We should all get down on our knees and thank everything that's holy that the US DOJ has caught, convicted, imprisoned and otherwise deactivated all violent criminals and terrorists so that they can now devote the proper amount of attention to saving Hollywood from the Internet.
This would be great if it were ALL and ONLY RIAA musicians, and the music was locked down as tight as possible and nothing but 22khz, 1-minute streams, no cover art larger than 320x240 pixels, etc.
Then, the RIAA could stop trying to destroy the internet in order to "stop piracy" and everyone else could go on about their lives.
As the commenter up thread said, we need a .movie and .cable domain too.
Why would the Department of Entertainment Justice risk having something silly like evidence get in the way of a perfectly good case against a "rogue site"?
It's just astounding to me that now, in the "Information Age" we should need someone to explain why the things written in a three-hundred-and-forty-year-old document (the Constitution) are important.
If Hilary Rosen, after a decade, is still calling copying "theft", and she is
supposedly one of the more enlightened bulbs that ever shone in the RIAA
sign, then the recording industry is truly doomed.
The people who say, "It's not alright to steal a thirty-cent pack of gum" should
be forced to repeat the question, "Is it okay to make a copy of a thirty-cent pack
of gum?" several hundred thousand times until they get this most basic point.
The bottom line is, the recording industry has no fundamental right to dictate
what machines people may own or how they may use them. If new machines have
come along which make selling recordings difficult, the only sane course of
action is to figure out how to make the purchae of recordings more attractive.
At the absolute MOST, if you can't figure out how to make money from recordings,
then STOP RELEASING recordings! The government and the rest of the world do not
owe you a living based on your insistance on the clueless use of antiquated
technology.
The recording industry (and I include the DVD arm of the movie industry here)
have been given this great crutch by the government called "copyright". And not
only have they been viciously bludgeoning everyone with this crutch for decades,
but they have gone back to the government numerous times, insisting that the
crutch is not strong enough to keep them in business.
Their shrill insistence on entitlement is really starting to get irritating.
10 - Dry cleaners and popcorn producers worldwide will enjoy a resurgence in business
9 - There will never be another Justin Beiber
8 - No one will ever leave the living room to go to the bathroom during the commercials again.
7 - Viacom won't have to kill Spongebob in order to pay their CEO's salary
6 - Computers everywhere will stop allowing people to make copies and will automatically turn into television sets
5 - People will once again flock to theaters to see movies, then rent the movie from websites, then buy it on DVD, then buy it on Blu-Ray, then buy it on...
4 - Musicians and film makers will stop making a living using just the internet. All movies and music will once gain come only from Hollywood and the recording industry, as it should be.
3 - Congress will eventually give the internet to Hollywood, once it's apparent that they know how best to manage it.
2 - The "entertainment industry" will see a windfall of $100 billion next fiscal year as people go back to buying copies (see #5 above)
And, finally, the number one way SOPA defenders will gauge the success of the bill will be the disappearance of rogue sites like Techdirt, Ars Technica, the EFF, Slashdot, etc where "common" people have the audacity to publicly insist that their government work for them.
As a content owner I would have power to send a simple letter to a payment processor accusing a client of theirs of copyright infringement. If the payment processor doesn't cut off a business relationship with my target within five days, they could be dragged into a convoluted legal process.
Well, that really cuts the feet out from under Anonymous, doesn't it?
No more extensive, collaborative DDoS attacks - just accuse a website of copyright infringement, and down they go...
So, this means I can walk down the street, filming myself, and then turn around and sue all the entities with street-facing video cameras for copyright infrinement.
What Next?
What this may mean is that a small, rich, vocal cabal of music fans could grow to have an undue impact on the way music progresses...
Would they call themselves the VCAA?
Headline
Nuclear War With the Chinese
Obama, "the RIAA Won't Let US Back Down"
Makes You Wonder
Is Nathan jealous of Bill's billions?
Lemonade
[O]n the other hand, it's a little bit ironic that that's the case in a country where you can be killed by drone with no judicial review.
So why not tweak the business model a bit and offer a murder-for-hire drone service?
This just means I'm going to revive my taco delivery idea, Tacobruchet™
Let's Just Be Grateful
We should all get down on our knees and thank everything that's holy that the US DOJ has caught, convicted, imprisoned and otherwise deactivated all violent criminals and terrorists so that they can now devote the proper amount of attention to saving Hollywood from the Internet.
Not So Fast
Remember when DOT limited speedometer displays to 85mph?
