"No, he's not. RTFA."

I did, you're wong and an idiot.

Shut up or kill yourself.

You said

"You seem to already have the negative caged-animal attitude that suing the shit out of everyone is your only option."

OP said

"Any thoughts from the Slashdot crowd?The free copies aren't boosting sales for my books. Do I (1) get another job, (2) sue people, or (3) invent some magic spell?"

So, the question is, are you just a REALLY bad reader, or are you that guy who has to lie because intelligent discourse is beyond his intellectual capability?

Slashdot, where outright lies are modded up because stupid fuckers don't bother to read.

You came HERE, to Slashdot, where there is consistent and irrefutable support for what have to be some of the dumbest ideas about copyright ever uttered, and you expect something useful?

Good luck, there's a very small population of people here with ideas you can use, but they'll be drowned out by the idiots who routinely denounce copyright as though it raped their baby and murdered their granny.

Tell me what you're looking for and I'll find it. Guaranteed.

Don't presume your own ignorance and lack of ability is indicative of the reality of the situation.

"Hint: it involves guns and courts and jails. "

No, actually, it doesn't, you're lying to support your "point"

It's no wonder though, that thieves have to resort to lies to support their thievery.

"You simply cannot make a freedom argument for copyright."

Funny he just did, you're lying again. And he didn't have to resort to "Hint: it involves changing the meaning of a word to support my stupidity, because logic fails to do so" like you did.

I'm going to let you in on a secret. The world isn't the echo chamber you live in on Slashdot, and outside of your stocked pond, your argument is routinely dissected and crushed, with the purveyors of that argument roundly ridiculed for their lack of intelligence.

"Nope. There are genre giants that end up making less than the waiter at the local Dennys."

Name some, then post facts to support your assertions.

I'll wait. A long fucking time though, since you're full of shit.

As in, good luck finding a situation where someone had their rights violated and NO ONE in America cares about it. If you think that's possible, you're an idiot.

The US is too diverse politically for that to ever happen.

As an aside, you're obviously seething with your inability to force the hand of the US government. It must piss you off intensely to know that not only do we not give a fuck what your farcical "world courts" think, but that you can't do a thing to change it.

Whine away, whiny whiner, whine away.

"So as long as instead of declaration of war the aggressor declares that it no longer recognized a nation, it's OK to shove everyone who resists into a death camp? "

Um, no. And nobody said anything about that but you.

Take you meds guy, seriously.

"Let's say there is some public corruption by a popular political figure. Should an organized group of partisan poll voters be able to spike the story just because they don't want to hear something bad?"

Where pedants fabricate stupid objections out of whole cloth in order to show the world how smart they think they are.

You, and the idiots who modded you up, need to be sterilized.

"Can we agree that not all "Social Network" ideas are worthwhile just because they happen to involve the Internet?"

I'll agree to that when you admit your obejction is moronic.

Deal?

"'My outrage is aimed at the scientist-charlatan putting society at risk using statistical methods. This is similar to global climate change"

Because relying heavily on statistical models is BAD for Wall Street, but GOOD for climate research, and clearly more useful and accurate when used that way.

Or maybe you should use some critical thinking skills and question some of your assumptions instead of frantically trying to conjure a refutation for my irrefutable observation.

Is usually disregarded as a joke by people whose opinions matter.

"More like "an idiot on /. who doesn't actually understand the issues at hand, and then lashes out because he's a moron"

I'm glad you admit it, but it's kind of lame to own up but not log in.

"Attacking someone as such only indicates that you're unwilling to convey your point in a civil manner."

FTFY

And of you weren't such a blathering retard, you'd realize he made the same points several times, and was refuted, with quite a bit of civility, SEVERAL TIMES.

Yet he continued to drone on moronically, then YOU chimed in with your idiotic intro, which, sadly for you, is TOTALLY REFUTED by the ACTUAL CONTENT of my post.

See, asshole, I ATTACKED AND REFUTED HIM. You see that whole line of text talking about "waiting" or "downloading"? Yeah? You can read that?

Yeah, exactly, it DIRECTLY ADDRESSES HIS POINTS AND DESTROYS THEM.

And your imbecil ass COMPLETLEY IGNORES IT so you can trot out the oh so tired and wrong "Attacking someone as such only indicates that you're unable to convey your point in a civil manner."

"I have the game on pre-order with a store here, but they won't have it for a few more weeks.

I've put my money down, I'm supporting the developer, and I want to play the game now."

You purchase and DOWNLOAD IT, so YOUR idiotic points are also moot.

It must be very difficult for you to be such a fucking idiot.

"Everyone claiming that the judge is biased, that the verdict is wrong - can anyone please present some arguments against the verdict itself?"

No, they can't.

Why do you think there is so much focus on ad hominem attacks?

If there were a sound legal theory behind their points they wouldn't be wasting their time with petty elementary school type characte assasination.

"Circus"?

By this you mean, "A bunch of idiots making stupid assertions because they lost and can't stand that the law says they're wrong"?

It's hilarious to watch you fucking losers describe this as a "circus" when you're the only clowns around.

NO ONE CARES. YOU LOST. STOP PRETENDING YOUR IGNORANCE AND PARTISANSHIP IS AN ACTUAL OBJECTION TO ANYTHING.

STOP WHINING LIKE A FUCKING TWO YEAR OLD AND FABRICATING WORTHLESS ASSERTIONS, YOU SOUND MORE PATHTETIC EVERY TIME YOU TRY