[MD] SOPA and PIPA

[Tuukka Virtaperko]

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