If you think piracy, as much of a factor as it may or may not be, is the [b][b]only[/i][/b] reason they are encountering financial problems, then I must ask, what are they on, and where can I get some?
prob all ready clauses in the contract that prevent them from downloading copyrighted material...
Only illegally obtained copyrighted material, you mean? I'd sure hate to get in trouble for downloading copyrighted stuff that is legally free/available...
And you can call the kettle black all you want, but the fact still stands that being accused and being guilty are separate. In my opinion, your premature presumption is... well... immature and inaccurate, and I see your shoplifting analogy and say nay to it's accuracy. It's more like if [goddamn I hate shoplifting analogies in copyright infringement cases] somebody was caught shoplifting a store on camera and he wasn't caught, and you happened to look like that person and got in trouble for his crime, or were, being more relevant to this issue, accused of being the shoplifter with only crap quality security footage to go by.
God given right? Why am I not making money off my work then?
(because profit is not, or ever is guarenteed, in case this post is sarcastic and people take it seriously and agree)
And I'm a firm believer that if you cannot pay cash, you probably can't afford it anyways.
And I am an even firmer believer that this is a bad ogical error brought by bouts of elitism and zeal.. there I go making it sound like a bad case of diarrhea again, excuse me.
"IP theft" - stop inventing crimes!
~_~
I Agree though that this whole thing is rediculous (sp?), and the contradictions faced here are more harmful than good in the end. Creative Commons licensing wouild be helpful in a variety of ways.
As I have said in other posts, it is my opinion that a lack of a reasonable expectation of privacy in public does not mean one has no right to not get stalked in public.
That still does not equal a lack of right to not essentially be trivially stalked. Even still, I think this is being trotted the wrong way.... in a sense you still have a right to privacy in regards to your thoughts and ideas, so in that sense, "no right to privacy in public" is a fallacy of an idea based on a one-way thought of how or what privacy is or works.
Is there any evidence to suggest that this increasingly Orwellian society is actually any safer?"
It seems any safety increase s dubious at best. I know for a fact it would not make me feel safer, it would give me that creepy feeling, the Bugs Bunny "Ever got the feeling yous was being... watched?" (minus the looney part of it) feeling.
I think there should seriously be a council or something that actually looks into whether technologies that are slated for implementation will actually have the desired effect, or if it is not true.
Non-sequitor. You obviously never listened to George Carlin - nobody kicked his ass as they did with the "nappy headed hos" shit, or the howard stern shit, or even the Dixie Chix shit, when he makde fun of rape by making the audience picturing Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd, and joking from there on it.
world share copyrighted movies, music and other files -- without paying for them... That's illegal, of course
Last I ckecked, payment, or lack therefore was irrelivant in copyright infringement, and permission or lack therefore to share a copyrighted work was the big stickler in what is/isn't coopyright infringement. Either things have changed stupidly, or people are being bulshitted.
Where have you been? Roxor (unfortunately) lost and is not allowed as settlement to continue In the Groove - Konami now has all rights.
Get with the times. ~_~
Sounds challengable, even shakey, but it's too early in the morning for me to figure it out.... all I know is if I hold copyright of a work and any corporation claims my best interest and violates those rights to so-called do so, I'd hope their asses boil slowly and painfully.
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We need artificial gravity, dammit!
Did backups and importing suddenly not exist?
That's why I swap magic/fliptop lid'd my PS2
That thought crossed my mind after posting that. Damn, somebody caught on... ~_~ j/k, it was fair and square. ^_^
Apparenly neither do you you goddamned hypocrite.
"over 99.9%" is 100%, of which is obviosuly very wrong. Generalizing dipshits....
Hey troll, go back under yer bridge there!
If you think piracy, as much of a factor as it may or may not be, is the [b][b]only[/i][/b] reason they are encountering financial problems, then I must ask, what are they on, and where can I get some?
Only illegally obtained copyrighted material, you mean? I'd sure hate to get in trouble for downloading copyrighted stuff that is legally free/available...
HINT:Generalizations = fail
That, and it will continue our reliance on crude oil.
And you can call the kettle black all you want, but the fact still stands that being accused and being guilty are separate. In my opinion, your premature presumption is... well... immature and inaccurate, and I see your shoplifting analogy and say nay to it's accuracy. It's more like if [goddamn I hate shoplifting analogies in copyright infringement cases] somebody was caught shoplifting a store on camera and he wasn't caught, and you happened to look like that person and got in trouble for his crime, or were, being more relevant to this issue, accused of being the shoplifter with only crap quality security footage to go by.
God given right? Why am I not making money off my work then? (because profit is not, or ever is guarenteed, in case this post is sarcastic and people take it seriously and agree)
And I am an even firmer believer that this is a bad ogical error brought by bouts of elitism and zeal.. there I go making it sound like a bad case of diarrhea again, excuse me.
Your argument in my opinion reeks of the same fallacy as the "if I got nothing to hide..." argument.
"IP theft" - stop inventing crimes! ~_~ I Agree though that this whole thing is rediculous (sp?), and the contradictions faced here are more harmful than good in the end. Creative Commons licensing wouild be helpful in a variety of ways.
As I have said in other posts, it is my opinion that a lack of a reasonable expectation of privacy in public does not mean one has no right to not get stalked in public.
are they planning on adding themselves to that list? After all, they are tattling on tattlers. ^)^
That still does not equal a lack of right to not essentially be trivially stalked. Even still, I think this is being trotted the wrong way.... in a sense you still have a right to privacy in regards to your thoughts and ideas, so in that sense, "no right to privacy in public" is a fallacy of an idea based on a one-way thought of how or what privacy is or works.
It seems any safety increase s dubious at best. I know for a fact it would not make me feel safer, it would give me that creepy feeling, the Bugs Bunny "Ever got the feeling yous was being... watched?" (minus the looney part of it) feeling.
I think there should seriously be a council or something that actually looks into whether technologies that are slated for implementation will actually have the desired effect, or if it is not true.
In my opinion that is a double-standard in regards strictly to the human reaction in offense to certain things.
Looks like you don't know what censorship is, either that, or you are confusing that with a free speech issue. YES This is censorship.
"I know what you're thinking, Elmer was asking for it!"
Non-sequitor. You obviously never listened to George Carlin - nobody kicked his ass as they did with the "nappy headed hos" shit, or the howard stern shit, or even the Dixie Chix shit, when he makde fun of rape by making the audience picturing Porky Pig raping Elmer Fudd, and joking from there on it.
Last I ckecked, payment, or lack therefore was irrelivant in copyright infringement, and permission or lack therefore to share a copyrighted work was the big stickler in what is/isn't coopyright infringement. Either things have changed stupidly, or people are being bulshitted.
Where have you been? Roxor (unfortunately) lost and is not allowed as settlement to continue In the Groove - Konami now has all rights. Get with the times. ~_~
Sounds challengable, even shakey, but it's too early in the morning for me to figure it out.... all I know is if I hold copyright of a work and any corporation claims my best interest and violates those rights to so-called do so, I'd hope their asses boil slowly and painfully.