Yeah but in this case the KNEW they had the same judge (who had already rejected their appeal). To repeat the exact same stuff you've already told the man is to insult him.
16 billion watt-hours is a LOT of electricity. Approximately 12 million watt-hours per person. Maybe they should try to find ways to reduce their energy consumption? Otherwise they will soon need to build more windmills.
I've already replaced all my lightbulbs with 5 or 9 watt version. Now if I could just find a TV and PC that also operates at those levels (instead of the current 80 watts).
Revenue for What desperate group? The record companies? The mid-level managers within those companies?
(shrug)
I steal music. I'm a thief taking other people's labor (they produce; I don't pay their wages). I freely admit that, and the reason I do it is because I don't want to pay $10-15 to buy a CD that contains just one good song. (Nor do I want to pay $1 to get compressed/lossy-sounding AAC files.) So I steal to get what I want.
If the artist is exceptionally good, or releases a greatest hits album that collects 5-6 albums in one space, THEN I will buy the thing because it's worthwhile. I've got a whole bookshelf filled with greatest hits albums.
Maybe RIAA should focus more on providing WHAT I WANT, rather than beating me over the head with lawsuits. i.e. RIAA should try better customer service.
I don't really sse it's any more difficult for book-sellers to "keep out" non-adults from buying books, than the theater-owners or videostore-owners who keep out non-adults from NC-17 movies.
I'd fight the extradition on the grounds that I'm not a New York citizen, have never set foot in that state, and therefore am not subject to their laws in any way, shape, or form.
It's THEFT OF LABOR to steal another person's creation. ----- Another scenario: Stephen King spends two years of his life researching, writing, and publishing his latest novel. He then earns next to zero dollars, because his fans decided to DOWNLOAD or PHOTOCOPY the novel for free.
That too is theft of labor (two years worth of unpaid work).
You'll probably sit here and explian why that's justified, but it is no more justified than was the theft of labor from unpaid slaves to grow cotton.
It's not a California's business's job to enforce NY laws. If the NY Legislators want local sellers to pay sales tax, than they need to send their own police banging on doors to collect the money, and stop hassling a compny located 3000 miles away.
>>>"they could cut some of the web traffic going to your site"
The New York government could no more do that then they could decide to close down Interstate 80 or 90. They don't have the authority to block interstate travel or post.
I too would take a page from President Andrew Jackson: "The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling. Now let's see them enforce it." There's a difference between SAYING something and actually trying to make it happen.
AMAZON should say:
"That's nice New York. You think we should collect sales tax for you. Yippee. Now let's see you try to enforce that across 3000 miles of landmass. BTW the weather is sunny in California... glad we live here and not there."
You mean France WAS a country. It ceased being a country when it joined the European Union. Now France is just a state like California (both of which wield a lot of power/influence, but are ultimately subordinate to Brussels and Washington politicians).
Under U.S. Law the States *are* treated as countries (like under E.U. law, France is treated as a country). I am a citizen of Maryland and subject to Maryland/U.S. law. I am NOT a subject to New York law, so the New York Legislators can take their sales tax and shove it up their _____ until they squeel like a pig.
I am not a NY citizen.
So NY has absolutely NO authority over me, or the California business called amazon.
>>>"The sale takes place wherever the buyer lives."
Close but not wholly accurate. If I buy something in Maryland, where I live, I pay SALES tax. If I drive across the border, buy in PA or DE, and then drive back, I have to pay a USE tax. Two different taxes, depending upon if the item was purchased inside or ourside of Maryland jurisdiction.
Amazon has to charge Sales tax for sales within its own state (where it has physical presence). It does not have to charge Use tax for out-of-state sales; that's the responsibility of the foreign citizen.
What New York needs to do is go after the *New York Seller*, and demand payment from those people, not ask amazon to do it. Amazon is not the police; it's not amazon's job to enforce laws upon New York Salespeople. (That is the NY government's job.)
What we need is local/state government to REMOVE the monopoly status on cable companies, and allow others to enter:
- Let competing companies lay-down 3-4 wires to each home. - Put the power in the hands of the People, to decide if they want Comcast, Cox, Time-Warner,... as their Cable Internet provider.
