What about the publicity rights implications if I get a tattoo of a celebrity, dead or otherwise! Hell, I might even get a tattoo of a dead sport team celebrity mascot
So if no proof is needed, I can clog the legal system with hundreds of false copyright infringement notices against the movie companies and have them removed from the interwebs?
" the content companies can't afford to take part any longer"
How the hell does it cost them money to take part? Or are you implying that taking part costs them (expensive physical media) sales they would have made were their product not available to (cheaply) stream
Mike, how about we scrap the ability to post anonymously? In fact why not give the facebook commenting API a trial? I know it removed most trolling issues on TechCrunch.
that patents did not exist when the 12 note Western music scales were developed. EVERY SINGLE DAMN musician today would be unable to create music without paying a license fee to long dead gregorian monks.
D#? Oh yeah, patented. And A through G#, sorry buddy.
Percussion too.
Whistling would come with penalty of death for patent infringement. Woe betide anyone with musical farts
So the blog owners should ask for authorisation? This can be faked. But then where do you draw the line? When I buy something from iTunes do I need to double check authorisation or do I assume that an apparently legit site is legit? If someone from @EMI.com or whoever emails me something then I of course would assume it's legit. I wouldn't check every damn thing coming in, just as youtube and google can't (well, at least not feasibly or economically).
Oh wait, you don't want to talk about the whole music industry, just the pieces you want to point at. Nice.
I think you'll find Mike does the exact opposite actually. In every report about music (or movie) piracy affecting the big labels Mike ALWAYS points out that the publishing arms of these industries only represents a portion of a much larger, growing, industry.
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How the hell does it cost them money to take part? Or are you implying that taking part costs them (expensive physical media) sales they would have made were their product not available to (cheaply) stream
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What's in doubt is the stupid way they're packaging their offerings
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We are lucky
D#? Oh yeah, patented. And A through G#, sorry buddy.
Percussion too.
Whistling would come with penalty of death for patent infringement. Woe betide anyone with musical farts
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They should have hired me to write the paywall
10 Print "Pay up chump"
20 ?????
30 Profit!
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I think you'll find Mike does the exact opposite actually. In every report about music (or movie) piracy affecting the big labels Mike ALWAYS points out that the publishing arms of these industries only represents a portion of a much larger, growing, industry.
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hired a firm?
So if she can afford people to troll the internet on her behalf, surely the MAFIAA can too?
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Look out Mike
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