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  • On the post: Unlike The AP, It Looks Like Reuters Recognizes The Future

    max ( profile ), 26 Jun, 2009 @ 01:31pm

    good stuff

    Reuters is starting to get it....I luv it....there's always going to be a "next". May as well look for that. It's just a waste of time to look for new ways to keep the old ways.

  • On the post: Would King Lear Ever Have Been Written If Copyright Law Existed?

    max ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2009 @ 11:44am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: King Lear

    I don't think it was very smart for the "industry" or those effected by digitization to try and stop the copying. Had they unified back in the 90's they could have installed a system at the very top, (ISPs) that could have accounted for ALL multimedia activities via the Internet, (instead each entity tried to amend laws particular to themselves). But after 10 years of wasting time trying to stop copying and p2p sharing those old sub-systems of copyright exploitation are struggling to survive.

  • On the post: RIAA Claims Jammie Thomas Jury Is A Representative Sample Of Views On File Sharing

    max ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2009 @ 10:20am

    Re: Re: stop trying to reform psychopaths

    Clarifying: any new systems should be based upon copyright laws......we need a copyright system, so any new systems would actually be sub-systems within the U.S. copyright system which of course can be amended "by the people" if they decide to act, (just talking about it or bad mouthing copyright laws is not productive enough).

  • On the post: RIAA Claims Jammie Thomas Jury Is A Representative Sample Of Views On File Sharing

    max ( profile ), 25 Jun, 2009 @ 09:08am

    Re: stop trying to reform psychopaths

    I agree, these entities are already set in their ways. They will probably implode one day, (from the inside).
    In the mean time we need to think ahead with our solutions for the good of the people concerned. As you say here, build on new systems that will make sense 20-50 years from now, (which is about how long the old system was valid).

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 10:06pm

    Re: Re: data revenue

    The Internet generation has to stop lumping copyright protection with big business. Big business's job was to exploit copyrights on behalf of the creators that didn't know how to do it themselves. Well they exploited themselves right out of business but you better believe they enjoyed it while it lasted. Now it's over. This is the age of self publishing. Those who publish in this age have to learn to incorporate or refine existing laws to define this era. History shows it's more likely to be done by improving the existing system NOT by totally destroying the idea born of many generations of shoulder standing.

  • On the post: Would King Lear Ever Have Been Written If Copyright Law Existed?

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 09:34pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: King Lear

    True...but they don't make sense now because multimedia players did not unite when the Internet was born. It was every man for themselves and the opportunity was missed for positive growth putting them all on the nonproductive defensive for 10 years!

    It's no wonder the Internet generation has a negative point of view about copyright protection. All they've heard is "stop it, you can't do this, you can't do that, we'll sue you, you're stealing,"......and all under the banner of copyright infringement.

    The Internet generation has to stop lumping copyright protection with big business. Big business's job was to exploit copyrights on behalf of the creators that didn't know how to do it themselves. Well they exploited themselves right out of business but you better believe they enjoyed it while it lasted. Now it's over. This is the age of self publishing. Those who publish in this age have to learn to incorporate or refine existing laws to define this era. History shows it's more likely to be done by improving the existing system not by totally destroying the idea born of many generations of shoulder standing.

  • On the post: Kodak Kills Off Kodachrome; Entertainment Industry Take Note

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 06:09pm

    Re: Re: I just want to say...

    Yes, it's hard to understand why so many people jump to negativity so quickly when something new is presented. I guess haters are a part of the filter system. Apparently Mike was able to see something Kodak and the vast majority of others didn't see at the time. That's called "vision". We are all capable of "vision" from time to time. Not all of us have the courage and resolve to see the vision through to fruition. It can get a little rough. Do we have what it takes? Time will tell.

  • On the post: Would King Lear Ever Have Been Written If Copyright Law Existed?

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 10:38am

    Re: Profit

    I agree, there is nothing new under the sun. There is only those who move on their ideas and those who don't. All ideas are obviously standing on the shoulders of what is already and what came before. The question is, how do persons who have chosen that path sustain a decent living from it? A doctor has man made rules to go by, a bus driver has man made rules to go by....why take away a writer's rules to go by?
    The big labels have left a bad taste in most peoples mouth but now we are in a time where writer's are mainly self publishing. Let us build on that. It is a new day. The big labels rule is over....let it go.

  • On the post: Would King Lear Ever Have Been Written If Copyright Law Existed?

