Yes, that would be useful... because they don't appear to actually do anything.
There should be a score or something displayed for the "insightful"/"informative" ones to guide our eyes to the useful comments, and if a comment gathers enough "report" clicks, it should be folded (i.e., hidden, and there could be a button to reveal it).
Clearly, each of the accused could only have downloaded the file *at most* once, and the entire swarm(s) could only have uploaded the file *at most* once for each downloader.
Each user downloaded the file independently and the method in which the file was downloaded makes no difference: it could easily have been downloaded from a file-locker, streaming site, usenet, ftp or whatever. Not all these users downloaded the file at the same time, so it is disingenuous to claim they were all in it together.
Bittorrent users are rarely ever a massive swarm of users. The overlay network is for many different reasons fragmented, especially for popular files, even when the clients are connected through the same tracker. For instance, some users may be unreachable by others for technical reasons like network slowness/timeouts, or they may only be connected to a tiny number of other users (typically 40 or 50) compared to the size of the overall swarm. Also, not all users seed -- as far as they can prove, all the sharing could have been done by one person.
Most importantly, can USCG provide evidence that all these users downloaded the *same exact* file, or were their lackeys monitoring a number of *different versions* of the films? Or, are they caught in a lie?
I can't begin to tell you how irrelevant the BCS is these days. The world has moved on to wikis and open source, but these guys still think knowledge needs to be behind a paywall...
And exactly the same argument back at you, seeing Viacom is suing YouTube for user-uploaded content. How is YouTube supposed to know if the submitter had the rights or not?
"I'm a bit disappointed that it (a) does not link to the Spike.com Coulton video he's discussing (I went searching for it, and it looks like it's been taken down)"
There's a caption in the vid at around 2:25 that says it's been taken down.
Is this seriously a country trying to get accepted into the EU? Perhaps they should try getting accepted into China, because that's where they belong if this article is to be believed.
"Related documents and the JASA's proposed bill can be found online, one of which has the wonderful title 'A reasonable and justifiable limitation on Freedom of Expression and Right to Privacy.'"
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On top of that, no one even explains why Google would want such data.
Should close with
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But tbh, those additions only make the discussion more democratic, which can't be a bad thing.
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There should be a score or something displayed for the "insightful"/"informative" ones to guide our eyes to the useful comments, and if a comment gathers enough "report" clicks, it should be folded (i.e., hidden, and there could be a button to reveal it).
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Each user downloaded the file independently and the method in which the file was downloaded makes no difference: it could easily have been downloaded from a file-locker, streaming site, usenet, ftp or whatever. Not all these users downloaded the file at the same time, so it is disingenuous to claim they were all in it together.
Bittorrent users are rarely ever a massive swarm of users. The overlay network is for many different reasons fragmented, especially for popular files, even when the clients are connected through the same tracker. For instance, some users may be unreachable by others for technical reasons like network slowness/timeouts, or they may only be connected to a tiny number of other users (typically 40 or 50) compared to the size of the overall swarm. Also, not all users seed -- as far as they can prove, all the sharing could have been done by one person.
Most importantly, can USCG provide evidence that all these users downloaded the *same exact* file, or were their lackeys monitoring a number of *different versions* of the films? Or, are they caught in a lie?
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Sorry 8)
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Cool, btw -- you added slashdot-style buttons on posts :)
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There's a caption in the vid at around 2:25 that says it's been taken down.
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Also, iirc the NY Times RSS feed doesn't actually provide any content like TechDirt's... Isn't it just the titles?
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"Related documents and the JASA's proposed bill can be found online, one of which has the wonderful title 'A reasonable and justifiable limitation on Freedom of Expression and Right to Privacy.'"
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So, no.
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