I'm afraid we'll have to wait out the final death throes of several industries who build up massively successful influence machines based on pre-internet economics, politics and morality. Inertia of something so big is hard to counteract, but it will run out eventually.
Shouldn't all these web pages be found on the ".internet" TLD since they're just digital representations of actual businesses? They're not IN NYC they're in cyberspaceland.
Or, if you want domains to correlate to geography, NYC should not be a TLD. It should be a subdomain like NYC.NY.US.NA.EARTH.SOL.MILKYWAY
Also, they've had a large hand in shaping the current state of that law as it is today. Creating laws that don't benefit or make sense to The People and then reacting in shock and horror when they're disobeyed is modus operandi for corrupt and useless companies.
I'm starting to think that in order to get copyright duration knocked down to a level that I think is reasonable, I'm going to have to start arguing for a point far beyond the goal. That way when the various lobbies meet in "the middle" it isn't another small extension chipping away at my Public Domain.
Re: Can't we just get the dot-Music top level domain already?
Seems like it would be easier to just outlaw all music. That way if someone is caught with music in their possession, or music paraphernalia, we won't need through the confusing process of deciding whether their music is legitimate or not.
Of course to be equitable, we'd probably ban movies, art and emotions in general. Everyone would have to dose twice a day with 'equilibrium' to make sure none of us get the urge to be creative in an unsanctioned manner.
In a darkened, smoky room of an evil volcano island...
"Damn, we are having the toughest time getting the government to approve these latest round of ex post facto laws that benefit no one aside from us."
*lightbulb appears over head*
"Hey, ICANN isn't beholden to stupid voters! Lets get them to do the dirty work that keeps us in control of things we're not qualified to be in charge of!"
Re: Re: Lt. Evers says he didn't arrest him for taking pictures.
It's sad that I feel compelled to point out that "Obstruction of Justice" and "Obstruction of Police Action" are becoming more and more distinct.
If you want someone to respect your "Authoritah" you need to earn their trust through professionalism and example. We're not children and "because I said so" is not an acceptable rationale.
Hmm, perhaps you're right. The blog title at mojocrap.com says 'DMCA' so that just got stuck in my head, but the actual missive from Zazzle just says it's an "infringement claim by Summit." That might also explain how the pages went back up without an actual counter-notice being filed.
In any case it's not clear what's going on and both of these companies need to be more clear an straightforward about what their practices are. It's looking more and more like Zazzle is to blame for voluntarily censoring its users (and bad database management) which isn't so much a legal problem, but their users need to vote with their feet if that's the case.
Right, which brings up the question of why automated takedowns are even legal. Comments like MrWilsons about machines "swearing" that notices are valid, but end up being perjury, bring that issue to light.
I'd really like to see the EFF or ACLU get on the case for a bunch of these little guys and HAMMER the false notice companies to the full extent of the DMCA. I bet that would send some execs running to unplug their auto-filing bots.
So there are Twilight copyrighted "tags" out there that no one can associate with anything or Summit gets to delete whatever content that tag pointed at? That makes no sense to me in the least. Firstly why do the item pages get nuked (assuming the items themselves are not infringing) and not just the objectionable tag, and second, identifying tag information (usually one or two words) seem more like a Trademark issue than Copyright. Can you Copyright a single English word; or a date for that matter?
I don't care that Zazzle may be using bots to put bad tags on stuff, that's a company policy issue that should get worked out because it makes their search product less valuable to customers. I'm mystified that DMCA take-downs are getting issued because of ambiguous metadata keywords, not because of infringing content.
I did not know about those subtle nuances between parody and satire in copyright exceptions. I dare say that the Seuss estate has opened itself up to a world of legitimate parody works by protesting the use of an artistic style this satire though.
I'm wary of more legislation from folks who have proven themselves so clueless in the tech arena recently. However I do find it completely unacceptable for employers to request personal information like this. Maybe a better solution is to make it socially unacceptable to predicate employment on revealing these details. Spread the word that you don't have to deal with companies that treat people this way and the problem should work itself out.
Oh my goodness, I wish there were some Congressmen brave enough to suggest putting a warning label about sex and violence on every book that doesn't have cardboard pages.
