He can't give an example because it's bullshit, which is readily provable by analysis of precisely one of his statements:
There's lots of evidence that piracy of already popular albums hurts sales; there are plenty of sales charts where you can see sales ramping up, then the album appears on file sharing networks, and sales drop dramatically.
We can tell he's lying because his hypothetical album was already on file sharing networks before it even hit the stores.
Laird, the sales didn't drop dramatically because of file sharing, since as I noted above, it was already being shared before the first purchase. The sales dropped dramatically because the album sucked.
Unless this article is taken down immediately and a retraction is published immediately then it is the intention of my client.to sue and your reporter.
Yep, he definitely. a word.
Also: This is because these falsehoods and malicious misrepresentations could cause the film to lose its finacinmg and therefore its profits
C'mon Mike, you don't really want this film to lose its finacinmg, do you? 'Cause this is gonna be hilarious!
I have to wonder if you are joking. I can't read squirrel's Cracked link here at work, but the printer cartridge manufacturers began using the DMCA's anti-circumvention clauses as soon as it was passed. They would put a stupid little circuit on the cartridge that told the printer it was "authentic", and other manufacturers weren't allowed to reverse engineer the circuit according to the DMCA, so could not sell after-market cartridges. Totally abusive use of that idiotic law.
"If you add a spoonful of wine to a barrel of sewage, you have a barrel of sewage. If you add a spoonful of sewage to a barrel of wine, you also have a barrel of sewage."
I like that saying, although I have to disagree with part of it. I think it would take more like a cup of sewage added to the barrel of wine to convert it into a barrel of sewage. Most wine connoisseurs would probably only detect the dispersed spoonful as a piquant flavor.
Yep, was going to make this same point. Lots of people still get their daily news from *gasp* television and even *boggle* newspapers, and both of those media are pretty much toeing the line on cyber-scare tactics: "Could your kids' texting habits shut down the Power Company? Stay tuned to Fox News at 11 to find out!"
What's really bizarre here is the feds role in all of this. First of all, why would it ever want a cut of the profits in a Hollywood movie?
Hi Mike, welcome to techdirt! In answer to your question above, if you search around the site a bit, you will find story after story about the feds getting into bed with Hollywood: from the FBI and ICE taking talking points and indeed direction straight from the RIAA and MPAA, to numerous legislative efforts (a few failed, but most succeeding) to increase protections for "Steamboat Willie", the feds have been working tirelessly side-by-side with Hollywood for quite a long time! Come back and talk with us again when you've caught up on those stories I mentioned. ;)
Posner's argument seems to hinge on the idea that police might discuss private things in public places (not that any of the cases to date seem to involve that), and thus he fears that a wholesale rejection of the law goes too far.
An officer may freeze if he sees a journalist recording a conversation between the officer and a crime suspect, crime victim, or dissatisfied member of the public. He may be concerned when any stranger moves into earshot, or when he sees a recording device (even a cell phone, for modern cell phones are digital audio recorders) in the stranger’s hand.
Why would the office freeze or be concerned if he has nothing to hide?
“Voluntary efforts are wonderful and I am hoping the voluntary efforts will give us some confidence for the legislation we need, because ultimately we still need legislation.” Leahy said.
Or to paraphrase: "I'm glad the market can handle it without extra legislation, because we really need extra legislation."
What percentage of the site that criminal infringement constituted is irrelevant.
And according to you, that still applies even if the percentage is zero. "Zero percent of the site was used for wholesale copyright infringement so the seizure was A-OK!"
You know, I try to be above the ad-homs, but you are so STUPID that just reading what you write is making me feel stupid, so please, for the sake of us all, just stop.
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There's lots of evidence that piracy of already popular albums hurts sales; there are plenty of sales charts where you can see sales ramping up, then the album appears on file sharing networks, and sales drop dramatically.
We can tell he's lying because his hypothetical album was already on file sharing networks before it even hit the stores.
Laird, the sales didn't drop dramatically because of file sharing, since as I noted above, it was already being shared before the first purchase. The sales dropped dramatically because the album sucked.
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Yep, he definitely. a word.
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This is because these falsehoods and malicious misrepresentations could cause the film to lose its finacinmg and therefore its profits
C'mon Mike, you don't really want this film to lose its finacinmg, do you? 'Cause this is gonna be hilarious!
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C'mon guys, get with the program
When police lie under oath, that is a "mistaken recollection of events".
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Welcome!
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Re: normally I thought posner was regarded as a genius
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Silly judge
Hasn't he ever heard of the widely deployed "Cone of Silence"? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cone_of_Silence
Why would the office freeze or be concerned if he has nothing to hide?
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#wholesalecopyrightinfringementiseverywhere
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Divide by zero error
W. T. F.
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And according to you, that still applies even if the percentage is zero. "Zero percent of the site was used for wholesale copyright infringement so the seizure was A-OK!"
You know, I try to be above the ad-homs, but you are so STUPID that just reading what you write is making me feel stupid, so please, for the sake of us all, just stop.
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And the TSA asks Congress
I'm guessing a sternly worded letter may be in order here.
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