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BBC Wants Microsoft To Expose 'Doctor Who' Leaker (torrentfreak.com)
Last month, the BBC headed to court to track down the person who leaked an incomplete scene featuring Jodie Whittaker's Thirteenth Doctor. New court documents suggest that the British broadcaster has yet to find the perpetrator, and is hoping Microsoft can help. At a federal court in Washington, the BBC requested a DMCA subpoena targeted at a OneDriver user who shared the infringing material online late June. TorrentFreak reports: In an effort to track down the source of the leak the BBC has taken the matter to the U.S. courts. Last month it obtained a DMCA subpoena from a California federal court, ordering the forum tool Tapatalk to identify the source of an infringing post. Whether this resulted in any useful information is unknown, but a few days ago it became clear that BBC is still investigating the matter. In a separate effort, BBC Studios have filed a request for a DMCA subpoena at a Federal court in Washington. This time it's directed at Microsoft. According to the BBC, a user of Microsoft's OneDrive stored and shared a copy of the leaked file, titled "IMG_ l563.TRIM.MOV."
"The infringing material includes, without limitation, an unauthorized copy of copyrighted video content from Season 11, Episode 1 of Doctor Who, for which BBC Worldwide Limited t/a BBC Studios (Distribution) is the exclusive licensee," the BBC writes. According to the BBC, the footage in question was stolen from the studio. Through the subpoena, the company hopes to find out more about the source of this leak, to prevent similar situations going forward. It asks Microsoft to hand over any relevant information that can help to identify the account holder who uploaded the video, which was added to OneDrive back in June. This includes "any name, account name, address, telephone number, email address, birth date, profile photo, device information, browser information, location information, information from others (e.g., Facebook or Google+) and time posted."
"The infringing material includes, without limitation, an unauthorized copy of copyrighted video content from Season 11, Episode 1 of Doctor Who, for which BBC Worldwide Limited t/a BBC Studios (Distribution) is the exclusive licensee," the BBC writes. According to the BBC, the footage in question was stolen from the studio. Through the subpoena, the company hopes to find out more about the source of this leak, to prevent similar situations going forward. It asks Microsoft to hand over any relevant information that can help to identify the account holder who uploaded the video, which was added to OneDrive back in June. This includes "any name, account name, address, telephone number, email address, birth date, profile photo, device information, browser information, location information, information from others (e.g., Facebook or Google+) and time posted."
Bill Clinton gave us both Hillary and the DMCA.
Ouch.
Used to love it as a child, but can't stand the new episodes. It tries too hard to be quirky and fun and fails on all counts.
Is this the level of comments nowadays?
These days? It has been like for quite some time, certainly over a decade. This actually looks better than normal, so far there is very little spam.
In this specific case, I suspect it was a timelord trying to warn us against the consequences of the DMCA. But if you really want to, you could try to visit the time traveller's convention.
Nae king! Nae laird! Nae yurrupiean pressedent! We willna be fooled again!
Is this the level of comments nowadays?
Sadly yes, the comments are barely worth reading any more
Something something Natalie Portman's Hot Grits :-P
I'm trying to teach myself to set people on fire with my mind... Is it hot in here?
I'm still waiting for season 10 to appear. Forever it seems.
BBC is exceptionally good at wasting money. What way to better waste money than to go to the ends of the earth trying to prosecute someone who is effectively adding to hype about your show. What are they even going to do when they find out who the leaker is, can't really do much beyond fire them if they're here in the UK. Civil damages? 1p would more than cover it.
AKA get a fucking life BBC and stop wasting public money.
Waterfox - a Firefox fork with legacy extension support, security updates and better privacy by default.
You ignore the nonsense, post a quality comment, which somebody else is sure to deem as trash of course. Somebody might comment that, which could lead to a reasonable multiparty conversation. Isn't that the way it works on a public place as well?
Manager "I don't want to know or care that its impossible, just make it so, stomps foot like a child."
appy app ludite hot DAMN grits?
