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• On the post: Righthaven Tries New Strategy: Maybe If It Just Ignores Marc Randazza, He'll Go Away

  

  WDS ( profile ), 22 Dec, 2011 @ 07:50am

  Re: Re: Re:

  The copyrights involved in the suits are not the only IP involved. Righthaven also supposedly has some amazing software that allows it to find infringing work for it to then sue over.

• On the post: Public Opposition Accelerates As Latest Anti-SOPA Petition Hits Goal In Two Days

  

  WDS ( profile ), 21 Dec, 2011 @ 07:13am

  Re: Re: Re: Irony

  At least for me, they have linking disabled on Whitehouse.gov. It is obvious that the author of the petition tried to put the link in, but it is only text, not an active link. (i.e. you have to cut and paste, you can't just click on it).

• On the post: Public Opposition Accelerates As Latest Anti-SOPA Petition Hits Goal In Two Days

  

  WDS ( profile ), 20 Dec, 2011 @ 02:37pm

  The Link

  I just finished looking at the link that they posted in the middle of the petition. It is certainly worth a look. You have to cut and paste it, because it is not an active link on the site.

• On the post: CD Projekt Shakes Down Suspected File Sharers

  

  WDS ( profile ), 15 Dec, 2011 @ 07:02am

  Re: Re: Re: Re: Welcome to reality, CD Projekt

  I'm confused, where did I use Mac?

• On the post: CD Projekt Shakes Down Suspected File Sharers

  

  WDS ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2011 @ 02:46pm

  Re:

  They shouldn't have to prove that their IP address was spoofed or anything else. It should be the responsibility of the person accusing them to prove that it wasn't. While there should be no fingerprints left on their hard drive if a forensics team looked, there should be a lot more required than an IP address to give the forensics team the right to look.

• On the post: CD Projekt Shakes Down Suspected File Sharers

  

  WDS ( profile ), 14 Dec, 2011 @ 01:52pm

  Re: Re: Welcome to reality, CD Projekt

  I was going to point out he had the wrong author, but would never have come up with anything as amusing as that.
  
  Good work for someone sitting on a horse backwards.

• On the post: Why Adversarial Hearings Are Important: Rulings Change When The Other Side Is Heard

  

  WDS ( profile ), 06 Dec, 2011 @ 08:54am

  Same Argument

  In all fairness this is the same argument that the RIAA is making in their amicus brief on the Righthaven mess.
  
  While I like the ruling in Righthaven v Hoehn, and don't like the original ruling in this matter, the argument on why the ruling shouldn't be made are the same.

• On the post: RIAA Really Planning To Join Righthaven Fight

  

  WDS ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2011 @ 02:37pm

  Re: Re: The important paragraph

  I agree that he sounds like a confident lawyer. Still all of the "if you go far it you just waste your clients money" is followed by the offer of that says more or less "your client can get everything they want by simply paying the Righthaven Judgement". I don't take exception with him trying to get paid, but since the Righthaven judgement was almost entirely attorney fees, it will go to him and not his client.

• On the post: RIAA Really Planning To Join Righthaven Fight

  

  WDS ( profile ), 05 Dec, 2011 @ 11:21am

  The important paragraph

  The next to the last paragraph is the entire purpose of the letter. He offers that his client will stipulate to the appeal if the RIAA will pay the judgement (which was more or less all legal fees) for Righthaven. While I would hate to see the loss of the Fair Use ruling, it looks like Marc is trying to make sure he gets paid one way or the other.

• On the post: Tootsie Roll Suing Footzyrolls Over Trademark

  

  WDS ( profile ), 22 Nov, 2011 @ 02:10pm

  The final Straw

  Tootsie Roll was going to let it slide until they heard of the plans by Footzie Roll to offer the new Footzie Roll Pop which was a pair of the slippers covered by a hard candy shell.
  
