", was ripped to shreds a couple of centuries ago. Check out David Hume's "Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion". He died in 1776.
... now that's Faith!
If you'd still like to believe in ID (AFD, TA) and want lots of people to agree with you, please return to the early 18th century with a large group of your closest friends.
Why do people with religious feelings want to appear logical, when the cornerstone for all religious belief systems is Faith? That's believing propositions without evidence. And the more preposterous a proposition, the greater the faith of the believer, so believing in ID doesn't take much faith at all because it sounds vaguely plausible. Believing that all of creation was shat out by an omnipotent nine-stomached Grimunflat