If I try to do something and fail, then sue some other guy for my inability to execute and make $160 million; it's difficult for me to see the downside. Losing $13 million in legal fees and maybe another 27% to the current legal team isn't exactly a bad thing.
They don't care about reputation at all. They care about milking as much as they can from the settlement and they are doing a damn good job at it.
When this is over they will probably be board members at Intellectual Ventures.
Assuming that our AC is correct and that there are all of those instances of "disorderly conduct"...
Isn't it "dereliction of duty" for an officer to stop to arrest someone for a misdemeanor while more serious crimes or felonies are in progress in front of them?
Is it illegal wiretapping for the city to videotape the actions of the police? Shouldn't the city be suing the city over this? Or the state suing the city? Or the city suing the state?
Someone needs to sue someone. Think of the children.
"Yeah, but wait. What you are saying is that he is an advance freetard, because he not only took something for free without respect to it's original creators, but also tried to come up with a way to make money with it.
Fuck me, if this was a pirate movie site you could would be praising him as a new age entrepreneur."
This comment shouldn't be flagged. It shows how incredibly stupid the trolls can be. The pirate movie sites DO NOT claim that the content belongs to them and then sue the movie companies for showing their content.
This is the second time I listened to Uniform Motion due to an article in TD. I like the music. Ok here is the odd part. At the time I first listened to them, I liked the music but I didn't look for them on the web or in iTunes. Today while listening to the band (playing right now), I DL'd Spotify and then started playing with it.
The first thing I did was to share Uniform Motion on Facebook on my gaming account. That means that song went out to about 50 actual friends and another 4500 people that I really don't know. Then I went on youtube and subscribed to Uniform Motion's page.
The record industry can keep attacking new services if they like, but they should be trying to harness this type of behavior and monetize it. The death of Limewire may have had an impact on file sharing, but I think file sharing is actually losing traction to streaming services.
I've been wondering for some time how piracy was related to organized crime. It's about time someone explained it.
Now I see that piracy is cutting into the CD sales, so organized crime cannot ship as much cocaine as they need to. OMG, think of the children missing out on their cocaine!! Bad pirates.
I've been wondering for some time how piracy was related to organized crime. It's about time someone explained it.
Now I see that piracy is cutting into the CD sales, so organized crime cannot ship as much cocaine as they need to. OMG, think of the children missing out on their cocaine!! Bad pirates.
There is nothing wrong with turning "analog dollars into digital dimes" when you look at the reality that you stand to pick up 1000x more of those dimes.
The problem is that the old guard wants their profits to multiply by 1000 and they can't get that to happen. Tech will eventually win this one and the old guard will morph into some other type of greedy beast.
This is classic..... I love that AC pointed out Ninjavideo.
"Perhaps you missed articles about Ninjavideo who reportedly made half a million dollars over three years. If you think that 90% of the infringing websites aren't in it for the money you are deluded."
Let's look at that. They made half a million over 3 years, but it wasn't from anyone buying the content. In fact, if the nimrods in Hollywood made their own sites and offered the content behind a small paywall, the could probably make a mint in advertising dollars for offering a better service than the pirates and still not impact their box office sales.
Now for the fun part. Ninjavideo is pretty typical as far as piracy sites go.
Could someone please explain the connection between these pirate sites and organized crime / terrorism???????
If you care to look at the PC World article from 2003, yes 2003. There were predictions made that investment in movies would end if file sharing (piracy) was not stopped. Well here we are 8 years later with more file sharing than ever and there are still movies.
While I've often heard that file sharing funds organized crime and that funds terrorism, I haven't heard of any concrete examples. Could someone please share some actual examples of file sharing funding terrorism? I'm just finding it difficult to believe that drug lords and terrorists are opting for the ads on file sharing sites as their source of income.
The video and this article appear to be at odds with one another. This guy may be an asshole for suing AOL and 20th Century Fox, but he appears to be spot on in that video clip. All he is ranting about is wanting to get paid by the media companies for his work. Warner Bros. would rant just as bad about piracy (give it away for FREE?!?!?!).
Harlan is just being smart about the industry he serves. He wants to be paid just like Warner Bros does. Maybe he should have asked if Warner Bros was distributing the DVD for free with his interview as, "publicity" for something else.
Netflix is a cool service which is sure to continue to profit even though it hit a bump in the road. Hollywood and the Cable companies should be taking notice of how the consumers react. We consumers want our content and we want it to be cheap and convenient because that is what we have become used to now.
It's all about cutting the cord. Netflix isn't doing deals with Starz because people enjoy paying cable companies for tons of channels they don't watch. People enjoy paying less for more and will generally do that even if a free (but dodgy) alternative is available.
Maybe the TV and movie studios are unaware of all the streaming sites that are on the net. Consumers have absolutely NO FEAR of watching content on those sites since we are not infringing in any way. We are just watching the content we want to watch and not downloading or sharing it illegally (And without tons of adverts).
It all just makes you wonder how much control the lawyers have. At the end of the day the lawyers have convinced the content industry that its better to pay lawyers to fight a battle that can't be won rather than to invest that cash in innovation.
Common sense.... So damned rare, it's now a superhuman power
The statutory fines in copyright law aren't so much broken as they are antiquated. It's obvious, even to a moron in a hurry, that the fines were designed to recoup damages from illegal commercial distribution. Prior to the internet making the old distribution systems irrelevant, those fines were probably necessary and so no one complained much or even cared that they were so high.
We are now in the digital age and those fines should still be used for their INTENDED purpose against illegal commercial scale distribution of copyrighted material. Someone call Common Sense Man, so he can add that verbiage to copyright law.
