We got the same brief during my security licence training, you lose sight of them for even a second you're going to have to drop it unless you see something else. Burden is on you to maintain contact, and here at least they've no reason to empty their pockets for you, you can't force them to remain either (false imprisonment) so if they go to leave you just have to circulate their particulars to other security as a barred person due to failure to comply. Besides sometimes when you pull them up it really was just a moment of forgetfulness and they'll go straight over to pay. I've done it myself once this year at a self service checkout and missed a loaf of bread.
The burden to prove a crime has been committed is definitely necessary in these cases and I applaud his honour's decision.
I'd say say thank you to Jim personally, but sadly he passed away a while ago. He was a very innovative man, which is remarkable in a publisher. One of the other things Jim and his cohorts implemented was a fan screening service for inbound fiction, basically fans would get submissions and rate them prior to getting to the Baen staff and family for final approvals and edits, while Baen are not a huge publisher compared to others they're the only publishing house I've never had reason to dislike, they're approachable and most of their writers are actively engaging with fans the BFL is a perfect example, all the books there are there because the authors said ok to it supporting the concept.
He doesn't purely write alternate history. However he rarely if ever starts a series as a trilogy and ends as a trilogy... I seriously can't remember any of his trilogies that ended at book 3.
I have to admit though I've enjoyed his writing over the years and this sort of involvement with the fans gives me another reason to like him and add him to a shortlist of authors who've gone above and beyond with fans, another is Piers Anthony one of the recurring characters in the Xanth novels (Jenny the Elf) was modelled off a fan who a victim of a hit and run. It was good to hear about her progress in the author's letters in the novels, and about other fans and their input entering the novels.
On a related note sometimes publishers will help with engaging with fans Jim Baen (owner and founder of the Baen publishing house a major publisher of science fiction) before he passed away established a free online library which had selected works from Baen writers such as David Weber (with their approval and support) which provide in some cases an introduction to certain series (for myself Weber's Honourverse books), and with their books is usually included a CD which includes all the previous titles in the series and other novels or stories that might be of interest. Sadly Jim has been dead for about 4-5 years now, along with some of the more engaging writers I've had contact with over the years.
Heh it would have been if not for what's often called the "Mickey Mouse" Copyright Act, the DMCA extended the copyright to 75 years. She hit right on the end of it's period in this case, IMO as a writer it's a load of *expletive deleted*, I'd rather my works be made accessible after I pass on.
Not possible, there's a minimum penalty listed, the $2,250 is 3 times the statutory minimum (That's $750 so you don't have to find a calculator). Even at the minimum it's still $18,000 for those 24 files, they can't charge less. They have to make her pay, they can't state a lower amount legally unless they return a NG verdict, which they can't anyway. Over a million though... The woman will probably kill herself because there's no conceivable way in her lifetime she can repay such an award, $54,000 is bad enough for someone on limited means, for me that'd be my gross income up till about 2015.
Add the fact Jammie is potentially liable for all court costs which is probably another 50K or so given possible RIAA lawyer costs. And the lass is still being told to bend over and don't mind the lack of petroleum jelly.
It's a ridiculous penalty to inflict on someone outside of a commercial piracy charge, if a CD is roughly 20 USD each with 20 songs, you're talking charging someone for the value of 750 times the value of the song... I can't think of any filesharer that could claim they've uploaded any song over 200 times.
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We got the same brief during my security licence training, you lose sight of them for even a second you're going to have to drop it unless you see something else. Burden is on you to maintain contact, and here at least they've no reason to empty their pockets for you, you can't force them to remain either (false imprisonment) so if they go to leave you just have to circulate their particulars to other security as a barred person due to failure to comply. Besides sometimes when you pull them up it really was just a moment of forgetfulness and they'll go straight over to pay. I've done it myself once this year at a self service checkout and missed a loaf of bread.
The burden to prove a crime has been committed is definitely necessary in these cases and I applaud his honour's decision.
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I'd say say thank you to Jim personally, but sadly he passed away a while ago. He was a very innovative man, which is remarkable in a publisher. One of the other things Jim and his cohorts implemented was a fan screening service for inbound fiction, basically fans would get submissions and rate them prior to getting to the Baen staff and family for final approvals and edits, while Baen are not a huge publisher compared to others they're the only publishing house I've never had reason to dislike, they're approachable and most of their writers are actively engaging with fans the BFL is a perfect example, all the books there are there because the authors said ok to it supporting the concept.
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He doesn't purely write alternate history. However he rarely if ever starts a series as a trilogy and ends as a trilogy... I seriously can't remember any of his trilogies that ended at book 3.
I have to admit though I've enjoyed his writing over the years and this sort of involvement with the fans gives me another reason to like him and add him to a shortlist of authors who've gone above and beyond with fans, another is Piers Anthony one of the recurring characters in the Xanth novels (Jenny the Elf) was modelled off a fan who a victim of a hit and run. It was good to hear about her progress in the author's letters in the novels, and about other fans and their input entering the novels.
On a related note sometimes publishers will help with engaging with fans Jim Baen (owner and founder of the Baen publishing house a major publisher of science fiction) before he passed away established a free online library which had selected works from Baen writers such as David Weber (with their approval and support) which provide in some cases an introduction to certain series (for myself Weber's Honourverse books), and with their books is usually included a CD which includes all the previous titles in the series and other novels or stories that might be of interest. Sadly Jim has been dead for about 4-5 years now, along with some of the more engaging writers I've had contact with over the years.
Re: The Kid
Heh it would have been if not for what's often called the "Mickey Mouse" Copyright Act, the DMCA extended the copyright to 75 years. She hit right on the end of it's period in this case, IMO as a writer it's a load of *expletive deleted*, I'd rather my works be made accessible after I pass on.
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Not possible, there's a minimum penalty listed, the $2,250 is 3 times the statutory minimum (That's $750 so you don't have to find a calculator). Even at the minimum it's still $18,000 for those 24 files, they can't charge less. They have to make her pay, they can't state a lower amount legally unless they return a NG verdict, which they can't anyway. Over a million though... The woman will probably kill herself because there's no conceivable way in her lifetime she can repay such an award, $54,000 is bad enough for someone on limited means, for me that'd be my gross income up till about 2015.
Add the fact Jammie is potentially liable for all court costs which is probably another 50K or so given possible RIAA lawyer costs. And the lass is still being told to bend over and don't mind the lack of petroleum jelly.
It's a ridiculous penalty to inflict on someone outside of a commercial piracy charge, if a CD is roughly 20 USD each with 20 songs, you're talking charging someone for the value of 750 times the value of the song... I can't think of any filesharer that could claim they've uploaded any song over 200 times.