Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 20 May 2020 @ 8:44am
Pay me, pay me, pay me
Yet another example of the Copyright Office being co-opted by the 'everything must be owned, and by owned we mean controlled and monetized on a per use basis' crowd (read one chapter tonight, another payment is due tomorrow for the next chapter).
This push for control is just another step on their way to a one way Internet where they 'control' all the content and want payment for even 'thinking' about their IP. You cannot create because we are the creators (by which we mean we control the creators ability to get their works out there) and we control all original thought. Culture, ha! It ain't culture unless we say it is and have proper income even if you are just singing to yourself in the shower.
The open Internet scares the hell out of them. Give them an inch and they will take ten miles. Now, how do we get the also co-opted congresscritters to see things from our side, rather than theirs.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 May 2020 @ 4:03pm
Re: Fetch me my fainting couch!
These puritans (small P on purpose as they haven't even the Puritan set of ethics) don't care that much about child exploitation or sex trafficking. A little, not a lot. They want sex to be erased from the human conscience, except for the purposes of procreation, and then only in the most Puritanical manner possible. They want to impose their moral standard on the rest of the world. A moral standard that I bet is practiced only in public by many of their co-conspirators.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 May 2020 @ 1:22pm
Re: Re: Re: Obamacare
Remember the methodology the US Government uses for procurement. First they make a statement, usually over long and terribly unclear and then ask for bids. Then they pick the lowest bid. The third part is how they then go about meddling in the project process by changing their minds about what the end result should do/accomplish/look like/feature/change funding/change dates, etc..
It is not that Americans don't have capability or technological expertise, it is that the Government has a really poor methodology for running projects, and rarely misses an opportunity to spend money in the most inappropriate manners.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 May 2020 @ 11:28am
Re: Re:
There is something, indisputably French, that can be created successfully, but also unsuccessfully. French Food. Thing is, you don't have to be French, or in France to hit either end of that scale.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 May 2020 @ 9:09am
When for us means them not you
"For years, the Copyright Office has been working on a report that is expected to be released sometime soon, about whether or not the DMCA's Section 512 "notice and takedown" regime needs to be changed. The big Hollywood and recording industry lobbyists have been gearing up to push for new rules, a la the European Copyright Directive, that put even more liability on intermediaries."
While I have no illusions that the Copyright Office will do anything that demeans its power and will more likely do something that increases its power, I still wonder who is speaking for more reasoned approaches? It is hard to imagine that bureaucrats will embrace logic and/or parse Article 1 Section 8 Clause 8 in any way that will actually benefit "...the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." for the people rather than the (ahem) temporary rights holders when lobbyists are 'enticing' politicians and maybe even Copyright Office employees in a different direction. Who speaks for us?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 19 May 2020 @ 7:38am
Why is the sky blue when we know space is black?
.'...oblique assertions that a refusal to create encryption backdoors may result in another foreign-directed terrorist strike on the homeland sometime in the next twenty years."
Encryption doesn't cause attacks, people do. Backdoors to encryption won't prevent attacks, good investigations into the actions of people, without ignoring things (even for political reasons) will. Getting into encrypted phones probably won't gain any evidence usable in court (with the exception of child pornography) that isn't available without decrypting the phone.
Which brings us to the agenda of the FBI and DoJ. To some it is about being lazy and looking for ways to avoid work that takes place away from the office. To others it's about gaining surveillance abilities that should not be allowed because of the 4th Amendment (and Wray's assertions about having gotten warrants mean nothing when their deep dives into NSA collections). To others still, it is about power and the ability for the government to impose itself into the lives of its constituents (with or without their permission) forgetting that ours is a government of the people, by the people. And to many it is all of the above and some other lame ass and petty reasons.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 May 2020 @ 2:19pm
Re:
I wonder how they will handle people who lie? I don't have a phone, so the number they get will be the same as I give my bank and Amazon and anyone else who ridiculously require a phone number for any reason. 1-800-555-1212, and I have a feeling I am not the only one.
Any email or street address would have the same veracity. Then, what are they gonna do? Wait outside to see if I show up again? Take some LEO's off a murder or robbery investigation to track me down? Then what, charge me with giving a restaurant false information? I only use cash in restaurants, so there will be no electronic transaction to trace.
The order charges the restaurant with collecting information, it doesn't say anything about the customers responsibilities.
Now, I should note that I understand and appreciate the purpose of the order the choice remains, either support restaurants that I like and lie to them, or don't support restaurants that I like. Giving up privacy any more than I have to isn't in the cards.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 15 May 2020 @ 9:38am
Re: Re: You mean government circle jerk..
Then it needs to be framed differently. Instead of wording it as restrictions on police, they need to frame it as voting against 'court made law'.
