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To be fair, the notion of protecting and enforcing copyright is the default "right" position in the eyes of the law... being a member of organizations that seek to do that isn't any more biasing than a judge being a former policeman or district attorney. So, I don't really buy that.

Ah... it was my first system as well. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, Spider-Man, Super Mario Land 2, Final Fantasy Legend. Classic!

Thanks yo. We're building lots of presets now.

I doubt that is legal, because there's a difference between asking 3rd parties for information that isn't available anywhere else and viewing information that is publicly available.

No, it doesn't. The purpose of those laws is to prevent an employer from compelling a prospective employee to disclose certain private information. If that employee volunteers said information, regardless of whether it is to the employer face-to-face, or in a public forum, then they forfeit the protection granted by that law.

Because, again, you stated the information publicly. THAT'S why it's OK. If you publicly post things about yourself then of course the company can read what you posted. There's nothing illegal or unreasonable about that whatsoever. Because you volunteered the information on MySpace for everyone to see. The word PUBLIC is absolute. You can't exclude people from "public", that includes prospective employers. If you don't want people to know that information, then you shouldn't post it. On the other hand, if you DON'T give it out, an employer can't compel you to tell them certain facts. These are very different things.

Darke pretty much covered what my response to Meteo would have been. So far, no one has put out anything that can defeat the primary points, which are that (a) if you post information publicly, everyone has the right to read it, and ( businesses that are going to spend lots of money on hiring people have the right to use criteria of their choosing to determine the best candidates, provided those criteria rest within the control of the prospective employee. If you VOLUNTEER that information - which you do, by posting it publicly online - then you forfeit your right to the privacy of that information. It would be equivalent to you walking into your employer's office and simply stating that information without even being asked. Exactly equivalent.

Of course it is. People have a right to privacy in this country, but when you yourself publicly post information about yourself then you forfeit that right. Whenever I apply for a job or look for an apartment I always research my prospective employers and landlords. Nothing wrong with that. ??? What are you talking about? Where did blackmail come into any of this?

It's completely ethical. If I'm looking for someone to work for my company, and I'm going to hand them tens, maybe HUNDREDS of thousands of dollars every year, I want to know who I'm hiring!!

Pezman, you missed the point entirely. My point was that it's the employer's choice to decide who they want to hire (or fire) and for what reasons. There are a few obvious reasons that can't be considered, like things you don't have control over (eg. race, gender.) However, previous occupations, activities, and personality... these things are all completely legit. Whether or not you personally agree or disagree with any given employer's decision doesn't matter, it's still fair because it's their company and they can do what they want. So, no, it's not dangerous thinking at all.

If you're not arguing about the legality of this choice, then why are you arguing? It's like trying to convince me that vanilla is better than chocolate, or vice versa. Doesn't matter who's opinion is correct. If we're affording businesses the right to hire who they want, then why are you complaining about it when they exercise that choice?

Yes, and when ADULTS make choices, they have to deal with the consequences. The school most likely didn't have a problem with the teacher's previous profession, but as soon as that teacher's profession became known, other people clearly had a problem so the school took action. What's the problem here? You said it yourself. The coach made a choice. It was fully conscious and not coerced. If people judge her based on that choice, then she has to accept that, even if SHE thinks it's unfair. It's none of your business what my preference (or "bias") is. Really, none at all. If my tax dollars are going to a public school, I get a say in who I want to be teaching there. Simple.

How do you know this information was even known by the school prior to the complaint? Maybe the person intentionally tried to hide it, or maybe the school accepted her only on the condition that the information would never be released. It's simple - people have the right to complain about who their kids are being taught by. I would not feel comfortable if MY daughter's gym coach was an ex-Playboy bunny. Not at all. That person has no entitlement to a career as a high school teacher. I guess that's the problem with your view right there. How well someone does a job is hardly the only factor to consider. A convicted felon might very well be an excellent accountant, but a reasonable person would agree that he should not be hired due to incredibly bad judgment he has shown in the past. Likewise, Mothers Against Drunk Driving is not going to hire a whiz P.R. agent who happens to be an alcoholic - EVEN if she never shows up to work drunk. I could really go on all day listing examples of people that could do jobs just fine, but for OTHER reasons are not suitable for the job. It's a sliding scale. Some people might go out to bars with their friends every Friday, other people might binge drink at frat parties every night. There's a huge difference. No, it's not called spying. If you post something publicly for the world to see, and people see what you posted, you have absolutely no right to complain. NONE at all. Not much of an argument there. People, you don't have a God-given right to a job at any particular company. They can evaluate you and choose to not hire you on any number of factors that are completely up to their discretion. It's their company, so they can choose the caliber and type of employees they want. The obvious exceptions to this rule is race (you don't have control over that), gender (likewise) and religion (a choice, but considered so important that it might as well not be a choice in the traditional sense), plus, hopefully, sexual orientation. If I'm a business owner with job openings, who are you to tell me that I have to hire frat boys? Maybe I don't want to, and prefer people who are very serious about their work and don't turn into morons afterward. It's my decision.

