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Part of the problem is that people seem to think TechDirt is a news site, when it's really an opinion site, commenting on news from other places. Offering opinions really gets some people riled up.
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Killer Joe happened to be a popular stageplay, so there is an audience for it. The fact that stores won't sell NC-17 movies is a bigger censorship issue and I praise the (very good) director for not buckling to market pressure.
I can understand why a producer would be upset by that since the producer's job is to watch the bottom line, but blaming the director for the movie's failure, esp. since the director apparently has final say, is a crappy thing to do.
Re: If defending Megaupload, you're for out and out PIRACY.
I don't know why I'm bothering to reply to your trolly comment but...
You completely fail to understand the difference between defending Megaupload and being appalled at the abhorrent and careless actions used by the government to take them down. Even if it was Adolf Hitler selling infants into sex slavery, it wouldn't justify the government's actions. The ends do not justify the means, and it has absolutely nothing to do with supporting piracy, so please shut up about it.
And I'm a copyright moderate. The basis of the law is incentive for artists, and it works because it prevents companies like Warner Brothers from simply taking my ideas and making a big movie without credit or compensation. But the law has become unreasonable and needs serious revision in a way that doesn't entirely benefit big companies like Warner Brothers. They haven't been willing to give up control, but people have taken it from them anyway.
Most creative acts are not done to make money, but simply to be creative. Once people try to make a business out of creativity, we run into problems.
The big problem with current copyright law is it treats everyone's creative act like it has business potential, making people think everything created has monetary value, and that everything created retains monetary value for over a century. This is completely wrong.
With an opt-in system (and searchable database) people who feel their works have value can pay to protect it, and everyone else can just be free to create. I'd have a lot more sympathy then when people cry infringement.
Mr. Chartier, I saw your films Killer Joe, Dallas Buyers Club, Hurt Locker, and Don Jon. They were really great.
Unfortunately, I didn't pay you a dime for them because I got them from my local library. If this pisses you off, then please sue the U.S. Goverment for lending me their copy of your movie.
In the meantime, I hope your suing spree gets you a lot more fans.
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Only a court of law can determine that something is infringing. A private company cannot arbitrarily make that decision. It should be presumed that whomever uploads content has the rights to do so unless challenged by the copyright holder in a court of law. I don't care if you think it's obvious or not - that's how the law works and that's why you have to go after the uploader, not the business hosting the content.
Re: Yes, "teh internets" has matured and will be regulated.
I'll ignore the petty insults you're slinging this time, but your logic is absolutely twisted - intentionally I suspect.
The kind of "regulation" they're asking for is along the lines of Standard Oil dictating that manufacturers can only make cars that run on gas from Standard Oil.
And it's not really a comparison because oil is a finite resource - not infinite like data.
And I would quit reading the site if every single article tried to explain copyright law to a bunch of trolls that will simply ignore it and instead try to demean the writer.
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I can understand why a producer would be upset by that since the producer's job is to watch the bottom line, but blaming the director for the movie's failure, esp. since the director apparently has final say, is a crappy thing to do.
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Re: If defending Megaupload, you're for out and out PIRACY.
You completely fail to understand the difference between defending Megaupload and being appalled at the abhorrent and careless actions used by the government to take them down. Even if it was Adolf Hitler selling infants into sex slavery, it wouldn't justify the government's actions. The ends do not justify the means, and it has absolutely nothing to do with supporting piracy, so please shut up about it.
And I'm a copyright moderate. The basis of the law is incentive for artists, and it works because it prevents companies like Warner Brothers from simply taking my ideas and making a big movie without credit or compensation. But the law has become unreasonable and needs serious revision in a way that doesn't entirely benefit big companies like Warner Brothers. They haven't been willing to give up control, but people have taken it from them anyway.
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The big problem with current copyright law is it treats everyone's creative act like it has business potential, making people think everything created has monetary value, and that everything created retains monetary value for over a century. This is completely wrong.
With an opt-in system (and searchable database) people who feel their works have value can pay to protect it, and everyone else can just be free to create. I'd have a lot more sympathy then when people cry infringement.
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Unfortunately, I didn't pay you a dime for them because I got them from my local library. If this pisses you off, then please sue the U.S. Goverment for lending me their copy of your movie.
In the meantime, I hope your suing spree gets you a lot more fans.
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Gwiz with logic and examples.
GooberedUp might do better to avoid the insults and condescension next time and argue his case better like the real lawyer he claims he is.
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Re: Yes, "teh internets" has matured and will be regulated.
The kind of "regulation" they're asking for is along the lines of Standard Oil dictating that manufacturers can only make cars that run on gas from Standard Oil.
And it's not really a comparison because oil is a finite resource - not infinite like data.
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