I think Derek Khanna's paper had some of the most sane solutions for these types of problems.
As Mike commented at the time:
It goes on to suggest a sliding scale for copyright renewal, after a free initial term of 12 years. The fee for renewal would be a percentage of revenue from the work, and that percentage increases with each additional renewal term. Under such a system, those who are still exploiting the copyright can continue to hold one, but for most, where there is greater benefit to have the work in the public domain, the work goes into the public domain. (Source)
And again, in general, what's the down side to keeping CRAP locked up with copyright rather than spread yet more by every yahoo with a music-making program? Your examples just make me hope for LONGER copyright, Mike! Are you picking out CRAP just for these examples, or do you really want it to spread?
Pretty much ALL of your comments are CRAP from my point of view.
It's almost like you have declared yourself The Ultimate Arbitrator of Culture. Thankfully, your OPINION is simply that, an OPINION.
BTW: The Boss' version of this song is currently 22 on iTunes Top Christmas Songs list. So basically, your OPINION isn't shared by many.
Re: Well, WashPo has a different take: Snowden being written out:
... the rest of the world seems to think otherwise.
Really? ABC's Barbara Walters wanted to make Snowden "The Most Fascinating Person of 2013", but the execs at ABC overruled her, probably because he wouldn't grant an actual interview.
You work for the RIAA. You posting here just demonstrates yet again what a hypocritical douchehat you are.
I think this is actually either Lowery or one of his cohorts really. Probably upset that the viewership on that silly Trichordist site has dropped next to nothing. He, of course, blames everyone else for that too, since it couldn't possibly be because he cherry-picks facts or commits lies of omission or that he doesn't allow any dissenting comments into his echo chamber.
...don't they know that when people get sued for downloading their songs without paying for them the person is just doing what people have done since the beginning of time.......Huh?
What AC is talking about is the sharing of culture. "Ownership" of music and stories is relatively new concept in human history. Ancient societies passed stories and music freely amongst each other. It's how new things were learned and histories were passed from generation to generation.
For example, in the Middle Ages we had wandering minstrels:
A minstrel was a medieval European bard who performed songs which lyrics told stories of distant places or of existing or imaginary historical events. Although minstrels created their own tales, often they would memorize and embellish the works of others. (Source)
Google has screwed musicians millions of times more than anyone ever did by refusing to delist sites like the Pirate Bay and making it almost impossible to take down all the blogspots that do nothing but list infringing files.
Just for my own morbid curiosity, if Google went bankrupt tomorrow, who would be the next scapegoat for your failure to monetize your works?
Re: SO, take away corporate privileges; de-corporatize the world.
But anyhoo: copyright should be rolled back to before the whatever treaty extended the times, EXCEPT that the inherent copyright without registering is GOOD, harms no one...
Wrong, Blue. It harms our society by creating a permission culture. If copyright required registration then we would know exactly which works artists could build off of prior to spending the time and energy, instead of after the fact when they get sued. I personally believe that the extra work needed by an artist to register a copyright is a very small tradeoff for the exclusivity that is gained.
... and I think that bit just made explicit the prior common law.
Except for the fact that copyright isn't based on common law, which has been pointed out to you ad nauseam.
I've used gtkpod to rescue my wife's music from her iPod after her computer's hard drive took a dump. Rythmbox also supports iPod management using libgpod. I know it works for older iPods, not so sure about newer ones though.
Maybe, but that comment was just recently flagged. Try a Google search on reported comments for older articles and those seem to be lot tougher to find.
The only reason I stumbled across this and wanted to ask was because I was searching for something that I was 99% sure Blue had said in the past and had trouble finding it.
An off-topic question for Mike and/or Techdirt staff:
Do the comments that the community has pressed the report button enough to have them hidden get picked up by the search engine crawlers? Or are they filtered out?
I hope it's the latter. I can't imagine what some random Googler might think Techdirt is about if Blue's comments keep popping up in search results.
That the antennas are rented doesn't change the fact that Aereo provides a service where it retransmits broadcasts to its customers. The customers aren't transmitting it to themselves.
Dude, you keep repeating this like it's true. It's not.
With the Aereo system the customer does in fact choose which channel to record and when, the customer chooses which device to stream it to, the customer chooses when to watch it and the customer can even pause and restart the stream. The customer has complete and total control, not Aereo.
If your argument had any weight whatsoever then you'd also be saying that the ISP and the internet backbone provider are also retransmitting the broadcast too because it flows through their equipment and they charge for their services. That makes zero sense and it doesn't follow the current legal precedents that govern the internet and technology these days.
If the broadcasters can't get Aereo outlawed they'll lose a great deal of leverage against the cable operators. That's much more serious for them than the paltry ratings increase they might get from Aereo.
Yeah, the more I read about this after I made that comment, I remembered that part myself.
Rent-A-Center is not transmitting anything to you. Aereo is.
Well, I'll agree to disagree with on that because the only "real" difference is the location of the equipment. My roof or Aereo's roof, makes no difference really.
If you are hung up because Aereo converts the TV signal to streaming, then why are USB TV Receivers (like this one) not illegal?
And to be perfectly honest, I'm not really sure the problem is for the cable companies. We are talking about local TV stations here. Something that is already available for free for anyone in the area with an antenna anyways. It's not like most people would stream the local news from a TV station across the country.
If it's the Nielson ratings they are so worried about because it determines the fees for advertising, why not team up and include Aereo viewers in the mix.
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Re: Re: It adds to our culture.
As Mike commented at the time:
On the post: Santa Claus Is Coming To Town... And EMI Is Keeping The Copyright
Re: Re:
All he wants for Christmas is more than 20 page views a month on that silly Trichordist site.
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Re: I've never paid a cent of royalty for it.
Pretty much ALL of your comments are CRAP from my point of view.
