I worked on behalf of insureds for a decade. This is what I learned:
Insurance companies have one goal, and that is to make a profit. The easiest way to do that is to deny claims. The *preferred* way to do that is legitimately. That's why the insurance industry probably has better investigators than the government. Anything they can tack onto one of the myriad coverage exceptions can be used to deny payment.
Say our hypothetical injured insured goes to Mexico for cheap drugs. InsCo gets wind of it. Suddenly, they are denying claim. "People who are actually injured don't go to Mexico." OR "Purchase of potentially illegal drugs voids policy" OR "Injury, if any (which we don't admit), must have occurred in Mexico, which the policy doesn't cover" ... you get the point.
So there's likely all sorts of nefarious stuff Insurance Industry could do with the license plate data.
(Also, all that "news" about rampant auto-insurance fraud is pure propaganda.)
In hindsight, it probably was offensive out of context. I was thinking of NWA, and how cool it would be to drop a beat in there and sync the commentary. Anyway, I reported myself.
Copyright goes to the creator by virtue of his creating it. Beck will hold the copyright to the songs. If someone records it, he'll still own copyright to the song, but not the recording.
However, mechanical licenses for selling your recording of other peoples songs are cheap (.091c per unit - 9.1 cents). But I'm guessing that since Beck is asking people to record the stuff, he's not going to take issue with people doing so.
The last time I had a dozen gatefold LPs put together, I was running a small-time weed dealership and pulling an all-night seeds-and-stem sorting operation. Good times... probably.
Dude, how old are you? Or...how old am I for immediately getting the reference (via flashback, no less).
Re: No, trolling is worse. IT's a way to live in denial
Yes bob, if your posts read like this one, your claim might make sense. But your posts generally are littered with vitriol and a heaping handful of Plato's Original Top Ten Logical Fallacies, usually beginning with argumentum ad hominem (argument against the man - e.g., "Pirate Mike," "pirate apologists" etc.).
If you were truly a thoughtful, sincere troll, then it should occur to you that when your jumping-off point is a classic fallacious attack/argument, the remainder of your arguments topple for lack of credibility (and any backup evidence).
I've got $5 that the "similarities" between EA's claims against Zynga and Zynga v. Vostu were wholly intentional. Lawyers love to kick the opposition's own arguments back on them. It puts the defendant in the unenviable position of having to defend the very same claims it made against 3rd parties. ("Oh, but this case is different," says Zynga ...)
Isn't this shituation (sp?) one where books in print can be assumed to be convertible to any format (like say, Braille) upon proper payment to the publisher or author?
Oh no no no no. Ludicrous! That would not work for maximizing profits. Plus, we want consumers to have to use multiple platforms of DRM locked-down non-transferable formats because we like to have our digital items dispersed among Amazon, B&N, Google Books, Comixology, Dark Horse, etc., depending on who carries the title we want. And we certainly don't want the titles to be carried by everyone. That would be too convenient and consumer friendly. [Add emoticon here]
That's why I have paid for both the digital and hard copies of "Bunch of Amateurs" by Jack Hitt, and am still considering busting the DRM or pirating it so I'm not still locked in to B&N's tablet app. Problem is, damn kids don't upload this type of book to P2P sites.
Oh god ... you forced this: And a "little person" from that region, trying to evade pursuers, might knock on your door and ask if you could cache a small Czech.
...you have to wonder if it's going to get sued...
Er, not really. It may be Netflix is trying to force the issue by bringing the Kafkaesqueness (or Catch-22 if you will) of the whole situation to the fore. "Hey, we were told it's illegal not to have subtitles, now we're told it's illegal to have subtitles -- some equity please your honor..."
I have recently taken to piracy as well, and I gotta say, it's super freaking expensive -- all the comics, movies, ebooks and games I've ended up buying legitimately as a result.
An article I read on the DA's protest said that the Court responded in effect: "Dude, context." It not be difficult to determine in context why a person was running around nekked.
I was involved in licensing a song by a "famous dead musician" for a documentary about his backup singers. The paralegal for the film's producer was concerned because the bass line was similar to another 45-year-old song. Asked if there were any issues related to that, past or now.
