And are the *copyright holders* tasked with identifying the same amount of copyright material, verifying it (which would presumably involve downloading a substantial proportion of it themselves, otherwise it's just hearsay - "Yes, your honour, I saw this IP address connect to this tracker asking for this file. Even though it's called "Aliens" I can't tell you the content because it *obvious* that it must be the Hollywood film of the same name")
That at least can be automated pretty well with pattern recognition. There are companies that scan youtube to find copyrighted material for the copyright holders. It's not done by hand.
Take a look at http://flattr.com/. I think micropayment methods like this might become the way of supporting content that you really care for on the web.
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And are the *copyright holders* tasked with identifying the same amount of copyright material, verifying it (which would presumably involve downloading a substantial proportion of it themselves, otherwise it's just hearsay - "Yes, your honour, I saw this IP address connect to this tracker asking for this file. Even though it's called "Aliens" I can't tell you the content because it *obvious* that it must be the Hollywood film of the same name")
That at least can be automated pretty well with pattern recognition. There are companies that scan youtube to find copyrighted material for the copyright holders. It's not done by hand.
Take a look at http://flattr.com/. I think micropayment methods like this might become the way of supporting content that you really care for on the web.
2011 will be the year of the flying bicycle!
.. Buffalo buffalo. What the hell?
Science? Please post this shit in idle! Thanks!