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• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 02:07pm

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  And no one has ever filed a flawed or incorrect DCMA notice either.

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 02:04pm

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  The concept of a torrent is also the basis for some of the could technology being developed today. (We all share in the network, cpu time, and storage) So they must not want the cloud to succeed either. Now here is an interesting question, what if I took the concept of randomly stored bits of data on a local machine and kept a meta data index of that data and used this to generate more content than is actually there? Does this mean I have infringed copyright? If you think this is a fantasy look at how such systems as Dropbox or even a Data Domain deduplicating filer head work.

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:52pm

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  Sometimes we see some wisdom from the trolls (not by their purpose of course) and can use it to better refine our own points. We can also learn a lot from how those on the other side see the argument so that when it gets down to a debate that matters we seem well informed, calm, collected, and reasonable.
  
  Also it is fun.

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:46pm

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  So the very nature of the internet (also known as the web for the very concept of linking it embodies) needs to change to reflect a law that makes little sense in regards to how due process and protected rights work in this country?

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:41pm

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  How does this law not fall afoul of first amendment and prior restraint issues?

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:38pm

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  Please define RIAA for us then so we may at least carry on a real debate using the same language.

• On the post: The Senators Who Say Merely Linking To Certain Sites Should Be A Felony

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:37pm

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  Do you check everything you have ever linked to ever constantly to ensure that 100% is not infringing? How does a party other than the content creator even know what is infringing, it normally takes a court to make the final decision in these cases? How does it help artists to eliminate any and all viral spread of their works? How does giving away copyright to a gatekeeper and then never linking to that content in any way help those artists? How does this help anyone, even the gatekeepers of content will not be immune?

• On the post: Patent Troll Going After iPhone/iPad Developers Who Use In-App Payments

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 13 May, 2011 @ 01:25pm

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  yes, but as is typical the claims have been amended since then to cover things not intended in the original patent application. This is a common tactic of the worst of the patent trolls as they can point to the original filing date and not the last amended date and say, "But it wasn't obvious then." This is clearly an abuse of the system.

• On the post: AC/DC Says Their Songs Will Never Be Available For Download; Rest Of Internet Laughs

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 09 May, 2011 @ 01:59pm

  Re: This just in...

  Achievement Unlocked: Luddite

• On the post: Tenenbaum Appeal Heard: Is It Okay To Make Someone Pay $675,000 For Downloading 30 Songs?

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2011 @ 11:48am

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  In the future to help the debate and education can you link to the law you are referencing? This would help me out immensely as I like to read them and see how it pertains to the discussion.

• On the post: Record Labels May Owe Artists Close To $2 Billion; Lawsuits Ramp Up With Rick James In The Lead

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 06 Apr, 2011 @ 11:23am

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  As I said, No chance of anybody getting paid by them. Even if the *IAA got the $75 billion that they wanted.

• On the post: Record Labels May Owe Artists Close To $2 Billion; Lawsuits Ramp Up With Rick James In The Lead

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2011 @ 12:53pm

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  Do you believe Limewire has any money? Bankruptcy FTW! They just hope they incorporated in DE so they can just avoid paying anybody. (Like SCO)

• On the post: Record Labels May Owe Artists Close To $2 Billion; Lawsuits Ramp Up With Rick James In The Lead

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 05 Apr, 2011 @ 08:49am

  Did the artists all just have a Charlie Sheen moment? Winning, Duh!

• On the post: Gladwell Logic: There Was War Before Nuclear Bombs Existed, Thus Nukes Have No Impact On War

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 12:45pm

  #GladwellLogic: People produced creative works before copyright. Therefore, copyright had no impact on creative works.
  
  < / sarcasm >

• On the post: Boston College Tells Students That Using A Wireless Router Is A Sign Of Copyright Infringement

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 12:41pm

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  I was unsure, I thought it was a lower bar of "innocence"

• On the post: Boston College Tells Students That Using A Wireless Router Is A Sign Of Copyright Infringement

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 30 Mar, 2011 @ 11:34am

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  isn't that for criminal cases and not a civil tort?

• On the post: Sometimes It's Better To Just Let People Copy Your Content Than Deal With Licensing

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 28 Mar, 2011 @ 08:26am

  Re: Public domain dedications require legal documents

  This is not public domain at all...... just a free license

• On the post: Bath & Bodyworks Goes To Court To Explain To Summit Entertainment That The Word Twilight Existed Before The Movie

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 11 Mar, 2011 @ 08:36am

  best description ever........

  http://theoatmeal.com/story/twilight

• On the post: Feds Really Do Seem To Think That Linking To Infringing Content Can Be A Jailable Offense

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 09:25am

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  So where is the aiding and abetting charge?
  
  You can't make up a charge for a criminal case. I'd be OK with them charging him for aiding and abetting since then that would go to court and we would get a clear precedent set.
  
  What needs to happen is for both sides to use reason and law to back up their claims.
  
  Is it illegal to point at the crack house down the street and say "You can buy crack there"? That is all he really did. That is the closest real world example of what he did I can come up with. It shows a different location (server, crack house), distributor (other website owner, drug dealer), and even the link (hyperlink, pointing and saying).
  
  So does this have anything to do with copyright law? Not in my opinion. If you want to go the other route, I encourage it, as it helps establish a point of law for which to have a reasoned debate.

• On the post: Where's A Business Method Patent When You Need One?

  

  duffmeister ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 09:13am

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  ;-) it was intended as a joke.
  
  I guess my sarcasm mark got erased.

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