Post AmNIpP9DcpgavPyhiS by amerika@annihilation.social
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(DIR) Post #AmJMtxlkT4uKe0ablg by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T00:19:46.123395Z
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#sailormoon is semi-endangered media
(DIR) Post #AmJOs0ouLyc7R5GTku by kakafarm@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T00:41:48.922469Z
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@jeffcliff Why did they do that?
(DIR) Post #AmJOy1DvlXfKQPpiPA by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T00:42:54.538270Z
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@kakafarm good question
(DIR) Post #AmJP0eolWiyvnrJvwu by tomie@gameliberty.club
2024-09-24T00:43:22Z
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@jeffcliff all "original dub" (bastardized travesty) copies should be burnt in the cleansing fire and the same fate should be the end of every lolcowlization
(DIR) Post #AmK9MwPFPTSMcBwrMu by sun@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T09:22:50.704339Z
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@jeffcliff I used to have this box set but I don't know what happened to it.
(DIR) Post #AmKIt2j6LW6B4ScJiy by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T11:09:24.007Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world Buy a second hand DVD boxset.The original creators don't receive any compensation, because it is a used sale.This is totally legal and fine.Download a DVD boxsetThe original creators don't receive any compensation, because it is a download.This illegal and bad according to copyright holders.When will copyright start to make sense. These two things should be considered the exact the same thing because the have the same outcome.
(DIR) Post #AmKJaJdBN4YVx3TyUa by lanodan@queer.hacktivis.me
2024-09-24T11:17:09.813724Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff In fact more like:> Give/lend a DVD boxset to someone else> No money exchange was made to anyone, creator or redistributor> Legal and fine> Upload a DVD boxset to someone else> illegal> There's not even a legal way to buy it> still illegal (or grey-legal at best)I could understand if it was counterfeit or something like this but like come on.
(DIR) Post #AmKMbDrMc7HoCjEvPk by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T11:51:05.274428Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff Begging your pardon, but no: in the second example, the number of DVD boxsets has increased by one, which reduces the value of the remaining sets.
(DIR) Post #AmKMrNcS60jH6dyAHg by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T11:53:59.091Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @jeffcliff@shitposter.world So you're a copyright mafia bootlicker as well?
(DIR) Post #AmKNEI2R0nFgSR2xvc by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T11:58:06.287Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @jeffcliff@shitposter.world Your argument logically doesn't even make sense.The used market value of the remaining sets on the used market does not matter. As the sets are already sold, the original creator will still not receive any compensation.Why the hell would used market value ever matter to the original creator of the media?
(DIR) Post #AmKNHaVYnXlMbqF6eG by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T11:58:44.707199Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff Anything OOP can be repressed and will be if the market demands it.
(DIR) Post #AmKNRdEPWlDjx40hua by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T12:00:33.084496Z
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@adiz @SuperDicq @jeffcliff The point of copyright/patent is to guarantee return on investment.If the work gets out there, then gets copied, fewer people are going to buy the original.My publisher insisted on no etext, and it was quite an intelligent decision.
(DIR) Post #AmKNWQ6tjsgQhlmOw4 by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T12:01:25.515368Z
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@adiz @SuperDicq @jeffcliff 1. Go to Discogs2. Look at pricesThe used market is an essential feedback on the new market
(DIR) Post #AmKNhAlL8ql6I3p6R6 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T12:03:18.900Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl @jeffcliff@shitposter.world People can't just enjoy things the way that they want because otherwise our data sheet for marketeers will be slightly inaccurate.OH NO THE HEAVENSNOT THE MARKETEERS
(DIR) Post #AmKNnNMVD6eR6WACfo by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T12:04:28.093Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl @jeffcliff@shitposter.world Hey did you know you can also look at seeder numbers on public torrent trackers to gauge how much demand there is for something?
(DIR) Post #AmKOGH0pte5xoFoCh6 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T12:09:15.865Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl @jeffcliff@shitposter.world I personally believe any law that does goes heavily against large public interest in favor of the rights of a few rich people is unethical.Copyright works in favor of the public interest sometimes, but it should be heavily reformed so it doesn't get abused to protect monopolies like it does now.Patent law only obstructs innovation at large. I am convinced that patent law as a whole must be abolished. Even if you're a free market capitalist you should be against patent law in my opinion as it is by definition anti-competitive and protectionist.