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 10:35am

    Re: Re: King Lear

    I agree, there is nothing new under the sun. There is only those who move on their ideas and those who don't. All ideas are obviously standing on the shoulders of what is already and what came before. The question is, how do persons who have chosen that path sustain a decent living from it? A doctor has man made rules to go by, a bus driver has man made rules to go by....why take away a writer's rules to go by?
    The big labels have left a bad taste in most peoples mouth but now we are in a time where writer's are mainly self publishing. Let us build on that. It is a new day. The big labels rule is over....let it go.

  • On the post: Would King Lear Ever Have Been Written If Copyright Law Existed?

    max ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2009 @ 08:49am

    King Lear

    I agree, King Lear and other Shakespeare works are great. But so are the Beatles, Elvis Presley, Motown artists, and countless others works. The fact that many labels and middle men abused the privilege of copyright protection doesn't mean the creators of content should be stripped of an important means and reason to invest their time and energy into creating.
    It simply means we must refine the system. Fortunately your dialog here is helping to do just that!

  • On the post: Success Stories From The Music Commerce Frontier

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 05:27pm

    Re: anonymous

    Huh? It seems you didn't even watch the NARM video before commenting here. C'mon, get real. Don't be posting just to post.

  • On the post: Success Stories From The Music Commerce Frontier

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 04:18pm

    brilliant

    The ideas for monetizing music in this NARM video are absolutely brilliant. Another instance of "creative adaptation" of the times. Survival of the fittest. There will be more "creative adaptations" to answer the downfall of the music business's outdated model. That's just the way of the world. P2p is now the will of the people. So be it. That can be monetized as well...through creative adaptation. Options are all good as long as the people have the choices.

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:37am

    Re: Re: Re: peer2peer

    That's very funny but true.....if you fixed your fart in form, (recorded etc.) and wanted to enforce your rights. The law would be on your side in that case.

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:33am

    Re: Re: wishful thinking

    That is right. Wireless carriers know the future is about data revenue ARPU. (Average use per user)

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:31am

    Re: Re: peer2peer

    Again, you may get your content any way you see fit. However, if you want to share it via your mobile phone peer2peer there will be a fair way to do so.

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:25am

    mms

    Well, I think you have understand we are only concerned with mobile2mobile, peer2peer data transactions of mms. This hasn't even started in any substantial amount yet. Within 5 years you'll probably be able to send a movie mobile2mobile. What will happen then?

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:20am

    fundamental rights

    If we prevent artists and scientists etc from financially benefiting from their labors why would there be many in those professions?
    "A work is “fixed” in a tangible medium of expression when its embodiment in a copy or phonorecord, by or under the authority of the author, is sufficiently permanent or stable to permit it to be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated for a period of more than transitory duration. A work consisting of sounds, images, or both, that are being transmitted, is “fixed” for purposes of this title if a fixation of the work is being made simultaneously with its transmission."

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 11:01am

    peer2peer

    Let me make it very clear that we are only talking about a statutory rate for p2p mms transactions via mobile phones. This has not even started yet. But it will soon. Now is the time to put a fair system in place. Within 5 years or so you will be able to send a full movie mobile2mobile. What kind of mess will that be if something is not in place BEFORE that happens?

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 10:53am

    wishful thinking

    Good point about administration. However,the statutory rate would be a per megabyte rate making any payouts to a sector, (images vs videos) a relative split based upon actuary tables. Keep in mind that when you send or receive mms you are being charged an average $1.99 per mb and .25 each way right now. If the statutory rate was .10 per mb then a person trying to send hundreds of pictures in hopes of generating a profit would be wasting their time, energy and money doing so. This system is for those that rely on their creations to support themselves.

  • On the post: ASCAP Now Claiming That Your Mobile Phone Ringing Is A Public Performance

    max ( profile ), 22 Jun, 2009 @ 10:42am

    statutory rates

    It all boils down to the U.S. constitution. That is where copyrights start. It is a fundamental right that a person or entity with copyrights to something they created have a right to a fair share of the pie if another party is gaining from it's use. P2p sharing of multimedia will soon be on mobile phones. When that happens it should be the responsibility of the wireless carriers to make sure the rights holders are compensated since the wireless carriers are charging for those transactions. The ring tone thing in your house is NOT a transaction that the wireless industry gained from so it would be exempt from what we are proposing.

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