1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 22 Jul 2014 @ 1:31pm
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Yes, and after that limited time (is life + 70 years really a limited time???) the work transfers into the public domain. What a mess copyright has become.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 22 Jul 2014 @ 1:28pm
Public Domain
Simone Dinnerstein can copyright her interpretation of Bach's Goldberg variations, because it's in the public domain. If I could tell white keys from black keys and record my own version, I could do that as well, but only because it's in the public domain.
Copyright, thanks to everyone's hero, Sonny Bozo (I mean Bono), goes on far too long.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 19 Jul 2014 @ 6:45pm
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Does this negate DRM ?
This has nothing to do with Digital Restrictions Management, although the DMCA is often used to fight circumvention attempts.
Digital Restrictions Management is a choice made by the author/owner/packager/etc. to try and limit what actions you can perform. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
When Avatar came out some time ago, DVDFab broke the blu-ray restrictions within a couple of hours. It only takes one person to put a movie on the Internet, and then all you are doing is inconveniencing people who might have no intent of doing something like that.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 19 Jul 2014 @ 10:44am
Har! I want that FOIA request
Request copies of all NSA employee (and contract employee) emails containing attachments which would be considered NSFW under Federal Government policy. The requested time period would be during the tenure of Edward Snwden. Attachments should be provided in the original resolution.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 19 Jul 2014 @ 10:39am
Get the DEA to ride shotgun
It sounds like we need some "Ground Marshals" to ride shotguns in these trucks where customers jump in demanding the packages. You can't deliver a 20-gauge ammo to the abdomen, but you can deliver 20-gauge steel to the wrists.
Huh, maybe they'll start singing once they get arrested.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 19 Jul 2014 @ 10:35am
That's the curse of public service
How many times do we have to keep telling you guys? As a public servant performing your taxpayer-funded duties in public view, you are subject to being recorded by the public. Just accept that, and go back after all those gangs dealing drugs and guns.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 17 Jul 2014 @ 12:31pm
Miranda
We, the Supreme Court of the United States, find that Miranda was not read his rights following his arrest. However, this Miranda ruling does not apply to any similar situation other than that which is currently under review by this court.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 16 Jul 2014 @ 8:45pm
Re: Re: Judge Wright for the Supreme Court
The expansion of the court is not as radical an idea as it may seem. From the time of its establishment, the size of the Supreme Court was largely dictated by the number of lower courts. As new states were added to the Union and the population grew, new trial courts and circuit courts were created – and new justices added. For example, when a 10th circuit was added in 1863, a 10th justice was added at the same time. When the circuits were reduced in 1866, the number of justices was reduced. Ultimately, the creation of the current nine-number court in 1869 was part of a Congressional decision to create parity with the number of circuits.
May 31, 1790 First copyright law enacted under the new U.S. Constitution. Term of 14 years with privilege of renewal for term of 14 years.
Heck, I'd even be happy with the 1909 change.
July 1, 1909 Effective date of third general revision of the copyright law. Admission of certain classes of unpublished works to copyright registration. Term of statutory protection for a work copyrighted in published form measured from the date of publication of the work. Renewal term extended from 14 to 28 years.
August 18, 1787 James Madison submitted to the framers of the Constitution a provision “to secure to literary authors their copyrights for a limited time.”
June 23, 1789 First federal bill relating to copyrights (H.R. 10) presented to the first Congress.
May 31, 1790 First copyright law enacted under the new U.S. Constitution. Term of 14 years with privilege of renewal for term of 14 years. Books, maps, and charts protected. Copyright registration made in the U.S. District Court where the author or proprietor resided.
June 9, 1790 First copyright entry, The Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry, registered in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania.
April 29, 1802 Prints added to protected works.
July 1, 1909 Effective date of third general revision of the copyright law. Admission of certain classes of unpublished works to copyright registration. Term of statutory protection for a work copyrighted in published form measured from the date of publication of the work. Renewal term extended from 14 to 28 years.
January 1, 1978 Effective date of principal provisions of the 1976 copyright law. The term of protection for works created on or after this date consists of the life of the author and 50 years after the author's death. Numerous other provisions modernized the law.
June 26, 1992 Renewal registration became optional. Works copyrighted between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977, automatically renewed even if registration not made.
October 27, 1998 The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended the term of copyright protection for most works to the life of the author plus 70 years after the author’s death.
1st Dread Pirate Roberts (profile), 5 Jul 2014 @ 10:28am
Sherlock Holmes
Here is an example of how weird copyright has become. Every Sherlock Holmes story prior to about 1910 (or 1915ish), is in the public domain. The estate of Doyle claims that all Sherlock Holmes work is copyrighted, because the character is not fully developed until the final stories. (Why do we pass on copyrights to estates for such an insane period of time?)
Anyway, it was determined recently that only characters, plots, and such in the final few books are still under copyright. And look what has happened with Sherlock Holmes after it came out of copyright. Hundreds of actors, a gazillion movies and TV episodes.
