I'm curious as to what repercussions this has for people accessing sites stateside (remember the .com TLD counts as being hosted within the US regardless of physical location of the website servers etc.) from beyond the US.
Does this mean I am recorded every time I (as a citizen in a foreign country) access a website within US cyberspace regardless (legally not IMO, however I wouldn't be surprised if I was being recorded as I type this post)?
Firstly what people upload on a social website is something they do purely by choice, a different game entirely than having absolutely everything you do recorded without a say in the matter.
No hypocrisy there (doubly so in my case since I haven't done social networking since 08, disinformation is a beautiful thing =) ).
You'll all know who ratted me out and how, no doubt the homesick yanks down under are watching me type this and reporting as such to this NSA data sucker stateside (Warm and sunny weather outside at Pine Gap, lads? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap , http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/alicesprings/ =P )
Patents and Copyright hinder innovation, I therefore call for the scrapping of them as they no longer serve the spirit of the law associated with these things.
Right to free speech does not exclude you from the consequences of said speech.
Example: the discourse of information pertaining to national security does not preclude you from any potential charges attached to the offence of the disclosure of said information.
Payola was made illegal for many good reasons (more than I am aware of).
What you are proposing would lock out smaller and/or independent artists from having their music played in a radio station. All the big labels would have to do is provide a nice lengthy play list of songs and accompanying (payola) advertising fees which would flood the radio with loudness warred mainstream media cr*p while not keeping those who choose not to (or refuse even but reasons why are off topic) to do a deal with the devil.
Payola had no limits to how many radio stations they could also play their little advertising scam with so I'd give it 2 weeks tops before radio station changing becomes an exercise in futility (unless they collaborate and leave us with Sony/BMG on say 875 AM, Universal on 912 AM etc.).
Couple that with a rise in radio fees to choke out those who refuse to take the money and we're back in what they would call the golden days of radio all over again.
To prevent payola from being abused would be an exercise in futility (we are talking about the same mob that rated Video Casette Recorder operators as the equivalent of The Boston Strangler FFS!) so we are far better off leaving things as they are today TYVM.
(I presume your not a paid grassroots shill astroturfing with that comment of yours. If indeed this is the case however: GTF off my lawn and back to work replacing all my brick walled CDs with properly mastered Vinyl recordings).
Killing our future no, however it would hinder it by the loss of another variety of tree (FWIW; I'm not a 'tree hugger'/environmentalist/Climate Change believer or whatever term applies to such thinking).
2mm might not seem like much at face value, but multiply that by the amount of wood ordered for the production of guitars and that 2mm can add up to quite a huge difference in the long term.
Also; 24mm (since I don't know how thick a plank is before cutting into thinner pieces pre guitar manufacture) would go into 4 guitars at 6mm (6 x 4 = 24) instead of 3 at 8mm (3 x 8 = 24), which makes little economic sense since a thinner guitar would wear down quicker (manufactured obsolescence, the reason things don't last so long these days) and less units available for sale meaning lower stock turnover (I'd rather more units from less material, simplistically [presuming all other manufacturing costs being equal] this would means a higher profit out that same amount of material).
"So their would be no public outcry over the censorship because only a few would have even noticed it happen."
This.
Not only for censoring 'sensitive information but who knows what next innovative thing will come along that SOPA would be used to stall or even kill off (and in turn, to the desires of the corpocracy, potentially have a clone twisted to suit their agenda).
Hence one reason for the OWS riots against the system that exists today.
You are never 'equal before the law' in a system where the one with the deepest pockets wins (in court or otherwise, as this case with Veoh demonstrates).
I disagree that CDs are technologically superior to Vinyl, due not only to the limitations of a Redbook (44.4kHz, 16 Bit) Audio CD (you don't need the ears of a bat to tell the difference fyi, though my ears are in excellent condition) but the lack of proper mastering of CDs these days (look up 'loudness war' on youtube for a few examples - this one of Dire Straits Money For Nothing makes a good starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjQc0dM4H4 ).
It's not just a matter of having the best tech available (1:1 studio masters would be sublime but good luck getting one of those) but also being able to actually use it properly (I am quite capable of adjusting the volume of my music myself TYVM MAFIAA and subsidiaries).
Techdirt has not posted any stories submitted by DoN0tReply.
Should just sign them with the same Jane Doe signature the banks used in the robosigning debacle: Linda Green
I'm curious as to what repercussions this has for people accessing sites stateside (remember the .com TLD counts as being hosted within the US regardless of physical location of the website servers etc.) from beyond the US.