"... the BBC requested a DMCA subpoena targeted at a OneDriver user ..."
What's OneDriver? Uber competition? So that narrows it down to the perp being someone with a smartphone and a car who's okay with strangers farting and vomiting all over their ride?
shit forgot to add moo cow
Am I the only one wondering why a British TV series was having production work done in the US?
Rename the source file name. Wrap it up in a Zip file. Encrypt the file. Now you can save the file into your cloud-service file storage because, yes, they will rat you out.
So it's owned by the conservative government and is simultaneously liberal propaganda? That's.... interesting.
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This is why you lock up the liquor cabinet.
So, the BBC is asking Microsoft to do a deep-dive search across ALL OneDrive user accounts looking for a single file?
BS
Perhaps you are just old.
When you are young the tropes and ideas whatever they are are new and novel to you. So they are interesting new ideas no matter how old they are. Then as you get older they become the same old thing over and over again.
The TV Shows/Movies/Music when you were the ages of 8-18 just isn't as good anymore with a noticeable decline seeming to happen at ages 20-25
By the time you reach your 50's and 60's such media is considered threatening to your way of life.
Before the age of 8 or so, your understanding on what is happening in media and arts is rather limited.
By the age of 8 or so your brain has developed to a point where you can understand abstract concepts and realize the meaning behind the art form. During the next decade you can absorb and comprehend such stories and topic, Until early adulthood. After that these things are becoming repetitive and tiresome.
Your viewing of such media declines because it reward is lessen, and other responsibility take president. Then as you get near retirement age, your responsibilities decline, and then are exposed to such media again nearly a half a century later you find that the same-old actually had changed and is promoting a life style and culture that you are not comfortable with and take it as a threatening message.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
Maybe that is what he/she meant
This. Also, mod the below up so the mods "get it".
I think it was right around the time BIZX LLC bought slashdot and began astroturfing with feminism and global warming articles that came out every single day that the readership left. At first they bought it, then they had their "wait a minute" moment, then they began really hammering the topics and BIZX's mods did not like the idea of a site where their advertisers paid them to astroturf and the readership resoundingly rejected each article they posted every time, irregardless of how they tried to sway the comments. The readership then left. That readership was necissary to manage the comments section and keep the army of trolls at bay as their comments would get downvoted to zero quickly then buried. You used to be able to assume a score of -1 or 0 wasn't worth the time to read and really the comments are what draws people to this site. Today, BIZX has mods who delete posts at their own whim, including ones like this one that they don't like or don't jive with their own opinions.
This is also a losing game for the Mods. The number of posts from the troll army is inversly proportional to the pagerank and only begins to die down once the pagerank nears zero. But that that point, the mod is out of a job, as is the astroturfer. Site has been losing traffic for a long while now.
With all that said, again I'll state it. Nobody cares about what the BBC Wants or their plight. Due to the long copyright terms and the fact large businesses own such a warchest of content, existing copyright laws demonstratably do not enrich the public domain and demonstratably restrict scientific and cultural innovation and thus are not in the interest of the vast majority of the public. This situation is something the BBC and every large media corp wants, it keeps small entrants from entering the market and out-competing them.
I would hope that no one would be dumb enough to leak something on a public file sharing platform like dropbox/onedrive/etc without having taken many precautions to insure the account was registered and uploaded to with extreme anonymity. BBC is most likely aware that this is going to be a dead-end, and is just satisfying their legal requirement of "defense of their protected works" so as not to weaken the protections granted to them under copyright. (if you don't use the legal defenses granted to you, even on small things you don't care much about, they tend to be less effective down the road when you really do need to exercise them) This is why companied prefer to license things for $1/yr instead of just "not going after someone whose use they don't care about or mind". If anything, it's publicity, and as long as they don't actually identify and go after any individuals, it'll be mostly beneficial publicity, even if it appears to be negative.
I work for the Department of Redundancy Department.
