Since when did fair use have ANYTHING to do with Righthaven? Whether they believe in it or not (or, apparently, know what it's about) isn't really relevant -- the fact is, they are suing random people for things that are almost certainly fair use, and they do it as a profiteering scheme and nothing more.
You are asking us to prove that Sherman does NOT believe in fair use. You are asking us to prove a negative. How about you show us some evidence that he does.
As for attributing Righthaven's actions to this guy: he put in capital when he was running LVRJ, and now he evangelises it on his blog all the time, even after he lost his job at LVRJ. Sounds to me like he's one fervent supporter. Whether he personally controls RH or not is irrelevant -- he supports their actions.
"Nintendo DS piracy is a massive issue and its trivial to do. Several publishers are scaling back their commitment to the platform or abandoning it altogether as a result. Admittedly, there are a LOT of bad games on the DS that wouldn't sell anyway but piracy is out of control."
Can you really blame the market for changing, instead of the publishers who are running away from adapting to that changed market? If they can't monetise games by "selling a bunch of bits", and they can't turn back time with DRM, then they have to sell something else that people actually want to buy.
"I love how you always feel that if companies just engaged fans more, that piracy would somehow magically vanish."
Shows how much you've been paying attention. It's actually "CwF + RtB = PROFIT".
"altering Nintendo DS ROMs isn't quite as easy as hacking a PC EXE file and it will likely take a while before this is figured out."
Not my area of interest by any means, but the NDS can be emulated more or less completely, making code a lot easier to trace. Also, the DS probably doesn't have the memory or CPU power to decrypt an encrypted executable like a lot of PC DRM does, and it's impossible to install any stupid DRM services on the system...
I don't see how that quote shows he doesn't understand distributed systems and can't grasp the impossibility of shutting down Wikileaks. It may be that he does fully understand both those things, but doesn't want the average, ignorant citizen understanding as well.
If he manages to spread FUD about Wikileaks giving you viruses and convinces a lot of people that that's how they CAN beat Wikileaks, he's scored a victory in misinformation.
Of course. Consider that if they really are listening to what their adult citizens have to say, then the answer to my initial question is Yes. Otherwise, the cynic in me goes straight to the lobbyist explanation.
Maybe it's just the retarded politicians' kids growing up...
"Julian Assange seems to have decided that he is the ultimate arbiter of the those decisions."
He would be powerless without the support of the public! Cablegate is happening not because Assange decided to do it, but because people want it to happen -- if it weren't Assange doing it, someone else would have stepped up to the mark sooner or later.
"Now, as to whether PayPal, Amazon, or any other corporation, should respond to the pressure of governments or boycotts; the answer is not as easy as it might sound."
Perhaps, but that's part of what all this is about: this is to show that the government has no qualms about crapping all over the first amendment. It does that not by direct censorship (which is unconstitutional), but by pressuring private infrastructure providers to refuse service (no problemo).
"let's start applying a label to Julian Assange that fits, the new 007 super-villan."
Ah, gotta love the propaganda. Negative connotations FTW.
Instead of resorting to childish labels like "pirates" and "supervillains", how about we be reasonable instead? He's taking on the government of a superpower, who wouldn't think twice about calling him a terrurhist and putting a bullet through his head. If I were in his position, I wouldn't hesitate to do the exact same thing. Plus, he's not threatening to blow anyone up, so the supervillain label is undeserved -- Bush and Osama were definitely 007 supervillains, though!
Does this mean they'll also be backing away from their internet censorship plans? Or, is this just the result of pressure from the video game industry lobby and won't have a bearing on the rest of their stupid agenda?
In case anyone has missed it, Assange is not accused of rape. He's accused of some obscure Swedish thing called "sex by surprise" (unprotected sex is illegal, apparently) which carries a paltry €750 fine. Really, they are just making something up to make everyone think he's a rapist, and to have him arrested so they can have him deported to the US for "further processing".
The Guardian doesn't even mince words on this point.
"Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, dropped the site from its servers on Thursday after being contacted by staff of Joe Lieberman, chairman of the US Senate's homeland security committee."
Wait... who is bullying whom exactly? What we have here is a tiny independent organisation vs. the corrupt government of a superpower. It's David vs. Goliath, and I find myself firmly on the side of the small guy taking a stand for himself.
You can and you should. That's what it takes to make a company behave better.
However, in this case they are more afraid of the big bad government making their lives miserable rather than individual consumers making a stink about their lack of backbone.
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You are asking us to prove that Sherman does NOT believe in fair use. You are asking us to prove a negative. How about you show us some evidence that he does.
As for attributing Righthaven's actions to this guy: he put in capital when he was running LVRJ, and now he evangelises it on his blog all the time, even after he lost his job at LVRJ. Sounds to me like he's one fervent supporter. Whether he personally controls RH or not is irrelevant -- he supports their actions.
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Can you really blame the market for changing, instead of the publishers who are running away from adapting to that changed market? If they can't monetise games by "selling a bunch of bits", and they can't turn back time with DRM, then they have to sell something else that people actually want to buy.
"I love how you always feel that if companies just engaged fans more, that piracy would somehow magically vanish."
Shows how much you've been paying attention. It's actually "CwF + RtB = PROFIT".
"altering Nintendo DS ROMs isn't quite as easy as hacking a PC EXE file and it will likely take a while before this is figured out."
Not my area of interest by any means, but the NDS can be emulated more or less completely, making code a lot easier to trace. Also, the DS probably doesn't have the memory or CPU power to decrypt an encrypted executable like a lot of PC DRM does, and it's impossible to install any stupid DRM services on the system...
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If he manages to spread FUD about Wikileaks giving you viruses and convinces a lot of people that that's how they CAN beat Wikileaks, he's scored a victory in misinformation.
After all, misinformation wants to be free.
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Also, there are rumours that Assange's arrest is imminent, but who knows?
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Maybe it's just the retarded politicians' kids growing up...
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He would be powerless without the support of the public! Cablegate is happening not because Assange decided to do it, but because people want it to happen -- if it weren't Assange doing it, someone else would have stepped up to the mark sooner or later.
"Now, as to whether PayPal, Amazon, or any other corporation, should respond to the pressure of governments or boycotts; the answer is not as easy as it might sound."
Perhaps, but that's part of what all this is about: this is to show that the government has no qualms about crapping all over the first amendment. It does that not by direct censorship (which is unconstitutional), but by pressuring private infrastructure providers to refuse service (no problemo).
"let's start applying a label to Julian Assange that fits, the new 007 super-villan."
Ah, gotta love the propaganda. Negative connotations FTW.
Instead of resorting to childish labels like "pirates" and "supervillains", how about we be reasonable instead? He's taking on the government of a superpower, who wouldn't think twice about calling him a terrurhist and putting a bullet through his head. If I were in his position, I wouldn't hesitate to do the exact same thing. Plus, he's not threatening to blow anyone up, so the supervillain label is undeserved -- Bush and Osama were definitely 007 supervillains, though!
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http://anonops.net/
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Incidentally, after the news came out, Paypal was hit by a DDoS attack!
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http://www.fastcompany.com/1707146/wikileaks-assange-wanted-for-sex-by-surprise-but-the-internet -thinks-hes-a-rapist
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"Amazon, the world's largest online retailer, dropped the site from its servers on Thursday after being contacted by staff of Joe Lieberman, chairman of the US Senate's homeland security committee."
http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2010/dec/04/wikileaks-site-swiss-host-switch
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However, in this case they are more afraid of the big bad government making their lives miserable rather than individual consumers making a stink about their lack of backbone.
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