http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c548 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:23:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c548
I have seen the documentary on national tv, in a country with some very strong anti-piracy alliances. If it had been found infringing, I guarantee that this would have created furour. Alas, it did not.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c531 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:21:50 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c531 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c521 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:21:32 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c521
Lets face it if the artist is complaining of the lack of money that they receive then they only have themselves to blame for signing to a contract that pays them peanuts whilst their manager lives it large and profits enormously at their expense.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c507 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:21:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c507 why is this loon claiming that the DMCA notices are infringing on his speech?

He created and distributed a documentary film about The Pirate Bay under a Creative Commons license. The MPAA and its associated studios have used a government-granted monopoly to have search results for the film stricken from Google in an attempt to prevent other people from seeing the film (despite having little-to-no claim over the copyrights for said film). That action reeks of an attempt to use copyright law in an attempt to stifle the speech of a critic (or, at the least, the speech of someone who said something the MPAA didn]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c11 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:18:56 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/10303023175/magic-hat-brewery-sues-west-sixth-brewing-using-number-six-their-logo.shtml#c11 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c495 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:18:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c495 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c489 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:18:29 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c489
And if every method that allows free distribution is destroyed in the 'AA's mad lust for control, like they say here http://torrentfreak.com/riaa-20-million-piracy-takedowns-sent-to-google-still-no-end-in-sight-130522/

then how is an artist free to choose to give their stuff away for free?]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c480 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:49 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c480
Damn, that one is hypocricy times infinity given your political stance normally. I have no income ergo I cannot speak? That is the definition of a corporate government mindset if I have ever seen one...]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c476 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:17:45 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c476
Read and learn:

http://www.dmca.com/solutions/view.aspx?id=4aa5f70f-43d5-4119-93a0-38972f935804]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c466 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:21 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c466
The world owes you nothing. It was here first.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c442 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:16:07 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c442 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c427 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c427

...like a cat keeping score by number of yapping ankle-biters.

Do you not see the irony in that statement at all?? You are the biggest yapping ankle-biter here and you do it on every single article. Yet you have the audacity to call other people that.


You are just one among many idiots who have nothing but ad hom.

This one is classic Blue here folks. Complaining that the "idiots" are engaging in ad-homs. Oh the irony, it burns!]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c407 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:15:00 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c407 obviously items on Pirate Bay available for free removes income from the creator

How do you intend to prove this assertion?

The Dark Knight made a billion dollars and TPB made it available. The Avengers made a billion dollars and TPB made it available. Iron Man 3 recently made a billion dollars and I can all but guarantee that you can find a crappy camrip via TPB.

The appearance of a specific creative work on TPB does not automatically render the potential profitability of said work null and void. (Regarding The Dark Knight: I paid to see that film three times in theaters, pirated it only a couple of weeks ahead of its DVD release via TPB, and ended up buying the DVD when it dropped.)

How do you intend to prove the assertion that TPB, and pirates by extension, destroy the potential profitability of a creative work by merely existing?

That's why copyright recognizes that no one else has a right to copy works: it REMOVES THE POSSIBILITY OF INCOME

Copyright can also REMOVE THE POSSIBILITY OF SPEAKING. Techdirt has dozens of stories of people using copyright (including the DMCA) to silence others. I tend to think of people using a government-granted monopoly (and a non-natural right) to circumvent the protections of the First Amendment as a far greater threat to the potential of artists to make money than The Pirate Bay will ever become.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c386 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c386
If its good enough for OOTB to keep score of his yapping ankkle biting put downs and insults of Mike and anyone else on here then its good enough for people to do the same to OOTB in return.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c368 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:14:42 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c368
You think I'm writing this for the money?

And you really don't think very clearly. I never said that the only artist is a professional artist. Every artist is free to give their stuff away if they so choose. The ones who want to sell their art, though, so they can quit their day job are entitled to a chance to do so without being ripped off by Pirate Bay.

Face it. A guy who steals cattle, robs a cowboy of their freedom to raise beef. A guy who steals from a store, robs a shopkeeper of their freedom to practice their trade. The same goes for artists.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c328 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:13:59 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/02455423183/prenda-lawyer-says-georgia-court-should-ignore-judge-wrights-order-because-look-hackers.shtml#c328 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c365 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c365
None of that prevents you from making a living from your art. Maybe you should focus on making something people actually *want.*

You want to get paid for doing art? Get better at it and stop spending all your time on a website whining about what is "owed" to you.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/10255023186/vermont-declares-war-patent-trolls-passes-new-law-sues-notorious-patent-troll.shtml#c122 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:11:35 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/10255023186/vermont-declares-war-patent-trolls-passes-new-law-sues-notorious-patent-troll.shtml#c122

OH yeah almost forgot, Mike is the devil, and hmm what else.. Hmm, I hate all the haters, but that's only because I'm packing two inches of heat.

Trololo]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c350 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:09:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/18103323179/filmmaker-behind-pirate-bay-documentary-says-bogus-dmca-takedowns-take-away-his-free-speech.shtml#c350 I measure my influence here by the number of idiots mocking me; it's necessary, like a cat keeping score by number of yapping ankle-biters.

Hah. I measure your "influence" here by the number of times your comments get down-voted. Unfortunately, my micrometer doesn't measure such small quantities.



You are just one among many idiots who have nothing but ad hom.

And you are an idiot who keeps repeating the same bullshit, no matter how many times and how many different people completely debunk pretty much everything you say.

Personally, I couldn't care less about you, except for the fact that you annoying derail every conversation on every article spouting all the same debunked garbage.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/10255023186/vermont-declares-war-patent-trolls-passes-new-law-sues-notorious-patent-troll.shtml#c98 Thu, 23 May 2013 14:08:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/10255023186/vermont-declares-war-patent-trolls-passes-new-law-sues-notorious-patent-troll.shtml#c98
As Mike mentioned, the solution is of dubious legality and the far worse problem is that this is adding laws to close loopholes in other laws, which makes for more papers to read through for normal citizens to not understand, lawyers to abuse and for judges to carve out to meaninglessness.

You need to keep the number of laws to a minimum regardless of economic and social policies. This is just adding more law-material without universally addressing the problem it is meant to fix.]]>