Earlier episodes were based on classic sci-fi themes - radiation and chemical pollution causing things to mutate to huge sizes, alien invasions, or science experiments making things go wrong. Some of those pissed off the science, nuclear and chemical industries. So they are stuck with alien invasions and the classic enemies like Daleks, Cybermen and Sontarans.
What a waste of litigation over such trivial stuff. Shit leaks all the time anymore. If the BBC was pinning the success of this series on keeping this a secret they might as well end the series now. Is it Dr. Who, or Dr. Who?
Perhaps you are just old.
Does it really matter? Some jokes may get old, some don't. It is just how they are presented, not what they are.
Ok, I admit it, I did it.
Hot grits are dead, Netcraft confirms it.
Feminism and other political nonsense have also infected the show. I hate when politics infect a show. I groan every time I get slapped in the face with political correctness, feminism, etc. It destroys the show.
Yet another idiot conflates trademark with copyright.
Don't you morons ever get tired of demonstrating your legal ignorance?
... you wouldn't download a car, would you? By this point, I'm convinced most of us would.
There is no XUL, only WebExtensions...
Nobody forces you to watch it, you little anti-feminist crybaby. Watch Jackass instead and the problem is solved. It is and has always been entertaining when people complain about TV series they don't watch and don't like to watch.
I would hope that no one would be dumb enough to leak something on a public file sharing platform like dropbox/onedrive/etc without having taken many precautions to insure the account was registered and uploaded to with extreme anonymity.
People screw up all the time. Most particularly, people think that their info in the "cloud" is private all the time when it isn't.
How dare you insinuate I don't know the law! I will sue you for embezzlement!
Don't forget nostalgia blinders. The old joke or idea may just trigger an emotion of a happy time for you or a happy time within a painful time.
If you go to a concert of a long time loved musical band, and you find their take of that popular song you once loved is different. Is now somehow different, you just don't get the same emotional response then from the recording.
If something is so important that you feel the need to post it on the internet... It probably isn't that important.
A company has something stolen from it. They traces it to a storage locker, proves to a judge it is in the storage locker, and requests information on the owner so they can purse legal action. This is all this case is. The fact the storage locker is digital and the goods are digital doesn't matter.
The propaganda is getting old.
FreeBSD is dead. Move along.
OMG imagine a Beowulf cluster of ponies!
Except the original is still there.... The deprivation was not of the physical product, but the exclusivity of the product. Don't equate piracy to theft. They are inherently different.... I thought this was made clear 20 years ago. Stop spreading lies and misinformation.
You're half right - a digital locker vs a physical one makes no difference regarding a subpoena.
A DIGITAL property though, unless unique, could be a copy, with no ability to trace the origin of said file. So in this case, the owner of the digital locker may not be the original thief, where with unique property, you could say it was a direct line back to the thief.
The same cannot be said with digital property, nor may this be the most direct path to get to the person - in this case its the only lead they have. It could be some poor kid who got the file from some hacker/worker who stole it and wanted to release it but was scared, and this kid released it. But it was transferred via various protocols that are untracable, and the kids life will be ruined because he wanted to impress some asshole hackers.
Or something. A dumb kid hiding a stolen car in a storage locker deserves a little punishment. I'm not sure the same degree of punishment should be levied against a dumb kid with a 52 second clip of an unreleased artistic work that arguable cost no (or increased visibility) to the artistic collective involved in the lawsuit.
This was an inside job, a hacker would have had more files most likely. Probably someone left a laptop open where they were reviewing shots from the day and an opportunistic worker on the location this was done had a usb key/sd card and shoved it in and copied the only file they could. Or something. ;)
I mean, it was inserted, detected, copied, ejected, all in 30 seconds with gaffer not far behind - took longer to convince dumb IRC kid to do it. Give the worker a break. ;)
Doctor Who hasn't been good since Colin Baker. Sylvester McCoy was ok I suppose, but that's when it started going downhill.
