Comments by saulgoode http://www.techdirt.com/ Easily digestible tech news.... *new* business model http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c75 Fri, 24 May 2013 07:55:22 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130523/17515223193/riaa-copyright-reform-we-need-is-to-make-everyone-else-copyright-cops.shtml#c75 Maybe layoff the "anti-piracy" team -- since clearly that's not working for you -- and hire a "new business model" or "innovation" team, and give them a shot to help your members.
Maybe hire Jonathon Coulton, Alex Day, or better still Psy to show the way.]]> And another... http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02350923170/new-bill-would-stop-patent-trolls-hiding-behind-shell-companies.shtml#c178 Wed, 22 May 2013 22:51:43 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130522/02350923170/new-bill-would-stop-patent-trolls-hiding-behind-shell-companies.shtml#c178 "Patent Abuse Reduction Act".]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c365 Wed, 22 May 2013 09:51:40 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130519/18102623141/so-its-come-to-this-seven-high-school-students-arrested-throwing-water-balloons.shtml#c365 video games.]]> Re: Re: Re: If not an "unwarranted burden" for MPAA, then http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c835 Mon, 13 May 2013 12:29:15 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c835 2. Pretty easy most of the time. If I hold the rights to something, and didn't grant the right of use to you, it's generally infringing.This is only true for you (the copyright holder) or me (the alleged infringer). Third parties (such as filelockers or ISPs) have no way of readily knowing whether I am you or whether I have been authorized by you (setting aside the issue of Fair Use).]]> Re: If not an "unwarranted burden" for MPAA, then http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c597 Mon, 13 May 2013 10:49:03 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130511/03220823047/mpaa-freaks-out-insists-that-having-to-consider-fair-use-before-filing-dmca-takedown-would-be-crazy.shtml#c597
Should I be responsible for reporting your car stolen?]]> A tough sell http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/21473422998/ea-says-its-going-to-keep-using-manufacturers-guns-its-games-its-just-done-asking-permission.shtml#c81 Fri, 10 May 2013 04:30:28 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130507/21473422998/ea-says-its-going-to-keep-using-manufacturers-guns-its-games-its-just-done-asking-permission.shtml#c81 Re: Public Airwaves http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130501/19380322911/cbs-says-it-could-move-to-cable-few-days-if-aereo-wins-receives-several-offers-to-help-pack-its-bags.shtml#c15 Thu, 2 May 2013 16:41:36 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130501/19380322911/cbs-says-it-could-move-to-cable-few-days-if-aereo-wins-receives-several-offers-to-help-pack-its-bags.shtml#c15 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/09022922890/no-uk-did-not-just-abolish-copyright-despite-what-photographers-seem-to-think.shtml#c250 Tue, 30 Apr 2013 17:21:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130430/09022922890/no-uk-did-not-just-abolish-copyright-despite-what-photographers-seem-to-think.shtml#c250
Copyright holders should also be expected to periodically re-register their works. It is ridiculous to have such a large percentage of the world's culture and knowledge in a state of limbo as to its accessibility, and for there to be such great uncertainty surrounding the legality of commonplace activities.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130428/15442222865/googles-attempt-to-bully-microsoft-back-with-patents-not-going-too-well.shtml#c307 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:38:41 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130428/15442222865/googles-attempt-to-bully-microsoft-back-with-patents-not-going-too-well.shtml#c307 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/20141522827/chris-dodd-says-mpaa-loves-helping-blind-its-just-not-going-to-weaken-copyright-protection-to-do-it.shtml#c282 Mon, 29 Apr 2013 09:28:55 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130424/20141522827/chris-dodd-says-mpaa-loves-helping-blind-its-just-not-going-to-weaken-copyright-protection-to-do-it.shtml#c282 Re: Almost done? http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/10354822766/copy-culture-cryptic-crossword.shtml#c589 Sun, 21 Apr 2013 07:38:52 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130419/10354822766/copy-culture-cryptic-crossword.shtml#c589 5D is then FRRQ

Also, 2D should be GURJROBSYVSR, not GURJROBSYVPR.]]> Role reversal http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130410/13030222669/what-we-should-learn-comic-creators-censoring-themselves-apple.shtml#c188 Wed, 17 Apr 2013 10:27:48 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130410/13030222669/what-we-should-learn-comic-creators-censoring-themselves-apple.shtml#c188
"Our Unification of Thoughts is more powerful a weapon than any fleet or army on earth. We are one people, with one will, one resolve, one cause.

"Our enemies shall talk themselves to death and we will bury them with their own confusion. We shall prevail!"

-- an advertisement from 1984]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130411/07522922677/with-google-fiber-way-att-fiber-customers-receive-free-boost-to-connection-only-976-mbps-slower-than-googles-connection.shtml#c91 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 15:07:23 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130411/07522922677/with-google-fiber-way-att-fiber-customers-receive-free-boost-to-connection-only-976-mbps-slower-than-googles-connection.shtml#c91 Re: http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130411/13190422681/white-house-says-its-still-unhappy-with-cispa-stops-short-veto-threat.shtml#c35 Thu, 11 Apr 2013 14:19:17 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130411/13190422681/white-house-says-its-still-unhappy-with-cispa-stops-short-veto-threat.shtml#c35 Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: They're not public interest groups, they're company interest groups http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130328/15132522498/groups-call-congress-to-explore-fixing-dmcas-broken-anti-circumvention-provisions.shtml#c484 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 21:25:16 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130328/15132522498/groups-call-congress-to-explore-fixing-dmcas-broken-anti-circumvention-provisions.shtml#c484 Re: Imitation http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130324/22501222441/game-looked-like-rip-off-sony-isnt-suing-over-it.shtml#c92 Thu, 28 Mar 2013 10:45:02 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130324/22501222441/game-looked-like-rip-off-sony-isnt-suing-over-it.shtml#c92 Re: If all discoveries should be patentable... http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130325/11085322454/crazy-idea-month-allowing-patents-mathematics.shtml#c97 Tue, 26 Mar 2013 08:20:33 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20130325/11085322454/crazy-idea-month-allowing-patents-mathematics.shtml#c97 Imaginary property http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130322/16324422423/jim-harpers-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c48 Sat, 23 Mar 2013 13:29:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130322/16324422423/jim-harpers-favorite-techdirt-posts-week.shtml#c48
"Intellectual" modifies "property" much the way "real" does when the object you're talking about is a chunk of earth.

The converse of "real" is "imaginary", to my mind a more apt modifier.]]> Entitlement is controversial http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/11114922368/more-details-copyright-register-maria-pallantes-call-comprehensive-forward-thinking-flexible-copyright-reform.shtml#c564 Mon, 18 Mar 2013 16:52:46 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130318/11114922368/more-details-copyright-register-maria-pallantes-call-comprehensive-forward-thinking-flexible-copyright-reform.shtml#c564
To this end, I would like to state something that I hope is uncontroversial. The issues of authors are intertwined with the interests of the public. As the first beneficiaries of the copyright law, they are not a counterweight to the public interest but instead are at the very center of the equation. In the words of the Supreme Court,
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I'd recommend that you read up on TLS and VPN. VPN is designed precisely to avoid man-in-the-middle vulnerabilities, whether that "man" is a neighbor sniffing your wireless, a hotel access point, or a nefarious ISP.]]>