The copyright office has been promising for years to digitize their catalog and make it searchable.
But searchable would mean it is like . . . (gasp!) Google!
And digitizing anything to make it searchable is even more unspeakably similar to Google's diabolical efforts to make books searchable and knowledge more generally available!
And that must, um, somehow, mean . . . infringement!
Is making a public catalog searchable really the kind of thing that we want our government to be doing? Doing something like that would have been previously unthinkable. Now we mention it like it's no big deal. What is the world coming to.
You really need to learn the lessons of history from George Orwell's 1984.
When the Ministry of Truth wanted to make something, or someone be forgotten -- they did it! You need to adopt their tactics. Then everyone will be happy. (Because you tell them that they are happy.)
So they're selling this mass copyright infringement tool?
So this $80 box can make infringing copies of massive amounts of material in a short amount of time?
This cannot be allowed to continue!
(I have to say /sarcasm, because something like this could be realistically said by the copyright pigopolists. You can't parody these people without it being taken seriously.)
Amazon. Netflix. Hulu. They will create their own original content.
Slowly.
But surely, they will have most people watching their new content and less and less of the 40 year old content locked up in the copyright pigopolist's vaults.
A newer young generation will have their own culture. Not quite so locked up. And the old locked up copyrighted culture can just disappear in locked-up DRM'ed obscurity.
I was just going to write something similar. But you expressed it for me.
On the bright side: none of this really matters longer term. Neither incompetent regulators nor terrified legacy giants can stop the Internet video revolution from threatening traditional cable television.
Eventually, they can have total control over no customers.
DRM is worse than simple encryption, because I must be able to control (eg, trust) YOUR computer to do MY will. That is, to decrypt something, but make the crypto keys inaccessible to you. It's all an exercise in obfuscation to make the barrier so high that few or no crackers will discover how to crack the encryption.
Now what arguments could be made that DRM could be used to commit crimes? If I must be able to control your computer in order for you to receive my encrypted message (or music or movie) then imagine the position that puts three letter agency snoopers in?
Agree. But to add to your point, if the FBI is running low on crimes to investigate, it is important to have access to everyone's devices in order to manufacture crimes to investigate.
As long as the encryption has magical golden keys sprinkled with the pure dust of genuine unicorns. The number of golden keys that should unlock the encryption is left unspecified until all interested government parties have put in their requests for copies of the golden keys.
Re: Not just FIXED but absolutely essential: Do You Really Want Corporations Deciding Search Results? Solely? Without any regulation?
> Oh, and just note what corporation is being defended!
Google is being defended because stupid governments are as fixated on Google, as if it were the only search engine, as much as TechDirt Trolls and Hollywood Dinosaurs are fixated on Google, as if it were the only search engine.
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On the post: Copyright Office's Online Registration System Has Been Down All Week
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The copyright office has been promising for years to digitize their catalog and make it searchable.
But searchable would mean it is like . . . (gasp!) Google!
And digitizing anything to make it searchable is even more unspeakably similar to Google's diabolical efforts to make books searchable and knowledge more generally available!
And that must, um, somehow, mean . . . infringement!
Is making a public catalog searchable really the kind of thing that we want our government to be doing? Doing something like that would have been previously unthinkable. Now we mention it like it's no big deal. What is the world coming to.
On the post: Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request
Lessons from George Orwell's 1984
You really need to learn the lessons of history from George Orwell's 1984.
When the Ministry of Truth wanted to make something, or someone be forgotten -- they did it! You need to adopt their tactics. Then everyone will be happy. (Because you tell them that they are happy.)
On the post: Thomas Goolnik Really Wants To Be Forgotten: Google Disappears Our Post About His Right To Be Forgotten Request
Wanting to be forgotten
Will Thomas Goolnik do better than a house with human assistance could do at being forgotten?
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Re: Maybe being DOWN is how they FIXED it?
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Maybe being DOWN is how they FIXED it?
I'm sure you can still register copyrights using alternative methods.
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Re: Re: Re: I'd have sued too
My immediate reaction was that of similarity.
Until I looked closer.
Usually on these kinds of TD posts my first reaction is to instantly notice how different they are.
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Re: I'd have sued too
When I first glanced at those pictures. My immediate gut reaction was that these were from the same company.
Now, looking closer, it is obvious that they aren't.
But I think Nestle has a case here.
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So they're selling this mass copyright infringement tool?
This cannot be allowed to continue!
(I have to say /sarcasm, because something like this could be realistically said by the copyright pigopolists. You can't parody these people without it being taken seriously.)
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Things change slowly, but they change
Amazon. Netflix. Hulu. They will create their own original content.
Slowly.
But surely, they will have most people watching their new content and less and less of the 40 year old content locked up in the copyright pigopolist's vaults.
A newer young generation will have their own culture. Not quite so locked up. And the old locked up copyrighted culture can just disappear in locked-up DRM'ed obscurity.
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You said it for me
On the post: FTC CTO: Full Disk Encryption Is Important In Preventing Crime
Re: No more encryption?
Now what arguments could be made that DRM could be used to commit crimes? If I must be able to control your computer in order for you to receive my encrypted message (or music or movie) then imagine the position that puts three letter agency snoopers in?
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On the post: FTC CTO: Full Disk Encryption Is Important In Preventing Crime
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Don't believe computers can be used for crime? Just ask anyone who has been hit over the head with a computer.
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Full Disk Encryption is okay
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FIB CTO: Full Disk Encryption SHOULD BE A CRIME
On the post: FBI: Hurricane Katrina Made It Clear We Just Don't Have Enough Stingray Devices
The FBI needs this to do their job
On the post: As India Goes After Google, A Simple Question: Do You Really Want Governments Deciding Search Results?
Re: Not just FIXED but absolutely essential: Do You Really Want Corporations Deciding Search Results? Solely? Without any regulation?
Google is being defended because stupid governments are as fixated on Google, as if it were the only search engine, as much as TechDirt Trolls and Hollywood Dinosaurs are fixated on Google, as if it were the only search engine.
Does that clear anything up?
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Re: Not just FIXED but absolutely essential: Do You Really Want Corporations Deciding Search Results? Solely? Without any regulation?
Censorship is when a point of view is being suppressed. Having one is a prerequisite in order for it to be censored.
Ignorance, Lies, Name Calling, and Trolling do NOT qualify as a 'point of view'.
Please do not try to elevate it to such.
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Re: Not just FIXED but absolutely essential: Do You Really Want Corporations Deciding Search Results? Solely? Without any regulation?
After all, if I don't like Brand A, I can choose Brand B. Or C.
But if I don't like what Government decides, then what?
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