(DIR) Post #AmKOPbrzic3R6V7onY by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T12:11:24.087437Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz My issue with patent law is (a) how the courts have applied it and (b) that the courts consider cases that run for ten years, require five years to get started, and cost tens of millions of dollars are legitimate.In our current technological level, the founders would have expected that court cases start two weeks after the infringement, last two days, and end in two-page opinions.
(DIR) Post #AmKOZnJ63Bf9THes9A by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T12:13:10.861Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl @jeffcliff@shitposter.world Also here should be no guarantee return on investment.Investment in capitalist society is inherently risky.What are you, some kind of cringe commie who needs his government issued monopoly to guarantee they will get paid at the end of the day?
(DIR) Post #AmKWU6ojOkWNsRFsOW by Suiseiseki@freesoftwareextremist.com
2024-09-24T13:41:41.450585Z
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@amerika >The point of copyright/patent is to guarantee return on investment.That is 100% corporate propaganda and as always, is completely false.The only reason copyright is legally meant to exist is to increase the number of works published, for the benefit of society at large, via conferring the author a temporary monopoly on distribution.Too bad copyright laws have been twisted by corporate interests, to make such monopoly no longer be usually held by the author - instead to be usually held by a business and also to make it no longer temporary in practice and therefore not meaningfully increasing the amount of works published anymore.Authors are *not* legally entitled a guaranteed return on investment, nor should they be, nor does a eternal monopoly guarantee such.https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/misinterpreting-copyright.en.htmlThe only reason patents are legally meant to exist is to encourage inventors to publish their inventions, submitting an example to the patent office for anyone to view, in exchange for a temporary monopoly (I believe it was 7 years, then it became 10, then it became 20, but at least most people can outlive a patent), rather than to sit on in and not publish it.Too bad patent law has been twisted to restrict far more than standalone inventions and most patents are now held by businesses, rather than actual inventors.https://web.archive.org/web/20000815064858/http://www.researchoninnovation.org/patent.pdf>If the work gets out there, then gets copied, fewer people are going to buy the original.Totally false.If a work gets out there, either there is no difference to sales (if someone doesn't want to pay, they're just not going to pay, even if that means not receiving a copy of a book), or there is an increase in sales - as such copying acts as advertising and many people like to see if a book is any good before they pay, rather than having to gamble and often losing, as many books frankly suck.>My publisher insisted on no etext, and it was quite an intelligent decision.Let me guess, you surrendered your copyright to the publisher?Otherwise, I don't see how the publisher could possibly make such insistence.There's something called a scanner you know? Although people only tend to scan and share (advertise) good books.
(DIR) Post #AmKZ4NqPljG91FT27U by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:10:49.157381Z
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@adiz @SuperDicq @jeffcliff @sun Also in a socialist one, since the workers are shareholders.
(DIR) Post #AmKZ6QuNLetB6JIUQS by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:11:11.349320Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz No, but the investment needs a consistent market that responds to higher demand.
(DIR) Post #AmKZfNPoKL28P2fB8i by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:17:30.239377Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz No, the point of copyrights and patents in the US are to promote the arts & science. In canada it's to promote the public interest.Return on investment is secondary to both of those.> If the work gets out there, then gets copied, fewer people are going to buy the original.This doesn't follow, either. A copy is not a lost sale in many, many cases : there's a whole generation of people who could be convinced to buy sailor-moon related media but who won't if they never see it and never get hooked on it.> My publisher insisted on no etext, and it was quite an intelligent decision.Need I remind you that I have a paper copy of your book and a keyboard, and a history of transcribing books and making audiobook recordings. Books that do not get copied do not survive more than a century or two, generally. The 'intelligent' decision is to notice that all authors are fighting against obscurity and entropy and to not actively interfere with attempts to preserve their work as part of the historical canon of humankind.
(DIR) Post #AmKZyMYLl0DVEMi7MG by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:20:55.553866Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz Do we think Americans in a generation will comprehend or be interested in the book? Very unlikely.However, I think the point is that after a certain period of time, the book reverts to public domain. Originally this was date of author death plus seventy years.In the meantime, had we made a digital copy available, people would have treated it like the website: read the headings, not the content, and then ignore it.More accurately, I want to make sure the next Agatha Christie bothers writing. With widespread piracy, it is not worth her effort.