Multiple cables to every home so consumers have a choice. As the Libertarians say, "Pro-choice in everything".
Oh really? Hmmm. - They upgraded their phones line from analog to digital, thus increasing speeds from 28k to 56k during the late 1990s (I personally benefitted from this one). - They wired-up rural communities that used to have no cable television (this too benefitted me). - They upgraded central stations to provide DSL (again, this benefitted my neighborhood) - They upgraded cable to digital to provide internet (ditto). - They are laying fiber optics in various cities to provide ultra-fast access. - They extended the celluar network so that, even when driving in Emtpy Wyoming, I can still get service.
Bin Laden has actually done LESS damage in the last ten years, than a single congresscritter in the same timespan.
What we need is LESS government, and more choices. Run 3-4 wires to every home. Let the consumer decide if they want Comcast or Time-Warner or Verizon. Put the power in the hands of the People, not the ______ politicians.
ALSO: Once again the survey compared apples and oranges. It compared little tiny states (france, britain, netherlands) versus a 3000-mile wide union of states. That makes no sense. A survey should compare apples to apples. The 50-member United States v. the 30-member European Union v. the 13-member Canadian Confederation v. the 6-member Australian Federation.
Once that is done, you see that the U.S., E.U., C.C., and A.F. are essentially equal.
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Yeah but in this case the KNEW they had the same judge (who had already rejected their appeal). To repeat the exact same stuff you've already told the man is to insult him.
16 billion watt-hours is a LOT of electricity. Approximately 12 million watt-hours per person. Maybe they should try to find ways to reduce their energy consumption? Otherwise they will soon need to build more windmills.
I've already replaced all my lightbulbs with 5 or 9 watt version.
Now if I could just find a TV and PC that also operates at those levels
(instead of the current 80 watts).
>>>"Brady also lamented that closing user accounts doesn't keep bad eggs off a site. They just come back and create new ones... "
Has this guy never heard of IP banning?
Most websites do that to keep-out offenders.
Revenue for What desperate group? The record companies? The mid-level managers within those companies?
(shrug)
I steal music. I'm a thief taking other people's labor (they produce; I don't pay their wages). I freely admit that, and the reason I do it is because I don't want to pay $10-15 to buy a CD that contains just one good song. (Nor do I want to pay $1 to get compressed/lossy-sounding AAC files.) So I steal to get what I want.
If the artist is exceptionally good, or releases a greatest hits album that collects 5-6 albums in one space, THEN I will buy the thing because it's worthwhile. I've got a whole bookshelf filled with greatest hits albums.
Maybe RIAA should focus more on providing WHAT I WANT,
rather than beating me over the head with lawsuits.
i.e. RIAA should try better customer service.
I don't really sse it's any more difficult for book-sellers to "keep out" non-adults from buying books, than the theater-owners or videostore-owners who keep out non-adults from NC-17 movies.
>>>"Labor has no intrisic value"
Bullshit. Labor does have value; that is why *laborers* get paid wages for the labor they sell.
Washington didn't originally have an army.
Now they do. It's only a matter of time until Brussels has an army too.
I'd fight the extradition on the grounds that I'm not a New York citizen, have never set foot in that state, and therefore am not subject to their laws in any way, shape, or form.
Freedom of choice is NOT about being cost effective. It's about individual liberty.
And Ron Paul is not Libertarian.
He used to be.
But for the last ~15 years he has been Republican.
IRONY:
I'm not a neocon.
I'm a libertarian. (Or probably more accurately: Jeffersonian.)
Sexually explicit == sex.
Books, movies, or games showing sex should not be in the hands of non-adults.
It's THEFT OF LABOR to steal another person's creation. ----- Another scenario: Stephen King spends two years of his life researching, writing, and publishing his latest novel. He then earns next to zero dollars, because his fans decided to DOWNLOAD or PHOTOCOPY the novel for free.
That too is theft of labor (two years worth of unpaid work).
You'll probably sit here and explian why that's justified, but it is no more justified than was the theft of labor from unpaid slaves to grow cotton.
I thought the A2 and the Lupo 3L were the same car, just with different badging?
