All well and good, except his example isn't all that extreme. Absurd, yes, but the obviousness is blinding, and that's the whole point. People patenting obvious things because the patent researchers are either incompetent or willfully ignorant.
And then incompetent judges upholding them. Truly blind leading the blind.
See, that's the bullshit. The pirate sites have zero costs to create the content, and they make money on selling "fast access" and such. They don't make enough to pay for the content. It is disloyal competition at it's finest.
No, that's bullshit. Delaying access in today's world is an idiot move. "Fast Access" as you put it is available ubiquitously. If they'd only embrace it. Companies like Netflix and Amazon are there if one day, they decided it would be ok.
Switching business models to counter this would pretty much spell the end of higher end content. There just isn't enough money at the bottom to make it work. Consider the 150 million with mega... that was about 30 million a year, which wouldn't pay for a single hollywood movie or even part of a season of CSI or whatever.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to create new online services and spend quite a bit of money if you want to sustain this model of distributing "seasons" and "shows" online. Oh wait. Netflix, Amazon, iTunes. What the fuck? The entertainment companies couldn't come to a deal for quick releases to these distributors? I wonder how much it's costing the entertainment companies every day.
The only extent anyone has over initial distribution is its first showing. Once it's out there, anyone can do what they like with it. Welcome to life. It's unfair and it sucks. Deal with it.
How does such a ridiculously long copyright term encourage content creators to create? Seems to me like it would encourage them to rest on their laurels(and royalty payments). I see evidence of the all over the place.
Fourteen years seems like plenty of time to profit from a creative work. Hell, we measure movies' success by how they do in a weekend! Even seventy years is insanely long. We need a serious, retroactive copyright reduction. Way too much of the human experience is locked away in it.
Kind of like when craigslist was forced to remove their adult service section. The Johns didn't stop seeing prostitutes, they just went somewhere else. Somewhere where they were a lot harder to catch.
Re: Pirate Dan
Voted 'insightful'.
Thanks.
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Perhaps I shall.
Then there will be at least one competent technologist in their house.
After all, patents exist to protect ideas which are non-obvious to someone who is competent in its respective field.
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All well and good, except his example isn't all that extreme. Absurd, yes, but the obviousness is blinding, and that's the whole point. People patenting obvious things because the patent researchers are either incompetent or willfully ignorant.
And then incompetent judges upholding them. Truly blind leading the blind.
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...plays on the public's trust, and at some point, is likely to have issues...
Kind of like anonymous commenters, right?
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Damn bob, you're one cynical sumbitch.
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False.
You cannot bring a single 12 oz. bottle of shampoo onboard, but 3 four oz. bottles are ok.
The current system is security theater, nothing more. Changing this rule, as implied above makes no one less safe.
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Now that's what I call healthy cynicism!
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Don't forget about all of the government established sports league monopolies.
And while we're at it, tax the churches!
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No, that's bullshit. Delaying access in today's world is an idiot move. "Fast Access" as you put it is available ubiquitously. If they'd only embrace it. Companies like Netflix and Amazon are there if one day, they decided it would be ok.
I'm sorry, but you're going to have to create new online services and spend quite a bit of money if you want to sustain this model of distributing "seasons" and "shows" online. Oh wait. Netflix, Amazon, iTunes. What the fuck? The entertainment companies couldn't come to a deal for quick releases to these distributors? I wonder how much it's costing the entertainment companies every day.
The only extent anyone has over initial distribution is its first showing. Once it's out there, anyone can do what they like with it. Welcome to life. It's unfair and it sucks. Deal with it.
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What's that, you can still get there using VPN or Proxies? Those must be made illegal!
Think of the children!
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What, specifically are these "hidden costs" you speak of? Don't use terms like that without elaborating upon them.
I mean, after all, we're the ones that don't get it.
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There is a tsunami ... coming ... which has the "capacity to destroy civil society and cause unimaginable suffering."
DEFCON 6
THREAT LEVEL MIDNIGHT
EVERYBODY PANIC!!!
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The reason no one was suggesting how to fight piracy is because it's not our problem. Stop asking other people to solve your problems for you.
Re: Listen here you chubby sack of crap
Wow, that was a very strong 'cake' analogy there....
After seeing that, and thinking for a minute, you know what? You're right. Your cake analogy makes everything clear as day!
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The question still stands.
How does such a ridiculously long copyright term encourage content creators to create? Seems to me like it would encourage them to rest on their laurels(and royalty payments). I see evidence of the all over the place.
Fourteen years seems like plenty of time to profit from a creative work. Hell, we measure movies' success by how they do in a weekend! Even seventy years is insanely long. We need a serious, retroactive copyright reduction. Way too much of the human experience is locked away in it.
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Amazing! I think we've had a breakthrough!
I think what you're trying to say is we could abolish copyright and we'll finally live in a world where no infringement occurs! Pure genius!
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You can't arrest the people behind Pirate Bay.
You could, however, sue the pants off of the people using it who lie within your jurisdiction.
Why do you not recognize individual accountability?
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Pot, meet kettle.
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SOPA isn't restricted to foreign sites.
Re: Re: Personally, I am enjoying the shrill cries of the pro-piracy lobby
Kind of like when craigslist was forced to remove their adult service section. The Johns didn't stop seeing prostitutes, they just went somewhere else. Somewhere where they were a lot harder to catch.