- "if that had happened, I have absolutely no doubt that there could have been loss of life" http://t.co/5lZOugX5 #compoundedhypotheticals #
- #Twitter what have you done to your input methods & can you switch them off please? Hashtags cause Username lookups, RETURN forces insertion #
- IceCreamSandwich broke Wifi tethering on my GalaxyS2, & USB tethering on OSX never worked; but Bluetooth tethering now works & is very good #
- : "And such people often crawl the web in search of things to be upset by." http://t.co/B7U7xtg4 #
- @ruskin147 There's four fallacies in one in that statement, alas: #
- .@ruskin147 1) The fixed-wealth fallacy applied to the internet, ie: that there is only so much "advert attention" to go around #
- .@ruskin147 The internet is not like newspaper advertising with a fixed number of column inches and a fixed reader demographic #
- .@ruskin147 2) That creation of "legal" channels will immediately replace/invalidate "illegal" behaviours that have grown up #
- .@ruskin147 It takes a generation for it tail off; Come to that I am rapidly replacing iTunes purchases with Spotify. Should Apple panic? #
- .@ruskin147 3) That piracy caters to a demographic directly influenced by advertising / users who click through #
- .@ruskin147 This is a new spin on the old "One Download = One Lost Sale" fallacy; some users would never have bought the content anyway #
- .@ruskin147 And (contentious) that hosters of (eg:) PirateBay are Pirates rather than opportunistically connecting File Sharing Fans #
- .@ruskin147 Put me with @Glinner regards FileSharers being Fans; and when FileSharing goes totally decentralised, who will we condemn then? #
- .@ruskin147 Maybe PRS should float a "Safe Harbour" (ha!) Pirate Bay for nominal subscription and advertise through that #
- .@ruskin147 But given what happened to Spotify in the USA, I am betting the RIAA would not wear it. #
- @stevejalim Comparable, not done a full on speed test yet; big upside is that the battery usage is negligible. Much happier using it via BT #
- @SimonEdhouse Doubtless. EU is already trying to ban creation of the Security Pentest tools of my trade. #freespeech @ruskin147 @Glinner #
- @ruskin147 For that topic plz revisit the current FunnyJunk/TheOatmeal brouhaha – the bottom line is "it happens" esp as content is virtual #
- @ruskin147 As an OpenSource author I know others have made $$$ from selling my code; I make a living *because* of that, not *from* it. #
- @ruskin147 For more on "the because effect" see JP Rangaswami
http://t.co/763R7AE2 amongst others
cc: @jobsworth # - @ruskin147 Ps: in case you are wondering, I consider your question to be akin to "So, are you a Protestant Atheist or a Catholic Atheist?" #
- @ruskin147 People have the right to monetise their work; to do so Canute-like holding back the tide is unwise; damming the beach is worse #
- @ruskin147 Overall I recommend you to @jimkillock and @peterbradwell of @openrightsgroup for perspectives. #
- @ruskin147 And I am not supporting piracy sites, but I see them as a symptom of a larger situation and a tidal change, a-la realpolitik #
- @ruskin147 It's a rare startup that does not struggle, and only Government monopolies can somehow claim an "entitlement" to customers. #
- @ruskin147 Fair game, and then FileSharing goes decentralised and "free" and then what happens? #
- @ruskin147 Regret must vanish, back later. #
- @ruskin147 …then whichever site offers the user the best UX and service will probably win, alas. TheOatmeal nails it: http://t.co/4VSKayFK #
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