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Wow. I don't think I've ever seen a professional blogger Godwin himself before.
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Neighborhood/Coworker sharing is working pretty well for us.
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Imagine this scenario:
You own an internet cafe. One day you come to work to open up in the morning and it looks like someone broke in. All the equipment is gone. There is a sign on the door that says "for Lease." But you paid your rent regularly. You look a little closer. There is a notice taped on the inside of the door. It says, "This establishment has been closed on the authority of the Ministry of Culture for the suspected complicity in the pirating of music and movies."
Nope, nothing wrong there. Move along. No basic freedoms being stomped on.
Right.
12/02/09
What a load of crap, just for that I'm going to fire up u-torrent; download Flamenco and Todo sombre mi madre and Seed them for MONTHS.
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These assholes make me sick.
12/02/09
I'm not sure who makes me more sick, the government for passing the law or the artists who try and take advantage.
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However, copyright law isn't as simplistic as that. If you don't aggressively enforce all rights you have, the relative value of that property goes down. I'm not a lawyer, but I do stay current, and I've read some of the major rulings like Eldridge V. Ashcroft, and I can't say that I agree on a moral level, but on a logical structure, you can't half-step protection of your property.
I felt that Jesus implying that the lawyer feeling bad about the requirements of law, but doing his job correctly, not immorally, made it seem silly. Sorry. #viacom
11/17/09
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As far as peer to peer, they can close the sites, but that wont stop it. The more they push, the more we will push back. The end result is no winner. Maybe its time we rethought the game and decided how to go from lose/lose to win/win. #viacom
11/17/09
"Its not easy doing a job no one likes you for."
yeah but it IS easy to, you know, get another job. #viacom
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we're talking viacoms top lawyer. i dont think he's short on options. #viacom
11/17/09
Personally, if I could collect welfare, and live in a decent apartment, with controlled rent, and walk/subway to whatever I need...shityeah... #viacom
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while i dont dispute the dirtiness of his job, i do call into question whether or not this particular job (suing p2p users) HAS to get done. there's cleaning out the latrines and then there's jailing potheads - both dirty jobs, but only one HAS to get done. #viacom
11/17/09
when the height of ones aspirations is to suck on the government teat, one must seriously reconsider the definition of 'living'. #viacom
11/17/09
Watch "Dirty Jobs" w/Mike Rowe every Tuesday at 9 on Discovery. #viacom
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Because he is a lawyer. He has no soul. Look into his eyes... What do you see? Nothing. Absolutely nothing... #viacom
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from a lawyer, it's more like this:
"Message*: we**'re human.***"
* 'Message' does not indicate a definitive statement. Views and opinions expressed within 'Message' are those of the author, and do not necessarily reflect the views and opinions of the hosting website, Viacom, or any of its parent companies or subsidiaries.
** 'We' refers to the author of the 'Message'*, and is not intended to refer to all practitioners of Law.
*** 'Human' means "bipedal primate belonging to the species Homo sapiens". Viacom makes no claim, express or implied, regarding the humanity of Homo erectus, Homo habilis, or Homo floresiensis #viacom
11/17/09
His current support for graduated response still worries me. Especially that he'd prefer the courts not get involved. The fact that he at least advocates some kind of appeals process is encouraging, though. Just...a tiny bit. #viacom
11/17/09
Because Viacom pays his bills and his conscience doesn't. #viacom