"If we allow it once, everyone will want to use our licensed properties for memorials; the requests will never end. If we refuse ANY, it will seem like preferential treatment. Better to take the hit now, get it over with, and move on."
Remember these are MBA's, accountants and lawyers making these decisions. Compassion is bad for business.
I don't think you can have a court order that doesn't specify a target, so I'm assuming it's just Google, the "Evil American" market leader. So, everyone will shortly know that for the REAL information, use anything else.
There was a certain Anime series I liked some years ago. I purchased probably-not-so-legal DVDs with fansubs. A couple of years later, when they became available, I also purchased the officially licensed copies - because I felt it was the right thing to do.
The fun thing is, the Official work was LUDICROUSLY bad - missing dialogue, incorrect translations, awkward westernizations of proper names, completely jarring, tacked-on title and end credits - even the font and positioning of the text was amateurish!
If this is what the Korean public is expected to be put up with, it's just sad.
I would LOVE to read the (english translation) of what these people were actually charged with. Did the country pass new laws to cover this? Something generic like "creating a disturbance"? I find it hard to believe they've had a "not playing fair" statute sitting waiting all this time - after all, they've had card games and board games and...
Since the FBI agents had no legal authority to detain or torture this man, anything he did in self defense against these agents would be entirely legal - right? Good to know.
I wound up on Comcast through a series of mergers; I started with a small local cable company. With each iteration, the service got worse and the price went higher. Hold in mind I'm near Philadelphia, Comcast's "home."
When high definition service came in, they had an ongoing problem with audio/visual sync - sound not lip-synched to the picture. The difference was more than the re-sync on my receiver could handle, and varied throughout the day. Swapped cable boxes, diagnosed; eventually they told me there was nothing they could do and I had to live with it.
Dumped the Comcast box and used a TiVo w/cable card instead, and the problem disappeared. So much for unfixable problems.
Best thing I could say for them is when a competitor came into the area, they price matched without blinking an eye.
I'd guessed there was some other reason, and the reported sound of gunfire escalated the situation. So they simply thought they heard a sound from a passing car, chased it down and murdered the people inside. Nice.
Conspicuously missing from the article is any mention of what triggered this massive over-response. Did they just rob a bank, shoot up a schoolyard - or just have an expired registration? Must have been awful, as they had more cops and cars on them than could possibly work without getting in each other's way.
Does Mickey Mouse still matter? I'm a fairly large animation buff for an old guy, but I don't hear any excitement about "a new Mickey Mouse movie" coming out; I'd thought the character and his cronies were pretty much relegated to symbolic status - "Yes, we're the guys who created this character a couple of lifetimes ago." Is it just for the logo?
"It could be that you have missed the point being made, possibly it was too subtle."
I think not; I simply reject the subtlety. If the painting can't be preserved too bad; if many people who don't own the thing want it preserved, that SHOULD NOT override the rights of the property owner. Is there another subtle point you were making, or do you simply disagree?
... you just license the use of it. So if a bunch of people like it, that limits what you can do with it. Preposterous.
If the "public interest" likes the painting so much, let it come in, preserve, and remove it. Then clean up after itself. The "public" has 30 days. get moving!
Note the phrase in the article: " spoil a felony stop." They're bored, and they want to play with their guns. Good for the adrenaline (not to mention testosterone) levels to leap into action, weapon drawn, like an action hero. Better still if it's a non-threatening middle-aged lady; no danger you'll actually get hurt. OF COURSE they'll overlook any opportunity to actually verify the identification; it might spoil the fun!
Protecting yourself from government surveillance should be part of the basic safety rules kids are taught in school: Atomic bomb, hide under your desk. Fire, "stop drop and roll." Strangers, scream and run. Sending email, you...?
Maybe the networks will donate airtime for the Public Service Announcements. There will be an address in Washington, to write for an informative brochure. It's your civic duty!
Perhaps collect a little money from every citizen, to hire armed agents to protect our interests, and make sure our property isn't stolen from us by OTHER armed individuals. The could patrol in cars, on the lookout from wrongdoing.
I vaguely remember it having been tried at one point. Whatever happened to that experiment?
Don't know about you guys, but as a former professional photographer, I had my studio set up EXACTLY like that since the 70's - it's 100% common practice, right down to the curved join between floor and wall, and the slightly longer than normal focal length. Of course, most of the time you'd want to stop down a bit further than f/5.6...
Oh well, it'll only cost a few million to overturn when it's first "enforced" - no harm, no foul. (Damned idiot patent examiners...)
I know someone who don't buy anything - from other sites, or brick-and-mortar - without reading the Amazon reviews. It's her prime shopping criteria, and I must say she's gotten some fairly questionable products that way.
14 million phone times N transgressions per year average, times $10 equals a nice little revenue stream. They could even set up "phone traps" at busy intersections, like the speed traps on the highway. A (more effective) awareness campaign would COST money, so...
Me, I'd let Darwin sort it out. Every person who gets run over is an example, and the average intelligence of humanity goes up a tiny fraction.
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I can visualize the thought process
Remember these are MBA's, accountants and lawyers making these decisions. Compassion is bad for business.
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Re: Re: just Google?
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Yeah, competition
The fun thing is, the Official work was LUDICROUSLY bad - missing dialogue, incorrect translations, awkward westernizations of proper names, completely jarring, tacked-on title and end credits - even the font and positioning of the text was amateurish!
If this is what the Korean public is expected to be put up with, it's just sad.
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What charge?
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When high definition service came in, they had an ongoing problem with audio/visual sync - sound not lip-synched to the picture. The difference was more than the re-sync on my receiver could handle, and varied throughout the day. Swapped cable boxes, diagnosed; eventually they told me there was nothing they could do and I had to live with it.
Dumped the Comcast box and used a TiVo w/cable card instead, and the problem disappeared. So much for unfixable problems.
Best thing I could say for them is when a competitor came into the area, they price matched without blinking an eye.
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It's all preparation
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Re: Re: What did these people DO?
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What did these people DO?
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I'm being serious here -
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Re: Re: You don't buy a painting...
I think not; I simply reject the subtlety. If the painting can't be preserved too bad; if many people who don't own the thing want it preserved, that SHOULD NOT override the rights of the property owner. Is there another subtle point you were making, or do you simply disagree?
On the post: Moral Rights, Property Rights And Picasso: An Artistic And Legal Conundrum
You don't buy a painting...
If the "public interest" likes the painting so much, let it come in, preserve, and remove it. Then clean up after itself. The "public" has 30 days. get moving!
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It's fun!
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PSA
Maybe the networks will donate airtime for the Public Service Announcements. There will be an address in Washington, to write for an informative brochure. It's your civic duty!
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We need an organization to enforce the law...
I vaguely remember it having been tried at one point. Whatever happened to that experiment?
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Re: So how will Amazon prove infringment?
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Oh well, it'll only cost a few million to overturn when it's first "enforced" - no harm, no foul. (Damned idiot patent examiners...)
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Do the math
Me, I'd let Darwin sort it out. Every person who gets run over is an example, and the average intelligence of humanity goes up a tiny fraction.
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