They're back!

Waddya mean 'a couple hundred years'? It took all of eight (no, not 2000-2008, a different century entirely) to come full circle. By 1790 it was back to business as usual.

...the entire DMCA process is utterly broken and open to abuse.

Dammit! It is NOT broken! It is designed as a tool of harassment. It is working perfectly...

you going independent? Or are we going to hear 'lesser evil' again??

LOL!

TNX

At least you got style...

Yeah, but it's no longer 'clandestine'. We can do it out in the open in broad daylight, and nobody will raise a finger to stop it.

That people are suprised that the internet has finite capacity doesnt really change the fact that it does, in fact, have finite capacity.

We can always build more, but 'artificial scarcity' is the name of the game here, also.

Pudge as my evil twin? Heh. No.

Well, I sure wouldn't call him your 'better half', but, aside from his rudeness, you are birds of a feather.

Actually d_r is in the same boat as you are, believing that the tag team partners are in opposition, as opposed to a lover's quarrel, but his trolling is so crude. I'll leave him with your evil twin there, what's his name, pudge? They seem made for each other.

And if we hate the game, how do we change it, except through the players?

Trade out the players for something better. Seek them out, instead of waiting for mass media approval.

Yes, gangsters, with guns. They aren't following the law, they're writing it.

What kind of world do we want to live in?

The one we have, obviously... I mean, if we didn't, we would change it.

The entire system isn't broken, it's crooked, running as designed by the gangsters that built it.

The U.S. a land of takers.

Why not self flying aircraft?

Had 'em for 100 years

And in 20 years, when the patents run out, they might even become affordable.