In case you were under a rock, that site doesn't support Windows 95/98 anymore.
I have never owned a Windows 95 computer (I skipped directly from 3.1 to 98), but last time I checked on my laptop computer running Windows 98 second edition (a month or two ago), Windows Update still worked.
As I understand it, patent law in many countries allows an inventor to patent "a computer with memory means, input means, and output means, performing the following steps" but not the steps themselves. Software "as such" is the steps themselves.
At CD Baby, how do you verify that the artists wrote their own songs? If you require this as a contractual guarantee from the artist, how can an artist make such a guarantee that he did not unconsciously copy the song from somebody else (Bright Tunes v. Harrisongs)? There's something in my journal about that.
In order to view these web sites, you need DRM. And what browser includes DRM? Why, Microsoft Internet Explorer! And what is the only operating system that runs IE? Why, Microsoft Windows! How convenient!
Microsoft Windows runs only on PCs. Like any other emulator, Connectix^WMicrosoft Virtual PC for Mac doesn't support the Windows Next Generation Secure Computing Base (abbreviated Pd). Therefore, Microsoft Windows Pd doesn't run on Mac hardware, and Macs aren't going to get strong DRM.
Hell, I'd like to see a 98-Lite style setup where you can replace the IE rendering crap in Windows 9x with a trimmer, lighter, more standards-compliant khtml.dll.
You wouldn't be able to keep your Windows as up-to-date because Windows Update relies on proprietary features (read ActiveX controls) of MSHTML.dll.
If they're using Netscape 4, you could reasonably expect that they'd be willing to upgrade to Netscape 7 if they have any kind of broadband connection... or even Mozilla.
Broadband? The Mozilla appsuite is a smaller download than Netscape 4.x. Just start the download, put it in the background for an hour while you browse Slashdot, and by the time you've trolled every discussion, it'll be done, even on 56K dial-up.
Actually, it was Bugs that said "Of course you realize this means war." Daffy said "Of course you know this means war." "Know" vs. "realize" is a tiny difference, but if you want to pick nits, pick them right.
they could have just searched the mailing list archive
Sometimes even I have trouble finding what I want in mailing list archive search engines that return either too many results, zero results, or irrelevant results. Not everybody is a god at formulating queries.
Re:What happens when these countries get wired?
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Several developing countries have sold pretty much their entire second-level domain space to interests in developed countries. These include Laos, Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. I'm guessing that those countries have reserved *.com.??, *.net.??, *.edu.??, and *.org.??. Or they could charge non-residents much more than residents, as for example the Bahamas NIC does.
Same thing. The colloquial term "country" refers to a sovereign state with its territory. Speakers in the United States of America typically don't use the term "state" to refer to a sovereign state because "state" most often refers to non-sovereign political subdivisions roughly equivalent to Canadian provinces, Australian states, or possibly Japanese prefectures.
Because you've squandered away all you ever had with this talk of "NDA" and the other bullshit
I mentioned the NDA because I thought that such an agreement was standard practice when showing an unpublished work to another party. Is this not the case? The part about running the song past people than one's agent came from page 78 of Songwriting FOR DUMMIES® by Peterik, Austin, and Bickford, published by Wiley in 2002; I was looking for confirmation.
Thank you very much for giving the first straight answer I've received in a year of asking about unconscious copying. Have I understood your answer correctly?
Show your work under NDA to your agent and possibly to a select few others who have had experience managing works of the same type, and rewrite parts that they find strangely "familiar".
Settle with any publisher that pulls a Bright Tunes on you.
Do you think copyright law is so broken that it cannot be fixed?
I believe copyright reform is possible:
Take the strict liability out of copyright. Require at least a demonstration of negligence in the standard for misappropriation. This would handily defeat Bright Tunes.
Raise the bar for substantial similarity higher than it was in some of the cases I cite. Four notes are a "short phrase" (17 USC 102), not any substantial expression.
Why a copyright should have a term five times as long as a patent has baffled me for years and has sparked satire. Cut the basic copyright term back to 28 years, where the founding fathers put it in the first place. I'd even settle for the 1909 term (56 years).
Limit the duration of the Section 1201 circumvention ban to even shorter than that, but keep it in place at least temporarily so that the copyright industry doesn't feel screwed and is more likely to acquiesce to reform.
human readers don't see the link (remember, there's nothing between the a tags)
Human readers can sometimes navigate using the tab key to empty a elements and then accidentally activate them. This is more common in text browsers such as lynx or w3m where tab key navigation is the normal mode of operation.
it's a creator's responsibility to make sure he's telling the truth when he represents a work as his own.
