Correct. They did have that power. And they abused it by deleting links that weren't theirs also. That's one reason for the tiff with Universal and Megaupload.
They get around state law by working with federal enforcement officials. It's a rigged system meant to take money from people with very little in regards to judicial oversight.
In all of the posts, all of the evidence of all kinds of piracy, I do know one thing. That the piracy of goods represents a small loss to those creating entertainment. So instead of focusing on the money, people focus on the pirates.
Why do you spend such an inordinate amount of time with the people that won't pay? Why not focus on the people that want better customer service, experiences, and better products?
Is it so hard to ask for the movie industry to have a better suggestion than treating everyone like criminals?
If this were the wild west, I'm sure the barkeep knows that if he prices his whiskey more than three pinches of gold, most of the people wouldn't visit his store for long. Instead, they'd just rather run some moonshine on their own.
Just so everyone is on the same page, here is Maryland's civil laws based on what they do in civil forfeitures.
Property can be forfeited under a preponderance of the evidence standard; the government must merely prove it is more likely than not that the property was involved in a crime, a far lower standard than beyond a reasonable doubt. Property owners are effectively “guilty until proven innocent”: To contest a seizure, the property owner must prove that the property was wrongfully seized or that the owner did not have actual knowledge of the conduct. But Maryland civil forfeiture law, unlike most other states, avoids creating a profit incentive for local law enforcement. All proceeds from civil forfeiture flow to the state general fund or the local governing body.
Read the last part one more time. They make their money from the proceeds by getting the federal government involved. You are guilty in all civil forfeitures until you're proven innocent because you the state only needs a "probable cause" for forfeiture. It's ridiculous that so few states have laws against this, but Maryland still gets cutbacks from the Feds in regards to these laws.
Based on the evidence found in the 2010 "Policing for profit" report, these domain seizures are only going to get worse. Until people begin to tackle that, we'll have the DoJ using civil asset forfeiture in questionable ways to benefit all law officials with inflated paychecks.
The answer is simple the studios DO actually contribute a great deal to these productions, beyond fronting the money for securing the rights to the screen play, paying the production crew, and utilizing their established distribution network, they also promote the film.
Or maybe the simple answer is that those film directors, once they make the money, send out the prizes and all, are busy making their movies without the MPAA being involved.
Ever heard of a recognition that different markets have different price tags?
I wrote in this very thread how Brazil's pricing on games means more people buy less games since it's based on paying $100 USD. So there is now a black market for video games where people are more willing to pirate the games.
Further, there's a day in Brazil where the games come down to US prices! Now you can buy the most recent console games for $60 USD!
But then you get a shortage because the game industry (note, not the gamers) decides to hold back their games on that one day.
So piracy is a sign of a market failure. Gamers want games at realistic prices. The industry wants people to pay for content at higher prices than what the market will allow. Let's translate this really quickly... Would you pay $136 for Tron Legacy?
What you are suggesting is that the price in the US should be as cheap as the cheapest market, so that the people in those countries can't justify piracy?
Next time, stop the speed reading. The point that you've glaring skipped over, was that all of the legal alternatives for things don't exist outside of the US. Odds are, if you looked at the global markets, you'd find that the piracy you want to fight so badly happens in areas where the number of legal alternatives are limited. Brazil is an example. IIRC, Germany also has the same problem to content. The more legal alternatives, the less piracy. It's really that simple.
Your points are all valid, except that you are trying use them all to justify piracy as acceptable.
Translation: I know you have good points, but I refuse to acknowledge them since it makes me appear wrong in my assertion that morality will fight the problem of piracy.
If you don't like the "crap", then why the worry? If it's not available online, who cares? It's crap, right? Oh wait, you WANT the crap. So the crap isn't crap anymore, you just don't want to have to pay anything to get it.
Translation: Because I can't think up any alternatives, piracy must be the only way that content is shared. I can't acknowledge that alternatives exist because it deflates my argument even further. Also, I can't acknowledge the world market where iTunes isn't available in all countries. I also can't understand why a person in Brazil would pay so little for games when the average game in Brazil is more than most people in the US pays.
Here is a copyright. There are many like it. But this one is mine. My copyright is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life.
