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  • On the post: Did The RIAA Really Just Come Out In Support Of 'Opt-In' Copyright? [Updated]

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 18 Oct, 2010 @ 04:18am

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Be careful what you wish for...

    What's stopping Microsoft from taking any Linux code and putting it into their own wares?
    It's unlikely that Linux' code is registered at a copyright board. It is however licensed under the General Public License, that states some stipulations.

    But that's slightly beside the point.
    The person who tries to register your works illegally would then have to prove that his (or her) work existed before your content. But you have prior-art.

    Undoubtedly this copyright office will become as encumbered as the patent office... :-/

  • On the post: Did The RIAA Really Just Come Out In Support Of 'Opt-In' Copyright? [Updated]

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 05:14pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Be careful what you wish for...

    At least things will be clearer as to who owns what, and what we can do with what material. Oh that is copyrighted, and I should contact such-and-such. Oh that is in public domain, so I can just use it, but I'm sure the original creator would like to know what I did with his or her original creation.

    Leave people a choice as to what they want to do with their (and I hate this word-combination) "intellectual property".
    If the big web silos want to lock up their crap, then let them. No skin of my back.

    Right now, we don't have any choice. My comments on this site, are technically copyrighted by me, thus quoting it, would constitute a violation of my copyright (if it was not covered by fair use).
    I just want to be able to say: "Ok, this is very important to me, I want this copyrighted, and that stuff, let the public decide what they want to do with it. If they can make something nice with it, all the better for all."

  • On the post: Wikileaks Says US Pressure Resulted In Donation Account Being Shut Down

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 15 Oct, 2010 @ 08:14am

    Re:

    You know, you should be a stand up comedian... you're so funny!

  • On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 03:02pm

    Re: Re: Re:

    Why don't you come up with proof that this is indeed FUD?

  • On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 08:12am

    Re: Re: Re:

    People had to fight hard to get copyright changed in the right way to follow technology trends.
    According to Hollywood execs was the VCR the "Boston strangler" for them. And wanted it made illegal. Thankfully, a technology-wise judge decided against them, in favour of the VCR. Sadly this is a lonely case nowadays. It more often than not is becoming more and more expensive to stand up for our rights to copy, and it's far to easy for the copyright holders to just squelch anything that smacks of deviation from their view of how things should be. (A DMCA take-down is so easily done nowadays, it's ridiculous, and then you, the derivative maker will have to show what your intentions were.)

    Time and time again, we, the people have had to fight for our rights in the copyright world. And time and time again we have strong forces who want to take those rights away, and want to change copyright law into something even more ridiculous.

    Why does it have to take Life (of the copyright holder)+70 years before a work enters public domain? Why can companies become copyright holders?
    And when exactly do companies die? We, effectively, have perpetual copyright.

  • On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 07:24am

    Re: It's a risk you run when *copying*.

    How much actual damage does Viacom suffer from this depiction of the Enterprise D? Other than perhaps extra sales of their products?
    Any lawsuit they'd start against this talented designer, would cause more damage (it tarnishes the Viacom brand as being legal bullies). It would serve them better if they'd issue a "proceed-and-permitted order" instead of a 'cease-and-desist order'.

  • On the post: Could The Enterprise D Replica In Minecraft Be A Copyright Minefield?

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 14 Oct, 2010 @ 07:14am

    Re:

    If you would read more about copyright law, you'd know the answer. And that is: it's not FUD.
    Copyright law as it stands today is as far removed from our current digital age as can be, and the people who are now making money of that antiquated law, want to keep it that way, or make it even more draconian.

    Ever heard of the DMCA? Or ACTA?
    Or are you just here to troll?

    Don't answer that last question. It was rhetorical.

  • On the post: Fox Gets Tons Of Attention For Banksy Simpsons Video… Then Pulls It Off YouTube

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 12 Oct, 2010 @ 02:37pm

    They could make a similar animation

    about Family Guy, and their offspring. Cheap labour is in every type of business the most wanted.

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 11 Oct, 2010 @ 07:02am

    Re: its still a PAYWALL, or lipstick on a pig.. pay for content is a paywall..

    Dear Darryl,

    let me tell you about the time that the people here on Techdirt contacted me directly (connecting with fans).
    A few weeks ago, I got put on a moderation-needed list, because apparently my company had changed ISPs, and that ISP was notorious for having trolls and such on their network.

    So I sent an email describing the problem and asking them what I did wrong.

    It turned out that I hadn't done anything wrong and that Mike had seen my posts being stuck in the moderation queue already and the people at TD told me so, and they put me on an exceptions list.
    Now, they didn't need to answer my emails, and in that case eventually I'd have grown tired of the moderation queue, and have gone away in search of some other site to talk about copyright issues, where they did want my input. But since they connected with me, they kept me as a fan of the site.

