I can't wrap my head around the logic they use; apparently the current system means that they are making more money than anyone else, so they need to change it!?
Well, just like the factory worker wouldn't go to work if he didn't know that the company would keep paying his great-great-grandkids for 70 years after his death, no-one would ever create anything creative without this protection. Obviously.
Actually, since he did write that a law that can be interpreted in various ways, especially if some of them are illegal, is bad it follows that we should discourage the politicians from making such laws.
ACs logic does work, if you assume that all laws, or at least a big portion of them, can be interpreted as being illegal. That's the big hole in the argument.
"They are so far entrenched in free illegal content, that making legal content available for a price is just a waste of time and effort."
Ah, yes, the good old "you can't compete with free" bullcrap. Lucky for you there aren't any international companies making money from offering music online, since that would prove you wrong then.
Quick question; if it works for music, why not for movies/tv shows?
And last, but not least, my battlecry: "WHY DON'T YOU WANT MY MONEY!?".
The really sad part is that the second part isn't a joke, the fact that the police complain about the Bill of Rights (and similar parts in other countries) is one of the main reasons they are chipping away at it.
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I just want to say, as a big-time pirate, that I would kill (not literally, but you get what I mean) to BE ABLE TO pay for the content I watch.
Problem is, there is no good way for me to do that over here in Sweden. And no, I will not pay for a DVD/BlueRay only to have to go through a small hell to rip it.
And yes, I know we were mainly talking about manga, but the point still applies.
Isn't a big point with Protect IP that they skip the whole "due process"-part? Which means that anyone, regardless of whether they actually do any infringing, can get hurt by a mere accusation?
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Re: Unworkable Anyway...
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Legal?
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Poor truckers.
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Ow, my head!
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Re: Did they extend copyright to dead people?
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ACs logic does work, if you assume that all laws, or at least a big portion of them, can be interpreted as being illegal. That's the big hole in the argument.
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Oh, they know!
You see it as binding us, a politician sees it as a way of making any laws they want afterwards, they can just say that we already promised.
Especially the EU-countries are very good at using EU as a shield against backlashes for the laws they make.
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Actual guidance.
The problem I'm seeing is that someone else could learn from their mistake and start all over again.
I would have preferred if we got us some rulings on the actual merits of the case, not just the whole "license"-fiasco.
(Wow, not one word spelled wrong (according to my computer)!)
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But that power comes with responsibility, and I think that now that he has proven that he can't handle it he should be fired.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: "Ah, yes, the good old "you can't compete with free" bullcrap."
Will they make LESS money by selling the movie online, in a format that is DRM-free and preferably of decent quality?
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Ah, yes, the good old "you can't compete with free" bullcrap. Lucky for you there aren't any international companies making money from offering music online, since that would prove you wrong then.
Quick question; if it works for music, why not for movies/tv shows?
And last, but not least, my battlecry: "WHY DON'T YOU WANT MY MONEY!?".
;-)
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Problem is, there is no good way for me to do that over here in Sweden. And no, I will not pay for a DVD/BlueRay only to have to go through a small hell to rip it.
And yes, I know we were mainly talking about manga, but the point still applies.
Or in other words; WHY DON'T THEY WANT MY MONEY!?
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The truth is that you CAN bully anyone if you get the government to give you special laws that allows you to do so easy.
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