I suppose refusing to capitalize the beginnings of sentences saves time and money as well.

What are you supposed to do with a book to keep it "alive"? Let me guess, you don't pay for other people's stuff because...entitled.

Of course, but remember at the bottom of Slashdot is a bunch of whiney parasites who think they are entitled other people's property without paying for it.

I think the copyright laws in the US need reform, but frankly if I were to write a book, I'd like my descendants to benefit for some while.

As opposed to not being entitled to anything ever because the copyright has run out? Is this your argument?

Does it sound fair to someone who has never created a single patentable invention in his life? Or written a best-selling novel? Or composed a symphony? Or written a screenplay?

I'm sure it does sound fair to parasites who think they are entitled to other people's work without compensation.

Ooh look! An AC!

...and is an atheist of long standing, what Pope Francis has tried to do has only revealed how morally bankrupt the RC church really is that it spends time and effort trying to embrace science, even when that science is disputed by scientists, because its a "moral imperative". We've already heard from some preposterous stuff from deep-green environmentalists (aka back to the wonderful Stone Age world of peace with Mother Earth) that AGW is a moral imperative, and sure enough, religious people are trying to join as well.

I am old enough to mistrust any politician or religionist who talks about anything as a "moral imperative" because it usually implies mob justice and the crushing of civil liberties. Look at the history of the World. Look at ISIS right now whose highest priority is the moral imperative of submission to Islam. Tell me I'm wrong.

Personally I think that the Pope should spend his time cleaning out the stables before inviting people to see his horses. He could start by rescinding the preposterous policies on contraception created by Pope Paul VI in the 1960s, toning down the opposition to abortion to a rational policy, and letting priests marry and letting divorced people remarry. Because the stench of hypocricy and unjust policies is much stronger than the Vatican's entire supply of incense to conceal.

But what do I know? I'm just a poster on Slashdot.

Yes but has she suffered a thousand deadly tweets from online misogynists every day like Anita Sarkeesian? NO

...then its definitely because the Patriarchy are still working to suppress women's voices.

And if you're not part of the Patriarchy then you should be contributing to Anita's Kickstarter.

A: Slashdot is dying. These articles are the cause of the funny smell coming from the bandages.

And where would we be without ACs making shit up?

"the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere is already high enough that it is likely to result in long-term catastrophic effects"

Like the shrinking of deserts and increased biodiversity? A true disaster.

We all know that glaciers are biological hotspots which is why every one that calves into the ocean is another death-knell for life on Earth.

Bullshit. Yet again we have the bullshit reasoning of people who feel entitled to other people's stuff without paying for it.

Slashdot isn't passing off other people's stuff as its own, nor encouraging people to rip off other people's work because some bottom feeders feel entitled because they can and do rip off other people's stuff.

Slashdot is a news site which links to original articles and give them credit.

1.) It's not theft.... more like counterfeiting but even that doesn't quite fit.

Call it theft. Call it counterfeiting. But please just call it what it is. Crime.

2.) Digital piracy has been with us as long as digital electronics. And distribution systems as long as the Hayes SmartModem. PirateBay isn't unique. There's plenty of other alternatives out there. The PirateBay raid also had no serious measurable impact on worldwide piracy. And most likely, they'll be back. Probably with something more distributed.

Call it theft. Call it counterfeiting. But please just call it what it is. Crime.

3.) Are you seriously arguing the folks who wrote the initial FTP client and server "enabled thieves" by not building in rigorous rights-violating DRM from the onset? DRM and BS like it violate the rights of many to preserve the rights of a handful of people. Most of them already pretty well off. It also makes preservation of creative works much harder later on down the road. And in the end, every scheme is broken if there's enough interest in breaking it so it's all wasted effort and money anyway.

No I'm not. I'm also not claiming that Norton Commander enabled theft either.

DRM wouldn't need to exist if there weren't freetards who think that they are entitled to other people's stuff without paying for it.

Oh and nobody makes a claim that it amounts to "the preservation of digital works" unless they are deluded enough feel entitled to rip it off for the sake of future generations.

Call it what it is. Theft. Counterfeiting. But lets call it crime.

And let's not pretend there are innocent motives for replicating TPB because they're aren't any. The desperate reasoning of basement dwellers to get other people's stuff without paying for it looks and smells like the bullshit it is.

Programmers have enabled thieves to multiply their digital thefts across the Internet. Because some idiots feel entitled to other people's creative works without payment.

The Pirate Bay should stay down. And good riddance.