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takyon
on Wednesday April 08 2015, @10:30AM
from the I-have-a-vision-for-SIGNAL-LOST dept.
from the I-have-a-vision-for-SIGNAL-LOST dept.
Not too long ago both Rand and Ron Paul were pushing a copyright maximalist agenda. Today the chickens have come home to roost. Rand Paul's presidential announcement has been blocked by a copyright claim from Warner Music Group due to a clip of a song used in the announcement. Even more apropos of the (less and less as time goes by) libertarian-leaning Republican candidate, it wasn't a DMCA takedown raining on his parade, but the purely private ContentID system that Youtube put in place in order to appease the copyright cartel.
Here is a transcript of Rand Paul's announcement.
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(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Wednesday April 08 2015, @04:39PM
Go ahead, throw your vote away [youtube.com] </sarcasm>
(Score: 2, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 08 2015, @06:04PM
Go ahead, throw your vote away </sarcasm>
Keep in mind that unless you live in a swing state a presidential vote is already thrown away. Might as well throw it away to someone you like...
(Score: 3, Insightful) by DeathMonkey on Wednesday April 08 2015, @08:02PM
So, voting for a third party is considered throwing a vote away.
But, voting in a state that has elected the same party for the last 50 years with a statistical impossiblity of affecting any change, isn't?
(Score: 2) by JNCF on Thursday April 09 2015, @03:31AM
Exactly. Casting an individual vote is already an idealistic gesture that doesn't do anything to affect change. Why should we be naively idealistic when deciding whether or not to vote, but then pragmatic and pessimistic when deciding how to vote? I'm not asking for strict rationality, only some semblance of consistency. Are we or are we not being idealists on election day?
(Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Saturday April 11 2015, @11:13PM
> Keep in mind that unless you live in a swing state a presidential vote is already thrown away.
Or do like my republican acquaintance living in California did - register to vote in Ohio at an inlaw's residence and then vote by mail.
And democrats say voter fraud doesn't exist! He sure proved them wrong. Dummy didn't realize voter registration rolls are public information though...