(DIR) Post #AmKa2q5DuG6JyXDmYS by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:21:44.675143Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz Now, another thing of importance:"A copy is not a lost sale in many, many cases"But not all or most. If people on the internet can download a copy, why would they buy?
(DIR) Post #AmKa8yngPRSCkSwebw by Zergling_man@sacred.harpy.faith
2024-09-24T14:22:42.081858Z
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@amerika @jeffcliff @adiz @SuperDicq If I like something and paying for it doesn't involve selling my soul to feds I'll pay for it.
(DIR) Post #AmKaNRH5L7MP77amps by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T14:25:25.366Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @amerika@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl >Need I remind you that I have a paper copy of your bookDid you seriously buy one this idiot's book?
(DIR) Post #AmKaYqIGexORtWaDKq by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:27:31.632210Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz I am fortunate to have excellent readers.Vol 2 will be even more fun.
(DIR) Post #AmKabx7HkUHlvLvfVo by teratology@the.asbestos.cafe
2024-09-24T14:28:05.113727Z
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@jeffcliff the English dub version doesn't have the lesbians anyways
(DIR) Post #AmKac6yR6F9IUnrk6i by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:28:07.434875Z
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@adiz @amerika @SuperDicq i think this particular example shows how it isn't actually infinite.there's only a finite amount of people seeding sailor moon english dubs rn and that number will likely drop with time(though this meme might bump it up a couple)
(DIR) Post #AmKanhoiSRahwrqdHM by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T14:30:09.210Z
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@tomie@gameliberty.club @jeffcliff@shitposter.world I think shit like 4kids dub should be preserved actually. We must show future generations how not to localize something. Also many of the localization decisions they made are just flat out hilarious.
(DIR) Post #AmKatyylYvlcugXeS0 by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:31:20.821203Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz 3. get turned away because the payment system is archaic and specific to some country or otherdiscogs is an interesting resource but its prices are only an approximation to the true global market price at best
(DIR) Post #AmKbKZB9awtAiL0oYi by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:36:09.084600Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz > In our current technological level, the founders would have expected that court cases start two weeks after the infringement, last two days, and end in two-page opinions....and not covered software or living things at all, as a perversion of their original system
(DIR) Post #AmKbonf4JWJeJnQAMa by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:41:36.954190Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz I come at it from the tape trader perspective.We copied a shitload of music, but then tended to buy it... and the whole discography of the artist.
(DIR) Post #AmKbsEcyViCaoz50Ai by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T14:42:10.687Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @adiz@pl.9ch.nl Hey, @amerika@annihilation.social What's your favorite anime?
(DIR) Post #AmKcSQIgaZJnRsqU5o by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:48:46.599852Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz I would not have an intelligent answer here. I liked Robotech in the 1980s, enjoy the artistry behind Miyazaki, but generally am not a cartoon fanHOWEVERI am also not a media fan. Other than a few exceptional movies (http://www.imdb.com/list/ls068437876/) I am basically a media illiterate.I have some reviews herehttps://www.criticker.com/profile/ultright/
(DIR) Post #AmKcct5gOzXddUklQe by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:50:40.154485Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz I think they would have been okay with IP law covering any _invention_ or very obscure discovery in order to motivate both of those, but would have laughed at and executed the rent-seekers using vague patents to slow down innovation.(Lawyers -> ovens.)
(DIR) Post #AmKcdHiqp18I1vGNoO by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T14:50:41.198Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @jeffcliff@shitposter.world @adiz@pl.9ch.nl Did you just call anime cartoons? You're gonna get lynched.
