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• On the post: Fair Use Doesn't Weaken Copyright Law, It Strengthens It

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 07:34am

  Re: Re: Fair Use

  There is no "presumption of infringement" just because a copyright holder says so.
  
  LOL!

• On the post: New Zealand Libraries Considering Shutting Off Public Internet Access To Avoid Three Strikes Law

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 03:08am

  Re: How bout some consistency Mike ?? Please.

  I'm sorry, can you please point out the contradiction more clearly, I re-read both articles and still don't see one.

• On the post: Major Labels Shamed Into Promising To Give Some Of $105 Million Limewire Settlement To Artists

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 02:20am

  Re:

  Why do TD haters/shill apologist closed minded scroats always refer to Mike by his last name?

• On the post: Major Labels Shamed Into Promising To Give Some Of $105 Million Limewire Settlement To Artists

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 02:17am

  Re: Re: Re:

  Labels look back and say 'what could we have done, there is no good technology to help us monetise', but all they have done for the past 10 years is stifle everything that has come along.

• On the post: Major Labels Shamed Into Promising To Give Some Of $105 Million Limewire Settlement To Artists

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 20 May, 2011 @ 02:14am

  Re: Mike shows once again, how well the system works

  Please point out where in the above post Mike complained about anything, arse-hat.

• On the post: Google Points Out That PROTECT IP Would Be A 'Disastrous Precedent' For Free Speech

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 05:01am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  those that have been blessed with more talent than you.

• On the post: Google Points Out That PROTECT IP Would Be A 'Disastrous Precedent' For Free Speech

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 19 May, 2011 @ 04:53am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: NO, IP PROTECT would be distasterous for Google's profits

  seeing as he's the biggest piracy apologist on the net,
  
  [citation(s) needed]

• On the post: Who Actually Felt 'Guilty' That They Read The NYTimes Online For Free?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 21 Mar, 2011 @ 07:15am

  Re:

  Reading a paper for free in a waiting room sounds like theft to me.

• On the post: For All The Promises Of Transparency, Obama Administration Responding To Fewer FOIA Requests

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 16 Mar, 2011 @ 08:15am

  Re:

  No, you misunderstood.
  
  The transparency only relates to your clothes when trying to board an aircraft.

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

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 09 Mar, 2011 @ 07:28am

  Re:

  Humour? I assumed it was a true story.

• On the post: Why Is The MPAA's Top Priority 'Fighting Piracy' Rather Than Helping The Film Industry Thrive?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 04:50am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  
  Yes, sales of recorded music have dropped. Since its not piracy, it must be something else.
  
  Could it be that the earlier generation have finished replacing their records and tapes with CDs, and no longer need to buy it again? Yes.
  
  Could it be that other parts of the music business, such as live concerts and merchandise are growing? Yes.
  
  Could it be competition from other sources of entertainment such as video games and movies have been growing? Yes.
  
  Could it be that near ubiquity from personalized music streaming like Pandora that play what customers want to hear instead of the same couple dozen songs (radio)? Yes.
  
  
  Could it just be that so much music these days is shit?

• On the post: Crytek Manages Not To Lose Their Minds Despite Crysis 2 Leak

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 23 Feb, 2011 @ 04:42am

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

  People still enjoy the music, they still value it, they still want it. In fact, they want more and more of it, people have huge music collections that would have been unthinkable even 10 years ago.
  
  You hit the nail on the head - it is the people that put the value on music. Not the greedy shysters in their corporate lairs.

• On the post: Does Re-Imagining Lord Of The Rings From The Perspective Of Mordor Violate Tolkien's Copyrights?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 07:04am

  Re:

  Correct me if I'm wrong but isn't copyright about the expression, not the idea?

• On the post: James Earl Jones Reciting Justin Bieber Lyrics On TV… Copyright Infringement Or Not?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 04:38am

  Re: Obviously Fair Use

  Having to pay for a lawyer and waste your own time when you did nothing wrong is rubbish though.

• On the post: Swedish Court Fines File Sharer About $300 For Sharing 44 Songs

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 22 Feb, 2011 @ 04:33am

  Re: Re: Re:

  The argument shouldn't be that distribution over the internet is zero, but it is certainly negligible.
  One server as you described could host 100,000s of songs and 'send' them to millions of people every year. Certainly magnitudes cheaper than sending a CD to each and every person who orders one..

• On the post: Did Watson Succeed On Jeopardy By Infringing Copyrights?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 04:39am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Did they distribute

  Interesting thought..
  
  If your computer has a virus and you send an email containing the virus are you infringing on the programmers copyrights?

• On the post: Did Watson Succeed On Jeopardy By Infringing Copyrights?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 18 Feb, 2011 @ 04:36am

  Re: Re: Re: Re:

  You've used the wrong numbers..
  
  1 x 40,036,695,896* = 40,036,695,896
  
  1,000,000 x 40,036,695,896* = total cost of copyright infringement in the US EVERY DAY!
  
  *this number must be correct as I plucked it out of thin air.

• On the post: Is Figuring Out A Slot Machine Software Glitch & Making Money From It A Crime?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2011 @ 08:32am

  Re: Re: Crime

  How can that be true for manslaughter?

• On the post: Is Figuring Out A Slot Machine Software Glitch & Making Money From It A Crime?

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2011 @ 08:30am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I have to say that I believe the first guy who got 9 free dollars for ever dollar put in the machine should not have been arrested
  
  I agree. How was he to know it wasn't the expected behaviour of the machine? It's not his responsibility to ensure the machine is behaving sanely, just to put his money in and maybe get some out.

• On the post: Apple Patents Rotary iPhone

  

  martyburns ( profile ), 07 Jan, 2011 @ 04:24am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:

  I can imagine six digital things a day.
  
  Go!

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