"For a country like ours having an independent judiciary precisely for the purpose of providing a check on the excesses of the legislative and executive branches, it is dispiriting to see so many who fail to understand this very core concept is not a part of the foundational core of other governments."
This would be the same system that has allowed the warrentless wiretapping of its own citizens to go completely unchecked? and the ICE to seize websites without any adversarial hearing? And the extradition of a British citizen who has never set foot on US soil?
This is the system of checks and balances that you believe makes the US so much better than China?
Except that these symphony orchestras are there to perform FOR the public. If the well of material available to them keeps getting emptied, they will get less support from that public.
Even major symphony orchestras rely HEAVILY on public domain works (everything from Byrd and Palestrina to Beethovern and Wagner or currently in the public domain) to stay within a budget (which, unlike our government, they actually stick to).
What this ruling does is effectively make sure that orchestras will play less 20th century (and newer) music each season in order to keep their music budgets in tact. And what this ruling really accomplishes is that less and less of the public will have the opportunity to get exposure to amazing pieces of music that had been available previousy for decades.
This ruling was all about public performances, so I don't know why you bring privacy of your own home into this discussion.
Actually any power these companies have is given to them by the people who purchase and/or use their products and services. Dodd is just pissed that Wikipedia going black will be noticed by more people than mpaa.org going black.
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If they have this kind of power they WILL abuse it. It's not a question of IF it's a question of WHEN.
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This would be the same system that has allowed the warrentless wiretapping of its own citizens to go completely unchecked? and the ICE to seize websites without any adversarial hearing? And the extradition of a British citizen who has never set foot on US soil?
This is the system of checks and balances that you believe makes the US so much better than China?
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You mean like they've gone after users on Rojadirecta?
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Even major symphony orchestras rely HEAVILY on public domain works (everything from Byrd and Palestrina to Beethovern and Wagner or currently in the public domain) to stay within a budget (which, unlike our government, they actually stick to).
What this ruling does is effectively make sure that orchestras will play less 20th century (and newer) music each season in order to keep their music budgets in tact. And what this ruling really accomplishes is that less and less of the public will have the opportunity to get exposure to amazing pieces of music that had been available previousy for decades.
This ruling was all about public performances, so I don't know why you bring privacy of your own home into this discussion.
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