That has to be some really soul destroying work for the engineers involved. Knowing that you will never do anything productive. You will only ever be a drag and leach on successful companies.
We didn't just call him, we started a petition that he had to respond to.
He thanked us all for our concern, expressed that he shared the same concerns, checked his wallet for which businesses had given him large checks, and then said he would look for broad bi-partisan solutions.
As bad as I think this kind of fee/tax would be i'd enjoy seeing some country actually put this in place and then see a court case ruling that files over that network are not infringing as the license has been paid.
I know it'll never happen, but it'd be fun to watch.
One thing is missed at first that exaggerates the problem. The width % is not of the longest bar, but of the enclosing element. The max-width: 300px actually cuts the bars down so that they hit their longest length somewhere around width: 55%.
If I were him my next blog post would be something along the lines of...
Apparently The Observer Dispatch believes that have a trademark on the name, The Observer Dispatch, grants the right for The Observer Dispatch to have complete control of all uses of the name The Observer Dispatch. They appear to believe that any use of The Observer Dispatch that is not officially approved by The Observer Dispatch violates their trademark on the name The Observer Dispatch. What the folks at The Observer Dispatch seem to not understand is my use of the name, The Observer Dispatch, is not in a manner that could be found confusing by those looking for The Observer Dispatch and in no way does my use of The Observer Dispatch constitute trademark infringement.
The Observer Dispatch has no legal authority to force me to stop referring to The Observer Dispatch as The Observer Dispatch. All my uses of the name The Observer Dispatch are done in reference to The Observer Dispatch and in no way imply that I represent The Observer Dispatch.
They were AAA rated because everybody 'knew' they were guaranteed by the US government (which turned out to be true) even though all parties would publicly deny that. This was because of the government run institutions (fanny/freddy) that issued them wouldn't be allowed to fail.
Without that government guarantee they wouldn't have a AAA rating.
Actually it was an example of lots of really bad regulations, and people who knew that the government would bail out the quasi government/private entities if things got bad.
So it was a result of massive government involvement. I don't know how you could possibly argue it was from a lack of regulation.
You can put all the restrictions around getting money to congress that you want, but like water flowing through a sponge it will find it's way there. The government simply has too much power such that it is still worth pushing millions (billions?) of dollars there.
These contribution laws are like the contraband screening of a prison, except these are designed by the prisoners.
As you all are members of "the public" and we now have precedent indicating performances to "the public" are considered public performances, we will now begin charging all members of "the public" (aka 'you all') a license fee for the oral performance of copyrighted works during mundane hygiene tasks (aka 'singing in the shower', you know you all do it).
We don't need to actually show that you do, we can just assume that you make these public performances. It is up to you to provide evidence (ie proper recordings of every time you have showered) in order to avoid these fees.
This is simply how all police officers should react. He took reasonable precautions to ensure his safety, checked the guy out, did not escalate the situation, and determined there was no threat.
I always thought the original argument was dead wrong anyway given that most (all?) "professional" music these days is made by recording each small piece several times and putting the best pieces together for the final product.
Doing a remix live just finishes cremating the body of that old and tired myth.
This is even worse than being confused or misinformed. That is a problem that could easily be remedied in a couple hours. This is our elected representatives not caring at all about the voice of their constituents, Leaving it up to staffers to send out the most fitting form letter as a response to the 'little people'.
Of course the real problem is the people. Us. These pompous windbags will keep on going just like they have for decades because we keep putting them back in office. The real solution would be to elect a new representative each voting term until things start to change. Clear them all out and start fresh. It would take about six year to get a whole new set, but that would probably be the best thing this country has had happen to it in decades.
Of course the chances of that happening are about a low as the chance of these politicians personally reading all the bills they vote on.
Poor Engineers
That has to be some really soul destroying work for the engineers involved. Knowing that you will never do anything productive. You will only ever be a drag and leach on successful companies.
I almost feel sorry for them. Almost.
Just wondering...
What song did the content ID match the bird songs to?
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We didn't just call him, we started a petition that he had to respond to.
He thanked us all for our concern, expressed that he shared the same concerns, checked his wallet for which businesses had given him large checks, and then said he would look for broad bi-partisan solutions.
Seems a bit of hyperbole
"The software can also surreptitiously report where the phone is located"
Or they could just use the cell connection data for that.
