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• On the post: Restaurant Owner Ordered To Pay BMI $30,450 For 'Illegally Playing' Four Unlicensed Songs

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 17 Aug, 2011 @ 10:23am

  Elevator music

  I'm a copyright minimalist, but giving the cruel reality, I don't understand restaurant owners who are risking these type of lawsuits, as well as those who pay ridiculous fees to parasites. Unless it is a themed restaurant, the music there is no different from "elevator music", its goal is to create ambiance, and not necessarily should consist of masterpieces. There are plenty of garage bands who can get the job done for a fraction of fees MAFIAA charge, and both business owners and musicians would be happy: the latter would probably make more money that way...

• On the post: Stealing Isn't Saving, But Sharing Isn't Stealing

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 15 Aug, 2011 @ 11:40am

  Re: yes, it is stealing

  "Complex" is a combination of two parts: real and imaginary. Of course it is complex.
  
  And ?copying is stealing? is certainly an imaginary part.
  
  The real, factual part: I experienced much more assholes among copyright maximalists than among those who don?t believe in MAFIAA bullshit.

• On the post: Patent Troll Lawyers Smacked Down, Made To Pay Sanctions, For Mass Lawsuits Followed By Quick Settlement Offers

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 10:08am

  Re:

  Sorry. "common sense" of course.

• On the post: Patent Troll Lawyers Smacked Down, Made To Pay Sanctions, For Mass Lawsuits Followed By Quick Settlement Offers

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 08 Aug, 2011 @ 10:04am

  I just realized that I was pinching myself while reading this article. What kind of reality we live in if common prompts suspicion?

• On the post: On the Internet, Google+ Knows You're A TOS-Violating 10-Year-Old Dog

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 09:15pm

  Do you know why PG-13 warning banner displays the phrase "Parents strongly cautioned"? The goal is to forewarn parents about inevitable embarrassment of figuring out that their kids know much more about "forbidden" topics than they do.

• On the post: On the Internet, Google+ Knows You're A TOS-Violating 10-Year-Old Dog

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 02 Aug, 2011 @ 09:04pm

  Re:

  It maybe exceptional for a bystander like you, but not for my friend's daughter (see my earlier post). Would you please explain the "perfect reasonability" of this law to her? Especially why she cannot get years of her homework back. I promise to ema... oh, no! print out and pass your arguments to her.

• On the post: On the Internet, Google+ Knows You're A TOS-Violating 10-Year-Old Dog

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 01 Aug, 2011 @ 08:10pm

  I was about to suggest this topic to BestNetTech with a headline "Google Ate My Homework" - explained below.
  
  Closing an account is a minor problem in comparison with the fact that there is no way to get your data back. Or Google operates on a premise that 12-years old's data is not as valuable as that shit serious grow-ups produce?
  
  My friend's daughter (12) had Google account for years, communicating with her friends and grandmothers abroad. She also developed a habit of doing her school homework using Google Docs. Now all that wealth of information is gone forever. It is not just bad... It is evil.

• On the post: Fox Decides To Drive Fans To Piracy, Rather Than Giving Legitimate Options

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 27 Jul, 2011 @ 09:12am

  I'm somewhat surprised this even needs to be explained in this day and age...
  
  In this day and age I learned that if a mailing from my bank starts with words "In order to serve you better", I know 100% that something will be taken from me - fees increased, conditions tightened etc.

• On the post: Physicists Claim Time Travel Is Impossible (This Time, They Mean It)

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 26 Jul, 2011 @ 08:48am

  It's just Apple is covering its corporate ass - to avoid reasonable consumer complaints that their "Time Machine" does not live up to expectations.

• On the post: Associated Press Carelessness Reaches Boiling Point

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 02:21pm

  Elite club of 3 countries:
  
  http://mjperry.blogspot.com/2007/06/countries-that-do-not-use-metric-system.html

• On the post: If Your Comment Section Is Awesome, It's Your Community's Fault

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 25 Jul, 2011 @ 01:06pm

  Very good, dear neighbor! I couldn't get rid of impression that I was reading my own words (pretending that I'm literate and articulate enough).

• On the post: Aaron Swartz Indictment Leading People To… Upload JSTOR Research To File Sharing Sites

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 21 Jul, 2011 @ 01:01pm

  Re: If these documents aren't publicly available without JSTOR...

  Guess who pays for traffic lights. Poor city technicians repair them for free... Let's marry parking meter with traffic light: Green light is what you want? A handful of quarters and off you go!

• On the post: Lawyer Trying To Trademark Bitcoin Threatens BestNetTech With Bogus DMCA Takedown

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 19 Jul, 2011 @ 11:15am

  That's one of those shitty logos those who have no taste whatsoever put on their stationary. No surprise they can't secure serious clients. To my observation absence of taste in logos comes together with overall unprofessionalism of an "enterprise".

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 03:47pm

  Re: Re: Crowd creativity, anyone?

  As your new best friend I can write a letter of recommendation for you.
  
  The Second Monkey on the Third Tree.
  The Zoo.

• On the post: Monkey Business: Can A Monkey License Its Copyrights To A News Agency?

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 03:39pm

  Re: Re: Re: The US don't own the world despite what they think

  particularly if said site believes it is above copyright law
  
  Copyright law fell so low that only a brainwashed schoolboy is below it.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 03:03pm

  Re: Re:

  I thought that "copyright theft" is an oxymoron, but now I think it as a tautology.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 02:06pm

  Re: BestNetTech Reader Response

  Hey, you infringed on my idea spelled above :) I'm in a good mood today and I forgive you, declaring your reply a fair use.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 01:58pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  My post was intentionally extreme (in sake of polemic, not trolling), and I believe that copyright is mendable in theory. I?m much more pro-evolution that pro-revolution. But in practice, those who benefit from lopsided laws (directly or through lobbying) are in charge of mending. That?s a dead end.
  
  Imperfect technologies, laws, concepts are mendable if those who understand them, those who did not forget the reason and intent behind them are those who work hard to perfect these technologies, laws, concepts.
  
  For example, hand gliding was a dangerous hobby a couple of decades ago since the gliders were far from perfect. Nonetheless, it is pretty much safe and widespread occupation now because of knowledgeable and responsible enthusiasts? efforts.
  
  And yes, I would declare hand gliding concept failed if coffin makers were in charge of improving gliders.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 12:13pm

  I bet Steven Gibson is wandering in the jungle right now looking for that monkey. He has a bunch of bananas with him and an agreement draft to split all the future settlement bananas 50-50.

• On the post: Monkeys Don't Do Fair Use; News Agency Tells BestNetTech To Remove Photos

  

  Ikarushka ( profile ), 12 Jul, 2011 @ 11:59am

  Re:

  In any one comes out with a theory, and then practice shows that there is a lot of contradictions and myriad of interpretations, it is natural to declare such a theory as failed rather than continue applying it to everything.
  
  Copyright is a theory, a failed theory. I understand good intentions behind it's birth, but it takes courage and honesty to admit a mistake. Perhaps humanity will come up with some good mechanism to balance personal/corporate and public interest, but since I'm becoming more and more copyright minimalist every day, I'm inclined to think that no copyright would be better than copyright in its current form.

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