The question that's never been answered right: What specific steps can a songwriter take to exercise this responsibility and make sure that he has in fact created an original musical work?
The right thing to do in that case would have been to settle amicably with the offended party.
I've calculated that given nine million published songs, I'd have to settle for each and every song on an album.
I wasn't arguing anything. I agree that Napster's primary intended purpose was to infringe copyright. I was just clarifying where you seemed to claim that a CD phonorecord is an exact reproduction of the original recording.
They took almost all of their storys from the public domain.
And some from other cartoons that were still under copyright. Atlantis == Nadia, and The Lion King == Kimba the White Lion or whatever it was called.
And now Disney's gone beyond stealing stories to stealing names. Before late May 2003, "Nemo" was a character from Little Nemo in Slumberland, an old comic strip by Winsor McCay. Now, "Nemo" is a clown fish. And right now, "Brother Bear" is one of the Berenstain Bears. But pretty soon...
Unfortunately for the RIAA, producing music is not that hard and no longer requires millions of dollars in equipment.
You mean recording music has become easy and relatively inexpensive. This is correct.
But before a song can be recorded, it has to be written first. Writing original music without accidentally stepping on somebody else's copyright (e.g. "My Sweet Lord" by Harrison) seems nearly impossible, and I can mathematically prove it if you want.
Given that the RIAA contributes virtually zero to the music production process
The RIAA is an association of record labels, and I think of record labels as venture capitalists who invest in recording artists (advance) in hope of gaining a return (label's share of royalties). Just as with traditional VCs, many of a label's investments fail to recoup.
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In case you were under a rock, that site doesn't support Windows 95/98 anymore.
I have never owned a Windows 95 computer (I skipped directly from 3.1 to 98), but last time I checked on my laptop computer running Windows 98 second edition (a month or two ago), Windows Update still worked.
As I understand it, patent law in many countries allows an inventor to patent "a computer with memory means, input means, and output means, performing the following steps" but not the steps themselves. Software "as such" is the steps themselves.
At CD Baby, how do you verify that the artists wrote their own songs? If you require this as a contractual guarantee from the artist, how can an artist make such a guarantee that he did not unconsciously copy the song from somebody else ( Bright Tunes v. Harrisongs )? There's something in my journal about that.
In order to view these web sites, you need DRM. And what browser includes DRM? Why, Microsoft Internet Explorer! And what is the only operating system that runs IE? Why, Microsoft Windows! How convenient!
Microsoft Windows runs only on PCs. Like any other emulator, Connectix^WMicrosoft Virtual PC for Mac doesn't support the Windows Next Generation Secure Computing Base (abbreviated Pd). Therefore, Microsoft Windows Pd doesn't run on Mac hardware, and Macs aren't going to get strong DRM.
Hell, I'd like to see a 98-Lite style setup where you can replace the IE rendering crap in Windows 9x with a trimmer, lighter, more standards-compliant khtml.dll.
You wouldn't be able to keep your Windows as up-to-date because Windows Update relies on proprietary features (read ActiveX controls) of MSHTML.dll.
Or at least a nose that Pinocchio could put in so that his lies wouldn't be as apparent.
If they're using Netscape 4, you could reasonably expect that they'd be willing to upgrade to Netscape 7 if they have any kind of broadband connection... or even Mozilla.
Broadband? The Mozilla appsuite is a smaller download than Netscape 4.x. Just start the download, put it in the background for an hour while you browse Slashdot, and by the time you've trolled every discussion, it'll be done, even on 56K dial-up.
Actually, it was Bugs that said "Of course you realize this means war." Daffy said "Of course you know this means war." "Know" vs. "realize" is a tiny difference, but if you want to pick nits, pick them right.
First, the labels do not write original music.
Some labels, such as Warner, own music publishers. Others, as you point out, license music from publishers. However, somebody has to write the songs.
I'd say it's not a fair trade
Without major label backing, how can a recording artist get distribution in Wal-Mart stores and airplay on Clear Channel stations?
they could have just searched the mailing list archive
Sometimes even I have trouble finding what I want in mailing list archive search engines that return either too many results, zero results, or irrelevant results. Not everybody is a god at formulating queries.
Several developing countries have sold pretty much their entire second-level domain space to interests in developed countries. These include Laos, Niue, Tokelau, Tonga, and Tuvalu. I'm guessing that those countries have reserved *.com.??, *.net.??, *.edu.??, and *.org.??. Or they could charge non-residents much more than residents, as for example the Bahamas NIC does.
Same thing. The colloquial term "country" refers to a sovereign state with its territory. Speakers in the United States of America typically don't use the term "state" to refer to a sovereign state because "state" most often refers to non-sovereign political subdivisions roughly equivalent to Canadian provinces, Australian states, or possibly Japanese prefectures.
