But copyright enables new, innovative business models.
Just imagine . . .
Police departments everywhere could pay a camera wielding citizen $500 to get that evidence of wrongdoing before anyone can use it against the police officer and the department. Citizens make money! It's commerce!
Isn't it in the public and taxpayer best interest to maintain the respect that public holds for the police?
(ewwww! I almost gaged typing that. Now I need a shower.)
News organizations might pay to get it sooner, and possibly exclusively for some short period of time.
But any other news organization could then include it in their broadcast as fair use. They just wouldn't have the scoop -- which it seems, is what news organizations will pay you for.
I would just ask this: which, once you discover it, would be the bigger sin? 1. Keeping your oath 2. Revealing the massive abuses affecting the world, US citizens, US businesses and congress
I could use the 'breaking an oath not to tell' argument to Godwin this thread, but hope I didn't do so just now.
Re: Once again, we must remember what Mike Royko said
The Wall Street Journal failed to mention any assistance that Mr. Snowden may or not have had from space aliens. That would certainly attract more readers to the story. Doesn't Murdoch understand this?
Edward Snowden sabotaged the intelligence capabilities of the U.S. and its allies, and now we learn he may have given the Chinese regime a weapon to spread Internet censorship across the planet.
So the Wall Street Journal is saying that the NSA had a really powerful tool to spread global censorship across the planet, and Snowden revealed this? Sounds like something the US citizens, let alone the rubber stamp 'overseers' in congress ought to know about. Thank you Mr. Snowden.
(Of course, I don't believe this is true. But if it is, then I might still thank Mr. Snowden, if this action would be the only way to reveal the existence of such an NSA tool. Since spreading internet censorship across the planet is part of the NSA's job.)
Re: I'm surprised they use computers for the drawing
You cite the very reason why they would use computers (because tampering can be done), while being surprised that they would choose that.
Put the two together and it should bring you to a conclusion about why someone might choose to use something that can be tampered with. And it's the exact same reason why some would push so hard for voting machines designed to invite tampering.
Q. Why would anyone choose something that can be tampered with and have no verification? A. Because it allows the results to be tampered with and have no verification.
And dumb enough to talk about his self destructing rootkit.
Dumb enough to not research and discover that Iowa doesn't allow anonymous winners.
Dumb enough to think that an offshore and lawyer would keep him anonymous.
Dumb enough not to realize that winning would bring lots of instant scrutiny to ensure the win wasn't fraudulent.
I think this guy should have found gainful employment with his talents, by applying for a job at Righthaven, Prenda, Rightscorp, or even the RIAA / MPAA.
The Sony disks rootkits do not self destruct. They merely destroy your computer's security, and effectively require you to get your OS re-installed from scratch to remove Sony's malware.
Kim Dotcom is not involved in any infringement activities. Some of his end users may be.
By your logic, maybe the guy at the KickTwip who sold Tipton the lottery ticket should also be charged. Be raided by black helicopters, etc. After all, this is a real crime for millions of dollars. And that KickTwip store definitely enables and facilitates committing fraud on lottery systems just as digital storage lockers, ethernet cables and electric utilities contribute to copyright infringement.
Baaaah! TNG and its starship's puny limitation on the number of shuttle craft it can carry.
Now Voyager's designers were on the ball. They had the foresight to equip Voyager with an infinite number of shuttle craft. That's forward thinking my friend.
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Re: Re: I'm kindof on this guys side.
Just imagine . . .
Police departments everywhere could pay a camera wielding citizen $500 to get that evidence of wrongdoing before anyone can use it against the police officer and the department. Citizens make money! It's commerce!
Isn't it in the public and taxpayer best interest to maintain the respect that public holds for the police?
(ewwww! I almost gaged typing that. Now I need a shower.)
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Re: I'm kindof on this guys side.
But any other news organization could then include it in their broadcast as fair use. They just wouldn't have the scoop -- which it seems, is what news organizations will pay you for.
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If It's NEWS then it's fair use
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Re: Re: Re: Re: "given all of the other evidence"
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Re: Liar?
I would just ask this: which, once you discover it, would be the bigger sin?
1. Keeping your oath
2. Revealing the massive abuses affecting the world, US citizens, US businesses and congress
I could use the 'breaking an oath not to tell' argument to Godwin this thread, but hope I didn't do so just now.
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Re: Once again, we must remember what Mike Royko said
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Internet Censorship
(Of course, I don't believe this is true. But if it is, then I might still thank Mr. Snowden, if this action would be the only way to reveal the existence of such an NSA tool. Since spreading internet censorship across the planet is part of the NSA's job.)
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Minor typo
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There may be some difficulty in finding ex-TSA agents who want to grope chess masters?
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The TSA is doing a good job, carry on
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Re: I'm surprised they use computers for the drawing
Put the two together and it should bring you to a conclusion about why someone might choose to use something that can be tampered with. And it's the exact same reason why some would push so hard for voting machines designed to invite tampering.
Q. Why would anyone choose something that can be tampered with and have no verification?
A. Because it allows the results to be tampered with and have no verification.
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Re: How dumb do you have to be?
Dumb enough to not research and discover that Iowa doesn't allow anonymous winners.
Dumb enough to think that an offshore and lawyer would keep him anonymous.
Dumb enough not to realize that winning would bring lots of instant scrutiny to ensure the win wasn't fraudulent.
I think this guy should have found gainful employment with his talents, by applying for a job at Righthaven, Prenda, Rightscorp, or even the RIAA / MPAA.
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Re:
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Re: "given all of the other evidence"
By your logic, maybe the guy at the KickTwip who sold Tipton the lottery ticket should also be charged. Be raided by black helicopters, etc. After all, this is a real crime for millions of dollars. And that KickTwip store definitely enables and facilitates committing fraud on lottery systems just as digital storage lockers, ethernet cables and electric utilities contribute to copyright infringement.
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Re:
Now Voyager's designers were on the ball. They had the foresight to equip Voyager with an infinite number of shuttle craft. That's forward thinking my friend.
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Everyone always under continuous investigation
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Re: If my math is correct . . .
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If my math is correct . . .
> times over the past seven years
Is that about 614.29 times a year on average, or a stingray deployment every 14 hours 15.6 seconds?
And that is 365 / 7 / 24.
And that is assuming the detective wasn't understating it to make it not look too bad.
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Re: it's just paving the way for prophesy
I'm sure you are not the only person to have privately made this observation. But hey, there is at least what the third angel says in Rev 14:9-12.
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Re: Security would be a crime
And outlaw all existing source code for effective cryptographic software?
Good luck with that.
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