And, obviously, stopping the abuse of children is an important goal.
At the risk of sounding like a child-molesting nogoodnik: How important is this, really? Has there ever been any attempt to quantify, in numerical terms, how many children are sexually abused via iCloud? From the way Apple's press release is worded you would think that iCloud was a digital cornucopia of child abuse photographs that America's legion predators took for some reason. Saying something like "We just don't know how many abuse images there could be" is like saying there is just no way of telling how much terrorism is planned out via the English language. How many actual real pedophiles is this change going to reel in? Can anyone take even an order-of-magnitude guess?
Just consider that it has been barely six months since the proclamations emanating from the White House about what is true and what is false directly lead to an attack on the US Capitol building. "But this time it's true!" isn't really a defense and really just sounds more like "I trust THIS president more than the last one". The president CANNOT be trusted to solely determine what is true and what is not. Not for official acts, not for advice, not for opinions, nothing. Whether the power is used for good or evil is unimportant, it's the power that's the problem.
I'm curious how you would react if you found out the government was directing private entities to censor information that it claimed was false but which turned out to be true. The very idea that we now apparently have a Ministry of Truth determining what is true and what is false doesn't seem off to you?
I figured after four years of Trump people would reject this stuff on its face, but I guess it turns out people didn't really hate the player. They just didn't like the team he was playing for. Wake me up in 30-60 years when this shit ends the way it always does.
*The only times we run into trouble is when the government entity then tells a platform that they must remove that content, rather than pointing it out and saying "we believe this is disinformation."
So, yes, there is a fine line here, but it is not around who decides. It's around the line between the government informing Facebook and the government compelling Facebook.*
No, Jen Psaki did not literally point a gun at Mark Zuckerberg and say "delet this" but you don't find it at least a little bit spooky that the White House, far and away the most powerful arm of the US government, is directly sending out "opinions" on what statements it considers "disinformation"? You don't have to be a right wing partisan to see the possible wink wink nudge nudge going on and find it deeply troubling.
Re: Concrete Harm can still be alleged by loss of control
How does "loss of control" meet the requirement "that the injury would likely be redressed by judicial relief"? If it's the nebulous "control" that has been lost, how can the court make the plaintiff whole? It (the control) is gone and the idea to be controlled has escaped. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle there.
Can you even copyright the layout of a video game level? Keep in mind: No actual assets of Goldeneye 64 were used, no code from Goldeneye 64 was lifted.
I guess the real crime here is that there's no crime. Ubisoft is rightfully allowed to moderate or manage whatever levels they want to offer in the Arcade mode of FarCry 5 for any reason they see fit. They don't need a "rightsholder" to allow them to do that. If someone made a "Yves Guillemot is a big stinky doo doo head" level they'd be perfectly able to remove that too.
The fact they are hiding behind a veneer of "copyright" though is pretty shitty.
Won't someone please think of the artists? Marvin Gaye would never have performed Ain't No Mountain High Enough if he had known people would be listening to the song for free in the background of a livestream of a video game. Where's the incentive to create if people are just going to be incidentally hearing short clips of your music in the background of a video game in the background of someone talking 37 years after your death?
Why would unlawful possession of a handgun require a raid? Was the handgun being used in a hostage situation? Why not just knock on the door? Good thing she didn't own a dog or lawfully own a gun of her own (lolchicago).
Fortnite isn't a video game. It's an advertisement for digital costumes. I'm as anti-DRM as they come but saying that Fortnite is an example of why piracy doesn't matter is just sinking your own argument with bad logic.
The idea that the entire video game industry is shifting to a model where exploiting small children and people with addiction problems is the standard order of the day keeps me up at night. I hope no game developer reads this article and honestly thinks "Gee, piracy makes selling actual games so difficult. I should just make a digital casino instead."
Filing a bogus DMCA claim is already perjury, punishable by up to five years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Clearly it doesn't matter how severe the penalties placed on it are if they aren't going to be enforced.
