You are thinking about IP with tunnel vision. You just want to gain entertainment for free. There’s more than that to IP laws. How would you like it if you made art that was then used in a manner that you philosophically disagree with. For example, Meghan Trainor had a song that was used against her will in a political campaign against same sex marriage, she was able to cease and desist this use because of IP laws.

I think there’s room for improvement on copyright laws, but that’s a far cry from the outrageous claim that intellectual property isn’t a real thing.

In most if the modern world, copyright laws give automatic ownership of unique works of art. Legally IP is a real thing.

So if an artist creates a piece of intellectual property, do you not think they should have control over how it’s used? Including who can make profit off of it?

Sorry, I’m not going to read all that, but it seems like you’re upset about the shitty deals made by record labels and other large corporations, not intellectual property rights.

If you take away the ability to own and control your intellectual property, then you won’t be empowered.

Licensing art allows creators to earn a living off of their hard work.

If you save the cheerleader then the creepy serial killer will join the team.

I don’t think YouTube really compares to Netflix

I reckon it’s more like the iPod touch. It’s applying a new idea in an area that is a mismatch for it’s potential. Eventually the best use for the emerging tech will become apparent and the current form will fall away

Hey, you’re just salty that you didn’t get in on the ground floor when Stargate was being exclusively streamed in a dedicated Stargate streaming service

If you get rid of licensing you get rid of the content

Nah, my company doesn’t allow torrenting movies so a corporate VPN is useless

If copyright was abolished overnight, then the corporations with enough money would control everything. The chance for an individual creator to create and control their unique art would disappear. Works of art and entertainment would forever be controlled by giant corporations.

Hey guys, relax, I heard Oceania just had a massive victory over the Eurasian armies.

I think it’s a bit of a stretch. The businesses reasoning was that the severe weight of the staff member would interfere with performing the job, claiming it was “a full house” and that it wouldn’t be possible to walk around properly in the venue. That can easily be formalised as an OH&S concern.

As long as they did it in a professional manner, I don’t think that’s promoting fatphobia, which is being claimed, even though I’m pretty sure obesity is not a protected class. The fact that part of the article tries to support the case by saying the film contains fat jokes shows there’s not a lot of weight to the case.

Maybe they could go for workplace bullying, but that won’t work for an isolated incident.

All weight loss diet plans are just tricking you into eating less calories. Grapefruits don’t have magical weight loss powers, it’s just if you go on the grapefruit diet you can’t physically bring yourself to eat more than one or two, so you eat less than you normally do.

Yes, but it’s, like, really fancy.

I use musicbee and MP3/FLAC.

My music collection is to large and keyed to my tastes to throw away, and I don’t want to pay for Spotify.

It’s not about wanting it to stop, it’s about getting it to maturity so we can get out of this phase of buzz words, misleading marketing, and then we can find out what the tech can actually be useful for.

I think there actually is a rights issue. Sphere Hunter on YouTube has some good videos on the series