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"In 1957 Ruth conceives of a three dimensional adult-like doll. The body is based on German doll called "Lilli" which is sold as a sex toy for men."

I have a hard time reconciling the so-called 'moral rights' of an individual (as exercised by parasitic copyright-holders) against the moral rights of everyone else engaged in creative work to acknowledge and build upon their influence. Creative ideas, or any ideas for that matter, are not real estate.

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Or should we just play it safe due to the likelyhood of potential legal wranglings with large commercial interests and start calling it The Symantec Web before the boys in charge decide to open up a keg on your hippy ass!!! I'm sure El Capitan would be none too pleased, but hey! You certainly can't please everybody! These are the times we're living in!

Amazing how easy it is to feell like a gray haired grumpy old man at 35 when it comes to the web! eeehhh...when I was a kid, we had 4 KAAAAY of CORE MEMORY...1 MHz and NO SHOES! and we LIKED IT!!!

CDs aren't the only source of royalties.

This incident is part of RIAA's overall online strategy. Here is a quote from a WSJ article from back in July:

"Music executives hope the legal attacks will be part of their broader Internet strategy, which has included rolling out more legal online services that include their music. The two major record-label-backed online subscription offerings, MusicNet and pressplay, have yet to rival the popularity of their free competitors. But they are both working to add more inviting features and broader music offerings. The record labels have also increased their licensing to independent online music services such as Listen.com Inc."

Full article at:http://detritus.net/contact/rumori/200211/0123. html

Yeah... sure... whatever...

Not too much of a stretch. Microsoft has been a major contributor to the BSA since its inception. It harasses companies based on rumors of software non-compliance co-opting US Marshalls to act as a the gestapo. It is also growing power and influence worldwide.

Read this interview with Gates himself for more insight on Microsoft and the BSA.

To sum it all up, the BSA *is* Microsoft.

Been done.

If you ask nicely, I'll give you a good URL from where you can download it.

See also: illegal art, valenti cracks

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The injunction handed down on December 17, 1991 forced Biz Markie's hit album, "I Need a Haircut," off the shelves for including a sample of Gilbert O'Sullivan's "Alone Again (Naturally)." This case marked the end of sound collage in popular music, since it firmly established that the number of notes that may be sampled without permission is zero.

The US Supreme Court was a little bit looser in Campbell v. Acuff-Rose Music, Inc (the 2 Live Crew / Roy Orbison "Pretty Woman" case), and allowed 2 Live Crew the affirmative defense of fair use, overturning past decisions that had held commercial appropriation to be presumptively infringing.

These are probably the cases of the early '90s to which Mr. Vaidhyanathan is referring.

-Isaac

Oh yeah, like nobody has been doing this for ages. Take The Evolution Control Committee and their 1994 mixtape Gunderphonic for example. You'll find Public Enemy mixes really well on top of Herb Alpert. Also: DJ Z-Trip.

In 1991, Warner was a defendant in the case of rap artist Biz Markie after he was accused of copyright violation for "sampling" a track...One of the defenses they put forward was that they "should be excused from liability for infringing copyright because others in the rap music business were also [sampling music].".
Maybe poor IIS didn't know about the "everybody's doing it" defense.

The next generation of consumers will feel this way, and most of the economics surrounding the consumption of new creative intellecutal property will radically change. The music industry has been suing home recording facilities for years, but you can't sue an individual who creates at home without invoicing anyone. Digital recording is cheap and getting cheaper, and this is spreading to video too. TV and Films are next.

However, this cannot happen until A) New artists and personalities are consistantly broken by free music and video marketing and B) kids who actually USE the internet and are not so trained to devour CD's grow up and start making real money.

Since broadband adoption slowed down, this might take a LONG time.

Here is a good starting point http://detritus.net/illegalart/.

I wonder why PBS isn't trying to grab some of the music market...

http://detritus/projects/yesiwill

Let's see how well they survive a slashdotting.