Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 17 Dec 2010 @ 1:51pm
Re: Re: Re:
"Simple rules. If I give you $10 to buy a crack rock, and someone else delivers the rock, you are still part of selling crack. You may forward $9.50 to the dealer and say "I was just collecting money", but the reality is you are in the crack rock business."
Horrible analogy. Visa and MC are neither selling, buying, or delivering anything. They are enabling one person to exchange a good or service for money with another person without knowing or caring about the details of the transaction.
In your crack analogy, Visa would be the US Government itself, since it printed the money that allowed the crack to be sold.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 15 Dec 2010 @ 1:50pm
Re: Re: Re: Don't bury the lead here....
While I am not in favor of torture under any circumstance, the Geneva conventions apply to prisoners of war (or more specifically people captured during a military conflict), and civilians in and around war zones. It also specifies treatment for wounded, and medical and religious personnel.
Under legal definitions, they don't apply to Manning. What applies to Manning is the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 'Coercive self-incrimination' is prohibited under the UCMJ, however, so if anyone is attempting to get Manning to talk by torturing him, they should be charged and court-martialed.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 8 Dec 2010 @ 3:32pm
Re: I stole the files back for them
Better be careful. If some mailer daemon along the way strips off the attachment, you'll never get them back. And you're now guilty of giving state secrets to a third party.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 8 Dec 2010 @ 11:49am
Re:
Dear State Department,
Under normal circumstances, you would be able to retrieve your copy of the cables from Wikileaks.com. However, due to circumstances beyond our control (ie political pressure being exerted by parts of the US Government) our site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Sorry for any inconvenience, but your request cannot be processed at this time. Go DIAF.
Sincerely,
Wikileaks
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 8 Dec 2010 @ 11:41am
Re: hmmm...
AIPLA correctly recognizes that if Viacom wins, almost all user-generated content on the Internet would vanish. There would be no companies able to profit, and therefore no one to pay the legal fees.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 6 Dec 2010 @ 7:13am
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"It just defies imagination that there is not one amongst them that can see past all that, no one that has vision beyond right now. It's not like things never change, ever."
All the guys with vision are the ones running the companies that are destroying the old monopolies.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 24 Nov 2010 @ 2:41pm
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
"New way? Profits are either not generated at all, or don't get split. "
Wrong. You don't seem to understand economics. Just because your old dying legacy business isn't generating profits doesn't mean those profits aren't being generated elsewhere. In many cases those profits being made elsewhere cause far more economic growth than if the legacy business had generated them. There are any number of high-school and college level classes you can take to learn more about this.
"Do explain. How exactly do skilled artists make money online?"
You ask this question like you're new on this site. Techdirt has highlighted dozens of artists who have embraced new business models and made money. There are also plenty of other sites and publications where you can find other examples.
You also seem to be asking for a magical money making formula. It doesn't exist. It never has. That's why most of the examples you'll find are artists doing new and different things to see what works for them and their fans.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 24 Nov 2010 @ 8:01am
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"Creators do make money, true. Far less since the internet "economy" diverts the profits from creators to ISP's. Nothing is for free in the end. You pay for your online content just like the next guy. The only problem is that the payment lands in the wrong pockets."
I see exactly the mistake you are making (willfully or not, I can't tell).
You are lumping together the actual content creator and the distribution channel on how it was before, but not now.
You say that the money is going to the wrong place. How is that any different than the music industry 20 years ago?
Old way: Artists and musicians create content. They go to the labels and studios to get their music out and heard. Studio must invest money to get that music out and make money off it. Lucky artists get paid, but not very much. Labels and studios get the lion's share of the money.
New way: Artists and musicians create content. They get their music out on the Internet for little to nothing and can be heard by a much wider audience. Skilled artists make money (more than they would've under the old system). ISPs and other Internet companies make money as well by selling access or attention to that content.
The Internet does distribution more efficiently (cheaply) than do the traditional channels. The only reason you don't like it is you're part of the old distribution channel that is being replaced by a more efficient one. And that more efficient replacement is more beneficial to everyone but you.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 23 Nov 2010 @ 10:09am
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"The argument would be that one insecure plane could threaten the lives of thousands of people, including many who had no prior involvement in that flight. This isn't just to protect the passengers on one flight, it's to protect all of America. So... no go."
Maybe you're just trolling, but sorry, wrong.
There are only two things that have increased the safety of people in planes (and whatever they might be used to fly into) since 9/11.
1) Reinforced, locked doors to the pilot's cabin
2) As the first in the thread mentioned, passengers knowing if their plane gets taken over, they're gonna die and fighting back.
As soon as there's someone trying to break down the door to the pilot's cabin, the pilots will be on their comms letting ground control know what going on. Minutes later, there'll be a fighter jet alongside the plane ready to shoot it down if necessary.
No one on the ground will be any safer because a TSA agent breaks some guy's urine bag.
