A possible quick way to fight back is to do what the K-pop "MR Removed" videos do and dub an inverse waveform of the song over the videos in question. Being able to do it quickly while out in the field or while live, however, is another barrel of fish.

Thank you for setting us straight.

Except none of that is actually true. Most of the world's copyright hasn't changed since the mid-1990s due to lack of political will. What you actually own is a license to play what's on that disc for personal use. In the U.S., the RIAA sued ReDiGi out of existence in 2012 because, as a platform to sell used digital tracks, it made an unauthorized copy of the data—even though it simultaneously deleted the original from the seller's storage drive. Read the RIAA's interpretation of the law for yourself. It says no copying except to media that has added fees to pay royalties back to record labels but we probably won't come after you . https://www.riaa.com/resources... And movie industry (read: aside from pr0n) DVDs and BDs are encrypted by default, which means you aren't allowed to circumvent the DRM.

We already have other exploitative but more equitable models. No one would say the publishing industry is fair or values authors but, even there, the author sells one-time printing rights to their work and retains their copyright.

Except you don't. In most places in the world, what you have is a license to use data in a limited manner—very few places allow you to copy or back up that data.

Uh, no. If you want an Inspiron with anything more than a 1080p screen, and the prices instantly shoot up to $780. If you want an XPS, you're looking at $1,300 and up.

I would have bought the generic one, since it costs usually about 30% less than a brand name that spent that 30% on useless advertising. But that's just me.

Or POOR IMPULSE CONTROL

but you can get a MORE powerful laptop for LESS money. this thing is crazy.

yeah but does it do print preview?

If you're not part of the solution...

No, we can't.

In all honesty, I didn't know Opera was free these days. Ever since they tripped that switch in my brain, my mind automatically glazes over if I try to read anything about Opera.