What I always wonder about is, why are such repeat infringement policies not written that you're account will only be terminated after you have repeatedly (lets say three times) convicted by an official court of copyright infringement using the platform's facilities. That would make platforms have a DMCA compliant policy, and solve the whole issue of mere accusations getting people kicked out. Of course platforms can still discretionary terminate accounts that are actually being used for blatant infringements. Of course, the DMCA still needs to be fixed, in that false accusations can actually lead to significant damages being due, but that is not something the platforms can do.
A bit of a technicality, that a good thing courts didn't expand the meaning of words this time. Will probably be "fixed" fairly quickly at the national level.
For Google and likes, they will probably run into the GDPR if they start providing this information without a law saying they must: they will lack the legitimacy of sharing that information in that case.
I hope institutions will jump in and offer Covid-19 safe physical classes (and examinations), required just for those affected by this latest troll of ICE.
So, as a scientist, it may be better to submit your own article to SciHub rather than giving it up to the publishing-maffia. You loose less and you gain more.
The paradox of a free market is that to keep it free, you constantly have to make sure you regulate abusive behavior, so market mechanisms can continue to function properly. The current US implementation of "free market" seems to be very much the opposite, with a combination of regulatory capture and monopolistic abuse. This all is leading to huge damage to society at large -- and in the long time means the US will loose the competition with other economic blocks.
Jeroen Hellingman (profile), 26 Jun 2020 @ 12:30am
Re: why no thte old way..
I have a password manager, and keep separate accounts on almost all sites that allow it, but using a centralized system is so much more convenient for most, even when the damage done when such an account is compromised is so much bigger.
For those in the EU: I think it would be nice to organize a GDPR request day, on which everybody would request their personal details on the same date -- flooding the system, and thus giving rise to an avalanche of legitimate complaints for not meeting the 30 day deadline to supply them. If we make personal data a toxic asset that way, the eagerness to harvest it might become less.
The city can turn the payroll dept. of the police into an separate organization, give it all the employment contracts but nothing else, and let it go bankrupt. Trump has used tricks like that for many years, so such behavior certainly has the blessing of the highest powers in the country.
Reminds me of a company I worked for a very long time ago: they had an IT department that took care of the mainframes for a long time (not in bad way, BTW), but was completely unwilling to support PCs, so a separate PC department was set up. When the last mainframe was carried out, de old department was abolished.
Think here we have to look into various departments, like "traffic enforcer", "neighborhood steward", etc., all unarmed (except for body-cams), and in friendly-colored non-imposing uniforms. Exclusively for violent events, you can have the "crime patrols" or something that may have arms appropriate to the occasion.
Jeroen Hellingman (profile), 16 Jun 2020 @ 12:05am
Re: They must have seen it coming...
You seem to forget that copyright is for limited times... That those limited times have been stretched to unreasonable lengths through corruption by publishers didn't change that -- and did you realize that those exentsions actually go against the interest of currently active authors that can still produce new works, as they now have to share part of the available funds for works with the heirs or assignees of long dead authors, and are limited in the ways they can be inspired by works of long dead authors.
Jeroen Hellingman (profile), 16 Jun 2020 @ 12:00am
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Publishers are more evil than the RIAA a
Nonsense. At Project Gutenberg they publish a huge number of classics that are also still in print, all in the public domain in the US. Project Gutenberg has never been sued in the US about this.
That publishers abuse the Google Print system by claiming a PD book is in print, and thus have it reduced to snippet view is another story. In a few cases, publishers have taken Google Print books, made them available Print-on-demand, and then told Google to take down their source -- but that is just plain cowardice from Google's side.
I am an optimist and assume that such heartless people are actually a minority. It is just that certain aspects of a culture in a police force will attract the wrong type of persons. Bad cops drive out good cops.
Given that police officers have more more rights than ordinary citizens, I think they should also punished more harshly than ordinary citizens in cases of abuse. We still have a long way to go here.
