I refuse to beleave that May and her consortium are that stupid, I think they really do know how things work, but have this misconception that working that little bit harder will make magic happen.
I honestly think she just wants to be seen to be doing something, she is grandstanding to the people that unfortunatly don't understand how tech really works.
Like when a company says "We have greater AI" or "Better prediction" what they really mean is "We've added a tonne of If statements and catch clauses"
I see this as nothing more than a power grab from someone who is clinging on to the last bit's of power she has and grandstanding.
Re: Please write another article about how Shiva didn't invent email
Noooo,
I would go one better, every friday write a new post, about something else that Shiva didn't invent, something like this:
How Shiva didn't invent Microsoft How Shiva didn't invent Outloook How Shiva didn't invent Cars How Shiva didn't invent Water How Shiva didn't invent IBM
How often do you see women's gymnastics?
Not enough, but to be honest you can say the same thing about most sports, there simply isn't enough viewship to cover the costs of running a dedicated channel for it and there isn't enough air time to shoehorn every sport in to existing channels, and when there is, again the viewship is an issue as it doesn't cover the cost of the airtime.
I would love for some of the lower sports to be shown more, even if I don't really like sports.
Personally I do watch quite a bit of eSports and Let's Plays on Youtube and twitch as that seems to be platform for it all, this is the future really I recon, cutting out the TV broadcasters.
1. A guy who won't reveal his password because it's a 5th amendment violation. He's quite possibly a pedophile, so we have to defend a scumbag's fifth amendment rights.
Accused Scumbag, yet to be proved.
2. We have neo-Nazis trying to get hosting online, and exercise free speech in the streets. So we have to defend scumbags' first amendment rights.
I kind of agree with you on this one, but really it should be the court's that decide that they should be entitled to spread there word, till then it's free speech, just because people don't agree with it doesn't mean it shouldn't be heard, till a court say's it's hate speech or such it remains free, that's not to say a company has to provide a platform for them to spread that speech.
3. We have, again, a bunch of pedophiles arrested who were hit with malware that violated their fourth amendment rights. So we have to defend scumbags' fourth amendment rights.
Again, accused scumbags, yet to be proved
I don't think the government could come up with a more perfect trifecta to help it strip away our rights.
And this is why the accused should be afforded all rights regardless on the court of the public, I am sure in either point 1 or 3 everyone that truely is innocent would like to be afforded protections and rights, the simple test is, if you want them protections and/or rights if you were in that position, then you should defend them for anyone else that's accused.
Right up to the point that "They who shall not be named for fear of trademark infrigement or copyright breach" sue for copying their format as no doubt they own that.
Point and case:
Rule 40 was relaxed ever-so-slightly to allow athletes to appear in generic advertising that doesn’t explicitly mention the games or use any Olympic IP, which includes terms such as “Rio”, “medal”, “performance”, “victory” and “gold”.
So you can start your own so long as you don't mention “medal”, “performance”, “victory” and “gold”
I use netflix and cunchieroll for tv shows, movies and anime, but YouTube is my main source of entertainment, the main thing I like is custom shows or fan made shows, and recently the latest is artists like "Steam Powered Giraffe" doing live concerts on YouTube to which you can watch for free and donate if you enjoyed it which I tend to now and again.
Saved my soo much since I've cut the cord and I am in the UK where we have a little more competition but still only have 2 main cable/tv providers, but if your not fussed about the extra channels you can use Freeview here where 95% can get HD TV for free with an EPG
Most shows get added on to iPlayer just after airing and are on for a set period of time, 14 or 28 days, often they will put entire series of things on from time to time, for example to celebrate dad's army one year they put the entire collection on to watch.
But that isn't an apples to apples comparision though as iPlayer isn't a subscription service, it's paid for by the tv licence holders, (Acctually come to think of it you sort of are paying for it if you have a tv licence)
Unlike McDonalds, Data doesn't run out though, it's not as though there is only a set amount of data to the ISP, Bandwidth is a different kettle of fish.
I accept McDonalds may run out of Burger A, but as a sorry they offer 2x Burger B, or extra chips, or drink, or apple pie, I have no issue as it's not like they are doing what the ISP's do and screw over their customers at every moment possible to get as much money out of them as possible.
