Copyright notices are rather meaningless considering everything whether it has one or not is still covered by copyright. I could add a copyright notice to this comment but that doesn't mean that it is covered by copyright.
That said, Keroberos has a point. Prior to 1978, copyrights had to be applied for which meant we had information on the creator and only works that were registered wer covered. Now you only need to register if you want statutory damages in a law suit. If there is no information on who owns the copyright on a photo or short story or song you find, how are you supposed to find that information without a central registration service?
Never mind, you are still on your Hathitrust binge. That said, the Hathitrust couldn't get permission for a number of the works in its program because the authors and/or copyright holders could not be found. The fact that some were found after the list was released is a good thing for both the author and the Hathitrust.
How do libraries acquire things illegally? Since when is buying a book or having it donated illegal? Last I checked the local library doesn't shoplift to fill its shelves.
I guess when I said it needs reworked, I was meaning the method of determining what are truly orphaned. There were some flaws in their methodology as pointed out when Salamanca was found.
But the overall project is actual good for those orphaned works as it keeps them from rotting in obscurity.
Hathitrust was a good exercise in dealing with orphaned works. Because the Authors Guild found a handful of writers that the universities didn't doesn't mean the project is evil. It just means that it needs to be reworked.
Orphaned works are a huge problem in the copyright world, primarily because of retroactive term extensions. Shorten copyright terms and orphan works will be less a problem.
I had an experience with SYFY this past year over a very similar situation. My wife and I love Eureka and Warehouse 13 and although we don't have cable, we watched all the previous seasons on Hulu and/or Syfy.com The first few seasons of the shows had episodes available for online viewing one week after the first airing. So it wasn't too bad and we didn't have a problem with that. This past year, all that changed.
The first two episodes of each shows as available 1 week after airing, but every other episode after that had a 2 month wait for online streaming. That was insane. So I wrote an article about it on my personal blog and it caught the SyFy twitter account's attention:
Turns out that SyFy just couldn't get it through their thick head that people don't like artificial viewing windows, especially when such windows are as insane as a 2 month gap. People complained when Fox switched to a 8 day window. I am surprised that the 2 month window didn't get SyFy more flack.
One thing that comes to mind when I think about a war on general purpose computing is the DVD. There was a time when DVD drives were not capable of playing DVD movies. Why? Movie companies wanted to keep tight control over the films. Then market pressure forced their hand and they have licensed playback of DVDs, but only on certain operating systems. Because I am a Linux user at home, every time I play a DVD on my computer, I am technically breaking the law because I am bypassing a "technical measure". It doesn't matter that such use on Linux machines is common and expected, it is still "illegal" Same for mp3 files. I am not legally allowed to play them because Linux users are not authorized to play them on their computers.
It continues to boggle my mind why content companies fight their users on every turn. All I want to do is watch my legally purchased DVDs or listen to my legally purchased mp3s on my Linux computer, but I am forced to be a criminal for doing just that.
I would love to see a mass exodus from the ESA over this issue, but it would seem that far too many of these companies are complacent in the ESA's support of SOPA.
That is pretty cool and totally within character of Notch and Mojang. Good for them. I hope more developers join with them and Mommy's Best Games and, awkward to say, Zynga.
I also pay for faster download speeds. However that money goes to my ISP. Those faster speeds mean that I can watch more Netflix and Hulu. I can listen to more Spotify and Pandora and can play more online games. Why don't copyright holders make those services more appealing to people by adding more content?
You might get a little further (and only a little) if you were perhaps nicer to those you are debating. Calling us losers and idiots etc is not a way to win a debate.
Again, they are not entitled to that money. If you create a movie, there is not requirement that people pay you to watch it. That doesn't mean you can't charge for views, but you are not entitled to be paid for it. If you want people to pay you for it, you have to convince people to pay you for it. You have to work to get paid just like everyone else.
Cyberlockers, for example Mega Upload, do not charge $10 a month to make ripping off movies and music faster, they charge $10 a month to make sharing files stored on their servers faster. There is a HUGE difference there.
But as I said, why would anyone spend $10 a month to pirate stuff when they can pirate the same stuff for free? You haven't answered that.
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That said, Keroberos has a point. Prior to 1978, copyrights had to be applied for which meant we had information on the creator and only works that were registered wer covered. Now you only need to register if you want statutory damages in a law suit. If there is no information on who owns the copyright on a photo or short story or song you find, how are you supposed to find that information without a central registration service?
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But the overall project is actual good for those orphaned works as it keeps them from rotting in obscurity.
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Orphaned works are a huge problem in the copyright world, primarily because of retroactive term extensions. Shorten copyright terms and orphan works will be less a problem.
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The first two episodes of each shows as available 1 week after airing, but every other episode after that had a 2 month wait for online streaming. That was insane. So I wrote an article about it on my personal blog and it caught the SyFy twitter account's attention:
http://ezknight.net/?p=123
Turns out that SyFy just couldn't get it through their thick head that people don't like artificial viewing windows, especially when such windows are as insane as a 2 month gap. People complained when Fox switched to a 8 day window. I am surprised that the 2 month window didn't get SyFy more flack.
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However, they are still not entitled to that $10.
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It continues to boggle my mind why content companies fight their users on every turn. All I want to do is watch my legally purchased DVDs or listen to my legally purchased mp3s on my Linux computer, but I am forced to be a criminal for doing just that.
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But as I said, why would anyone spend $10 a month to pirate stuff when they can pirate the same stuff for free? You haven't answered that.
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