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  • On the post: BMI Says Club Is Too Sexy For Standard Fees, Voids Check, Sues For Non-Payment

    ChrisB ( profile ), 22 Sep, 2011 @ 01:53pm

    Re: Re: Re: I'm confused

    Not yet. They are working on a process to determine what songs you are singing to yourself in your head.

  • On the post: Dutch Anti-Piracy Group, With MPAA's Help, Able To Grab 29 US-Hosted Domains… With No Trial Or Notice

    ChrisB ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2010 @ 07:33pm

    Re: Re: Treason?

    Don't forget about the hours of NON-COMMERCIAL content uploaded to youtube every minute. With or without IP laws people will always have ideas and make new content. IP laws do not create ideas.

  • On the post: UK Hairdresser Fined For Playing Music Even Though He Tried To Be Legal

    ChrisB ( profile ), 07 Jul, 2010 @ 09:38am

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    "If you don't like the licensing laws, simply don't listen to the music that is affected by them. It's very easy to opt-out!"

    What about the stories of collection societies coming after businesses that play only UNLICENSED music and INDEPENDENT artists? Is it right in you mind that these parasite collection societies demand payment on music that they have NO control over just because there is a chance that some piece of music that they control [i]might[/i] be played?

    These asshats make it so that there is no chance to opt-out.

  • On the post: Significant Objects Becomes A Book… More Infinite Goods Creating New Scarcities

    ChrisB ( profile ), 17 Jun, 2010 @ 10:47pm

    Re: Infinite wisdom - finite knowledge - confused 'consultants'

    **I think you are confusing your Economics and your Art or Feelings.

    Scarcity has to do with Limited Resources, and only limited resources.

    Scarcity can only be determined in so much as the medium a product is introduced into the market with. So, if a *unique* story is digitally available it is an infinite good, because the ability exists to create an infinite number of copies of said story. If the *unique* story is introduced into the market printed on paper, it is a Scarce Good, as there are a finite number of pieces of paper available to print the story on.

    Scarce goods have nothing to do with Uniqueness, or Quality, or Color, or Content. Scarcity has everything to do with the ability to reproduce the good. These qualifiers can add or detract from the Value of a product but they do not determine if there are limited resources to reproduce the product.

  • On the post: FIFA Threatens To Sue Brewery, Because Dutch World Cup Fans Wore Orange

    ChrisB ( profile ), 15 Jun, 2010 @ 03:00pm

    Re: Re:

    We need a [Funny] button, too.

  • On the post: More People Realizing That ASCAP And BMI Are Killing Local Music Scenes

    ChrisB ( profile ), 12 Jun, 2010 @ 10:16am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    His point is that the coffee shops are choosing to live with out the music but the problem is with the Musicians. With all the venues that are stopping playing music the independent Musicians are losing money / opportunities to practice their craft. These performance rights groups are taking away these opportunities for new, up and coming artists, even if these new artists are playing their own music.

    Where can a new artist play the music that they wrote if no place offers an Open Mic because these Performance Rights groups are charging too much money for the right to play music even if that music is not a part of said Performance Rights group?

  • On the post: Dutch Court Says Just Publishing Links To A Movie Is Illegal And Must Be Blocked

    ChrisB ( profile ), 05 Jun, 2010 @ 09:15am

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    Or the internet will stay the same because, like in Real Life(tm), some people choose to do illegal things. Some people choose to sneak into a theater to watch a movie with out paying for it, some people choose to watch that same movie online without paying for it.

    Does this mean that /all/ people do these things? No.

    Is this behavior exclusive to the internet? No.

    Why would we change the internet to a broadcast medium? It was /built/ on user created content? Because /some/ people watch movies and don't pay for them? Just like some people sneak into a movie theater to see that same film without paying for it.

    We are living in a time of change, established ways of doing business are changing. Old business models that have been prevalent for the last century are changing because technology is making them obsolete.

  • On the post: Newspaper Edits Politicians Out Of Bill Signing Photograph; Doesn't Get Why People Think That's Bad

    ChrisB ( profile ), 21 May, 2010 @ 07:45am

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    The news paper said that it was a 'photo illustration' which means the image has been doctored in some way. So they weren't hiding the fact that they did something to it. So, this isn't news.

    Can you please provide a definition of "Photo Illustration" for me please? I do not associate Photo Illustration with reporting factual events. From what I can gather Photo Illustration means making Art out of photos, and I haven't found a definition where it relates to Removing Images from a photo reporting on Factual events.

    If the news paper had of used an image that didn't have those 3 politicians in it, would we care? Would it have been posted on this site as some sort of moral outrage? Would it have called into question the level of news being reported by said paper? No, on all counts.

    Yes, you are correct. By the newspaper creating a fake photograph and using a vague caption with no official or colloquial definition anywhere near news reporting they brought this controversy on to themselves.

  • On the post: Hollywood Gets Injunction Against Pirate Bay Bandwidth Provider?