Of course your previous occupations impact your future job prospects! What is it with people not wanting to take responsibility for their decisions here? You can't just do whatever you want and expect that people will look past it.

I think what you're not understanding is that for many, MANY jobs, you ARE expected to act with professional decorum at all times. Not literally wearing a suit and tie and never letting loose a bit, but not acting like a frat boy either. Is this really so hard to comprehend? As BGC pointed out, unprofessional activity reflects poorly on the employer, but moreover, it (again) shows a lack of maturity and judgment. These are qualities that, in the real world, real companies want. They don't want to settle for someone who acts like a dumbass when they're not at work.

Well, yeah, pretty much. If you have the poor judgment to do stupid stuff and either let people take pictures of you or upload them yourself, then that means you're pretty irresponsible. That's just the way the world works.

Being a pedophile isn't illegal, acting on it is. BGC and Audix are right. Doing stupid stuff on your own personal time illustrates a lack of judgment, simple as that. Yeah, SOME people might be able to completely separate out their behavior, but for most, it's just the human condition; poor judgment is poor judgment.

Yeah, I mean I wouldn't call the people who did that credits arrangement plagiarizers. I don't think it was Uematsu, anyway. But still, it's not just the chord progression. It's the melody, instrumentation, tempo, and key. They're all the same

Dunno if you're joking or not, but every format of the library will have "unlocked" WAVs that you can do whatever you want with. My question is mainly directed towards the sample *programming* format, ie. Battery, NN-XT, Ultrabeat, etc...

Or maybe people are just lazy and want free entertainment. There isn't even a "system" here... the "man" isn't oppressing anybody. There is more than enough free entertainment to sustain anybody for a lifetime. Sites like this and the multitude of free music websites and databases out there can provide everything you need. But people WANT music from major labels. That's why they pirate it! They just don't want to pay, and, well, I don't see how this is defensible. If you don't want to buy major label music, fine! Don't! That's the point of the free market. Companies that do poorly go out of business. The problems that we have today with piracy are oddly ironic. If we had just stopped buying RIAA music, they would have shriveled up. Instead, people collectively pirated it - making those companies think that their offerings were still worthwhile, and their business models were just fine. It has made the problem far worse. If you don't like Big Media, stop buying and STOP PIRATING. The misguided outraged should probably be directed more toward methods of enforcement used and the egregiously high penalties for infringement. NOT the existence of copyright, or the concept of enforcing it.

The public likes getting outraged. They'd get outraged if new laws were passed, too. Sadly, there's not much you can do to prevent that. Again... I'm not arguing that the business practices of Big Media are great. But that's no excuse to infringe on their copyrights. You're not entitled to Fox DVDs, for example. I agree that people should vote with their wallet and not support companies they don't believe in. They'll get the message if people stop buying/renting their products. But pirating them doesn't accomplish anything further; it's wanting to have your cake and eat it too. I'm very supportive of Fair Use. I think there should be many situations where you can use copyrighted material w/o permission or paying a fee. Using such material in a game like LBP is a no brainer, to me.

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I've never seen a tracker that doesn't sell t-shirts, ad space, or other services. They're just as much commercial entities as eBay is. I agree about PayPal regulation too, BTW.

The level of reading comprehension in this thread is sad. I've already suggested methods that WOULD actually work. I'm NOT suggesting punishing the general populace or implementing DRM. I'm suggesting that we pass laws creating more accountability for entities that facilitate illegal activities. Copyright owners should be allowed to request that trackers stop tracking torrents with illegal material they have a claim to. These laws should already exist. eBay doesn't allow people to sell stolen or illegal goods on their site. They merely facilitate sales, but they still have responsibility for what people do there, to some degree. Any services like torrent trackers need to be held accountability (again, to some degree) for what their users do.

Then don't buy those games, movies, or albums. There are lots of cheap indie games that are great, not to mention rental services. Movies? Try a library or Netflix. Music? There's so much free stuff out there it's not even funny. Plus there are unlimited subscription services, sites like eMusic (30 tracks a month for $10/mo, or more), Rhapsody, Napster, Grooveshark (free streaming of any song), Pandora... there isn't any justification for piracy. TPB deserved to be punished.