First step... turn off the local news. It's pure fear mongering and it doesn't serve your community. If you want to know what's really going on in your city, then get out of your house. The news thrives on making you afraid to leave your home (and sometimes, even afraid to stay in your home).
Public domain means you technically relinquish EVERY RIGHT to that work. That's not a bad thing per se, but I wonder how this will go down in the court...
If you're relinquishing all rights, why would you bother taking someone to court?
These are the same people who would can't conceive of themselves on the wrong side of the law. They don't realize the rules are in place to protect them.
I'm not surprised. Techdirt is full of trolls simply because Techdirt acknowledge piracy exists, and they consider it a rousing endorsement. They thoroughly believe the only reason this website exists is to promote piracy. The fact that mainstream news doesn't mention piracy only reinforces this idea.
It's too bad really. I was looking forward to Hood's future employment with the MPAA. I figured he was being groomed as Chris Dodd's future replacement. I hope his failure to destroy Google doesn't ruin his chances.
So basicaly, Dotcom doing everything he can legally to defend himself and avoid prosecution just confirms that he's wrong and guilty and deserves punishment.
But the government doing everything they can legally to prosecute and make it difficult for the accused to defend themselves is just playing by the book and perfecly fine.
And even if you never question the legality of what the government is doing, you certainly never question the morality of it because you firmly believe that if it's the law, it must be just and good.
The high court of wolves said, "Of course the sheep can have justice. All it has to do is walk into our lair. If the sheep won't do that voluntarily, then obviously the sheep has done something wrong."
Considering what the U.S. has already done in New Zealand, the idea that New Zealand will offer justice makes me laugh. They'll hand him right over and let the U.S. rake him over the coals while Chris Dodd sends thank you presents to the DOJ.
Re: So, Google will cease showing any images in search now, right?
Well they already went to court over that and one, but a difference is that Google doesn't host those images while the app does. Not that I agree with any of this.
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Anyone limiting the power of rulers has the power to become rulers themselves. I'm not really interested in being ruled by corporations, and one of the primary roles of government has always been to ensure that businesses remain fair.
That's just it - most things created in this world do not need copyright protection nor do the creators want copyright protection, but it is the default for everything - like this comment for example. What's more, there's is absolutely no market for most things that are created and therefore no good reason to give most thing copyright protection.
It hard to respect a law that's so at odds with its purpose, which is to provide a market incentive for those few things which might serve a market.
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If you're relinquishing all rights, why would you bother taking someone to court?
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But the government doing everything they can legally to prosecute and make it difficult for the accused to defend themselves is just playing by the book and perfecly fine.
And even if you never question the legality of what the government is doing, you certainly never question the morality of it because you firmly believe that if it's the law, it must be just and good.
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AT&T $25,000
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It hard to respect a law that's so at odds with its purpose, which is to provide a market incentive for those few things which might serve a market.
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