"The money you save by pirating music you can spend on the latest iPad, or Smart Phone. Ya know.. the stuff you can't steal without being caught?"
You mean not paying for infinitely reproducible goods so you can pay for finite goods, just like the laws of economics says it should be.
"Where are my civil rights as a musician?"
Copyright is not a "civil" right. In fact copyright is fundamentally in conflict with many civil rights, and civil rights should always trump copyright.
"And if you don't like Hadopi, get it repealed DEMOCRATICALLY."
You mean the same way it was introduced democratically? Driven by legacy industries and pushed through by bought politicians despite strong vocal public objection? What fantasy land do you live in?
"The more you moan, the more I think it must be working."
That's ironic given the topic of the post. You share the RIAA's delusions.
"Used game sales do hurt developers, this is fact."
No, that is not a fact. Facts can be backed up with evidence and proof. Your claim cannot, and in fact can be refuted by some of that evidence and proof.
"The next round of legal protections for artists won't be perfect but they may swing the pendulum back in the artists' favor."
The legal protections have always been in the artist's favour, and every single change to copyright law has moved the pendulum further in that direction. There is no law change that will undo the effects of music digitisation and the internet. The more you try to use legal means to put things back the way they used to be, the less the public will respect those laws and the companies and artists that abuse them.
"You don't think that we are currently in the period of the LEAST effective copyright laws, the least respected, and the period with the most violations of the law..."
Has it occurred to you that that lack of respect is a direct result of the constant strengthening of copyright laws over decades? That all copyright law changes have favoured copyright holders at the expense of the public? No? Figures...
"But Mike doesn't have to call them lying dirtbags either."
I don't recall Mike ever using the term "lying dirtbags" (feel free to point it out), but he has accused them of lying, which is what happen when you deliberately state mistruths. Bit hard to feel sympathetic for liars.
Very little respect was shown for the music Greg Ham created for the song.
Is it really too hard for you to see that the stress of the court case, which would never have happened if copyright law wasn't so ridiculous, was a direct contributor to that depression? You've obviously never dealt with depression if you can't. Stress is a common trigger.
"Not all countries categorically ban private gun possession."
I don't advocate banning guns, but they should be well controlled.
"Germany, The Czech Republic and Switzerland have liberal gun laws.
Switzerland has a very low rate.
murder rate."
See Chargone's comment above New Zealand's gun laws. NZ's gun homicide rate is about 30% of Switzerland's, about 10% of The Czech Republic's, and about 4% of the US's (Wiki). The Germans do seem to be very well-behaved with guns though.
Sure they're different legally, but that's the point. Why should they be any different? It's just plain stupid that Carpathia should be considered to have any liability.
Thanks for the dismissive comment that doesn't answer the question you were asked.
Re: Re: Re: This is what happened with the original transistor discovery/invention. It was licenced for peanuts and the improvements came thick and fast...
"Have you consider that, without the patent process, that nobody would have bothered to work on these ideas? "
No, because that's an utterly ridiculous position to take, and is completely at odds with the entire history of humankind. Finding solutions to problems and looking for better ways to do things have ALWAYS been the prime motivators. NOT patents. Your suggestion is absurd.
"How is it you feel you're qualified to give educated opinions on United States intellectual property law?"
Have you ever considered the possibility that articles like this are not written from the point of view of an IP expert, or even intended to be, but from the point of view of everyday people and how they're affected by badly written laws that get abused by companies with the help of their asshole lawyers.
Oh wait, you're one of the asshole lawyers aren't you? You sure sound like it.
What a surprise, an AC thinks Mike should have to do nothing but sit at his computer responding to their whiny ad hom attacks. A 'critic' should have a counter-argument. I've yet to see one.
"But you didn't address the value inherent in "getting published" versus "publishing." There's more to the former than simple functionalities."
But not for much longer, which is kinda the whole point. Your "inherent value" was a product of publishers' gatekeeper function, which is becoming redundant.
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You mean not paying for infinitely reproducible goods so you can pay for finite goods, just like the laws of economics says it should be.
