The Obama Presidency

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

Oh I am sorry, was I not responding to a post in which you presented a bunch of rock artists that stole shit from bluesmen? My bad.

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don't be intentionally obtuse. You know what point I was making and you know why I chose the examples I used.

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Originally Posted by Some Stupid Japanese Name

In buttcheeks world, things that were considered reasonable actions in the past never become taboo in the present.

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things tend to become taboo because of shifts in the culture at large. Not because one very small minority paid off another small minority to change the laws of the land.

The film/TV industry is actually moving in the right direction, adapt rather than hold tight to the old ways and threaten legal action. Kevin Spacy recently spoke about this...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0ukYf_xvgc

well, part of that industry is.

Part of the music industry is too. Didn't that last weird al album do pretty good because of all the special things he packed in with the cd?

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

things tend to become taboo because of shifts in the culture at large. Not because one very small minority paid off another small minority to change the laws of the land.

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Actually most change does originate with a small vocal minority uniting with another.
But anyway. How about that obama?

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Originally Posted by Fe 26

well, part of that industry is.

Part of the music industry is too. Didn't that last weird al album do pretty good because of all the special things he packed in with the cd?

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And that one $5 video louis c.k. released did really well. But when others tried the same tactic, results werent as good.
There is no one size fits all answer. Except maybe people stop stealing shit and feeling like theyve a right to.

I don't really think the second part matters. Or can be impacted.

We have mother fuckers already doing shit that is a felony, and most of them think they have a right to do it. They always have some kind of rationale.

They only way to seriously impact that is by making the penalties for any kind of stealing so harsh people are terrified to even try it.

I'd rather not live in that world but I guess some people would.

Serious question, how many people have been sent to jail for 5 years or fined $250,000 for downloading a movie?

I have no idea but if that was changed to life in prison or death (and enforced publicly), the number of IP thefts would go significantly down.