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Bill grabbed a towel and started mopping up the beer while I moved the cartons to the sink. I took one bottle, opened it. Once the foam stopped I wiped the bottle and handed it to David. He took it without acknowledging me and gulped almost half of the bottle. I gave one to Bill and I opened one for myself."Somebody want to fill me in? Obviously you two know each other."Bill looked from me to David then back to me realizing that David was not about to answer, Bill said, "Tar, David and I met online about six months ago. He was curious and I was horny. We met three times."David started gulping air like a fish out of water. He seemed to remember the beer in his hand, turned it up and drained it.Bill continued, "The third time at his house, his wife came back early from a business trip. We were in bed when she came into the bedroom. She mumbled something then turned around and walked out. I got dressed and left. I called him later that day and then again a couple of days later. He never answered and never returned my calls"I know I'm no prude. I mean I think gay men should be more tolerant than most. I wasn't judging David or Bill for that matter. I mean I had questions for both and it certainly put mine and Bill's relationship in a questionable state. I realized some point after Bill finished talking that my mouth was hanging open. I sputtered as my eyes shifted from Bill to David, "I, I, uh, Da..." David jerked his head up at the sound of his name. His face was alive with emotion. When I said his eyes were billboards for his emotions I was right. He was anxious, fearful, worried and something else I couldn't quite read then his expression settled on sadness. David sat his empty beer bottle on the counter, turned and walked back toward the front door.I would like to say that I handled the situation rather well, all things considered. Up to that point maybe I did. Then I remembered Bill had asked who was in the motel parking lot."Bill, you knew it was David in the motel parking lot." It wasn't a question. The question was what did my talking to David in the motel parking lot have to do with our relationship now? Was Bill using me to get together with David?"Tar, it's not what you think. When I saw you and David talking, I figured you two had hooked up at the motel. I wasn't stalking David. There are a few places we have to show a presence. Most are left to locals and county, some met art nymphets we cover. That night it was you I wanted to meet. I had already given up on David and I getting together. I figured I would just be an unpleasant reminder to him. I guess just now showed I'm right."While he was talking Bill moved to stand in front of me. His arms pulled me into his hard body. "Tar, it's you I want to get close to. I think you should go talk to David. I didn't intend to tell you about me and David. It's not my place to judge anyone about being in the closet. He and I happened before I ever even saw you. If he hadn't freaked and dropped the beer, I think it would have been a while if I ever told you. Can you accept that... if you little cuties nymphets need time I can leave now."There are times when I hate the fact that I am a grown man. Sometimes I want to be childish and show my ass and get mad for no good reason. There are times when I have found myself childlike in my enthusiasm. You know those times when you're doing some simple thing and realize you are having a really great time. This was neither of those times. This nude nymphet torrent was one of those times were you shift into a clinical mode and try to inject some logic into an emotionally charged situation. Logic was battling emotion. I wanted to be pissed at Bill and I wanted to be even angrier with David.I looked into Bill's eyes and the clean, clear blue told me he had no interest in David. 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Still, I have to admit that playing rough with Bill had been fun and the thought that I now had an excuse to play rough had my cock swelling. I found David nymphets underages sitting in a porch swing on the side porch, his feet on the floor moving the 12y nymphet swing back and forth. His head was bent so he didn't see me approach. David was mumbling to himself, "I could have told him, I should have told him..."I don't like it when people sneak up on me, so I announced my approach, "David, you ok?"David's head jerked up at the sound. sweet ukrainian nymphets His eyes quickly searched my face. I offered him a beer. He took it, opened it and long swig. "T. R. I'm sorry. I should have told you when you came out to me." I could sense he wasn't nymphet incest dark expecting a response. I moved to lean against the porch rail. I opened my beer nymphets rcp and sipped as he continued, "Bill wasn't my first. I wanted to in high school. I fooled around some in college. I met Susan my senior year in undergrad school. She was something." At this a smile played across his face and vanished. "She seemed to know what she wanted and for whatever reason she wanted me. I got the idea I could change who I was, so, I let her have me." David stood and walked to the rail beside me. "It was ok, for a while. I enjoyed the sex and there was a long time there that I didn't think about being with a man. I suppose the demands of Vet school kind overshadowed all my other problems. It wasn't until we moved here and I developed a routine. When things settled down into what became an ordinary life, I began feeling those old desires. I had hoped they would go away after I got married. Bill told you how that worked out. Susan was actually a lot more understanding that Bill knew. She actually wanted to try and work things out. It was I who wanted the divorce. I told Doc the day after Susan caught us. He was understanding and supportive. He is the one who made me think about the divorce. He didn't push the idea; he just made me think about being honest with myself. I am sorry I wasn't honest with you. I guess I didn't trust myself to be alone with you in a motel nymphets candid room.""Ahem." We both looked nymphet 14y o toward the noise and saw Doc standing at the corner. "You