That's what we have to look forward to when these unconscionable copyright terms expire.
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On the post: Defending The Indefensible: Hilarious Talking Points On Ridiculous Copyright Terms
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On the post: Defending The Indefensible: Hilarious Talking Points On Ridiculous Copyright Terms
Public Domain
Copyright, thanks to everyone's hero, Sonny Bozo (I mean Bono), goes on far too long.
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This has nothing to do with Digital Restrictions Management, although the DMCA is often used to fight circumvention attempts.
Digital Restrictions Management is a choice made by the author/owner/packager/etc. to try and limit what actions you can perform. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't.
When Avatar came out some time ago, DVDFab broke the blu-ray restrictions within a couple of hours. It only takes one person to put a movie on the Internet, and then all you are doing is inconveniencing people who might have no intent of doing something like that.
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Re: Must have something yanked?
On the post: NSA On Snowden's Claims Of Passing Around Nudie Pics: We Totally Wouldn't Allow That... If We Knew About It
Har! I want that FOIA request
On the post: FedEx Indicted For Failing To Look Into Its Packages To See If Any Online Pharmacies Were Sending Drugs
Get the DEA to ride shotgun
Huh, maybe they'll start singing once they get arrested.
On the post: Lawsuit Filed To Force NYPD To Respect Citizens' First Amendment Right To Record Police Officers
That's the curse of public service
On the post: Supreme Court Tells Conan Doyle Estate To Take A Hike: Consider Sherlock Holmes In The Public Domain
I guess they'll have to start working for a living
Watson, come here! I need you!
Yeah, I know. Wrong Watson.
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On the post: Copyright Office To Aereo: Quack All You Want, We Don't Think You're A Cable Service
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Then, take a page from SpiderOak (spideroak.com) and encrypt everything. Aereo won't know what is being recorded, or what people are watching.
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Miranda
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He's Transparent all right
On the post: DOJ Claims Judge Who Trashed 'Made Up Plot' Should Be Removed For Being 'Hostile' To The Gov't
Re: Re: Judge Wright for the Supreme Court
On the post: DOJ Claims Judge Who Trashed 'Made Up Plot' Should Be Removed For Being 'Hostile' To The Gov't
But we're protecting you from WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION
Are you guys all pinko communists? Don't you care about protecting your country?? :-)
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It's called Bri (I mean) Campaign Contributions
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Let's go back to original copyright terms
http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ1a.html
May 31, 1790
First copyright law enacted under the new U.S. Constitution. Term of 14 years with privilege of renewal for term of 14 years.
Heck, I'd even be happy with the 1909 change.
July 1, 1909
Effective date of third general revision of the copyright law. Admission of certain classes of unpublished works to copyright registration. Term of statutory protection for a work copyrighted in published form measured from the date of publication of the work. Renewal term extended from 14 to 28 years.
On the post: VP Of EU Commission On Copyright Reform: 'I'd Sing You Happy Birthday, But I Don't Want To Have To Pay The Royalties'
Short copyright history
Notable Dates in United States Copyright
August 18, 1787
James Madison submitted to the framers of the Constitution a provision “to secure to literary authors their copyrights for a limited time.”
June 23, 1789
First federal bill relating to copyrights (H.R. 10) presented to the first Congress.
May 31, 1790
First copyright law enacted under the new U.S. Constitution. Term of 14 years with privilege of renewal for term of 14 years. Books, maps, and charts protected. Copyright registration made in the U.S. District Court where the author or proprietor resided.
June 9, 1790
First copyright entry, The Philadelphia Spelling Book by John Barry, registered in the U.S. District Court of Pennsylvania.
April 29, 1802
Prints added to protected works.
July 1, 1909
Effective date of third general revision of the copyright law. Admission of certain classes of unpublished works to copyright registration. Term of statutory protection for a work copyrighted in published form measured from the date of publication of the work. Renewal term extended from 14 to 28 years.
January 1, 1978
Effective date of principal provisions of the 1976 copyright law. The term of protection for works created on or after this date consists of the life of the author and 50 years after the author's death. Numerous other provisions modernized the law.
June 26, 1992
Renewal registration became optional. Works copyrighted between January 1, 1964, and December 31, 1977, automatically renewed even if registration not made.
October 27, 1998
The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act extended the term of copyright protection for most works to the life of the author plus 70 years after the author’s death.
On the post: VP Of EU Commission On Copyright Reform: 'I'd Sing You Happy Birthday, But I Don't Want To Have To Pay The Royalties'
Sherlock Holmes
Anyway, it was determined recently that only characters, plots, and such in the final few books are still under copyright. And look what has happened with Sherlock Holmes after it came out of copyright. Hundreds of actors, a gazillion movies and TV episodes.
That's what we have to look forward to when these unconscionable copyright terms expire.
On the post: VP Of EU Commission On Copyright Reform: 'I'd Sing You Happy Birthday, But I Don't Want To Have To Pay The Royalties'
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