Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 10:39am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stealing someone's work is not a right...
No. If X is misused, I'm all for stopping the misuse. I'm all for NBC being punished and I feel the same way about Megaupload.
So you support all of NBC's holdings being seized by the government, the government telling the courts to delete all the content, and their executives held under house arrest?
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 10:33am
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It seems VERY reasonable, don't you think?
Not in a free country, no.
If you want to live in a place where everything you do or say has to be pre-approved by those in power, than that's your choice. But that's not a place I would choose to live.
It seems much more reasonable to me for those asserting broad monopoly rights over something to prove those rights are legitimate, and when asking for someone else to be censored to show clear and definitive proof of harm.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 10:23am
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Or it could mean sopa would have given them another way of dealing with sharing if sopa got passed
So, would they have used the options in SOPA, or waited another year or two (complaining the whole time that SOPA wasn't enough) until they got the next law passed?
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 7:52am
Re: About "consumer choice"...
it's about which consumers THE NETWORKS choose to serve.
If the networks are unhappy with DISH, perhaps they shouldn't renew their contracts with DISH and pull their channels off the air. That'll show those darn consumers who is boss!
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 6:21am
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Google indexes somewhere in the range of 50 billion websites. The bandwidth, storage, and computational resources to do that is massive (to understate it). I'd like you to do the same from your computer.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 25 May 2012 @ 6:15am
Re: tracking
Although they've never gone after end users before, who knows what the future holds.
Actually... anytime I go to pirate Microsoft software from now on, I'm now going to do both Bing and Google searches. If I can find something that Google has removed due to a complaint by Microsoft, and that same result is still available in Bing, I'll document it and download it.
If Microsoft decides to sue me, I'll point this out. Since it appears that Microsoft's search engine is directing people to downloads of Microsoft's product, it is a reasonable assumption that Microsoft is supporting the distribution of their software via that means.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 23 May 2012 @ 7:26am
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Lady GaGa and Adele were new artists when they signed their deals. So they were negotiated the same as every other artist, NOT from a position of unusual power.
The truths you tell when you don't realize it.
Thanks for admitting that new artists are negotiating from a powerless position. And thanks for admitting that a superstar has an "unusual" power position in the industry. Taken together, this shows that even you know that everything else you're arguing is wrong.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 23 May 2012 @ 7:03am
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I'll tell you what, I've never taken advantage of another creative person to benefit my creativity.
This may be the stupidest thing you've ever said (and that's saying a lot).
Have you ever looked at a painting or sculpture and been inspired by it? Have you ever listened to, or read, a speech by a great orator? Ever read a book? All of those things have benefited you in some way.
You make it seem like all creativity comes out of a black box which has no inputs. This have been completely and utterly false since the earliest cave paintings or carved wooden figures.
Actually, I take it all back. Since all you ever write is worthless, whiny bullshit, I can safely conclude you were never inspired by anything. I guess you're right.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 18 May 2012 @ 11:14am
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Memory is extremely flexible, even for events long past. Your brain filters out things it doesn't think are important. It fills in gaps based on other events and can completely manufacture new things.
There's the famous count something while a guy in a gorilla suit walks by experiment. Half or more of people miss it. I think every jury should need to watch that.
There are studies where a group of people are asked to observe an event (sometimes a simulated crime), and then asked to give witness statements. The witnesses are gathered together to go over what happened. Adding one or two people to insert things which never happened causes others to "remember" those things and to be completely sure they did happen.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 18 May 2012 @ 6:37am
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Do you or do you not have the rughts to that movie you are sharing with your friends? If you cannot say "Yes, I have the rights from the owners" then you just don't have the right.
Do you, or do you not, have the correct documentation that shows you are in fact the copyright holder of the work you want to sue someone over sharing? If you cannot say "Yes, Judge, here is the correct documentation" then you just don't have the right.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Stealing someone's work is not a right...
So you support all of NBC's holdings being seized by the government, the government telling the courts to delete all the content, and their executives held under house arrest?
Good to know, Bob.
On the post: Did Hollywood Not Use Available DMCA Tools Just To Pretend It Needed SOPA?
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Not in a free country, no.
If you want to live in a place where everything you do or say has to be pre-approved by those in power, than that's your choice. But that's not a place I would choose to live.
It seems much more reasonable to me for those asserting broad monopoly rights over something to prove those rights are legitimate, and when asking for someone else to be censored to show clear and definitive proof of harm.
On the post: Did Hollywood Not Use Available DMCA Tools Just To Pretend It Needed SOPA?
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So, would they have used the options in SOPA, or waited another year or two (complaining the whole time that SOPA wasn't enough) until they got the next law passed?
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Re: It won't last, no matter what
Why would include a dirty, obscene word in the name of their law?
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If they're not listening, please sue them for copyright infringement, since that's what they're doing to their customers.
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Re: About "consumer choice"...
If the networks are unhappy with DISH, perhaps they shouldn't renew their contracts with DISH and pull their channels off the air. That'll show those darn consumers who is boss!
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Re: Dangerous
Nothing.
But listen to our resident copyerror maximalists claim that copyerror law does not ever conflict with freedom of speech.
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Thanks, I'll start using that.
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Re: tracking
Actually... anytime I go to pirate Microsoft software from now on, I'm now going to do both Bing and Google searches. If I can find something that Google has removed due to a complaint by Microsoft, and that same result is still available in Bing, I'll document it and download it.
If Microsoft decides to sue me, I'll point this out. Since it appears that Microsoft's search engine is directing people to downloads of Microsoft's product, it is a reasonable assumption that Microsoft is supporting the distribution of their software via that means.
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Spice
Stratospheric Particle Injection for Climate Engineering (SPICE)
global warming
Just so they don't turn the whole planet into a desert, I'm all for this.
'cause ya know, the SPICE must flow.
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Re: Re:PB
That was a DDOS against TPB, and possibly their tracker. It is widely assumed to be an attack by a member of Anonymous.
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Re: Re: ClearChannel
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Re: ClearChannel
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The truths you tell when you don't realize it.
Thanks for admitting that new artists are negotiating from a powerless position. And thanks for admitting that a superstar has an "unusual" power position in the industry. Taken together, this shows that even you know that everything else you're arguing is wrong.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Pirate Dan
This may be the stupidest thing you've ever said (and that's saying a lot).
Have you ever looked at a painting or sculpture and been inspired by it? Have you ever listened to, or read, a speech by a great orator? Ever read a book? All of those things have benefited you in some way.
You make it seem like all creativity comes out of a black box which has no inputs. This have been completely and utterly false since the earliest cave paintings or carved wooden figures.
Actually, I take it all back. Since all you ever write is worthless, whiny bullshit, I can safely conclude you were never inspired by anything. I guess you're right.
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There's the famous count something while a guy in a gorilla suit walks by experiment. Half or more of people miss it. I think every jury should need to watch that.
There are studies where a group of people are asked to observe an event (sometimes a simulated crime), and then asked to give witness statements. The witnesses are gathered together to go over what happened. Adding one or two people to insert things which never happened causes others to "remember" those things and to be completely sure they did happen.
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Do you, or do you not, have the correct documentation that shows you are in fact the copyright holder of the work you want to sue someone over sharing? If you cannot say "Yes, Judge, here is the correct documentation" then you just don't have the right.
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