Only way to deal with this, is to trick these people into downloading some seriously illegal material, by disguising it as an update to a program they are using or something. And then tip off the authorities. See if they claim ignorance and innocence.
Recently one of my photos got selected to be printed in a Chinese magazine.
They sent me an email to notify me of this, and I just asked if they could send me the page the photo was featured on, they gave me the whole article. (sadly it's all in Chinese, which I can't read, but google translate tells me that it was a nice article).
I just thought it was cool, and now I can call myself an internationally published photographer.
Sure, I could've asked for money, but what would be the point? They could've gone to someone else instead, who would be willing to give them a similar photo for free.
Of course, the photo in this article is pretty spectacular, and the angle is somewhat unique, but the subject isn't.
And if the artist is okay with publishing the photo, why in nature's name does MSNBC try to make this into a shitstorm in a teacup?
Shoplifting != piracy, unless you mean the ancient form of piracy, of plundering.
Except that is not what you mean.
You mean to imply that shoplifting is the same as copyright infringement. Except that it isn't. Not by law (one is a criminal offense, and the other is a civil offense) and not by any other means.
Theft is taking one product which deprives another person access to that product.
Copyright infringement is making a copy of a product, but that does not deprive anyone from any access to the product.
Copyright infringement is the only """""theft""""" where after the act you have more of the product than before the act.
Making copies is like cloning sheep. At first you have one sheep, and now you have two sheep. Both give the same wool, have I deprived the farmer of the wool of his sheep? No, because he still has his sheep. Was there a crime involved? Perhaps against nature, but that's about it.
So Google tries to help the entertainment industry by being as friendly as possible to them, while screwing over paying customers, by imposing that limitation on users of its mobile platform.
Meanwhile, Google is being spat in the face by the same moneygrubbing entertainment industry-scum claiming that it's so anti-copyright.
Seems to be that Google is more like a masochist, who likes to be tortured and comes back for more.
Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 19th, 2011 @ 4:27am
Great to know how the humorless see this blogpost.
The rest of the world who does have a gene or two of humor understand that pure dry text isn't the way to deliver these kinds of stories, as they don't generate headlines.
THIS however did. And it got people to at least read the article, which might help them get prepared for a real outbreak.
"Oh my god, did the CDC really talk about the zombie apocalypse, L.O.L." *Facebooked* or *Twittered*.
This is 101 on how to get your message out. Use a sprinkle of humor.
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Obligatory Horatio Caine.
This case might...
*puts on sunglasses*
...sting a little.
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Alternatives to Dropbox
- Spideroak: https://spideroak.com/
- SugarSync: https://www.sugarsync.com/
- Windows Live mesh: http://explore.live.com/windows-live-mesh-sync-p2p-using
- Zumodrive: http://www.zumodrive.com/
- Wuala: http://www.wuala.com/
To name a few.
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Get off my grave
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I'll take 10, Tim.
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Is this for real? That's just hilariously stupid!
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Easy solution
Cheaper games, no drm, and no download insurance.
Disclaimer: no, I'm not affiliated with gog.com, just a happy customer.
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They sent me an email to notify me of this, and I just asked if they could send me the page the photo was featured on, they gave me the whole article. (sadly it's all in Chinese, which I can't read, but google translate tells me that it was a nice article).
I just thought it was cool, and now I can call myself an internationally published photographer.
Sure, I could've asked for money, but what would be the point? They could've gone to someone else instead, who would be willing to give them a similar photo for free.
Of course, the photo in this article is pretty spectacular, and the angle is somewhat unique, but the subject isn't.
And if the artist is okay with publishing the photo, why in nature's name does MSNBC try to make this into a shitstorm in a teacup?
Incidentally, NASA's Astronomy Picture of the Day site recently featured a very similar but different photo.
http://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap110525.html
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On that note, I'll await the defamation lawsuit from someone named Jo.
(@MadJo)
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Re: Re: Tax the SD cards....
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Except that is not what you mean.
You mean to imply that shoplifting is the same as copyright infringement. Except that it isn't. Not by law (one is a criminal offense, and the other is a civil offense) and not by any other means.
Theft is taking one product which deprives another person access to that product.
Copyright infringement is making a copy of a product, but that does not deprive anyone from any access to the product.
Copyright infringement is the only """""theft""""" where after the act you have more of the product than before the act.
Making copies is like cloning sheep. At first you have one sheep, and now you have two sheep. Both give the same wool, have I deprived the farmer of the wool of his sheep? No, because he still has his sheep. Was there a crime involved? Perhaps against nature, but that's about it.
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what I think what we need
This judge fights quite a Don Quixotic fight against a moronic injunction.
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Meanwhile, Google is being spat in the face by the same moneygrubbing entertainment industry-scum claiming that it's so anti-copyright.
Seems to be that Google is more like a masochist, who likes to be tortured and comes back for more.
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Let's put the grey matter to good use.
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Re: Re: Response to: Anonymous Coward on May 19th, 2011 @ 4:27am
The rest of the world who does have a gene or two of humor understand that pure dry text isn't the way to deliver these kinds of stories, as they don't generate headlines.
THIS however did. And it got people to at least read the article, which might help them get prepared for a real outbreak.
"Oh my god, did the CDC really talk about the zombie apocalypse, L.O.L." *Facebooked* or *Twittered*.
This is 101 on how to get your message out. Use a sprinkle of humor.
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