Good point. The fact is that copyright lengths should be, at most, 5 years. Any longer than that and you should have gotten your money and gone on towards making your NEXT piece of music or movie.
Frankly, 99% of the time what is good for the United States is not good for the rest of the world, excepting our Bill of Rights which every country in the world should adopt.
I don't even bother buying CD's.... I just download the stuff using TOR and torrents from a private torrent site. Never had a letter from my ISP or anything.
Many people disagree on whether that is a 'terrible thing' as well as whether child molestation is a 'terrible thing' so don't bring that up.
There is NO consensus on those things, regardless of other places trying to shut down free speech by banning people from posting who dare to buck the 'consensus' that really isn't on that issue.
They are already doing that. The Library of Congress has been doing that for years now, the recordings are just not yet publicly available because of lifetime copyright.
This espouses exactly why the sex offender registry is counterproductive.
90% or more of the people on it are on it for consensual relationships as teenagers or for consensual relationships between them and children/teenagers.
The fact is that very few of the people on the sex offender registry should truly be on it, and the added pressure from being on it just makes them MORE likely to offend as they are unable to find jobs and have a normal life because of one mistake.
Not likely to happen, because the internet industry makes MUCH more money than the recording and film industry put together.
If this is their plan, they had better get a new one, because more and more judges are realizing that an IP address is N O T personally identifiable information in CRIMINAL cases.... if they are realizing that in criminal cases, how long until they realize that in civil cases.
Who the bleep thought this was a good idea! We already have problems with the HUMAN REVIEW PROCESS of today, where people do not realize that things that are trying to be patented have been in use for years.
Why make it automated? A computer isn't going to be able to make a PROPER DECISION if a human cannot!
Personally, I am torn...... part of me wants to say that these people are being persecuted for things that other people who were less famous than them would not have posted in papers or are being 'convicted before judgment' using the press.
Another part of me wants to say that if they are two-faced bastards, I want to know about it.
I lean more towards the first point of view 99% of the time however, where I believe that the public does NOT have the right to know of every criminal investigation or arrest until AFTER there is a conviction in order to protect the right of people to have a fair trial.
More like apples and watermelons! They aren't even the same size.
For goodness sakes, I have played numerous exceedingly bloody games, as have my children and relatives children from younger than when I started.... we are goddamned near PACIFISTS!
That's right..... we turn the other cheek so damned often (except when using words to snipe, we are masters at that) that we have been PHYSICALLY INJURED because we didn't want to fight back when physical force was used against us in real life.
Well, they don't really have much choice, considering that Congress and the legislatures in other countries keep on telling them "PLAY IT SAFE OR YOU WILL BE SORRY!"
I cannot really blame them for doing things like this, though I am disappointed when they do them.
No, it isn't. The problem is that we live in an imperfect world where too many people say that just because they dislike something, it should be illegal and because that thing is now illegal, you don't have to adhere to laws.
Yes, I have had people actually use that argument in real life.
Cops cannot know every criminal by sight, they are not machines. I could see this being useful IF they were looking for one specific person and had info that he was in the area.
With all due respect, if you are mentally abnormal to the point where you are not as smart as the mean of other people, you ARE retarded and I am not going to apologize for calling you that, because it is solely the truth.
If you don't like that? Simply don't associate with me or do/say the things that lead me to calling you retarded.
On the post: US On What Makes A Good Canadian Heritage Minister: Willing To Disappoint Canadians To Please Big Business
Re: Re:
On the post: US On What Makes A Good Canadian Heritage Minister: Willing To Disappoint Canadians To Please Big Business
Re: Re:
On the post: The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers
Re:
On the post: White House Punishes Pool Reporter For Posting Video Of Bradley Manning Supporters Protesting Obama
Re: You're just now realizing?
On the post: White House Punishes Pool Reporter For Posting Video Of Bradley Manning Supporters Protesting Obama
Re: Re:
There is NO consensus on those things, regardless of other places trying to shut down free speech by banning people from posting who dare to buck the 'consensus' that really isn't on that issue.
On the post: The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers
Re:
On the post: The Ridiculous Demands The Record Labels Want For Music Lockers
Re: Re:
That includes movies, games, etc.
On the post: Match.com Plans To Ask Users If They're Sexual Predators
Re: as a sex offender....
90% or more of the people on it are on it for consensual relationships as teenagers or for consensual relationships between them and children/teenagers.
The fact is that very few of the people on the sex offender registry should truly be on it, and the added pressure from being on it just makes them MORE likely to offend as they are unable to find jobs and have a normal life because of one mistake.
On the post: Studios Apparently Would Prefer Searches Only Turn Up Pirated Copies, Rather Than A Legit Option
Re:
If this is their plan, they had better get a new one, because more and more judges are realizing that an IP address is N O T personally identifiable information in CRIMINAL cases.... if they are realizing that in criminal cases, how long until they realize that in civil cases.
On the post: Targeted Advertising? Patented! Bunch Of Media Companies Sued
Re:
Why make it automated? A computer isn't going to be able to make a PROPER DECISION if a human cannot!
On the post: UK Continues Issuing Tons Of Super Injunctions To Keep Famous People From Being Embarrassed
Another part of me wants to say that if they are two-faced bastards, I want to know about it.
I lean more towards the first point of view 99% of the time however, where I believe that the public does NOT have the right to know of every criminal investigation or arrest until AFTER there is a conviction in order to protect the right of people to have a fair trial.
On the post: Does Being More Vocal In Video Game Violence Debate Mean You Have The Better Argument?
Re: Apples and oranges
For goodness sakes, I have played numerous exceedingly bloody games, as have my children and relatives children from younger than when I started.... we are goddamned near PACIFISTS!
That's right..... we turn the other cheek so damned often (except when using words to snipe, we are masters at that) that we have been PHYSICALLY INJURED because we didn't want to fight back when physical force was used against us in real life.
On the post: Google Misreads Complaint From MLB, Blocks Wrong Site
Re:
I cannot really blame them for doing things like this, though I am disappointed when they do them.
On the post: Obama Says It's Okay To Treat Manning The Way He's Been Treated Because He 'Broke The Law'
Re:
On the post: Obama Says It's Okay To Treat Manning The Way He's Been Treated Because He 'Broke The Law'
Re: Re:
On the post: Court Says Gov't Can't Double Dip And Charge Email Hackers With A Felony For Both Hacking & Hacking Email
Re: Re:
Yes, I have had people actually use that argument in real life.
On the post: UK Music Publishers Issue DMCA Takedown On Public Domain Sheet Music
Re: Re: Re: Just one more reason...
On the post: Not Just YouTube's Copyright School Video That Has Problems... The Quizzes Are Misleading Too
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:
On the post: Brazilian Police To Use Facial Recognition Glasses To Spot Criminals... But Does It Even Work?
Re: Yep got two of them!
On the post: Why Authors Shouldn't Sign On With Publishers Focused On 'Fighting Piracy'
Re: Re: Re: Obscurity is the real enemy...
If you don't like that? Simply don't associate with me or do/say the things that lead me to calling you retarded.
Next >>