And then I wish they'd realize how stupid that sounds and apply the lesson to all their other efforts to sterilize the world and "save the children".
Ok, feasible in the sense that ICANN might decide to cash in by allowing hundreds more tlds for no meaningful reason. Ridiculous in the suggestion that a wide variety of consumer activities defined as "piratical" by select organizations would become centralized around a new well-defined structure as if these activities were coordinated and maintained by a national or global syndicate in parity with the content cartel that seeks to limit culture in a similar centralizing manner.
Regional note: We use 'analog' for both in the US, and 'analogue' for nothing.
I read his statement to convey that they don't have the technology to intercept communications deployed in the United States. Whether the tech they absolutely do have deployed is totally capable of doing the things we're asking about from somewhere else is another matter entirely.
In other words, they're years ahead of The Pirate Bay in putting drone based wireless servers up over neutral airspace.
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Re: Re: Followed to naturally absurd extremes
On the post: New York City Cooks Up Annoying Plan That Will Pressure NYC Businesses To Buy .nyc Domains They Don't Want Or Need
Re: Re: Trademark?
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Re: Re: Shortening lengths
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Or, if by some chance it turns out that isn't true, may I propose:
People do not have the right to be compensated at all for simply creating something.
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Followed to naturally absurd extremes
Or, if you want domains to correlate to geography, NYC should not be a TLD. It should be a subdomain like NYC.NY.US.NA.EARTH.SOL.MILKYWAY
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On the post: German Scriptwriters Attack 'Greens, Pirates, Left-wingers And Internet Community' For Daring To Have Different Views On Copyright
Shortening lengths
Abolish copyright!
On the post: How The RIAA & MPAA Are Like The Anti-Innovation German Weavers' Guild Of The 16th Century
Re: Can't we just get the dot-Music top level domain already?
Of course to be equitable, we'd probably ban movies, art and emotions in general. Everyone would have to dose twice a day with 'equilibrium' to make sure none of us get the urge to be creative in an unsanctioned manner.
On the post: Trademark Lawyers Push For Crazy New Domain Rules Making It Easy For Them To Take Away Others' Domains
In a darkened, smoky room of an evil volcano island...
*lightbulb appears over head*
"Hey, ICANN isn't beholden to stupid voters! Lets get them to do the dirty work that keeps us in control of things we're not qualified to be in charge of!"
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Wut?
On the post: Yet Another Story Of A Guy Arrested For Filming Police
Re: Re: Lt. Evers says he didn't arrest him for taking pictures.
If you want someone to respect your "Authoritah" you need to earn their trust through professionalism and example. We're not children and "because I said so" is not an acceptable rationale.
On the post: Twilight Studio Issues Another Bogus Takedown, But Is Zazzle Partially To Blame?
Re: Re: Whh...what?
In any case it's not clear what's going on and both of these companies need to be more clear an straightforward about what their practices are. It's looking more and more like Zazzle is to blame for voluntarily censoring its users (and bad database management) which isn't so much a legal problem, but their users need to vote with their feet if that's the case.
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Re: Re: Whh...what?
I'd really like to see the EFF or ACLU get on the case for a bunch of these little guys and HAMMER the false notice companies to the full extent of the DMCA. I bet that would send some execs running to unplug their auto-filing bots.
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On the post: Twilight Studio Issues Another Bogus Takedown, But Is Zazzle Partially To Blame?
Whh...what?
I don't care that Zazzle may be using bots to put bad tags on stuff, that's a company policy issue that should get worked out because it makes their search product less valuable to customers. I'm mystified that DMCA take-downs are getting issued because of ambiguous metadata keywords, not because of infringing content.
On the post: C&D Squashes Seuss-Style Satire: Where Did The Idea/Expression Dichotomy Go?
Interesting...
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Think of the children!
And then I wish they'd realize how stupid that sounds and apply the lesson to all their other efforts to sterilize the world and "save the children".
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Re: Re: What now?
Regional note: We use 'analog' for both in the US, and 'analogue' for nothing.
On the post: NSA Insists It Doesn't Have 'The Ability' To Spy On American Emails, Texts, Etc.
Careful Wording
In other words, they're years ahead of The Pirate Bay in putting drone based wireless servers up over neutral airspace.
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