That pretty much put an end to people driving faster than 85.
dotBlackHole
This would be great if it were ALL and ONLY RIAA musicians, and the music was locked down as tight as possible and nothing but 22khz, 1-minute streams, no cover art larger than 320x240 pixels, etc.
Then, the RIAA could stop trying to destroy the internet in order to "stop piracy" and everyone else could go on about their lives.
As the commenter up thread said, we need a .movie and .cable domain too.
Damn Straight
Why would the Department of Entertainment Justice risk having something silly like evidence get in the way of a perfectly good case against a "rogue site"?
Under the Radar
Thai Gov't Welcomes Twitter's Censorship Plans
I wonder if Twitter's clumsy announcement was worded specifically to be received positively by leaders of oppressive regimes?
Crowd Sourcing
Where's the "Red Bus on Bridge in Front of Big Ben" tumblr?
I have a photo I need to submit.
Exodus
And with that, the technology industry begins to follow small manufacturing and the textile industry out of America.
So What
that means that the real tablet revolution ... will not be one in which Apple plays a major part...
I don't think Apple will mind - they (and Microsoft) will just sue all the Android device makers and programmers to make up the difference.
Cheers
Way to go Mike!
Here's to the next 40k!
Spit Take
It's just astounding to me that now, in the "Information Age" we should need someone to explain why the things written in a three-hundred-and-forty-year-old document (the Constitution) are important.
But apparently we do. Thanks.
This is Getting Old
If Hilary Rosen, after a decade, is still calling copying "theft", and she is
supposedly one of the more enlightened bulbs that ever shone in the RIAA
sign, then the recording industry is truly doomed.
The people who say, "It's not alright to steal a thirty-cent pack of gum" should
be forced to repeat the question, "Is it okay to make a copy of a thirty-cent pack
of gum?" several hundred thousand times until they get this most basic point.
The bottom line is, the recording industry has no fundamental right to dictate
what machines people may own or how they may use them. If new machines have
come along which make selling recordings difficult, the only sane course of
action is to figure out how to make the purchae of recordings more attractive.
At the absolute MOST, if you can't figure out how to make money from recordings,
then STOP RELEASING recordings! The government and the rest of the world do not
owe you a living based on your insistance on the clueless use of antiquated
technology.
The recording industry (and I include the DVD arm of the movie industry here)
have been given this great crutch by the government called "copyright". And not
only have they been viciously bludgeoning everyone with this crutch for decades,
but they have gone back to the government numerous times, insisting that the
crutch is not strong enough to keep them in business.
Their shrill insistence on entitlement is really starting to get irritating.
Tim, It's Simple
Top 10 ways we'll know that SOPA is a success:
10 - Dry cleaners and popcorn producers worldwide will enjoy a resurgence in business
9 - There will never be another Justin Beiber
8 - No one will ever leave the living room to go to the bathroom during the commercials again.
7 - Viacom won't have to kill Spongebob in order to pay their CEO's salary
6 - Computers everywhere will stop allowing people to make copies and will automatically turn into television sets
5 - People will once again flock to theaters to see movies, then rent the movie from websites, then buy it on DVD, then buy it on Blu-Ray, then buy it on...
4 - Musicians and film makers will stop making a living using just the internet. All movies and music will once gain come only from Hollywood and the recording industry, as it should be.
3 - Congress will eventually give the internet to Hollywood, once it's apparent that they know how best to manage it.
2 - The "entertainment industry" will see a windfall of $100 billion next fiscal year as people go back to buying copies (see #5 above)
And, finally, the number one way SOPA defenders will gauge the success of the bill will be the disappearance of rogue sites like Techdirt, Ars Technica, the EFF, Slashdot, etc where "common" people have the audacity to publicly insist that their government work for them.
Awesome
As a content owner I would have power to send a simple letter to a payment processor accusing a client of theirs of copyright infringement. If the payment processor doesn't cut off a business relationship with my target within five days, they could be dragged into a convoluted legal process.
Well, that really cuts the feet out from under Anonymous, doesn't it?
No more extensive, collaborative DDoS attacks - just accuse a website of copyright infringement, and down they go...
Re: Not So Fast
It's pretty clear that the market is quite capable of dealing with any perceived Microsoft "monopoly" and routing around it.
Really?
I still can't buy a "naked" new laptop, anywhere.
Period.
Seriously Mike - how could you possibly say that?
Tangentially
The first comment on Slashdot - where I first saw a link to the Timberg article - is this:
for the retarded...
by Lead Butthead
it's called "patent trolling," "eternal copyright," and "software patents."
Lemonade
So, this means I can walk down the street, filming myself, and then turn around and sue all the entities with street-facing video cameras for copyright infrinement.
Winning!