So you want them to fight a completely unwinnable battle, as you pointed out yourself, in which they are wasting time, money, and the goodwill of everyone they even remotely interact with?
If he is a lawyer, that is probably his goal.
Gotta keep them lawyers employed. Just like we have to make sure that all harmful parasites are given every opportunity to make our lives miserable.
I have no idea what dajaz1.com will do now, nor do I really care. I'm not into hip hop.
Hate to Godwin this...but:
First they came for the hip hop sites, but I didn't care because I didn't like hip hop.
Then they came for the online blogs and news sites, but I didn't care because I didn't read online blogs or news sites.
Then they came for me...
You mean you actually get to go to court and defend yourself? Thats crazy talk.
Certainly is when the majors get their way. I expect a moment of "Let them eat cake" too -- but they have to remember the last time it happened that way, it didn't turn out too well for the ones who uttered those words, and most of them lost their heads after they ate their words.
If you've ever worked as a lobbyist, you may never work for the government. If you've ever worked for the government, you may never work as/for/near/with a lobbying firm/agent/agency/et al.
This already exists. It is 18 USC 203, which prohibits government employees from using their employment to benefit themselves. It is what keeps rank-and-file employees from doing this. Most employees have to wait 18-months or 2-years before they can go to work for the companies they are involved in at the government, and prohibits them from going to work on projects that they worked on while they were employees. The problem, as always, is that the rule of law exists but it isn't enforced.
Government employees have to attend yearly training on "Ethics" which this is a part of. However, I don't believe congressional staffers are required to take the training or abide by the rules (not sure why -- but since Congress makes the rules, they tend to opt-out of most of them.)
By your logic the Auto dealer who sells a car that is later driven by a drunk driver is an (accessory)^Wprinciple to that crime.
FTFY. Only if the auto dealer knows that the driver drove drunk and then hid him or that fact from the law. His logic here is that the auto dealer is equally guilty of the crime of drunk driving because he sold the car that the drunk driver says.
What you seem to fail to realize is that SOPA isn't a way to block a single technology (it doesn't outlaw P2P, example), but rather a tool that can whack any of the moles that come up.
You do realize that you cannot win the game "whack a mole." Each iteration through the game gets harder as the moles pop-up and retreat quicker and the game gets infinitely harder. So now instead of paying for whack a mole yourself though, you are going to make everyone else pay for it.
Re: Re: Workarounds to continue what you claim you're NOT doing?
Reading comprehension fail.
We're talking OOTB. If there wasn't a reading comprehension fail on his part, I believe the world would end. Its like destroying the TARDIS -- you just don't do it if you want the universe to survive. We should all be thankful that OOTB continues to fail at reading comprehension.
Re: Re: Re: "you should be able to buy the DVD of the movie you just watched"
The only improvements in the movie experience in the last 30 years has been better sound systems and stadium seating. There has been no other innovation in the theater business.
Where I live, the improvements we've seen (since they still don't have better sound systems and stadium seating,) is the group of teenage girls in the back of the theater giggling and talking during the movie and the nearly constant ringing of cell-phones. They even installed a couple people with laptops in the front of the theater doing office work while watching the movie.
And occasionally the movie projector has one of those energy saving bulbs which makes the movie hard to watch.
I'd much rather spend $25 to get the DVD the day the movie starts showing in the theaters and watch it at home on my 110' projector and 7.1 theater sound, where I can remove all the innovation upgrades the movie theaters add for free and watch the movie without distraction.
Not quite. It's legal to make back-ups of either. What is illegal via the DMCA is the "circumvention of technological measures used to protect copyrighted works" (CSS) which effectively makes backing up a DVD illegal.
Chronno is right though -- I believe the lawyers said during the Steven Howell trial (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html) that space-shifting and copying CDs were against the law. They were wrong, but they said it.
Trying to explain to an obtuse and/or brainwashed opponent that infringing is not theft is futile and counterproductive. I have not seen anyone who admitted that he was wrong. Inability to change one's opinion under an overwhelming argument is a sign of either low IQ or insecurity. Or both.
And insanity, as they keep trying to do the same things over and over again and expect different results, which is the very definition of insanity. How many times are you (MAFIAA) going to buy the same law over and over again before you realize that you're fighting a losing battle and only pissing off the few customers you have left.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The problem with Amazon e-books ...
You are ignoring the point of the comparison, which is that Amazon is losing $9 per Kindle hoping that people will buy it because the price is so low and then they expect to make a profit from the purchases from their online store (e-books, etc..). So they are giving away $9 worth of hardware and trying to sell e-books to make a profit. But you aren't interested in their e-books, just like I am not interested in buying bumper stickers from musicians.