...and I have to browse 0/-1 to find some of the really good, insightful ones. Still nothing near as shitty as Ars or reddit.
I object to power without constructive purpose. --Spock
It has become a god awful show with writing that makes me sick to the stomach. But then again it's no surprise if you compare it to the hot garbage that Hollywood dishes out these days with hacks like JJ Abrams. So Dr. Who certainly does have its fanbase which appears to be especially strong in online communities like reddit. I would dare to assume that a good portion of them probably pirates it as well for various reasons.
Whose fault is that really? I mean if you get tired of the same tropes being recycled over and over and over again?
Your fault for becoming aware of the fact and changing your views? The fault of writers who can't come up with at least somewhat original stuff? Maybe something else?
Maybe the question I'm asking doesn't make sense in this context. Maybe they simply cater for a different target audience that at least some people grow out of. But that would still be something that is caused by the creators of those shows. Because in the end they decide what their show will be and what not.
a copy of the leaked file, titled "IMG_ l563.TRIM.MOV.
They should be looking for an Apple user.
Feminism and other political nonsense have also infected the show. I hate when politics infect a show. I groan every time I get slapped in the face with political correctness, feminism, etc. It destroys the show.
Feminism: the belief that women should be treated equal to men.
So you're saying if a woman is treated equal to a man on a show it destroys the show? A show is only worth watching if women are treated like crap? OK... whatever floats your boat.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
That may be so but according to copyright law, the leaker is liable for copyright infringement damages for unauthorized distribution of copyrighted works.
Feminism: the belief that women should be treated equal to men.
I'm pretty sure you just destroyed his Slashdot.
I don't have dog in this fight, I listen to the Dr Who stuff when I have time...
However, I noticed that you constructed a nice straw man there. I wanted to stop by and admire the artistry involved in the simply ignorant and intentional misreading and misrepresentation of an opinion.
Like poo flung on a wall, it is awesome in it's own destructive simplicity.
Rather, you might restate the parent's position back to them to assist in the discourse.
"Did you mean that you feel that women are being shoehorned into a plot where they do not necessarily fit? In fact, it may cause a loss of continuity and flow of the temperament of the show when the protagonist is put in a gender reversed scenario?"
The scenario as presented above is an argument. It is provable that the BBC wants to provide propagandist support whenever possible to POC and women, it is one of their stated goals. Therefore, the argument is, "Is this good for the art?" or "Does reflect a loss of creativity caused by an echo chamber of political rhetoric?"
I believe the parent intends to argue that it does impact the art in a negative fashion and causes a loss of authenticity to the brand.
They are different on some level, but not when you evaluate ( a crime has been committed, There is a normal process for tracking down the perpetrator). It really doesn't make a difference if the crime is copy right violation, theft, murder, speeding or public intoxication, the laws of evidence and proof are much the same. The only real difference is weather it is a capital crime ( aka punishable by the government and jail) or a civil crime ( aka I can sue you for money but you won't go to jail). I'd have to do some more investigation to see if search warrants are issued for civil crimes, i don't think they are, because at least in this country to my understanding they are issued to a public prosecutor and their isn't one in a civil suit.
âoeTolerance applies only to persons, but never to truth. Intolerance applies only to truth, but never to persons.
I'm not sure I know the answer, Does someone , if the case is purely civil, like a divorce, can I person get a search warrant for private property? I know they can get a subpoena for bank records, this seems to fall somewhere in between.
âoeTolerance applies only to persons, but never to truth. Intolerance applies only to truth, but never to persons.
EX-TER-MIN-ATE!
Dalek Supreme: They cannot escape! Our [legal team] will soon follow them! They will be exterminated! Exterminated! Exterminated!
“Common sense is not so common.” — Voltaire
Just look at their envolvement with Castro and FARC. Always humping arround ammo or wounded gorillas. Damn burros.
All those women and minorities no longer content to eat your shit. However will you survive precious!?!