boys get some things straightened out?" Looking at me he said, "T. R. it wasn't my place to tell you about David. I don't apologize for that." An enigmatic smile came to his face and he said, "Don't go thinking you were hired to be pics nymphet a role model for David. You were hired free collection nymphets for you skills. Not because of, nor in spite of the fact that you are gay. I don't believe orientation should ever be considered unless you want to have sex with someone. Then it's real important." Doc chuckled at his own joke. "Boys, I figure we can get back to fixing supper. I'm so hungry my belly button is hugging my backbone." With that he turned and headed back into the house.An uncomfortable silence fell. I supposed it was my turn to talk. "David, I am not upset about you and Bill. I just wish you had told me sooner. I was... nymphets pages I mean I.... Well, I was attracted to you from the moment we met and well, I guess I can relax now and work on just being friends, okay?" I had been watching David half hoping he would say something. I just wasn't sure what I wanted him to say.His reply was, "Sure." accompanied by a shrug. We entered the kitchen to find Doc taking up the bacon and Bill on the patio setting the table. The marinated steaks were on the counter waiting to be taken to the grill. Bill came back in to grab more tableware and seeing David was the only naked innocent nymphets one not gainfully employed suggested, "Dave how about slapping those steaks on the grill." To which both Doc and I almost shouted in unison, "No!"Everyone laughed and David blushed. 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We got reinforcements, he ain't going nowhere. If he tries to leave town Trooper Bill here will have his ass in the back seat of his cruiser. Course someone's gonna have to come by and let Bill out of the back, cause if T. R.'s fine ass is back there you know Bill will be too." Now, why the hell did that get nymphet pics rape a laugh all around? Ok, they got a sense of humor, but it's screwed up.It occurred to me that the joking was the way old friends might kid each other. I wondered how we seemed to be so close so quickly. Looking around the kitchen, I decided there must be something about Doc. When he was around, everyone was more relaxed. The only time he wasn't was when he was talking about Jed. I must have drifted off because I suddenly became aware of them calling my name. I had been tearing up the mustard greens and the romaine lettuce, having already chopped the radishes and green onions. I reheated the bacon grease and add the vinegar, sugar and water. 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How do you feel about it?"I wasn't sure if nymphets pics nude Doc knew uk nymphets about Bill and David, but I figured he must know something. "Doc, what happened before I met Bill and David is done. It is how we get along now that counts."Doc smiled at my attempt to not "out" David. "Look son, David told me shortly after it happened. He was concerned there might be some fallout that would reflect poorly on the clinic.""T. R., I came in this afternoon earlier than you boys saw me. Since both your vehicles were here and your door was closed, I assumed you were getting, uh, better acquainted. That's alright, just use protection. I told you before if you want to have an overnight guest that's perfectly alright. I think that there has to be a limit of one at a time."I was insulted. I held my tongue but I didn't like it. Seems Doc thinks all gay men are sluts. I stared across the yard and bit my lower lip so I didn't piss off my boss, my landlord and a friend....Doc started laughing. 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I figure those are pretty good indicators. I tell you this so you won't go hurting him unknowingly. I like both of you boys, this private stuff you can settle it yourselves. Just keep it out of the clinic. T. R., I told you this so you wouldn't offhandedly hurt David. You should understand that both those young men are very much, uh, infatuated with you. If you encourage or allow those feelings to grow in both, someone is going to be heartbroken."I really felt like I needed to get away. Not from Doc, or Bill, or David. I needed to get away from this life that seemed to be rushing at me with no letup. I feel like, unless I'm asleep, something important nymphets thumbs arts or significant is happening almost every minute. I would like to go to work, come home, and have a drink. Maybe talk to Doc about some patient or my dreams for the future or the fucking weather. "Honey, I'm home. What's for dinner?" Suddenly sounds very appealing....Fuck, I need to get some control. 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I am not one to judge and to be put on the spot like this, just didn't seem right. Especially since this was coming from Doc. I had to question his judgment. "Doc, Juanita seems like a real nice person. She's great with the patients, caregivers, children. Do you really think she should be in prison? What has she done? How many DUI's does she have?"Ok, I could tell by the looks I was getting that I'd said the wrong thing again. Doc looked at me as though I were a specimen he was trying to identify. David looked as though I needed intensive analysis STAT. Bill...Bill just looked bemused. I looked back to Doc and whatever look he had was now wiped away by a smile that broadened into a chuckle and then into a honking laugh that shortly had tears streaming down his face while he repeatedly slapped the table. Of course Bill and David joined in the Hee Hawing. Jackasses!I excused myself, got up and left the three of them guffawing their collective asses off. 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His success was limited and his departure painful but, having swiftly introduced David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Michael Owen to the national colours, Glenn Hoddle's time as England coach was not without lasting benefit. However, since players of that calibre would ultimately have been capped whoever was picking the team, Hoddle's most significant legacy could yet be one of his least heralded selections.