It's almost like you have declared yourself The Ultimate Arbitrator of Culture. Thankfully, your OPINION is simply that, an OPINION.
BTW: The Boss' version of this song is currently 22 on iTunes Top Christmas Songs list. So basically, your OPINION isn't shared by many.
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Re: Re: Re: Well, WashPo has a different take: Snowden being written out:
I haven't actually read Time since the 90's unless I happen to pick one up at the doctor's office.
On the post: Congress Can And Should Protect Ed Snowden And Thank Him For Revealing Government Overreach
Re: Well, WashPo has a different take: Snowden being written out:
Really? ABC's Barbara Walters wanted to make Snowden "The Most Fascinating Person of 2013", but the execs at ABC overruled her, probably because he wouldn't grant an actual interview.
http://www.mediaite.com/online/barbara-walters-tried-to-name-snowden-most-fascinating-pers on-of-2013-abc-said-no/
Snowden is also the front runner for Time Magazine's Person of the Year too.
Dunno about you, but that seems to imply that people ARE talking about Snowden quite a bit.
On the post: Hidden Within The TPP: The RIAA's Secret Plan To Screw Musicians Out Of Their Rights
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
I think this is actually either Lowery or one of his cohorts really. Probably upset that the viewership on that silly Trichordist site has dropped next to nothing. He, of course, blames everyone else for that too, since it couldn't possibly be because he cherry-picks facts or commits lies of omission or that he doesn't allow any dissenting comments into his echo chamber.
On the post: Hidden Within The TPP: The RIAA's Secret Plan To Screw Musicians Out Of Their Rights
Re: Re:
What AC is talking about is the sharing of culture. "Ownership" of music and stories is relatively new concept in human history. Ancient societies passed stories and music freely amongst each other. It's how new things were learned and histories were passed from generation to generation.
For example, in the Middle Ages we had wandering minstrels:
On the post: 'Lawyer' For Wang-Handled Santa Tries To Stifle Reports About Santa's Wang-Handling
Re: "Impersonating a lawyer" = violating the medieval guild's rules.
Now Blue is rewriting history to back up his stupid assertions.
Abraham Lincoln, although self-educated, still had to pass the bar in order to practice law - just like anyone else:
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Re: Re:
Yes. Also, though it may just be a movie reference, but I believe that the spooks even have a name for these types of setups: fundraisers.
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Re:
Just for my own morbid curiosity, if Google went bankrupt tomorrow, who would be the next scapegoat for your failure to monetize your works?
On the post: Hidden Within The TPP: The RIAA's Secret Plan To Screw Musicians Out Of Their Rights
Re: SO, take away corporate privileges; de-corporatize the world.
Wrong, Blue. It harms our society by creating a permission culture. If copyright required registration then we would know exactly which works artists could build off of prior to spending the time and energy, instead of after the fact when they get sued. I personally believe that the extra work needed by an artist to register a copyright is a very small tradeoff for the exclusivity that is gained.
... and I think that bit just made explicit the prior common law.
Except for the fact that copyright isn't based on common law, which has been pointed out to you ad nauseam.
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Re:
Wow. Most people just point out typographical errors without resorting to being an asshole.
And it's not like you have anything close to a perfect record on that yourself.
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Re: Re:
Open Source to the rescue!
I've used gtkpod to rescue my wife's music from her iPod after her computer's hard drive took a dump. Rythmbox also supports iPod management using libgpod. I know it works for older iPods, not so sure about newer ones though.
On the post: Copyright Strikes Again: No Online Access To UK Internet Archive
Re: Re: Offtopic Question
Maybe, but that comment was just recently flagged. Try a Google search on reported comments for older articles and those seem to be lot tougher to find.
The only reason I stumbled across this and wanted to ask was because I was searching for something that I was 99% sure Blue had said in the past and had trouble finding it.
On the post: Copyright Strikes Again: No Online Access To UK Internet Archive
Offtopic Question
Do the comments that the community has pressed the report button enough to have them hidden get picked up by the search engine crawlers? Or are they filtered out?
I hope it's the latter. I can't imagine what some random Googler might think Techdirt is about if Blue's comments keep popping up in search results.
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Re: Lost web pages "tragic"? Oy, you got some wild notions, minion.
Culture - one more word Blue doesn't understand.
On the post: Aereo To Supreme Court: Yes, Please Review The Ruling In Which We Trounced The TV Broadcasters
Re: Re: Re:
Dude, you keep repeating this like it's true. It's not.
With the Aereo system the customer does in fact choose which channel to record and when, the customer chooses which device to stream it to, the customer chooses when to watch it and the customer can even pause and restart the stream. The customer has complete and total control, not Aereo.
If your argument had any weight whatsoever then you'd also be saying that the ISP and the internet backbone provider are also retransmitting the broadcast too because it flows through their equipment and they charge for their services. That makes zero sense and it doesn't follow the current legal precedents that govern the internet and technology these days.
On the post: Aereo To Supreme Court: Yes, Please Review The Ruling In Which We Trounced The TV Broadcasters
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Yeah, the more I read about this after I made that comment, I remembered that part myself.
On the post: Aereo To Supreme Court: Yes, Please Review The Ruling In Which We Trounced The TV Broadcasters
Re:
Well, I'll agree to disagree with on that because the only "real" difference is the location of the equipment. My roof or Aereo's roof, makes no difference really.
If you are hung up because Aereo converts the TV signal to streaming, then why are USB TV Receivers (like this one) not illegal?
On the post: Aereo To Supreme Court: Yes, Please Review The Ruling In Which We Trounced The TV Broadcasters
Re: Re: Re:
If it's the Nielson ratings they are so worried about because it determines the fees for advertising, why not team up and include Aereo viewers in the mix.
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