jupiterkansas 's Techdirt Comments

Latest Comments (3880)

• On the post: NBC's Ingenious Solution To Ad Skipping And Low Ratings: More Embarrassingly Unfunny Product Placement

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 09:36am

  Re: Advertising supported radio and television has always been on verge of collapse.

  Netflix isn't working? Well, you're wrong.
  
  More copyright will fix this? Again, you're absolutely wrong.
  
  Nevermind that copyright has absolutely nothing to do with any of this.

• On the post: Purdue University Completely Freaks Out Because Bart Gellman's Speech Shows Classified Snowden Docs Already Seen By Millions

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 07:44am

  Re:

  No, they're afraid of losing government contracts.

• On the post: Purdue University Completely Freaks Out Because Bart Gellman's Speech Shows Classified Snowden Docs Already Seen By Millions

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2015 @ 07:43am

  One man's dawn is another man's doom.

• On the post: Happy Birthday And The Problem With The Copyright Office's 'Orphan Works' Plan

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 12:08pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  That's the Catch-22. Since someone can potentially step forward and legitimately claim copyright, nobody with anything at stake will ever use the work. At least before you would pay Warner and know you wouldn't get sued. Now you have no idea - so the situation is actually worse. Somebody might own it but can't prove it.
  
  Orphan works perfectly demonstrate the failure of current copyright law, and it's a problem that will only grow worse with time.

• On the post: Techdirt Podcast Episode 45: No, You're Not The Product

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 11:01am

  Re:

  If you don't like it, don't go to Techdirt.

• On the post: Happy Birthday And The Problem With The Copyright Office's 'Orphan Works' Plan

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 08:49am

  Re:

  All the court case showed was that Warner didn't hold the copyright, not that the work wasn't still under copyright. It left the door open that somebody might still have copyright over the lyrics - although nobody knows who.

• On the post: Happy Birthday And The Problem With The Copyright Office's 'Orphan Works' Plan

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2015 @ 08:46am

  Re: Should be 28 years

  And require registration, with an up-to-date, online searchable database.

• On the post: The Stagnation Of eBooks Due To Closed Platforms And DRM

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2015 @ 08:05am

  Re: Re: Re: One-sided 'innovation'

  The price of book has very little to do with the cost of the paper it's printed on (or lack of). It costs just as much to write an ebook as it does a print book. The actual printing and shipping costs are minimal.
  
  But you have about about resale value. That's something publishers don't really care about (although I'm sure they're happy you can't resell your ebooks).

• On the post: The Stagnation Of eBooks Due To Closed Platforms And DRM

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 05 Oct, 2015 @ 01:01pm

  I have yet to buy an ebook reader and this is the main reason why. They're all loaded with limitations and pointless hoops just to get your content on the device.

• On the post: John Oliver Would Like You To Replace Your Bogus Facebook Copyright Privacy Statement With His Own

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2015 @ 02:22pm

  Re: Re: Re:

  Die Hard's going to come knocking on your door tonight.

• On the post: John Oliver Would Like You To Replace Your Bogus Facebook Copyright Privacy Statement With His Own

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 01 Oct, 2015 @ 10:50am

  Re:

  You forgot Robocop and Die Hard.

• On the post: In The Post-Ferguson World, Cops Are Now Victims And It's The Public That's Going To Pay The Price

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 29 Sep, 2015 @ 08:19am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Excelllent piece

  Either you didn't get my point, or you're trying to change my argument.
  
  I never said laws don't have a moral basis, I said the moral basis of laws where others are harmed is completely different than the moral basis where nobody is harmed, so you can't compare laws simply because of their moral basis, which is what you were trying to do.
  
  Also, theft and fraud harm people - not physically but financially. It's an act against another person or their property.

• On the post: In The Post-Ferguson World, Cops Are Now Victims And It's The Public That's Going To Pay The Price

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2015 @ 02:25pm

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Excelllent piece

  No, he's using intelligible sentences.

• On the post: 71% Of Americans Oppose Civil Asset Forfeiture. Too Bad Their Representatives Don't Care.

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2015 @ 01:07pm

  Re:

  not until it happens to them.

• On the post: In The Post-Ferguson World, Cops Are Now Victims And It's The Public That's Going To Pay The Price

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2015 @ 12:32pm

  Re: Re: Re: Excelllent piece

  Theft, murder, fraud, and jumping the turnstile are all crime perpetrated against someone else. Those actions harm others - every single time. They share a common morality that it's bad to harm others. Even jaywalking is against the law because of the harm it can cause to others, and it's a shaky law at best (since the majority of the time, no harm is caused).
  
  This isn't the case with drugs, where like alcohol, most of the time no harm is done to anyone - not even the user. The moral case for prohibition has nothing to do with the moral case against murder or theft and they can't be compared on the basis of morality.

• On the post: In The Post-Ferguson World, Cops Are Now Victims And It's The Public That's Going To Pay The Price

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 28 Sep, 2015 @ 07:36am

  Re: Re: doubling down on stupid...

  Another solution would be to turn off the news.

• On the post: UK Copyright Group Plans Heavy Anti-Piracy Measures For Bond Film Because Of How Successful It Will Be

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 08:42am

  Re:

  I'll just wait until my public library has a copy that I can check out for free.

• On the post: Marilyn Monroe Estate Trying To Use Trademark To Enforce Publicity Rights Court Said It Doesn't Have

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 08:30am

  Re: Re: and this is why

  Boners

• On the post: Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A 'Character' Covered By Copyright

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 25 Sep, 2015 @ 07:56am

  Re:

  For starters, wizards predates copyright, unlike Batman.
  
  Second, a wizard is a generic character type, like a policeman or a bartender (or a superhero) - it's not a specific character. Call your wizard Gandalf and you're dealing with copyright. Call him Randalf and you're fine.
  
  Also, there are far more wizards in movies than there are batmans.

• On the post: Appeals Court Says The Batmobile Is A 'Character' Covered By Copyright

  

  jupiterkansas ( profile ), 24 Sep, 2015 @ 12:29pm

  Re: Re:

  Get ready for a lawsuit from Herbie.

Next >>