December 2011
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Copyright infringement is illegal, and like many things that are illegal (jaywalking, driving a car with an expired license), it doesn’t have anything in common with stealing except for the (not unimportant!) fact that it’s illegal. Piracy, by contrast, is a special form of stealing committed on the high seas. It involves rolling up to a boat, and taking stuff away from the occupants of the...
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“GG: Wait, real sentiment, or ironic sentiment? GG: Or is there no difference?? Am I missing the point here? TT: No, it was genuine. TT: The upper echelons of irony should always include measures of sincerity. And if the satirical practice is executed faithfully it will achieve something bona fide in its own right regardless. TT: Through an intense commitment bordering on religious...
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“The state is not prevented from charging advance fees that are tied to objective...”
– What Price Protest? : Marquette University Law School Faculty Blog (via michaelzimmer)
I have been very surprised at how little coverage I’ve seen of this new pay to protest policy. Here’s hoping for a swift court case.
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