Mark,
I didn't say artists shouldn't get any money. Artists are allowed to
capitalize like others. I don't require everyone to be like me. I don't
think its virtuous to be poor, so grow some self-esteem. Just because
you have money doesn't mean everyone either befriends you because of the
money, or is envious of you because of the money.
The point is, piracy is not a real problem for artists. Despite piracy,
musicians make more than ever, and have you ever heard someone
complaining cinemas are going out of business? Well, everyone can see
cinemas are not going out of business. So instead, the industry tells
you to care about the "suffering artist" while ripping off the both of you.
Read Duff McKagan, Guns N' Roses' founding basist:
"Where are the 'fans,' the lovers of music? Why have they never stood up
and taken a stand for the men and women in front of and behind the
microphone?"
This guy actually believes people should protest on the streets, because
paying 20 bucks per CD is a priviledge. He believes he and his band
should have such fans, and is dumbstruck upon finding out they don't! :D
"Are people really actually pissed off because Wikipedia is going
"black" for a day? Because people feel that their First Amendment rights
are really being threatened? Or is it because they're afraid of losing
free access to Deadwood and the Black Keys? Or are they worried that the
next YouTube won't be able to build a business model off the unwitting
investment of copyrighted material that users uploaded for free while
investors and start-ups glibly proclaimed that they couldn't be
responsible for actions users took? Wikipedia has thousands of
volunteers and brags that they keep the site's content accurate. Why
can't they regulate more rigorously for copyright violation, too? Too
much of a bother?"
It _is_ too much of a bother. It's so big a bother they may have to
close down YouTube because they just can't do it. If they nevertheless
manage to do it, is it an achievement? You get a nanny state. A nanny
state of information. Welfare states are just nanny states of money.
"If, as the claim goes, the social media masses were able to overturn
the regime in Egypt, they can certainly turn the tide on Internet piracy. "
Isn't this a smart man, Mark? Isn't he? :D
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/reverb/2012/01/quit_whining_about_sopa_and_pi.php
Mark:
"One of the things I don't like about getting money from the government
is that then I may become dependent on such government."
Tuukka:
Ha ha. :P Independence of the government, yeah right. Maybe you'll
concern yourself with real world matters when you're in jail for
forgetting to put a password on WLAN. Except that it's too late then,
because you can no longer vote!
Mark:
"I made the most money painting houses. It was fun too. The trick is to
be really fast."
Tuukka:
What on earth could you possibly believe you are teaching anyone here?
Maybe you think YouTube and Wikipedia could moderate the content sent by
millions of users, but "the trick is to be really fast."
Congratulations! Your density has gotten nuclear.
Mark:
"By the way, I have gotten several million dollars in money..."
Tuukka:
Thanks for clarifying you got the millions in money instead of bullshit.
Apparently money also made you a dick. But you have hope! I acquaint,
befriend or am related to a few people whose wealth is in the top 10% of
population, and none of them is as displeasing as you.
Mark:
"I think of what I do is a hobby. I have lots of them lately I have been
working on alchemy in the garage. It's not what you think. I am not
trying to turn things into gold. Neither was Newton, or all the great
alchemists. It is about transformation, and it has much to do with Quality."
Tuukka:
Do you think I'm some fool? I know alchemy isn't what you think I think
it is.
-Tuukka
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