No, modern Feminism is just Chauvinism flipped around. It has nothing to do with equality.
As for the article, the Dread Pirate should just invoke the Right to be Forgotten, which the UK insists is a Fundamental Human Right.
Being fascist cocksuckers is in Ameikuk's DNA you say? Yeah keep gobbling that old white man's knob.. Im sure itll pay off ALL OVER your face any day now!
Its different because Onedrive (and other cloud storage services) want us to think of them as Swiss safety deposit boxes for our data, so we dont have to keep it ourselves or worry about data security.
What a blow to that system if the corporations are subject to every little lawyer with a subpoena
Youre so obsessed with seeing your political demons you see them everywhere. SAD.
Yes, in theory Femanism is about men and women being equal.
In practice a lot of femanists want to be more equal than men. As in equal in all aspects, except where things scew towards favoring women.
There is also a rather large group of "Femanists" that want revenge equalism. These feel that since men have had it good for so long, now women should get an advantage in everything over men.
Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon what's the difference? All steal money from devs and control with walled gardens.
Sounds like youre fucked mate! Better save time and cut off your cock now you whingy little babby. WAH WAH WAH cries the babby. Fuck you pussy. Grow some balls and stop being a wingy pussy.
That's pretty much taking his words and warping them to mean what you want them to. If there's an active feud between the two of you, I'll understand... but hear me out...
His point is clear. When a popular [insert medium here] (think.. TV show, music, movies) shoves ANY propaganda in your face when it didn't typically use to, people generally aren't very accepting of it. Unless it's Family Guy, of course.
I never got the impression that he hated women or wanted to see them mistreated/degraded on TV.
I tend to rant.
Why is this modded up? Pretty sure you're trolling here.
But in case you really didn't get the OP:
"Feminism" used to mean "equality".
"Feminism" today tends to refer to "Third Wave Feminism", which is looking less and less interested in equality. For citations, have you not been paying attention for the last 4 or 5 years?
It's similar to how "Diversity" in the U.S.A. this decade is more and more starting to mean "Fuck White People".
Summed up, the intent is fine. The execution.....is leaving a lot to be desired.
Rather, you might restate the parent's position back to them to assist in the discourse.
Perhaps you might ask the parent to restate their position instead. Did you think about doing that? Why haven't you considered that the parent's choice of phrasing reflects upon them quite clearly?
YuriKlastalov BTFO. How will he ever recover?
Or it could be the show sucks! Jesus christ candy ass it's absolutely possible that shows from 50 years can be better than show you see today. Just because something is new does not make it better.
Showed the show to my wife. She was never a fan. Showed her the classic episodes (Pertwee/Baker) and the new episodes with Matt Smith and Peter Capaldi. She did not like the new episodes. She much preferred the older ones.
I know murder is terrible and rape is bad but here we've got a guy who literally showed Dr. Who before the BBC decided they wanted anyone to see it - clearly this takes precedence over acid attacks and stabbings. Did he even have an uploading loicense?
I mean, how could it NOT be The Master.
He's had it out for The Doctor for a long time.
Or should I say, she's had it out for her.
Um.
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Why is this modded up? Pretty sure you're trolling here.
But in case you really didn't get the OP:
"Feminism" used to mean "equality".
"Feminism" today tends to refer to "Third Wave Feminism", which is looking less and less interested in equality. For citations, have you not been paying attention for the last 4 or 5 years?
It's similar to how "Diversity" in the U.S.A. this decade is more and more starting to mean "Fuck White People".
Summed up, the intent is fine. The execution.....is leaving a lot to be desired.
No, feminism still means equality. Misandry means hatred of men or promotion of women above men, and I won't disagree... some people are guilty of this. Diversity still means "diversity"; if a company is 100% black, hiring a white person would still be "diversity" in that company. The words still mean the same thing; the thing that has changed the most is some people are resisting the changes now that they are a little closer to realization than they once were.