    Also, recently I asked Mike a question right here on the blog, and he answered me in a response to that question.
    THAT is connecting with fans.

    tl;dr:
    I had a problem on the site, Mike and co responded to me directly, and made me an even bigger fan of their work than before, more inclined to spend money here.

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 02:28pm

    Re:

    Then also make a novelty teaspoon and a pin. :) (my mom collects the teaspoons, and my brother does pins) :D

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 02:25pm

    Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: hmmm ....

    Oh wow, the real Old Spice man here. :)

  • On the post: Reuters Dumps Anonymous Comments: Throwing Out A Bunch Of Babies With The Bathwater?

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 07:26am

    Re:

    That's me.. I'm the one who's uninformed (and clueless) :D

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 03:37am

    Re: Re: User based themes...

    For the troll t-shirt how about this slogan: "I trolled on Techdirt, and they made me buy this shirt".

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 01:34am

    Re: What reason to buy again, ??

    Darryl, I think you are a douche and a troll.

    Let's just see, last year they had a number of packages on sale, but since you weren't here you couldn't have known that.
    There was a package where for 1 million US dollars you could shut up Techdirt. So if you really want, you could spend a million to have a year of silence on this blog.

    And if you can make cheap copies of the t-shirts and sell them for a quarter of the price here, and you think you have a compelling enough offer so that people would follow you, I don't think Mike would mind. Mind you, since many here think you are a troll, I don't think you'd get a lot of sales using that technique.
    A big thing in this is, that people want to support the site/artist/writer/moviemaker, and thus are more inclined to buy the slightly more expensive t-shirts/other tangible products, to make them feel good about it.
    But that's something that you don't understand: 'Brand loyalty'.

  • On the post: Preparing New Techdirt CwF+RtB Offerings, And Extending The Crystal Ball For Those Who Bought

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 08 Oct, 2010 @ 01:31am

    please correct me if I'm wrong

    I ordered both the initial package with the crystal ball and later also the music package, which also contained the crystal ball.
    And it was my understanding that that would mean I'd have 2 years of the TD-CB (Techdirt Crystal Ball)

    Are you suggesting that I now have 3 years of the TD-CB?
    Or do the extra 12 months only apply to people who didn't buy two packages with the TD-CB? :)

    To disclaim myself, I'm only curious, and am not expecting anything for free.

  • On the post: Warner Bros. Claims That Annoying Customers With 28-Day Rental Delay Is Working

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 06:33am

    Re: Re: Why are you complaining?

    But that was the case only with Inception, almost every other big time movie production, that I know of, was on torrent networks before, on the day itself or very shortly after the theater release.

  • On the post: Warner Bros. Claims That Annoying Customers With 28-Day Rental Delay Is Working

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 06:30am

    Re: Why are you complaining?

    Meanwhile, I'll be watching those movies for free from Bittorrent or some other P2P network in High Def quality, a day before the theater release.
    That's why release windows don't make any sense! Because it hampers with what many consumers want.
    And P2P networks are more than happy to satisfy that demand.

    BTW, I must congratulate the people behind Inception.
    It apparently took about 3 weeks before that movie turned up on p2p networks in a decent enough quality. (and before anyone condemns me, I was merely curious how long it would take, I had already watched the movie twice in the cinema)

  • On the post: NBC, BBC, Travel Channel: Not Guilty Of Racketeering For Asking People About Ideas For TV Shows

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 07 Oct, 2010 @ 02:57am

    This surprises me too

    "the court notes "plaintiffs' failure to register their idea is fatal to their copyright claim."
    I know, an idea isn't copyrightable. But apart from that, so, because something wasn't registered as copyright, it was fatal to the claim?
    Could we use this defense in other cases too?
    "Because {artist} did not register their copyright, their claim that I violated their copyright is therefore void"?

  • On the post: Historically Dumb Censorship: Wal-Mart's Refusal To Sell Jill Sobule's Album Due To Prozac Pill

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2010 @ 07:41am

    Re: Re: Re: They both got want they wanted

    She lost, because she had to ALTER her art. She had to concede to a higher power, in this case the corporate board of Walmart. Which by definition means that she lost.

  • On the post: Historically Dumb Censorship: Wal-Mart's Refusal To Sell Jill Sobule's Album Due To Prozac Pill

    Marcel de Jong ( profile ), 06 Oct, 2010 @ 07:40am

    Re: Another dumb one

    I got another one for ya:
    "Oh no no no.. don't mess with my heart"

    That's the version I heard on college radio about 5 years ago, instead of "Oh no no no.. don't phunk with my heart" (Black eyed peas)

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