(DIR) Post #AmKcfZbfIfl64kzeKG by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:51:09.500727Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz > Do we think Americans in a generation will comprehend or be interested in the book? Very unlikely.> However, I think the point is that after a certain period of time, the book reverts to public domain. Originally this was date of author death plus seventy years.well now it's death+70. In another 20 years or so it'll be death+90 i'm sure. It's death+forever in practice. But assuming even death+70 ...that assumes the book *survives that long*. Which depending how long the author lives can be upwards of 150 years, long enough that some books if not copied are lost already. And obviously with time books get harder to understand -- cultural reference points are lost, language changes and the arguments made generally are replaced by ones that make more sense -- but generally books have a long tail of interest, and the future is long and contains a lot of potential readers. It's not clear at all that *none* of them will be interested. I can kind of see some kinds of books that are written purely or short-term vapid reasons that might not be so valuable in 150 years relative to more deeper works but even then: there's a lot of lost works from the 1800s & 1700s that would be interesting to read today so it's hard to know a priori which is which.> More accurately, I want to make sure the next Agatha Christie bothers writing.Great. But you won't do that by preventing her from reading your book, or preventing her from ever seeing sailor moon, or generally being ignorant of the wealth of human writing that came before her. Agatha Christie lived in a world of libraries, used books, xerox copies and free radio broadcasts. Her media wasn't as available as ours and there were quality controls working then that aren't working now in the centralized distribution platforms of her day -- but there is no inherent reason why quality control *has* to be done in those particular institutions in that particular way.> With widespread piracy, it is not worth her effort.Sure it is, in the same way that it's worth it to run marathons or climb mountains. Climbing mountains doesn't pay a dime, and yet people do it all the damn time. And they would climb bigger ones if earth had them in supply.
(DIR) Post #AmKchK1GDwP8JPncDQ by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:51:28.274860Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz Cartoons are drawn animations? I couldn't even tell you the accurate term. There are comic books and when the images move, those are cartoons.
(DIR) Post #AmKclchIim5LOpVwfo by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T14:52:14.814178Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz Agatha is not going to write unless she receives monetary reward. Otherwise, she will just go get a job at the local bank. We agree there?
(DIR) Post #AmKd9JQ4329SYlkQFs by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:56:31.985296Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz > But not all or most. If people on the internet can download a copy, why would they buy?Why are people paying 200$ on discogs when they can download a copy for free from the pirates?Because people like owning (especially shiny) physical objects, especially ones that are used as status symbols. Especially ones that are used in peacocking -- "netflix and chill" is a thing for a reason, and if you don't have access to the equivalent media that goes with the "and chill" part for the people who desire it you will miss out on that(whether I like netflix or not there was a social more about it for a time that still somewhat still exists). People like having their media available in a convenient form. People like *sharing* their media in a convenient form with others and a DVD can be in some contexts easier to share than a digital file (ie you can take the DVD and play it on your friends player). Obviously a digital file *should* be more convenient and generally is but in some contexts it isn't and *those contexts are valuable to get right*. There's tons of reasons why people would bother to buy a copy. Hell I bought gary's mod *even though i never even played it and generally detest proprietary software* for a charity event once.
(DIR) Post #AmKdBXk1lo7LYe9JWy by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:56:56.235721Z
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@SuperDicq @amerika @adiz :yes_nord:
(DIR) Post #AmKdFKbeY23Fyj2RbU by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:57:37.238094Z
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@teratology i've really gotta learn more moonspeak
(DIR) Post #AmKdSPsMGeIQ5O5jjk by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T14:59:59.093219Z
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@SuperDicq @tomie >. Also many of the localization decisions they made are just flat out hilarious.i had no idea
(DIR) Post #AmKdjM3JjexD9RIJay by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T15:02:59.966Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @tomie@gameliberty.club I think one of the most famous examples is in Pokemon where they figured that no western kid would understand what onigiri is so they just called them jelly donuts instead while they very clearly look like onigiri.
(DIR) Post #AmKdx6qj3aig3OxntY by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:05:31.666020Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz Indeed. And there is definitely 'that guy' out there who has the sailor moon everything.I agree with christopher hitchens that if you want to be a serious writer, that it's worth picking one or two people and making a point to getting their entire life's work, and agree with ray bradbury that it's then your responsibility as to faithfully produce their valuable stories for the next generation.incidentally i should get back to watching #MCH2022
(DIR) Post #AmKe7fJ1nrxDoZEdo8 by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T15:07:22.634Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @tomie@gameliberty.club If they just called them "riceballs" or something that would've been understandable, but no, they had to be jelly filled donuts.