The other part, that should get past the 'law and order good, anti law and order bad' feelings is the part where qualified immunity creates a class above. One that doesn't need to know the law, like the rest of us do, nor pay attention to the constitution, like the lawmakers should.
While I feel for you and your fellow constituents who did not vote for Joe Arpaio, I think that phenomenon might be a local thing, otherwise we would have a lot of Joe Apaio types around, and we don't. Yes, there are some, but not many.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 14 May 2020 @ 2:12pm
Maximalists shoot selves in foot, but maintain control.
It appears that someone sees some economic opportunity in those MTV shows. I cannot imagine what it might be, as I have some doubts about anyone paying to see them, or at least not a whole lot of people. So what is their agenda? Control?
At a different level of reasoning, having those shows on the Internet Archive, maybe at some lower resolution, would create the opportunity for people to discuss those programs, and that just might create some interest which the copyright holder might then exploit. In the meantime, it is likely he's got nada.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 13 May 2020 @ 7:19pm
You mean government circle jerk..
Or when Congress gets around to addressing the situation.
Oh wait...Congressional members are bought and paid for by their contributors, rather than their constituents, and won't address critical issues until that changes. A change that SCOTUS denied in Citizens United. Round and around.
Things will continue status quo, until the citizens (aka voters) come to the realization that they should not vote the party lines, or for incumbents, or for anyone who is 'politically connected'. When that happens, expect a whole lot of 'voter fraud' cases to come out of nowhere.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 12 May 2020 @ 3:41pm
If wishes were fishes
"...asking the Indiana Supreme Court to review [Judge] Todd's ruling."
Judge Todd's ruling, which was following the Supreme Court of the United States directions. Just what does Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. think their gonna do? Disagree with SCOTUS and tell Hill he can keep the car?
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 12 May 2020 @ 8:28am
Re:
It sounds like this company is enhancing its ability to self destruct, signing up won't do you any good. Try Facebook, they collect everything, sell everything, and you don't even have to be signed in, or even a member.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 11 May 2020 @ 2:02pm
Squeeze it so hard you lose your grip
I am not sure who is more culpable. IP maximalists who claim everything must be owned and wouldn't share oxygen if they had a way to control it. The legislators who bend and bow to those who maintain (aka contribute financially) their psychopathic quest for power. Or the Administration who seems bent upon starting trade wars with everyone in the world who isn't us, in the name of coming out on top for not necessarily good reasons.
But we can for sure blame the conflagration of the above and its short name, greed. Greed, to those who seek control, causes them to deem it better to maintain control than to save a life, and it probably doesn't matter whether that life is American or Chinese if it means even some loss of control.
I can seen this backfiring on them. I don't think it likely, as they are so entrenched, but it is a possibility.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 8 May 2020 @ 2:04pm
Still waiting for a cure and/or vaccine
I was under the impression that remdesevir aided in recovery, in at least some cases. I have not heard that it prevents, cures, or that it is effective in all cases.
While it may be prescribed out of an abundance of caution by medical personnel who are pestered by patients to do so, and that may increase demand, the increase in demand will not be because it is a miracle cure for or vaccine against Covid-19. The increase in demand will be because of rumor and innuendo.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 May 2020 @ 4:21pm
Is it enough?
" It has produced only two out of the six reports that were mandated over a decade ago."
What in this bill will change the DoJ's behavior. More mandates don't cut the mustard. They should include something significant that will make Law Enforcement sit up and take notice as well as face both actual personal and actual agency consequences that don't need taxpayer funding.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 May 2020 @ 1:44pm
Re: Let's test that shall we?
You might want to reconsider politicians and cops in your test sample as they have a tendency to commit crimes (or at least display criminal like behavior) at a greater rate than the general population.
Anonymous Anonymous Coward (profile), 6 May 2020 @ 12:30pm
Re:
Nah, they should start the negotiations a month or two after executing the nuclear option. Maybe more. The impact of the nuclear option takes time to sink in, and the harder the head requiring the absorption the longer the sink in period needed.
On the post: Libraries Have Never Needed Permission To Lend Books, And The Move To Change That Is A Big Problem
Pay me, pay me, pay me
Yet another example of the Copyright Office being co-opted by the 'everything must be owned, and by owned we mean controlled and monetized on a per use basis' crowd (read one chapter tonight, another payment is due tomorrow for the next chapter).
This push for control is just another step on their way to a one way Internet where they 'control' all the content and want payment for even 'thinking' about their IP. You cannot create because we are the creators (by which we mean we control the creators ability to get their works out there) and we control all original thought. Culture, ha! It ain't culture unless we say it is and have proper income even if you are just singing to yourself in the shower.
The open Internet scares the hell out of them. Give them an inch and they will take ten miles. Now, how do we get the also co-opted congresscritters to see things from our side, rather than theirs.