It's not impossible for the NASA youtube channel to post copyright infringing material. They could upload full Disney movies to their channel if they wanted and that wouldn't make them public domain. Assuming NASA is "less likely" to commit copyright infringement than anyone else on the site is treating them in privileged manner. Everyone should be getting fairly, not just the big important names that can get an article written about them.
I'm always a bit perplexed when people suggest that the copyright laws be amended to be more fair. If the law were applied as it's already written it might be fine. If the law not being followed is what's causing the problem why would changing the law fix that?
Automated legal filings needs to be made illegal. If it's worth enough to sue over then it's worth enough to have a real human being look at it and attach their name to it.
If you think this is some crazy scheme unique to the telecom industry try going to a Denny's or an IHOP and ordering the "unlimited" pancakes and take very careful notes about your experience.
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At the risk of sounding like a child-molesting nogoodnik: How important is this, really? Has there ever been any attempt to quantify, in numerical terms, how many children are sexually abused via iCloud? From the way Apple's press release is worded you would think that iCloud was a digital cornucopia of child abuse photographs that America's legion predators took for some reason. Saying something like "We just don't know how many abuse images there could be" is like saying there is just no way of telling how much terrorism is planned out via the English language. How many actual real pedophiles is this change going to reel in? Can anyone take even an order-of-magnitude guess?
On the post: No, The White House Isn't Colluding With Facebook To Silence Dissent; But It Sure Could Have Handled Things Better
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Just consider that it has been barely six months since the proclamations emanating from the White House about what is true and what is false directly lead to an attack on the US Capitol building. "But this time it's true!" isn't really a defense and really just sounds more like "I trust THIS president more than the last one". The president CANNOT be trusted to solely determine what is true and what is not. Not for official acts, not for advice, not for opinions, nothing. Whether the power is used for good or evil is unimportant, it's the power that's the problem.
On the post: No, The White House Isn't Colluding With Facebook To Silence Dissent; But It Sure Could Have Handled Things Better
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I'm curious how you would react if you found out the government was directing private entities to censor information that it claimed was false but which turned out to be true. The very idea that we now apparently have a Ministry of Truth determining what is true and what is false doesn't seem off to you?
I figured after four years of Trump people would reject this stuff on its face, but I guess it turns out people didn't really hate the player. They just didn't like the team he was playing for. Wake me up in 30-60 years when this shit ends the way it always does.
On the post: No, The White House Isn't Colluding With Facebook To Silence Dissent; But It Sure Could Have Handled Things Better
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*The only times we run into trouble is when the government entity then tells a platform that they must remove that content, rather than pointing it out and saying "we believe this is disinformation."
So, yes, there is a fine line here, but it is not around who decides. It's around the line between the government informing Facebook and the government compelling Facebook.*
No, Jen Psaki did not literally point a gun at Mark Zuckerberg and say "delet this" but you don't find it at least a little bit spooky that the White House, far and away the most powerful arm of the US government, is directly sending out "opinions" on what statements it considers "disinformation"? You don't have to be a right wing partisan to see the possible wink wink nudge nudge going on and find it deeply troubling.
On the post: Did The Supreme Court Just Take A Sledge Hammer To Copyright's Statutory Damages?
Re: Concrete Harm can still be alleged by loss of control
How does "loss of control" meet the requirement "that the injury would likely be redressed by judicial relief"? If it's the nebulous "control" that has been lost, how can the court make the plaintiff whole? It (the control) is gone and the idea to be controlled has escaped. There's no putting the genie back in the bottle there.
On the post: CBS Bullies Fan Star Trek Project To Shut Down Despite Creators' Pleas For Instructions On Being Legit
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Maybe he's a Thermian?
On the post: Ubisoft Teams Up With Mystery Rights Holder To Remove Fun Fan-Made 'GoldenEye 007' Maps From 'Far Cry'
Can you even copyright the layout of a video game level? Keep in mind: No actual assets of Goldeneye 64 were used, no code from Goldeneye 64 was lifted.
