http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130606/11475923344/sweden-makes-it-illegal-to-take-photos-private-environments-without-permission.shtml#c362 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:23:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130606/11475923344/sweden-makes-it-illegal-to-take-photos-private-environments-without-permission.shtml#c362 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c261 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:21:30 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c261 it was.

Weren't signed with a label? No radio time, no presence in stores, nothing more than maybe playing local gigs, and since people had to know about you to be interested in listening to you, without a label that was pretty much as 'famous' as a musician could get, and the labels knew, and took shameless advantage of, this.

With the internet though, suddenly there are all sorts of new ways for artists to make a living, and best of all without having to sign over the rights to all to their stuff to the parasites in return for maybe getting rich and famous.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c237 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:21:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c237 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c222 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:18:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c222
So...it doesn't work then. It isn't a fair system, therefore, it doesn't work in a context of Democracy, one of the pillars of which is equality.

"Income limits are the obvious way, but that proven system doesn't fit into Mike's "libertarian" notions."

I don't agree on income limits. I agree on spreading the wealth and rewarding people for their contribution. For example, in a corporation, the salary of the highest paid contributor should never be higher than X times the salary of the lowest paid contributor (X is to be defined). Want to get paid more, just start paying your workers more. Everyone wins in the end, I think.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c844 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:20 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c844
If you consider the reality that the DOJ took this case to disrupt MegaUpload at the behest of the copyright lobby, then it makes sense.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c202 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:17:14 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c202 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c829 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c829 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c120 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:14:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130617/17584023513/new-orleans-cops-set-up-private-company-to-fill-pockets-with-red-light-camera-cash.shtml#c120 [no further comment required]]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c156 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:13:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c156 http://intellihub.com/2013/06/18/pirate-bay-founder-will-be-extradited-to-denmark/

"Following a hacking-related trial in Sweden last month, Pirate Bay co-founder Gottfrid Svartholm is now expected to go through the same process in Denmark."

I'll just jam it in as otherwise won't be brought up.

Anyhoo, what occurred to me while reading that is that you KNOW intellectual property is a valid concept because those who own it take ACTION TO PROTECT IT. You may not like the action, but it's there. -- And you've certainly no obvious claim on someone else's intellectual property, so we establish that a) it's not yours, and b) the owners WILL protect it.

Pirates just can't seem to grasp that they're not regarded as heroes by the larger society, just as little thieves. This guy wouldn't keep his paws off someone else's property, so now he's paying a price. Even I may not agree with the price, the ethics, and/or whether it's criminal, but at least I recognize that leaving it alone almost certainly won't land me in jail.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c812 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:08:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c812 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1100 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:06:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1100 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c136 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:06:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c136
Nigel]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c809 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:04:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c809 i dont understand. are these different from the carpathia servers? who is leaseweb, why have we never heard anything about them before?

Megaupload used multiple hosting partners. Carpathia was a US hosting firm. Leaseweb is Dutch, I believe. They each hosted some parts of Mega, but not the whole thing.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c790 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:04:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130619/07515923527/leaseweb-deletes-megauploads-servers-without-warning-destroying-key-evidence.shtml#c790 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1096 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:03:08 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/01121423439/hollywood-studios-keep-saying-its-employees-must-get-paid-now-may-be-forced-to-pay-its-interns.shtml#c1096
That would leave comments relative to the actual article easily readable for those who want relevance without the distraction of the troll comments and the comments to them, while still leaving the troll threads readable by expanding them for those so inclined.

FTFY]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c135 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 11:02:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c135
In fact, copyright works FINE every day for, oh, millions just in the US. And you never mention that, only focus on bad aspects. You need to go in with a lot of knowledge of how to not get ripped off, and a realistic assessment of your prospects, but that's true of ANY field. -- IF you were any kind of expert in the field, you could advise and be worth fees, but you're only a kibitzer who has to rely on T-shirt sales.

The system DOES work, though I dislike MANY aspects of it, such as the star system that ridiculously rewards a few pretty faces while denying continuing income to the laborers who do the heavy lifting. -- Besides the fat cat gatekeepers. Income limits are the obvious way, but that proven system doesn't fit into Mike's "libertarian" notions.

tl;dr. Blah, blah, right out of boilerplate, pejoratives, assertions, and complaint, NO concrete advice.

This is basically just an attempt to tar and feather the OLD enablers so that NEW grifters can take their place.


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If they were diligent they would have done a backup to tape before wiping them. Alternatively, they could have just relied on their last backup. I think it would be prudent for someone to make sure they locate those backups and keep them safe.

The company I work for has 50TB+ of data that gets incrementally backed up each night, with a full backup each week; I would think LeaseWeb would be be engaging in something similar.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c118 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c118 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c110 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:57:27 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130613/18243923466/hollywoods-new-talking-point-gatekeepers-are-awesome.shtml#c110 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c1046 Wed, 19 Jun 2013 10:55:06 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130618/11332223519/states-attorneys-general-want-to-special-exception-to-blame-sites-actions-users.shtml#c1046