Child sex trafficking was easier to detect prior to FOSTA and missing kids were rescued by cops trawling sites such as Backpage and Craigslist. Now that those valuable tools are gone, who knows what's going on since there are fewer tracking resources available?
FOSTA is a law made for the appearance of the thing, not the thing itself. It has caused more problems than it solved.
In my line of business I can ask for a risk assessment and method statement from anyone in our allied trades, and they provide it straight up without freaking out or taking it personally. That's a job like any other.
Every trade has risks, many of which can directly or indirectly affect the public as well as our colleagues. Yes, this includes diseases from leptospiriosis to botulism, etc. I can discuss these risks with anyone in catering, cleaning, plumbing, etc. but I can't discuss it with you guys.
Five years is an awfully short period of time to put something into the public domain. Even twenty years is brief. Thirty-five is probably better, as that's when copyright reverts to a musical artist in many scenarios. Even patents have longer protections.
You're basing this opinion on...? Back in the day, 28 years tops was sufficient.
Unregistered works should still be protected, and the ability to sue for damages over them is greatly restricted.
Are you aware that your "Wish you were here" postcards to Aunt Alicia are automatically copyrighted? Orphan works licencing is a massive problem. Register or go without. If it's valuable it's worth registering. If it's not, it's not.
Perhaps, but during the TPP debacle Congress abdicated its oversight responsibility and effectively ceded it to the USTR. This was on Obama's watch and it's one of the issues I have with his administration.
Treaty negotiations are insanely secretive. Those in favour of making them in principle tend to take a "Don't worry your pretty little head about it, dearie" approach to addressing our concerns (I'm looking at you, Noah Smith!). They also dismiss those of us who have concerns as being anti-trade.
Unless you are willing to push back against politicians afraid of a bit of name-calling and sneaky lobbyists anxious to restrict our rights you're pretty much screwed. If you trust Congress not to rubber-stamp this crap you'd better be prepared to contact your Critter and explain why it's not anti-trade to protect our digital rights. Be polite, be detailed, and be willing to answer questions.
Agreed. It's also supposed to be decentralised and distributed but increasing centralisation is making it easier to create choke-points and therefore control over entire regions. Not okay.
Agreed. While casual racism is a big problem in society the outrage-media complex needs to settle down and work out how to solve the problem since screaming until people lose their jobs isn't working, it just drives such attitudes underground.
If we're going to moral panic over anything it needs to be about the rule of law being enforced. Due process is not an impediment to justice.
My question to them: How do you minimise and manage the health risks you're exposed to, e.g. STIs, bearing in mind that barrier methods are not effective against all of them?
I don't approach anyone like an animal in a zoo whether I approve of what they do for a living or not.
My own health risks from my job include RSI, deep vein thrombosis, eye strain, and stress-related illnesses.
He lost it when comparing it to child porn, forgetting that maximalists absolutely love it as they can use it to leverage support for their positions. Horrible, horrible people.
LOL! This would make a great comedy drama. Christian Bale in the lead? Lexi Alexander might not direct unless there's fighting; who else could we ask about this?
Confirmed correct. Some of the feminists I follow seem to go along this route, effectively patronising and dismissing points of view that differ from their own.
In my personal experience of dialogue with prostitutes, I find the ones I've conversed with are very defensive and unwilling to discuss sexual health issues such as the proliferation of hard-to-treat STIs, which I find problematic. I don't buy the "Happy hooker" trope* but since I can't abide authoritarianism I find I sympathise with those who aren't forced into the sex trade in terms of protecting their rights to personal freedom.
*Sooner or later issues with abuse, neglect, or wanting to feel valued or special are revealed. The original happy hooker, Xaviera Hollander, is an example.
Plus, if you're happy you'll be frank, not defensive, if someone has questions.
Agreed. I'd also go as far as providing well-paid alternatives so nobody ever must resort to prostitution to pay the bills. That'd just leave the ones who actually like doing it.
As long as they keep it where I can't see it, I don't see any reason to get involved. It's when their activities invite creepy weirdos into places where I live or work that I have a problem with them. See also: health and safety, risk assessment and method statement, i.e. regular health checks, please, and be sure to use protection at all times. One infected John could infect a multitude and if no symptoms appear on anyone, who would know until it's too late?
I don't have to like it to look the other way if no harm is being done to anyone.
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What cattress says.
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Child sex trafficking was easier to detect prior to FOSTA and missing kids were rescued by cops trawling sites such as Backpage and Craigslist. Now that those valuable tools are gone, who knows what's going on since there are fewer tracking resources available?
FOSTA is a law made for the appearance of the thing, not the thing itself. It has caused more problems than it solved.