Give me a choice and I'll take the "unsecure" flight where I don't have to deal with minimum wage rent-a-cops on power trips (apologies to the genuine hard-working security officers who are actually doing their jobs correctly by treating passengers with dignity).
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 18 Nov 2010 @ 10:57am
Re: Re:
Universal has certainly made various public statements about this case. Under the same "logic" can all of their attorney/client communications be made public?
That's just this case.
Now how about every other case in which someone from Universal has made a public statement or put out a press release.
If Universal is not prepared to do so, then this is an obvious double standard.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 12 Nov 2010 @ 1:54pm
Re: Patent nuclear war diagram
"There is a positive fallout to these expensive patent battles, --- it really encourages original creativity and design arounds and thus spurs creativity."
Please provide evidence that this is true. You seem to be assuming that patents equal innovation - whereas my observations have been that the opposite is true. You see patents causing innovation - the only correlation I see is that because of the way laws are written patents come about after the innovation actually occurs. I can understand a layman making this mistake, but it seems especially troubling that a patent lawyer would make this mistake.
"The fast pace of inventing in the smart phone industry is unquestionably spurred by the desire of companies to get there first with the best ideas and lock them up with patents."
I would think that the desire of the companies in the smart phone market is to make money. They only care about patents so that they can make money. Thank you for admitting that the purpose of a patent is to lock an idea up - something which hinders innovation and competition.
"Otherwise, the industry giants would just steal whatever technology they need and aim for lowest cost production by shipping jobs overseas to the lowest wage location, which we see in low technology low innovation areas like garments, utensils, and the many items you see at Dollar General, much of Wal-Mart, etc. That is what Mike's ideas will encourage and that is bad for the USA and other high wage countries and good for China and India. At least for now the Muslim countries are on an anti-modernism bent."
Wow. Just wow. So you're saying that the smart-phone patent thicket ensures that new smart phones are built in the US? Just where was yours made? If you don't know, let us know the make/model and I'm sure we can find out. Mine's a HTC Evo and is manufactured by a Taiwan based HTC, although parts were likely manufactured in a dozen different cities. The rest of your comment was just anti-foreign bigotry. For first complaining that Techdirt is full of insults, that seems pretty hypocritical to me.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 8 Nov 2010 @ 9:09am
Re: TimeWarner Cord-Cutters
"and I think people may have left TW to go with another, more stable provider."
That's exactly the knife the content companies are holding at the throats of the cable companies. At least in the markets where customers have more than a single option.
Just wait until the next round of contract renewals. This time it was Cablevision. Maybe next it will be yours.
Josh in CharlotteNC (profile), 8 Nov 2010 @ 8:14am
Re: Re: Re-arranging deck chairs
"One reasonable compromise is to return the law to its industrial roots. You'd do that by making it applicable only to corporate entities, and spare individuals entirely. "
Gonna have to disagree. That just makes the law murkier. See all the issues that Creative Commons is having with the non-commercial license - that's what you're proposing to be mandated by law.
Just for example, say I'm just one guy, and I do video and photography for weddings. For various tax and liability reasons, my business is incorporated, even though its only me. So the question, under your law, can I record the happy couple dancing at their reception since there will be music in the background?
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Re: Re: Re:
Horrible analogy. Visa and MC are neither selling, buying, or delivering anything. They are enabling one person to exchange a good or service for money with another person without knowing or caring about the details of the transaction.
In your crack analogy, Visa would be the US Government itself, since it printed the money that allowed the crack to be sold.
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Re: Re: Re: Don't bury the lead here....
Under legal definitions, they don't apply to Manning. What applies to Manning is the Uniform Code of Military Justice. 'Coercive self-incrimination' is prohibited under the UCMJ, however, so if anyone is attempting to get Manning to talk by torturing him, they should be charged and court-martialed.
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Re: I stole the files back for them
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Re:
On the post: State Department, Once Again, Asks Wikileaks To 'Return' Leaked Cables
Re:
Under normal circumstances, you would be able to retrieve your copy of the cables from Wikileaks.com. However, due to circumstances beyond our control (ie political pressure being exerted by parts of the US Government) our site is experiencing technical difficulties.
Sorry for any inconvenience, but your request cannot be processed at this time. Go DIAF.
Sincerely,
Wikileaks
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Re: hmmm...
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Re: Re: I thought the Swiss were neutral?
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Re: I thought the Swiss were neutral?
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Re: Re: Re:
All the guys with vision are the ones running the companies that are destroying the old monopolies.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
Wrong. You don't seem to understand economics. Just because your old dying legacy business isn't generating profits doesn't mean those profits aren't being generated elsewhere. In many cases those profits being made elsewhere cause far more economic growth than if the legacy business had generated them. There are any number of high-school and college level classes you can take to learn more about this.
"Do explain. How exactly do skilled artists make money online?"
