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You must realize that makes no sense, right? Set aside that none of the school shootings has changed national gun policy ... Set aside that it's unlikely the

You must realize that makes no sense, right? Set aside that none of the school shootings has changed national gun policy ... Set aside that it's unlikely the US health insurance system is unlikely to change, especially given the majority party's calls to tear down "Obamacare" and privatize more ... There is no head, not even a symbolic one, for the current IP/copyright system. DRM is in every fucking thing these days because many businesses profit by protecting their business model via government-granted IP monopoly. General Jackson may have slayed the Many Headed Monster, but at least you could count the heads. When 10,000+ organizations benefit from the IP/copyright system, the hydra heads are too many for one to make a difference.

Cumpiler69 2y ago
>DRM is in every fucking thing these days because many businesses profit by protecting their business model via government-granted IP monopoly. I never argued for tearing down the IP/DRM system. I'm advocating for better restricting it to shorter periods so that the initial IP holders can profit from it for a while but not virtually indefinitely.
- eesmith 2y ago
  I didn't mean to imply that you did. That said, I would tear down DRM. There's no reason for HP to profit by keeping you from using an alternative ink supplier, not even for one second.
  - Cumpiler69 2y ago
    > There's no reason for HP to profit by keeping you from using an alternative ink supplier, not even for one second. Wait till you hear what car companies have in mind.
    - eesmith 2y ago
      If I listed all the companies I've heard about, I would still be writing.
vouaobrasil 2y ago
> Set aside that none of the school shootings has changed national gun policy ... Because they weren't strategically targeting anything... > Set aside that it's unlikely the US health insurance system is unlikely to change, especially given the majority party's calls to tear down "Obamacare" and privatize more ... That's up for debate since the event happened so recently.
- eesmith 2y ago
  > Because they weren't strategically targeting anything... There is a long history of strategically targeted killings in the US not doing anything, so you need more qualifiers than that. Kaczynski targeted "people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment." (quoting Wikipedia). Did that change anything? The 1919 United States anarchist bombings targeted (if I interpret "Plain Words" correctly from the Wikipedia page) the powerful who started the class war. That didn't seem effective either. > That's up for debate That's kinda my point. You cannot say this is a "moment" and imply it will change anything when (so far) nothing has changed. What do you think the change might be? I watched Michael Moore's "Sicko" last night, after he released it for free. I found it far more powerful in convincing me the US healthcare and childcare system is totally fucked up. Why didn't we have a Sicko moment when it was released, and what's changed?
  - Cumpiler69 2y ago
    >Kaczynski targeted "people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment." (quoting Wikipedia). Did that change anything? The problem with that argument is that Kaczynski targeted random innocent people who had nothing to do with the faults in the system, while Luigi targeted one of the heads(pun not intended) directly responsible for the faults with the system, which is why a lot of the people support his actions.
    - vouaobrasil 2y ago
      Actually, Kaczynski did attempt to target those responsible for failings of the system, including a geneticist, computer store owners, etc. The reason why Kaczynski didn't have support is because he believed that all of advanced technology was a problem and of course he targeted "low-level" people compared to CEOs, and most people don't agree with his technology thesis anyway, whereas most people disagree that healthcare in the US is messed up.

Cumpiler69 2y ago

>DRM is in every fucking thing these days because many businesses profit by protecting their business model via government-granted IP monopoly. I never argued for tearing down the IP/DRM system. I'm advocating for better restricting it to shorter periods so that the initial IP holders can profit from it for a while but not virtually indefinitely.

eesmith 2y ago
I didn't mean to imply that you did. That said, I would tear down DRM. There's no reason for HP to profit by keeping you from using an alternative ink supplier, not even for one second.
- Cumpiler69 2y ago
  > There's no reason for HP to profit by keeping you from using an alternative ink supplier, not even for one second. Wait till you hear what car companies have in mind.
  - eesmith 2y ago
    If I listed all the companies I've heard about, I would still be writing.

vouaobrasil 2y ago

> Set aside that none of the school shootings has changed national gun policy ... Because they weren't strategically targeting anything... > Set aside that it's unlikely the US health insurance system is unlikely to change, especially given the majority party's calls to tear down "Obamacare" and privatize more ... That's up for debate since the event happened so recently.

eesmith 2y ago
> Because they weren't strategically targeting anything... There is a long history of strategically targeted killings in the US not doing anything, so you need more qualifiers than that. Kaczynski targeted "people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment." (quoting Wikipedia). Did that change anything? The 1919 United States anarchist bombings targeted (if I interpret "Plain Words" correctly from the Wikipedia page) the powerful who started the class war. That didn't seem effective either. > That's up for debate That's kinda my point. You cannot say this is a "moment" and imply it will change anything when (so far) nothing has changed. What do you think the change might be? I watched Michael Moore's "Sicko" last night, after he released it for free. I found it far more powerful in convincing me the US healthcare and childcare system is totally fucked up. Why didn't we have a Sicko moment when it was released, and what's changed?
- Cumpiler69 2y ago
  >Kaczynski targeted "people he believed to be advancing modern technology and the destruction of the natural environment." (quoting Wikipedia). Did that change anything? The problem with that argument is that Kaczynski targeted random innocent people who had nothing to do with the faults in the system, while Luigi targeted one of the heads(pun not intended) directly responsible for the faults with the system, which is why a lot of the people support his actions.
  - vouaobrasil 2y ago
    Actually, Kaczynski did attempt to target those responsible for failings of the system, including a geneticist, computer store owners, etc. The reason why Kaczynski didn't have support is because he believed that all of advanced technology was a problem and of course he targeted "low-level" people compared to CEOs, and most people don't agree with his technology thesis anyway, whereas most people disagree that healthcare in the US is messed up.