It doesn't matter what state you are from, if a lawmaker scratches the Entertainment Industry's back, the industry will scratch the lawmaker's back with a high-paying cushy job when they leave public* service.
Either way, it seems like a pretty crazy situation where the studios deny the filmmaker the right to show the film, while at the same time refusing to explain what rights they do have in the film.
The problem is that the studios have no incentive to allow him to show the film, but in their twisted minds they do have incentive to not allow it: they are concerned that any sign of weakness or permissiveness will open the floodgates to wholesale copyright infringement. Also, the studios have an ironclad "What's in it for me?" attitude, and since neither studio seems to even know who holds the actual rights, they can't even make DVDs to capitalize on the director's screenings. So the safe thing to do is just deny (in the minds of twisted movie studio execs).
It's the same as saying "Despite laws against speeding, people still speed. Ergo, speeding laws should not be enforced".
That's an institution full of retardation there.
Actually, that's a really interesting analogy you bring up there, Mr. Douchebag. Because in my considered opinion, enforcing speed limits does precisely zero to increase safety. Hmmm, I wonder why they do it then?
Also an awesome analogy, because as soon as a speeder has received his ticket and is back on the road, he's probably speeding again in less than five minutes. So you've just made Mike's case. What do you want to bet that Intellectual Property Enforcement is getting a lot more money thrown at it than speeding?
But still too much of a spineless coward to actually admit he supports piracy.
Do you never get tired of being so completely wrong? Mike has been 100% solid on this point: He does not condone copyright infringement. Nothing he has said/written has been in support of people copying/sharing. What he has said many times is that Intellectual Property enforcement is a no-win game. How, unless you yourself are a sociopath, do you read that as an endorsement? Telling someone that you can't stop the rain by waving your arms at it is not condoning rain, it's just a statement of fact!
p.s. Since we're going for the personal insults, you're a douchebag.
Furthermore, most EULAs involve installing the software package. If you did not install it, but instead only decompiled the code, I'm pretty sure you would bypass EULA restrictions.
Having said that, this patent troll company and its engineers are scum.
The bill's sponsors were actually negotiating with themselves as it opponents refused to provide even an iota of constructive input into how the bill's provisions could be amended to address their concerns.
Thanks for admitting this, because it is the key to the whole problem. They WERE negotiating with themselves, they were not letting any other actual stakeholders to the table, they would not listen to subject matter experts, and so they got stomped. I couldn't be more thrilled.
As the process progressed, it became abundantly clear that no matter what the bill's sponsors did to ameliorate concerns, it was all wasted effort because the anti-SOPA activists had absolutely no interest in anything other than the wholesale destruction of the bill.
The Internet's finest hour. By the way, there was something the sponsor's did not try to "ameliorate concerns": drop that unneeded piece of garbage legislation like it was a hot potato.
Mmm, I marked your comment funny, but in retrospect I think I should have marked it "Quite Possible". Don't see that button though, so you get to keep the funny vote.
Exactly this. They have completely forgotten who they work for, or to be more accurate, they have decided that they work for corporations instead of the common Joe that voted them into office.
The Washington Post’s Rob Malda’s recent blog post appears to argue that the success of a particular film at the box office somehow means that concerns about widespread piracy are misplaced. This is a bit like condoning shoplifting if it’s done at a successful store. Of course, we shouldn’t. And it overlooks the economic damage – and the damage to consumers -- of turning a blind eye to such forms of theft.
The single best thing these idiots could do to try to clean up their hopelessly tarnished image is to KNOCK IT THE FUCK OFF WITH THE STUPID STEALING METAPHORS! They are lies and they don't work, you're not shaming anyone, so just quit it! Copying is not stealing, it's COPYING! It's not like shoplifting, it's like COPYING! It's not like theft, it's like COPYING! It's not like plundering and pillaging on the open seas, it's like COPYING!
Michael O'Leary, please pay attention: copying is just copying after all. If you don't like that, tough, but nothing, NOTHING, you say can change this fact.
Agreed with the points in the article, and really enjoyed the example given. I have two things to add:
1. The consumers are not the only ones suffering from cognitive dissonance. The companies that bought the copyright extension laws seem to believe that everyone should follow them, even though they are demonstrably bad laws.
2. The Alabama Supreme Court may have banned parking meters back in 1937, but they're damn sure back in force now.
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I see what you did there...
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*where all values of public = corporate interests
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It's all about incentive
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I agree with your sentiment, but the buck stops with the boss: the executives should be the first ones thrown in the clink.
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Also an awesome analogy, because as soon as a speeder has received his ticket and is back on the road, he's probably speeding again in less than five minutes. So you've just made Mike's case. What do you want to bet that Intellectual Property Enforcement is getting a lot more money thrown at it than speeding?
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Have you SEEN the TPP negotiations? No? Then they must be pretty damn transparent right?
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Nothing he has said/written has been in support of people illegally copying/sharing.
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Do you never get tired of being so completely wrong? Mike has been 100% solid on this point: He does not condone copyright infringement. Nothing he has said/written has been in support of people copying/sharing. What he has said many times is that Intellectual Property enforcement is a no-win game. How, unless you yourself are a sociopath, do you read that as an endorsement? Telling someone that you can't stop the rain by waving your arms at it is not condoning rain, it's just a statement of fact!
p.s. Since we're going for the personal insults, you're a douchebag.
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Having said that, this patent troll company and its engineers are scum.
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Thanks for admitting this, because it is the key to the whole problem. They WERE negotiating with themselves, they were not letting any other actual stakeholders to the table, they would not listen to subject matter experts, and so they got stomped. I couldn't be more thrilled.
As the process progressed, it became abundantly clear that no matter what the bill's sponsors did to ameliorate concerns, it was all wasted effort because the anti-SOPA activists had absolutely no interest in anything other than the wholesale destruction of the bill.
The Internet's finest hour. By the way, there was something the sponsor's did not try to "ameliorate concerns": drop that unneeded piece of garbage legislation like it was a hot potato.
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Michael O'Leary, please pay attention: copying is just copying after all. If you don't like that, tough, but nothing, NOTHING, you say can change this fact.
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Cognitive dissonance
1. The consumers are not the only ones suffering from cognitive dissonance. The companies that bought the copyright extension laws seem to believe that everyone should follow them, even though they are demonstrably bad laws.
2. The Alabama Supreme Court may have banned parking meters back in 1937, but they're damn sure back in force now.
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William Gibson is a sad panda :(
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