My copyright, without me, is useless. Without my copyright, I am useless. I must hold my copyright true. I must protect my copyright. I must protect my sales at all costs. I will...
My sales and myself know that what counts in this war is not the people we fire, the noise of our out burst, or the economic damage we make. We know that it is the hits to piracy that count. We will hit...
My copyright is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its power. I will keep my copyright clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before Mark Twain, I swear this creed. My copyright and myself are the defenders of my company. We are the masters of piracy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is copyright's and there is no piracy, but sales!
HBO’s awesome. They have a streaming app that will allow you to watch pretty much any original series or movie that they still have the rights to (including “Thrones”) and it works with almost everything that can play streaming video. HBO doesn’t even charge for the app or for the extra access.
You say you don’t want to subscribe to HBO, or even cable?
Ah. Well, no worries. The show will be released on DVD and Blu-ray later in the year.
You’re not into physical media? I’m with you. It’ll be on iTunes soon. See? The store page lists the release date. March 6. You can circle it on the calendar and everything.
There is a HUGE disconnect here where he doesn't even consider a global audience such as UK goers or Russian borns who have to wait for a translated version which can take up to a year. And last I checked, they have to wait even LONGER for a series to hit without Bittorrent.
And right at the end, with his XBox issue, he doesn't even know how expensive consumer goods are in other countries. I'm aware that in Brazil, people buy less games because they're over $100 USD. But they do a lot more sharing and piracy. I wonder why?
Maybe this guy needs to get out of his home more instead of preaching the morality argument.
Why would a soldier wait until he was in danger to engage the enemy? His job is not simply to play defense. You see bad guys, you kill them. Ever hear of an ambush? Classic military tactic. You don't yell "surprise" first, you simply lay down fire. Civilian fighters carrying small arms and rpg's, that's enough under the rules of engagement.
No, I never said he is to play defense. But there are certain areas that snipers get into that have much better advantages than satellites. I recall a number of missions where sniper teams are set up to go behind enemy lines (such as Kosovo) to paint targets to be destroyed or gain recon.
Meanwhile, your post about "real war" ignores how the heli team blew up a building without clearing it of women and children, which is a war crime.
That may be true, but that's quickly changing. Now that the entire world is filled in on crony capitalism, the same rules that worked in the 20th century aren't going to work effectively anymore. I believe that in the next few years, you're going to see a huge change in politics that are facilitated by the internet. Politicians listening to what the people are saying about legislation. People actually having a voice. And corporate shilling is going to be reduced severely. It's already occurring. I just don't think it's hit critical mass quite yet.
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Megaupload had the bad takedown of the music video.
Warner bros took down files on Rapidshare illegally.
No huge difference on the issue here. The fact remains they still had a way to address the actual infringements.
Your panda problem I can't help though.
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Eminem is losing money from his lawsuit because of piracy, not shady record deals? DJ Danger Mouse lost money by creating remixes?
I mean, really? Your argument is that these artists haven't recouped because they aren't popular?
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Why do you spend such an inordinate amount of time with the people that won't pay? Why not focus on the people that want better customer service, experiences, and better products?
Is it so hard to ask for the movie industry to have a better suggestion than treating everyone like criminals?
If this were the wild west, I'm sure the barkeep knows that if he prices his whiskey more than three pinches of gold, most of the people wouldn't visit his store for long. Instead, they'd just rather run some moonshine on their own.
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Maryland's civil laws
Property can be forfeited under a preponderance of the evidence standard; the government must merely prove it is more likely than not that the property was involved in a crime, a far lower standard than beyond a reasonable doubt. Property owners are effectively “guilty until proven innocent”: To contest a seizure, the property owner must prove that the property was wrongfully seized or that the owner did not have actual knowledge of the conduct. But Maryland civil forfeiture law, unlike most other states, avoids creating a profit incentive for local law enforcement. All proceeds from civil forfeiture flow to the state general fund or the local governing body.
Read the last part one more time. They make their money from the proceeds by getting the federal government involved. You are guilty in all civil forfeitures until you're proven innocent because you the state only needs a "probable cause" for forfeiture. It's ridiculous that so few states have laws against this, but Maryland still gets cutbacks from the Feds in regards to these laws.
