I would have to say in the taking for top sellout to the MPAA, may have to go Orrin Hatch I'm wanting to blow up computers. You can't site his out of touch you are with your constituency without this shining example of sheer genius in law making.
A company called Foxnews stepped up and buried the competition and now is regularly burying broadcast competition even though it has a 25% viewer gap.
Uhm... Fox News is a propaganda machine for conservatives. People disagree with Fox because statistically speaking, they are the most ill informed of all news watchers. This is a consistent thing.
Now that you have more progressive news channels out there, Fox is going to lose its luster.
- right to control adaptations, or the preparation of "derivative works" ( 17 U.S.C. § 106.)
- right to claim authorship
- right to prevent the use of one's name on any work the author did not create
- right to prevent use of one's name on any work that has been distorted, mutilated, or modified in a way that would be prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation
- right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification that would prejudice the author's honor or reputation
- right to prevent the destruction of a work of art if it is of "recognized stature
- the right to govern false and misleading advertising, and can apply in some instances to attribution of protected works
Basically, an author can shut down a derivative work to control the moral integrity of their own. So your own argument is based on the idea that moral rights aren't in copyright. Well, they are.
Nope, even if you legalize drugs in the US, you still face the issue of people being so dependent on them, that they have to commit crime to obtain them.
Wrong. California and Colorado are two states that have less enforcement on marijuana and even though the dispensaries can't keep up with demand, there is no correlation to having to commit a crime to get the drug.
The price of the drugs wouldn't change, because the illegal markup that currently exists would be replaced by a similar, legal markup, taxes, and the like.
How is that a bad thing? Regulate, not ban. That's the issue here.
The issue wouldn't change, it would actually get worse by giving it public acceptance.
Bullshit. More people are demanding for more drugs to be legalized and regulated than ever before. The only reason they're banned is because of a very powerful coalition of interests in keeping them banned. The private prison industry, pharmaceutical industry, and even the beer industry want the drugs banned. That should truly tell you something about the drug issue.
Wednesday brought some stark reminders of just how broken our current system of government really is - especially that last one. Think about it - a Senator who is doing what he can to FIX some of the very serious problems in this country is being attacked for doing his job? We really need to get out of this "R vs. D" mentality and focus on the individual issues. If only we could get people to realize that you can agree with someone on one thing and disagree with them on everything else. Madness, I tell you!
That's not even the half of it. Next year, DHS will have a budget of $1,254,689,000 (p 21 in pdf). This is for ICE seizures that won't work, immigration policies that infringe on civil rights, government contracts on failed security, and a number of initiatives used to destroy people's civil liberties. We haven't seen major advancements in biotechnology, nanotechnology, or any other particular field because of all of the money in the antiterrorism bubble, the failed war on drugs, and instilling fear into society through taking away their freedoms. And for what? Do we really need to take down Kim Dotcom for making a successful business? How about raid Gibson Guitars based on the wood they used? Where's the evidence that Dajaz1's seizure caused the music industry more money?
This is how the public benefits from the various archaic laws to fix the country?
All I can say is please just go away to all of the occupy people.
They've had a very significant impact on the dialogue in this country. The income inequality, the problems of bad laws (think NAFTA) and the loss of jobs. Essentially, the Occupy movement is the Civil Rights movement part 2. They don't need to have a huge cohesive movement (though this is still patently false now), just enough to show that there is a VERY large population of the US system that is not represented at all by those in Congress. Consider how the median wealth of those in Congress is so much higher than the ones they govern. Consider how soldiers are mistreated by the system they are sworn to defend. Think about all of the police brutalities, the lack of jobs, the destruction of job creation through corporate lobbying and the many abuses of the crony capitalist system.
While many can say that this copyright issue is an extension of this larger revolt of the current system, I doubt you'll find a lot of people that can't at least agree that they'd done a lot more good than harm.
Let's be very honest about the Democratic and Republican party. Essentially, they're one and the same. They don't obey their constituents at all, tied to monetary interests from a corrupt system that does not speak for anyone but the ones that have the most money. We should get away from the notion that either party truly represents the people. And that's the problem of the system itself. While everyone is focusing on the money aspect, I would think that even if people fought against Citizens United and won, there would still be this horrible bribery occurring just out of place of the public view. The thing we would need is more representation in government. More political parties to hurt the idea that one party can have so much power to move legislation. And that's the problem here. There is no way of punishing a party that moves away from the ideals of the nation. So while the Republicans are viewed as capturing the technology vote, they are also gerrymandering districts all over the US.
