"The Administration supports improved transparency in intellectual property enforcement policy-making and international negotiations."
Since when? When will this kick in? After ACTA is already passed?
The Administration keeps giving lip service to improving transparency but when it comes to actually providing it, it never really happens. Transparency for thee, but not for me, right Mr. President?
I'll believe in their transparency when I can "see" it.
"no, they are informing google of a legal ruling (in case they didnt know), which puts them on notice under dmca. pretty much leaves google with few choices that arent going to be expensive."
Don't you ever get tired of being a mindless contrarian shill who's always wrong?
As someone pointed out below, they sent a blanket takedown of the entire TPB site, which includes content IFPI doesn't hold rights to. Which makes this a bogus takedown notice which leaves Google with the choice of ignoring it as such.
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"I don't really trust our government with nuclear weapons ... but I'm not excited by the idea of a Tea Party wacko wandering down to the local Walmart and buying an atomic bomb."
As long as we all have one then the threat of mutually assured destruction would hopefully act as a deterant. The group that seems immune to that threat is radical Muslims. The Tea Party wacko doesn't want to die any more than you do. Al Queda? They're more than happy to throw their lives away.
And for those who think only the police and military should have guns, how much do you trust the government?
But back on topic, hopefully when this decision is appealed the next ruling might actually take the First Amendment at face value and not assume that Congress knows best.
"Sorry, but I honestly find this to be a horrifying idea. Why on Earth would anyone suggest, even in jest, rewarding people for doing something that they should simply be doing anyway as an honest person? Honesty, decency and morality should be their own reward."
Why is it you equate obeying an arbitratily set speed limit with honesty, decency and morality? I consider myself an honest, decent and moral person, but I usually drive between 5 and 10 mph over the posted speed limit. You know why? Because the speed limit A) is set artificially low to encourage speeding so police departments can generate more revenue, and B) has to be applied to everyone from 80 year old geriactrics behind the wheel of a 40 ft motorhome to semi trucks with double tanker trailers.
I'm fully capable of driving at a higher speed than the posted speed limit in a safe manner, and have done so for nearly 20 years. An 80 year old in a motorhome probably isn't. When I'm 80 and behind the wheel of a 900 sq ft behemoth, I'll stay within the speed limit.
So please spare me your moral indignation. If you want to obey the letter of every law, have at it. But don't be so quick to judge those of us who obey the spirit of the law.
Perhaps we should start calling it the "Injustice Dept." from now on.
And Bruce, while I don't think revealing IP addresses is a good idea, I do think it would be nice to be able to tell which AC was which, as long as they still stay anonymous. Maybe color coding?
taking small amounts of an item for free, getting loaned some items, and jumbling those items up and selling the end product, emanate from African-American traditions? and that is not a ridiculously incorrect and borderline racist statement.
That you interpret what Mike said as anything close to being racist shows that you're either way too sensitive, or perhaps, a racist yourself.
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The twins got low grades and were mad so they blamed their teacher instead of blaming their own lack of studying, inability to read the material, poor class attendance or just plain lack of talent for the class's discipline.
That's an interesting statement considering that the independant instructor who reviewed the twins papers gave them a full letter grade higher than the original instructor. So maybe you don't know what you're talking about and the students had a ligitimate arguement. At least that's what I'm taking out of that little fact.
And exactly how are students not customers? Apparently you never taught an Economics class (thank goodness) or else you might know that higher education is an industry that has customers (students). In case you actually care to educate yourself further on what constitutes a business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business
If a student doesn't like the college they attend, they are free to leave and spend their tuition money somewhere else, aren't they? How does that not make them customers? Just because you say so? I realize schools have other means of funding, but without students (customers), they'd be hard pressed to stay in business. Well I'm glad I never had a class with you if that's the way you view your paying customers (students).
"it isnt a question of confusing the couch with the actor, it is a question of confusing the actors involvement or approval of the product."
I could only see that if they called the couch the "Humphrey Bogart." As it is, while not as ubiquitous as Johnson or Williams, there are many people with the last name of Bogart. If the only Bogart most people know is Humphrey, that isn't the manufacturer's problem, and you shouldn't be able to trademark a last name, whether common or not. If they called it "Hughes" instead of "Bogart" would Howard Hughes' estate be able to sue? What if they called it "Nixon?"
It's interesting that the university was more interested in repremanding these students than it was in addressing their complaints. That's been my experience with universities as well; they don't treat students like customers. They forget that the sole reason they exist is because of students and that students often have a choice in where they get their education. Just like any bureacracy though, they're customer service is terrible.
Instead of seeking to punish these students they should have been appologizing for a bad experience, just like a restaurant would (or should) do if they found out there was a Facebook site saying that a particular waiter was bad. A restaurant wouldn't blame the patron for creating the page would they? If they did, much like this university is finding out, the backlash and negative press will negatively impact their "business."
For some reason universities seem to think students have to put up with ill treatment and won't start attending other universities.
