I'm too lazy to bother to find out but what are the odds that the people writing the laws are lawyers themselves and actually should know better?
And to think that they could be judges some day.
Congress is not selected for intelligence, as most tech employees are but for electability.
Sometimes they can be intelligent but it is an accident and many times makes for short tenures.
Really! It'll never be found by people with unlawful intent.
They,whoever they are, assure us of it.
And they promise not to abuse it. Really really cross their heart and hope to die.
And the FBI has such a good record with computers and networks too.
Really they are just not getting it. It wasn't the tech industry that protested.
It was people. Just regular people that did a little research and decided that they didn't like what the studios and record companies wanted to do.
We as a group protested so loud and so long that even brain dead politicians realized that it wasn't in their best interest to continue on their chosen path. They realized that even grandmothers were opposed to what they were trying to do.
The skids are now greased. We know what to do and how to do it. They just haven't learned that.
Another possibility of why English. Both Israelis and Iranians speak it.
I watched a travel show from there the other day and the host only rarely seemed to need a translator.
You are right the Tyndale Bible was the first English translation and the first from the original Greek and Hebrew even though he didn't get to finish the Old Testament because he was executed for printing the Bible in the vernacular.
I have met a couple of guys that worked in this field. They are willing to make a new written language for people that don't even have one.
Think about what that means. First they have to learn the spoken language well enough to translate into it and then they have to make a translation of the bible into that language. It's quite a feat.
The problem with that is that it really would take a highly trained musician with an encyclopedic knowledge of music to tell if something were really infringing and people like that aren't cheap or easily available.
Gee a news room that is a large open area with people at desks staring at screens.
That pretty much describes the local paper and the news room on every movie that I've ever seen. What's so hard to understand about that?
Oh and Angus, at least you're not putting it in all caps but that isn't impressive.
The problem is, Bob, that time after time sponsors of SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other measures that seem to seek to limit the use of people on the internet of music, tell us that it's easy to tell when something is infringing on copyright.
Now not only has the automated system failed, not really surprising, but when a human being supposedly reviewed the claim the copyright was again claimed with little or no recourse to the real owner of any copyright that may apply.
The only thing that actually got him is rights back is the fact that he got a bunch of publicity because he posted his complaint in the right places.
That's not how things should work.
I can't help thinking that the blindness of the big media companies to the real reasons for the opposition to SOPA/PIPA is that they don't want to see that there has been a change in communication that they can't adapt to.
In the 1600's it was the printing press that revolutionized communication and "unofficial" printing presses were destroyed.
The internet was sneakier in that it started as a sort of geeky thing that most people didn't understand, remember when people said computers would be good for keeping recipes? Then email happened and grandmothers all over the place adopted it.
Now big content providers want to put the internet back in the box and limit it to business communications.
Unfortunately for them people have gotten used to instant and open communications and media and now the internet is the 2,000 gorilla that doesn't want to be boxed.
According to R A Heinlein, this is a loose quote, the difference between a business politician and a populist is that a business politician stays bought.
A populist, if convinced that it's for the good of the people will geek. Meaning change his vote.
Somehow the benefits of eating a saturated fat with all of the penalties involved with that diet just don’t seem to appeal when canola oil is so cheap.
Unfortunate truths
I'm too lazy to bother to find out but what are the odds that the people writing the laws are lawyers themselves and actually should know better?
And to think that they could be judges some day.
There's a web site for that
http://www.indabamusic.com/
I've been a member for quite a while and it seems that they have been moving more to remixing and such than actual collaboration.
No they can't
Congress is not selected for intelligence, as most tech employees are but for electability.
Sometimes they can be intelligent but it is an accident and many times makes for short tenures.
These will never be found by hackers
Really! It'll never be found by people with unlawful intent.
They,whoever they are, assure us of it.
And they promise not to abuse it. Really really cross their heart and hope to die.
And the FBI has such a good record with computers and networks too.
Re:
I know some people that use etsy.com for art sales. No experience myself.
Originality?
It's nice to know that big Entertainment still can't come up with anything original, either in their productions or in their arguments.
Can the entertainment industry learn?
Really they are just not getting it. It wasn't the tech industry that protested.
It was people. Just regular people that did a little research and decided that they didn't like what the studios and record companies wanted to do.
We as a group protested so loud and so long that even brain dead politicians realized that it wasn't in their best interest to continue on their chosen path. They realized that even grandmothers were opposed to what they were trying to do.
The skids are now greased. We know what to do and how to do it. They just haven't learned that.
Re: Pirahna
What and not be able to charge for Anti Virus?
OK, I'm kidding. It would be interesting but I don't expect MS to surrender any time soon.
Re:
Another possibility of why English. Both Israelis and Iranians speak it.
I watched a travel show from there the other day and the host only rarely seemed to need a translator.
But but
Terrorism and child pornography and stealing and stuff.
Re: Re: another non-comment from darryl..
You are right the Tyndale Bible was the first English translation and the first from the original Greek and Hebrew even though he didn't get to finish the Old Testament because he was executed for printing the Bible in the vernacular.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyndale_Bible
Re: Re: Re: Pidgin?
I have met a couple of guys that worked in this field. They are willing to make a new written language for people that don't even have one.
Think about what that means. First they have to learn the spoken language well enough to translate into it and then they have to make a translation of the bible into that language. It's quite a feat.
Re: Pidgin?
As far as these guys are concerned all it takes is one.
Re: Re:
The problem with that is that it really would take a highly trained musician with an encyclopedic knowledge of music to tell if something were really infringing and people like that aren't cheap or easily available.
Amazing
Gee a news room that is a large open area with people at desks staring at screens.
That pretty much describes the local paper and the news room on every movie that I've ever seen. What's so hard to understand about that?
Oh and Angus, at least you're not putting it in all caps but that isn't impressive.
Re: And so what....
The problem is, Bob, that time after time sponsors of SOPA, PIPA, ACTA and other measures that seem to seek to limit the use of people on the internet of music, tell us that it's easy to tell when something is infringing on copyright.
Now not only has the automated system failed, not really surprising, but when a human being supposedly reviewed the claim the copyright was again claimed with little or no recourse to the real owner of any copyright that may apply.
The only thing that actually got him is rights back is the fact that he got a bunch of publicity because he posted his complaint in the right places.
That's not how things should work.
Willful blindmess?
I can't help thinking that the blindness of the big media companies to the real reasons for the opposition to SOPA/PIPA is that they don't want to see that there has been a change in communication that they can't adapt to.
In the 1600's it was the printing press that revolutionized communication and "unofficial" printing presses were destroyed.
The internet was sneakier in that it started as a sort of geeky thing that most people didn't understand, remember when people said computers would be good for keeping recipes? Then email happened and grandmothers all over the place adopted it.
Now big content providers want to put the internet back in the box and limit it to business communications.
Unfortunately for them people have gotten used to instant and open communications and media and now the internet is the 2,000 gorilla that doesn't want to be boxed.
Business politicians
According to R A Heinlein, this is a loose quote, the difference between a business politician and a populist is that a business politician stays bought.
A populist, if convinced that it's for the good of the people will geek. Meaning change his vote.
Pirates
But but pirates thieves and Masnic is their leader. Sorry just thought it should be said.
Lard
Somehow the benefits of eating a saturated fat with all of the penalties involved with that diet just don’t seem to appeal when canola oil is so cheap.