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As a counter-point to the SOPA/PIPA demonstration
40hz:
Sorry - not my intent to offend you or anyone here.
-Renegade (January 23, 2012, 12:12 PM)
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@Ren - it's more a matter of esthetics than me being offended. I just associate 'STFU' with all those whining ALL IN CAPITALS SCREAMING DIATRIBES!!!! you run into on the kiddie boards.
And I didn't want to see it greenlighted here purely because of the audience it tends to attract.
Under no circumstances should you feel compelled, or even think an apology was being asked for.
:) :Thmbsup:
P.S. I also think it's very clear you were using a collective "you" rather than a personal one. No offense was taken. And I'm sure we can all see none was intended. :)
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Addendum: Please do not rein yourself in! Renegade would not be Renegade :-* if he did. :o Imagine how much less fun it would be around here if that happened.
wraith808:
Three related stories from TechDirt
Busta Rhymes Backs Megaupload, Says Record Labels Are The Real Criminals
From the article:
There's a key point in all of this that we missed in our earlier analysis about paid accounts at Megaupload. In the indictment, the government seems to assume that paid accounts are clearly all about illegal infringing works. But that's not always the case. In fact, plenty of big name artists -- especially in the hip hop world -- use the paid accounts to make themselves money. This is how they release tracks. You sign up for a paid account from services like Megaupload, which pay you if you get a ton of downloads. For big name artists, that's easy: of course you get a ton of downloads. So it's a great business model for artists: they get paid and their fans get music for free. Everyone wins. Oh... except for the old gatekeeper labels.
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Dan Bull Raps about how Megaupload Takedown Screws Indie Artists Like Him
From the article:
My favorite line? "Make money giving away things for free? Ah! Why can't the majors do similarly?" It's a key point. As we explained on Friday, tons of artists have figured out that Megaupload and similar sites are a fantastic new business model, but they're a business model that the major labels hate... so they work double-time to make it look like some evil conspiracy.
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And even the alternatives are disappearing:
Megaupload Shutdown means other companies turning off useful services
From the article:
RIAA supporters are cheering this on -- believing that all of these services really focused on infringing content. But for the many, many artists, companies and individuals who used them legitimately, this is pretty troubling. Useful services are being shut down due to an overreaction on the part of the US government.
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40hz:
The problem with US law enforcement is its tendency to operate with a broadsword and executioner's axe rather than a scalpel. And to equate 'equal justice' with a "one size fits all" approach to enforcement.
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superboyac:
One way I'm going to try to battle this situation is to do my best to keep the flow of money and power that I possess amongst those who i have personal contact with. I, for various reasons, have a very strong love of personal communities (which is why this forum is my favorite, it feels the most like an ideal community). I really love the "messiness" of a true community. Not socialism ;D! Yes, when different types of people interact with each other a lot, there's a lot of messy situations. But you just put into place the minimum amount of rules to keep the messes from harming people seriously, and the rest of it you just manage on a case by case basis. It's too hard (I would say impossible) to come up with the perfect rule. And it's ridiculous and awful to try to continually fix rules and go down that mandlebrot chain (which is where we are right now). we can't be afraid of the mess. We can't expect every...little...thing...to be just absolute perfect. You need to give people freedom and be capable of dealing with the effects of that freedom 99% of the time. And yes, there will be that 1% which will result in a horrible disaster...but can we really avoid it? I don't believe that, but I do believe we can be prepared for it without needing to control people as much as we are now.
We can't be so scared and defensive all the time. We are people, we live with people, we have to be able to trust each other blindly on some level. We can't be afraid to ask for help if we need it. We need to be able to offer help without feeling like we were taken advantage of.
I was in a taxi with an individual who made hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. She felt that the cab driver charged her $5 too much for the non-metered ride, and bargained with her to get it down from $20 to $15 or something like that. That's all power and control. It's unnecessary, it ruins the healthy balance of things. Now, we sit here and shake our heads at her and wag our fingers...BUT, we have all done the same thing at some level. I just hope we become more aware of these things, and more sensitive. I am practicing it and it has made me a better person. And it doesn't work both ways, and I'm cool with the unbalance. If someone is making half the money that I am and is battling with the cab driver, I am mentally far more patient with it than with the other girl. Is that fair of me? No. But it's right.
Stoic Joker:
If someone is making half the money that I am and is battling with the cab driver, I am mentally far more patient with it than with the other girl. Is that fair of me? No. But it's right.-superboyac (January 23, 2012, 01:09 PM)
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Damn Straight! Back in the day when things were really tight, I'd fight tooth and nail for every dime. Now it's just simpler to pay it and get on with my day. I'm not rich by any standards...but I'm not in a constant and total bind either. So I do my part to "Share-the-wealth" by not being a dick about nickels.
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