What is the difference here?

There isn't any. 'Cross License' is the euphemism for collusion. Patent holders should not be allowed to prohibit competitors from using their inventions, or to deny a license. They can still collect their royalties for the duration, but a license must be granted to anyone that can pay the percentage, without question, or even permission. Same goes for copyright. This is the only way mitigate some the inherent corruption built into the patent/copyright system until it can be abolished completely.

And don't forget, with the old wars winding down, we might get another one out of the deal. win-win!

Cheney/Nugent 2016!

...this absurdly racist movie...

Wow! You've seen it?!

If they want to and can't, they will just drop the packet. They can very easily block anything that is not in plain text. There goes your 'dark net'. And with their state protected monopolies there is nowhere for you to go until you can roll your own.

Scarcity raises the praise. The soap opera is also helping. There's also longer term marketing, for sequels. It gives the movie life! A plot that you can't escape. Soon all your entertainment will go this way. And just before you die... commercial break!

Nobody knows who is making 'threats'. I see no reason to give any money to Sony. They are hardly a bastion of free speech. As far as I'm concerned the whole thing is a scam, though the new Bond flick could be okay. Eh, maybe Sony might get my money after all, and I am amused by your Hollywood Tough Guy talk :-)

Piracy will just go to dark nets...

Yeah yeah yeah. You keep forgetting who owns the wire.

I'd rather see DNS go away. It's too centralized and easy to control, kind of an anathema to what the internet should be.

...but now I'm going to go see it anyway. You should really encourage all of your friends to do the same.

Getting to sound like a good PR campaign now.. It'll probably still flop. It sounds like a real stinker.

But our methods of getting there and back are downright comical...

Consider which is cheaper. Desalinating and transporting the water, or just letting the place dry up. The most expedient for the time being is rationing. That is probably what will happen, and most people will go along. *Sacrifices must be made*

Well, of course! You define your way out. Actually redefine, to suit. The winner also wins the war of words.

Are these the basics of denial? Is there a precise number of degrees of separation required to acquire innocence? A voter is responsible for oversight. The republican/democrat votes reflect a total absence of it, not only absence, but a matching corruption reflected in the candidates, as predicted many times over throughout history, and the end result will be the same as it always was. The monkey trap still works. And to watch you deny it all, is kinda interesting, like a living classroom, where the subject is the teacher. I am truly grateful, you know.

We all know damn well that those assholes were NOT representing their constituents when they voted on that one.

So what? 95% still win reelection every single time. People want to believe the lies and continue to vote for overt liars. I wouldn't know how to combat that yet.

That would be the news to report.