Why We Can't Have Nice Things

Why we can't have nice things

i Phone users know about services like Hound where you can play, or even hum a few bars of a song and have it identified. Now TinEye Reverse Image Search (also available as a Firefox plug-in) will find all iterations of most any picture.  This example, using my "They Auction Obama" photochop (below)  finds the original art.  It's pretty neat, but how long before copyright lawyers  like US Copyright Group launch extortion schemes?  And speaking of extortion, California is a plug-in for Maryland Democrats, so  passage of  legislation (waiting for Jerry Brown's signature) that forces Amazon to collect taxes for them is pretty much assured here.  It's why we can't have nice things.