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• On the post: Google Kills Tricorder Android App After CBS Sends A DMCA Takedown?

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 07:22pm

  Re: Re: Re: Hanging Out?

  I assume you mean an untimely or sudden death. In which case, I still don't see a reason to extend copyright any further. The author is dead and no amount of incentives will make him/her produce more art.

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  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 07:17pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Hanging Out?

  Well, you do get to live on 70 years after your death in the form of a souless estate whose sole interest is the profit of said estate.

• On the post: Google Kills Tricorder Android App After CBS Sends A DMCA Takedown?

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 01:16pm

  Re: Hanging Out?

  This is a good example on why copyright should not extend past the life of the author. Leeches are not good for society. These leeches are damaging creativity and innovation. They are not adding anything of value to the cultural pool and actively preventing others from doing so.

• On the post: France: Copyright Is More Important Than Human Rights

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 11:51am

  Re: translation from my french coworker - not at all interpreted right from translate

  To be honest, a natural right such as the right to communicate with fellow humans trumps the artificial right of intellectual property. But that's just me.

• On the post: TSA Agent Threatens Woman With Defamation, Demands $500k For Calling Intrusive Search 'Rape'

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 11:49am

  Re: Anybody see the bottom...

  I believe she wanted to keep this relatively quiet by pressing charges in court, but when that option was limited, she had to go public. Either way, the name of the TSA agent was going to go public.

• On the post: MPAA's Bogus 'Piracy' Numbers Mean It Thinks Downloaders Would Buy 200 More DVDs Per Year

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 11:40am

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  I am going to reiterate a few points already said, but the movie industry is not doing a very good job at keeping paying customers honest.
  
  Of the last 10 DVDs I got from Netflix, I was only able to skip ads on 2 of them. One of those 2 I was able to skip previews to be presented with an anti-smoking ad right before the menu. So I guess it really shouldn't count. So only 1 out of 10.
  
  On top of that we have limited streaming options. Starz pulling out of Netflix in the hopes of getting more revenue elsewhere. Syfy and other NBC owned stations either not streaming or waiting months to stream their tv shows. Region restrictions, DRM etc.
  
  All this stuff does not make people enjoy paying for movies and tv. it ticks them off.

• On the post: MPAA's Bogus 'Piracy' Numbers Mean It Thinks Downloaders Would Buy 200 More DVDs Per Year

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 09:57am

  I really like one of the points of the infographic: 1/4 of all internet traffic is infringing.
  
  Now this is pretty funny considering they are ignoring that recent reports put Netflix traffic to be just about the same if not more than all P2P traffic (which not all is infringing)
  
  So rather than focus on the potential infringing traffic, why not focus on improving the legal traffic that people want (Netflix and other streaming services)?

• On the post: MPAA So Thrilled With Zediva Ruling, It Offers To Help The Court Spread It

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 07:08am

  Re: Making Sense

  You were renting the DVD Player along with the DVD. Not much different than a local rental store renting you a DVD player along with your DVD. The only real difference is the length of the cord.

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  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 06 Sep, 2011 @ 06:56am

  Re: "the wire between my DVD player and my TV is 10 feet..."

  If that were the case, then anyone who rents out DVD players is now guilty of copyright infringement and is liable for damages and to be shut down.
  
  There are a lot of businesses that rent out DVDs and Players. They are not as common now as they were in the days of VHS, but they are still out there.

• On the post: If You Don't Plan To Enforce Your 'Rights,' Why Are You 'Reserving' Them?

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 03 Sep, 2011 @ 05:51am

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  I miss the days when you had to do paperwork and send two copies of your work to the Library of Congress to receive copyright protection (and renew it 14 years later.)

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 11:41am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  So why are these artists "giving credit" where it is not due? If it was simple enough for Mike to find out that Lomax has nothing to do with the sample they are using, why is it not simple for the actual artists?

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 11:01am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  And they are taking credit where it is not due. How is that hard to understand?

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 10:18am

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  Of course Mike knows that most of the links are irrelevant. That is why he ignored everything that wasn't a "direct" link back to Lomax.
  
  The fact that Lomax is even credited on the KRS-one song is part of the whole boondoggle. He provided nothing to that song yet was credited. The only reason he was credited in the KRS-one song was because he was credited in Inside, Looking Out. The only reason he was credited for that was because someone at the time was afraid of potential copyright violations from someone who didn't even write the song.
  
  This makes sense to you?

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 09:34am

  Re: Lomax and the US Library of Congress

  The recordings, most likely not. The songs themselves, most likely.

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 09:12am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You are conveniently overlooking the WHY Lomax is credited for the fact that he is.
  
  Mike isn't disputing the fact that he is credited. Mike is disputing the idea that he needs credited at all.
  
  If Lomax had written and/or co-written any song along that change, the argument would be far different. Yet it remains that he did not write/co-write any song in that chain but is still credited as a co-writer.

• On the post: Gibson CEO: US Government Won't Even Tell Us What Law They Think We've Violated

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 09:09am

  The US government: Shoot first, avoid questions later.

• On the post: The Insane Chain Of Sampling Rights: How A Folk Song Collector Became A 'Co-Author' On A Jay-Z Song

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 02 Sep, 2011 @ 08:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Here is the thing, Lomax is listed as a song writer for "Sound of da Police" as well as "Inside, Looking Out".
  
  The problem is that his only connection to either of those songs is a recording he made of a folk song. He did not write the folksong, only recorded it. So what right does he have to be listed as a writer for any songs that are derived from his recording?

• On the post: Secretly Snapping Naked Pics Of The Woman Who Ended Up With A Stolen Laptop Might Just Be Illegal

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 08:56am

  This my friends is why you should always reformat computers you get from other people. Always always wipe the hard drive and start fresh.

• On the post: Are Any Of The Patents Google Got With Motorola Mobility Any Good?

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 07:32am

  Re: Re: Raised Hand...

  Hey, that sounds an awful lot like other government programs, FICA, Social Security etc etc. Why let good tax money just sit around waiting to be used when it can be used today in unrelated fields and the difference be made up in debt later.

• On the post: Are Any Of The Patents Google Got With Motorola Mobility Any Good?

  

  E. Zachary Knight ( profile ), 01 Sep, 2011 @ 07:31am

  Re: Re: Re: Raised Hand...

  Because, even if they are garbage today, does not mean they will be garbage tomorrow when a competitor files a patent suit against them.

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