(DIR) Post #AmKeSdhQyFuiuieUKm by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:11:13.829759Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz "IP" as a concept did exist by the time of the founders -- and they explicitly rejected it. They understood the need to treat copyrights and patents as a limited right and they were close enough to the horrors of copyright maximalism in the pre-1710 world to know its dangers to the arts. They explicitly chose *not* to have our modern more-property-like system
(DIR) Post #AmKeWmSQLpc1Eabd7Q by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:11:58.779808Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz No, we don't. She'll need a reward to keep her writing but money is only one class of rewards and not even a very effective on.
(DIR) Post #AmKeco5JDLLY1CfS0u by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:13:04.081746Z
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@SuperDicq @tomie are onigiri edible
(DIR) Post #AmKewPNOmwkTB9TYOW by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T15:16:34.924Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @tomie@gameliberty.club Have you never been to like any asian restaurant or something?
(DIR) Post #AmKf2Opvhz0pF4g4sC by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:17:41.638414Z
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@SuperDicq @tomie it's not a word i recognize i may have eaten it without knowing what it is
(DIR) Post #AmKf55sAfj29IO0j3I by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T15:18:07.143Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @tomie@gameliberty.club Maybe you thought it was a jelly filled donut then.
(DIR) Post #AmKfPNn1laOuejHNgm by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-24T15:21:47.475Z
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@jeffcliff@shitposter.world @tomie@gameliberty.club Onigiri is well known enough that also has its own emoji 🍙
(DIR) Post #AmKgd5YoRI7g7wjJDs by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-24T15:35:31.387218Z
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@SuperDicq @tomie i suspect i may have eaten something at a dim-sum restaurant that fits this description but i'm not 100% sure.i will see if i can find a place that has these nearby this week
(DIR) Post #AmKk6OnwGkxs4VTNbc by lonelyowl13@annihilation.social
2024-09-24T16:14:25.838036Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz @jeffcliff They may or may not be animated, comics are sometimes called cartoons too. A person who replied you is referring the fact that weebs retards hate when people call anime cartoons.
(DIR) Post #AmNI27xClLqfPTrTLk by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-25T09:36:15Z
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can you prove it?many digital and immaterial goods are anti-rivalthat means that the more of them exist, the more valuable each one isthink networking effects, peer pressure, ...
(DIR) Post #AmNI28oNZeNo4OjwES by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:44:02.916264Z
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@lxo Doesn't matter. Look at your supply/demand curve. You increase supply without increasing revenue.
(DIR) Post #AmNI6XOy5fGhUdx01g by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-25T09:21:44Z
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if people get together and say "we're not going to buy this if you won't let us share", how does copyright *guarantee* return on investment?if copyright can't force people to buy what they don't wish to buy, how does it guarantee return on investment.someone fed you rotten excuses. don't swallow.
(DIR) Post #AmNI6YIyjQ4UIM9jKS by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:44:50.700235Z
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@lxo Horseshit. If people can get it without paying for it, that displaces purchases most of the time.There are exceptions, like OOP works, but these are narrow.
(DIR) Post #AmNIX2ZkoD8bhsdJRY by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:49:38.916210Z
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@lonelyowl13 @SuperDicq @adiz @jeffcliff Oh. Well, like I said... I'm a video retard.
(DIR) Post #AmNIfflcynWVZdIqjA by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:51:12.231117Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz Right now, we have millions of authors, no favorites, and low quality. That is democratization. In that environment, promising people go elsewhere.
(DIR) Post #AmNIkFAvH8uWY2JXwe by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-25T21:51:55.700Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @lonelyowl13@annihilation.social @adiz@pl.9ch.nl @jeffcliff@shitposter.world Anime and manga are like champagne. If it doesn't come from France, it is just called sparkling wine.
(DIR) Post #AmNIm76gFERU6TDnRA by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:52:22.185860Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz I disagree or they would have made this explicit; property rights were the framework through which the founders understood most law.They would not have approved of our current environment of high/slow legal costs which enables lawfare.This would get rid of the rent-seekers that IP law critics object to.
(DIR) Post #AmNIpP9DcpgavPyhiS by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:52:57.829233Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz SOME people pay $200 on discogs; the rest do not. Therefore some releases remain out of print... low demand.
(DIR) Post #AmNIuSpZMKXdnPCRgO by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:53:52.679730Z
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@SuperDicq @lonelyowl13 @jeffcliff @adiz I know little of the discipline, but I kind of like my noise music to come from Japan.