I am a white male; I am pro feminism and diversity. I am still against misandry and racism against white people - but those are two completely different things and you can't really accuse the BBC of either of those things.
I can't speak for everyone, but I imagine a large number of anti "female doctor" are at least a little sexist. Now, if the show starts up and it is bashing men; I will apologise and join in the criticism- until then, nothing wrong has been done hiring a woman.
"That's the way to do it" - Punch
for civil you cannot get a search warrant - but you can get a subpoena and the other side is supposed to produce the data asked for
nothing to see here - move along
it's not a crime if it's civil - it's an infringement of rights
nothing to see here - move along
"Political Correctness (aka, Political Censorship), is fascism pretending to be Manners."
-- George Carlin
"Then as you get near retirement age, your responsibilities decline, and then are exposed to such media again nearly a half a century later you find that the same-old actually had changed and is promoting a life style and culture that you are not comfortable with and take it as a threatening message."
In my mid-30's I can already tell you the slippery slope is real. We compromise one small thing at a time, become comfortable with the change as it becomes the new norm and then the next step feels like a small change from normal. In some ways it is very real and threatening. You look at personal liberties, privacy and their extreme decline. You look at the extreme positions we pretended were true because we agreed with their overall message and realize that society actually believes those things. They really think there are neo-nazi's on every block just waiting to beat them if they are gay or black and women think there are rapists around every corner.
As a child in a small town in backwater Illinois people thought racism was bad and didn't much care what people did in the privacy of their own bedrooms, my grandparents exposed me to a plethora of programming with this as the heart of it's message showing over and over again the closed minded racist antagonist discriminating against the different. People made jokes and slurs, especially in mixed groups and the same guy they called a jew bastard in jest and in anger they'd literally fight and bleed for the same as their other friends. Today that is a sacred right reserved for comedians and you are told these people are evil racists with hate in their heart on par with Nazi's. What is worse is that when someone with warmth and friendliness in their heart, possibly even a deep grained respect for the historical traditions of native culture calls someone an "injun" and you call them out as evil and attack them telling them they are racist even if they don't know it... well that sort of attack is exactly what WILL lead to thousands of Klan members and neo-nazis.
In the US you are allowed to openly hate men if they are white just for being white and men who grew up in the same economic conditions with the same education, the same broken home, the same drugs in the streets. You can discriminate against them if equally qualified for employment or education. We hire staff in publicly traded companies dedicated to making sure that too many of them aren't too successful. Why? Because straight white men are the scapegoats, they have no real connection to troubles of the past, nor does the situation of any other group in the present have any connection to those who were troubled int he past but when anything doesn't go your way we can blame them. Currently we are spreading a widescale eugenics effort by telling white women they are racist if they don't sleep with black men and spreading the idea they all have giant penises alongside spreading the idea that being cuckolded by black men is something sexy. Why ship people off to gas chambers when you can deny them education, employment, and encourage widespread social acceptance of breeding them out? Either way, you've got the populace good with hate and you can prop up your dictatorship on it just like hitler and the nazi party.
I love that the AC accuses you of trolling, then pulls like three or four trolls into one post. Very classy. Good luck with these guys; they really believe that white men are totally oppressed by the (((liberals))). They see any attempt to right centuries of racism and sexism as some sort of personal slight against them, just because they have to compete on an almost level playing field.
Feminism is not the belief that women should be treated equal to men. It is a term which defines itself as the movement for gender equality with a carefully chosen name from a group obsessed with words at the time, the name begs the question and equates promoting the interests of women as the same thing as gender equality.
Of course the movement runs into a bit of trouble in that most women have never wanted to be the browbeating asshole careerman or CEO they think women should be and most of the culture they fight against and propose as the evil "patriarchy" is actually the result of the matriarchy. So now the effort is largely about convincing women to not bond with or raise their children and to encourage brainwashing children to try to turn all our daughters into people who think this sort of lowlife bottom-dweller oppressor is someone to idolize.
