"I'm very, very wary of any net neutrality regulations from the government -- because we've all seen how that works"
It can work, quite easily. Take the same common-carrier laws that applied to landlines and apply them to the internet, both wired and wireless. Problem solved.
Dealers are gatekeepers. Due to a patchwork of state and federal laws, it's actually illegal to sell a new car without a dealership license. In a way, they don't actually compete in a freemarket. So it's really not that surprising that they freakout when they're forced to compete.
"is it to protect copyright or is it to protect the interests of its label members at any cost?"
The RIAA's sole interest is the protection of its members. As I've commented before, the RIAA and the MPAA are not actually Copyright Maximalists. They're Middlemen Protectionists. The don't give a frick about protecting copyrights in general. What they care about is ensuring that their members are the only entities profiting from copyrights.
"Really when politicians will realize that the entertainment industry is not an industry at all but a bunch of real parasites leeching society?"
They know it. In fact they use those leeches to pay for their re-election campaigns. Politicians create more monopoly rents to collect, politicians get more campaign money. Its win/win for them.
Years ago I joked that the MPAA and the RIAA would sue Monster Cable for copyright infringement for allowing movies and songs to flow through their wires without paying a copyright.
Little did I know this would eventually come true.
You know how Hollywood and the music industry argues again and again that they're under no duty to provide us their products the way we want them? Well, they're right. They don't.
However, imagine if a meat-space retailer operated that way. Imagine if Wal-Mart was only open a few utterly inconvenient hours per week, they had all of these "windows" (aka, timelines) for selling fresh fruit and meat, and sometimes they would simply refuse to even sell fresh fruit or meat. "Sorry, we have the steaks in the Wal-Mart vault."
And to make the analogy complete, Wal-Mart would only barely lock their doors. Anyone could walk in anytime they wanted and take whatever they wanted.
Who would the police blame each and every time Wal-Mart called for another robbery? Wal-Mart, of course. And after a while, I'd guess the police would even stop coming.
But in the wonderful world of intellectual property, it's never the copyright industry's fault.
Maximizing copyright has nothing to do with saving or creating jobs. That's just BS politicians say to ensure their cut.
Politicians give out rights to collect monopoly rents, and in exchange, the politicians get to keep some of the gravy for themselves. This scam has been going on for over a century, it's just that the tax payers are finally getting sick of it.
"If Politicians Pushing SOPA/PIPA Want To Create Jobs, They Should Support The Internet – And Stop Treating Copyright Companies As Campaign Financiers"
Fair use? Where's the fricken copyright violation? Where's the fricken infringement? Are you saying that if I paint purple on canvas and call it Haze of Purple I'm violating the estate of Hendrix's copyright?
This is nearly as bad as the Muslim sales manager who was arrested upon his visit to new york for texting his sales associates to blow away the competition.
"Either way, it seems like, as some of the evidence in the case, the Justice Department would forbid its destruction, but here it appears to be supporting of it."
The purpose of this raid was not to stop piracy. It was to stop the business model of file hosting.
Who's going to invest in a file hosting business knowing the feds can randomly shut you down causing the destruction of all of the customer's data?
Who's going to be a customer of a file hosting site knowing this?
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It can work, quite easily. Take the same common-carrier laws that applied to landlines and apply them to the internet, both wired and wireless. Problem solved.
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No, it's my gate! I'm the gatekeeper!
I'm gonna sue you.
Well, my lawyers are bigger than yours!!!
You're stupid.
You're stupider.
You're stupiderest.
You're stupider than stupiderest.
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The RIAA's sole interest is the protection of its members. As I've commented before, the RIAA and the MPAA are not actually Copyright Maximalists. They're Middlemen Protectionists. The don't give a frick about protecting copyrights in general. What they care about is ensuring that their members are the only entities profiting from copyrights.
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Actually, this is more of a situation where an elected official will say anything to keep his MPAA and RIAA re-election campaign funds flowing in.
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They know it. In fact they use those leeches to pay for their re-election campaigns. Politicians create more monopoly rents to collect, politicians get more campaign money. Its win/win for them.
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Little did I know this would eventually come true.
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However, imagine if a meat-space retailer operated that way. Imagine if Wal-Mart was only open a few utterly inconvenient hours per week, they had all of these "windows" (aka, timelines) for selling fresh fruit and meat, and sometimes they would simply refuse to even sell fresh fruit or meat. "Sorry, we have the steaks in the Wal-Mart vault."
And to make the analogy complete, Wal-Mart would only barely lock their doors. Anyone could walk in anytime they wanted and take whatever they wanted.
Who would the police blame each and every time Wal-Mart called for another robbery? Wal-Mart, of course. And after a while, I'd guess the police would even stop coming.
But in the wonderful world of intellectual property, it's never the copyright industry's fault.
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Re: Kill the Bill
Politicians give out rights to collect monopoly rents, and in exchange, the politicians get to keep some of the gravy for themselves. This scam has been going on for over a century, it's just that the tax payers are finally getting sick of it.
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I hate to get my hopes up, but it's sure starting to look that way.
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How is it possible to drive culture forward when nearly everything you produce is from the past?!
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"If Politicians Pushing SOPA/PIPA Want To Create Jobs, They Should Support The Internet – And Stop Treating Copyright Companies As Campaign Financiers"
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Fair use? Where's the fricken copyright violation? Where's the fricken infringement? Are you saying that if I paint purple on canvas and call it Haze of Purple I'm violating the estate of Hendrix's copyright?
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Apparently she wasn't invited to all of those secret meetings where it was worked out and discussed.
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The purpose of this raid was not to stop piracy. It was to stop the business model of file hosting.
Who's going to invest in a file hosting business knowing the feds can randomly shut you down causing the destruction of all of the customer's data?
Who's going to be a customer of a file hosting site knowing this?
The file hosting business is dead.
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