So what? Were all in agreement it might be expensive for you tube to excersize diligence. That was the point of the story of potash fertilizer. They either have to do it or youtube needs to find a different business model. For example, youtube could profit share with the RIAA and MPAA.

That might turn your stomach but at present the facts are
1) they are making money
2) they would not be making money if they were diligent about broadcasting copyrighted works.

Just because they are doing it does not give them the right to continue doing it.

18%? Try 28% or higher. Of course the bank is paying less then 1% on the same money since they barrow it from the fed.

Its called "credit". Sure, at some point you'll need to pay it off or go bankrupt. But that's in the future, which may not even happen! Besides, but then I'm sure to have won the lottery.

Just because he was corrupt doesn't mean he wasn't set up on that occasion.

...drugs, cigarettes, liquor, gambling, lottery tickets, flat screens, cell phones, junk food, etc...

Why is Nixon a dirty word today, and G. Gordon Liddy a political pundit?

Because Bruce Perens makes his living by talking about and participating in copyright shakedowns?

I have a last name that is very uncommon in the Netherlands, even more so because it is capitalized differently than usual, and it is "misspelled" to boot. Even so, there's a guy (not family) who shares my first and last name, went to the same university, same department, and graduated on a topic similar to mine. We've published on overlapping topics. So yes, confusion does happen, and I've often been contacted by someone looking for the other guy. Sounds nice since I have just four publications to my name whereas he went into research and has many more, but of course I can't take credit...

Dont worry. The number of researchers, scientists and engineers is going down, not up.

Ahh right, the old "exploitation" line - fine, what are these "impoverished" people going to do if you force Facebook to withdraw their line of work? Magically go and get a higher paying job somewhere? I don't think so.