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Hugo Awards Live Stream Cut By Copyright Enforcement Bot
New submitter Penmanpro writes news of the Hugo Awards stream being unintentionally cut off by some AI gone awry: "Quotes from the linked article 'UStream's incorrectly programmed copyright enforcement squad had destroyed our only access.' 'Just as Neil Gaiman was giving an acceptance speech for his Doctor Who script, "The Doctor's Wife." Where Gaiman's face had been were the words, "Worldcon banned due to copyright infringement."'"
Is nothing sacred?
I think copyright systems like this are [This comment has been removed due to copyright violation.] What's even worse, the government [This comment has been seized by the DHS, FBI, and Intellectual Property bureau. The user has been charged with violations of the....] Well, screw them. I'll fight them with my last bre[This comment has been forwarded to law enforcement for making terrorist threats under statute...]. And you should [Alert: Your antivirus has detected that this comment contains political views that may harm your brain. To prevent damage, it has been automatically removed.]
#fuckbeta #iamslashdot #dicemustdie
Given that this happened during a speech about a Doctor Who episode, the proper reference is:
EXTERMINATE! EXTERMINATE COPYRIGHT BOTS!!!!
My sci-fi novel, Ghost Thief, is now available from Amazon.com.
Well aren't you a special fucking snowflake.
Thank you for correctly quoting Neil Armstrong.
And thank YOU for entirely quoting two previous posts so as to add one line of comment.
Say, do you use Google Groups perchance?
Ah... but what if they anticipated that argument?
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind You should kill us all on sight "
FTFY