I'm betting there'll be a case in Federal Court any day now.
And, I'm thinking that after that we'll be told by the Tories (and the Grits) that we have to do things this way because of our international obligations under ACTA, which isn't finished and hasn't seen the light of day in the Commons yet.
Still Daguerre made a nice living off it given the time period it remained the only development method and photographers, developers and Photoshop have been trying to recreate the look since.
Remember that while it didn't cost a lot to set up a shop it was Daguerre and Niepce who were the experts on it and ended up teaching the ins and outs of it. For a fee, of course.
Re: New law but old crime.. its not going to protect you..
I know this is utterly pointless BUT do you know a damned thing about International Law, English Common Law (not the same as Scottish Common Law by the way), the legislative process in the United States, the UK or anywhere else?
There are many things that this Canuck finds uncomfortable about things like US Foreign policy, over reaction to any number of things, it's belief that it's blessed about all states and so on. That doesn't blind me to the fact that the United States Constitution is a seminal document in the development of freedom and liberty not only in the USA but in Canada, England, Scotland and globally on a par with Magna Charta and the battle that established that the legislature (Commons) not the government controlled the purse strings of a nation.
I hear your nurse coming in to put your straight jacket on now so we'll get some rest from your lunacy.
I care, as a Christian, for the simple reason that yarding a quote from the Bible to make a point, completely out of context, is a dangerous caricature of our faith. It's the context, in the vast majority of cases, that matters and defines the quotation.
It's not far wrong to say that you can make any point you want, no matter how wrong it is, by grabbing an isolated quote out of the Bible.
That's also true of any faith's holy works, by the way. Or any philosopher worth quoting.
As you say, with most of them it falls on deaf ears when pointed out to the offenders but it's others I'd like to educate that what is being said, and justified, is simply and purely wrong.
I went to the original post linked to have a quick look at the comments that so upset Morris and decided not to when met with a number in the hundreds.
No wonder it took six years to find them!
Any bets that within a day or two all I'll have to look for on Google are Jeffery Morris and Techdirt and every one of them will be linked?
Quite beyond the painfully obvious stupidity as noted by Mike it seems libel trolls are about as stupid as the copyright/patent trolls we encounter here. Maybe more so.
Interesting, isn't it, that the nick used here has the same name as the guy who sued IBM, Linux and everything else he could think of for copyright violations on copyright it didn't and never had owned? Right now that company is in bankruptcy and unlikely to ever emerge. Oh yeah, and that darryl is out of a job.
If law isn't on the AGs side its time they were slapped with that fact. I have problems with politicians that grandstand to begin with and this sort of thing just makes me more nervous.
Taken to it's illogical conclusion it isn't the general contractor that gets the future cuts protected by the investors who will re-create themselves as a non profit (hehe) rights agency. It'll also be the carpenters, plumbers, electricians both AC and low voltage DC for communications, window installers, landscapers, security installers, the 15 year olds who swept the floors and on and on.
Further, as the "owner" of the house the rights holders will be able to tell me what colour I can paint the house, what I can plant in the garden, what rugs I can use, what I can burn in the fireplace or wood stove (probably the latter given the ever increasing price of heating fuel be it natural gas, fuel oil or electricity) what colour I can paint the rooms, whether I can have a cat or dog or children in order to protect the "rights holders" rights and on and on.
Sheesh, doesn't this sound like renting rather than owning?
Outside of the first album after Nicks joined it's too bad it happened then.
Fleetwood Mac at least had chops as a blues band and not the mush they churned out when they became a sad reflection of a poor, somewhat talented pop band.
Of course then you'll be able to blame file sharing for the piracy of designs and the lack of sales. Sharing patterns no doubt with a world that doesn't do much sewing anymore.
Hey! That's what's going on! They're in cahoots with the sewing machine industry and the knitting industry so that they can be reborn en masse! Then they can sue every ma and pa (realistically ma) who sew a knock off of a Lagerfeld design from a pattern downloaded via bittorrent.
I can see it all now. A nice big industrial circle jerk!
Oh, and I'm sure Lagerfeld hates men with as much gusto as he does women judging by the rags he wears and forces his glaring, rake thin parody of women to wear at his shows.
I don't tweet while I cook, either. As you say the world changes fast (it doesn't really, you know, unless you're not paying attention) so I'd rather know where my hands and other appendages are before I stick them into a flame or hot element and getting third degree burns. :-)
I'm not sure Nicks ever presented the rebellious rock star image very well, if at all. Not sure about Mellancamp either, to tell the truth.
Is it just me or is it that the rockers who most fit the rebellious "screw you" mode, The Stones, are the only ones to point out that the record companies are not the artist's friend as Mick Jagger has? I'm sure others may have but it's only Mick that I've seen "in print" on the Net.
Nicks isn't just "comfortable" she's rolling in it wealthy. She's one of the one in a million that made it, recording contract, major label, indie or any other way.
Stevie, there's still clubs around, places for people to play and hone their skills and presentation. There's better ways to connect with other musicians and that horrible bunch called fans and it's that very Internet that you dislike so much.
