I think watching a sports match is very different to reading a book, particularly for those invested in one of the teams. There the experience is geared around a collective realisation of the end result after giving the expense and excitement a suitabale length of time to build.
I think more generally while people may still "enjoy" a book or sports match if they already know the result the experience will be different, and may not be the experience they want. As spoilers take that choice away from people they should continue to have warnings. People can then make a decision as to what type of experience they want - remembering that they can always reread or rewatch something, but they can't unlearn the result.
Re: Boiled down: a "public performance" is any on a PUBLIC DVD player.
So if I borrow a DVD and a DVD player from the local library and watch it at home on my own, that's a public performance?
Similarly, how about watching a DVD while in a hotel room? That's a public DVD player (restricted to paying guests, in the same way that Zediva was restricted to paying subscribers).
Only because phone companies don't care about children! And puppies!
They should follow the lead of ISPs and listen in on everyone's phone calls using Deluded Phonecall Interception (DPI). That way if they catch someone infringing copyright by explaining the plot of a movie, describing a sports game/result or making a call with music playing in the background they can block any further calls being made to/from the two people involved.
Only then will our children be safe
(unless they talk to their friends about what they saw on TV last night)
Quite. Maybe someone should point out that document to the US government. Seems they could do with reading that before dragging foreign citizens off to the US. Would also put Assange's mind at rest.
Coincidentally, I just had one of my supernumerary teeth removed yesterday.
As x-men mutations go it's not really up there with mind control or teleportation unfortunately. All it really did was sit on the outside of my normal row of teeth (back by the molars so it wasn't visible) and trap food. Had to have it removed before it caused problems for the real molars.
I've got another one on the other side of my mouth, but it hasn't come through yet. Will likely have to get that taken out when it does though (or when my dentist needs to make another payment on that nice new car the first operation bought!)
I was hearing that although the government can't block the merger because of phone hacking, the regulator (Ofcom) apparently has to consider whether people are "fit and proper" to hold broadcase licences in the UK - which could block the takeover bid.
or at least a lesson on correlation and causation.
I think he's spotted two things:
- the US has software patents
- the US has a large software industry
and unfortunately got the causation entirely the wrong way around. Patents didn't cause large industry as software companies were around long before software patents were permitted in the US. Instead large industry caused patents to be granted through lobbying.
If the government does retain copyright, and if the government is indeed "we the people", then shouldn't that give the public all the rights within copyright over the work in question?
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Re: Re: DON'T SPOiL iT FOR OTHERS
I think watching a sports match is very different to reading a book, particularly for those invested in one of the teams. There the experience is geared around a collective realisation of the end result after giving the expense and excitement a suitabale length of time to build.
I think more generally while people may still "enjoy" a book or sports match if they already know the result the experience will be different, and may not be the experience they want. As spoilers take that choice away from people they should continue to have warnings. People can then make a decision as to what type of experience they want - remembering that they can always reread or rewatch something, but they can't unlearn the result.
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Re: Pathetic
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The Queen?
- prisoners? (but I think the copyright notice excludes showing in prisons and oil rigs)
- the Queen in the UK? (there are some special rules as to what she can/can't do)
Seems a bit odd for Hollywood to be churning out all those DVDs when the only person allowed to watch them is the Queen.
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Re: Re: Re: Boiled down: a "public performance" is any on a PUBLIC DVD player.
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Re: Boiled down: a "public performance" is any on a PUBLIC DVD player.
Similarly, how about watching a DVD while in a hotel room? That's a public DVD player (restricted to paying guests, in the same way that Zediva was restricted to paying subscribers).
The decision is sheer lunacy.
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They should follow the lead of ISPs and listen in on everyone's phone calls using Deluded Phonecall Interception (DPI). That way if they catch someone infringing copyright by explaining the plot of a movie, describing a sports game/result or making a call with music playing in the background they can block any further calls being made to/from the two people involved.
Only then will our children be safe
(unless they talk to their friends about what they saw on TV last night)
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patent the internet?
I'm going to do a search/replace on that patent converting music to:
- hologram
- 3d printer recipe
- game
- smell
- animal
- person
I'll then have a nice income for life, even once star trek replicators and transporters come into play.
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I think Russell Crowe has better things to do than hack paypal ...
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And the juries who get paid time off work to look at attractive women with plunging necklines ...
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Place: USA
There .. fixed that for you
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cold tea copyrighted?
Well I hope Picard drinks his tea quickly, otherwise Cold Tea plc will drag his pirate ass into court
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Now we know it wasn't a misperception. America really does have an arrogant belief that their rules should apply everywhere.
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Re: Re: Sad
Also, with the line breaks you used it looks almost like you're going for a haiku:
David Slater's images have
No artistic value or skill factor with them
So no copyright
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supernumerary teeth
As x-men mutations go it's not really up there with mind control or teleportation unfortunately. All it really did was sit on the outside of my normal row of teeth (back by the molars so it wasn't visible) and trap food. Had to have it removed before it caused problems for the real molars.
I've got another one on the other side of my mouth, but it hasn't come through yet. Will likely have to get that taken out when it does though (or when my dentist needs to make another payment on that nice new car the first operation bought!)
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However, it seems that using Ofcom's "fit and proper" test in this manner would be a bit of a stretch:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/law/2011/jul/06/news-corporation-mediabusiness
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Phone for you - it's a Mr Geohot.
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Cargo cult anyone?
I think he's spotted two things:
- the US has software patents
- the US has a large software industry
and unfortunately got the causation entirely the wrong way around. Patents didn't cause large industry as software companies were around long before software patents were permitted in the US. Instead large industry caused patents to be granted through lobbying.
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Who owns the copyright?
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