I know this article is about France but I'd like to mention this: The last three weeks, I have been researching copyright laws, primarily the Australian one, because I am Australian. And, quite frankly, the laws are so convoluted and twisted that ..... well, after reading all I have (including many actual laws, not just people's interpretations/summaries of them), I have quit!
Exceptions are so narrow as to be useless. Material where the copyright has "expired" after so many years, still has "underlying rights" that don't expire for decades still. And forget culture: "Art" is so old by the time it enters the public domain that it is completely irrellevant to all but historians.
I thought the government was supposed to represent the people who voted for it. I'm sorry, I didn't realise there were so many dumb cunts in the world!
I get my iPhone repaired at independent shops. The parts aren't genuine. The iPhone is "obsolete" (iPhone 6, it works for me) and far out of warranty. The price is cheap. The service is great. I'm happy. Screw Apple. (Also, the phone is second hand)
This didn't stop the ABC from reporting events like this. Like it didn't stop Channel 7 a few years ago. What I find crazy is that the story that was leaked was reported on two years ago. Why did it take the AFP that long to do anything? Did the law have to get changed first?
As for whether or not the government interferes with the ABC as the independent but government funded broadcaster, that was the story covered in one of their current affairs show late last year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn4tibsUnYM (60min)
"All in all, not quite the televised revolution AT&T had promised anybody in the chain."
But, as everybody knows, the revolution will not be televised.
At the end of the day, everybody is just going to carry on doing on the internet what has always been done. Anything illegal will just move underground. The so called dark web will get a bit brighter. Some activities may get a bit harder to do, but they will still be done. Everything that can be circumvented is eventually circumvented. (Side note: Subject title refers to a 1996 song by Ben Folds Five)
I still want to know why you can't swear on American network television. UK have guidelines in place to avoid kids hearing it. Australia has similar guidelines for similar reasons. But in America something mild is still bleeped or pixellated at midnight when all good kids should be in bed. And that's the law thanks to a government agency. Waht happened to the first amendment there?
Certain states in Australia, specifically New South Wales but I don't know which others, have done away with registration stickers in favour of giving every police car a license plate reader and the ability to instantly check, via computer, on the status of said vehicle (expired rego, stolen, etc).
Most of these are in-car systems only, as far as I know there are no automatic readers in use. But I should look into this. Combine that with the fact that our public transport fares are all paid by smartcards which may be optionally registered, the government of NSW can track nearly everybody.
Heck, even toll roads and toll bridges are paid via a little RFID tag in your car, so, really, if you don't want your movements tracked, travel only by taxi (very expensive) and bicycle or walk or don't come to Australia!
After I submitted this, I thought of a better way of phrasing it: Back then we were all still very much in the mindset of physical media. Sure, we might download music or video instead of purchasing a physical CD or DVD, but what did we do with the data? We burned it to a CD or DVD to play it.
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Tim will be so flattered to be confused for Mike
On the post: France, As Promised, Is First Out Of The Gate With Its Awful Copyright Directive Law: Ignores Requirements For User Protections
Copyright In General
I know this article is about France but I'd like to mention this: The last three weeks, I have been researching copyright laws, primarily the Australian one, because I am Australian. And, quite frankly, the laws are so convoluted and twisted that ..... well, after reading all I have (including many actual laws, not just people's interpretations/summaries of them), I have quit!
Exceptions are so narrow as to be useless. Material where the copyright has "expired" after so many years, still has "underlying rights" that don't expire for decades still. And forget culture: "Art" is so old by the time it enters the public domain that it is completely irrellevant to all but historians.
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I thought the government was supposed to represent the people who voted for it. I'm sorry, I didn't realise there were so many dumb cunts in the world!
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Hollywood's Craetive Future
All opinions are fictitious and any resemblance to any actual facts is purely coincidental.
On the post: Author Tries To Trademark The Word 'Dark' For All Of Literary Fiction
Let There Be Light
Maybe she's hoping to make more authors who do light-hearted books?
It is a dark soul who thinks they can own a word like this.
Maybe she can write a sequel to "Dark", call it "Light" and sell those books together in one big tome called "Twilight" and see how far she gets.
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Correction
The shift supervisor was obviously named Matthew Shitshow. If he wasn't before, he is now!
On the post: Pressured By 'Right To Repair' Movement, Apple Will Sell Parts To Independent Repair Shops
Locally (Australia)
I get my iPhone repaired at independent shops. The parts aren't genuine. The iPhone is "obsolete" (iPhone 6, it works for me) and far out of warranty. The price is cheap. The service is great. I'm happy. Screw Apple. (Also, the phone is second hand)
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ABC Kept Reporting
This didn't stop the ABC from reporting events like this. Like it didn't stop Channel 7 a few years ago. What I find crazy is that the story that was leaked was reported on two years ago. Why did it take the AFP that long to do anything? Did the law have to get changed first?
As for whether or not the government interferes with the ABC as the independent but government funded broadcaster, that was the story covered in one of their current affairs show late last year.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zn4tibsUnYM (60min)
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You Say You Want A Revolution
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We Can Be Happy Underground
At the end of the day, everybody is just going to carry on doing on the internet what has always been done. Anything illegal will just move underground. The so called dark web will get a bit brighter. Some activities may get a bit harder to do, but they will still be done. Everything that can be circumvented is eventually circumvented. (Side note: Subject title refers to a 1996 song by Ben Folds Five)
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Re: Streisanded this to death, couldn't just shut up.
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XKCD
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Maybe this is the work of the police and it will slowly replace civil forfeiture as a means of supplementing their budget?
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But if F and C are rude, how bad is the FCC?
On the post: DHS Expands License Plate Dragnet, Streams Collections To US Law Enforcement Agencies
Australia
Most of these are in-car systems only, as far as I know there are no automatic readers in use. But I should look into this. Combine that with the fact that our public transport fares are all paid by smartcards which may be optionally registered, the government of NSW can track nearly everybody.
Heck, even toll roads and toll bridges are paid via a little RFID tag in your car, so, really, if you don't want your movements tracked, travel only by taxi (very expensive) and bicycle or walk or don't come to Australia!
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