Comments on: First Links of Aught-Eight http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/ It rankles me when somebody tries to tell somebody what to do. Thu, 21 Aug 2008 21:29:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: John David Galt http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67988 John David Galt Fri, 04 Jan 2008 02:01:21 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67988 If I recall correctly, one of RIAA's arguments in <i>Eldred</i> (where they were trying to show that IP reform isn't needed) was that even under DMCA, people still have the right to make backup copies of their purchased digital works. Shouldn't that mean that RIAA is estopped from claiming otherwise now? If I recall correctly, one of RIAA’s arguments in Eldred (where they were trying to show that IP reform isn’t needed) was that even under DMCA, people still have the right to make backup copies of their purchased digital works.

Shouldn’t that mean that RIAA is estopped from claiming otherwise now?

]]> By: alkali http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67853 alkali Wed, 02 Jan 2008 18:23:47 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67853 A $60K/yr travel budget for the director of an art museum doesn't sound at all unusal to me. The article notes that some of the travel was related to fundraising. A $60K/yr travel budget for the director of an art museum doesn’t sound at all unusal to me. The article notes that some of the travel was related to fundraising.

]]> By: C. S. P. Schofield http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67841 C. S. P. Schofield Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:32:37 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67841 My favorite anti-drug add, bar none - was intended as a joke. It was a poster, published in MAD magazine sometime in the '70's; a full face portrait with the caption "Sometimes heroin doesn't kill you. Sometimes it turns you into Keith Richards." *shudder* My favorite anti-drug add, bar none - was intended as a joke. It was a poster, published in MAD magazine sometime in the ’70’s; a full face portrait with the caption “Sometimes heroin doesn’t kill you. Sometimes it turns you into Keith Richards.”

*shudder*

]]> By: Edmund Dantes http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67830 Edmund Dantes Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:26:16 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67830 Foxtrot is behind the times. The RIAA is now arguing (and have been for awhile) that its illegal for you to copy your CDs onto your computer. You can't even make backup copies. Hopefully it will get thrown out of court, but with the way the courts have been stacked with "Federalist" judges whose main recommendations are a belief in the rights of the big guys over the little guys I don't feel too confident. So the joke is still true, the punch is even stronger than Foxtrot thinks since it's even worse than advertised. Patent law and copyright law are a joke in this country, and they no longer serve their original purpose. Foxtrot is behind the times. The RIAA is now arguing (and have been for awhile) that its illegal for you to copy your CDs onto your computer. You can’t even make backup copies. Hopefully it will get thrown out of court, but with the way the courts have been stacked with “Federalist” judges whose main recommendations are a belief in the rights of the big guys over the little guys I don’t feel too confident.

So the joke is still true, the punch is even stronger than Foxtrot thinks since it’s even worse than advertised.

Patent law and copyright law are a joke in this country, and they no longer serve their original purpose.

]]> By: Mike Leatherwood http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67829 Mike Leatherwood Wed, 02 Jan 2008 13:18:14 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67829 Bill Amend almost got it right....remember, the RIAA (at least one of its lawyers) has said that even personal copies of your own music for your own use is illegal.... Bill Amend almost got it right….remember, the RIAA (at least one of its lawyers) has said that even personal copies of your own music for your own use is illegal….

]]> By: Rob http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67799 Rob Wed, 02 Jan 2008 00:57:51 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67799 "Non-profit work is pretty sweet!" It's the best kind of work. Very little. “Non-profit work is pretty sweet!”

It’s the best kind of work. Very little.

]]> By: Col. Hogan http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67784 Col. Hogan Tue, 01 Jan 2008 22:14:00 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67784 Rumor has it that they'll soon be arresting pedestrians in the neighborhoods through which the errant car has recently passed, to be called the "Contact High Violation." Rumor has it that they’ll soon be arresting pedestrians in the neighborhoods through which the errant car has recently passed, to be called the “Contact High Violation.”

]]> By: solarjetman http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67766 solarjetman Tue, 01 Jan 2008 19:11:56 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67766 Japan has incredibly harsh drunk driving laws - instead of a limit of 0.10, or 0.08, it's something like 0.03, and the penalties are very severe. One reason for that is that roads are narrow and curvy and chaotic there, and another is that mass transit is so pervasive; when people want to go out drinking they just take the train. Arresting passengers is still pretty absurd, but it's not surprising. Japan has incredibly harsh drunk driving laws - instead of a limit of 0.10, or 0.08, it’s something like 0.03, and the penalties are very severe.

One reason for that is that roads are narrow and curvy and chaotic there, and another is that mass transit is so pervasive; when people want to go out drinking they just take the train. Arresting passengers is still pretty absurd, but it’s not surprising.

]]> By: Greg Newburn http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67759 Greg Newburn Tue, 01 Jan 2008 17:10:51 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67759 I love the mentality of government officials who refer to citizens as "potential drug users." I love the mentality of government officials who refer to citizens as “potential drug users.”

]]> By: Ochressandro http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67754 Ochressandro Tue, 01 Jan 2008 16:16:48 +0000 http://www.theagitator.com/2008/01/01/first-links-of-aught-eight/#comment-67754 That ad is awesome. I think I'm going to go give those people money to help them run it places. I'd say "Washington D.C. Bus Stops", but it's not like the people who need to see it the most ever take the bus. Does Congress accept advertising for the walls of the House and Senate, yet? That ad is awesome. I think I’m going to go give those people money to help them run it places.

I’d say “Washington D.C. Bus Stops”, but it’s not like the people who need to see it the most ever take the bus. Does Congress accept advertising for the walls of the House and Senate, yet?

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