(DIR) Post #AmNIue1fjfl6W7wlZg by SuperDicq@minidisc.tokyo
2024-09-25T21:53:51.070Z
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@amerika@annihilation.social @jeffcliff@shitposter.world @adiz@pl.9ch.nl You're against rent-seekers? Are you some kind of commie?
(DIR) Post #AmNJ3DsALIGA0hagcK by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:55:27.675099Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz No, I see rent-seeking as a market distortion, almost always created by government.After all... rent control.
(DIR) Post #AmNJ7ArxS0fTr0NTo8 by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:56:10.594559Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff @adiz We can learn some things from the commies (before throwing the subhuman fucks out of helicopters) such as "fair treatment" of people.Rent-seekers take, not give. Enslave and sell to Arabs.
(DIR) Post #AmNJCtxZEV5d9CjTKy by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-25T21:57:12.703720Z
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@SuperDicq @lonelyowl13 @jeffcliff @adiz Also fuck Fr*nce, they're regicides, but this is a near-perfect metaphor.Swedish death metal from the USA just feels weird too, although the Japanese made reasonable Swedeath (Intestine Baalism).
(DIR) Post #AmNZRe95uTzfiAB25w by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-26T00:59:09.349511Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz low quality says you. The really promising people of course go to video games where the audience is.
(DIR) Post #AmNZZJwSuWirMpvfUm by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-26T01:00:32.798182Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz They did make this explicit. The constitution is pretty explicit about it, and they wrote at length afterwards about how they meant what the constitution says.
(DIR) Post #AmNaErQdJTsF64qcW8 by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-26T01:08:03.265868Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz that doesn't followno amount of magic is going to make demand curves not slope downward. People are going to want to pay less than the market price *or the trades would have already taken place*
(DIR) Post #AmNaKpCaVKUDvf7czg by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-26T01:09:07.990655Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz gotta do better than "rent control" in this context because soft rent control can help address market distortion more than the lack of it and in the case of a marginal cost of copying of near 0 the distortions of one kind or another matter
(DIR) Post #AmOF1s7JXSdtaWjj3w by lonelyowl13@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T08:45:06.600959Z
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@SuperDicq @amerika @jeffcliff @adiz Anyways, weebs are lower than animals 🧐
(DIR) Post #AmOFxNHsJwLole5zyC by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-26T04:03:27Z
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what I'm talking about is society's organizing into a monopsony to face the monopolies that exploit culture at even powers. it's like unions, but for buying culture.the monopolies currently count on dividing people and turning them in adversaries in competition for artificially scarce goods. it's a farce.if we see through it and form a social syndicate to negotiate purchases for all of society, wherein the monopolies wouldn't have anyone else to sell to, how fast do you imagine they'd give in to our conditions, whatever illusions you and they might hold about displaced imaginary purchases?
(DIR) Post #AmOFxO9P6vAXRf8kPA by realman543@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T08:55:19.672979Z
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@lxo @amerika The ones with true monopoly power will simply force you out of business long before you can be a true threat to them. Just look at banks.
(DIR) Post #AmOGDwTPGengWoOD1k by realman543@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T08:58:29.328544Z
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@SuperDicq @jeffcliff If you're not free to share what you own with whoever you want, you're not free.Some may remember a short period in the early to mid 2010s where some people accepted torrenting as a foregone conclusion, and as a result gained more customers because they weren't consumed with trying to keep the naughty pirates away from their stuff. Meanwhile the large names were losing ground because people didn't want to be locked in to bullshit. I'm not sure what exactly changed, but here we are today.
(DIR) Post #AmOkCzK8BKRxhhVoJ6 by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:34:28.581948Z
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@realman543 @lxo I can't agree here. There's lots of turnover in the world of banks. Consumer products? Much less so, or at least, the big players buy up anyone else.
(DIR) Post #AmOkGSIota9ORtYIc4 by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:35:06.023617Z
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@lonelyowl13 @SuperDicq @adiz @jeffcliff Every day I am thankful that people are edible and compostable.
(DIR) Post #AmOkxkbOjXnTekt2Ce by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:42:55.551027Z
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@lxo Fight monopoly with bulk purchasing? I think this is doomed to fail because they will simply degrade your options.Better is to have free markets, which tend to upset monopolies over time.
