Internet Blackout to oppose SOPA
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Well, when we are at it... Google does not sell educational SU licenses outside the US (and maybe Canada). True that some "international" (as "non-US" is generally called
) resellers do but there are countries where there are no resellers.Now these students (usually way poorer than any US student) have to buy the full version - or use pirated versions if they cannot afford...
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They complain that overseas sites are selling/giving away pirate downloads, yet the US entertainment industry is reluctant to offer legal ways to download their stuff overseas.
It just doesn't make sense. I want to give them my money, but they refuse it!
Brain... exploding...If it's really a matter of stop losing money and protecting "workers' pension and healthcare plans, and healthy local economies and tax revenues", they would be going out of their way to find ways to sell their stuff in every market and medium possible.
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BTW Pete: you will love this:
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I just SO damn weary of liberal people trashing Fox News, just because they air conservative viewpoints (along with liberal viewpoints.)
As if conservatives do not deserve to enjoy the freedom of speech, that they think only liberals should enjoy.
It is WAY more scary that Juan Williams (a liberal,) was fired from NPR, because a something he said, that the far left liberals (controlling NPR,) did not like !!
.. And WHO immediately hired the liberal, Juan Williams ??
Fox News, in fact.
Liberals, where was your freedom of speech loving support for Juan Williams' freedom, when he needed it ??
(And do not say "He's better off. He making much more money now." That ignores the issue.)
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Returning to topic:
When you guys call your congressmen, make sure to say you're against piracy and in favor of artists being paid for their work. Tell them that you have a better idea to generate more money for artists: Stop geographic restrictions for selling music and movie downloads. Law-abiding citizens everywhere in the world will have no excuse to resort to piracy. Everybody wins.
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@unknownuser said:
Stop geographic restrictions for selling music and movie downloads
That would only work if there were simultaneous release and broadcast dates for all films and TV programmes. If however you are trying to watch/purchase/download something that has already been released in your region (or never will) then I agree that geographic restrictions should be lifted.
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On a more positive note:
Apple deserves an applause. A few weeks ago they managed to get most mainstream movies and music available to my country via iTunes. I hope Amazon will follow suit with DRM-free downloads available here, as I don't like my stuff being attached to one particular brand of devices. Until that happens, I'm collecting Blu-rays bought on Amazon and on the only chain store that carries legal, original Blu-rays in this city.
NetFlix also started operations in Latin America back in September, but they still have mostly indie movies, with few mainstream ones.
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Sometimes those Indie movies are better than the big blockbuster stuff, take this for example:
The Man from Earth (2007) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The Man from Earth: Directed by Richard Schenkman. With David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford. An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
IMDb (www.imdb.com)
Absolutely amazing.
Also available on Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Man_from_Earth/70076096?trkid=2361637&fcld=true
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@pete
And stop some silly remakes, no new ideas any more? (though in this case the remake wasn't bad at all)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1139797/
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Turncoats.
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Looks like the blackout effort was somewhat effective: http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-usa-congress-internet-idUSTRE80J10X20120120
BTW, Gaieus, I don't understand your use of the word "turncoats". Wasn't the effort supposed to create and increase Congressional support for stopping PIPA and SOPA? If members of Congress switched from supporting to opposing, then the effort was successful. The word "turncoat" is usually used with a derogatory connotation ...
What scares me more are people like Anonymous, who act unilaterally, outside the law because they don't agree with actions like that against Megaupload.com. Whether the action was right or wrong, it's up to the courts to determine and not some anarchist hacker group.
Cheers.
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I don't think Gaieus was being serious.
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turncoats
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@escapeartist said:
I don't think Gaieus was being serious.
"Humor, it is a difficult concept." ~ Lt. Saavik
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Well, indeed I was not serious (too much) but if you think about it, those numbers only show one thing: those congressmen have the only goal: to remain "popular" and get re-elected. In other words; they did not support the bills because they were ascertained by their righteousness and usefulness but because at that time it seemed to be the better idea. Do you think that now they reconsidered and read/watched some of the reasoning that's against those bills? No way. They hired popularity polling companies, asked their advisors and such. They simply got frightened.
Turncoats. If our better being is up to turncoats, be it.
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@ Gaieus
+1
This mechanism turned democracy, real democracy, to an utopia.
Good luck to all of us. Or better, let's start fighting for a better world. Let's become once again, free minded, individuals. -
@solo said:
Sometimes those Indie movies are better than the big blockbuster stuff, take this for example:
The Man from Earth (2007) ⭐ 7.8 | Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
The Man from Earth: Directed by Richard Schenkman. With David Lee Smith, Tony Todd, John Billingsley, Ellen Crawford. An impromptu goodbye party for Professor John Oldman becomes a mysterious interrogation after the retiring scholar reveals to his colleagues he has a longer and stranger past than they can imagine.
IMDb (www.imdb.com)
Absolutely amazing.
Also available on Netflix: http://www.netflix.com/WiMovie/The_Man_from_Earth/70076096?trkid=2361637&fcld=true
Saw this film some years ago....but quite interesting Pete taking that you are atheist.
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@gaieus said:
Well, when we are at it... Google does not sell educational SU licenses outside the US (and maybe Canada). True that some "international" (as "non-US" is generally called
) resellers do but there are countries where there are no resellers.Now these students (usually way poorer than any US student) have to buy the full version - or use pirated versions if they cannot afford...
Not completely true. You can buy edu license in UK.... It is yearly one which goes against your full one after you complete studies. On the end you pay just difference for a full license.
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