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Originally Posted by stonetools
Actually, since 1945, atomic bombs have never been used in war. Thank God people didn't have your fatalistic " you can't resist technology" attitude.
I'll outsource this one to the Cynical Musician:
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There is zero reason, technologically, why the Internet cannot be set up to the protect rights holders. It is a matter of historical accident why the Internet is set up as it is, and why the law is as inadequate as it is. Both can be fixed. David Lowery again:
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IOW, there are ways to set up the Internet to prevent large scale violation of artist's rights. All it takes is brains and the will. No scheme will be perfect but then perfection is not of this world. It just has to be better than the current system. |
No, we have never used atomic weapons since. Just the Cold War, Mutual Assured Destruction policy, and vain attempt to keep minor players from having nukes. And yet they poliferate...(and the technology has never gone away, either.)
The culture changed, irrevokably.