His success was limited and his departure painful but, having swiftly introduced David Beckham, Paul Scholes and Michael Owen to the national colours, Glenn Hoddle's time as England coach was not without lasting benefit. However, since players of that calibre would ultimately have been capped whoever was picking the team, Hoddle's most significant legacy could yet be one of his least heralded selections.
One of the first moves Hoddle made as England coach, back in the summer of 1996, was to telephone an old Spurs team-mate who was then working in the professional game's hinterland, combining managing Dover Athletic with being the director of Southend United's school of excellence.
At Filbert Street this afternoon, for the umpteenth time, Peter Taylor will thank Hoddle for making that call. Then the new manager of Leicester City will seek to extend his team's unbeaten start to the Premiership season at the expense of the Southampton team his mentor now manages.
"I can't thank Glenn enough," Taylor said when we met in his office at Leicester's neat training ground on Thursday. "It is down to his bravery in giving me the job when I was in the Conference that I am here.
"We're friendly rivals," he added. "We speak regularly, I like his company and look forward to seeing him and John Gorman [Hoddle's assistant with club and country]. I hope we can enjoy a glass after the game."
While Hoddle, after a traumatic departure from Lancaster Gate, is seeking to rebuild his career at The Dell, Taylor's reputation has blossomed to the extent of being mentioned by the Football Association as a potential England coach. That would be extremely ironic since, having survived Hoddle's forced resignation, he was pushed out of the FA 15 months ago by Howard Wilkinson's reforms.
Taylor, who left a distraught Under-21 team behind, picked himself up at Gillingham, inspiring the Kent club to the most successful season in their history. While Wilkinson's young lions crashed out of the European Under-21 Championship they had qualified for under Taylor, Gillingham reached the previously uncharted heights of the Nationwide League First Division and the FA Cup sixth round.
Having been unable to finalise a contract with Gillingham, Taylor caught the eye of several clubs but it took the combination of Leicester's solid Premiership progress and their European place - they meet Red Star Belgrade in the Uefa Cup on Thursday - to lure him away. While many a manager taking over a struggling team would envy Taylor's fortune at joining such a well-run outfit, following the idolised Martin O'Neill carries its own pressure. But so, on a more local level, did succeeding Tony Pulis at Priestfield.
"It is similar and that is why I was ready for this," Taylor said. "Like Martin, Tony was very successful and very popular. When you take over a struggling team I think you can go in and say anything to the same bunch of players and they will believe you: you have a licence to be different. Here I have got to change things slowly. The players know I won't do exactly the same as Martin but I would have been mad to come in and change it straight away."
At Priestfield, Taylor changed a physical and direct team to a passing side with only limited changes in personnel and Leicester fans can expect a similar shift in style. "I'm asking them to play a bit more and letting them know how highly I rate them, not just their spirit but their ability as well," said Taylor, who was given a boost before the season started when the influential midfield pair Neil Lennon and Muzzy Izzet joined the centre-half Matt Elliott in signing new contracts.
The Leicester players have already noticed that Taylor spends a lot more time on the training pitch than O'Neill, who left much of the coaching to his assistants. One of them, Robbie Savage, said of the new boss: "It was difficult to follow Martin but the gaffer's been brilliant. He's helped me as a player already. He's helped me with my technique, giving me a lot of confidence and I'm enjoying it."
The emphasis on evolution means that only Ade Akinbiyi and Gary Rowett, of the six players Taylor has signed for £11.5m, are in the starting XI. All, following O'Neill's principles, are also UK-born.
Taylor said: "I get loads of phone calls and videos about players who are the best thing since sliced bread and all that but I don't know anything about them. The foreign players I know, we can't afford, so I have gone for players whose characters I trust, who will suit us and our wage bill. If there is a foreign player out there who is the right one I will sign him but, until then, I'll stick with British."
The consequence is a team sitting third in the table who are still to concede a goal in open play. Only Jim Magilton, with a late penalty consolation for Ipswich in midweek, has beaten the revived Tim Flowers. Darren Eadie, who played for Taylor with England Under-21s, is another player thriving under him while Stan Collymore, after reports that the striker was unhappy at being left out, was outstanding when introduced at half-time on Wednesday.
"The reports were blown out of all proportion," said Taylor. "Stan had lost a bit of fitness with an Achilles problem and with that you have to be careful. He was disappointed because he had been raring to go after his injury last season but he was brilliant when he came on and I hope we can keep him like that.
"He has an unbelievable talent and is a really nice bloke. I will treat him the same as anyone else but I think he likes loyalty and all that. He knows I am desperate for him to be successful and believe there is no reason why he should not play for England again."