I don't own a Kindle, yet every e-book that I have purchased from a major e-book publisher (and I have quite a few) came from Amazon. So, by your logic...I am defrauding the company because I chose to not buy a Kindle.
Wow. Just Wow. You know, they do make software to read e-books outside of Kindle.
But then again, he always has. I have a bunch of his albums, and like him as a musician, but I've always been impressed with him for more than just his music. He understands the business -- far more than most of the crap being pushed as "modern pop." He seems to understand that people aren't going to shell out $225, even for a limited edition set (although I suspect people will buy it, just not the numbers that the industry believes will.) But he is bringing his fans attention to it, and some will go out and get it.
I will, of course, wait. And I hope that he makes it available through means outside of the traditional labels so that I can buy it without having to give a dime to the labels. I will not steal it, despite his blanket request to do so, but I hope he is reading this at some point and realizes that at least some of his fans are interested in his work, but won't buy it on principle unless he makes it available in such a way that our money isn't used to steal money from the label's customers through lawsuits and destroying the Constitution.
I didn't feel 100% cheated as the purchase was far less than I'd have paid for the game in a store, but it was enough to put me off Steam for anything that wasn't priced extremely low (below €5 for most games). Ditto with iTunes DRM on movies - I had a bad experience with a free rental so haven't bothered buying anything since.
Luckily someone is compiling a list of games on Steam with 3rd party DRM (http://steamdrm.flibitijibibo.com/.) I wish Steam would be as forthcoming with this list themselves (seems it would be easy to do.) Anything on that list doesn't get my money (though I did buy GTA IV off of Steam, which was on this list, but that is why I found the list and don't purchase anything on that list any more.)
I wish these people would learn that DRM is one thing that's killing their sales - and these platforms are supposedly the least odious out there. Oh and for the "you're a pirate" morons out there, I still buy my content. I just make sure that the content will work. DRM? No thanks, I'll buy another title. I've missed a few games that way but hey, nobody actually *needs* your product.
I think AC hit it on the head, the "you're a pirate" folks will say this even when the rest of us know that it ain't true. To them, anyone that doesn't see their fallacious argument as being correct is a pirate, no matter whether or not the person buys everything at full price multiple times or not.
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If he is a lawyer, that is probably his goal.
Gotta keep them lawyers employed. Just like we have to make sure that all harmful parasites are given every opportunity to make our lives miserable.
On the post: Apparently Congress Wants To Pretend No One Is Really That Concerned About SOPA
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I suspect that may have more to do with South Carolina Sheriff Tells Women to Carry Guns and the Kathleen Scharbarth case in San Diego.
On the post: MPAA Boss Chris Dodd Then & Now Concerning Google Censorship In China
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Its all about the Benjamins. Its always about the Benjamins.
On the post: Congressional Investigations Into Dajaz1.com Censorship Begin
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Hate to Godwin this...but:
First they came for the hip hop sites, but I didn't care because I didn't like hip hop.
Then they came for the online blogs and news sites, but I didn't care because I didn't read online blogs or news sites.
Then they came for me...
On the post: Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists
Re: Re: Re: Code Monkey's Fix
Well, certainly everyone in government outside of Congressional Staffers and cabinet positions.
On the post: Universal Music Issues Questionable Takedown On Megaupload Video That Featured Their Artists [Updated]
Awesome...this could explode pretty quickly.
On the post: ICE Admits To Returning Domain While RIAA Threatens Dajaz1 With More Legal Actions
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Certainly is when the majors get their way. I expect a moment of "Let them eat cake" too -- but they have to remember the last time it happened that way, it didn't turn out too well for the ones who uttered those words, and most of them lost their heads after they ate their words.
On the post: Shockingly Unshocking: Two Congressional Staffers Who Helped Write SOPA/PIPA Become Entertainment Industry Lobbyists
Re: Code Monkey's Fix
This already exists. It is 18 USC 203, which prohibits government employees from using their employment to benefit themselves. It is what keeps rank-and-file employees from doing this. Most employees have to wait 18-months or 2-years before they can go to work for the companies they are involved in at the government, and prohibits them from going to work on projects that they worked on while they were employees. The problem, as always, is that the rule of law exists but it isn't enforced.
Government employees have to attend yearly training on "Ethics" which this is a part of. However, I don't believe congressional staffers are required to take the training or abide by the rules (not sure why -- but since Congress makes the rules, they tend to opt-out of most of them.)
On the post: MPAA Boss: If The Chinese Censor The Internet Without A Problem, Why Can't The US?
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FTFY. Only if the auto dealer knows that the driver drove drunk and then hid him or that fact from the law. His logic here is that the auto dealer is equally guilty of the crime of drunk driving because he sold the car that the drunk driver says.
