Last I saw, Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr, and thousands of other websites were rife with infringing content. I guess we should take them all down for conspiracy to defraud.
Unless the only infringement that really matters is movies and music.
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For starters, the film is made by the Weinstein Company, which is not a member of the MPAA. It's an independent film, not a Hollywood film. They probably aren't wasting any money fighting piracy.
And the film is being distributed (limited) on 70mm film, which is very expensive to produce and ship, so probably ten times as much or more will be spent there.
And Tarantino is probably making more than $10 million, but his name alone on a film will earn ten times that.
And do you seriously think the movie's being promoted by having relatives put up fliers?
That is the ultimate goal, but we're a long long way from that point, and when we do get to that point, it's likely that all the vehicles on the road will be automated and communicating with each other so if there is a malfunction, other vehicles can avoid it.
In the near future, you'll be sitting at the wheel ready to take over.
There's two types of Google cars. The ones you are talking about that are more for demonstration than actual road usage - that are limited to 25 mph because they aren't real cars.
And then there are the real cars that are navigated by software but still require a human driver. They are not restricted to pre-mapped roadways. Most car manufacturers are currently working on these types of cars.
The machines don't have to be perfect. They just have to be better than humans. Of course there will still be accidents. The goal is fewer accidents, and less fatal accidents.
When the Google car can't determine what to do, it hands things over to a human driver.
Then the programmers go in and study the situation and program a way so that it doesn't happen again - if that's possible. This is how they've been developing the car for the last 10 years - trial and error. From what I've seen, Google cars can do fine with most of the situations you've described.
Once upon a time the idea of a couple hundred channels all showing content 24 hours a day was an incredibly valuable idea.
Today the idea of watching exactly what you want when you want as often as you want is a more valuable idea. The only roadblock today is the "what you want" part.
You can't copy a performance, but you can copy the words underly a performance. The script you're performing from is tangible - that's why you have to get rights to perform a play, or why I can't just buy a movie script and perform it live without permission. You need a license to perform written works that are meant to be performed, like songs and plays, but you're free to copy non-tangible things like choreography.
Performing a script is the same as publishing it, and you don't have to publish a copy for it to be infringing - that just makes it easier for the copyright holder to know you've infringed.
Probably because every one of them has stuck something in that bill they want to get passed. They don't care about the rest of it - they just want to make sure their donor's wishes to become law so they can get money for their next campaign. They aren't politicians. They're professional fundraisers.
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Unless the only infringement that really matters is movies and music.
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And the film is being distributed (limited) on 70mm film, which is very expensive to produce and ship, so probably ten times as much or more will be spent there.
And Tarantino is probably making more than $10 million, but his name alone on a film will earn ten times that.
And do you seriously think the movie's being promoted by having relatives put up fliers?
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In the near future, you'll be sitting at the wheel ready to take over.
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And then there are the real cars that are navigated by software but still require a human driver. They are not restricted to pre-mapped roadways. Most car manufacturers are currently working on these types of cars.
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When the Google car can't determine what to do, it hands things over to a human driver.
Then the programmers go in and study the situation and program a way so that it doesn't happen again - if that's possible. This is how they've been developing the car for the last 10 years - trial and error. From what I've seen, Google cars can do fine with most of the situations you've described.
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Today the idea of watching exactly what you want when you want as often as you want is a more valuable idea. The only roadblock today is the "what you want" part.
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