Ah, England. On Taylor's office wall, proudly facing his desk, is a photograph of him with the Under-21 team. You would think, after seeing what happened to Hoddle, that he would know better but he admitted to feeling a frisson of excitement when he heard Adam Crozier, chief executive of the FA, had picked him out as an example of a promising young English coach.
Maybe it was being called young at 47 but he said: "My immediate thoughts are to be a success here but it is lovely to be mentioned. Just as every player wants to play for his country, if you are a manager you've got to want to manage at the highest level.
"What happened to Glenn has not put me off. If the time was right, if I'd earned it by being successful here over a few years, it would be an honour. I've seen the job at close range - Glenn was very good at encouraging me to go to press conferences, to look and learn - and I'm going grey anyway."
The England job may well come in the future but, for the moment, a more mundane task awaited as Taylor headed off to his new house in the Leicestershire countryside to erect curtain rails in preparation for the arrival of his wife, Janet. The head may be going grey but there is no sign of it swelling.


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Dogs Can't Hold Their Licker: Pictures of Cute Dogs Letting It All Hang Out!
The world is full of many beautiful animals from the tiniest insect to critters such as elephants and whales. Dog lovers will tell you that dogs are the most beautiful creatures in the world -- both inside and out. While I might tend to agree, I also think they can manage to be the silliest looking creatures to ever walk the face of the earth. Part of this is because much like my Uncle Joe, dogs just cannot hold their licker.
Every day as I am going here, there and over yonder, I see dogs walking, lounging and running and nine times out of ten, their big ol' tongue is just flapping in the breeze. Whether they are resting in the shade or dancing in the fields, dogs just love to let their tongues go wild. No matter how ridiculous they look, these canine cuckoos have not one sliver of self respect when it comes to keeping their lovely lickers under wraps.
Of course, a dog's tongue is very useful to a pooch. It may seem they just let that big ol' ham tongue go wild with no more purpose than a flag flapping in a random breeze, but they actually use their tongues to regulate their body heat, lap up cool water, literally shovel in the grub, taste that same grub and greet those folks that are fortunate enough to make their acquaintance (occasionally right after that tongue has been used to lick those hard to reach places that we probably should not mention). Eight different muscles control the movement of a dog's tongue when it is not simply flopping about all willy-nilly. It is really one of the most versatile organs found in any living creature! And think about it... can your tongue do all that? Would you really want it to?
What have we learned by taking a closer look at the canine tongue? Well, just that dogs are gosh darn cute no matter where their tongue might be currently deployed and a silly dog is still a gorgeous dog. Those tongues can be awfully dangerous when they really get out of control and may be responsible for more than a few slobbered down hamburgers, not to mention all the dripping wet human faces.
So if you have a furry friend nearby, take a moment to admire that crazy slab of licking lunacy they have hanging from their mouth. And if you do not have a furry friend nearby, head to the local shelter and get one. That tongue may seem frightening at first, but as we have discussed, it is really just a dog's way of letting you know they care! They really, REALLY care!
What is your favorite feature on a doggie's face?
Cant hold their licker? As dog puns go that's pretty ruff..
This hub is so cute and informative and I enjoyed it very much-- because I am an animal lover. I have a Pomeranian he is very smart and demands my attention most of the time.
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Cute doggies in your picture gallery! Voted up!
Love this! Dogs wouldn't be the same without those tongues!


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Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Consider Bardwell Farm, cud, Goats, Oberhasli kid, Vermont, West Pawlet
The kids are getting their rumens a-workin' with some nice first cutting hay and Poulin Lamb-n-Kid grain. It's a great sight and means we will be able to wean them off milk soon!
Kidding season 2012 is nearing its end. Yesterday, kid number 164 was born, and there are only 6 does left to freshen. We'll keep some of the kids to replenish our milking herd, and the remaining kids will be pasture-raised for meat here on the farm. We wanted to share this video of all our kids enjoying their newly cleaned pens.
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Consider Bardwell's top milker has finally freshened! Dandelion gave birth to two healthy kids, a doe and a buck. These kids sure have a lot to live up to, including Dandelion's sweet disposition.
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Our does are expert kid-cleaners. They lick their newborns dry with precision and efficiency – our towels are no match. Sometimes the moms can get tough: they will paw a kid into position or pull at an ear with their mouths. This little guy's mom tugged a little too hard on his umbilical cord, pulling off the protective membrane. He's ok, but we gave him a dressing to keep his exposed umbilicus clean as it heals. Number 99 also happens to be our biggest kid yet: at 13 pounds, he's a giant next to his kid peers.
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We let our oldest kids (3 weeks) run out into the barnyard during pen cleaning. It made shoveling kid poop totally worth it.
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Our kid count is up to 87, and more kids means more mammas. It's about time we move back our barrier in the barn to make room for the milkers.
Almost half of our girls have freshened and on Friday we tasted the first milk of the season! Margot predicts the ladies will have a productive year. Our cheese makers are using this first batch of milk to make some delicious Machester.