On the post: Paul Vixie: SOPA/PIPA Would Be Good For My Business, But I'm Still Against It
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You do realize that you cannot win the game "whack a mole." Each iteration through the game gets harder as the moles pop-up and retreat quicker and the game gets infinitely harder. So now instead of paying for whack a mole yourself though, you are going to make everyone else pay for it.
On the post: MPAA Tries Its Hand At Comedy With A Top 10 List In Favor Of Censoring The Internet
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All they need is to borrow the Nazgul from IBM and they have it made. Gotta work hard to keep those with the rings in line...and they destroyed SCO.
On the post: As SOPA/PIPA Still Loom, Techies Already Creating Workarounds
Re: Re: Workarounds to continue what you claim you're NOT doing?
We're talking OOTB. If there wasn't a reading comprehension fail on his part, I believe the world would end. Its like destroying the TARDIS -- you just don't do it if you want the universe to survive. We should all be thankful that OOTB continues to fail at reading comprehension.
On the post: Yet Another Study Shows That Hollywood's Own Bad Decisions Are Increasing The Amount Of Infringement
Re: Re: Re: "you should be able to buy the DVD of the movie you just watched"
Where I live, the improvements we've seen (since they still don't have better sound systems and stadium seating,) is the group of teenage girls in the back of the theater giggling and talking during the movie and the nearly constant ringing of cell-phones. They even installed a couple people with laptops in the front of the theater doing office work while watching the movie.
And occasionally the movie projector has one of those energy saving bulbs which makes the movie hard to watch.
I'd much rather spend $25 to get the DVD the day the movie starts showing in the theaters and watch it at home on my 110' projector and 7.1 theater sound, where I can remove all the innovation upgrades the movie theaters add for free and watch the movie without distraction.
On the post: Morality, Non-Zero Sum Games, Externalities & Why Someone Profiting Off Of Your Work Isn't A Bad Thing
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: great article
Chronno is right though -- I believe the lawyers said during the Steven Howell trial (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,319276,00.html) that space-shifting and copying CDs were against the law. They were wrong, but they said it.
On the post: Morality, Non-Zero Sum Games, Externalities & Why Someone Profiting Off Of Your Work Isn't A Bad Thing
Re: Re: New FBI Warnings
And insanity, as they keep trying to do the same things over and over again and expect different results, which is the very definition of insanity. How many times are you (MAFIAA) going to buy the same law over and over again before you realize that you're fighting a losing battle and only pissing off the few customers you have left.
On the post: Best Selling Author Barry Eisler On Copyright, Piracy And Why SOPA/PIPA Are 'Extremely Disturbing'
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The problem with Amazon e-books ...
I don't own a Kindle, yet every e-book that I have purchased from a major e-book publisher (and I have quite a few) came from Amazon. So, by your logic...I am defrauding the company because I chose to not buy a Kindle.
Wow. Just Wow. You know, they do make software to read e-books outside of Kindle.
On the post: The Annotated Version Of Viacom's Employees Begging The Gov't To Censor The Internet To Save SpongeBob
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Apparently Big Content, Big Search, and Big Piracy are paying for shills.
On the post: Elvis Costello Tells His Fans 'Steal This Record'
Mr. Costello Gets It...
I will, of course, wait. And I hope that he makes it available through means outside of the traditional labels so that I can buy it without having to give a dime to the labels. I will not steal it, despite his blanket request to do so, but I hope he is reading this at some point and realizes that at least some of his fans are interested in his work, but won't buy it on principle unless he makes it available in such a way that our money isn't used to steal money from the label's customers through lawsuits and destroying the Constitution.
On the post: Call Your Senators Today: Tell Them To Vote Against Censoring The Internet
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Well that is ok, we'll just take the huge money we gained by not declaring war with Canada and move it towards those who lost jobs and money.
On the post: Ubisoft Director Backtracks On Piracy Complaints After Public Lashing
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Luckily someone is compiling a list of games on Steam with 3rd party DRM (http://steamdrm.flibitijibibo.com/.) I wish Steam would be as forthcoming with this list themselves (seems it would be easy to do.) Anything on that list doesn't get my money (though I did buy GTA IV off of Steam, which was on this list, but that is why I found the list and don't purchase anything on that list any more.)
I wish these people would learn that DRM is one thing that's killing their sales - and these platforms are supposedly the least odious out there. Oh and for the "you're a pirate" morons out there, I still buy my content. I just make sure that the content will work. DRM? No thanks, I'll buy another title. I've missed a few games that way but hey, nobody actually *needs* your product.
I think AC hit it on the head, the "you're a pirate" folks will say this even when the rest of us know that it ain't true. To them, anyone that doesn't see their fallacious argument as being correct is a pirate, no matter whether or not the person buys everything at full price multiple times or not.
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