Of course it is very hard to explain how the evil patriarchy didn't lock them all in mental asylums and begin executing them with their portrayal of the extreme situations where husbands were abusive as if they were commonly held and accepted events.
The 'pirates rate this worthy of downloading' stamp of approval. Sure.
Disclaimer: I haven't watched TV for over ten years.
Requiem for the American Dream
I'm sure our secret leaders have our best interests at heart =)
Requiem for the American Dream
As we know, fundamental human rights are opt-in via longwinded legal process. Probably not what <deity> had in mind.
Requiem for the American Dream
Equality - no problem if it works like the predefined operator=().
But recently the demands changed from "same pay for same work, irrespective of gender" to "same pay, irrespective of gender". I'm told that the Dutch(?) have renamed their "equality officers" to "same-position officers", a clear indication that they are to get women the same compensation and career options regardless of their actual performance.
I predict the goal posts will be shifted again when women net 50% of all wages, regardless of professions and work hours. Because women.
Balderdash.
Then as you get older they become the same old thing over and over again.
By the time you reach your 50's and 60's such media is considered threatening to your way of life.
Pick one. Either it's always been the same old shit or it's new and scary and threatening to your old way of life.
But don't they force you to PAY for it? The BBC is government-run, isn't it?
Feminism and other political nonsense have also infected the show. I hate when politics infect a show. I groan every time I get slapped in the face with political correctness, feminism, etc. It destroys the show.
Feminism: the belief that women should be treated equal to men.
So you're saying if a woman is treated equal to a man on a show it destroys the show? A show is only worth watching if women are treated like crap? OK... whatever floats your boat.
Feminism half a century ago was like that. "Feminism" today is a farce. It's so bad they had to retcon the whole thing and label feminism as "First Wave" feminism. Feminists of that era widely criticize and deride modern "Third Wave" "feminism" because it's lost the plot so badly. (With social media and the craziness it fuels, are we now in "Fourth Wave" "feminism"?)
So you're saying if a woman is treated equal to a man on a show it destroys the show? A show is only worth watching if women are treated like crap? OK... whatever floats your boat.
I need to explain this?
Ok, I'll explain this.
Most people who're irked from feminism arent at odds with the philosophy; rather, the application.
* Not enough women in STEM fields? People shitting their pants with righteous indignity over it.
* Not enough women in garbage collecting? Crickets.
* Negative assumptions about women? Hold on... buying Fruit of the Loom stock right now.
* Negative assumptions about men? Golf claps.
So what we have is "selective equality", which isn't equality. Ultimately, it's a power grab, done largely by public shaming. A common tactic these days.
Thing is, the public is easily led and fickle, so today's friend may be tomorrow's enemy per the mob.
A female doctor adds more to the show. It is good for the art. It is not at all disparaging to men, despite the wailing and gnashing of teeth. It doesn't break any of the 'lore'. Joanna Lumley was always my favorite Doctor and absolutely fabulous in the role.
Feminism was accused of just that, in the whole and entirely, half a century ago, so what does that mean?
IDK. It might affect your ability to get an injunction in future cases. And, eventually, you'll end up with an adverse possession problem (it's not limited to real property).
The only real difference is weather it is a capital crime ( aka punishable by the government and jail) or a civil crime ( aka I can sue you for money but you won't go to jail).
By "capital," you actually mean, "criminal." In the U.S., "capital" crimes are those that are punishable by death.
There is no such thing as a, "civil crime" in the U.S. All crimes are criminal, and most, and perhaps all, monetary-only disputes are civil.
In the UK you also have to pay a recurring fee if you own a television and are receiving OTA broadcasts.
Thank you. You understand it correctly. Slashdot need more people like you. Hugs~
[...] The TV Shows/Movies/Music when you were the ages of 8-18 just isn't as good anymore with a noticeable decline seeming to happen at ages 20-25.
