Am 24.01.2012, 13:26 Uhr, schrieb foobar <f...@bar.com>:
On Tuesday, 24 January 2012 at 07:09:47 UTC, Nick Sabalausky wrote:
"foobar" <f...@bar.com> wrote in message
news:gaeafbliswzwkmitp...@dfeed.kimsufi.thecybershadow.net...
IP can't be evil, it's the basic protocol of the internet ;)
seriously though, the term IP is highly misleading and doesn't have a
hold in (legal) reality. It's a collection of unrelated laws with
separate agendas and purposes: copyright, patent, trademarks. Each
individual law *supposed to* make sense, but at a whole they really
don't. Yes, it is perfectly legitimate for an
author/artist/musician/font creator/etc to want to be paid and they
really should be. it is not hover at all legitimate that a book
publisher/record company/etc be paid if that business model isn't
justified anymore in the market place. Forcing those on the market
when they aren't necessary is the true meaning of evil. I also
disagree that it's the companies' fault. They simply want to make
money. That their purpose. The government is the responsible party to
set the rules for corporations and not vice versa and the US
government is completely at fault for this huge mess. It's like
children setting the rule for their parents.
I'm not entirely convinced that the US gov isn't effectively a
corporate puppet.
If it is it just proves my point and stuff needs to be done to change
the current circumstances. AFAIK the current situation is against the
spirit if not the letter of the US constitution which forbids any group
from oppressing another (in this case Corporate America vs. the little
guy).
There is this phenomena in the US where some people feel that they have
the right to be ignorant but they ought to realize that this isn't a
core human right and it slowly degrades society in such a way that they
lose all other rights and freedoms. People should educate themselves and
be responsible for their votes and actually do vote. In my country
(Israel) an elections with ~67% of people voting was the lowest
percentage ever and usually it's closer to 80%. in the USA it's closer
to 50%. That isn't even a majority of the population!
The current situation is directly connected to the ignorance and lack of
caring by the people. After all, a democratic government comes from the
people and represents the people. Clearly, the citizens of the USA
didn't care enough.
You compare a country with two parties with a country with over one
hundred parties, this can become a long philosophical debate. :D
I'm voting for Moria. It reminds me of Lord of the Rings.