So until we actually have electoral reform (not just monetary reform) there will continue to be problems of people being bribed in the public service area.
The specific culprits currently are the NET Act and the PRO IP Act. If we can repeal those two, most of the statutory damages and civil asset forfeiture laws will go out the window.
I would say there would have to be a set immunity though. Perhaps they get 5 years free, but afterwards, they're eligible for the referendum at any time.
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Hmmm...
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Uhm... Fox News is a propaganda machine for conservatives. People disagree with Fox because statistically speaking, they are the most ill informed of all news watchers. This is a consistent thing.
Now that you have more progressive news channels out there, Fox is going to lose its luster.
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The Berne Convention gave authors:
- right to control adaptations, or the preparation of "derivative works" ( 17 U.S.C. § 106.)
- right to claim authorship
- right to prevent the use of one's name on any work the author did not create
- right to prevent use of one's name on any work that has been distorted, mutilated, or modified in a way that would be prejudicial to the author's honor or reputation
- right to prevent distortion, mutilation, or modification that would prejudice the author's honor or reputation
- right to prevent the destruction of a work of art if it is of "recognized stature
- the right to govern false and misleading advertising, and can apply in some instances to attribution of protected works
Basically, an author can shut down a derivative work to control the moral integrity of their own. So your own argument is based on the idea that moral rights aren't in copyright. Well, they are.
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So simple...
Then Chris Dodd opens his mouth...
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That's bullshit. Look up the Berne Convention. Copyright changed from a utilitarian concept to a "moral rights" concept with that agreement.
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None of you do.
You have no argument.
Neither of you AC maximalists do.
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Wrong. California and Colorado are two states that have less enforcement on marijuana and even though the dispensaries can't keep up with demand, there is no correlation to having to commit a crime to get the drug.
The price of the drugs wouldn't change, because the illegal markup that currently exists would be replaced by a similar, legal markup, taxes, and the like.
How is that a bad thing? Regulate, not ban. That's the issue here.
The issue wouldn't change, it would actually get worse by giving it public acceptance.
Bullshit. More people are demanding for more drugs to be legalized and regulated than ever before. The only reason they're banned is because of a very powerful coalition of interests in keeping them banned. The private prison industry, pharmaceutical industry, and even the beer industry want the drugs banned. That should truly tell you something about the drug issue.
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Adding more fuel to the fire of change.
That's not even the half of it. Next year, DHS will have a budget of $1,254,689,000 (p 21 in pdf). This is for ICE seizures that won't work, immigration policies that infringe on civil rights, government contracts on failed security, and a number of initiatives used to destroy people's civil liberties. We haven't seen major advancements in biotechnology, nanotechnology, or any other particular field because of all of the money in the antiterrorism bubble, the failed war on drugs, and instilling fear into society through taking away their freedoms. And for what? Do we really need to take down Kim Dotcom for making a successful business? How about raid Gibson Guitars based on the wood they used? Where's the evidence that Dajaz1's seizure caused the music industry more money?
This is how the public benefits from the various archaic laws to fix the country?
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They've had a very significant impact on the dialogue in this country. The income inequality, the problems of bad laws (think NAFTA) and the loss of jobs. Essentially, the Occupy movement is the Civil Rights movement part 2. They don't need to have a huge cohesive movement (though this is still patently false now), just enough to show that there is a VERY large population of the US system that is not represented at all by those in Congress. Consider how the median wealth of those in Congress is so much higher than the ones they govern. Consider how soldiers are mistreated by the system they are sworn to defend. Think about all of the police brutalities, the lack of jobs, the destruction of job creation through corporate lobbying and the many abuses of the crony capitalist system.
While many can say that this copyright issue is an extension of this larger revolt of the current system, I doubt you'll find a lot of people that can't at least agree that they'd done a lot more good than harm.
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Hmmm... Warsaw
Just think about that for a moment.
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Just one observation
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The bipartisan problem
So until we actually have electoral reform (not just monetary reform) there will continue to be problems of people being bribed in the public service area.
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"Not if you paid me for it..."
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I would say there would have to be a set immunity though. Perhaps they get 5 years free, but afterwards, they're eligible for the referendum at any time.
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I wish I could make this up, but just think about the problems this causes.
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