I’m calling bullshit on pirates spending more on media than non pirates as a percentage of consumed content. I guess the correlation makes sense if we assume the worst offenders are those who are consuming the most media in general.
Regardless it is theft. That’s not to make an ethical judgement but it is. You can make an equivalent stand by not purchasing the media, you don’t have to also illegally download something to make the same point or provide the balance as you put it.
If you knew anything about US patents you will know there will have been an extensive analysis of potential prior art. To grant a US patent you need to provide an extensive information disclosure statement and examiners can combine bits of prior art to try and argue against novelty and inventiveness.
Clearly the claim scope that has been protected with this patent has been deemed to be novel by the USPTO.
I love how you quoted an invention summary as though that was all there is to the technology.
If it wasn’t novel or inventive, they wouldn’t have received a patent for it. They’re not just giving them away for a laugh, there is an entire independent process to determine whether something is worth patenting.
If the content creators want to create content without the might of a studio behind them giving financial backing they are free to independently publish their work on Kickstarter. Most aren’t happy to do so.
You want the studios to support your favourite content creators, but you don’t want to pay the studios. If everybody thought like this the whole system would collapse in a bad way.
How about instead of seeking out free ways to steal other people’s work you actually seek out the independent creators you are supposedly happy to pay for?
Make sure nobody gets paid for anything so that nobody bothers making the content you enjoy??
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We were never taught about the cold war or Vietnam at my school.
Ive played more games with more variety through game pass this last few years than I ever have in the rest of my life combined. The vast majority of that I didn’t pay a penny for, just did some 5 minute daily tasks to earn Microsoft points and occasionally the odd game pass quest.
Can’t buy weed with card now can I?
Of course others disagree. This issue has become massively politicised to the point of madness. I genuinely can’t believe people are still being so neurotic w.r.t. COVID online when in most real situations it’s the furthest thing from people’s minds.
There is no such thing scientifically as devolution. Things mutate and they evolve. In order for viruses to mutate they must replicate.
This whole comment exchange did alarm me immensely, to know there are people out there who are still pro restricting people’s freedoms for a pandemic that is in the past. The only reason I came back to it is because it’s still fairly high up in the United Kingdom Lemmy.
Got to love how you just disengaged after I absolutely smashed your post. I still can’t believe you think social distancing is what caused the virus to evolve.
Whenever I’m in a 20 zone, there is always some dickhead right up my backside trying to speed me up.
I am from near Ashfield. It doesn’t surprise me that he is popular there.
I have a PhD in physics. You would be surprised at the kind of people I know. They are definitely exaggerated caricatures, but a lot of what the characters do does actually remind me of people from my departments.
To be fair to them even though the jokes were poor they did their homework with the physica.
Haha, I wonder if AI could produce better Star Wars sequels than Disney. Although my stance has softened on them recently compared to when they first came out.
That would be better, but just seems more trouble than it’s worth for the quality. People ultimately do want to watch good well written shows. Apart from those who don’t!
It’s not just trash, it just wouldn’t make sense.
AI would kill off a character only to forget that the character was dead. There would be no chronology, it would be unwatchable.
Perhaps you should try reading what I actually said instead of what you thought I said.
It literally is theft, theft is a well defined legal concept.