TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 26 Jun 2019 @ 9:46am
Why would they?
These funds had nothing to do with a sale, or performance, or other licensing of an artists work, therefore they are owed nothing.
The bigger problem for them is that there are no more masters for them to up-scale, re-mix, or otherwise tweak into new copywrong-extending "Limited Issues".
They will soon attempt to sue the world under ISDS for the TRILLIONS in "Lost Sales and Profits" from that loss.
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 17 Jun 2019 @ 12:07pm
Be more concerned...
... about shot #2. What if they go full-on ISDS for their "expected profits". We did put ISDS in the last "trade agreement" for "IP protection" - right?
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 12 Jun 2019 @ 9:36am
Dear NMA
Prior to the advent of newspapers, there was a large contingent of workers in the Town Criers union. These workers were displaced by your organization. Please provide us a full accounting of how your organization supported these workers as their jobs were eliminated by your new technology.
We will base our payments for our new technology to you on said record.
"Big Tech"
p.s. - you do realize that "Big Tech" invented the very presses that enabled your newspapers to be printed? and the machines to do your accounting? and the machines to set type? and the technology for your readers to directly connect to you? and the technology for you to monetize that?
It isn't "theft" when it is government sanctioned. Like robbery at badgepoint, below-the-line fees, user and usage taxes....home destruction fees...hospital bills for invasive searches...
Project Gutenberg - public domain books that are NOT covered by Copyright and owned by one of our paymasters? Free books terrorize our paymasters, so it qualifies.
15 Million other texts that are not under "control"... again, terrorizing our paymasters. Out they go!
Prelinger archive of FREELY available movies? one more time, with feeling - that terrorizes our paymasters.
Grateful Dead? Obviously those infringe our paymasters copyrights, so take them down too.
CSPAN? Don't know about the rest of you, but what our congress does frequently scares the hell out of me - so OK.
The publishers right to broadcast an ad, or the users right to ignore them?
I (and many of us) are totally sick of ads 247. Particularly on "news" sites that have a forced-play 1 minute ad between each of their 15 second news clips. And many times it is the same damn ad. that* really makes me want to visit their site more often. (/s for the humor impaired)
Until they can "close the loop" and stop showing ads after a purchase has been made - they are wasting every cent of advertising money showing those ads.
And with so many stories of malware laden ads, why the hell would I want them on my screen?
Clean up that part, close the loop, and maybe I'll stop blocking. And if you want to force me to watch ads between every news story - well guess what- one of your competitors will have the story without your ads.
The fact that more is being spent per household does NOT mean that more content is being consumed; it only means that the cost is going up - usually for LESS content per dollar spent. As such, the industry itself may not be making nearly as much money as the delivery men are charging so much more...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 26 Mar 2019 @ 9:17am
Need the companies to start NOW
Jump on it right away - remove ALL snippets from news links - just link all EU news sites in alphabetic order with a link to the root of their site - never to an article (after all, the title would cause the fee to be applied!); block all uploads from EU; block all comments - actually, comment forms should be replaced by something like
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 25 Feb 2019 @ 11:25am
Re: In other news
Way too close and direct - more like suing the company that made the dump truck that hauled the asphalt to the paving machine that laid the roadway that the Ford was speeding on...
TheResidentSkeptic (profile), 13 Feb 2019 @ 6:55am
Expected Response
So if the US bans equipment from ONE company in China; and China responds with a ban on equipment from ALL US companies... and gets other countries to do the same...
On the post: Universal Music Cashed In On Insurance After It Let Thousands Of Master Recordings Burn... And Didn't Give Any To Artists
Why would they?
These funds had nothing to do with a sale, or performance, or other licensing of an artists work, therefore they are owed nothing.
The bigger problem for them is that there are no more masters for them to up-scale, re-mix, or otherwise tweak into new copywrong-extending "Limited Issues".
They will soon attempt to sue the world under ISDS for the TRILLIONS in "Lost Sales and Profits" from that loss.
Let the whining commence...
/sarc (I think...)
On the post: Australia Says Media Companies Can Be Sued Over User Comments On Facebook
More proof
we need a "technology literacy certification" before judges should be allowed to rule on anything involving technology.
Since "common sense" doesn't seem to be required...
On the post: Huawei Now Using Patent Claims To Demand $1 Billion From Verizon, As The US Tries To Chase Huawei Out Of The US Market
Be more concerned...
... about shot #2. What if they go full-on ISDS for their "expected profits". We did put ISDS in the last "trade agreement" for "IP protection" - right?
On the post: NY Times Publishes Laughable Propaganda To Argue Google Owes Newspapers Like Itself Free Money
Dear NMA
Prior to the advent of newspapers, there was a large contingent of workers in the Town Criers union. These workers were displaced by your organization. Please provide us a full accounting of how your organization supported these workers as their jobs were eliminated by your new technology.
We will base our payments for our new technology to you on said record.
"Big Tech"
p.s. - you do realize that "Big Tech" invented the very presses that enabled your newspapers to be printed? and the machines to do your accounting? and the machines to set type? and the technology for your readers to directly connect to you? and the technology for you to monetize that?