Insightful and funny are really cool buttons, but I have to insist that Mike add a "moron" button. Especially for posts like this "TechDirt Manifesto"
Personally Im sick of the posts from people whining about protection of the artists. It's the MIDDLE MEN and GATEKEEPERS that are terrified of loss. The artists are just fine because the consumers actually WANT what they have to offer.
When the consumers want the content, then it can be monetized in some fashion.
"But, if Righthaven is planning to go on a lobbying blitz, well, that will be fun to watch."
Sorry Mike, but there is absolutely nothing fun about any company publicly stating that it intends to bribe US Congress to make laws the way they want them. It is way too likely that Righthaven will enjoy some measure of success in bribing (lobbying) Congress for changes in copyright law.
The US has the best government that money can buy.
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Surprised no one has said this...
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Losers???
If I try to do something and fail, then sue some other guy for my inability to execute and make $160 million; it's difficult for me to see the downside. Losing $13 million in legal fees and maybe another 27% to the current legal team isn't exactly a bad thing.
They don't care about reputation at all. They care about milking as much as they can from the settlement and they are doing a damn good job at it.
When this is over they will probably be board members at Intellectual Ventures.
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Re: Puppet Presidents are all the same.
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Re: Let's go with this line of reasoning...
Isn't it "dereliction of duty" for an officer to stop to arrest someone for a misdemeanor while more serious crimes or felonies are in progress in front of them?
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I gotta ask...
Someone needs to sue someone. Think of the children.
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Re: Re: Re: Totally missing the point..
Fuck me, if this was a pirate movie site you could would be praising him as a new age entrepreneur."
This comment shouldn't be flagged. It shows how incredibly stupid the trolls can be. The pirate movie sites DO NOT claim that the content belongs to them and then sue the movie companies for showing their content.
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How it works...
The first thing I did was to share Uniform Motion on Facebook on my gaming account. That means that song went out to about 50 actual friends and another 4500 people that I really don't know. Then I went on youtube and subscribed to Uniform Motion's page.
The record industry can keep attacking new services if they like, but they should be trying to harness this type of behavior and monetize it. The death of Limewire may have had an impact on file sharing, but I think file sharing is actually losing traction to streaming services.
Hope all you trolls are paying attention.
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Thank you for FINALLY giving me an answer
Now I see that piracy is cutting into the CD sales, so organized crime cannot ship as much cocaine as they need to. OMG, think of the children missing out on their cocaine!! Bad pirates.
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Thank you for FINALLY giving me an answer
Now I see that piracy is cutting into the CD sales, so organized crime cannot ship as much cocaine as they need to. OMG, think of the children missing out on their cocaine!! Bad pirates.
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Do the math
The problem is that the old guard wants their profits to multiply by 1000 and they can't get that to happen. Tech will eventually win this one and the old guard will morph into some other type of greedy beast.
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Re: Re: What part of free do you not understand?
"Perhaps you missed articles about Ninjavideo who reportedly made half a million dollars over three years. If you think that 90% of the infringing websites aren't in it for the money you are deluded."
Let's look at that. They made half a million over 3 years, but it wasn't from anyone buying the content. In fact, if the nimrods in Hollywood made their own sites and offered the content behind a small paywall, the could probably make a mint in advertising dollars for offering a better service than the pirates and still not impact their box office sales.
Now for the fun part. Ninjavideo is pretty typical as far as piracy sites go.
Could someone please explain the connection between these pirate sites and organized crime / terrorism???????
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Twice in one day??????
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It's not so far fetched
http://www.pcworld.com/article/109808/does_file_trading_fund_terrorism.html
If you care to look at the PC World article from 2003, yes 2003. There were predictions made that investment in movies would end if file sharing (piracy) was not stopped. Well here we are 8 years later with more file sharing than ever and there are still movies.
While I've often heard that file sharing funds organized crime and that funds terrorism, I haven't heard of any concrete examples. Could someone please share some actual examples of file sharing funding terrorism? I'm just finding it difficult to believe that drug lords and terrorists are opting for the ads on file sharing sites as their source of income.
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Ummmmm
Harlan is just being smart about the industry he serves. He wants to be paid just like Warner Bros does. Maybe he should have asked if Warner Bros was distributing the DVD for free with his interview as, "publicity" for something else.
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Bump in the road...
It's all about cutting the cord. Netflix isn't doing deals with Starz because people enjoy paying cable companies for tons of channels they don't watch. People enjoy paying less for more and will generally do that even if a free (but dodgy) alternative is available.
Maybe the TV and movie studios are unaware of all the streaming sites that are on the net. Consumers have absolutely NO FEAR of watching content on those sites since we are not infringing in any way. We are just watching the content we want to watch and not downloading or sharing it illegally (And without tons of adverts).
It all just makes you wonder how much control the lawyers have. At the end of the day the lawyers have convinced the content industry that its better to pay lawyers to fight a battle that can't be won rather than to invest that cash in innovation.
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Common sense.... So damned rare, it's now a superhuman power
We are now in the digital age and those fines should still be used for their INTENDED purpose against illegal commercial scale distribution of copyrighted material. Someone call Common Sense Man, so he can add that verbiage to copyright law.
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Re:
Personally Im sick of the posts from people whining about protection of the artists. It's the MIDDLE MEN and GATEKEEPERS that are terrified of loss. The artists are just fine because the consumers actually WANT what they have to offer.
When the consumers want the content, then it can be monetized in some fashion.
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Normally I agree
Sorry Mike, but there is absolutely nothing fun about any company publicly stating that it intends to bribe US Congress to make laws the way they want them. It is way too likely that Righthaven will enjoy some measure of success in bribing (lobbying) Congress for changes in copyright law.
The US has the best government that money can buy.
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But....
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