    ChrisB ( profile ), 13 May, 2010 @ 09:21am

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    Oh no, better go after the Power Company, they provide power to the Pirate Bay so that they can operate! Even after the Pirate Bay was found guilty.

    Wait, the landlord also leases the property to the Pirate Bay, better go after them as well!

    Crap, the grocery store on the corner sells food to the operators of the Pirate Bay, the need to be included because they facilitate the ongoing infringement.

    If you want to go down this road, please explore where the road goes first.

  • On the post: Brazil Decides Against DMCA-Style Notice-And-Takedown For Third Party Content

    ChrisB ( profile ), 11 May, 2010 @ 08:10am

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    What? How? With the proposed system all Rights Holders have to do is show [i]real[/i] infringement and the content is gone. Unlike here in the US where no legal proof is necessary, and only a letter is needed to stifle potential free speech, putting the burden (both in costs and time) to fight false DMCA notices on innocent citizens making [i]legal[/i] content.

    In both systems if the content is illegal then it will be taken down.

    Question to you: If a rights holder doesn't like (but the content is legal) a work, why is the burden on the new creator? Shouldn't the rights holder have to prove that a work is infringing before it is removed?

  • On the post: Google Lawyer Says ACTA Is 'Cultural Imperialism'

    ChrisB ( profile ), 10 May, 2010 @ 08:43am

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    As the old proverb goes: "The enemy of my enemy is my friend". Any enemy of ACTA and the RIAA/MPAA at this point gets my full support.

  • On the post: Escapist Website Mass Bans (Then Unbans And Guilts) Users Who Mention Adblock

    ChrisB ( profile ), 20 Apr, 2010 @ 09:40pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    So I am stealing if I use my Cable Company Provided DVR to skip commercials?

  • On the post: Hot News Is Back: Court Blocks Website From Reporting The News

    ChrisB ( profile ), 20 Mar, 2010 @ 07:29am

    I wonder how thins will hold up with Twitter, facebook, and other social media tools? Can a person now get sued for a twitter message summarizing a "Hot News" piece before the time limit?

    Another thought: Does this apply only to the internet? or can I print out a version of the "Hot News" and pass it out on the street before the time limit?

  • On the post: Winning Essay In High School Ethics Writing Competition Argues That File Sharing Isn't Wrong

    ChrisB ( profile ), 19 Feb, 2010 @ 11:33am

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    You forgot cheap, filesharing is free.

    FREE and EASY, that is America.

  • On the post: Online Gaming Store Lowers Prices 75%, Sees Sales Shoot Up 5500%

    ChrisB ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2010 @ 05:12pm

    Re: Re:

    I believe he means saturate the market, as in get a copy in every hand that can hold one.

  • On the post: Warner Music Shoots Self In Head; Says No More Free Streaming

    ChrisB ( profile ), 10 Feb, 2010 @ 02:06pm

    "The 'get all your music you want for free, and then maybe with a few bells and whistles we can move you to a premium price' strategy is not the kind of approach to business that we will be supporting in the future."


    WTF does he think Radio is? I don't pay for squat for the music I listen to over the radio and yet i can listen to it ALL day long.

    Is WMG going to pull all their content from radio as well?

  • On the post: University Help Desk Employee Extorts Student Using Copyright

    ChrisB ( profile ), 05 Feb, 2010 @ 01:27pm

    Re:

    Only because we have so little money compared to large corporations.

  • On the post: But, Wait, Didn't The Entertainment Industry Insist ACTA Wouldn't Change US Law?

    ChrisB ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2010 @ 09:27am

    Re: so

    Unfortunately I don't think it will be that easy. If the entertainment industry is taking this much effort in creating this "Treaty" they will not allow everybody to make these accusations. I expect that only a "Select" (read MPAA/RIAA) group to be able to make these accusations. If they allowed everybody the chance to make accusations then the entire "Treaty" would be worthless as, like you said, everybody would eventually be kicked off the net.

  • On the post: Dutch Judges Plagiarize, Potentially Infringe, Blog Post In Decision About Copyright

    ChrisB ( profile ), 29 Jan, 2010 @ 02:14pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

    So what then about the Mural argument? That is the same analogy as hotlinking.

    I built (coded) a window (hotlink) for people to see the mural (img) from my home (site). Would this then infringe on the copyright of the artist as you argue that it infringes on the owner of the img? The mural artist could (at any time) paint a different mural, just like the owner of the image being hotlinked.

  • On the post: Insult To Injury: Mandelson Wants Those Wrongly Kicked Off The Internet To Pay To Appeal

    ChrisB ( profile ), 28 Jan, 2010 @ 08:56am

    Re: Businesses and Legal Status

    But who can make these accusations? Will the general populous have the ability to make accusations or will it be written into the law that only certain groups can make accusations.

    To me it smells like only certain copyright organizations will have the ability to make these accusations.

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