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Started by Lies, April 21, 2009, 11:12:41 AM

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LMNO

#165
April 24, 2009, 02:43:39 PM
Honestly, guys...  Can we please all stop swinging our dicks?

I don't know if you noticed, but it looks like Cram has fucked off, as well.



Great.  A great Thinker and an active Doer, both gone.

AFK

#166
April 24, 2009, 03:03:29 PM
If there has ever been a thread on PD.COM that needed to be locked, moved, and burned, it is this one. 
Cynicism is a blank check for failure.

hooplala

#167
April 24, 2009, 03:09:58 PM
As much as this is a forum based around the concept of strife, I agree.
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"Now's not the time to get silly, so wear your big boots and jump on the garbage clowns." — Bob Dylan?

"Do I contradict myself?
Very well then I contradict myself,
(I am large, I contain multitudes.)" — Walt Whitman

Lies

#168
April 24, 2009, 03:10:21 PM
Quote from: That One Guy on April 24, 2009, 02:37:34 PM
Seriously, Lys? My band has a copyright lawyer handy, and I'd be happy to talk to them and refer anyone who feels the need to them or someone they recommend, whether for US or International copyright issues. Especially if intents, copyrights, and limitations are stated beforehand, what would happen is you'd be sued for damages, the legal fees to resolve those damages far out pacing the profit. However, it's the fucking principle, so - hypothetically of course - lawsuit would most likely move forward.

Why even ask that question (hypothetically or no), especially in light of this thread?


Calm the fuck down.

The only reasons I brought this all up in the first place was because the way I see it, it's a gamble you can't lose on.
It will either flop, and you've lost nothing, or it might get off the ground, and could make money.
It kills several birds with one stone in my mind.

But I know its for some reason, a terrible idea to do this since people all seem really touchy about what their work means to them.
I won't do it, I just think it's a wasted opportunity not to do it.
- So the New World Order does not actually exist?
- Oh it exists, and how!
Ask the slaves whose labour built the White House;
Ask the slaves of today tied down to sweatshops and brothels to escape hunger;
Ask most women, second class citizens, in a pervasive rape culture;
Ask the non-human creatures who inhabit the planet:
whales, bears, frogs, tuna, bees, slaughtered farm animals;
Ask the natives of the Americas and Australia on whose land
you live today, on whose graves your factories, farms and neighbourhoods stand;
ask any of them this, ask them if the New World Order is true;
they'll tell you plainly: the New World Order... is you!

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#169
April 24, 2009, 03:15:22 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on April 24, 2009, 07:25:45 AM
That may be true. But's lets pretend I go ahead and print off and sell them anyway.

What are any of you going to do about it?

The only thing I know for sure would happen is that we would hate you for the contempt you displayed to everyone involved.

Also likely is that several involved contributors would pool to hire a lawyer to sue for damages. It would be a pretty straightforward case. We'd probably never be able to collect the judgement, but you would lose money and it would be a real PITA, not to mention blowing any chance of ever collaborating with anyone in the online Discordian community again, plus the record of the lawsuit would be out there making you look like a shady character to anyone else you might want to collaborate with.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

LMNO

#170
April 24, 2009, 03:16:19 PM
EVERYONE.  STOP.  PLEASE.

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#171
April 24, 2009, 03:16:54 PM
I  think everyone HAS stopped. On a lot of levels.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

Lies

#172
April 24, 2009, 03:22:13 PM
Ok, just to make this clear, I have no intentions of doing said plan, I'm just curious about what possible ramifications could occur.

I find it funny that such a small thing means so much to everyone.
I understand, respect and appreciate what you have to say and your wishes.

I just think its strange that you're willing to not risk a $0 investment that may or may not show returns.


- So the New World Order does not actually exist?
- Oh it exists, and how!
Ask the slaves whose labour built the White House;
Ask the slaves of today tied down to sweatshops and brothels to escape hunger;
Ask most women, second class citizens, in a pervasive rape culture;
Ask the non-human creatures who inhabit the planet:
whales, bears, frogs, tuna, bees, slaughtered farm animals;
Ask the natives of the Americas and Australia on whose land
you live today, on whose graves your factories, farms and neighbourhoods stand;
ask any of them this, ask them if the New World Order is true;
they'll tell you plainly: the New World Order... is you!

