Did ICE Pirate An Anti-Piracy Video From NYC?
from the what's-wrong,-can't-make-your-own? dept
You may recall a few months back we wrote about an NBC Universal backed campaign paid for with NYC taxpayer dollars to put up anti-piracy propaganda around NYC, based on the blatantly false claim that "there's no such thing as a free movie." Ironically, the makers of the propaganda videos had no trouble using the "free" YouTube to host the videos telling people there's no such thing as a free movie. SD points us to the news that Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) group has now posted the same video... stripped of references to New York City to its YouTube channel, and put a thing at the end asking people to send infringement notifications to ICE. While I'm sure that ICE got permission from NYC to use these videos (and yes, the headline above is joking), it does seem a bit weird that it would just copy someone else's anti-piracy videos. Considering the pro-copyright defenders around here are always arguing that copying like this is bad when you could "just create your own," will they now say that ICE should have created its own propaganda videos as well? In the meantime, is anyone else disturbed that taxpayer money is being used to fund clearly misleading (or downright dishonest) propaganda videos designed to protect a particular industry?Thank you for reading this Techdirt post. With so many things competing for everyone’s attention these days, we really appreciate you giving us your time. We work hard every day to put quality content out there for our community.
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Joke
That'll avoid a lot of unnecessary comments.
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Ever notice how the big shilltard/copytards dont have any problem with this too? No one ever addresses this inequity in the law that hands so much power to so few with zero reprecussions against the good of the public.
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It's exploitive and corrupt.
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I'm amazed someone hasn't re-used the footage and made a parody video.
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What's good for the goose....
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Did they secure the rights to the video? Who knows! That's never stopped the *IAA in the past, though, so I say, send them a DMCA notice!
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Perhaps you would be so kind as to point to posts where "pro-copyright defenders" have argured that copying (or any of the other rights accorded pursuant to Title 17) with the assent of a copyright holder is bad.
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Perhaps you would be so kind as to point to posts where "pro-copyright defenders" have argured that copying (or any of the other rights accorded pursuant to Title 17) with the assent of a copyright holder is bad.
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LoL
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Yeah, because money is exactly like file sharing and infringement.
Is it any wonder no progress can be made on this topic with complete idiots arguing their side like this? They actually believe the shit they are shoveling. It would be amazing if it wasnt so pathetically sad.
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That copyright is absurd?
Did you paid your house creator for sharing your house with your family and friends already?
Did you paid your car creator for the use of that car in different cities?
Did you paid your furniture manufacture for every instance that furniture was used?
Nope, so why should anybody pay you for equally absurd claims by idiots like you?
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This must mean that when I rent something I only need to make a single payment......
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The real thieves are people like you, that try to impose a set of ridiculous rules that are unenforceable onto others that don't want it.
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Yep I have no problems with you sharing my bank account in that manner.
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I want to know if you parents taught you anything useful.
Did or did they not?
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The fact the question was not answered by them is a bit troubling, however. Perhaps now is as good a time as any to ask them.
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Perhaps if you all would be kind enough to give names then we'd be able to find them easier.
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To my knowledge no one has ever made such a claim, so it seems only appropriate that he back it up with at least some modicum of data.
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Re-reading what he said, I can see your point. Still, plenty of pro-copyright people have said way crazier stuff so I wouldn't be surprised if he was referring to an actual opinion. You can pretty much pick any Darryl post and interpret it to mean anything.
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Pursuant to human history and traditions.
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Enough Flogging this Dead Horse
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Nicedoggy?
The interesting part is that as far as I can tell it actually was one person doing all the posting. The argument never flip flops coming from just Nicedoggy.
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https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/add on/torbutton/
You can do it too its easy.
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Heard a lot about it but haven't used it. Thank you for the links. =)
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Mike checked your IP address and it's not even a Tor exit node it's I2P. So you are an imposter and a liar.
BRB I need to go make a phone call.
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