This is a very good point, and to counter your point of Zazzle being liable because they allowed others to order uploads from other people.
Should TechDirt be liable because someone posts text from a book that's copyrighted and they lose their safe harbor because others could read it. (I will preface that this isn't a perfect analogy)
But to your second point would you go after a factory that made items to order for someone, no you wouldn't they only did what they were requested to do, they don't check the copyright's or that the person ordering has the rights to reproduce the work in such a way, so you go after who placed the order in the first place and is selling the items.
In my view (Usual IANAL blerb) this stems from the fact that both law's don't cover what is happening here, one law covers half of the business and another law covers the other half, this is another example of the law's being outdated for todays economy and in dire need of being updated for the better.
Good point, I would probably lean on the side it's not possible, even if it were to be matched, there would be false positives, how would they know if there is a licence agreement between the copyright owner and the uploader?
Why shouldn't they get safe harbor? the whole point of it is they are protected, regardless of what the users are using their systems for, once notified via the DMCA process provided they take down the design and no longer print/sell any more there should be no issues, they have fullfilled their end of the deal.
The failings is on this company for not notifying them of the infringing content, had they notified them, and they continue selling the items then they lose their safe harbor protection.
Do you happen to have any evidence to support your second point?
I never recieved any communication from EFF other than website adverts till I signed up to their newsletters and such, I also note that you can unsubscribe from them.
The unsubscribe thing is a big deal, as it means I had to subscribe in the first place therefor precluding it from being spam.
I will agree with you in what you said, my view of DRM still stands, I should have clarified that I was talking of DRM in general to get my point over of why it's just a tool for control of content more than anything else and how it causes more harm and such than any benefits it brings.
The other things I mentioned about the likes of the brower being in a DRM enviroment where code is downloaded and run without your control or intervention opens you up to many many risks.
The objection to DRM has nothing to do with the ability to steal products, for me it's more to do with the fact I want to have the right to do what I want with what I've bought.
If I want to convert a file so it can play on a device of mine I should be allowed to do so, I don't see why I should be beholden to using a set of approved devices just so I can do that.
DRM has been shown time and time again not to work and if anything have a bigger impact for legimate customers where as pirates get a better experience. (https://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2017/06/rime-denuvo-cracked-faster/)
Also as has been said elsewhere DRM will section off a part of your system which you will no longer have control over, part of which will be your browser, given the issues with browser exploits being used to turn machines in to drones for botnets, take over the brower experience or do download more nefarious things such as Cryptoware I would rather these not be locked in to a DRM safe zone where I can't remove them or prevent them in the first place, just for a minute, think of the damage that could be done if some malicious code were to be in some advert as they are now, but this time it's protected by DRM so your AV, Malware protection or whatever can't see or stop it, just think of the damage this could do wide scale.
The contract is work for hire, not to assign the copyright of said work, Although there is a section stating that all the rights of said work will be the sole property of Imigos.
Even if they refused to pay a single penny, Alex still wouldn't own the copyrights, she would need to go to court and prove the breach of contract and have the rights assigned back to Alex by the courts.
Also to note even if the work for hire was for another project, Imigos still own the copyright for said music, so at best she will have a claim of breach of contract, just because it may have been used in a different project doesn't mean she own's the copyright for it outside of the first mentioned project.
What Alex is doing is pure and simple abuse of the DMCA, I've heard Lenord French has taken up this case for Imigos and is asking if others want to use him to file cases against Alex, one youtuber/Twitcher has already proved that they have lost thousands due to the false claims thus can file for these and hopefully they win and this will bring light to the way the DMCA process is broken.
I think what they were alluding to is the way that Studio's get paid sevral times over, there are some artists who's bill to studio's has gone up over time even though they pay them back.
So if a studio loans a band 100k, the promotion, fee's, studio costs etc etc all come out of that 100k, then as the records sell the studio takes's their cut, they leave the band with a very small proportion, which has to be used to pay for the production of said media, then after that whatever is left goes back to the studio to pay off what they loaned them, this way the band some times never break even with the labels or studios.
The industry doesn't want indie artists as they are making a product that engages with the pubic, and in return they are making money out of it, and the labels aren't.