Mesozoic Mister Nigel

#173
April 24, 2009, 03:29:45 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on April 24, 2009, 03:22:13 PM
Ok, just to make this clear, I have no intentions of doing said plan, I'm just curious about what possible ramifications could occur.

I find it funny that such a small thing means so much to everyone.
I understand, respect and appreciate what you have to say and your wishes.

I just think its strange that you're willing to not risk a $0 investment that may or may not show returns.




Oh, to be clear, I actually think a ton of people would contribute for free to an issue that you intended to sell for profit, especially if you promised them each a few free copies. I would. It's all about asking and being clear, and not doing it under false premises.
"I'm guessing it was January 2007, a meeting in Bethesda, we got a bag of bees and just started smashing them on the desk," Charles Wick said. "It was very complicated."

P3nT4gR4m

#174
April 24, 2009, 03:48:15 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on April 24, 2009, 07:25:45 AM
That may be true. But's lets pretend I go ahead and print off and sell them anyway.

What are any of you going to do about it?

I would immediately annex Poland and start murdering Joos :argh!:

D/N/T

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Not actually a meat product.
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Awful and Bent Behemothic Results of Last Night's Painful Squat.
High Altitude Haggis-Filled Sex Bucket From Beyond Time and Space.
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Lies

#175
April 24, 2009, 04:21:08 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 24, 2009, 03:29:45 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on April 24, 2009, 03:22:13 PM
Ok, just to make this clear, I have no intentions of doing said plan, I'm just curious about what possible ramifications could occur.

I find it funny that such a small thing means so much to everyone.
I understand, respect and appreciate what you have to say and your wishes.

I just think its strange that you're willing to not risk a $0 investment that may or may not show returns.




Oh, to be clear, I actually think a ton of people would contribute for free to an issue that you intended to sell for profit, especially if you promised them each a few free copies. I would. It's all about asking and being clear, and not doing it under false premises.

I like this idea.
- So the New World Order does not actually exist?
- Oh it exists, and how!
Ask the slaves whose labour built the White House;
Ask the slaves of today tied down to sweatshops and brothels to escape hunger;
Ask most women, second class citizens, in a pervasive rape culture;
Ask the non-human creatures who inhabit the planet:
whales, bears, frogs, tuna, bees, slaughtered farm animals;
Ask the natives of the Americas and Australia on whose land
you live today, on whose graves your factories, farms and neighbourhoods stand;
ask any of them this, ask them if the New World Order is true;
they'll tell you plainly: the New World Order... is you!

That One Guy

#176
April 24, 2009, 05:16:44 PM
Quote from: LMNO on April 24, 2009, 03:16:19 PM
EVERYONE.  STOP.  PLEASE.

Will do. Enjoy all  :mrgreen:
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Arguing with a Unitarian Universalist is like mud wrestling a pig. Pretty soon you realize the pig likes it.

Rumckle

#177
April 24, 2009, 05:52:05 PM
Quote from: Nigel on April 24, 2009, 05:52:31 AM
Lys, for the most part no one was even addressing your OP, but Cram's post which came after it, and of course Pent's post which came after that.

Clearly, everything is about Lys, always.

(Glad this project didn't work, cos now I don't need to claim credit for it ;) )
It's not trolling, it's just satire.

The Good Reverend Roger

#178
April 26, 2009, 04:22:39 AM
Quote from: LMNO on April 24, 2009, 12:41:45 PM
I'LL SHIT MY PANCE!

BEAT YOU TO IT.
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- TGRR, raising the bar at work.

Lyris_Nymphetamine

#179
April 26, 2009, 03:44:04 PM
Quote from: Lysergic on April 24, 2009, 03:22:13 PM
Ok, just to make this clear, I have no intentions of doing said plan, I'm just curious about what possible ramifications could occur.

I find it funny that such a small thing means so much to everyone.
I understand, respect and appreciate what you have to say and your wishes.

I just think its strange that you're willing to not risk a $0 investment that may or may not show returns.




money is not everything. even if i had written something freely and it was taken from me and published for someone else's profit i'd be shitty. its the thought of someone using your creative work without your permission which gets most people.
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