If ICANN had assigned a TLD to a city, THAT would be news.
Two words: Vatican City. Two letters: va.
As pointed out by CanSpice.
This is because you are DELIBERATELY choosing the MISUNDERSTAND.
What makes you think it's deliberate?
You have never produced a single creative work in your life.
Prove it. I write for my web site.
Either that, or you're a fucking idiot.
I'm not exactly an idiot, but a psychologist once told me that I have Asperger syndrome.
You do not create
I would create, but I do not publish for fear of being sued for accidentally copying a copyrighted work.
Produce something.
What evidence do you have that I haven't?
Because you've squandered away all you ever had with this talk of "NDA" and the other bullshit
I mentioned the NDA because I thought that such an agreement was standard practice when showing an unpublished work to another party. Is this not the case? The part about running the song past people than one's agent came from page 78 of Songwriting FOR DUMMIES® by Peterik, Austin, and Bickford, published by Wiley in 2002; I was looking for confirmation.
Show me how an Intel laptop with similar specs is cheaper. I dare you.
Cost of Intel laptop: $1000. Half-Life license: $25.
Cost of Mac laptop: $1000. Half-Life license: $25. Cost of Intel laptop to play Half-Life on because Half-Life doesn't work on Macs: $1000.
s/Half-Life/any other Windows game whose copyright owner refuses to authorize a port to the Mac OS/g
Thank you very much for giving the first straight answer I've received in a year of asking about unconscious copying. Have I understood your answer correctly?
Codeweavers?
Transgaming?
A responsible person takes reasonable precautions in a given situation.
What precautions are reasonable for a songwriter to take against unconsciously copying a copyrighted musical work?
When a mistake happens, as they inevitably do, a responsible person does what is necessary to make it right.
What would you consider reasonably necessary in a situation of alleged unconscious copying?
Do you think copyright law is so broken that it cannot be fixed?
I believe copyright reform is possible:
human readers don't see the link (remember, there's nothing between the a tags)
Human readers can sometimes navigate using the tab key to empty a elements and then accidentally activate them. This is more common in text browsers such as lynx or w3m where tab key navigation is the normal mode of operation.
it's a creator's responsibility to make sure he's telling the truth when he represents a work as his own.
The question that's never been answered right: What specific steps can a songwriter take to exercise this responsibility and make sure that he has in fact created an original musical work?
The right thing to do in that case would have been to settle amicably with the offended party.
I've calculated that given nine million published songs, I'd have to settle for each and every song on an album.
OK then, second hand record stores are surely an ever better option for you?
I agree wholeheartedly. In the last few months, I've bought four CDs at pawn shops.
And as far as emusic goes... You tell me cdbaby is useless to you, yet promote an online service with virtually no major artists in its catalogue?
I meant something with a business model "like eMusic", not something with a selection "like eMusic". Sorry for the confusion.
And secondly, no WAY do 128kb mp3's cut it for me
The files available from eMusic were once 128 kbps MP3. Now they're 192 kbps ABR MP3.
I wasn't arguing anything. I agree that Napster's primary intended purpose was to infringe copyright. I was just clarifying where you seemed to claim that a CD phonorecord is an exact reproduction of the original recording.
They took almost all of their storys from the public domain.
And some from other cartoons that were still under copyright. Atlantis == Nadia, and The Lion King == Kimba the White Lion or whatever it was called.
And now Disney's gone beyond stealing stories to stealing names. Before late May 2003, "Nemo" was a character from Little Nemo in Slumberland, an old comic strip by Winsor McCay. Now, "Nemo" is a clown fish. And right now, "Brother Bear" is one of the Berenstain Bears. But pretty soon...
This sounds like the basis of a suit aginst them
Tried that.
It failed at the district court level.
It failed at the appeals level.
It failed at the Supreme Court level.
The court of last resort is the Congress itself. If you haven't already, and you live in the States, please sign the Eldred Act petition.
Unfortunately for the RIAA, producing music is not that hard and no longer requires millions of dollars in equipment.
You mean recording music has become easy and relatively inexpensive. This is correct.
But before a song can be recorded, it has to be written first. Writing original music without accidentally stepping on somebody else's copyright (e.g. "My Sweet Lord" by Harrison) seems nearly impossible, and I can mathematically prove it if you want.
Given that the RIAA contributes virtually zero to the music production process
The RIAA is an association of record labels, and I think of record labels as venture capitalists who invest in recording artists (advance) in hope of gaining a return (label's share of royalties). Just as with traditional VCs, many of a label's investments fail to recoup.