Well, in that "conversation" I mostly see Doctorow talk, and see only one response from Moore. And instead of Moore actually responding to Doctorow, he said something like "good on ya mate".
That's not my definition of a conversation. Though that is just one example, there are many people who are and can indeed converse using Twitter.
But it needs two parties willing to talk, Cory clearly was willing to, it was James who didn't dare to respond directly.
Sure there will be people who want stuff for free, with or without ads... but don't let them (a minority) stop you from doing this.
You could also look into offering exclusive material for the paying customers, stuff that isn't so easily copied. Such as behind-the-scenes looks, extra fan material.
Oh yes, blocking a website will help a lot {/sarcasm}
No, blocking will never help anything, it's better to attack the site in question, because they are spreading hatespeech.
Of course if it was placed there by a commenter, it's not the site that should be attacked with litigation, but rather that commenter.
I'd rather watch a movie on my tv, and not on a laptop screen, so offer a download or a webstream that can work on boxes like Boxee and Popcorn Hour, and you have my money too.
So, you are afraid that people are going to use creative commons licenses to hide behind uploading of copyrighted material? That's a weird thing to be afraid about. Those kinds of defenses probably won't work anyway. "Ich habe es nicht gewusst" does not stand up in court.
Also, I don't think that that's ASCAP's intent with these letters. They see that they are losing control over what an artist can do with their creative works... and wish to put the creative commons genie back in the bottle.
BTW, CC != copyleft. There is copyright on a CC-licensed work. It's just clearer what you are allowed to do with the work, as it's explicitly named.
Open a paypal or local equivalent account. Comment on the torrent sites with a link to said account and ask for donations if people like the movies.
Yes, it's akin to busking on a street corner, but it can net you some income. And 1 donated dollar is better than nothing.
But free publicity is also worth something I'd say. I could say that I would like a buck from the movie company for pirating their movie, as I help promote their wares by downloading it. Any idea how expensive an ad-campaign would be?
if a movie is already a top-grossing film at the box office (like Wolverine was) how can you expect that MORE people would've gone there? There is a limit.
I would urge you to be careful with equating copyright infringement with theft.
Theft is a criminal offense... copyright infringement is a civil matter. Both are illegal, but both are in different lawbooks.
I have on a number of occasions told here and in other online venues that I have in fact violated copyright. And I've also often backed up that one with one where me "pirating" the material in question led to an actual sale.
And I post under my own name. I'm no anonymous coward like you.
It seems that only copyright protectionists/absolutists are the anonymous cowards here. They don't dare to come out with their opinion under their own name.
"when used properly" well therein lies the rub.
You can say that by any of the mentioned laws. If used properly, copyright can work, and patent law can work. But it isn't used properly. We have one company suing another company over a word that similarly typeset, despite the fact that the name's different, and that they are both not in the same market.
We have colours that are trademarked. (T-Mobile's purple for instance)
And there are numerous other examples.
No, let's get rid of the whole shabang.
If you as a company are so deathly afraid of people using similar logos, then something is not right in your marketing department. And instead of suing first, there could also be the route of conversation first. Why not go and talk with the owners of the company that uses a similar logo. Public and civil discourse has been replaced by these sue-happy lawyer types at the top.
Proposal:
Let's get rid of copyright laws, trademark laws and patent laws.
Let's free the market to true competition. After all that's what these apologists for these types of laws claim to want, a free market?
Everyone can have an idea, work those out, without fear of violating anyones 'intellectual property'.
No one is entitled to get all the money, even though it was their idea in the first place, but instead popular ideas will get copied in abundance, and improved upon wherever possible.
That should inspire innovation, as you have to innovate in order to stay on top of the market.
If you can apply for a patent, and then later before the original patent is approved you change the terms using a continuation.... then that patent should become null and void to begin with. It's absolutely ridiculous that these practices are at all possible. Right now there is nothing in these laws that you can call fair and balanced. It's all skewered towards the big money, and to the scam artists, the swindlers and hustlers.
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That's not my definition of a conversation. Though that is just one example, there are many people who are and can indeed converse using Twitter.
But it needs two parties willing to talk, Cory clearly was willing to, it was James who didn't dare to respond directly.
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Sure there will be people who want stuff for free, with or without ads... but don't let them (a minority) stop you from doing this.
You could also look into offering exclusive material for the paying customers, stuff that isn't so easily copied. Such as behind-the-scenes looks, extra fan material.
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No, blocking will never help anything, it's better to attack the site in question, because they are spreading hatespeech.
Of course if it was placed there by a commenter, it's not the site that should be attacked with litigation, but rather that commenter.
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I thought it meant that it was without copyright.
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Also, I don't think that that's ASCAP's intent with these letters. They see that they are losing control over what an artist can do with their creative works... and wish to put the creative commons genie back in the bottle.
BTW, CC != copyleft. There is copyright on a CC-licensed work. It's just clearer what you are allowed to do with the work, as it's explicitly named.
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Or is this just a shakedown letter from ASCAP to get more money from their members?
I like how they are portraying "our side" as the side with the deep pockets. Is the music industry reaching rock bottom?
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Yes, it's akin to busking on a street corner, but it can net you some income. And 1 donated dollar is better than nothing.
But free publicity is also worth something I'd say. I could say that I would like a buck from the movie company for pirating their movie, as I help promote their wares by downloading it. Any idea how expensive an ad-campaign would be?
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Re: Choice of story....
What facts?
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Re: Load of BS
Theft is a criminal offense... copyright infringement is a civil matter. Both are illegal, but both are in different lawbooks.
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And I post under my own name. I'm no anonymous coward like you.
It seems that only copyright protectionists/absolutists are the anonymous cowards here. They don't dare to come out with their opinion under their own name.
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I'm over in Europe, and I don't have access to Google Voice. Much to my dismay, as I really like the idea of it.
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You can say that by any of the mentioned laws. If used properly, copyright can work, and patent law can work. But it isn't used properly. We have one company suing another company over a word that similarly typeset, despite the fact that the name's different, and that they are both not in the same market.
We have colours that are trademarked. (T-Mobile's purple for instance)
And there are numerous other examples.
No, let's get rid of the whole shabang.
If you as a company are so deathly afraid of people using similar logos, then something is not right in your marketing department. And instead of suing first, there could also be the route of conversation first. Why not go and talk with the owners of the company that uses a similar logo. Public and civil discourse has been replaced by these sue-happy lawyer types at the top.
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...Ok, that's it, I'm convinced now...
Let's get rid of copyright laws, trademark laws and patent laws.
Let's free the market to true competition. After all that's what these apologists for these types of laws claim to want, a free market?
Everyone can have an idea, work those out, without fear of violating anyones 'intellectual property'.
No one is entitled to get all the money, even though it was their idea in the first place, but instead popular ideas will get copied in abundance, and improved upon wherever possible.
That should inspire innovation, as you have to innovate in order to stay on top of the market.
If you can apply for a patent, and then later before the original patent is approved you change the terms using a continuation.... then that patent should become null and void to begin with. It's absolutely ridiculous that these practices are at all possible. Right now there is nothing in these laws that you can call fair and balanced. It's all skewered towards the big money, and to the scam artists, the swindlers and hustlers.
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