If Google is required to apply UK's law worldwide, it would also have to be required to apply China's broad-reaching censorship laws as well. Additionally, it would also have to abide by Sharia Law due to the several Muslim states where religious law is also State law.
"So, what's Comcast and Verizon's excuse?" Profit! (and unwillingness to innovate, hence they think the best way to profit is to make them pay more rather than 'give it away for free' because it's cheaper to do so, as Google explains.)
This is interesting... because in order for the Felony to stick they have to actually prove beyond a reasonable doubt to a jury of peers that the Complaint is false.
In other words, they have to prove the innocence of the cop the complaint was filed against.
You can't prove a negative (that's why trials are innocent until proven guilty in pretty much every free society) - but this law seeks to do just that.
Calgary outlawed ride-sharing to protect it's taxis last year or so, and a few weeks ago, they have now mandated that all registered taxi owners must have their vehicles in service from 4 pm to 4 am every weekend.
So they 'force' taxi owners to work because the demand is so high, but they blocked alternate ways to mitigate the demand.. WTF?
For that matter - stop calling it "Canadian Bacon" Our bacon is the same as yours, what Americans call "Canadian Bacon" is just back bacon (from the back of the pig)
Thanks for that, I am immediately moved to email them to tell them that urging people to contact their representatives is a staple of democracy and by trying to gag that with a cease and desist is completely undemocratic.
The fact is, the issue makes me (living in Canada, not even in the same country - let alone the same municipality) want to write in.
The powers that be in the United States are afraid of Bitcoin. The US Dollar is going to collapse and its going to do it soon - the soaring prices of BitCoin show that people are flocking to it and away from the USD. (Gold and Silver too, FWIW)
I'm actually surprised this hasn't happened sooner - BitCoin presents a real threat to the 'status quo'. However that's exactly the reason why so many people support it.
Did some more digging - it is used because early cartoons used a certain sound effect when something is snatched or runs away quickly - anyone who grew up with those cartoons would use this word to describe that sound, so we tend to say "Yoink!" when we take something quickly - or 'steal' something when we're making it obvious we're taking it.
I just realised yesterday that if you "can't compete with free" why do grocery and convenience stores universally sell bottled water?
Quality certainly beats free! However since most things covered by copyright have so much DRM that the free versions have better quality, and thus, the free versions are outright better *and* free.
There's a saying, and I forget which way it goes, but both are true; Any sufficiently extreme satire is indistinguishable from extremist viewpoint. Any sufficiently extreme viewpoint is indistinguishable from satire.
The TV Show the Colbert Report is a good example. Liberals love him, because they think it's humorous satire. Conservatives love him because they agree with him.
A conservative group taking an image that was designed as satire because they feel it fits their ideology is par for the course for this 'law'.
I don't know what the labour laws are there - but if this happened in Alberta they would all be entitled to severance because of how short the notice was, depending on how long they've worked there (Starts at minimum 2 weeks if they've been their 90 days.) If you don't get 2 weeks notice, you get paid for 2 week anyway. Goes up to 3 weeks after 2 years working for the same employer, and then increases over time.
This is exactly the type of thing that turns otherwise paying customers into pirates. The logic goes something like this;
1) WTF? I can't watch the content that I paid to watch?? 2) Hrm... I've heard that you can download stuff online - I've paid for this, and I really want to watch it.. so maybe it's justified for me to try it - just this once. 3) Wow - downloading content was a lot quicker and easier than I thought it would be - and there's fewer digital rights crap stuff I have to jump through. It's both free _and_ I get better service, maybe I'll just do this from now on.
But that's the problem Security is _not_ to be prioritized over _everything_ else.
"Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither. Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security." -- Benjamin Franklin
Copyright covers a specific expression of a work, it does not cover ideas or plot. It doesn't even cover character names (although those can be trademarked)
I love the new product that I bought. I cannot tell you it's name, because that would be a trademark violation. I cannot tell you what it does because that would be a patent violation.
But I can tell you that I love it, and I hope everyone will purchase one! It really saved my day today!
Global Censorship?
Is this the kind of world we want to live in?
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That would be very, very bad for personal liberties.
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Profit!
(and unwillingness to innovate, hence they think the best way to profit is to make them pay more rather than 'give it away for free' because it's cheaper to do so, as Google explains.)
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In other words, they have to prove the innocence of the cop the complaint was filed against.
You can't prove a negative (that's why trials are innocent until proven guilty in pretty much every free society) - but this law seeks to do just that.
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So they 'force' taxi owners to work because the demand is so high, but they blocked alternate ways to mitigate the demand.. WTF?
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Anyone with any common sense would agree that a 500 year old statue is 'fair game' for use in advertising.
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The fact is, the issue makes me (living in Canada, not even in the same country - let alone the same municipality) want to write in.
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I'm actually surprised this hasn't happened sooner - BitCoin presents a real threat to the 'status quo'. However that's exactly the reason why so many people support it.
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Quality certainly beats free! However since most things covered by copyright have so much DRM that the free versions have better quality, and thus, the free versions are outright better *and* free.
Re: Re: Yoinked
http://www.wordnik.com/words/yoink
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Any sufficiently extreme satire is indistinguishable from extremist viewpoint.
Any sufficiently extreme viewpoint is indistinguishable from satire.
The TV Show the Colbert Report is a good example. Liberals love him, because they think it's humorous satire. Conservatives love him because they agree with him.
A conservative group taking an image that was designed as satire because they feel it fits their ideology is par for the course for this 'law'.
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GG Disney
1) WTF? I can't watch the content that I paid to watch??
2) Hrm... I've heard that you can download stuff online - I've paid for this, and I really want to watch it.. so maybe it's justified for me to try it - just this once.
3) Wow - downloading content was a lot quicker and easier than I thought it would be - and there's fewer digital rights crap stuff I have to jump through. It's both free _and_ I get better service, maybe I'll just do this from now on.
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"Those who would trade in their freedom for their protection deserve neither. Those who give up their liberty for more security neither deserve liberty nor security."
-- Benjamin Franklin
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Sincere endorsement!
But I can tell you that I love it, and I hope everyone will purchase one! It really saved my day today!
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Can't wait for CBS to try to run to cable and watch as all their advertising dollars go 'poof'.
This move is more likely to create more pirates.
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