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Originally Posted by Charbax
Well you seem to be okay registering to mobileread.com to post these forum messages...
Most Internet users today seem to have no problem logging into Facebooks, Myspaces, Google accounts, Forum profiles and post on blogs.
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I don't do Facebook or LinkedIn because of their TOS which claims ownership of whatever I put on their sites. "Most" is not "nearly all." And you do seem to ignore the HUGE collection of people who aren't online at all.
I pay too much money for dialup, when I could have cable or dsl from AT&T or ComCast, because I won't put up with their TOS either.
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In the case of the new artistic revolution, it will be regulated by the Government which will also enable very strict rules concerning privacy.
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1) Which government?
2) Who will create these strict privacy rules, and who will enforce them?
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That would be part of what the whole standard would be about. It's like Open Social, like OpenID, privacy is perfectly manageable.
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Those work because they are opt-in, and noncommercial.
You're proposing an incredibly commercial venture (paying artists) that assigns taxpayer dollars based on their internet activities. You haven't discussed which government will allocate those dollars, or how they'll deal with international trade agreements, or how they'll provide access to the works that are being promoted.
Nor, again, how the interests of people not online will be addressed. We don't need more cases of the poor subsidizing rich people's entertainment.
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What you get is better recommendations,
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Better than what? I'm already swamped with more recommendations than I can keep up with. How many hundreds of ebooks do I need in my "to-read" list?
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Basically you get a much better Internet by opting in for this.
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Oh? Will the government (again, which government?) be subsidizing slash fanfic--erotic stories of Kirk & Spock, or Superman & Batman, Harry & Draco? Or will they be considered "copyright infringement" and remain in the darknet? In which case, I don't see why I should be paying extra taxes to support the artists who aren't the ones I read the most.
What I expect from such a proposal is a whitewashed, bowdlerized collection of "government-approved works," rather than any growth in artistic diversity and popularity.
(And at this point, I need to insert another
because I just can't take any of this seriously. "The Government will regulate the new artistic revolution?"
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