Take photographs of an event (people on a theme park ride or on the London Eye, for example), display photos so people whose images were captured can recognise themselves and opt to purchase the photos. Yet again a patent seems to have been awarded just because some oik added the words 'on the Internet'. *facepalms*
"The combination of Comcast and Time Warner Cable will create a worldwide communications, media, and technology monopoly that won't bother trying to go anywhere in meeting the satiable consumer demand for advanced digital services on multiple devices in homes, workplaces, and on-the-go.”
@ both of you: How long would you be calling ADHD 'fake ass shit' if you'd ever suffered from hyperactivity? As they say, don't knock it till you've tried it.
Copyright is abused by large producers and distributors in film, television and publishing industries more often than by anyone else. An individual artist is still more likely to win the lottery than make the big time. Those artists who do win the lottery win big because they are far less likely to lose money to Creative Accounting – and those who don’t take other jobs and take home more money per year than Nickelback made from Rockstar.
“But what has freedom of expression got to do with generating advertising revenues by censoring widely used points of access to tens of thousands of Public Domain and CC Licensed movies and music recordings on the Internet with disregard for the obvious wishes of creators and artists? And yet the freedom of the author to determine the use of their works themselves is trampled!” FTFY, Franz Medwenitsch.
"I am satisfied that the private copying exception will be introduced while providing fair compensation for songwriters, performers and other rights holders within the creative sector. A mechanism for fair compensation is a requirement of European law, and no levy for no sharing is fair. In response to the fallacious claims of the copyright industry, I am considering my legal options."
Prenda is just like Hitler as the tide started turning during WWII. They keep trying to fight, but I'm waiting for them to realise the battle is lost and shoot themselves in the head. Yeah, yeah, but Godwin's Law doesn't work the way you might think. This discussion may continue.
While making purchases at an automated checkout, somebody exiting the store triggers the alarms. As you exit, you see a woman being placed under arrest, but you carry on to your vehicle in the parking lot. Suddenly, you find yourself under arrest for 'being in the proximity of the arrested shoplifter'. Is Nineteen Eighty-Four being rewritten IRL or something?
Meanwhile, Barry Diller declared that "free content is a myth" and so we declared that he was a myth, noting that both claims were equally accurate.
Absolutely true. Case in point: the stories and lyrics I write cost me nothing but time to create, especially the original stuff, so I can allow people to read them for no money if I so choose.
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Not any more.
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Old news to me given that I'm an X-File. Wrong number trick works every time.
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Prior art
On the post: NY Politician's Letter Supporting Comcast/Time Warner Cable Either Written By Comcast Or Plagiarized From Comcast
Fixed that for both of them
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On the post: The Copyright Folly: Making A Living As A Creator Has Always Been Difficult, Stronger Copyright Doesn't Fix It
Just sayin'.
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FTFY, Franz Medwenitsch.
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FTFY, Whatever. Don't turn into OotB now.
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My version
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On the post: Australia's Attorney General Says Metadata Collection Won't Track Your Web Surfing, Just The Web Addresses You Visit (Huh?)
You know, since they're the same thing and all... *shrugs*
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Re: Re: Sauce for the goose...
No you wouldn't, you can simply claim to be the agent of the copyright holder.
On the post: Prenda Loses Again: Minnesota Appeals Court Upholds Sanctions
It seems to me that...
Yeah, yeah, but Godwin's Law doesn't work the way you might think. This discussion may continue.
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On the post: Connecticut Supreme Court Says State Cops Can Detain You Simply For Being In The Vicinity Of Someone They're Arresting
Hows about this scenario?
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Absolutely true. Case in point: the stories and lyrics I write cost me nothing but time to create, especially the original stuff, so I can allow people to read them for no money if I so choose.
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Re: Re: What could go wrong? (everything)
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