You ask this question like you're new on this site. Techdirt has highlighted dozens of artists who have embraced new business models and made money. There are also plenty of other sites and publications where you can find other examples.
You also seem to be asking for a magical money making formula. It doesn't exist. It never has. That's why most of the examples you'll find are artists doing new and different things to see what works for them and their fans.
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Re: Re: Re:
I see exactly the mistake you are making (willfully or not, I can't tell).
You are lumping together the actual content creator and the distribution channel on how it was before, but not now.
You say that the money is going to the wrong place. How is that any different than the music industry 20 years ago?
Old way: Artists and musicians create content. They go to the labels and studios to get their music out and heard. Studio must invest money to get that music out and make money off it. Lucky artists get paid, but not very much. Labels and studios get the lion's share of the money.
New way: Artists and musicians create content. They get their music out on the Internet for little to nothing and can be heard by a much wider audience. Skilled artists make money (more than they would've under the old system). ISPs and other Internet companies make money as well by selling access or attention to that content.
The Internet does distribution more efficiently (cheaply) than do the traditional channels. The only reason you don't like it is you're part of the old distribution channel that is being replaced by a more efficient one. And that more efficient replacement is more beneficial to everyone but you.
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Re: I can quote two things with this
An unjust law is no law at all. - Augustine of Hippo
An unjust law is itself a species of violence. Arrest for its breach is more so. - Mahatma Gandhi
If a law is unjust, a man is not only right to disobey it, he is obligated to do so. - Thomas Jefferson
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Re: Re:
Maybe you're just trolling, but sorry, wrong.
There are only two things that have increased the safety of people in planes (and whatever they might be used to fly into) since 9/11.
1) Reinforced, locked doors to the pilot's cabin
2) As the first in the thread mentioned, passengers knowing if their plane gets taken over, they're gonna die and fighting back.
As soon as there's someone trying to break down the door to the pilot's cabin, the pilots will be on their comms letting ground control know what going on. Minutes later, there'll be a fighter jet alongside the plane ready to shoot it down if necessary.
No one on the ground will be any safer because a TSA agent breaks some guy's urine bag.
Give me a choice and I'll take the "unsecure" flight where I don't have to deal with minimum wage rent-a-cops on power trips (apologies to the genuine hard-working security officers who are actually doing their jobs correctly by treating passengers with dignity).
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Re: Re:
That's just this case.
Now how about every other case in which someone from Universal has made a public statement or put out a press release.
If Universal is not prepared to do so, then this is an obvious double standard.
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Specific wording
Evidence that shows non-competes make the state less economically viable means that the constitution cannot be amended.
Or am I trying to apply too much logic to politics?
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Re: In Terms Of Stupidest Excuses Ever For A War ...
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Re: Patent nuclear war diagram
Please provide evidence that this is true. You seem to be assuming that patents equal innovation - whereas my observations have been that the opposite is true. You see patents causing innovation - the only correlation I see is that because of the way laws are written patents come about after the innovation actually occurs. I can understand a layman making this mistake, but it seems especially troubling that a patent lawyer would make this mistake.
"The fast pace of inventing in the smart phone industry is unquestionably spurred by the desire of companies to get there first with the best ideas and lock them up with patents."
I would think that the desire of the companies in the smart phone market is to make money. They only care about patents so that they can make money. Thank you for admitting that the purpose of a patent is to lock an idea up - something which hinders innovation and competition.
"Otherwise, the industry giants would just steal whatever technology they need and aim for lowest cost production by shipping jobs overseas to the lowest wage location, which we see in low technology low innovation areas like garments, utensils, and the many items you see at Dollar General, much of Wal-Mart, etc. That is what Mike's ideas will encourage and that is bad for the USA and other high wage countries and good for China and India. At least for now the Muslim countries are on an anti-modernism bent."
Wow. Just wow. So you're saying that the smart-phone patent thicket ensures that new smart phones are built in the US? Just where was yours made? If you don't know, let us know the make/model and I'm sure we can find out. Mine's a HTC Evo and is manufactured by a Taiwan based HTC, although parts were likely manufactured in a dozen different cities. The rest of your comment was just anti-foreign bigotry. For first complaining that Techdirt is full of insults, that seems pretty hypocritical to me.
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Re: TimeWarner Cord-Cutters
That's exactly the knife the content companies are holding at the throats of the cable companies. At least in the markets where customers have more than a single option.
Just wait until the next round of contract renewals. This time it was Cablevision. Maybe next it will be yours.
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Re: Re: Re-arranging deck chairs
Gonna have to disagree. That just makes the law murkier. See all the issues that Creative Commons is having with the non-commercial license - that's what you're proposing to be mandated by law.
Just for example, say I'm just one guy, and I do video and photography for weddings. For various tax and liability reasons, my business is incorporated, even though its only me. So the question, under your law, can I record the happy couple dancing at their reception since there will be music in the background?
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