That Crazy Freetard (profile), 20 Feb 2012 @ 10:10pm
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See, that's the bullshit. The pirate sites have zero costs to create the content, and they make money on selling "fast access" and such. They don't make enough to pay for the content. It is disloyal competition at it's finest.
No, that's bullshit. Delaying access in today's world is an idiot move. "Fast Access" as you put it is available ubiquitously. If they'd only embrace it. Companies like Netflix and Amazon are there if one day, they decided it would be ok.
Switching business models to counter this would pretty much spell the end of higher end content. There just isn't enough money at the bottom to make it work. Consider the 150 million with mega... that was about 30 million a year, which wouldn't pay for a single hollywood movie or even part of a season of CSI or whatever.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to create new online services and spend quite a bit of money if you want to sustain this model of distributing "seasons" and "shows" online. Oh wait. Netflix, Amazon, iTunes. What the fuck? The entertainment companies couldn't come to a deal for quick releases to these distributors? I wonder how much it's costing the entertainment companies every day.
The only extent anyone has over initial distribution is its first showing. Once it's out there, anyone can do what they like with it. Welcome to life. It's unfair and it sucks. Deal with it.
That Crazy Freetard (profile), 11 Jan 2012 @ 3:00pm
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The question still stands.
How does such a ridiculously long copyright term encourage content creators to create? Seems to me like it would encourage them to rest on their laurels(and royalty payments). I see evidence of the all over the place.
Fourteen years seems like plenty of time to profit from a creative work. Hell, we measure movies' success by how they do in a weekend! Even seventy years is insanely long. We need a serious, retroactive copyright reduction. Way too much of the human experience is locked away in it.
That Crazy Freetard (profile), 16 Dec 2011 @ 8:28am
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Kind of like when craigslist was forced to remove their adult service section. The Johns didn't stop seeing prostitutes, they just went somewhere else. Somewhere where they were a lot harder to catch.
That Crazy Freetard (profile), 12 Dec 2011 @ 7:04pm
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I did read the bill, and it appears that anyone can declare anything infringing with no repercussions, and get the site taken offline without even a modicum of oversight or process.
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Kind of like anonymous commenters, right?
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False.
You cannot bring a single 12 oz. bottle of shampoo onboard, but 3 four oz. bottles are ok.
The current system is security theater, nothing more. Changing this rule, as implied above makes no one less safe.
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And while we're at it, tax the churches!
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No, that's bullshit. Delaying access in today's world is an idiot move. "Fast Access" as you put it is available ubiquitously. If they'd only embrace it. Companies like Netflix and Amazon are there if one day, they decided it would be ok.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to create new online services and spend quite a bit of money if you want to sustain this model of distributing "seasons" and "shows" online. Oh wait. Netflix, Amazon, iTunes. What the fuck? The entertainment companies couldn't come to a deal for quick releases to these distributors? I wonder how much it's costing the entertainment companies every day.
The only extent anyone has over initial distribution is its first showing. Once it's out there, anyone can do what they like with it. Welcome to life. It's unfair and it sucks. Deal with it.
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Think of the children!
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I mean, after all, we're the ones that don't get it.
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DEFCON 6
THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT
EVERYBODY PANIC!!!
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After seeing that, and thinking for a minute, you know what? You're right. Your cake analogy makes everything clear as day!
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How does such a ridiculously long copyright term encourage content creators to create? Seems to me like it would encourage them to rest on their laurels(and royalty payments). I see evidence of the all over the place.
Fourteen years seems like plenty of time to profit from a creative work. Hell, we measure movies' success by how they do in a weekend! Even seventy years is insanely long. We need a serious, retroactive copyright reduction. Way too much of the human experience is locked away in it.
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I think what you're trying to say is we could abolish copyright and we'll finally live in a world where no infringement occurs! Pure genius!
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You could, however, sue the pants off of the people using it who lie within your jurisdiction.
Why do you not recognize individual accountability?
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