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But their reputation is already many thousands of feet below the toilet, isn't it?
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In my line of business I can ask for a risk assessment and method statement from anyone in our allied trades, and they provide it straight up without freaking out or taking it personally. That's a job like any other.
Every trade has risks, many of which can directly or indirectly affect the public as well as our colleagues. Yes, this includes diseases from leptospiriosis to botulism, etc. I can discuss these risks with anyone in catering, cleaning, plumbing, etc. but I can't discuss it with you guys.
NOT a job like any other, then.
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I'd like to believe that but after Dotcom anything is possible.
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Five years is an awfully short period of time to put something into the public domain. Even twenty years is brief. Thirty-five is probably better, as that's when copyright reverts to a musical artist in many scenarios. Even patents have longer protections.
You're basing this opinion on...? Back in the day, 28 years tops was sufficient.
Unregistered works should still be protected, and the ability to sue for damages over them is greatly restricted.
Are you aware that your "Wish you were here" postcards to Aunt Alicia are automatically copyrighted? Orphan works licencing is a massive problem. Register or go without. If it's valuable it's worth registering. If it's not, it's not.
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Perhaps, but during the TPP debacle Congress abdicated its oversight responsibility and effectively ceded it to the USTR. This was on Obama's watch and it's one of the issues I have with his administration.
Treaty negotiations are insanely secretive. Those in favour of making them in principle tend to take a "Don't worry your pretty little head about it, dearie" approach to addressing our concerns (I'm looking at you, Noah Smith!). They also dismiss those of us who have concerns as being anti-trade.
Unless you are willing to push back against politicians afraid of a bit of name-calling and sneaky lobbyists anxious to restrict our rights you're pretty much screwed. If you trust Congress not to rubber-stamp this crap you'd better be prepared to contact your Critter and explain why it's not anti-trade to protect our digital rights. Be polite, be detailed, and be willing to answer questions.
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Agreed. It's also supposed to be decentralised and distributed but increasing centralisation is making it easier to create choke-points and therefore control over entire regions. Not okay.
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Agreed. While casual racism is a big problem in society the outrage-media complex needs to settle down and work out how to solve the problem since screaming until people lose their jobs isn't working, it just drives such attitudes underground.
If we're going to moral panic over anything it needs to be about the rule of law being enforced. Due process is not an impediment to justice.
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RE: dishonesty, I'd start with politicians.
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If we're going to moral panic over anything it ought to be against dishonesty. Start there, and everything else will fall into place.
I'm not an abolitionist; there's no point in taking an authoritarian approach to a demand-side issue.
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My question to them: How do you minimise and manage the health risks you're exposed to, e.g. STIs, bearing in mind that barrier methods are not effective against all of them?
I don't approach anyone like an animal in a zoo whether I approve of what they do for a living or not.
My own health risks from my job include RSI, deep vein thrombosis, eye strain, and stress-related illnesses.
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I daresay you'd do a better job than the incumbents, Bob.
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He lost it when comparing it to child porn, forgetting that maximalists absolutely love it as they can use it to leverage support for their positions. Horrible, horrible people.
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No it's not. Too many separatists knocking about. Then there's the question of who would be running it...
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Into a canal. /Monty Python
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I'm lovin' it.
Maccy Ds, please don't sue me for infringement.
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LOL! This would make a great comedy drama. Christian Bale in the lead? Lexi Alexander might not direct unless there's fighting; who else could we ask about this?
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Confirmed correct. Some of the feminists I follow seem to go along this route, effectively patronising and dismissing points of view that differ from their own.
In my personal experience of dialogue with prostitutes, I find the ones I've conversed with are very defensive and unwilling to discuss sexual health issues such as the proliferation of hard-to-treat STIs, which I find problematic. I don't buy the "Happy hooker" trope* but since I can't abide authoritarianism I find I sympathise with those who aren't forced into the sex trade in terms of protecting their rights to personal freedom.
*Sooner or later issues with abuse, neglect, or wanting to feel valued or special are revealed. The original happy hooker, Xaviera Hollander, is an example.
Plus, if you're happy you'll be frank, not defensive, if someone has questions.
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Agreed. I'd also go as far as providing well-paid alternatives so nobody ever must resort to prostitution to pay the bills. That'd just leave the ones who actually like doing it.
As long as they keep it where I can't see it, I don't see any reason to get involved. It's when their activities invite creepy weirdos into places where I live or work that I have a problem with them. See also: health and safety, risk assessment and method statement, i.e. regular health checks, please, and be sure to use protection at all times. One infected John could infect a multitude and if no symptoms appear on anyone, who would know until it's too late?
I don't have to like it to look the other way if no harm is being done to anyone.
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