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Posted by FatKat on 09/26/05 16:33
spodosaurus wrote:
> FatKat wrote:
> > spodosaurus wrote:
> >
> >>FatKat wrote:
> >>
> >>>spodosaurus wrote:
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>Saul Levy wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>>You ARE in pain!
> >>>>>
> >>>>>Saul Levy
> >>>>>
> >>>>>
> >>>>
> >>>>Make sure to let us know when Canada becomes the 51st State, Saul (hint:
> >>>> don't believe your cell mate next time).
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>>What's the point of all this jingoism? So what if WinMX was created in
> >>>one country and not another? It created a network for moving data from
> >>>country to country, regardless of the country it was produced in or
> >>>where in the world it first entered the network.
> >>>
> >>
> >>Well, Saul took issue with someone complaining that the rest of the
> >>world has to suffer when P2P networks get infected by RIAA because the
> >>US won't reign in RIAA's abuse of the legal system.
> >
> >
> > That justifies taking a thread into the realm of flamewar? Some idiot
> > makes a pointless comment about nationalism and somebody else makes a
> > reciprocally pointless comment about nationalism? Saul, as off-base
> > and misinformed as he was, didn't introduce politics to this thread -
> > I've tried erasing national lines from the subject but apparently a few
> > posters are resisting that.
>
> What's the fun of Usenet if you can't, periodically, get involved in
> flaming and trolling? It's a guilty pleasure...
Your plea of guilt has been entered.
>
> >
> >>when
> >>they know, and we know, and it has been shown repeatedly, that people
> >>who download music also BUY more music than any other group!
> >
> >
> > I find this hard to believe because so many people who DL can barely
> > bring themselves to share what they DL.
>
> When you're talking about statistics, though, you end up comparing two
> populations, not individuals from those populations. The numbers stand up.
Where do the numbers come from?
>
> >>There are a few rotten apples in the crowd, but overall the recording
> >>industry is making record sales and record profits.
> >
> >
> > Which proves what? That industries make a profit? That's the
> > cornerstone of western civilization - not just American.
>
> Yet restricting access to artistic works based on economic bullying is
> not a cornerstone of civilisation...
What bullying? You get what you pay for?
>
> > That
> > industries can afford to allow file-sharing? Not if the spike in
> > profits coincides at all with the industry's crackdown on P2P.
>
> It doesn't. If I was really into this conversation I'd compile a brief
> list of articles that I've read. Unfortunately, I'm not all that into
> it. However, if YOU are, you shouldn't have a hard time finding the
> data. Most of it is freely accessible online, or at least the abstracts are.
>
Doubtless a few made available on-line by EFF.
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