Just like any other "security" or "safety" knee jerk measure the government makes, this cyber security bill will take away more of our freedoms, do little to actually protect us, but will act as a pacifier for the uninformed masses.
Don't worry Alan. With your obvious social skills, I'm betting there soon won't be many people in your life to harass you with their boring feelings and banal concerns. Once you're all alone you can concentrate on the really important things in your life.
Re: Public Citizen and the ACLU in one of US Copyright Group's mass copyright infringement lawsuits, one of the points that they raised was that these mass filing strategies always snare a significant number of innocent users -- many of whom still feel th
"( but patent is sick , most agree, me too.)
Why can you not understand that ?"
Maybe becase you have the writting style of a dyslexic baboon.
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You keep using that word. I don't think it means what you think it means.
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Transparency starts when?
Since when? When will this kick in? After ACTA is already passed?
The Administration keeps giving lip service to improving transparency but when it comes to actually providing it, it never really happens. Transparency for thee, but not for me, right Mr. President?
I'll believe in their transparency when I can "see" it.
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Don't you ever get tired of being a mindless contrarian shill who's always wrong?
As someone pointed out below, they sent a blanket takedown of the entire TPB site, which includes content IFPI doesn't hold rights to. Which makes this a bogus takedown notice which leaves Google with the choice of ignoring it as such.
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As long as we all have one then the threat of mutually assured destruction would hopefully act as a deterant. The group that seems immune to that threat is radical Muslims. The Tea Party wacko doesn't want to die any more than you do. Al Queda? They're more than happy to throw their lives away.
And for those who think only the police and military should have guns, how much do you trust the government?
But back on topic, hopefully when this decision is appealed the next ruling might actually take the First Amendment at face value and not assume that Congress knows best.
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Why is it you equate obeying an arbitratily set speed limit with honesty, decency and morality? I consider myself an honest, decent and moral person, but I usually drive between 5 and 10 mph over the posted speed limit. You know why? Because the speed limit A) is set artificially low to encourage speeding so police departments can generate more revenue, and B) has to be applied to everyone from 80 year old geriactrics behind the wheel of a 40 ft motorhome to semi trucks with double tanker trailers.
I'm fully capable of driving at a higher speed than the posted speed limit in a safe manner, and have done so for nearly 20 years. An 80 year old in a motorhome probably isn't. When I'm 80 and behind the wheel of a 900 sq ft behemoth, I'll stay within the speed limit.
So please spare me your moral indignation. If you want to obey the letter of every law, have at it. But don't be so quick to judge those of us who obey the spirit of the law.
Thank you.
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And Bruce, while I don't think revealing IP addresses is a good idea, I do think it would be nice to be able to tell which AC was which, as long as they still stay anonymous. Maybe color coding?
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That you interpret what Mike said as anything close to being racist shows that you're either way too sensitive, or perhaps, a racist yourself.
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Re: Some commenters should have failed out of college...
That's an interesting statement considering that the independant instructor who reviewed the twins papers gave them a full letter grade higher than the original instructor. So maybe you don't know what you're talking about and the students had a ligitimate arguement. At least that's what I'm taking out of that little fact.
And exactly how are students not customers? Apparently you never taught an Economics class (thank goodness) or else you might know that higher education is an industry that has customers (students). In case you actually care to educate yourself further on what constitutes a business: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business
If a student doesn't like the college they attend, they are free to leave and spend their tuition money somewhere else, aren't they? How does that not make them customers? Just because you say so? I realize schools have other means of funding, but without students (customers), they'd be hard pressed to stay in business. Well I'm glad I never had a class with you if that's the way you view your paying customers (students).
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wouldnt it be better to look at the business models and situations before quickly supporting them?
There, FTFY.
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I could only see that if they called the couch the "Humphrey Bogart." As it is, while not as ubiquitous as Johnson or Williams, there are many people with the last name of Bogart. If the only Bogart most people know is Humphrey, that isn't the manufacturer's problem, and you shouldn't be able to trademark a last name, whether common or not. If they called it "Hughes" instead of "Bogart" would Howard Hughes' estate be able to sue? What if they called it "Nixon?"
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On the post: Twins In Legal Fight After Making Disparaging Comments About Professor On Facebook
Instead of seeking to punish these students they should have been appologizing for a bad experience, just like a restaurant would (or should) do if they found out there was a Facebook site saying that a particular waiter was bad. A restaurant wouldn't blame the patron for creating the page would they? If they did, much like this university is finding out, the backlash and negative press will negatively impact their "business."
For some reason universities seem to think students have to put up with ill treatment and won't start attending other universities.
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Oooooh, new comment buttons!
I wish Mike had added a TAM button too...
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That made me snicker.
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Re: Public Citizen and the ACLU in one of US Copyright Group's mass copyright infringement lawsuits, one of the points that they raised was that these mass filing strategies always snare a significant number of innocent users -- many of whom still feel th
Why can you not understand that ?"
Maybe becase you have the writting style of a dyslexic baboon.
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