Of course, more kids means more kid piles. And who doesn't love a good kid pile?


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I want to thank all of you for all well wishes you sent my way. You really uplifted my spirits. May God Bless You All !!! Do we not have some of the best people here in blog land or what?
I'm ready to go!!!
Isn't this a most beautiful award??? It was bestowed upon me by a most gracious lady we all know as
The Dutchess of Tea. I am so honored to recieve it. Thank you so much Dear. You truely are a Lady.
I now want to show you an old baby doll that Julie Marie of Idyllhours sent me awhile back. She bought it at an estate sale. He knew I just inherited a bunch of old dolls. She thought I would appreciate this old doll she had found, and I did. It did not have any markings on it, but you could tell it was old. I cleaned it up and dressed her. Here are the before and after pictures.
Thank you Julie Marie,XXOO
Now on to some football !!!
How about them Saints? I know you are all tired of hearing...Who Dat say gonna beat them Saints?
Who dat! Who Dat! But I am from New Orleans and its about Damn time we won something.
As you know Mardi Gras was at the same time. Which I did not get to go. Boo Hoo, Sniff, Sniff.
Anywho, I found this T-shirt with Mardi Gras and the Super Bowl Champs(De Saints) so I bought it.Here it is.Please excuse my squint eyes in these pictures.For once we had a sunny day.
My rott Rip wanted to go Mardi gras, but my little Aussie, Hobie wanted to play football.
My Angel the devil dog.
For my birthday last year, Sherry of Edie Marie's Attic...one of my most loveable and of course... we adopted each other...Sister, gave me a football jersey from her home state of Ohio.I told her when I could , I would take a picture of me in it.Again Squint eyes.
One of you ladies had asked me about the T- Shirts that I had made for myself using the pictures off my flyers and business card. Let me explain about the business card first.
I use the image of one of the Gipson Girls...Afternoon Tea. I got these cards from Victoria Trading Company. Way back in 1998. I have been sponstoring my bowling team called the Tonidolls for years. I had t-shirts made for my team using this image. That was before Afternoon Tea got popular.
Here are just a few of the shirts.
I think the same lady who asked about the shirts...not sure...also asked me to tell more about the dresses I make for little girls.
I got started doing this by a lady I also bowl with. She is not on my team. This is a very giving woman. She not ony make dresses herself, she makes blankets, boy clothes, book bags toys and much more. All material and trims are donated. These clothes do not have any button holes or zippers. Only a little lace or rick rack. The dresses I recieve are already cut out. Some times this material is hideous at best. Like I said its donated and nothing is wasted. This is all done though the Mormon Church.
How I got into it ...I knew my friend made the dresses. She asked me if I would be interested in making just a few. I told her I did not know how to sew clothes for people. My doll clothes are just main circles, squares and draping. She said I'll show you. She came over and did just that. It wasn't to bad, just the sleeves and neck. Any way now my few turned into 191 dresses and counting. I truelly enjoy doing this , because I think of all the little girls faces when they recieve them. Did I not mention these dresses go all over the world, and to the Indian Reservations right here in the good old USA? Here are the ones I made this week.
Since I did not do anything for Mardi Gras, I am going to show a picture of my mini Mardi Gras tree, newly updated.
This is for you dear friend...Here are a few dolls...I want you to tell me which one you like best, BECAUSE one of them is yours.You choose. It does not matter which. I want you to have one, and someday when your up to tatting the trim, I will make you the doll of your dreams. For now one of these will do. Its my way to show you how much You mean to me. I know how it feels not to be able to do the things we like due to a set back or illness. Love you Dear, XXOO
Thats all I got for my first post in a month or more. I will try not to leave you for such a long time. I missed all the sharing. Until next time...