(DIR) Post #AmOl5pKj1l96e7wIGu by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:44:23.115029Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz Rent control CREATES market distortion and punishes excellence. Everywhere it goes, quality goes down and prices go up!
(DIR) Post #AmOl8nV2IkitpOB7tA by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:44:55.504897Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz They want to, but if they cannot, they hammer on a label to release it. Think of "Dawn of the Black Hearts"
(DIR) Post #AmOlL7m8k4MOBg3ZcO by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-26T14:47:08.762861Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz CTRL-F "CD sales"https://www.deathmetal.org/review/sadistic-metal-reviews-wwiii-and-regime-change-edition/I think you might have been right about video games two decades ago.
(DIR) Post #AmOxamyj20pRlnBAiO by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-26T17:04:26.658301Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz not everywhere. Only in cases where transaction costs are of the right kind.
(DIR) Post #AmPkoRcI98znKEpLCy by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-27T02:15:57.215816Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz What are the rent control success stories?
(DIR) Post #AmPkpHqbx9LbJhvVkO by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-26T16:26:40Z
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cultural works are natural monopolies. whatever a person or a community wishes to buy, there's only one seller (individual or collective) at first: that who authored the work. whether it's first sold to a monopoly-collector or not, eventually it ends up in a situation in which this monopolist goes to market. their strategy of dividing us and forcing us each to buy one or more copies for ourselves, demanding us to deprive others until they buy it too, has been reasonably successful at profiteering and reshaping public opinion WRT sharing.but what enables this is that it is a (natural) monopoly. being natural, it can't be ruled out of existence. so the only way to make it a level playing field is to pit it against a monopsony. whether it's government or private organizations that band people together who commit to not buying individually from such monopolies, only buying collectively through these psony (buyer) organizations, the more negotiating power they'll have. just like unions. if the monopolists formed their MAFIAAs, we must form our own collective forces to defend our interests
(DIR) Post #AmPkqgHWapyXO5BDdY by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-27T02:16:21.569174Z
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@lxo Cultural works need to be defended. Making them valuable does this better than NGOs and government.
(DIR) Post #AmPnixBKAvVzLcHq0u by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-27T02:48:34.840995Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz Saskatchewan's rent control system protects renters and landlords alike.
(DIR) Post #AmPsXb5AV0TRORoN5E by lxo@gnusocial.net
2024-09-27T03:14:56Z
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cultural good are anti-rival: they more people they touch and influence, the more valuable they are to society. the problem is that copyright and greed stand in the way. I'm proposing a way to overcome the problem. it won't solve itself.
(DIR) Post #AmPsZXZSWe0P58uFxQ by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-27T03:42:54.211362Z
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@lxo I think the "problem" is misidentified, as usual. Your problem is a malignant court system, not the laws.
(DIR) Post #AmPsbM2ONRhJtJIwbY by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-27T03:43:13.761213Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz How is SK doing on demand?
(DIR) Post #AmPuuuizpq08sjgddo by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-27T04:09:10.672239Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz right now it's crazy due to external factors.
(DIR) Post #AmQpFjWuFQWPfwXHfM by amerika@annihilation.social
2024-09-27T14:40:25.131051Z
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@jeffcliff @SuperDicq @adiz I am still not convinced that Canada really exists. How is what is purported and reported of Canada meaningfully different from what a psyop to project the existence of Canada would be?
(DIR) Post #AmR9IkOPUgaYIuHCVM by jeffcliff@shitposter.world
2024-09-27T18:25:04.020673Z
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@amerika @SuperDicq @adiz :tinfoil:
(DIR) Post #AmUhZcCXBOrRjkof1k by ankokukishi@mitra.anon-kenkai.com
2024-09-28T08:05:42.011129Z
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@jeffcliffWatching dubs is for lesser beings known as weebs.
(DIR) Post #AmUhZd57uQWuT4MG7U by Witch_Hunter_Siegfired@poa.st
2024-09-29T11:33:13.036237Z
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@ankokukishi @jeffcliff TBF this is what aired on TV, so OFC people want to watch it (mainly a dub faggot myself I shall confess, Though might start watching a few more subs, enjoyed Last Encore as one due to being used to the voices from the games)