It's not a California's business's job to enforce NY laws. If the NY Legislators want local sellers to pay sales tax, than they need to send their own police banging on doors to collect the money, and stop hassling a compny located 3000 miles away.
Technically, an illegal immigrant is not a U.S. citizen and not liable to U.S. taxes. (However they are liable to jailtime and deportation.)
BTW:
Did you know if you visit Canada, you can get a refund on all your sales tax? Since you're a non-resident, you're not required to pay that.
>>>"they could cut some of the web traffic going to your site"
The New York government could no more do that then they could decide to close down Interstate 80 or 90. They don't have the authority to block interstate travel or post.
I too would take a page from President Andrew Jackson: "The U.S. Supreme Court issued a ruling. Now let's see them enforce it." There's a difference between SAYING something and actually trying to make it happen.
AMAZON should say:
"That's nice New York. You think we should collect sales tax for you. Yippee. Now let's see you try to enforce that across 3000 miles of landmass. BTW the weather is sunny in California... glad we live here and not there."
>>>"France is a country"
You mean France WAS a country. It ceased being a country when it joined the European Union. Now France is just a state like California (both of which wield a lot of power/influence, but are ultimately subordinate to Brussels and Washington politicians).
(laughs)
Under U.S. Law the States *are* treated as countries (like under E.U. law, France is treated as a country). I am a citizen of Maryland and subject to Maryland/U.S. law. I am NOT a subject to New York law, so the New York Legislators can take their sales tax and shove it up their _____ until they squeel like a pig.
I am not a NY citizen.
So NY has absolutely NO authority over me, or the California business called amazon.
>>>"The sale takes place wherever the buyer lives."
Close but not wholly accurate. If I buy something in Maryland, where I live, I pay SALES tax. If I drive across the border, buy in PA or DE, and then drive back, I have to pay a USE tax. Two different taxes, depending upon if the item was purchased inside or ourside of Maryland jurisdiction.
Amazon has to charge Sales tax for sales within its own state (where it has physical presence). It does not have to charge Use tax for out-of-state sales; that's the responsibility of the foreign citizen.
What New York needs to do is go after the *New York Seller*, and demand payment from those people, not ask amazon to do it. Amazon is not the police; it's not amazon's job to enforce laws upon New York Salespeople. (That is the NY government's job.)
"violating copyrights" sounds about as harmless as "looting"
"stealing labor without payment" is far more effective. Like the phrase "breaking-into stores and stealing".
Give them an 'F'.
They'll learn quickly.
What we need is local/state government to REMOVE the monopoly status on cable companies, and allow others to enter:
... as their Cable Internet provider.
- Let competing companies lay-down 3-4 wires to each home.
- Put the power in the hands of the People, to decide if they want Comcast, Cox, Time-Warner,
Multiple cables to every home so consumers have a choice. As the Libertarians say, "Pro-choice in everything".
>>>"Never provided anything"
Oh really? Hmmm.
- They upgraded their phones line from analog to digital, thus increasing speeds from 28k to 56k during the late 1990s (I personally benefitted from this one).
- They wired-up rural communities that used to have no cable television (this too benefitted me).
- They upgraded central stations to provide DSL (again, this benefitted my neighborhood)
- They upgraded cable to digital to provide internet (ditto).
- They are laying fiber optics in various cities to provide ultra-fast access.
- They extended the celluar network so that, even when driving in Emtpy Wyoming, I can still get service.
Yeah.
You're right.
They've done absolutely nothing.
(rolls eyes)
Bin Laden has actually done LESS damage in the last ten years, than a single congresscritter in the same timespan.
What we need is LESS government, and more choices.
Run 3-4 wires to every home.
Let the consumer decide if they want Comcast or Time-Warner or Verizon.
Put the power in the hands of the People, not the ______ politicians.
ALSO: Once again the survey compared apples and oranges. It compared little tiny states (france, britain, netherlands) versus a 3000-mile wide union of states. That makes no sense. A survey should compare apples to apples. The 50-member United States v. the 30-member European Union v. the 13-member Canadian Confederation v. the 6-member Australian Federation.
Once that is done, you see that the U.S., E.U., C.C., and A.F. are essentially equal.
As you would expect for continent-sized regions.