XXOO Marie Antionette


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I agree mostly, except that only a small percentage would pay, not true, I firmly believe it would be the majority that will pay, there would be a percentage that would not but many will at some point while many simply cant, because taking out those that will not even if they can, probably many here are first world countries citizen no?, but the world is bigger than that, many times we believe everything is easy and circumstances are the same from anyone, like the comment about I import so can you and all the talk about credit cards and the like!! So heartless and tactless to rub it on other that you have the means to do so, many really cannot and dunno about you but I am not so heartless as supporting the idea that if you cannot pay for some entertainment that makes your live a little more happy then screw up, I will never support that immoral idea. Sorry but cant. I firmly believe a real creative mind (not just in for the money) would want to make a living form their creations, nothing wrong with that but that this same creative mind will also find infinite joy in people getting to know, enjoy or love their creations, sorry this might be just some dream or idealism from my part but I really believe a real artist will have joy seeing people enjoy his/her/their works even if some of them cannot pay. I am not naive and know many of nowadays artists only care to make money and be famous Anyway, to resume the idea, I believe if convenience and availability issues are really resolved then most people will pay, as prove just see the itunes, steam, netflix, crunchy, many of the people that download/upload are the very same ones using those services, what those that tell you? People wont pay or only few? No, people than can will pay if they have availability and convenience. |
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So everyone is entitled to limitless entertainment and in your mind, opposing that is "heartless". But if creators and others involved in the industry get adamant about getting compensated for their hard work, that's most likely selfishness overpowering their creative spirit as opposed to a simpler desire to put food on the table and being enabled to create more? If you want to be taken seriously on this stuff, I highly recommend reexamining your contrasting attitudes on this. |
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From my experience, the use of "monopoly" in these copyright discussions basically comes from a false premise. The logic goes like this: A. Monopolies are bad. B. Copyrighted works are monopolies. (<--- the false premise) C. Therefore, copyrighted works are bad. The problem is that copyrighted works aren't considered economic monopolies, and whatever sense in which they can be called monopolies is universal to any product that's sold. It's usage here only serves to carry irrelevant stigma into a discussion on copyright. The media industry is traditionally considered an oligopoly, not a monopoly --- that's because there are a handful of large competitors providing differentiated products on the market. If you try to use "monopoly" to describe a person's exclusive control over a copyrighted work, then you're not using "monopoly" in the economic sense --- you're using it in the more common parlance, such as to say that you have a monopoly over your own clothes, or a monopoly over your personal computer. Economic monopolies refer to singular control over a commodity market, not over a specific copyrighted work or product brand. Otherwise, we'd say that McDonald's has a monopoly over the Big Mac, or that Nike has a monopoly over the Air Pegasus --- every company would have a 'monopoly' over its specific product lines, which is a superfluous and misleading usage of the word 'monopoly'. In order for such companies to truly be economic monopolies and "prevent free competition" as you put it, they would have to be the sole provider of a commodity --- i.e., McDonald's would have to be the only company selling fast-food hamburgers, and Nike the only company selling athletic shoes. Akira Toriyama certainly isn't the only person selling manga (the commodity in this discussion), so it isn't correct to say that copyright is a state-granted economic monopoly. |
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And nice dodging my previous reply to you, its amusing many of you simply take what you can somehow argue or question. But I leave my previous question to you again, since you comfortably skipped it: Whats important for you, for a creator to prosper, have real ownership of his/her/their work and have the liberty to exploit it? or for the middlemen = industry, that only happen to have the money to get even richer? As if its not clear to you yet, I DO NOT BELIEVE in you so called industry, for me its rotten to the core, I believe in the other hand in real creators, the real creative minds behind entertainment, and that they are entitled to be compensated in ways that are fairly to them and fans alike, making easy to access all information, with flexibility involved looking for ways that make it easy for people to enjoy what they like, YES EVEN THOSE THAT CANNOT PAY upfront for 60-100-$$$ dollars discs/merchandize/concerts/etc, since you simply lack the ability to see my point, there I explained to you, one of those ways is the usual ads between other ways included those you and me cannot even imagine yet but that does not mean they cannot be done just become we are incapable of coming with methods and ways that work for most if not for everyone (those that buy discs, those that dont, those that only buy merchandise, those that are in countries that get no love from ndustry, etc.) @Kikaioh Like I said, you are going to much into terminology, the COPYRIGHT LAW itself its the monopoly, as I told you go check around to see why and the reason behind it, they will be better than what I can explain in short words here and better than what I can come up with anyway, its too much for you and me to discuss this here and all cold in terminology, its not a false premise, what is a monopoly?, how a monopoly work? That is one of the key elements why we refer to copyright (THE LAW) to monopoly... A monopoly basically prevents competition, free competition and actively crushes any of it, copyright law works in the same sense hence why if you look around you will see people refer to it as copyright monopoly. https://www.google.com/ Really, check an see why and see if you agree or not, like mentioned, I am not o posed to discuss it but I believe you are really looking too deep into terminologies and hard cold book definitions. I still cannot see then whats your point at all, so lets assume its not a monopoly, what do you call it then?, in the first place do you agree that this law prevents free competition and its there not for the creators but for distributors, for the middlemen... |
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If you read my post carefully, you'll see I mention that the media industry is traditionally considered an oligopoly, not a monopoly. You'll also recall that I make a sharp distinction between economic monopoly and monopoly of exclusive possession --- the latter is closer to how we treat intellectual property similar to tangible private property, and is the only real usage that makes sense in this discussion. Can you please explain to me why you think that copyright prevents free competition? There isn't a single entity that controls any given media market, nor have I heard of content-creators in recent years complaining of monopolistic competitor market practices. Your statement is in-and-of-itself puzzling. Also, most of the search results provided in your link are from individual bloggers or commentators, not necessarily impartial institutions of merit or good repute. As I previously stated, "monopoly" is often brought into these conversations for the sake of carrying with it the unwarranted and unrelated stigma that "monopolies are bad, so copyright is too" --- in that sense, it's not surprising to find that most references to copyright as a monopoly are from biased individuals and critics. |
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Those lawmakers obviously have no clue that this is no longer the pre-Internet days. We're entitled to the content if we want it, when we want, and how we want. It's not like we're robbing stores--people are just downloading and ripping. There's no harm in this. If they want to pay, that's what merchandise is for--where the real money is made. But if you just want the content, the price of the smell of food is the sound of money. One's enjoyment is enough. Hence, this law violates our basic freedoms. |
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The problem is that the competition in this case are guys who simply copy a guys work, puts it up for free (or possibly for a small fee) then reaps in money for very little work. Meanwhile the creator has seen little money for the work he does, and has either gone bankrupt or simply stopped creating.