Does this mean I am recorded every time I (as a citizen in a foreign country) access a website within US cyberspace regardless (legally not IMO, however I wouldn't be surprised if I was being recorded as I type this post)?
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Firstly what people upload on a social website is something they do purely by choice, a different game entirely than having absolutely everything you do recorded without a say in the matter.
No hypocrisy there (doubly so in my case since I haven't done social networking since 08, disinformation is a beautiful thing =) ).
If I should disappear
You'll all know who ratted me out and how, no doubt the homesick yanks down under are watching me type this and reporting as such to this NSA data sucker stateside (Warm and sunny weather outside at Pine Gap, lads? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pine_Gap , http://www.bom.gov.au/nt/alicesprings/ =P )
Patent/Copyright status: Expired.
Patents and Copyright hinder innovation, I therefore call for the scrapping of them as they no longer serve the spirit of the law associated with these things.
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Right to free speech does not exclude you from the consequences of said speech.
Example: the discourse of information pertaining to national security does not preclude you from any potential charges attached to the offence of the disclosure of said information.
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sorry wrong link, please ignore.
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So everyone owns Moby-Dick?
Yes we do, the copyright expired making it "Public Domain."
Re: Payola
Payola was made illegal for many good reasons (more than I am aware of).
What you are proposing would lock out smaller and/or independent artists from having their music played in a radio station. All the big labels would have to do is provide a nice lengthy play list of songs and accompanying (payola) advertising fees which would flood the radio with loudness warred mainstream media cr*p while not keeping those who choose not to (or refuse even but reasons why are off topic) to do a deal with the devil.
Payola had no limits to how many radio stations they could also play their little advertising scam with so I'd give it 2 weeks tops before radio station changing becomes an exercise in futility (unless they collaborate and leave us with Sony/BMG on say 875 AM, Universal on 912 AM etc.).
Couple that with a rise in radio fees to choke out those who refuse to take the money and we're back in what they would call the golden days of radio all over again.
To prevent payola from being abused would be an exercise in futility (we are talking about the same mob that rated Video Casette Recorder operators as the equivalent of The Boston Strangler FFS!) so we are far better off leaving things as they are today TYVM.
(I presume your not a paid grassroots shill astroturfing with that comment of yours. If indeed this is the case however: GTF off my lawn and back to work replacing all my brick walled CDs with properly mastered Vinyl recordings).
Re: Yet Another Analysis of the MPAA's Statement
Brilliant diagnosis rubberpants :)
Saving that along with my copy of the original statement.
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Raided by armed goons no.
Killing our future no, however it would hinder it by the loss of another variety of tree (FWIW; I'm not a 'tree hugger'/environmentalist/Climate Change believer or whatever term applies to such thinking).
2mm might not seem like much at face value, but multiply that by the amount of wood ordered for the production of guitars and that 2mm can add up to quite a huge difference in the long term.
Also; 24mm (since I don't know how thick a plank is before cutting into thinner pieces pre guitar manufacture) would go into 4 guitars at 6mm (6 x 4 = 24) instead of 3 at 8mm (3 x 8 = 24), which makes little economic sense since a thinner guitar would wear down quicker (manufactured obsolescence, the reason things don't last so long these days) and less units available for sale meaning lower stock turnover (I'd rather more units from less material, simplistically [presuming all other manufacturing costs being equal] this would means a higher profit out that same amount of material).
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"So their would be no public outcry over the censorship because only a few would have even noticed it happen."
This.
Not only for censoring 'sensitive information but who knows what next innovative thing will come along that SOPA would be used to stall or even kill off (and in turn, to the desires of the corpocracy, potentially have a clone twisted to suit their agenda).
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Sigh... This type of schlock news is tiresome.
I knew it was big but (as put best by John St John of Duke Nukem fame) "Damn!" 0.0
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Hence one reason for the OWS riots against the system that exists today.
You are never 'equal before the law' in a system where the one with the deepest pockets wins (in court or otherwise, as this case with Veoh demonstrates).
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I disagree that CDs are technologically superior to Vinyl, due not only to the limitations of a Redbook (44.4kHz, 16 Bit) Audio CD (you don't need the ears of a bat to tell the difference fyi, though my ears are in excellent condition) but the lack of proper mastering of CDs these days (look up 'loudness war' on youtube for a few examples - this one of Dire Straits Money For Nothing makes a good starting point http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7UjQc0dM4H4 ).
It's not just a matter of having the best tech available (1:1 studio masters would be sublime but good luck getting one of those) but also being able to actually use it properly (I am quite capable of adjusting the volume of my music myself TYVM MAFIAA and subsidiaries).