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As bad as I think this kind of fee/tax would be i'd enjoy seeing some country actually put this in place and then see a court case ruling that files over that network are not infringing as the license has been paid.
I know it'll never happen, but it'd be fun to watch.
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One thing is missed at first that exaggerates the problem. The width % is not of the longest bar, but of the enclosing element. The max-width: 300px actually cuts the bars down so that they hit their longest length somewhere around width: 55%.
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I went and looked through the CSS on the page and this is very close to what is happening.
It looks like they give a percentage width to the bars where width% = just under 2* vote %
With Ron Paul over 50% he is maxed at 100% width.
O'rly
If I were him my next blog post would be something along the lines of...
Apparently The Observer Dispatch believes that have a trademark on the name, The Observer Dispatch, grants the right for The Observer Dispatch to have complete control of all uses of the name The Observer Dispatch. They appear to believe that any use of The Observer Dispatch that is not officially approved by The Observer Dispatch violates their trademark on the name The Observer Dispatch. What the folks at The Observer Dispatch seem to not understand is my use of the name, The Observer Dispatch, is not in a manner that could be found confusing by those looking for The Observer Dispatch and in no way does my use of The Observer Dispatch constitute trademark infringement.
The Observer Dispatch has no legal authority to force me to stop referring to The Observer Dispatch as The Observer Dispatch. All my uses of the name The Observer Dispatch are done in reference to The Observer Dispatch and in no way imply that I represent The Observer Dispatch.
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They were AAA rated because everybody 'knew' they were guaranteed by the US government (which turned out to be true) even though all parties would publicly deny that. This was because of the government run institutions (fanny/freddy) that issued them wouldn't be allowed to fail.
Without that government guarantee they wouldn't have a AAA rating.
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Actually it was an example of lots of really bad regulations, and people who knew that the government would bail out the quasi government/private entities if things got bad.
So it was a result of massive government involvement. I don't know how you could possibly argue it was from a lack of regulation.
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Distrusting your government and it's actions should NEVER be considered a partisan act. It should be the default position for all citizens.
FTFY
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I live in Washington State. Here if the sun comes out drivers seem to lose all ability to drive.
Re: More Than IP Reform
You can put all the restrictions around getting money to congress that you want, but like water flowing through a sponge it will find it's way there. The government simply has too much power such that it is still worth pushing millions (billions?) of dollars there.
These contribution laws are like the contraband screening of a prison, except these are designed by the prisoners.
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Let's compare this to Netflix DVDs.
Netflix:
Has physical DVD, shipped via mail, put into users DVD player, streamed via cable to users TV.
Zediva:
Has physical DVD, shipped locally via loader, put into Zediva owned player, streamed via longer cable to users TV.
Where in there is the part that makes it illegal? the word longer? apparently so. :(
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As you all are members of "the public" and we now have precedent indicating performances to "the public" are considered public performances, we will now begin charging all members of "the public" (aka 'you all') a license fee for the oral performance of copyrighted works during mundane hygiene tasks (aka 'singing in the shower', you know you all do it).
We don't need to actually show that you do, we can just assume that you make these public performances. It is up to you to provide evidence (ie proper recordings of every time you have showered) in order to avoid these fees.
-- ASCAP
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Stand outside their window with a boom box?
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This is simply how all police officers should react. He took reasonable precautions to ensure his safety, checked the guy out, did not escalate the situation, and determined there was no threat.
Well Done!
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I always thought the original argument was dead wrong anyway given that most (all?) "professional" music these days is made by recording each small piece several times and putting the best pieces together for the final product.
Doing a remix live just finishes cremating the body of that old and tired myth.
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2003? What does the war in darfur have to do with this?
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This is even worse than being confused or misinformed. That is a problem that could easily be remedied in a couple hours. This is our elected representatives not caring at all about the voice of their constituents, Leaving it up to staffers to send out the most fitting form letter as a response to the 'little people'.
Of course the real problem is the people. Us. These pompous windbags will keep on going just like they have for decades because we keep putting them back in office. The real solution would be to elect a new representative each voting term until things start to change. Clear them all out and start fresh. It would take about six year to get a whole new set, but that would probably be the best thing this country has had happen to it in decades.
Of course the chances of that happening are about a low as the chance of these politicians personally reading all the bills they vote on.