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Comment Re:The lesson here isn't about free speech (Score 1) 400

This is actually an interesting thought. Especially in a gay divorce dealing with children.

As a side thought...is there any precedent for a gay divorce? Now that I am thinking about it, I cannot recall ever hearing about a gay divorce, and how some of our current laws that assume a marriage is between two parties of opposing genders are interpreted...

Comment Terms of the Sale (Score 2) 1

IMO, the domain name is part of the site and not separately negotiable.

However, terms can be reached that allows you to maintain your email addresses. As part of the sale, provisions can be included to either require the new owner of the domain to retain your email accounts for X years or until the domain expires.

You can also require a new domain name that they can purchase, probably very similar to yours. Include a 301 redirect for all traffic to your domain to forward to the new domain, and you retain control of your domain and all the accounts, etc. and the new owner still gets the type-in or bookmark traffic to the old domain.

Comment Re:Hero (Score 1) 172

As you so kindly pointed out....

arrogant child

Means your view of whomever is that they are of immature mind. I am not making excuses or publicly taking sides, as I really don't have the time or energy to argue with /. either way, but in my view, if Manning is found guilty, shouldn't there be at least some consideration for the fact that at 19 or 20 or however old he was at the time he may not have understood fully the implications of his actions?

Perhaps securing or shielding such sensitive information from these "arrogant children" until a more appropriate age and maturity is reached is a good start.

Comment Re:I'm shocked! (Score 4, Informative) 309

I'll gladly pay if I know it's actually supporting the artist. But what I WON'T do is pay mony that I know will go towards suing their fans. Or pay the same price as a physical CD for an online download. Or pay $20 for a five track EP.

Agreed. Why should I give my hard earned money to a label, that honestly serves less and less of a purpose every day, who in turn leaves a pittance to the actual artist.

Of course, how many bands/singers that are signed by these labels are truly 'artists' anymore? I wouldn't define an artist as someone who sings songs written by someone else to music composed and played by someone else, all through auto-tune.

Now, a band like MAYDAY, or an indy musician like Dan Bull, those are true artists, and deserve to be compensated accordingly.

As for the last part of your comment - you are spot on. Digital media should be cheaper than physical media, and a five-track 'album' is just another ploy by the label to get more money out of the fans.

Comment Re:I'm shocked! (Score 4, Interesting) 309

Although it definitely lacks some content, I too use Netflix for this reason.

It has actually reduced the amount of stuff I have to pirate, because it gives me a moderate collection of mostly-HD TV shows and movies available for $8/month on my Wii, Xbox, computer, and phone.

Rather than waiting for a torrent to download, I can boot up the Xbox, find something interesting, and within 10 seconds I'm watching it in full HD.

I am happy to pay the negligible $8 each month to legally do this.

Comment Re:I'm shocked! (Score 5, Insightful) 309

Took me a minute to decide to comment, or mod up.

I will NOT pay $20+ for a DVD full of DRM/malware. If I purchase something, it is mine. I will not subject myself to corporate restrictions on what I can do with my own property. I have gladly paid for DRM-free songs and movies, and will continue to do so as long as my rights to my own property are not encroached upon.

I have even donated more than asked to independent artists, simply because I feel that they deserved to be compensated for producing something I enjoyed.

The typical pirate's attitude is not "yay, everything's free!".

Should $CORPORATION decide to release their movies for a reasonable price and allow me to download it immediately via BitTorrent, here's my Visa.

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