On the post: As Expected, Those Who Pushed For FOSTA Are Now Looking To Kill Off Porn
Re: Fetch me my fainting couch!
These puritans (small P on purpose as they haven't even the Puritan set of ethics) don't care that much about child exploitation or sex trafficking. A little, not a lot. They want sex to be erased from the human conscience, except for the purposes of procreation, and then only in the most Puritanical manner possible. They want to impose their moral standard on the rest of the world. A moral standard that I bet is practiced only in public by many of their co-conspirators.
On the post: France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb
Re: Re: Re: Obamacare
Remember the methodology the US Government uses for procurement. First they make a statement, usually over long and terribly unclear and then ask for bids. Then they pick the lowest bid. The third part is how they then go about meddling in the project process by changing their minds about what the end result should do/accomplish/look like/feature/change funding/change dates, etc..
It is not that Americans don't have capability or technological expertise, it is that the Government has a really poor methodology for running projects, and rarely misses an opportunity to spend money in the most inappropriate manners.
On the post: France Is About To Waste A Ton Of Money Trying To Build Its Own Airbnb
Re: Re:
There is something, indisputably French, that can be created successfully, but also unsuccessfully. French Food. Thing is, you don't have to be French, or in France to hit either end of that scale.
On the post: Copyright As Censorship: WSJ Identifies Hundreds Of Bogus News Takedowns; People Blame Google Rather Than Copyright
When for us means them not you
While I have no illusions that the Copyright Office will do anything that demeans its power and will more likely do something that increases its power, I still wonder who is speaking for more reasoned approaches? It is hard to imagine that bureaucrats will embrace logic and/or parse Article 1 Section 8 Clause 8 in any way that will actually benefit "...the Progress of Science and useful Arts..." for the people rather than the (ahem) temporary rights holders when lobbyists are 'enticing' politicians and maybe even Copyright Office employees in a different direction. Who speaks for us?
On the post: FBI Holds Press Conference To Claim Apple Prevented It From [Checks Notes] Verifying Attribution In The Pensacola Air Base Shooting
Why is the sky blue when we know space is black?
.'...oblique assertions that a refusal to create encryption backdoors may result in another foreign-directed terrorist strike on the homeland sometime in the next twenty years."
Encryption doesn't cause attacks, people do. Backdoors to encryption won't prevent attacks, good investigations into the actions of people, without ignoring things (even for political reasons) will. Getting into encrypted phones probably won't gain any evidence usable in court (with the exception of child pornography) that isn't available without decrypting the phone.
Which brings us to the agenda of the FBI and DoJ. To some it is about being lazy and looking for ways to avoid work that takes place away from the office. To others it's about gaining surveillance abilities that should not be allowed because of the 4th Amendment (and Wray's assertions about having gotten warrants mean nothing when their deep dives into NSA collections). To others still, it is about power and the ability for the government to impose itself into the lives of its constituents (with or without their permission) forgetting that ours is a government of the people, by the people. And to many it is all of the above and some other lame ass and petty reasons.
On the post: As Some Are Requiring People To Give Up Their Info To Dine, Stories Of Creeps Abusing That Info Come Out
Re:
I wonder how they will handle people who lie? I don't have a phone, so the number they get will be the same as I give my bank and Amazon and anyone else who ridiculously require a phone number for any reason. 1-800-555-1212, and I have a feeling I am not the only one.
Any email or street address would have the same veracity. Then, what are they gonna do? Wait outside to see if I show up again? Take some LEO's off a murder or robbery investigation to track me down? Then what, charge me with giving a restaurant false information? I only use cash in restaurants, so there will be no electronic transaction to trace.
The order charges the restaurant with collecting information, it doesn't say anything about the customers responsibilities.
Now, I should note that I understand and appreciate the purpose of the order the choice remains, either support restaurants that I like and lie to them, or don't support restaurants that I like. Giving up privacy any more than I have to isn't in the cards.
On the post: Reuters Report Shows How The Supreme Court Has Turned Qualified Immunity Lawsuits Into A Rigged Game
Re: Re: You mean government circle jerk..
Then it needs to be framed differently. Instead of wording it as restrictions on police, they need to frame it as voting against 'court made law'.
The other part, that should get past the 'law and order good, anti law and order bad' feelings is the part where qualified immunity creates a class above. One that doesn't need to know the law, like the rest of us do, nor pay attention to the constitution, like the lawmakers should.
While I feel for you and your fellow constituents who did not vote for Joe Arpaio, I think that phenomenon might be a local thing, otherwise we would have a lot of Joe Apaio types around, and we don't. Yes, there are some, but not many.
