So far, as of this writing (typing?), this particular episode of the podcast has not yet shown up on Apple Podcasts, and I'm a subscriber. Do you know what the issue could be?
I was going to make a comment as to how Netflix turned heel when they became a member of the MPAA (now MPA), but Netflix's war on VPNs dates to 2016 and they became a member of the MPA in 2019, so I guess you can say that Netflix was heading in that direction even at that time.
Your post is one of the rare flagged comments which I think don't deserve the flagging. However, since your comment basically dared people to flag it, wish granted?
We all know Masnick's Impossibility Theorem. However, I would also say that Copyright at scale (especially on YouTube) is also impossible to determine. The US court system isn't large enough to deal with the inundation of media being uploaded, and considering that since the Berne Convention, everything (now since 1926, or 1978 when the US started to have an "opt-out" copyright system) is copyrighted once it's fixed in a tangible form, these big tech companies take the route of least resistance (which is still a fuckload of resistance!) and try to license everything. Fair use is just extremely subjective, and trying to apply it to the billions and billions of videos uploaded to youtube would take forever, so Google doesn't do it until they get a high-profile dispute.
Full Disclosure: _I make music which gets licensed to YouTube via their ContentID system, so I benefit from ContentID. That being said, I license my music with an Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons license, so I wouldn't object if any other service used my music (as long as it was not for commercial purposes).
Here's the difference though: CSAM is banned by the government. Expressing Your Nazi opinions are not, though I can kick you out of my house if you were to express them there.
The pirate bay (and other piracy web sites) still exist, yet section 230 exempts IP law from its protections. If you're mad about something that's already illegal, don't blame section 230 for protecting it when it clearly isn't doing it.
Koby, I'm surprised, but a little impressed, that you are now saying that Critical Race Theory is the strongest theory out there. Wasn't expecting that from you.
You could just call the sport "Association Football", which is a neutral term. The "Soc-" in "Soccer" comes from the "soc" in "asSOCiation football", after all.
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Technical difficulties with Apple Podcasts
So far, as of this writing (typing?), this particular episode of the podcast has not yet shown up on Apple Podcasts, and I'm a subscriber. Do you know what the issue could be?
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It's the same as the regional lockouts in the DVD era: whether copyright is the tool is irrelevant; it's about control.
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In the US, at least, that's legal, or at least according to Kirtsaeng v. Wiley & Sons.
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This just means…
I was going to make a comment as to how Netflix turned heel when they became a member of the MPAA (now MPA), but Netflix's war on VPNs dates to 2016 and they became a member of the MPA in 2019, so I guess you can say that Netflix was heading in that direction even at that time.
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Re: Re: One Size Doesn't Fit All
Your post is one of the rare flagged comments which I think don't deserve the flagging. However, since your comment basically dared people to flag it, wish granted?
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Re: Diebold, anyone?
Not to mention that Kerry didn't have his followers sack the capitol like on January 6.
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Re: Re: Grammatically correct headline ...
Both the actual headline and your headline are acceptable (that is, commonly used by native speakers) in English. That being said, I prefer yours.
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which is why we have to keep the Internet Archive alive in case of link rot!
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If they both legit changed their name to MAFIAA, that would be the most honest thing they had ever done.
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You sound just like Scary Devil Monastery (not saying that's a bad thing, mind you).
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Just so you know, the MPAA is now called the MPA, and have been since October 2019: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Motion_Picture_Association
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Fair Use at scale is impossible to do well
We all know Masnick's Impossibility Theorem. However, I would also say that Copyright at scale (especially on YouTube) is also impossible to determine. The US court system isn't large enough to deal with the inundation of media being uploaded, and considering that since the Berne Convention, everything (now since 1926, or 1978 when the US started to have an "opt-out" copyright system) is copyrighted once it's fixed in a tangible form, these big tech companies take the route of least resistance (which is still a fuckload of resistance!) and try to license everything. Fair use is just extremely subjective, and trying to apply it to the billions and billions of videos uploaded to youtube would take forever, so Google doesn't do it until they get a high-profile dispute.
Full Disclosure: _I make music which gets licensed to YouTube via their ContentID system, so I benefit from ContentID. That being said, I license my music with an Attribution-Noncommercial Creative Commons license, so I wouldn't object if any other service used my music (as long as it was not for commercial purposes).
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Re: Additional Appreciation
Here's the difference though: CSAM is banned by the government. Expressing Your Nazi opinions are not, though I can kick you out of my house if you were to express them there.
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The pirate bay (and other piracy web sites) still exist, yet section 230 exempts IP law from its protections. If you're mad about something that's already illegal, don't blame section 230 for protecting it when it clearly isn't doing it.
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Re: Re: Stop Defining, Start Announcing
Allow me to respond with this GIF: https://64.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_maqbsdTBgi1qf2ulmo1_500.gifv
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Suggestion
You could just call the sport "Association Football", which is a neutral term. The "Soc-" in "Soccer" comes from the "soc" in "asSOCiation football", after all.
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Re: Re: Jinx
No worries! Sane minds think alike!
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Re: Stop Defining, Start Announcing
Once again, Koby claims that NAMBLA and ISIS have the strongest opinions.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: copyright to the GREAT RESET!
fucking what?
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Re: The party of 'personal responsibility' indeed
It's really telling that to one of the major political parties in the US, not receiving special treatment is tantamount to oppression.
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