  (Please do not ask for my sources on this Hot News item)

• On the post: UMG Finds Perfect Biz Model: Cheat Artists, Then, If Caught, Demand Insurance Company Pay Instead

  

  WDS ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2011 @ 01:55pm

  Re:

  If you view things as threaded instead of flat you would see my comment you quoted was in response to an Anonymous Coward's claim that Mike was making the post only to justify ripping off artists.

• On the post: UMG Finds Perfect Biz Model: Cheat Artists, Then, If Caught, Demand Insurance Company Pay Instead

  

  WDS ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2011 @ 01:12pm

  Re:

  I know I should just ignore this, but could you please explain how being opposed to ripping off artists means you are in favor of and justifying ripping off music.

• On the post: UMG Finds Perfect Biz Model: Cheat Artists, Then, If Caught, Demand Insurance Company Pay Instead

  

  WDS ( profile ), 14 Nov, 2011 @ 01:01pm

  Who should pay what?

  I could actually see the insurance company being on the hook for any punitive damages, but not for royalties actually owed.

• On the post: Viacom, 'Decimated By Piracy,' But Its CEO Got The Biggest Raise Of Any Exec Anywhere

  

  WDS ( profile ), 08 Nov, 2011 @ 12:51pm

  Re: Re: Re: AC

  Please accept my apology for the lack of citation. I just assumed that someone making comments about this would have possible gone to the original article and read it.
  
  So citation. CNNMoney article used Equilar Data. That data shows Dauman made rounded:
  Base Salary 2.6 M
  Cash Bonus 11.2 M
  Stock Granted 41.8 M
  Options Granted 28.6 M
  
  GAAP says stock and options are valued at the time of granting, not at the time in the case of an option that they are exercised, and not at the time in the case of stock that it is sold.
  
  Hence he received 84.4 M in value at the time that he received it. It is not other years options being cashed now with the stock price high. It isn't something that was worth on 50 M when he received it, but then grew. The man received 84.4 M in salary.

• On the post: Viacom, 'Decimated By Piracy,' But Its CEO Got The Biggest Raise Of Any Exec Anywhere

  

  WDS ( profile ), 07 Nov, 2011 @ 11:39am

  Re: AC

  The cash handed to him was down. However the increase was not from stock that he already owned, it was from new stock and options give to him in 2010. That is still an increase in salary.
  
  To make it simple: Increase in value of stock already owned is Capital gains not salary.
  
  Value of new stock and options given this year is salary.

• On the post: Pete Townshend Calls iTunes A Digital Vampire; Talkin' 'Bout His Generation…

  

  WDS ( profile ), 03 Nov, 2011 @ 11:23am

  Re: iTunes is Vampire

  I know nothing about "aggregators", but according to "Uniform Motion" when they did their breakdown of what they made per method of selling (see their blog on their website or there was an article about it here as well), they get 70% of the sales on iTunes but have to pay 35 euro a year to keep it on iTunes, so they have to sell about 6 copies of an album each year before they start making money.
  
  There is no mention of another 30% going to someone else.

• On the post: Pete Townshend Calls iTunes A Digital Vampire; Talkin' 'Bout His Generation…

  

  WDS ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 01:16pm

  Re: Record labels put other talent into the mix: Apple just SITS THERE.

  So what are all those e-mails I get about "New Music Tuesday" from Apple if not promotion.

• On the post: Pete Townshend Calls iTunes A Digital Vampire; Talkin' 'Bout His Generation…

  

  WDS ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 01:10pm

  Forgot where they started

  It is a shame to see Townsend on this rant considering much of The Who's early exposure and therefore success was from Pirate Radio.

• On the post: US Marshal Service Told To Go After Righthaven's Assets

  

  WDS ( profile ), 02 Nov, 2011 @ 07:06am

  Judgement Proof

  It is obvious that Righthaven thinks that they are judgement proof. I hope the jerks behind it find out that they were wrong.

• On the post: What Exactly Makes A Pop-Up Mall A Pop-Up Mall? On Second Thought, Who Cares?

  

  WDS ( profile ), 31 Oct, 2011 @ 01:51pm

  Who owns it??

  I think the basic concept is actually "owned" by the first hobo to ever use a refrigerator box as a home.

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