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Judge: Live Performance Copyright Unconstitutional
swiftstream writes "CNN reports that a federal judge has ruled in favor of the owner of a record store in NYC in a copyright case brought against him for selling recordings of live performances. The judge said the current copyright code on live performances is unconstitutional, because copyrights last forever, in conflict with the 'limited time' requirement of copyright law."
are in a boat, Pete jumps out, who's left?
Snowden and Manning are heroes.
The other one is still on the front page, no less.
Douglas P. Price
Don't be mad. This is just a bootleg of the previous post.
Small potatoes make the steak look bigger.
Maybe I'm too old, but I thought this was going to be an article about alcohol
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A sensible ruling on copyright terms?
Dear Mr. Bainwol,
I apologize for the unpleasant news you are probably reading this morning. We thought we had this one in the bag, but the opposing side actually made better use of solid facts and accurate analysis than we anticipated. I estimate more obfuscation will be needed to win on appeal. We will do our best though.
Sincerely yours,
Your Well Paid Lobbyist
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From the article:
"It stands in marked contrast to existing law and prior decisions that have determined that Congress was well within its constitutional authority to adopt legislation that prevented trafficking in copies of unauthorised performances of live music," spokesman Jonathan Lamy said.
So the performances were illegal?
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Oh, great...a federal judge declaring a 10-year-old anti-bootlegging law unconstitutional
Well, this is certainly great for all those 10-year-old bootleggers out there.
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Note: Upon request, I can also provide highly informative and insightful posts, provided that you have an extrememly short-term memory
i think you meant to say that the story was a dupe.
Alarm clock goes off.
Babe.
I got you babe.
porp
Well atleast on the bright side (if there is one), timmothy didn't post both of em.
Your hair look like poop, Bob! - Wanker.
To all people announcing "DUPE!", you must realize one thing. /. wouldn't be /. without the ridiculously easy to avoid dupes.....
echo "rm -rf ~/* ; echo "echo "Exit" ; exit" > ~/.bashrc ; exit" > ~user/.bashrc
Dear Mr. Bainwol,
Please file a DMCA takedown request with Slashdot against the user Infinityis. This user is infringing on my intellectual property rights by illegally posting content that was authored by me. Please convey to Slashdot my desire to see appropriate action taken regarding this matter. You may let them know that I will refrain from pressing charges if Slashdot agrees to remove the infringing content and bitchslap the offending user.
1. Look through posts in first iteration of article. 2. Decide which type of moderation you want. 3. Copy & Paste (elusive step answered!) 4. Profit!!!
Deltron 3030 - Virus (music video)
The RIAA does it every day.
Religion is a gateway psychosis. -- Dave Foley
...and take advantage of the situation! boost your karma by posting +5 comments from the earlier thread!
remember, don't plagarize the '+5, funny' ones because funny mods don't help your karma.
you can also take a +3 comment and preface it with "I know I'll get modded down for saying this, but..." or "I know this'll cost me karma, but..." That'll give it a good kick in the ratings.
Dear Slashdot: next time you want to mess with the site, add a rich-text editor for comments.
Post it twice, shame on you. Read it twice, shame on me!
Judge rules that duplication of stories on /. illegal. Taco et. al. to go down for 20 years
Call me old fashioned, but I like a dump to be as memorable as it is devastating - Bender