Pirate Party Politician Fights Piracy (Of Her Book)
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...Do you have first-hand experience with this?Andy Chalk said:
People don't care that much in the first place, really. It's not so much people are hopping to the next big thing, it's just that people don't pay attention to this sort of thing at all.Legion said:
It's also kind of like trying to abolish murder laws because they fail to put away all murderers.GenGenners said:
It's also worth noting that she still sold the property for a hefty sum, placing value on intellectual property and giving the rights of the content to another. This is kind of the antithesis of combatting the evils of intellectual property. She is expecting everyone else to live by this code, but okay, she can totally disregard it.
Reminds me of morality issues in the US.
I can think of 100,000 reasons why.McMullen said:
All the complaints that blame the publisher miss an important point. Namely, that a prominent member of a political organization that almost exclusively focuses on copyright issues is now pretending (after cashing the fat check) that she was too stupid to understand the nature of the fairly standard copyright contract she was signing.
She'd probably be better off admitting to hypocrisy.
I downloaded the 'book' during the very brief moment when it was 'officially' offered from free on, I think, that German pirate party website.
Two observations:
1) The 'book' is of abysmal quality and every telephone directory makes for a more interesting read. The typeface is so large it looks like a children's book, the content is below the quality of pre-hormonal girls' diaries.
2) Right after any free offerings of her 'book' were erased from the internet, she was quoted as having said something along the lines of "what do you expect my publisher to have done?" - coming from someone that pretty much starts out her book by mentioning how she spent years protesting evil capitalism, that's the equivalent of being barfed on, in the face.
All in all, the whole pirate thing looks more and more like a tragicomedy unraveling. There are some cheap laughs to be had.
Two observations:
1) The 'book' is of abysmal quality and every telephone directory makes for a more interesting read. The typeface is so large it looks like a children's book, the content is below the quality of pre-hormonal girls' diaries.
2) Right after any free offerings of her 'book' were erased from the internet, she was quoted as having said something along the lines of "what do you expect my publisher to have done?" - coming from someone that pretty much starts out her book by mentioning how she spent years protesting evil capitalism, that's the equivalent of being barfed on, in the face.
All in all, the whole pirate thing looks more and more like a tragicomedy unraveling. There are some cheap laughs to be had.
I'm pretty sure ACTA and SOPA just came from politicians and legal representatives being stupid dicks.Strazdas said:
I wasn't aware we were arguing. I thought you were just correcting me. When did we start arguing?Strazdas said:
Regardless, I was under the impression that we all universally didn't like ACTA and SOPA, so why do you take offence when I call them stupid? They were stupid.
Also, at the part I've highlighted with asterisks, I've never mentioned that, so I have no idea where you pulled that point from.
She isn't fighting piracy, her publisher is. People like to exaggerate the sensationalism of claims made by escapist news articles, but it's a pretty accurate criticism this time: What the article title is claiming never actually happened. Theres humor here, but not in hypocrisy.The Jakeinator said:
She handed the keys to the kingdom to her publisher, knowing full well what would happen. Her name leads the DMCA takedown notices. You can insist all day long that it's not actually her but her publisher who's sending them out, but that's gutless equivocating. She loaded the gun; she put it in their hands. She happily and utterly betrayed her "principles," and her supporters, for a big cash payout. She is responsible.
Im sorry if i come too heavy handed from the last comment. had a bad day. didnt mean to attack you. Our views are somewhat similar, but you are more towards "current laws are fine" section and there the argument begins.GenGenners said:
To be honest, I think the law has done all it can do by this point. Anymore changes in law are a waste of resources.Strazdas said:
We've reached the point now where it's the people that need to change. You know, greedy corporations and the like. Unfortunately people, especially the rich people in charge, will never change.
We need a company like Valve to go multi-industry. That would fix all our problems xD
Save me a slice will you?...njsykora said:
OT: I don't even know where to begin with this; It's a classic case of money before morals.
This.Krantos said:
Then again, if you're a pirate, write a piracy book then give it to a publisher, this shit's going to happen and then you get blamed for it.
How about just publishing it yourself?