I guess the real crime here is that there's no crime. Ubisoft is rightfully allowed to moderate or manage whatever levels they want to offer in the Arcade mode of FarCry 5 for any reason they see fit. They don't need a "rightsholder" to allow them to do that. If someone made a "Yves Guillemot is a big stinky doo doo head" level they'd be perfectly able to remove that too.
The fact they are hiding behind a veneer of "copyright" though is pretty shitty.
On the post: Bad Patents Getting In The Way Of A Fun Toy; Or Why I Had To Teach My Kids About How Patents Ruin Everything
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The process is the punishment.
On the post: New 'Guardians Of The Galaxy' Game Has Game Streamers Worried Over Integral Music In The Game
Won't someone please think of the artists? Marvin Gaye would never have performed Ain't No Mountain High Enough if he had known people would be listening to the song for free in the background of a livestream of a video game. Where's the incentive to create if people are just going to be incidentally hearing short clips of your music in the background of a video game in the background of someone talking 37 years after your death?
On the post: FBI Informants Still Committing Serious Crimes Thousands Of Times A Year
How many murderers does it take to catch a murderer?
On the post: Chicago PD Oversight Says Officers Racked Up 100 Misconduct Allegations During A Single Wrong Address Raid
Why would unlawful possession of a handgun require a raid? Was the handgun being used in a hostage situation? Why not just knock on the door? Good thing she didn't own a dog or lawfully own a gun of her own (lolchicago).
On the post: Fortnite, A Free Game, Made $9 Billion In Two Years
Fortnite isn't a video game. It's an advertisement for digital costumes. I'm as anti-DRM as they come but saying that Fortnite is an example of why piracy doesn't matter is just sinking your own argument with bad logic.
The idea that the entire video game industry is shifting to a model where exploiting small children and people with addiction problems is the standard order of the day keeps me up at night. I hope no game developer reads this article and honestly thinks "Gee, piracy makes selling actual games so difficult. I should just make a digital casino instead."
On the post: Rep. Lauren Boebert Decides To Streisand Parody Site Making Fun Of Her, Threatens To Take Legal Action Against It
wut
On the post: Hollywood Lobbyists So Afraid Of Any Public Benefit From 'Intellectual Property' That They're Trying To Block COVID Vaccine Sharing
Those researchers would never have created a COVID vaccine if they didn't expect a movie to be made about it.
On the post: Anatomy Of A Bogus DMCA Scam Run By A Plagiarizing Website
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Great, now do red light cameras.
On the post: TorrentFreak Continues To Get DMCA Takedown Notices Despite Not Hosting Infringing Material
Re: Re: Re: All due to lack of penalty
Filing a bogus DMCA claim is already perjury, punishable by up to five years in prison and tens of thousands of dollars in fines. Clearly it doesn't matter how severe the penalties placed on it are if they aren't going to be enforced.
On the post: Content Moderation Case Study: NASA Footage Taken Down By YouTube Moderation (2012)
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It's not impossible for the NASA youtube channel to post copyright infringing material. They could upload full Disney movies to their channel if they wanted and that wouldn't make them public domain. Assuming NASA is "less likely" to commit copyright infringement than anyone else on the site is treating them in privileged manner. Everyone should be getting fairly, not just the big important names that can get an article written about them.
On the post: TorrentFreak Continues To Get DMCA Takedown Notices Despite Not Hosting Infringing Material
Re: All due to lack of penalty
I'm always a bit perplexed when people suggest that the copyright laws be amended to be more fair. If the law were applied as it's already written it might be fine. If the law not being followed is what's causing the problem why would changing the law fix that?
On the post: Sega DMCAs SteamDB Despite That Site Not Hosting Any Pirated Material
Automated legal filings needs to be made illegal. If it's worth enough to sue over then it's worth enough to have a real human being look at it and attach their name to it.
On the post: Despite A Decade Of Complaints, US Wireless Carriers Continue To Abuse The Word 'Unlimited'
If you think this is some crazy scheme unique to the telecom industry try going to a Denny's or an IHOP and ordering the "unlimited" pancakes and take very careful notes about your experience.
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