We have a room for them here where I work. We would be pleased to take them because they are rich and have really good insurance plans. Would be a nice contrast to the usual poor and indignant client base we usually have.
a : a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing
b : an effect that an object has on another object or on the senses
c : virtue 3
d : an attribute common to all members of a class
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a : something owned or possessed; specifically : a piece of real estate
b : the exclusive right to possess, enjoy, and dispose of a thing : ownership
c : something to which a person or business has a legal title
d : one (as a performer) who is under contract and whose work is especially valuable
e : a book or script purchased for publication or production
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: an article or object used in a play or motion picture except painted scenery and costumes
Anyone who cannot grasp that Congress is a "wild west" needs to be checked for a pulse.
Simply put, it's all there: lawlessness, thievery, business models based on ripping other people off, circumvention of laws, jurisdictional plays, and so on.
This isn't the major studios (BMI, Sony etc) doing this, this is the individuals who wrote and composed the song doing this on their own behalf (they managed to keep the copyright on their stuff, I suspect many lawyers lost their heads the day that contract was signed..)
Does Newt have videos on his webpage that include the song, either for streaming or as a short demo clip to entice a purchase of a DVD? If so then that could very well run afoul of both performance and streaming rights..
The data is in fact evidence. However if they go forth and seize the HDs themselves they will have seized plenty of perfectly legal data that they absolutely no legal right to and would be denying it to the rightful owners (law abiding MU users). 4th Amendment lawsuit begging to happen. By only making a forensic copy of what they need and then allowing the Servers to do as they want they can legally wash their hands of any later accusations of cherry picking data.
Then it comes down to how much of the article was used? Was it a half hour interview of which they used 30 seconds? Was it a two minute spot to which they used 30 seconds?
Hrmm a public admission of something that could very well be against the law. Sure he didn't come out and say "We paid you money, now make our laws happen" but he suggested that pretty strongly. Wonder how long it will take before the FBI/SS begins investigation?
They may not be able to take down ThePirateBay.org but what they can do is send notices to PayPal, VISA et all telling them that the site is infringing and get their donation payment processes and ad funding cut off.
I'm waiting for SOPA to pass and then a whole lot of sites of groups that supported it to disappear off the net. Just because Google runs the biggest search engine on the net doesn't mean that they HAVE to display your company in the results. After all, they have been screaming at Google because Google allows certain terms to come to the top and they need to correct that, Google can very well do that to the likes of Sony.com or SenatorLamarSmith.gov also what with them being a private company and all.
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If the mp3 is not a physical good, then it would not fall under the phonocopy clause. If it is a physical good then it falls under First Sale.
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a : a quality or trait belonging and especially peculiar to an individual or thing
b : an effect that an object has on another object or on the senses
c : virtue 3
d : an attribute common to all members of a class
2
a : something owned or possessed; specifically : a piece of real estate
b : the exclusive right to possess, enjoy, and dispose of a thing : ownership
c : something to which a person or business has a legal title
d : one (as a performer) who is under contract and whose work is especially valuable
e : a book or script purchased for publication or production
3
: an article or object used in a play or motion picture except painted scenery and costumes
http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/property
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Anyone who cannot grasp that Congress is a "wild west" needs to be checked for a pulse.
Simply put, it's all there: lawlessness, thievery, business models based on ripping other people off, circumvention of laws, jurisdictional plays, and so on.
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/s *grin*
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My my.. copyright sure is complex.
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