Under the moral right of the copyright holder not to have his work destroyed, a copyright on food plating means you're no longer allowed to eat your food. All you paid for is a license to look at it at the table...
I would say, when considering food plating for "copyrights", neither creativity or fixation should be considered, before first we consider what economic problem we intend to solve with such a right. If there is no significant economic problem (e.g. restaurants not being able to serve food due to this issue), there is no need for legal interference in the market. If all it is is yet another attempt at crippling competition, it should be dismissed immediately.
And yes, this makes me listen to music by Jean-Michel Jarre with a different ear. I won't enjoy it anymore. It is as with those movies or series made by directors who later turned out to have sexually abused their actors. Unwatchable and not funny anymore with that knowledge.
On the post: If Twitter Shuts Down Trump's Account For Repeat Infringement Then Will Trump Fans Finally Realize That Copyright Is The Problem?
What I always wonder about is, why are such repeat infringement policies not written that you're account will only be terminated after you have repeatedly (lets say three times) convicted by an official court of copyright infringement using the platform's facilities. That would make platforms have a DMCA compliant policy, and solve the whole issue of mere accusations getting people kicked out. Of course platforms can still discretionary terminate accounts that are actually being used for blatant infringements. Of course, the DMCA still needs to be fixed, in that false accusations can actually lead to significant damages being due, but that is not something the platforms can do.
On the post: Copyright Troll Richard Liebowitz Says It's Really Unfair That He Should Have To Tell Clients And Courts How Frequently He's Been Caught Lying In Court
Re: 'If people know I'm a liar they might not hire me!'
Trump didn't seem to have this problem at all.
On the post: Top EU Court Says Online Platforms Must Only Provide Postal Addresses Of People Who Upload Unauthorized Copies Of Copyright Material
Re: Re:
We Dutch could use Noordeinde 68, 2514 GL Den Haag, the address of the Royal Palace.
On the post: Top EU Court Says Online Platforms Must Only Provide Postal Addresses Of People Who Upload Unauthorized Copies Of Copyright Material
A bit of a technicality, that a good thing courts didn't expand the meaning of words this time. Will probably be "fixed" fairly quickly at the national level.
For Google and likes, they will probably run into the GDPR if they start providing this information without a law saying they must: they will lack the legitimacy of sharing that information in that case.
On the post: Sci-Hub Downloads Boost Article Citations -- And Help Academic Publishers
Re: Re:
You gain more citations, as the article mentions. Cites are everything in some parts of science.
On the post: Sci-Hub Downloads Boost Article Citations -- And Help Academic Publishers
Re:
I would hardly call scientific paper a part of the entertainment industry. Some area's maybe, but much is very serious.
On the post: In The Middle Of A Pandemic, ICE Says Foreign Students Must Attend Physical Classes If They Don't Want To Be Kicked Out Of The Country
I hope institutions will jump in and offer Covid-19 safe physical classes (and examinations), required just for those affected by this latest troll of ICE.
On the post: Sci-Hub Downloads Boost Article Citations -- And Help Academic Publishers
So, as a scientist, it may be better to submit your own article to SciHub rather than giving it up to the publishing-maffia. You loose less and you gain more.
On the post: Chinese 5G Plans Start At $10, Showing The 'Race to 5G' Isn't Much Of One
The paradox of a free market is that to keep it free, you constantly have to make sure you regulate abusive behavior, so market mechanisms can continue to function properly. The current US implementation of "free market" seems to be very much the opposite, with a combination of regulatory capture and monopolistic abuse. This all is leading to huge damage to society at large -- and in the long time means the US will loose the competition with other economic blocks.
On the post: Companies Issuing Bogus Copyright Claims To Hide Police Training Materials From The Public
The EFF can simply post it themselves, and wait for the copyright claiming party to sue.
On the post: Top German Court Rules Facebook's Collection And Use Of Data From Third-Party Sources Requires 'Voluntary' Consent
Re: why no thte old way..
I have a password manager, and keep separate accounts on almost all sites that allow it, but using a centralized system is so much more convenient for most, even when the damage done when such an account is compromised is so much bigger.
