Disney didn't use fair use; they used public domain stories and/or waited until certain stories entered the public domain to make their own versions of them. Regarding Fair Use, it was common law until it was enshrined in the 1978 copyright act.
That being said, the Walt Disney Company is–as Cory Doctorow accurately points out–a bunch of grifters.
I don't know, some of the people who were on the Supreme Court then weren't on the Supreme Court now for reasons that they are dead Ie.g. Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Scalia) or that they retired (O'Connor, Kennedy, Stevens).
More proof if any were needed that the right wing cry of states rights is nothing but a means to try to let red states keep on abusing minorities.
That has long been disproven, especially in 2005 when Terri Schiavo got federal intervention for no good reason (but if any good came out of it, a terrific South Park Episode as well as the public awareness of living wills and how necessary they are).
If I were in charge of Remo, I'd offer the ability to archive–or at least re-experience–live events that one has missed. That's something that computers can do which one cannot do in real life.
The internet played a huge role in both of those things, and section 230 played a large role in the former, meaning that places that showed up on the internet where we could congregate and make our own demos and music couldn't be done without the protections of Section 230 providing an imperial standard, so to speak.
Well said, Mike. People are looking at the bad and seeing the bad as the totality rather than the good that has enabled what has happened.
Also, thanks to web sites such as Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, and the Internet Archive, the public domain is more accessible than ever! We no longer have to pay to access what belongs to everyone! That should mean a lot!
Without §230, we wouldn't have public domain/shareable media depositories such as
Wikipedia
The Internet Archive
nor would we have
Blogs such as Blogger
Blogs such as TechDirt
Discord
Etsy
Ebay
Bandcamp
Soundcloud
Flickr
the BBS/Forums of yore
…
…and on and on. The list is really endless. Section 230 enables so much good and it really pisses me off that so many Democrats and Republicans (not named Ron Wyden or Chris Cox) would rather say "DELENDA EST SECTIO DUCENTA TRIGINTA" and stampede over this gift to the people of the United States of America (and the world, for that matter) than celebrate the good it has brought.
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Disney didn't use fair use; they used public domain stories and/or waited until certain stories entered the public domain to make their own versions of them. Regarding Fair Use, it was common law until it was enshrined in the 1978 copyright act.
That being said, the Walt Disney Company is–as Cory Doctorow accurately points out–a bunch of grifters.
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Or Troma territory, given their Killer Condom movie…
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Yes
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What every anti-§230 argument is…
https://imgflip.com/i/4xelyo
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Don't compare sex workers–who are doing honest work–with corrupt politicians, who deserve shame for doing actual harm.
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I do QA professionally, and I absolutely refuse to test that product under any circumstances whatsoever.
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I don't know, some of the people who were on the Supreme Court then weren't on the Supreme Court now for reasons that they are dead Ie.g. Rehnquist, Ginsburg, Scalia) or that they retired (O'Connor, Kennedy, Stevens).
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The GOP representation (e.g. Ajit Pai) is not measured in constituents but in currency.
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That has long been disproven, especially in 2005 when Terri Schiavo got federal intervention for no good reason (but if any good came out of it, a terrific South Park Episode as well as the public awareness of living wills and how necessary they are).
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That's an extremely fair viewpoint because Trump's family had been harmful in some way or another to the nation.
I would feel sorry for Barron Trump, though. He did nothing wrong despite having two shitty parents.
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Ah. Best throw them up on the Internet Archive and YouTube. That seems like the best idea.
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If I were in charge of Remo, I'd offer the ability to archive–or at least re-experience–live events that one has missed. That's something that computers can do which one cannot do in real life.
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We're not so much fixated on him but laughing at a pariah that has caused us harm for (at least) four years…
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No Internet? No livelihood.
My sources of non-Government income come from
The internet played a huge role in both of those things, and section 230 played a large role in the former, meaning that places that showed up on the internet where we could congregate and make our own demos and music couldn't be done without the protections of Section 230 providing an imperial standard, so to speak.
Well said, Mike. People are looking at the bad and seeing the bad as the totality rather than the good that has enabled what has happened.
Also, thanks to web sites such as Project Gutenberg, Wikipedia, and the Internet Archive, the public domain is more accessible than ever! We no longer have to pay to access what belongs to everyone! That should mean a lot!
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Consarnit.
I wish I could go, but I have work when it's livestreaming. Will it be uploaded to YouTube and/or the Internet Archive for posterity?
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I mean, Trump got the Capitol sacked with a little help from his friends, so…
On the post: The Many Reasons To Celebrate Section 230
Without §230…
Without §230, we wouldn't have public domain/shareable media depositories such as
nor would we have
…
…and on and on. The list is really endless. Section 230 enables so much good and it really pisses me off that so many Democrats and Republicans (not named Ron Wyden or Chris Cox) would rather say "DELENDA EST SECTIO DUCENTA TRIGINTA" and stampede over this gift to the people of the United States of America (and the world, for that matter) than celebrate the good it has brought.
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To paraphrase Orwell: "All speech is free but some speech is freer than others."
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It's okay, they lifted that from the Spider-man theme song from the 1960's cartoon.
BTW, Blue Öyster Cult did make a Florida Man song which you can listen to here.
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Re: Let's try this experiment in government first
Joe Lieberman hasn't been a Senator since 2012, so he technically hasn't had a constituency since then.
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