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For example an author writes a book. The book is stolen and a copy is sold to a publisher. The copy is not stolen property and subsequent copies would also not be stolen property. So the author's only recourse would be against the original thief.

Here is a case that deals with this issue.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dowling_v._United_States_(1985)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c172 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:55:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c172 "gold RIAA" handle.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/17551823088/floridas-redlight-program-designed-to-make-driving-more-dangerous-shortening-yellow-lights.shtml#c444 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:18:24 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130514/17551823088/floridas-redlight-program-designed-to-make-driving-more-dangerous-shortening-yellow-lights.shtml#c444 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2270 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:01:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15583223111/congress-grandstanding-over-google-glass-privacy-concerns-next-up-privacy-concerns-over-your-eyes.shtml#c2270
I think we have very limited privacy these days and most of the monitoring is coming from private industry. I read a lot of articles directed to advertisers and marketers. The data collection companies are very proud of the fact that they are compiling a ton of data on everyone.

And many tech companies are proud of what they have developed to allow them to use the latest devices to track everything and everyone.

The only time these companies raise the privacy issue is when they want to paint government in a negative light.

And yet, private companies are also working with government. I am skeptical that much is done in DC without corporate input. So whatever policies are coming out of DC have probably been shaped to benefit someone's bottom line.

I think we need to discuss privacy on a big scale and what that means to everyone. The positives are that all of these monitors could improve lives. The negatives are that this info can be used against us. (And don't assume government is the only guilty party here. Insurance companies, credit companies, banks, and so on would love to know who to exclude as customers.)]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c163 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:58:10 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c163
Hmmmm.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c143 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:55:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c143 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c134 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:53:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c134 dare they not make themselves an easily sue-able, harassable target for any of the parasites/criminals who may be angry that their extortion racket is being threatened! /s]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c133 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:24:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c133 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1713 Sat, 18 May 2013 19:20:18 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1713 just wants stuff for free" is not true and should not be the basis of policy.

The reality is that right now, many people choose to get gobs of convenient content for free, and most of those people also choose to pay for some content in various forms. This has been going on for a long time. Content still generates tons of cashflow. It's in different configurations than before, but the money is still all there, notwithstanding wages not keeping pace with inflation and debt.

What needs to be abandoned in these discussions is the notion that this longstanding reality - that not all content needs to be licensed and paid for ad infinitum - is an unsustainable situation which government needs to put an immediate and total stop to, or even curb to some degree. Likewise, pitting every proposal against the binary choice of strictly paying for every use and experience of content, versus no payment or enforcement for anything, is utter nonsense. And as we repeatedly point out here, it is counterproductive to regard as a hostile adversary every consumer who expects certain things - or anything - to be free.

Yet, the copyright maximalists have long dominated Congress's ear and have very well established these strict, absolute parameters for the conversation. It will require creative thinking to get lawmakers to understand that progress will come from realizing it is their duty to abandon this polarized framing of the issues.

A much more realistic starting point for policy is to acknowledge that the public fully expects that certain kinds of uses of content need not be licensed or subject to fees, and that most people draw some kind of distinction between the acceptability of unlicensed commercial and noncommercial uses. This has been manifesting in people's actual behavior for decades, and is supported by polls and the surge of democratized, creative output. Lawmakers and industry need to stop fighting these expectations and developments; these changes need to be enshrined and protected by law, not punished.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c111 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:55:25 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c111
I'm happy for once I beat you to a prize, I got my posts of the week before you got yours. :)
Of course you still have more mentions by Judges in footnotes than I do...

With all of the recent stories, some crossing over the barriers between interest groups, it is nice to see that there is more notice being paid to copyright and the extra rights the monopoly holders demand everyone else give up to protect imaginary profits.
With Steele/Pretenda getting much wider coverage than ever before, I think people are finally cluing into the idea that the system might actually be flawed and the cries of but piracy are just a nice smokescreen to hide the cartel membership not wanting to adapt to the current market.

As always it is a joy to 'see' you... looking forward to Monday...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c787 Sat, 18 May 2013 18:03:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/02413623115/bogus-lawsuit-plus-threats-to-those-who-write-about-it-leads-to-epic-response.shtml#c787
Admittedly that might be more of a threat to some people than others, but it's a pretty weak one.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1708 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:56:26 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1708 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1695 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:25:54 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130516/15445423110/framework-copyright-reform.shtml#c1695 need to protect unpublished writings? If someone takes something you've written but not published, laws against theft would be plenty to deal with that, no need to add another law on top just to muddy the waters.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c89 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:25:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c89 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c52 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:07:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c52
So yeah, that's better for society in general. It also puts money in the hand of creators and thinkers that will in turn spend it in their local economies to help their production as apposed to hoarding it.

Even if you don't care about those scenarios it made Masnick happy to hear about them so that's good for him. Just like being a hyperbolic asshole makes you feel better about yourself as you attempt to push his buttons to feel that fleeting moment of control in your life.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c43 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:01:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130518/00045923138/awesome-stuff-cool-product-designs.shtml#c43 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Entrainment_%28hydrodynamics%29

And this diagram is probably similar to how their product works. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eductor-jet_pump]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c72 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:00:13 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/22104223137/sophisticatedjanedoe-fightcopyrighttrolls-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c72 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/16014423066/more-details-show-irs-targeted-groups-critical-how-government-was-run.shtml#c1563 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:52:39 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130513/16014423066/more-details-show-irs-targeted-groups-critical-how-government-was-run.shtml#c1563 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130211/00562121942/new-book-about-data-mining-to-find-love-online-has-author-admit-to-possible-cfaa-violations.shtml#c325 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:33:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130211/00562121942/new-book-about-data-mining-to-find-love-online-has-author-admit-to-possible-cfaa-violations.shtml#c325 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c158 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:29:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130517/10535223120/indian-publishing-firm-cant-take-little-criticism-threatens-blogger-with-1-billion-lawsuit-criminal-charges.shtml#c158