For those in the EU: I think it would be nice to organize a GDPR request day, on which everybody would request their personal details on the same date -- flooding the system, and thus giving rise to an avalanche of legitimate complaints for not meeting the 30 day deadline to supply them. If we make personal data a toxic asset that way, the eagerness to harvest it might become less.
On the post: Minneapolis City Council Votes Unanimously To Disband Its Police Department
Re:
The city can turn the payroll dept. of the police into an separate organization, give it all the employment contracts but nothing else, and let it go bankrupt. Trump has used tricks like that for many years, so such behavior certainly has the blessing of the highest powers in the country.
On the post: Minneapolis City Council Votes Unanimously To Disband Its Police Department
Reminds me of a company I worked for a very long time ago: they had an IT department that took care of the mainframes for a long time (not in bad way, BTW), but was completely unwilling to support PCs, so a separate PC department was set up. When the last mainframe was carried out, de old department was abolished.
Think here we have to look into various departments, like "traffic enforcer", "neighborhood steward", etc., all unarmed (except for body-cams), and in friendly-colored non-imposing uniforms. Exclusively for violent events, you can have the "crime patrols" or something that may have arms appropriate to the occasion.
On the post: Internet Archive Closing National Emergency Library Two Weeks Early, Due To Lawsuit, Despite How Useful It's Been
Re: They must have seen it coming...
You seem to forget that copyright is for limited times... That those limited times have been stretched to unreasonable lengths through corruption by publishers didn't change that -- and did you realize that those exentsions actually go against the interest of currently active authors that can still produce new works, as they now have to share part of the available funds for works with the heirs or assignees of long dead authors, and are limited in the ways they can be inspired by works of long dead authors.
On the post: Internet Archive Closing National Emergency Library Two Weeks Early, Due To Lawsuit, Despite How Useful It's Been
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: The Publishers are more evil than the RIAA a
Nonsense. At Project Gutenberg they publish a huge number of classics that are also still in print, all in the public domain in the US. Project Gutenberg has never been sued in the US about this.
That publishers abuse the Google Print system by claiming a PD book is in print, and thus have it reduced to snippet view is another story. In a few cases, publishers have taken Google Print books, made them available Print-on-demand, and then told Google to take down their source -- but that is just plain cowardice from Google's side.
On the post: Court Cites George Floyd Killing While Denying Immunity To Officers Who Shot A Black Man 22 Times As He Lay On The Ground
Re: Re:
I am an optimist and assume that such heartless people are actually a minority. It is just that certain aspects of a culture in a police force will attract the wrong type of persons. Bad cops drive out good cops.
Given that police officers have more more rights than ordinary citizens, I think they should also punished more harshly than ordinary citizens in cases of abuse. We still have a long way to go here.
On the post: Court Cites George Floyd Killing While Denying Immunity To Officers Who Shot A Black Man 22 Times As He Lay On The Ground
Good. Although it shouldn't matter, it probably helps that one of the judges shares a last name with George Floyd.
On the post: No, California Law Review, Food Plating Does Not Deserve Copyright Protection
Re:
Under the moral right of the copyright holder not to have his work destroyed, a copyright on food plating means you're no longer allowed to eat your food. All you paid for is a license to look at it at the table...
On the post: No, California Law Review, Food Plating Does Not Deserve Copyright Protection
I would say, when considering food plating for "copyrights", neither creativity or fixation should be considered, before first we consider what economic problem we intend to solve with such a right. If there is no significant economic problem (e.g. restaurants not being able to serve food due to this issue), there is no need for legal interference in the market. If all it is is yet another attempt at crippling competition, it should be dismissed immediately.
On the post: UNESCO Suggests COVID-19 Is A Reason To Create... Eternal Copyright
And yes, this makes me listen to music by Jean-Michel Jarre with a different ear. I won't enjoy it anymore. It is as with those movies or series made by directors who later turned out to have sexually abused their actors. Unwatchable and not funny anymore with that knowledge.
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