Random analogy time. If I bought a gun that was imported from the us to some country. and then shot someone there. would I fall under the US jurisdiction. cause that is pretty much what you are saying.
except at this point it is highly unlikely that any of them will ever be extradited. Also, but illegally seizing evidence, they US lost ALL evidence that was acquired from Dotcoms house.
in ancient egypt they worried about plagues of locusts. In the united states we worry about plagues of lawyers... which are arguably more bloodthirsty.
while i agree he is not violating the bill of rights, he is violating the constitution. The senate is supposed to have oversight over ALL treaty negotiation s for a reason.
i googled the cost of manufacturing a cd, and the cost for making a album cd is about 80 cents for the actual production. the label makes about 6 bucks on it at 15 dollars, the retail makes about 2 bucks. the rest is actually to pay for things such as promotions, and royalties, which is also handled by the label, so they actually get slightly more. note: can not be certain that this info is true, but it seems realistic.
the only way a gambit like this would work if all the companies attempting to run a business in those fields pool their resources and go for broke. The RIAA won't stand a challenge like that, and will drag this out as long as possible, and in general attempt to stack the odds as far in their favor as physically possible, aka get this moved to a favorable judge, a jury like the one in apple vs samsung who is willing to ignore their orders because copyright is a moral imperative, etc. if pandora et al. lost, and there became a court record saying that they are not advertising, the RIAA will just jack up rates even more as punishment, leading to them all going bankrupt. it will be heralded as an incredible victory against piracy through the internet, followed 10 minutes later by them whining that piracy killed their streaming revenues, which they just killed themselves. but if they lose the court case, there will be a bill proposed within a week that classifies them as not advertising, leading to another court case unless the supreme court declares that they are exactly the same as normal radio.
problem is we have so many international "agreements" (really US attempts at forcing copyright down people's throats) that we literally can't 180 attitudes on it.
who wants to bet on IV having a patent concerning discovery of IV's hidden web of patents?
Re: It IS difficult to judge when immoral yet not actually illegal...
I am of the opinion that based on what someone can do with a copyright (shut down 1.5 million blogs anyone?) it is anything but limited anymore.
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maybe the patent office got an early version of apple maps to find prior art with?
see AC trolls? Techdirt can defend universal. We just choose not to most of the time.
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Random analogy time. If I bought a gun that was imported from the us to some country. and then shot someone there. would I fall under the US jurisdiction. cause that is pretty much what you are saying.
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except at this point it is highly unlikely that any of them will ever be extradited. Also, but illegally seizing evidence, they US lost ALL evidence that was acquired from Dotcoms house.
Now if only the government could be arrested for breaking it's own laws...
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The issue is that what language means now, and what it means then, is completely different.
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as much as I dislike agreeing with AJ, he raises a valid point here.
Though i will say that unless current copyright provides a net positive to the public, it would technically be unconstitutional.
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in ancient egypt they worried about plagues of locusts. In the united states we worry about plagues of lawyers... which are arguably more bloodthirsty.
this is why being a career politician should be illegal. wanting to be one pretty much means you are just about the worst person to be one...
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while i agree he is not violating the bill of rights, he is violating the constitution. The senate is supposed to have oversight over ALL treaty negotiation s for a reason.
YAY for being able to speak and write esperanto. *hears police sirens* OH F*** RUN AWAAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYY.
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i googled the cost of manufacturing a cd, and the cost for making a album cd is about 80 cents for the actual production. the label makes about 6 bucks on it at 15 dollars, the retail makes about 2 bucks. the rest is actually to pay for things such as promotions, and royalties, which is also handled by the label, so they actually get slightly more. note: can not be certain that this info is true, but it seems realistic.
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the only way a gambit like this would work if all the companies attempting to run a business in those fields pool their resources and go for broke. The RIAA won't stand a challenge like that, and will drag this out as long as possible, and in general attempt to stack the odds as far in their favor as physically possible, aka get this moved to a favorable judge, a jury like the one in apple vs samsung who is willing to ignore their orders because copyright is a moral imperative, etc. if pandora et al. lost, and there became a court record saying that they are not advertising, the RIAA will just jack up rates even more as punishment, leading to them all going bankrupt. it will be heralded as an incredible victory against piracy through the internet, followed 10 minutes later by them whining that piracy killed their streaming revenues, which they just killed themselves. but if they lose the court case, there will be a bill proposed within a week that classifies them as not advertising, leading to another court case unless the supreme court declares that they are exactly the same as normal radio.
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problem is we have so many international "agreements" (really US attempts at forcing copyright down people's throats) that we literally can't 180 attitudes on it.
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not going to happen. mcdonalds will close and a lot of people will riot against the revolution til it opens back up
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here is a thought. what if Google is attacking apple to force it to leave people (samsung and others) who are selling android phones alone?
by the MPAA's and RIAA's logic mitt romney should be on death row atm...
authors* spelling mishap on my part.