"Where are my civil rights as a musician?"
Copyright is not a "civil" right. In fact copyright is fundamentally in conflict with many civil rights, and civil rights should always trump copyright.
"And if you don't like Hadopi, get it repealed DEMOCRATICALLY."
You mean the same way it was introduced democratically? Driven by legacy industries and pushed through by bought politicians despite strong vocal public objection? What fantasy land do you live in?
"The more you moan, the more I think it must be working."
That's ironic given the topic of the post. You share the RIAA's delusions.
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No, that is not a fact. Facts can be backed up with evidence and proof. Your claim cannot, and in fact can be refuted by some of that evidence and proof.
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On the post: The Difference Between Nuanced Discussion And The Evil Underbelly Of The Internet Is Apparently A Fine Line Indeed
Re: Artists v copyright
The legal protections have always been in the artist's favour, and every single change to copyright law has moved the pendulum further in that direction. There is no law change that will undo the effects of music digitisation and the internet. The more you try to use legal means to put things back the way they used to be, the less the public will respect those laws and the companies and artists that abuse them.
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Has it occurred to you that that lack of respect is a direct result of the constant strengthening of copyright laws over decades? That all copyright law changes have favoured copyright holders at the expense of the public? No? Figures...
Respect is earned, not granted.
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I don't recall Mike ever using the term "lying dirtbags" (feel free to point it out), but he has accused them of lying, which is what happen when you deliberately state mistruths. Bit hard to feel sympathetic for liars.
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Very little respect was shown for the music Greg Ham created for the song.
Is it really too hard for you to see that the stress of the court case, which would never have happened if copyright law wasn't so ridiculous, was a direct contributor to that depression? You've obviously never dealt with depression if you can't. Stress is a common trigger.
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Re: Re: Re: Guns and self-defense
I don't advocate banning guns, but they should be well controlled.
"Germany, The Czech Republic and Switzerland have liberal gun laws.
Switzerland has a very low rate.
murder rate."
See Chargone's comment above New Zealand's gun laws. NZ's gun homicide rate is about 30% of Switzerland's, about 10% of The Czech Republic's, and about 4% of the US's (Wiki). The Germans do seem to be very well-behaved with guns though.
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Re: Start by...
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Re: Guns and self-defense
You mean all those countries with far fewer gun deaths per capita than the US? Yeah, they're really annoying...
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Thanks for the dismissive comment that doesn't answer the question you were asked.
On the post: Study: Sharing Patents, Rather Than Blocking Others, Encourages Innovation And Market Success
Re: Re: Re: This is what happened with the original transistor discovery/invention. It was licenced for peanuts and the improvements came thick and fast...
No, because that's an utterly ridiculous position to take, and is completely at odds with the entire history of humankind. Finding solutions to problems and looking for better ways to do things have ALWAYS been the prime motivators. NOT patents. Your suggestion is absurd.
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Wow, I bet Viacom won't be very impressed with that approach.
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Re: Re: good news
The public will have lost a useful service (either temporarily or for good), potentially a lot of personal files, and a bunch of their tax money;
Artists using the service to distribute their content AND make money from it will also have lost a useful service and income;
MegaUpload will have lost a lot of revenue;
The USG will have massively lost face (yep, I'm betting on them losing);
The MPAA will have achieved nothing to stem piracy of movies, and most likely converted even more people from their cause;
And the lawyers will walk away with millions of dollars in fees.
What a great system...
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Have you ever considered the possibility that articles like this are not written from the point of view of an IP expert, or even intended to be, but from the point of view of everyday people and how they're affected by badly written laws that get abused by companies with the help of their asshole lawyers.
Oh wait, you're one of the asshole lawyers aren't you? You sure sound like it.
On the post: Yes, Copyright's Sole Purpose Is To Benefit The Public
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Re: Re: Re: This article is extraordinarily silly
But not for much longer, which is kinda the whole point. Your "inherent value" was a product of publishers' gatekeeper function, which is becoming redundant.
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