They are all the same, they will promise whatever it takes to get elected and then they proceed to break every one of their promises made to the public.
The question is will this legislation do anything to solve the problem or is it just legislation for legislation's sake?
Governments are notorious for putting through legislation with good intentions but no teeth just so they can say to the public "look, we are on your side".
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How hard is this to understand?
He made the film, so he clearly has something to say through the medium of film. Having his film taken down stops him from doing that, thus, his freedom of speech has been taken away.
A trained chimp could understand it; as a supposed fellow creator, I would expect you to sympathise as he is not infringing anyone's rights by making the film.
"For works over 10,000 words, the fanfic author gets a 35% cut. For shorter works, it's 20%. *snip* The "ownership" of the new work belongs to Amazon, as you're basically signing a publishing agreement with Amazon, who then controls the work."
So, Amazon are going from distributor to gatekeeper with the same tricks of not giving the creator of the work the majority of profits from sales while keeping control of the work for themselves?
I am unsure about this. A 'subscription' model for crowd funding 'ongoing production' doesn't sound like the kind of thing I would be interested in. I would much prefer to look at each project on merit and then decide if it is something I want to contribute to and how much I want to contribute.
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Re: Re: Too many thieves and pirates break ANY business model.
On the post: RIAA: The Copyright Reform We Need Is To Make Everyone Else Copyright Cops
Re: Re: Turnabout is fair play
On the post: RIAA: The Copyright Reform We Need Is To Make Everyone Else Copyright Cops
Re: Too many thieves and pirates break ANY business model.
You do realise that such assumptions destroy the credibility of any good point you may have, right?
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They are all the same, they will promise whatever it takes to get elected and then they proceed to break every one of their promises made to the public.
Politics is corrupt and rotten to the core.
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Re: Exposure
On the post: Yet Another Anti-Patent Troll Bill Introduced In Congress
Governments are notorious for putting through legislation with good intentions but no teeth just so they can say to the public "look, we are on your side".
On the post: Filmmaker Behind The Pirate Bay Documentary Says Bogus DMCA Takedowns Take Away His Free Speech
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Ever exceed the speed limit? Endangers lives.
On the post: Filmmaker Behind The Pirate Bay Documentary Says Bogus DMCA Takedowns Take Away His Free Speech
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: What a whiney baby + @ "Oh, you didn’t just say that."
He made the film, so he clearly has something to say through the medium of film. Having his film taken down stops him from doing that, thus, his freedom of speech has been taken away.
A trained chimp could understand it; as a supposed fellow creator, I would expect you to sympathise as he is not infringing anyone's rights by making the film.
On the post: Filmmaker Behind The Pirate Bay Documentary Says Bogus DMCA Takedowns Take Away His Free Speech
Re: Re: Re: What a whiney baby + @ "Oh, you didn’t just say that."
That has to be one of the dumbest things I have read in a long while, and I read your comments.
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On the post: VOD Service Acetrax Shutting Down, Forcing Customers Through DRM Hoops To Retain Their Purchased Movies
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Comment of the week right there.
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Re: Re: Actually, had to shut down because of piracy!
On the post: VOD Service Acetrax Shutting Down, Forcing Customers Through DRM Hoops To Retain Their Purchased Movies
Re: Actually, had to shut down because of piracy!
Just another way of saying "I don't want to compete, please protect me"
"Also, all DRM is due to piracy."
Absolute rubbish.
"So this article is, if read with any sense at all, despite the silly denials, arguments against piracy."
Wah wah, look at me, give me all your attention
On the post: Amazon Wants To Sell Fan Fiction With It, Originator And FanFic Author All Sharing Profits
So, Amazon are going from distributor to gatekeeper with the same tricks of not giving the creator of the work the majority of profits from sales while keeping control of the work for themselves?
How is this different to traditional publishers?
On the post: New Bill Would Stop Patent Trolls From Hiding Behind Shell Companies
Great
On the post: Modest Proposal: Going Piracy Neutral
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On the post: Cool New Platform For Supporting Artists: Patreon, From Jack Conte
PledgeMusic works just fine for that.
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