On the post: Copyright Making Sure That MTV Remains An Irrelevant Relic, Rather Than A Cultural Icon
Maximalists shoot selves in foot, but maintain control.
It appears that someone sees some economic opportunity in those MTV shows. I cannot imagine what it might be, as I have some doubts about anyone paying to see them, or at least not a whole lot of people. So what is their agenda? Control?
At a different level of reasoning, having those shows on the Internet Archive, maybe at some lower resolution, would create the opportunity for people to discuss those programs, and that just might create some interest which the copyright holder might then exploit. In the meantime, it is likely he's got nada.
On the post: Reuters Report Shows How The Supreme Court Has Turned Qualified Immunity Lawsuits Into A Rigged Game
You mean government circle jerk..
Or when Congress gets around to addressing the situation.
Oh wait...Congressional members are bought and paid for by their contributors, rather than their constituents, and won't address critical issues until that changes. A change that SCOTUS denied in Citizens United. Round and around.
Things will continue status quo, until the citizens (aka voters) come to the realization that they should not vote the party lines, or for incumbents, or for anyone who is 'politically connected'. When that happens, expect a whole lot of 'voter fraud' cases to come out of nowhere.
Don't expect anything good, anytime soon.
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If wishes were fishes
Judge Todd's ruling, which was following the Supreme Court of the United States directions. Just what does Indiana Attorney General Curtis Hill Jr. think their gonna do? Disagree with SCOTUS and tell Hill he can keep the car?
On the post: 'Smart' Home Platform Wink Changes The Deal, Suddenly Imposes Subscription Fees
Re:
It sounds like this company is enhancing its ability to self destruct, signing up won't do you any good. Try Facebook, they collect everything, sell everything, and you don't even have to be signed in, or even a member.
On the post: Why Is The US Trying To Keep COVID-19 Vaccine Data Locked Up? Share It With The Whole Damn World
Squeeze it so hard you lose your grip
I am not sure who is more culpable. IP maximalists who claim everything must be owned and wouldn't share oxygen if they had a way to control it. The legislators who bend and bow to those who maintain (aka contribute financially) their psychopathic quest for power. Or the Administration who seems bent upon starting trade wars with everyone in the world who isn't us, in the name of coming out on top for not necessarily good reasons.
But we can for sure blame the conflagration of the above and its short name, greed. Greed, to those who seek control, causes them to deem it better to maintain control than to save a life, and it probably doesn't matter whether that life is American or Chinese if it means even some loss of control.
I can seen this backfiring on them. I don't think it likely, as they are so entrenched, but it is a possibility.
On the post: It's Not Even Clear If Remdesivir Stops COVID-19, And Already We're Debating How Much It Can Price Gouge
Still waiting for a cure and/or vaccine
I was under the impression that remdesevir aided in recovery, in at least some cases. I have not heard that it prevents, cures, or that it is effective in all cases.
While it may be prescribed out of an abundance of caution by medical personnel who are pestered by patients to do so, and that may increase demand, the increase in demand will not be because it is a miracle cure for or vaccine against Covid-19. The increase in demand will be because of rumor and innuendo.
On the post: Senator Wyden And Others Introduce Bill Calling The DOJ's Bluff Regarding Its Attempt To Destroy Section 230 & Encryption
Is it enough?
What in this bill will change the DoJ's behavior. More mandates don't cut the mustard. They should include something significant that will make Law Enforcement sit up and take notice as well as face both actual personal and actual agency consequences that don't need taxpayer funding.
On the post: Harrisburg University Researchers Claim Their 'Unbiased' Facial Recognition Software Can Identify Potential Criminals
Re: Let's test that shall we?
You might want to reconsider politicians and cops in your test sample as they have a tendency to commit crimes (or at least display criminal like behavior) at a greater rate than the general population.
On the post: Harrisburg University Researchers Claim Their 'Unbiased' Facial Recognition Software Can Identify Potential Criminals
We lie, and here is how you know that.
Do we now? Please state your peer reviews citations.
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Re:
Which proves only that the dolt that wrote the fake subpoenas didn't know how to spell imposed, nor ken the difference.
On the post: Hedge Fund 'Asshole' Destroying Local News & Firing Reporters Wants Google & Facebook To Just Hand Him More Money
Re:
Nah, they should start the negotiations a month or two after executing the nuclear option. Maybe more. The impact of the nuclear option takes time to sink in, and the harder the head requiring the absorption the longer the sink in period needed.
On the post: Appeals Court Says Prosecutors Who Issued Fake Subpoenas To Crime Victims Aren't Shielded By Absolute Immunity
Have another go
Absolute immunity down but not out. Up next the qualified immunity argument presented with the 'uh, we forgot to mention...' absolute immunity redux.
Stay tuned for the rest of the Louisiana State Tap Dancing Championships.
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