By the time you reach your 50's and 60's such media is considered threatening to your way of life. [...]
Being a US-ian, what I consider threatening is seeing wrinkly old cleavage on nearly every damn TV channel. Yuk.
As long as she is hot she can be a feminist
Nurse Who, Not Doctor Who. I reject this inclusive-for-the-exclusive-purpose-of-being-inclusive. Besides, they already reached their limit of 12, so this is just fan fiction bullshit anyway.
Go ahead and mod me down... I shall become more powerful than you can possibly imagine. By which I mean if you downmod anyone with an opinion you dislike, the remaining conversation shall become an shrinking bubble of increasingly intolerant in their own way jackasses and all the people who actually have something to say will take all the good ideas and worthy debate elsewhere, and slashdot will continue to slide further and further into the shitter.
You are taking the stance that words are words and the meaning never changes. This is not in agreement with reality.
Gay used to mean happy. Hacker used to mean tech savvy programmer. Trolling did not used to mean "Saying things I disagree with", but more and more people are attempting to redefine it to be such. (see orgelspieler's reply to you for an example) Dictionaries are updated for a reason.
I can't speak for the BBC, but in general media the second half of this decade has been increasingly anti-male and borderline anti-white. If you're not seeing this, I daresay you're not in touch with contemporary reality. (Three of the best examples are Star Wars, Marvel, Gamergate)
Who said I was a white male, and what part of what I said was trolling? Little hint, while lately people keep trying to redefine the term "trolling" to mean, "I disagree with what was said", we aren't quite there yet.
Tell me, how does affirmative action do anything besides foster continued bad sentiment? The ones being discriminated against are angry that less qualified are getting the job because of AA, the ones being discriminated for get overt acknowledgment they're getting favoritism because of their demographics instead of their raw ability. Both sides of the fence are harmed by this behavior and it will only continue to deepen the divides.
But I probably am making a mistake trying to argue with you about this subject. Something tells me you're in favor of "equality" at any cost.
The world we live in today: When even the most vague mention of a racial slur is uncovered, the guilty party is immediately fired, harassed, and otherwise ostracized. This is an excellent indicator that racism has lost a lot of its power, and we are already well on the way to its being largely relegated to the history books. Seeing as how it is very human for those that feel that they were wronged will not always stop at mere equality, it is important to keep in mind that equality needs to continue to mean equality and not something else.
Your characterization is accurate that popular tropes in film, TV, and literature lose novelty and impact as one matures. Experience results in familiarity which results in decreasing interest. This is true across generations.
However, what has changed over the past few generations is increased emphasis on younger and younger audiences. There was a time not long ago when a significant fraction of commercial film, TV, and literature was aimed at adults. This is a genuine cultural shift, and not just old people saying "that's been done before." Today, more producers pitch "reboots" or unabashed remakes with the explicit strategy that it can be sold as an original experience to children and teenagers.
The end result is artistic stagnation.
Ancient alien lizard people leaders without a doubt. I'm pretty sure I saw them on doctor who so they must be real.
Do you know what happens if you embrace rather than argue with those who say "All lives matter" in response to the "black lives matter" issue? Suddenly your message resonates rather than alienates the majority of people in this country and you have an unstoppable united front on the issue of police militarizing and killing civilians without consequence. Solving that issue for "all lives" also solves it for those who happen to have a bit more resistance to a sun burn. Instead our leaders want to stir it up, make the issue about an emotional issue of race and keep people divided while they continue to militarize our police and drive us slowly toward more and more of a police state.
It would be so fitting if the US can't disclose who did it because of European privacy laws.
Fox sends them a wav file. It's Nelson from the Simpsons saying - Ha Ha.
It sounds like a special fetish porn niche. Really?
Fair statement. Perhaps, for the enlightenment of the original poster you could provide some points that reveal how you believe the woman in the role adds to the storyline.
- Not breaking the lore, +1
- Excellent actor/actress making the show more watchable, +1.