Well, there is such a technology. It’d be possible to put a governor in every car that would limit it to a top speed of, say, 60 MPH. If the lowest speed limit on any highway in the country is 60, and no cars can go faster than 60, then no one can speed on a highway.
But we don’t do that, for a number of reasons. It makes the speed limits harder to change. It doesn’t account for situations where speeding is reasonable or even necessary, even though it’s illegal. And my favorite - if no one is watching, and you aren’t hurting anyone, it’s nobody else’s business what you do.
I second that. The OP should keep in mind that some of us are French.
It is? I thought the courts ruled that space-shifting and timeshifting were covered. For instance, I can rip my Meatloaf CDs to .mp3 format so why can’t I download the tracks from P2P? Aren’t both actions legal, and aren’t they covered under fair use?
Please, who the fuck said this? And how does a contract, freely signed, constitute theft? If an artist signs a punitive contract then they are a fucking stupid artist. I swear, it’s almost as if you’re willing to make up any sort of crap to justify your … oh.
I knew opening this thread was a mistake. The French reference was a general reference to the industry as a whole. The rage was caused after reading of some of the families facing bankruptcy because the teenager was amassing brittany Spears and Backstreet Boys songs. (This, I swear, was the “art” being fought over) Also, the French reference was more political than anything, I know better than to involve politics on SDMB’s when my own OP didn’t concern that.
Mr2001, that was one of the wittiest replies I’ve seen in a long time. However, with the governor, it was take about 6 nanoseconds for a product to hit the market that bypasses it.
Now, for the love of all that is Holy, please shut down the thread
BTW, you’re so darn CUTE! Do you like wrestling with the little boys? You admit on your site that you’re not good enough to wrestle Div-I. Do the little boys throw off your concentration? I bet they do big boy. I stand 6’4" and played Div-I football as a nose tackle. All while on scholarship.
HEHEHE. I figure if you’re gonna get a flame thread started, do it yourself. I await further insults while having discourse with the rest of the teeming millions.
I don’t think those rights apply when you’re downloading things from strangers on the internet. For example, you can legally tape “The Simpsons” and watch it later, but if you forget to tape it, you can’t download it; you have to wait for the DVD. It’s a dumb technicality.
It’s possible… fair use isn’t strictly defined, and it certainly seems “fair” to download something you already bought (or could have recorded legally, etc.), but the law doesn’t always make sense.
It’s good to have goals, little buddy, let us all know when you cross that finish line.
By the way, a couple things of note. Bigoted comments such as the “french frogs” are not appreciated here. Also, changing others user names as you did from Ace309 to Ass309 are highly frowned upon too.