And are you seriously telling me that Disney would no longer bother making anything else ever if Mickey Mouse went in to the public domain, 70 years after it's creator died?
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I honestly think she just wants to be seen to be doing something, she is grandstanding to the people that unfortunatly don't understand how tech really works.
Like when a company says "We have greater AI" or "Better prediction" what they really mean is "We've added a tonne of If statements and catch clauses"
I see this as nothing more than a power grab from someone who is clinging on to the last bit's of power she has and grandstanding.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Moral of the Story
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I hope that they secure the database in the UK much better than they do in the US.
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Re: Please write another article about how Shiva didn't invent email
I would go one better, every friday write a new post, about something else that Shiva didn't invent, something like this:
How Shiva didn't invent Microsoft
How Shiva didn't invent Outloook
How Shiva didn't invent Cars
How Shiva didn't invent Water
How Shiva didn't invent IBM
Something like that would be much better.
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How often do you see women's gymnastics? Not enough, but to be honest you can say the same thing about most sports, there simply isn't enough viewship to cover the costs of running a dedicated channel for it and there isn't enough air time to shoehorn every sport in to existing channels, and when there is, again the viewship is an issue as it doesn't cover the cost of the airtime.
I would love for some of the lower sports to be shown more, even if I don't really like sports.
Personally I do watch quite a bit of eSports and Let's Plays on Youtube and twitch as that seems to be platform for it all, this is the future really I recon, cutting out the TV broadcasters.
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Re: Tough cases
1. A guy who won't reveal his password because it's a 5th amendment violation. He's quite possibly a pedophile, so we have to defend a scumbag's fifth amendment rights.
Accused Scumbag, yet to be proved.2. We have neo-Nazis trying to get hosting online, and exercise free speech in the streets. So we have to defend scumbags' first amendment rights.
I kind of agree with you on this one, but really it should be the court's that decide that they should be entitled to spread there word, till then it's free speech, just because people don't agree with it doesn't mean it shouldn't be heard, till a court say's it's hate speech or such it remains free, that's not to say a company has to provide a platform for them to spread that speech.3. We have, again, a bunch of pedophiles arrested who were hit with malware that violated their fourth amendment rights. So we have to defend scumbags' fourth amendment rights.
Again, accused scumbags, yet to be provedI don't think the government could come up with a more perfect trifecta to help it strip away our rights.
And this is why the accused should be afforded all rights regardless on the court of the public, I am sure in either point 1 or 3 everyone that truely is innocent would like to be afforded protections and rights, the simple test is, if you want them protections and/or rights if you were in that position, then you should defend them for anyone else that's accused.On the post: IOC President Tosses Shade At Including eSports In Olympics Over Concerns About Violence And Doping
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Right up to the point that "They who shall not be named for fear of trademark infrigement or copyright breach" sue for copying their format as no doubt they own that.
Point and case:
Rule 40 was relaxed ever-so-slightly to allow athletes to appear in generic advertising that doesn’t explicitly mention the games or use any Olympic IP, which includes terms such as “Rio”, “medal”, “performance”, “victory” and “gold”.
So you can start your own so long as you don't mention “medal”, “performance”, “victory” and “gold”
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I use netflix and cunchieroll for tv shows, movies and anime, but YouTube is my main source of entertainment, the main thing I like is custom shows or fan made shows, and recently the latest is artists like "Steam Powered Giraffe" doing live concerts on YouTube to which you can watch for free and donate if you enjoyed it which I tend to now and again.
Saved my soo much since I've cut the cord and I am in the UK where we have a little more competition but still only have 2 main cable/tv providers, but if your not fussed about the extra channels you can use Freeview here where 95% can get HD TV for free with an EPG
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: 'Doing it wrong'
Most shows get added on to iPlayer just after airing and are on for a set period of time, 14 or 28 days, often they will put entire series of things on from time to time, for example to celebrate dad's army one year they put the entire collection on to watch.
But that isn't an apples to apples comparision though as iPlayer isn't a subscription service, it's paid for by the tv licence holders, (Acctually come to think of it you sort of are paying for it if you have a tv licence)
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Slight difference though
I accept McDonalds may run out of Burger A, but as a sorry they offer 2x Burger B, or extra chips, or drink, or apple pie, I have no issue as it's not like they are doing what the ISP's do and screw over their customers at every moment possible to get as much money out of them as possible.
