Not really the entirety of the State of California; just his district. Every congressional district in California that is not Devin Nunes' is off the hook.
Now we know the answer to "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", which is "Iudices custodient ipsos custodes." ("Judges will guard the guards themselves"/"Judges watch the watchmen.")
Why do Americans think in terms of competition to solve natural monopoly problems, while most of the rest of the world have implemented effective regulation?
Hard to make effective regulation when the regulators are captured by those who are being regulated. Case in point: Ajit Pai.
Remember the dictum said about lies spreading far quicker than the truth:
"A lie travels halfway around the world while the truth debunking it is just getting its shoes tied."
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Copyright avoids "cultural rent-seeking" by insisting that there must be some "copyrighted work" which embodies that invested money amount. I.e. the effort and money needs to be spent to make the statue more popular, your restaurant visits and booze might not be making the copyrighted work more popular(because it makes booze more popular), so they are not protected. Basically
Consider that these statues are public domain:
-The Statue of Liberty
-Michelangelo's David
-Manneken Pis
They also draw tourists, but anybody can make a replica. Why do they draw tourists despite replicas being legal? BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL!!! Jesus, you're dense.
Where are the bipartisan politicians who are outraged about the cable monopolies instead of just "big tech"? Something tells me the answers could be found in the politicians' pockets…
Re: Re: Re: There is actual case around this topics...
Large chunk of copyrighted works on the planet are never getting their invested money back, and still those works have valid copyright claims available, so receiving money from customers isn't significant or important issue.
It's like how conservatives repeat Reagan's mantra that the scariest nine words are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." and then they put it into action as a self-fulfilling prophecy by being intentionally bad at governing.
The difference between "Moderation" and "Censorship" is that:
-"Moderation" is "You can't do that here." Whereas,
-"Censorship" is "You can't do that anywhere."
Considering that it's likely FOSTA and SESTA is creating such a chilling effect, I think what OnlyFans is doing is more along the lines of "Censorship". What says Stephen T. Stone?
It's quite simple in reality - the movie/TV industry has not yet caught up to the rest of the world and depend on artificial regions to make their money. They make a lot of their revenue by selling rights to different people in different places, which means that if you watch the show in the "wrong" region, then the "wrong" person gets the money. Netflix don't generally have this problem with their own content as they distribute globally, it's usually down to 3rd party content.
It's also more complicated than that: There are local regulations that prohibit certain content from airing. For instance, Full Metal Jacket couldn't be shown in Vietnam, and the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead couldn't be shown in Germany. (Then again you said "Third Party Content", so I guess we agree on this point).
Also, when Netflix was the home for the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000, it was only shown in countries where English is a de facto or de jure official language, so countries that speak English excellently but otherwise speak it as a secondary language (such as the Netherlands) were left out in the cold. That being said, the Netflix seasons are released DRM-free on other places such as Vimeo and Rifftrax, so I guess a legal loophole is available there without resorting to piracy.
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Re: I assume Nunes' Cow is now a legendary status troll.
To be extra trollish, make it out of gold.
(Yes, I realize it's blasphemous).
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Re: Re:
Mad Magazine suggested arguing with bigots was impossible in the 1970's.
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Re: Maybe that's the point?
So you think Sony is aware of the Streisand effect and is using the DMCA hammer to make it happen?
It's possible, but Hollywood studios haven't earned the benefit of the doubt.
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In other news…
water is wet, the pope is catholic, and Koby is a disingenuous troll.
This should have been blatantly obvious to anyone who was paying even the slightest modicum of attention. Glad it's being confirmed.
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Re:
Not really the entirety of the State of California; just his district. Every congressional district in California that is not Devin Nunes' is off the hook.
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Answer to "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?"
Now we know the answer to "Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?", which is "Iudices custodient ipsos custodes." ("Judges will guard the guards themselves"/"Judges watch the watchmen.")
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Re:
Hard to make effective regulation when the regulators are captured by those who are being regulated. Case in point: Ajit Pai.
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Re: Lies
Remember the dictum said about lies spreading far quicker than the truth:
"A lie travels halfway around the world while the truth debunking it is just getting its shoes tied."
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: There is actual case around this top
Consider that these statues are public domain:
-The Statue of Liberty
-Michelangelo's David
-Manneken Pis
They also draw tourists, but anybody can make a replica. Why do they draw tourists despite replicas being legal? BECAUSE PEOPLE WANT TO SEE THE ORIGINAL!!! Jesus, you're dense.
On the post: Cable's US Broadband Monopoly Continues To Grow
Where's the outrage?
Where are the bipartisan politicians who are outraged about the cable monopolies instead of just "big tech"? Something tells me the answers could be found in the politicians' pockets…
On the post: Edvard Eriksen Estate Goes After Another Danish City For Having A Mermaid Statue
Re: Re: Re: There is actual case around this topics...
Finally, you said something intelligent! Nice to know that you acknowledge that your works have valid © claims but are never going to make their money back…
Copyright didn't save the RIAA and MPAA from file sharing. What saved them were new business models that helped them adapt to the internet. (To be fair, some of my works are copyrighted with an attribution-noncommercial creative commons license but if people reject my work it's because they didn't like it or I wasn't good enough, not because my work lacked © protection.)
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Re:
It's like how conservatives repeat Reagan's mantra that the scariest nine words are "I'm from the government and I'm here to help." and then they put it into action as a self-fulfilling prophecy by being intentionally bad at governing.
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#2 most insightful again!
It feels great being #2 most insightful commenter at techdirt. Thanks for all the votes, fellow techdirtians!
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Re: Re: Considering what Stephen T. Stone said…
That's a fair argument.
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Re: Re: Re: Term of copyright
I am in total agreement.
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Re: Term of copyright
If Edvard Eriksen died in 1959, and the Danish terms of copyright are life+70, then the statue's © should enter the public domain in 2030, not 2029. I know this for a fact because F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby was copyrighted in 1925 for 95 years and it expired on New Year's Day at the beginning of this year, which means that the F. Scott Fitzgerald estate enjoyed the final year of © before the rest of us Americans could enjoy it (Fitzegerald died in 1940, so it was available free of copyright in most of the rest of the world since 2011).
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Considering what Stephen T. Stone said…
The difference between "Moderation" and "Censorship" is that:
-"Moderation" is "You can't do that here." Whereas,
-"Censorship" is "You can't do that anywhere."
Considering that it's likely FOSTA and SESTA is creating such a chilling effect, I think what OnlyFans is doing is more along the lines of "Censorship". What says Stephen T. Stone?
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Re: Re: no solution even hinted
I guess these are also simple, according to your logic:
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Re: Re: Re: Re:
It's also more complicated than that: There are local regulations that prohibit certain content from airing. For instance, Full Metal Jacket couldn't be shown in Vietnam, and the 1990 remake of Night of the Living Dead couldn't be shown in Germany. (Then again you said "Third Party Content", so I guess we agree on this point).
Also, when Netflix was the home for the revival of Mystery Science Theater 3000, it was only shown in countries where English is a de facto or de jure official language, so countries that speak English excellently but otherwise speak it as a secondary language (such as the Netherlands) were left out in the cold. That being said, the Netflix seasons are released DRM-free on other places such as Vimeo and Rifftrax, so I guess a legal loophole is available there without resorting to piracy.
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Re: Technical difficulties with Apple Podcasts
okay, it's downloading now. Thanks!
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