Then goes who downloaded the work without paying bitch about how only little innovation or variety exist. You complain about how evil publishers are while celebrating people who have no role in the creation of something making all the money. Also you demonize publishers when publishers are some of the main reasons why stuff exist. Look at Bayonetta 2, the game couldnt have been made because neither Sega or Platinum Games had the money to complete it, but Nintendo came in and put up the money to have Platinum Games make it for the Wii U. Dragon's Crown by Vanillaware was having problems being made but Atlus (maker of the Persona games and publisher of Odin's Sphere) came in and offered to help by becoming the new publisher. You imagine a world in which you can make triple A Games with 100,000-3 million dollars when they cost 30-100 million to make. It cost 300,000 to make a an I-phone game with 3 people. You need the middle man because the middle man performs a service (they are the ones who pay for advertising, the developmental cost of the game, or the budget of the movie) unlike say a certain website with the initial MF. Of course then there are the companies who not only publish the games but develop them at the same time (as I mentioned earlier Atlus develops the Persona series as well as publishes it). |
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I couldn't disagree with you more. Basically you're saying any creative content that's easily reproducible should be available to anyone and everyone for free, regardless of what the content creator thinks. An author basically has no ownership/control rights to their creation under that premise, and it becomes a situation where we turn every artist into the proverbial musician on the street, playing for free and banking on the charity of his audience to support himself. This line of thinking also sets a bad precedent, because it's a model that only encourages merchandisable works to be created. It also undermines the amount of work and money that's required to create the content that people enjoy these days. The smell of food referred to in your analogy ought to be the trailers and reviews of a work, not the full meal itself (i.e., the creative work). It's like asking Starbucks to give its coffee away for free, and hope to make a return on investment/profit off of coffee mugs and t-shirts. |
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I think the biggest problem that pro-copyright people have is that they want to insist that there is only one profitable business model. But we know there's more than one.
I already gave an example based on music, so let's now think about it in terms of computing. Microsoft charges people to purchase an OS and then offers servicing for free, whereas some of the developers behind Unix-based OS give away the OS for free and then charge corporate clients to service it. Both models keep their respective developers chugging along. Funnily enough though, the various incarnations of Windows are crap and annoy lots of users, but they do make Microsoft lots of money. Whereas say Ubuntu is very secure, regularly updated, easy for the consumer to customise, and only makes the parent company a little bit of money (which isn't surprising because Ubuntu is free). My point is, the 'traditional' method results in an inferior product that mainly benefits one company, whereas a non-traditional method results in a superior product that financially benefits lots of people (because they didn't have to pay).
Just like "what about the content creators?" is often brought into the conversation to try and make it seem like every alternative to the traditional model is a bad one that's going to put every musician and author out on the street. |
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DTM: That's not true and you know it. Windows 7 doesn't have that many problems and only annoys those who don't know jack about computers. Linux isn't much better, and all UNIX OSs are worthless to computer gamers like myself.
Call me when Battlefield 3 has a native Linux version, then maybe I'll jump on board. |
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@ Kaidou
I already posted here in this very topic multiple times in good detail my reasoning and even how I envision a free competition world without copyright, refer to my previous post here that will answer your question, heck just check previous page to this, I wont simply repost anything again and repeat myself again and again. Of course its not like how I see it its the absolute truth and way or only way it should be, you care free to disagree or not, but really, I have posted all I have to say honestly. Sorry but with you last post you make it clear you dont have all the info to really discuss this, here on this very site you have stories about couple mangaka fighting their publisher because they want more power and more right to them, check previous page if you want names. @ dtm42 Agree with you, sorry but many of you pro-copyright people lack vision, as dtm42 said you think only one business model is the way too go and creator can only make money via copyright, For you nothing is wrong, Draconian laws are welcome, criminalizing internet user/sharers is ok, that your beloved middlemen keep 90% of profits and authors surrender their rights to them all is fine, for you the middlemen are essential, nothing can work without them, how narrow minded your views are. |
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Chagen46, you are pretty naive.
