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CreativeAmerica Copies Content To Support Anti-Copying Bills
from the please,-we-prefer-remix dept
Remember CreativeAmerica? That's the pro-SOPA/PIPA astroturf group that the big Hollywood studios set up, pretending that it was a "grassroots" campaign (even though its grassroots efforts aren't turning up many supporters). For a group that positions itself as being really strongly pro-stronger, more draconian copyright, you would think that it would be careful to, you know, not copy others, right? But, really, what's a little copying among people lobbying over bills about the evils of copying?
Yes, it appears that the good folks at CreativeAmerica just happened to notice that the large and growing anti-SOPA/PIPA forces have mobilized the public to go out to various town hall meetings for Senators to protest PIPA... and they decided, "Hey, we should do that!" But, rather than creating their own campaign, and doing the legwork (and, trust me, there's a lot of legwork involved) to actually compile the list of townhalls and then to craft an email to supporters... it seems that CreativeAmerica thought it would be easier to just copy someone else's... and... um... "remix" it.
You can see the email that Public Knowledge sent to people protesting PIPA here. And, here is the email that CreativeAmerica just sent to people urging them to go to the same town hall meetings in support of PIPA. You... may notice some similarities. Here are the two emails side by side. Yes, they made some changes.... er... remixes... but it's pretty obvious that CreativeAmerica just took PK's email and made a few edits. It's especially obvious when you look at the 3 point list of instructions... which is almost word-for-word.
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As for the two meetup groups... you can see Public Knowledge's town hall meetup here and you can see CreativeAmerica's here. It seems pretty clear that CreativeAmerica simply scraped and copied PK's. So creative!
Of course, we have no problem with this general kind of building on the works of others. We consider such remixing and building on the works of others a true form of creativity. We just find it a wee bit (well, actually, more than that) hypocritical for an organization set up by the big movie studios for the express purpose of pushing for heftier punishment for those who copy... to then go and copy stuff themselves. Paraphrasing the critics in our own comments: What's wrong, CreativeAmerica, can't you create your own works here? Why do you have to "steal" the work of other people who actually did the work?
Yes, it appears that the good folks at CreativeAmerica just happened to notice that the large and growing anti-SOPA/PIPA forces have mobilized the public to go out to various town hall meetings for Senators to protest PIPA... and they decided, "Hey, we should do that!" But, rather than creating their own campaign, and doing the legwork (and, trust me, there's a lot of legwork involved) to actually compile the list of townhalls and then to craft an email to supporters... it seems that CreativeAmerica thought it would be easier to just copy someone else's... and... um... "remix" it.
You can see the email that Public Knowledge sent to people protesting PIPA here. And, here is the email that CreativeAmerica just sent to people urging them to go to the same town hall meetings in support of PIPA. You... may notice some similarities. Here are the two emails side by side. Yes, they made some changes.... er... remixes... but it's pretty obvious that CreativeAmerica just took PK's email and made a few edits. It's especially obvious when you look at the 3 point list of instructions... which is almost word-for-word.
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Of course, we have no problem with this general kind of building on the works of others. We consider such remixing and building on the works of others a true form of creativity. We just find it a wee bit (well, actually, more than that) hypocritical for an organization set up by the big movie studios for the express purpose of pushing for heftier punishment for those who copy... to then go and copy stuff themselves. Paraphrasing the critics in our own comments: What's wrong, CreativeAmerica, can't you create your own works here? Why do you have to "steal" the work of other people who actually did the work?
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In this case, I advocate a policy of "live by the sword, die by the sword".
Sue that astroturf into oblivion.
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LOL. Priceless.
Or should I say, "Yeah, figures Pirate Mike would just steal someone else's words in an intellectually dishonest attempt to steer the conversation away from piracy, which is the real problem here. Not what the studios may or may not be doing to solve the problem. The sky is falling the sky is falling! Oh Mike, you're desperation is showing when you're grasping at straws such as this."
Jk. Keep it up. The hypocrisy shown by the studios and some of the ACs is always worth pointing out for those not aware of it to see.
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Public Knowledge could take down every website associated with this rogue site, and have payments stopped from every legitimate source.
As ugly as it would be, the other side will have the same options.
Instead, all they have now is that pesky copyright light. Break out the lawyers, the DMCA, and see what happens when the dust settles.
Fight stupidity with stupidity, I say!
(I really don't)
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Just in case you want further proof
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Re: To quote Scott Adams
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Not a surprise
Congratulations to Creative-America for proving how good ideas tend to be copied throughout society.
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If course, everything Public Knowledge writes in the public domain, right? Right? Hey someone answer us!
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Nothing to see here; move along.
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It's "...YOUR desperation is showing...", you illiterate clod.
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something stupid.
NOW back to something completely different.
Lets get a few thoughts into this.
1. Lower populations states SUCK, as we dont have that much representation..only 13 states will be monitored.
2. those that show up to contest, will be derided, and over spoken, as not to get their comments in.
3. who will do it..the corps that want this past. Where? in those 13 states..
4. then only those numbers of CONTESTANT, will be counted as a national average. 10,000 in those 13 states will be the number of Persons contesting the bill...NOT from the other 37 states.
5. also to think about. what would it take to have a PAID/rep in the position of your representatives office..
Some idiot that gets paid(under the table, in the background) to make things disappear..esp for certain MAIN reps? A special envoy, that can intercept much of the news/letters/fax/data YOUR REP is supposed to use...
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Basically it's a case of live by your sword, die by your sword.
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Totally understandable mistake
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1. If you were joking originally, why are you so upset by a minor and valid grammar correction.
2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poe%27s_law is very much in effect here.
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No, he's coming out against hypocrisy and plagiarism. Maybe you should buy a dictionary?
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Here's what I said: "Of course, we have no problem with this general kind of building on the works of others. We consider such remixing and building on the works of others a true form of creativity. We just find it a wee bit (well, actually, more than that) hypocritical for an organization set up by the big movie studios for the express purpose of pushing for heftier punishment for those who copy... to then go and copy stuff themselves."
How you get one from the other only speaks to your inability to comprehend basic logic. #readingcomprehensionfailure
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Creative?
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