The point is that plenty of people play social games, and they friend lots of people that they will never meet, and never be friends with because it's beneficial to the game.
I'm not saying that her lack of disclosure is okay; I'm just saying that it's perfectly normal to have lots of 'friends' that aren't your friends.
You don't request (or get) a change of venue when everyone knows you. You get a change of venue when everyone knows you and is unable to be fair and impartial to you. So if your case was widely publicized, or you're biologically related to most of the jurors, you'd get a change in venue.
Then if you can prove that what you are doing is actually commercially better than copyright laws, you'll have a much stronger case.
Yes, that would be correct if most copyright proponents were basing their actions on logic. Unfortunately, they're not, so showing them logical actions with good outcomes probably isn't going to help much.
You're assuming that pirates aren't also the biggest consumers of paid media, as well. The likelihood is that these people, who are your biggest paying customers, have paid all that they can. Magically removing piracy would remove consumption, not add money to your pocket.
I don't think that's correct. To 'know' someone in a public sense is different from actually knowing or even being acquainted with one another.
For instance, attorneys that belong to the same social clubs don't disqualify themselves in cases, and jurors aren't disqualified because they 'know' a celebrity or someone whose arrest and/or alleged crime was well publicized.
Last, what do you think they do in smaller areas? Ship people in from the next county? :P
IP rights aren't necessary for advances in medicine, science, technology, or art. In fact, they're a hindrance to progress in those areas. Further, there is plenty of monetary motivation without government-granted monopolies, like patents and copyright.
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The lawsuit "situation" can be fixed w/o touching Copyright law.
People disagree with you, and have explained why. You disagree with them, but haven't explained why. Please do so, or I call bullshit. :)
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You can employ logic?
I've never seen you do that before. In fact, I usually see the opposite, which is you being hypocritical. I really thought it was hilarious when you insisted that illegal file-sharing was horrible but were found to have been using illegal file-sharing as part of your own lame business model. So it's okay to give away the Beatles' music, but not yours... Very logical...
As this case highlights, many players attempt to scam casinos. Clearly, parties on both sides are citizens and are deserving of protection under the law.
That's right, it's not. Neither are the current laws for copyright.
In this case, Viacom has written permission from Coulton to use his copyrighted works, as long as they don't use it commercially. They used it commercially, thus violating his copyright and their agreement.
They should pay up, just like they want all other infringers to do.
You're wrong in your comparison of these signs to EULAs. These signs are different from EULAs in many ways.
One difference is that you can read the sign before you put down any money, which you can't do with a EULA.
Another large difference is that most EULAs attempt to reduce what your rights are under the law, while these signs simply explain what the law is. Not casino policy. The law.
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The point is that plenty of people play social games, and they friend lots of people that they will never meet, and never be friends with because it's beneficial to the game.
I'm not saying that her lack of disclosure is okay; I'm just saying that it's perfectly normal to have lots of 'friends' that aren't your friends.
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But not because you know them. That's just silly.
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Yes, that would be correct if most copyright proponents were basing their actions on logic. Unfortunately, they're not, so showing them logical actions with good outcomes probably isn't going to help much.
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For instance, attorneys that belong to the same social clubs don't disqualify themselves in cases, and jurors aren't disqualified because they 'know' a celebrity or someone whose arrest and/or alleged crime was well publicized.
Last, what do you think they do in smaller areas? Ship people in from the next county? :P
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Public Citizen and the ACLU in one of US Copyright Group's mass copyright infringement lawsuits, one of the points that they raised was that these mass filing strategies always snare a significant number of innocent users -- many of whom s
People disagree with you, and have explained why. You disagree with them, but haven't explained why. Please do so, or I call bullshit. :)
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I've never seen you do that before. In fact, I usually see the opposite, which is you being hypocritical. I really thought it was hilarious when you insisted that illegal file-sharing was horrible but were found to have been using illegal file-sharing as part of your own lame business model. So it's okay to give away the Beatles' music, but not yours... Very logical...
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Logic?
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All of your base belong to me.
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"Yes, how could there possibly be a pattern to a math-based game? It must be a scam."
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In this case, Viacom has written permission from Coulton to use his copyrighted works, as long as they don't use it commercially. They used it commercially, thus violating his copyright and their agreement.
They should pay up, just like they want all other infringers to do.
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One difference is that you can read the sign before you put down any money, which you can't do with a EULA.
Another large difference is that most EULAs attempt to reduce what your rights are under the law, while these signs simply explain what the law is. Not casino policy. The law.
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