Do you know why Unix-based OS cannot natively support playing high-end games? Because the game developers don't write games with Linux in mind. Doesn't matter how good the OS is, if a game isn't compiled to run on said OS then it won't run (see last paragraph). And why do the game developers not support Linux? Because Microsoft used the money it receives from morons who buy a copy of Windows at $149.00 and used it to pay off or outright threaten companies so they stay away from Linux. In the early days it even ensured that rivals' programs would simply not work when run on Windows, which is just shocking. This anti-competitor behaviour has earned Microsoft plenty of fines over the years (usually from the Europeans as America's corrupt as heck) but it has also effectively stifled (if not outright killed) many of its competitors. And sure, Microsoft might not do that kind if sh*t so much anymore, but Linux is now stuck in a catch-22. It needs good programs (like good games) to attract people to switch over from Apple or Microsoft, but it needs lots of users to attract the developers to Linux to make those games. That's not Linux's fault, it is just a victim of past Microsoft actions. You are blaming the wrong party. Linux is perfectly capable of playing Battlefield 3 or any other game, but you need to compile your own code (or have a boffin do it for you). There are teams of dedicated dudes out there working to port various games over to Linux. I am also happy to say that I've noticed more game companies in recent times offering support for Linux, so there is hope. Last I heard, Steam (the program which distributes the Half-Life and Elder Scrolls series) is close to releasing a beta version for Linux, which is great news. |
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If you guys want want to see all the crap around the world that is done thanks to your beloved copyright and beloved middlemen= publishers I would recommend you to read sites like http://torrentfreak.com/
You guys really need all the facts before you defend pure evilness and rotten schemes.
The main reason is creature minds, period. That why you have stuff, your middlemen only happen to have the money and give you stuff to makes them more money, they dont care about you or me or fans. I dont oppose investor or middlemen as long as the control and rights to the work remains with the creator and the profits are shared fairly with the creators and fans around the globe respected and paying fair prices too with availability and convenience for anything and all. |
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You basically just conclude that every publisher is Activision. Yes there are a few people who are in it exclusively for the money. In my experience that's also pretty rare. Its also true that a lot of piracy sites are also in it for the money. Do you really think that MF honestly gives a crap about Oda? Or even manga in general? No, the guy who owns it saw money in making a website that steals from not only mangaka but even fan translators and did it. I talked to a guy who '"works" for MF, no one is paid and the guy who owns it collects everything. What do you think is going to happen once the market for big name production collapses? Who do you think is going to give you your precious manga in mass quantity? Who is going to advertise for the mangaka? Who is going to pay the mangaka? You? Are you going to do it? Do you have the money to pay several people to make 18 pages of comics a week? Why do you think no webcomic comes even close to the output that a weekly manga does? The reason is because they don't dedicate themselves to their webcomic the way a mangaka does. A mangaka doesn't have time to advertise a website or to even run a website like a webcomic does. You demand that publishers give you respect? I don't respect people who don't respect me or try to belittle my accomplishments so why should the publishers be any different. |
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I actually don't have any problems with discussions on better business models (marginally demonstrative and truthy as they tend to be ). My bigger concern is with artist rights ---- I think it's ultimately up to the artists and rights-holders to decide how and under what circumstances their works are made available to the public. I just don't believe in forcing authors to give up ownership of their creations for the sake of perceived entitlement.
Are you referring to me...? I'm not Kaidou, but I'll assume that's me since no one else here has a similar name. I've read through your "free competition" posts, but you don't explain how there isn't free competition already --- you just give your 'vision' of a free competition world, which is more of a "free-of-publishers" world. You mention how artists complain about their publishers, but I don't see the connection between that and the idea that publishers are killing free competition --- that seems to be more a case of authors complaining their publishers aren't giving them a fair shake. The thing is, a person can make a comic, song, book, etc. and put it out on the internet without interference from major companies/competitors. There are lots of online resources, such as Lulu, Zazzle, AdSense, Paypal, etc. from which a person can generate revenue streams for their creative works. So how exactly is the creative-content industry making it impossible for content-creators to self-publish? You make it sound as though the industry is somehow using monopolistic tactics to prevent Penny Arcade and AVGN from existing, and yet... somehow... they do exist. I've studied copyright off and on for almost a decade now, so your constant claims that "I don't have all the information" to discuss this issue make me raise the proverbial eyebrow, as the saying goes. Not to mention, Torrentfreak isn't exactly a paragon of impartial reporting when it comes to the topic of copyright. TBH, the more you talk, the more it seems like something isn't quite right upstairs --- there's a certain lacking self-awareness/sagacity to your posts (whether it's calling me Kaidou, the strange meter to your writing, the various grammar/spelling mistakes, the constant claims to people not being open-minded or "seeing the big picture", and the almost blind devotion to your ideals) that gives me the impression that you're either very young, or not terribly... perspicacious...? (I'd use a more common word, but I think it'd sound rude ) |
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