"In fact, it would seem that having lawyers send out silly takedown notices like this does more harm to his reputation than the photo in question."
Agreed. Before I read this "story" I had no opinion of Jake Gyllenhaal. (Mostly because I had never heard of him before.) Now that I have read this "story" I'm convinced he's a whiny douche-bag. In my subjective and utterly uninformed opinion, of course.
No. But they do make me think of over-priced audio and video cables. I think Monster Cable should sue for trademark infringement and trademark dilution. Plus unfair competition. Because we all know the capitalism has to be fair.
"Another 'Exception'? Jonathan Coulton Making Half A Million A Year With No Record Label"
And even if he had a label, he'd would be in debt to that label for millions and he'd make nothing a year. Anything his music earned would go to the middlemen.
And that's what they're scared about. No one is seriously asking how musicians will earn money via the internet. They're asking how middlemen will continue milking money from musicians while the internet is still around.
The RIAA will win this argument. As I've explained before, when the copyright industry is faced with competition, it sues. If it loses, it goes to Congress to have new laws passed. If that fails it goes to state legislatures to have new laws passed. If that fails, it has treaties enacted forcing Congress to have new laws passed. Then it will sue and win.
It's only a matter of time before we have to pay licenses to listen to the music we've already bought. What?! You think the music you stream over speaker wires and earbuds is free?!
This happens all the time. Does anyone else remember when Real Audio was the only way to get video and audio online? Eventually it started abusing its "monopoly" position and turning people off by releasing buggy and invasive software.
People were so turned off by Real that when Flash video and audio became available, people flocked to it. And soon people will dump Flash for HTML5.
Adobe is simply looking way too short term. People who do a craft genuinely love buying new tools. But when you make that process draconian, people will gladly start looking for alternatives. If Adobe continues with this course of action, they won't be viable much longer.
"Why Is The Obama Administration Putting Billions Of People At Risk With Patent Pressure From The USTR?"
The simple answer is profits.
The complex answer is as follows.... Imagine if we allowed developing countries to have different pharmaceutical patent laws. If we did, pharmaceuticals would cost less in developing countries. Much less. Drastically less.
People in developed countries would take notice. People would ask,
Why do we pay so damn much for our pharmaceuticals? Heck, this pill only costs three cents in India.
Those people would start complaining to their elected officials to do "something" about the scandalous high prices of pharmaceuticals.
Those elected officials do not want such complaints because they do not want to take any action on the pharmaceutical gravy train. Heck, their campaigns are paid for in part by the pharmaceutical gravy train.
When fast food restaurants first came out, did the formal dining restaurants get together and whine about competition? I mean, who'd pay for an expensive fancy meal if you can get a burger for under a buck?
From what I've heard Weird Al wants permission, and cuts them in on half of the profits, because he does not want an adversarial relationship with a bunch of musicians.
Obviously Lady Gaga would prefer an adversarial relationship.
My guess is that some patent troll has a business method patent covering the opening of satellite offices to better meet the needs of customers. The Patent Office doesn't want anyone to know what they're doing so that troll doesn't sue them.
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But when the copyright industry does it, no one thinks twice. Well, we do. But the vast majority of people see no problem with it.
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We're a nation of laws. Secret laws.
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Agreed. Before I read this "story" I had no opinion of Jake Gyllenhaal. (Mostly because I had never heard of him before.) Now that I have read this "story" I'm convinced he's a whiny douche-bag. In my subjective and utterly uninformed opinion, of course.
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No. But they do make me think of over-priced audio and video cables. I think Monster Cable should sue for trademark infringement and trademark dilution. Plus unfair competition. Because we all know the capitalism has to be fair.
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On the post: Another 'Exception'? Jonathan Coulton Making Half A Million A Year With No Record Label
And even if he had a label, he'd would be in debt to that label for millions and he'd make nothing a year. Anything his music earned would go to the middlemen.
And that's what they're scared about. No one is seriously asking how musicians will earn money via the internet. They're asking how middlemen will continue milking money from musicians while the internet is still around.
On the post: BMI Says A Single Person Listening To His Own Music Via The Cloud Is A Public Performance
It's only a matter of time before we have to pay licenses to listen to the music we've already bought. What?! You think the music you stream over speaker wires and earbuds is free?!
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If Microsoft buys Skype, it'll run on Windows (who uses that anymore?!), the Xbox, and whatever crap phone they're trying to sell.
It'll be non-existent in five years or less.
On the post: How Adobe Drives Infringement Of Its Products Through Incompatibility
People were so turned off by Real that when Flash video and audio became available, people flocked to it. And soon people will dump Flash for HTML5.
Adobe is simply looking way too short term. People who do a craft genuinely love buying new tools. But when you make that process draconian, people will gladly start looking for alternatives. If Adobe continues with this course of action, they won't be viable much longer.
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On the post: Why Is The Obama Administration Putting Billions Of People At Risk With Patent Pressure From The USTR?
The simple answer is profits.
The complex answer is as follows.... Imagine if we allowed developing countries to have different pharmaceutical patent laws. If we did, pharmaceuticals would cost less in developing countries. Much less. Drastically less.
People in developed countries would take notice. People would ask,
Those people would start complaining to their elected officials to do "something" about the scandalous high prices of pharmaceuticals.
Those elected officials do not want such complaints because they do not want to take any action on the pharmaceutical gravy train. Heck, their campaigns are paid for in part by the pharmaceutical gravy train.
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Obviously Lady Gaga would prefer an adversarial relationship.
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Oh, Godwin's law as been fulfilled. I'm outtahere...
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What about external hard drives and thumb drives? You can certainly share such drives with friends. And if it was on a network, it again could shared.
Should WD obtain licenses or should hard drives be locked down with DRM so only one person can access it?
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