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Re: Re: Re: Why Not?
Should TechDirt be liable because someone posts text from a book that's copyrighted and they lose their safe harbor because others could read it. (I will preface that this isn't a perfect analogy)
But to your second point would you go after a factory that made items to order for someone, no you wouldn't they only did what they were requested to do, they don't check the copyright's or that the person ordering has the rights to reproduce the work in such a way, so you go after who placed the order in the first place and is selling the items.
In my view (Usual IANAL blerb) this stems from the fact that both law's don't cover what is happening here, one law covers half of the business and another law covers the other half, this is another example of the law's being outdated for todays economy and in dire need of being updated for the better.
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On the post: Court Says DMCA Safe Harbors Disappear Once Infringing Images Are Printed On Physical Items
Re: Why Not?
The failings is on this company for not notifying them of the infringing content, had they notified them, and they continue selling the items then they lose their safe harbor protection.
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Re: Re: Re: Good that there's a protest
I never recieved any communication from EFF other than website adverts till I signed up to their newsletters and such, I also note that you can unsubscribe from them.
The unsubscribe thing is a big deal, as it means I had to subscribe in the first place therefor precluding it from being spam.
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Re: Convert what file?
The other things I mentioned about the likes of the brower being in a DRM enviroment where code is downloaded and run without your control or intervention opens you up to many many risks.
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Re: Re: Stealing?
If I want to convert a file so it can play on a device of mine I should be allowed to do so, I don't see why I should be beholden to using a set of approved devices just so I can do that.
DRM has been shown time and time again not to work and if anything have a bigger impact for legimate customers where as pirates get a better experience. (https://arstechnica.co.uk/gaming/2017/06/rime-denuvo-cracked-faster/)
Also as has been said elsewhere DRM will section off a part of your system which you will no longer have control over, part of which will be your browser, given the issues with browser exploits being used to turn machines in to drones for botnets, take over the brower experience or do download more nefarious things such as Cryptoware I would rather these not be locked in to a DRM safe zone where I can't remove them or prevent them in the first place, just for a minute, think of the damage that could be done if some malicious code were to be in some advert as they are now, but this time it's protected by DRM so your AV, Malware protection or whatever can't see or stop it, just think of the damage this could do wide scale.
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Even if they refused to pay a single penny, Alex still wouldn't own the copyrights, she would need to go to court and prove the breach of contract and have the rights assigned back to Alex by the courts.
Also to note even if the work for hire was for another project, Imigos still own the copyright for said music, so at best she will have a claim of breach of contract, just because it may have been used in a different project doesn't mean she own's the copyright for it outside of the first mentioned project.
What Alex is doing is pure and simple abuse of the DMCA, I've heard Lenord French has taken up this case for Imigos and is asking if others want to use him to file cases against Alex, one youtuber/Twitcher has already proved that they have lost thousands due to the false claims thus can file for these and hopefully they win and this will bring light to the way the DMCA process is broken.
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The timer has started
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Getting wealthy takes luck.
So if a studio loans a band 100k, the promotion, fee's, studio costs etc etc all come out of that 100k, then as the records sell the studio takes's their cut, they leave the band with a very small proportion, which has to be used to pay for the production of said media, then after that whatever is left goes back to the studio to pay off what they loaned them, this way the band some times never break even with the labels or studios.
As for the movie industry some if not most of them do some amazing maths to show that films like the highest grossing movie of all time (Taking inflation in to account) has never made a profit and as such hasn't paid out to some of the staff, so I refuse to believe that people are going unpaid because of any other reason other than hollywood accounting:
https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20110912/13500315912/hollywood-accounting-darth-vader-n ot-getting-paid-because-return-jedi-still-isnt-profitable.shtml
The industry doesn't want indie artists as they are making a product that engages with the pubic, and in return they are making money out of it, and the labels aren't.
And are you seriously telling me that Disney would no longer bother making anything else ever if Mickey Mouse went in to the public domain, 70 years after it's creator died?
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