I'm all, look lady, are you seriously going to worry about the possibility of being sued over similarities between two 45-year-old songs? You don't think Sly might have noticed the similarities in, say, 1966? Or that he'd be barred from suing now? We're talking about two fairly big hits, by musicians who likely knew each other ...
... And they never got back, even though we were perfectly willing to give them the license.
"The alternative is that companies can offer services to Americans, but not be subject to US law."
No, the corporation is still subject to US civil law, just not CRIMINAL law. And the actual hominid individuals involved are still subject to the criminal law.
The idea of prosecuting a corporation criminally is sketchy anyway -- who/what is going to jail if convicted? The Corporate Seal? Is it about criminal restitution? Civil damages would cover that better, and has a better mechanism in place.
Nope, this is all about trying to do something big, and now about backpedaling for (what seems more and more apparent) their own incompetence.
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Goal: Profit; Means: Deny Claims
Insurance companies have one goal, and that is to make a profit. The easiest way to do that is to deny claims. The *preferred* way to do that is legitimately. That's why the insurance industry probably has better investigators than the government. Anything they can tack onto one of the myriad coverage exceptions can be used to deny payment.
Say our hypothetical injured insured goes to Mexico for cheap drugs. InsCo gets wind of it. Suddenly, they are denying claim. "People who are actually injured don't go to Mexico." OR "Purchase of potentially illegal drugs voids policy" OR "Injury, if any (which we don't admit), must have occurred in Mexico, which the policy doesn't cover" ... you get the point.
So there's likely all sorts of nefarious stuff Insurance Industry could do with the license plate data.
(Also, all that "news" about rampant auto-insurance fraud is pure propaganda.)
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Re: MWM?
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MWM?
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However, mechanical licenses for selling your recording of other peoples songs are cheap (.091c per unit - 9.1 cents). But I'm guessing that since Beck is asking people to record the stuff, he's not going to take issue with people doing so.
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Dude, how old are you? Or...how old am I for immediately getting the reference (via flashback, no less).
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Re: No, trolling is worse. IT's a way to live in denial
If you were truly a thoughtful, sincere troll, then it should occur to you that when your jumping-off point is a classic fallacious attack/argument, the remainder of your arguments topple for lack of credibility (and any backup evidence).
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Re: It's not really surpressed
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Re: Compulsory License?
Oh no no no no. Ludicrous! That would not work for maximizing profits. Plus, we want consumers to have to use multiple platforms of DRM locked-down non-transferable formats because we like to have our digital items dispersed among Amazon, B&N, Google Books, Comixology, Dark Horse, etc., depending on who carries the title we want. And we certainly don't want the titles to be carried by everyone. That would be too convenient and consumer friendly. [Add emoticon here]
That's why I have paid for both the digital and hard copies of "Bunch of Amateurs" by Jack Hitt, and am still considering busting the DRM or pirating it so I'm not still locked in to B&N's tablet app. Problem is, damn kids don't upload this type of book to P2P sites.
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Re: Re: Re: Weird
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Kafka anyone?
Er, not really. It may be Netflix is trying to force the issue by bringing the Kafkaesqueness (or Catch-22 if you will) of the whole situation to the fore. "Hey, we were told it's illegal not to have subtitles, now we're told it's illegal to have subtitles -- some equity please your honor..."
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Music and Geeks
Meanwhile, I want to hear tech geeks talk about esoteric stuff, and semi-fringe players say smart things that make the status quo cringe.
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Rings true here ...
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Re: What?
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Just in time!
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I'm all, look lady, are you seriously going to worry about the possibility of being sued over similarities between two 45-year-old songs? You don't think Sly might have noticed the similarities in, say, 1966? Or that he'd be barred from suing now? We're talking about two fairly big hits, by musicians who likely knew each other ...
... And they never got back, even though we were perfectly willing to give them the license.
FUD
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No, the corporation is still subject to US civil law, just not CRIMINAL law. And the actual hominid individuals involved are still subject to the criminal law.
The idea of prosecuting a corporation criminally is sketchy anyway -- who/what is going to jail if convicted? The Corporate Seal? Is it about criminal restitution? Civil damages would cover that better, and has a better mechanism in place.
Nope, this is all about trying to do something big, and now about backpedaling for (what seems more and more apparent) their own incompetence.
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