On the post: CBP, ICE Have No Idea If Their Thousands Of Warrantless Device Searches Are Actually Making The Country Safer
So who is providing the data to ICE?
Who is giving them info on the travelers for excuses a through e????
Does everyone under suspicion by every agency get reported to ICE in case they travel so ICE/CBP can do the searches for them?
Or can they just tell by looking?
On the post: ICE, CBP Want To Sit With The Adults, Angling For Entrance Into The Intelligence Community
I welcome them to the Intelligence Community table...
... the instant they demonstrate "intelligence" or even "common sense" in doing their job.
On the post: Legacy Music Industry Shouldn't Get To Watch Over The Royalties Of Independent Songwriters
Re:
It isn't "theft" when it is government sanctioned. Like robbery at badgepoint, below-the-line fees, user and usage taxes....home destruction fees...hospital bills for invasive searches...
On the post: Nancy Pelosi Joins Ted Cruz And Louis Gohmert In Attacking CDA 230
With threads like this...
...I don't need to watch comedy central anymore.
On the post: EU Tells Internet Archive That Much Of Its Site Is 'Terrorist Content'
Let's take these one at a time.
Project Gutenberg - public domain books that are NOT covered by Copyright and owned by one of our paymasters? Free books terrorize our paymasters, so it qualifies.
15 Million other texts that are not under "control"... again, terrorizing our paymasters. Out they go!
Prelinger archive of FREELY available movies? one more time, with feeling - that terrorizes our paymasters.
Grateful Dead? Obviously those infringe our paymasters copyrights, so take them down too.
CSPAN? Don't know about the rest of you, but what our congress does frequently scares the hell out of me - so OK.
All good to me.
On the post: German Publishing Giant Claims Blocking Ads Is Copyright Infringement, In Yet Another Lawsuit Against The Industry Leader
Who has the most rights here?
The publishers right to broadcast an ad, or the users right to ignore them?
I (and many of us) are totally sick of ads 247. Particularly on "news" sites that have a forced-play 1 minute ad between each of their 15 second news clips. And many times it is the same damn ad. that* really makes me want to visit their site more often. (/s for the humor impaired)
Until they can "close the loop" and stop showing ads after a purchase has been made - they are wasting every cent of advertising money showing those ads.
And with so many stories of malware laden ads, why the hell would I want them on my screen?
Clean up that part, close the loop, and maybe I'll stop blocking. And if you want to force me to watch ads between every news story - well guess what- one of your competitors will have the story without your ads.
On the post: The Sky Is Rising: The Entertainment Industry Is Thriving, Almost Entirely Because Of The Internet
You missed an important point here...
The fact that more is being spent per household does NOT mean that more content is being consumed; it only means that the cost is going up - usually for LESS content per dollar spent. As such, the industry itself may not be making nearly as much money as the delivery men are charging so much more...
On the post: Stupid Law Making Assaulting Journalists A Federal Crime Revived By Congress
So..
if "paparazzi" are considered journalists, does that mean we'll see lots of celebrities in jail for punching them outside of nightclubs?
On the post: EU Puts An End To The Open Internet: Link Taxes And Filters Approved By Just 5 Votes
Need the companies to start NOW
Jump on it right away - remove ALL snippets from news links - just link all EU news sites in alphabetic order with a link to the root of their site - never to an article (after all, the title would cause the fee to be applied!); block all uploads from EU; block all comments - actually, comment forms should be replaced by something like
"please email any comments to LettersToTheEditor@mydomain.com and upon careful review, they might be added to this page".
Go ahead and implement what the end game is before the final vote so the real impact can be seen.
On the post: Florida College Asked Local Sheriff To Declare Faculty Member's Artwork Obscene
It is articles like these..
.. that make me SO proud to be a Floridian.
NOT
On the post: As Recording Industry Announces Massive Growth, Why Do We Need Article 13 Again?
Re: Re:
I still want to see a full accounting of the hundreds of millions those levies earn and how that is paid out to the actual artists...
On the post: Verizon Confirms That Yes, 5G Will Cost You Extra
So what will the new term be?
As they price themselves out of the reach of many, what will they call them?
There isn't a cord to cut...
On the post: 170 Years Of German Publishers Demanding Special Copyrights For The Press Because Of New Technology
It is different this time...
In the past, they could complain - but the others really didn't have the power to replace them at that time.
So, I would say this time may just be different. Today's (or next weeks..) technology does have the power to make them obsolete.
On the post: Court Refuses To Allow Defendant In Copyright Trolling Case To Proceed, But Hints At Reform
Re: Re: Most of the people in Washington are lawyers.
Unfortunately, they just show how FAR off the rails a lawyer has to go to get into real trouble.
On the post: Who Needs Article 13: Italian Court Finds Facebook Liable For Hosting Links
Re: In other news
Way too close and direct - more like suing the company that made the dump truck that hauled the asphalt to the paving machine that laid the roadway that the Ford was speeding on...
On the post: As Trump Prepares Ban On Huawei, Few Notice The Major Holes In The Underlying Logic
Expected Response
So if the US bans equipment from ONE company in China; and China responds with a ban on equipment from ALL US companies... and gets other countries to do the same...
How did we "win" again? Are we Great yet?
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