Part of the deal with giving up anonymity is that we must also give up all encryption. Encryption is an impediment to identifying people who voice opinions. Again, this is so that the government can protect us from The Bad Guys™.
I feel safer already.
Don't lose any sleep worrying about the consequences of not having encryption. The government will protect all of our critical infrastructure from hackers. The government is our friend.
Don't be sad. It's not a complete loss. While monkeys may not be able to own a copyright, the MPAA is clear evidence that horses' asses can and do own copyrights.
Very few animals were harmed in the making of this post.
It sounds radical. However, copyright was something born when the world was very different.
If there are genuine reasons to preserve copyright, then it should be scaled back drastically. (Lesser of life of author or 50 years.)
And the DMCA needs radical reform to prevent the wide scale abuses seen today.
It needs to be codified into law that nobody except the owner of a copyright is responsible for policing the internet for infringement. It's not anyone else's job.
When ROCA filed that (bogus) DMCA, exactly what copyright work was being infringed? (eg, what sound recording, movie, text, image, written work, software, etc was having its copyright infringed?)
No copyright work? No copyright even involved? Then ROCA signed a fraudulent DMCA notice, under penalty of perjury.
Before I mention Fair Use, I should ask: how would Copyright even enter in to this? Once you establish that there is a copyright at issue, then establish how fair use was violated.
Everyone else seems to get it. The courts. The FTC "Roca has an adversarial relationship with the truth". Etc.
* that 'under penalty of perjury' thing gets taken seriously
* there is some punishment for perjury that has real teeth
* lawyers, who should know better, should also receive serious sanctions for misusing the DMCA
This could be the first case that could make bogus DMCA filers think twice.
Of course, I would still like to see a $150,000 per instance, statutory penalty for filing a bogus DMCA. If the DMCA itself has teeth, then the penalty for frivolously misusing it must also have teeth.
There are no victims! How dare you suggest such a thing. It's defamation I tell you.
Terminology note:
Customers* == a police department doing business with Vigilant Solutions.
Criminals == any other persons not part of the police department or employed by Vigilant Solutions.
* eventual plans are that 'Customers' (aka 'law enforcement') will become a wholly owned subsidiary just as legislative, executive and judicial functions already are.
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Question about copyright education
Also educate students about how they can avail themselves of copyright protection against an industry that is more than willing to steal their ideas.
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MPAA / RIAA / Hollywood: Hey, Mr. congress critter, let me get out my checkbook, how much education do you need today?
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Re: Re: Loophole
I can see the blind MPAA saying: I can't see your evidence. I'm covering my eyes.
I can tell you that the DMCA censorship tool will be used: You can't speak your evidence, because of this takedown request.
Hear no evil. See no evil. Speak no evil.
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Re: Speaking of education...
Make sure they understand how record labels abuse and exploit young musicians.
That seems like something that young minds should be taught.
Both are about copyright. And I would call both 'piracy'. So it would fit the legislation's purpose of teaching about the harms of 'copyright piracy'.
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Re: Speaking of education...
Free Software / Open Source.
Creative Commons licensing.
On the post: DHS Official Thinks People Should Have To Give Up Their Anonymity To Use The Internet
It makes sense
Part of the deal with giving up anonymity is that we must also give up all encryption. Encryption is an impediment to identifying people who voice opinions. Again, this is so that the government can protect us from The Bad Guys™.
I feel safer already.
Don't lose any sleep worrying about the consequences of not having encryption. The government will protect all of our critical infrastructure from hackers. The government is our friend.
On the post: Monkey See, Monkey Do, But Judge Says Monkey Gets No Copyright
Re: Absolutely horrible ruling
Very few animals were harmed in the making of this post.
On the post: Commerce Department Wants To Fix Some Of The Worst Problems Of Copyright Law: Reform Crazy Damages
Re: Abolish Copyright
If there are genuine reasons to preserve copyright, then it should be scaled back drastically. (Lesser of life of author or 50 years.)
And the DMCA needs radical reform to prevent the wide scale abuses seen today.
It needs to be codified into law that nobody except the owner of a copyright is responsible for policing the internet for infringement. It's not anyone else's job.
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I think T-Mobile's John Legere would have some questions
Why are you stirring up so much trouble?
And who pays you?
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No copyright work? No copyright even involved? Then ROCA signed a fraudulent DMCA notice, under penalty of perjury.
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Everyone else seems to get it. The courts. The FTC "Roca has an adversarial relationship with the truth". Etc.
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Please elaborate for us, or brilliant one, how these reviews are NOT fair use. Enlighten us with your wiz dumb.
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* it sets a precedent
* that 'under penalty of perjury' thing gets taken seriously
* there is some punishment for perjury that has real teeth
* lawyers, who should know better, should also receive serious sanctions for misusing the DMCA
This could be the first case that could make bogus DMCA filers think twice.
Of course, I would still like to see a $150,000 per instance, statutory penalty for filing a bogus DMCA. If the DMCA itself has teeth, then the penalty for frivolously misusing it must also have teeth.
On the post: Pakistan Orders ISPs To Block 429,343 Websites Completely, Because There's Porn On The Internet
Mistakes will be made
Who says they will be 'mistakes'?
A massive operation of blocking sites provides fantastic cover to 'accidentally' block things which are not part of the operation. (political speech)
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Re: Since when do police collect money during the traffic stop?
Except when using Asset Forefeiture as a way to steal cash.
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Since when do police collect money during the traffic stop?
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Terminology note:
Customers* == a police department doing business with Vigilant Solutions.
Criminals == any other persons not part of the police department or employed by Vigilant Solutions.
* eventual plans are that 'Customers' (aka 'law enforcement') will become a wholly owned subsidiary just as legislative, executive and judicial functions already are.
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