A problem with copyright law is that it appears to no longer protect individuals as much as it protects large corporations
Copyright was never meant to protect individuals, either; it was meant to benefit the public domain by giving an incentive (by way of protections) to people to create things. The deal was that the temporarily protected monopoly on distribution rights would end after a reasonable time and the creation would enter the public domain and benefit all of humanity.
Copyright as we see it today is a complete sham and a reversal of its original intent.
Logan's Run is one of those rare cases where the movie is far better than the book. The original Logan trilogy read like they were written by a thirteen-year-old.
If this remake is going to be based more on the original books than on the film, I don't have high hopes for it.
IDC says lowering software piracy by just 10 percentage points during the next four years would create nearly 500,000 new jobs and pump $140 billion into 'ailing economies.'
You know, I see this kind of thinking time and time again. So many people seem to think that money just comes out of nowhere. This seems especially true with regards to government services, but it crops up often when businesses want to try and prop up their own well-being.
If piracy went down by 10%, $140 billion would go into the "ailing" (rollseyes) software economy...but it would be flowing out of other economies. Do these people think that this money is all just stuffed under a mattress somewhere, unspent because of piracy? Do they think that people don't spend the money they don't spend on pirated media on other things?
Or how about creating 500,000 new jobs? Out of nothing? No, other industries will have to *lose* jobs (likely a similar amount of jobs) to make these new jobs appear. This is because other industries are now losing billions of dollars to make up for the 10% decrease in piracy.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather see imagined losses in industries with effectively infinite supply of their product rather than real losses in industries that provide real goods and services.
Which is worse? Something not supposed to be classified NOT being leaked, or something SUPPOSED to be classified being leaked? I, and most people, would say the latter.
In the case of the latter, the worst thing likely to happen is the death of people.
In the case of the former, the worst thing likely to happen is the death of liberty.
You're right: it seems most people would prefer the latter.
A point doesn't have to move across a line.
A line doesn't have to move across a plane.
A plane doesn't have to move across space.
So why, then, is space constantly moving across time, always in the same direction? Is "God" pushing our "space" through "time"?
Why do we "experience" anything at all? Why are we not just static sequences of space?
I think time is a little something other than "just another dimension". But who can really say?
Maybe we should use this unthinking, reactionary behavior against the enemies of society instead?
"DRM is like kiddie porn. No one in their right mind would want it on their movies and music if they knew what it was, and despicable old men in suits get off on it. Just say 'NO' to DRM."
Also, what's with the editing? It looks like he added his voice to video-from-still images and then edited them for time, chopping himself off in several mid-syllable lines. If he's having trouble working any of the free movie-making tools out there, perhaps he shouldn't be doing a video review
Whoooooosh!
(and, no, that's not an X-Wing flying over your head)
1920's Sound has Ruined movies, they are so in your face you can't enjoy the movie.
1940's Color has Ruined Movies, they are so in you face you can't enjoy the movie.
1960's Elaborate Costumes have Ruined moves....
1980's Animtronics...
2000 CGI...
2020 Orgasmo-seats...
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Ummm...42?
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This truly is a mad, mad, mad, mad world.
Copyright was never meant to protect individuals, either; it was meant to benefit the public domain by giving an incentive (by way of protections) to people to create things. The deal was that the temporarily protected monopoly on distribution rights would end after a reasonable time and the creation would enter the public domain and benefit all of humanity.
Copyright as we see it today is a complete sham and a reversal of its original intent.
Logan's Run is one of those rare cases where the movie is far better than the book. The original Logan trilogy read like they were written by a thirteen-year-old.
If this remake is going to be based more on the original books than on the film, I don't have high hopes for it.
When boobies are a mouse-click away, you gotta make your point quickly.
I suppose that depends on how loosely you define the word "food".
(Pass me another Big Mac *urp*)
You know, I see this kind of thinking time and time again. So many people seem to think that money just comes out of nowhere. This seems especially true with regards to government services, but it crops up often when businesses want to try and prop up their own well-being.
If piracy went down by 10%, $140 billion would go into the "ailing" (rollseyes) software economy...but it would be flowing out of other economies. Do these people think that this money is all just stuffed under a mattress somewhere, unspent because of piracy? Do they think that people don't spend the money they don't spend on pirated media on other things?
Or how about creating 500,000 new jobs? Out of nothing? No, other industries will have to *lose* jobs (likely a similar amount of jobs) to make these new jobs appear. This is because other industries are now losing billions of dollars to make up for the 10% decrease in piracy.
I'm sorry, but I'd rather see imagined losses in industries with effectively infinite supply of their product rather than real losses in industries that provide real goods and services.
Surely, by "voicing your concerns" you meant "lining their pockets", right?
Super Mario Crossover
And in a perfect world, it wouldn't be any of Nintendo or Sega's business.
In the case of the latter, the worst thing likely to happen is the death of people.
In the case of the former, the worst thing likely to happen is the death of liberty.
You're right: it seems most people would prefer the latter.
I am dumbfounded at how many times the word "steal" is used in these replies. Truly the culture thieves (Disney, RIAA, MPAA, etc.) have already won.
A point doesn't have to move across a line.
A line doesn't have to move across a plane.
A plane doesn't have to move across space.
So why, then, is space constantly moving across time, always in the same direction? Is "God" pushing our "space" through "time"?
Why do we "experience" anything at all? Why are we not just static sequences of space?
I think time is a little something other than "just another dimension". But who can really say?
Here's a start.
Unless you still think letter-writing and phone calls are going to make a difference at this point.
Maybe we should use this unthinking, reactionary behavior against the enemies of society instead?
"DRM is like kiddie porn. No one in their right mind would want it on their movies and music if they knew what it was, and despicable old men in suits get off on it. Just say 'NO' to DRM."
Whoooooosh!
(and, no, that's not an X-Wing flying over your head)
2020 Orgasmo-seats...
Ummm...42?
Like a pitchfork, or a giant blast furnace...
This is America. If we don't buy Disney products, the taxpayers will have to bail them out because they're too big to fail. :-P
Because marriage is actually a legal agreement.
"Windows 7 Released Early in UK. No word as of yet if the rest of the world has received any further communication from the British Isles."
You know, it's just easier to stop going out to see movies in the theatre...
I'm not sure which part of that I should be laughing at.
Patience, grasshopper.
Oh...I've said too much...
Funny...I thought the Nazis lost...