By ignoring/disparaging the court order are they now in contempt of court? Maybe the judge can order the company put in 'jail' by seizing/suspending its' domain. Being unable to to business would certainly get their attention.
He's just lucky it was an xbox and not a PS4. Based on some of their earlier actions, Sony would probably be demanding confiscation of the gaming system, full prosecution and maximum jail time.
Re: let's just use Roger's logic with Ninja's statements
Maybe these guys should put their money where their mouths are. Snowden is trapped in Russia because he has no passport. Why not re-instate his passport and see where he goes? If he leaves Russia and continues on the journey that was interrupted, then he's probably not a spy. If he stays in Russia, then they might have some grounds for whatever they're saying.
The way to fix ContentID is to notify the uploader that the video is in violation of copyright and allow them a chance to contest it. If they contest it, it should immediately be re-instated, with notice going to the alleged copyright owner that a subsequent takedown request must be done via the proper DMCA notice route. This should eliminate the false takedown problems and force both the uploader and supposed copyright owner to take a second look and ensure that they are on solid legal ground. If it were done that way, then Sony would indeed be on a legal hook if they had continued to claim ownership of the Sintel video.
Interestingly enough, it seems that Judge Ericksen and Paul Hansmeir's father, Gordon, both attended University of Minnesota around the same time. I wonder if they know each other?
US corporations are beginning to realize that they've sabotaged themselves by outsourcing all of their manufacturing, etc. The only thing they have left is their IP. In order to protect that, they need a way to export their laws to the rest of the world. That's the only thing these trade agreements will accomplish. Other nations will have to toe the line with regard to US regulations and IP, or else face the inevitable lawsuit that follows. The net effect either way will be an export of US laws and regulations to the rest of the world and in import of everyone else's money to the US. Hopefully the rest of the world will wake up and see what's happening before it's too late!
I wish this asshole would either shut up or change his surname. While I'm not related to him as far as I know, it's embarrasing to have any kind of link, however obscure, to whatever garbage he's spewing at any particular time. If he was my relative, I would have dis-owned him a long time ago.
Since the blogger was French, EU privacy laws may come into play here. Does anyone know if MS looking through this guy's data violates any laws over there? If I were MS I really wouldn't want any more trouble with the EU considering what happened the last time.
I suspect that these are actually 'carefully-worded' clauses, not 'carelessly-worded' ones. If written and followed appropriately by the corporate interests, once the web of trade agreements (CETA, TAFTA, TPP, etc.) is in place, we can expect one world-wide set of 'corporate' laws to emerge. Hooks like these will enable corporations to subvert local laws in favor of some other more favorable 'law' exported from some other country where a more favorable trade agreement was negotiated. Governments that don't play along will see themselves and their taxpayers sued into compliance or face going broke paying the 'fines' demanded by the corporations. I suspect some dark forces at work here. It used to be that world domination was attempted via military means. It seems that now, the forces of evil are trying another tack instead. Enough said.
Nothing is going to change until you get serious about throwing the incumbents out and getting rid of the lobbyists.
Sorry, I can't do much more than offer advice, as I'm not a US resident/citizen. You guys (the US population) need to organize yourselves (perhaps though groups like the 'OCCUPY' movement), and find a way to get rid of both the Democrat and Republican politicians.
I know all of you think it requires lots of money, but there are ways to counter that now through use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook. If a 3rd group or party were to present themselves as viable opponents to these incumbents with anti-lobbying and anti-patent platforms, maybe they would quickly get in line and actually worry about pleasing their constituents who they're supposed to be representing instead of the lobbyists.
To all of you in the US, please stop spending so much time on beer, sports and entertainment, and take a good look at where your country is headed. If you don't put a stop to it now, you're all doomed to become slaves of the 'corporate elite'.
Someone needs to re-edit the video to take out this actress' 5 seconds of 'fame' or maybe replace it with something that says 'this portion of the film removed due to idiocy' and then repost it. She and the court should have no obections then!
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Comtempt of Court?
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Good thing it wasn't a PS4!!!
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Re: let's just use Roger's logic with Ninja's statements
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Re: Re: Way to fix ContentID
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University of Minnesota
Minnesota around the same time. I wonder if they know each other?
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Just a way for US corps to collect extra $$$
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Embarassing!
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He was a 'French' blogger
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loopholes and carelessly-worded clauses
Hooks like these will enable corporations to subvert local laws in favor of some other more favorable 'law' exported from some other country where a more favorable trade agreement was negotiated. Governments that don't play along will see themselves and their taxpayers sued into compliance or face going broke paying the 'fines' demanded by the corporations.
I suspect some dark forces at work here. It used to be that world domination was attempted via military means. It seems that now, the forces of evil are trying another tack instead. Enough said.
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Re: PHD
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Re: Re: Doubts?
Sorry, I can't do much more than offer advice, as I'm not a US resident/citizen. You guys (the US population) need to organize yourselves (perhaps though groups like the 'OCCUPY'
movement), and find a way to get rid of both the Democrat and Republican politicians.
I know all of you think it requires lots of money, but there are ways to counter that now through use of social media such as Twitter and Facebook. If a 3rd group or party were to present themselves as viable opponents to these incumbents with anti-lobbying and anti-patent platforms, maybe they would quickly get in line and actually worry about pleasing their constituents who they're supposed to be representing instead of the lobbyists.
To all of you in the US, please stop spending so much time on beer, sports and entertainment, and take a good look at where your country is headed. If you don't put a stop to it now, you're all doomed to become slaves of the 'corporate elite'.
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Put up an edited version
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