As for social skills, the younguns are doing just fine, thank you, far better than we mouthy boomers were doing at their age in many respects. Of course we were all too busy rebelling, drinking, smoking pot and getting fat with the marijuana munchies, weren't we?
As far as aging bands go I'll pay money to see the Stones, Jethro Tull and a few others who remember that they both have to play well and entertain at the same time rather than the tired, boring and still incredibly dull Fleetwood Mac sets you guys still put on.
In short, Stevie, at your age isn't it seriously time you grew up?
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One of the few things the anglos and French of that time agreed on is that neither wanted to join the United States.
The girl in question went on to establish a fantastically successful chocolate company. Laura Secord. :)
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Not the sharpest tack in the shed of forum trolls either.
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And, I'm thinking that after that we'll be told by the Tories (and the Grits) that we have to do things this way because of our international obligations under ACTA, which isn't finished and hasn't seen the light of day in the Commons yet.
Gawd, we're such a stupid country sometimes!
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Re: Calotypes and Daguerrotypes
Remember that while it didn't cost a lot to set up a shop it was Daguerre and Niepce who were the experts on it and ended up teaching the ins and outs of it. For a fee, of course.
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In the end Daguerre made more from his development and the rapid commercialization of it that he ever would have from a patent on it.
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Re: Re: Invalidate their trademark?
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I vote for #2.
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Re: New law but old crime.. its not going to protect you..
There are many things that this Canuck finds uncomfortable about things like US Foreign policy, over reaction to any number of things, it's belief that it's blessed about all states and so on. That doesn't blind me to the fact that the United States Constitution is a seminal document in the development of freedom and liberty not only in the USA but in Canada, England, Scotland and globally on a par with Magna Charta and the battle that established that the legislature (Commons) not the government controlled the purse strings of a nation.
I hear your nurse coming in to put your straight jacket on now so we'll get some rest from your lunacy.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Streisand Effect
It's not far wrong to say that you can make any point you want, no matter how wrong it is, by grabbing an isolated quote out of the Bible.
That's also true of any faith's holy works, by the way. Or any philosopher worth quoting.
As you say, with most of them it falls on deaf ears when pointed out to the offenders but it's others I'd like to educate that what is being said, and justified, is simply and purely wrong.
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No wonder it took six years to find them!
Any bets that within a day or two all I'll have to look for on Google are Jeffery Morris and Techdirt and every one of them will be linked?
Quite beyond the painfully obvious stupidity as noted by Mike it seems libel trolls are about as stupid as the copyright/patent trolls we encounter here. Maybe more so.
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Interesting, isn't it, that the nick used here has the same name as the guy who sued IBM, Linux and everything else he could think of for copyright violations on copyright it didn't and never had owned? Right now that company is in bankruptcy and unlikely to ever emerge. Oh yeah, and that darryl is out of a job.
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If law isn't on the AGs side its time they were slapped with that fact. I have problems with politicians that grandstand to begin with and this sort of thing just makes me more nervous.
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Re: Good!
Further, as the "owner" of the house the rights holders will be able to tell me what colour I can paint the house, what I can plant in the garden, what rugs I can use, what I can burn in the fireplace or wood stove (probably the latter given the ever increasing price of heating fuel be it natural gas, fuel oil or electricity) what colour I can paint the rooms, whether I can have a cat or dog or children in order to protect the "rights holders" rights and on and on.
Sheesh, doesn't this sound like renting rather than owning?
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Re: gladwell on fleetwood mac
Fleetwood Mac at least had chops as a blues band and not the mush they churned out when they became a sad reflection of a poor, somewhat talented pop band.
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Re: Why not? It's worked well so far...
Hey! That's what's going on! They're in cahoots with the sewing machine industry and the knitting industry so that they can be reborn en masse! Then they can sue every ma and pa (realistically ma) who sew a knock off of a Lagerfeld design from a pattern downloaded via bittorrent.
I can see it all now. A nice big industrial circle jerk!
Oh, and I'm sure Lagerfeld hates men with as much gusto as he does women judging by the rags he wears and forces his glaring, rake thin parody of women to wear at his shows.
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Is it just me or is it that the rockers who most fit the rebellious "screw you" mode, The Stones, are the only ones to point out that the record companies are not the artist's friend as Mick Jagger has? I'm sure others may have but it's only Mick that I've seen "in print" on the Net.
Nicks isn't just "comfortable" she's rolling in it wealthy. She's one of the one in a million that made it, recording contract, major label, indie or any other way.
Stevie, there's still clubs around, places for people to play and hone their skills and presentation. There's better ways to connect with other musicians and that horrible bunch called fans and it's that very Internet that you dislike so much.
As for social skills, the younguns are doing just fine, thank you, far better than we mouthy boomers were doing at their age in many respects. Of course we were all too busy rebelling, drinking, smoking pot and getting fat with the marijuana munchies, weren't we?
As far as aging bands go I'll pay money to see the Stones, Jethro Tull and a few others who remember that they both have to play well and entertain at the same time rather than the tired, boring and still incredibly dull Fleetwood Mac sets you guys still put on.
In short, Stevie, at your age isn't it seriously time you grew up?
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