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I particularly liked the photoshop of Jack Sparrow ordering 300 Photoshops and 500 Microsoft Words.
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05-26-2011, 04:50 PM | #138 | |
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Today, under those terms, everything created before 1955 would be public domain, today. Books, music, movies, pictures - all of it. I say the fact that it isn't is Stealing, just as much as all those examples you gave. What say you? Laws change? so if we bribed Congress to shorten copyright to 1 day, that would be Ok also? After the day, there'd be no stealing by your terms, right? To claim the moral high ground, you must be equally moral. that means little things like honoring contracts..... |
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http://www.bubbabrands.com/ Big container, wide opening, BPA-free plastic, and they insulate like nothing else. That mug of water you got before bedtime and put on your nightstand will still be cold in the morning. |
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05-26-2011, 05:11 PM | #143 |
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If the law isn't your basis for what is "stealing," what is? A lot of us think that the terms a document was published under should be its terms forever--that retroactively changing the length of copyright protection is an ex post facto law and shouldn't be allowed, and doesn't need to be honored. It's like issuing you a driver's license good for 10 years, and then saying, "no, it's only good for the next year and a half; then you'll have to renew it." We gave those authors the right to exploit their works for 56 years, as agreed; they should release them, according to the terms of publication. I suspect that it's not going to matter soon; I don't think Disney will succeed in extending the law again. And in the next two decades, a *frightening* amount of material is going to hit the US public domain. I expect bizarre trademark lawsuits about Mickey Mouse and Superman, as people make their own movies & novels and start selling them. |
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What I really hate are those thin narrow tall glasses I often get served water in at my friends' houses or in bars. Yuch ! That's damn torture when you're thirsty ! Give me a large tankard so I can drink like a man ! Like a Viking man ! With water or ale dribbling down my chin and manly chest ! Arrrgh ! When I'm really thirsty I tend to gulp down several liters of water in 10-15 seconds in 0.3l cups. I usually drink 2-4 liters per day in the winter and 5-6 in the summer. Once I drank 10 l of water in one day, 8 of those on a hiking trip I took 2l of water on thinking it would be enough. The rest I got from others (one little boy actually gave me his 0.5l bottle when he saw I was thirsty) and from a fountain along the way. Being given those tall narrow glasses reminds of the tale of the fox and the stork every time. You know, where the stork serves the fox soup in a narrow tall jar, and to get revenge the fox later serves the stork soup in a wide flat plate. Or vice versa maybe, not sure. Anyway I've gotten off topic a bit... |
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I have an example - I'd love to hear you guys take on it.
I have a friend who is a full time indie singer/entertainer. She isn't huge, no mega hits, recording contracts or anything, but she was making enough money between CD/singles sales and gigs to help support her family. She has/had a rather dedicated following in her genre for over 10 years now. She has numerous fans on facebook, twitter, etc. A few years ago (I think 4?) she started noticing her CD/singles sales dropping, a little at a time each month but steady. She found out that her music was being pirated but it didn't bother her too much as she has a loyal following. She hoped to get additional fans from it, to be honest. In the last few years her CD/singles sales have dropped dramatically but her gigs attendance has increased somewhat but not enough to make up for the difference. In addition she has had some family issues that require her to stop performing on a regular basis. The lack of income has driven a wedge in her family and may require that she stop creating music. She feels that the pirating of her music (if you knew who she was you could get every song she's created from the darknet) has increased her fan base but has hurt her earning potential. She said that while a lot of people like to attend live shows, those people are not in the majority and that most people who would have bought her music now just grab a copy and then follow her on twitter (she's rather bitter about that, actually). She says that people are always telling her how they are a new fan and love her work and waiting for the next album but she hasn't sold very much. Well, what do you think of this situation? I have left my opinion out of it, I really want to know what your take on this situation is. |
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I'm really sorry for the lady. But have you (or her) considered other explanations for the decrease in sales other than piracy (not saying piracy doesn't have something to do with it) ?
Like the economic crisis / recession, a change of public taste, or maybe CDs are just going out of fashion ? |
05-26-2011, 05:39 PM | #148 |
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I think she's almost certainly right, piracy, whether you define it as stealing of not, is the source of her decline in sales.
Edit: I would say though that a general decline in CD popularity might account for some of what's going on. Last edited by carld; 05-26-2011 at 05:49 PM. |
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Well it's a fact the demand for many goods (especially luxurious goods) has decreased in most countries in the recent recession. So music CDs might be one of the affected goods.
P.S. Seeing how many mistakes I'm making makes me think my brain is shutting down and I'm suffering from a lack of sleep. Goodnight folks, I'm gonna go watch a movie and then go to ... Last edited by Enkidu of Abydos; 05-26-2011 at 05:45 PM. |
05-26-2011, 05:45 PM | #150 |
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Can you clarify one thing? You say that her CD sales have fallen. Does she also sell her music on-line as mp3? I ask because CD sales are going down whilst mp3 sales are going up. In addition, more people are buying single tracks then albums. It is not clear if the loss in CD sales is being made up by the increase in mp3 sales. Possibly not--partly due to the increase in singles sales.
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