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Sep. 10th, 2003 06:49 am
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Ok, so I slept. Not great, but ok. Still woke up too early. Bleah.
Sep. 10th, 2003
Sep. 10th, 2003 07:41 am
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I wouldn't want to live in it full time, but if I could afford it, I'd buy this apartment in Leicestershire, England as either a "once in a while" dwelling or just an investment. I mean, yeesh -- it's kind of cool, but I'm not that big a Trekkie.
More interior photos can be found here and 24th Century Interior Design. The place is featured in the upcoming documentary Trekkies 2.
More interior photos can be found here and 24th Century Interior Design. The place is featured in the upcoming documentary Trekkies 2.
Sep. 10th, 2003 10:16 am
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I was going to post this on ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
atsa, the Community for my SW D20 game, but I decided to put it here for those of you not part of that community, as well.
( Star Wars/Nigerian Bank Scam Humour )
atsa, the Community for my SW D20 game, but I decided to put it here for those of you not part of that community, as well. ( Star Wars/Nigerian Bank Scam Humour )
Sep. 10th, 2003 01:38 pm
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On the RIAA and downloading music:
Look, I realize there's likely no hope of changing your minds on this topic, and I do think the RIAA is being atrociously stupid and fucked up about it, but taking copywrighted material that belongs to someone else is theft.
If I text-scanned a novel and handed it out to my friends, or made it available online, would that be ok? Wouldn't that be theft? Neither the publisher nor the author would be making money off the potentially thousands of copies I could send out.
If a band or a writer or whatever wants to make their work freely available online or on hand-printed sheets, that's fine. More power to them. But most artists sign on with the label, and hand over ownership of their work. It belongs to the label. That's not how I'd like the business to work, but that's what it is today. And to condemn the publisher of said material for defending their legal rights is absurd.
Look, I realize there's likely no hope of changing your minds on this topic, and I do think the RIAA is being atrociously stupid and fucked up about it, but taking copywrighted material that belongs to someone else is theft.
If I text-scanned a novel and handed it out to my friends, or made it available online, would that be ok? Wouldn't that be theft? Neither the publisher nor the author would be making money off the potentially thousands of copies I could send out.
If a band or a writer or whatever wants to make their work freely available online or on hand-printed sheets, that's fine. More power to them. But most artists sign on with the label, and hand over ownership of their work. It belongs to the label. That's not how I'd like the business to work, but that's what it is today. And to condemn the publisher of said material for defending their legal rights is absurd.