Based on the evidence found in the 2010 "Policing for profit" report, these domain seizures are only going to get worse. Until people begin to tackle that, we'll have the DoJ using civil asset forfeiture in questionable ways to benefit all law officials with inflated paychecks.
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Basically, this is law enforcement's get rich quick scheme that has been occurring for decades now with no signs of preventing drug usage at all.
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Or maybe the simple answer is that those film directors, once they make the money, send out the prizes and all, are busy making their movies without the MPAA being involved.
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I wrote in this very thread how Brazil's pricing on games means more people buy less games since it's based on paying $100 USD. So there is now a black market for video games where people are more willing to pirate the games.
Further, there's a day in Brazil where the games come down to US prices! Now you can buy the most recent console games for $60 USD!
But then you get a shortage because the game industry (note, not the gamers) decides to hold back their games on that one day.
So piracy is a sign of a market failure. Gamers want games at realistic prices. The industry wants people to pay for content at higher prices than what the market will allow. Let's translate this really quickly... Would you pay $136 for Tron Legacy?
What you are suggesting is that the price in the US should be as cheap as the cheapest market, so that the people in those countries can't justify piracy?
Next time, stop the speed reading. The point that you've glaring skipped over, was that all of the legal alternatives for things don't exist outside of the US. Odds are, if you looked at the global markets, you'd find that the piracy you want to fight so badly happens in areas where the number of legal alternatives are limited. Brazil is an example. IIRC, Germany also has the same problem to content. The more legal alternatives, the less piracy. It's really that simple.
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Translation: I know you have good points, but I refuse to acknowledge them since it makes me appear wrong in my assertion that morality will fight the problem of piracy.
If you don't like the "crap", then why the worry? If it's not available online, who cares? It's crap, right? Oh wait, you WANT the crap. So the crap isn't crap anymore, you just don't want to have to pay anything to get it.
Translation: Because I can't think up any alternatives, piracy must be the only way that content is shared. I can't acknowledge that alternatives exist because it deflates my argument even further. Also, I can't acknowledge the world market where iTunes isn't available in all countries. I also can't understand why a person in Brazil would pay so little for games when the average game in Brazil is more than most people in the US pays.
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The copyright creed
My copyright, without me, is useless. Without my copyright, I am useless. I must hold my copyright true. I must protect my copyright. I must protect my sales at all costs. I will...
My sales and myself know that what counts in this war is not the people we fire, the noise of our out burst, or the economic damage we make. We know that it is the hits to piracy that count. We will hit...
My copyright is human, even as I, because it is my life. Thus, I will learn it as a brother. I will learn its weaknesses, its strength, its parts, its accessories, its sights and its power. I will keep my copyright clean and ready, even as I am clean and ready. We will become part of each other. We will...
Before Mark Twain, I swear this creed. My copyright and myself are the defenders of my company. We are the masters of piracy. We are the saviors of my life.
So be it, until victory is copyright's and there is no piracy, but sales!
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How does he not get it?
You say you don’t want to subscribe to HBO, or even cable?
Ah. Well, no worries. The show will be released on DVD and Blu-ray later in the year.
You’re not into physical media? I’m with you. It’ll be on iTunes soon. See? The store page lists the release date. March 6. You can circle it on the calendar and everything.
There is a HUGE disconnect here where he doesn't even consider a global audience such as UK goers or Russian borns who have to wait for a translated version which can take up to a year. And last I checked, they have to wait even LONGER for a series to hit without Bittorrent.
And right at the end, with his XBox issue, he doesn't even know how expensive consumer goods are in other countries. I'm aware that in Brazil, people buy less games because they're over $100 USD. But they do a lot more sharing and piracy. I wonder why?
Maybe this guy needs to get out of his home more instead of preaching the morality argument.
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Hoover is widely known for abusing civil liberties through being the FBI director.
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No, I never said he is to play defense. But there are certain areas that snipers get into that have much better advantages than satellites. I recall a number of missions where sniper teams are set up to go behind enemy lines (such as Kosovo) to paint targets to be destroyed or gain recon.
Meanwhile, your post about "real war" ignores how the heli team blew up a building without clearing it of women and children, which is a war crime.
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