What you say is only true only if the artists where directly involved in writing the song and lyrics, if they just performed it, no copyright for them.
The only thing we know from the video is that they preformed, who wrote the song any lyrics we don't know. We do know that Megaupload claims they signed contracts with everyone involved and own the rights. If the artists signed mutually exclusive contracts with both Universal and Megaupload, then again this is a contract dispute.
This isnt difficult; if the request is bogus as Kim claims so vehemently, all he has to do is counter-file a claim under the DMCA. At that point, if the video truly is infringing, it is on Kim to defend and take the heat, not Youtube.
Now when I check a few YouTube links the message have changed to a terms of use violation instead, convenient for UMG's spin control, eh?
More likely, hes full of crap, and the artists signed agreements with UMG that means they really do hold the copyright(s).
Nice try, but the artists in the video don't get any copyright in the video, the guy holding the camera does. The only thing the artists can contract away to Universal is a promise not to appear in a video production not sanctioned by Universal. If they did it anyway, it's a contractual dispute between Universal and the artists, not a copyright issue.
If one or more of the artists have clauses in their contracts preventing them from taking part in a commercial, then it's a dispute between Universal and the artists. It does not give Universal automatic copyright over the video, nor does it allow Universal to use the DMCA to have it removed.
I also find it highly unlikely that the producers where dumb enough to use samples or other material under copyright ownership by Universal or any other third party without permission.
Sure, Kim is as big a slime ball as they come, but don't stare yourself blind on him.
The big story here is the absolutely monumental brazenness of Universal, using a bogus DMCA copyright claim to censor someone they don't like on a high visibility site as YouTube .
And they do this in spite that one of the major criticisms against their pet new SOPA/PIPA law is that it is ripe for abuse through bogus notices.
Either they are so sure of them selves, having congress in their pocket, or they are monumentally stupid.
Exactly my impression to, I think it would be great for tablets.
But for desktop not so much, it feels like a mouse marathon back and forth over the wide-screen monitor to launch applications, switching desktops etc.
So where EXACTLY does that leave them an alternative? They need a product RIGHT NOW this very minute, they don't have time losing share as quickly as they are to dick around for who knows how long to get MeeGo up to snuff, and NOBODY like Symbian for anything other than dumb phones.
And how does a panic switch to WP7 help them now? Since it's a totally new platform to Nokia you can count on it taking them at least 12 months to get their first Windows phone out the door.
And with Symbian oficially declared dead you can count on their smart-phone market share dwindling even faster reaching exactly 0 in the mean time. Talk about loosing market traction, getting any market for their WP7 phone is going to be a uphill battle.
With MeeGo they have the device in the works ready within short, who knows it might even be ready as promised since November last year and Elop delayed it for tactical reasons to make his switch to WP7 seem even more justified.
OTOH having that Arduino board and a mess of wires attached to your camera does score you a lot more geek cred than photographing using an plain old mobile phone.
The blog got it all wrong! Lexicon if very honest about taking the Oppo player and improving upon it, and boy they did!
It's common knowledge that the audiophile listener derives his pleasure not from the quality of sound reproduction but from the price tag of his equipment.
So an audiophile is getting 7x the pleasure from listening to the Lexicon compared to the Oppo. Beat that if you can!
Nokia executive vice president Kari Tuutti told Mobile News the N900 user interface cannot be customised to include network applications, which will be a bone of contention with the networks.
Tuutti said: "We have a good, long lasting relationship with the networks, but we understand that they may not be happy with the user interface because it cannot be customised."
Which is total BS since Nokia has full control of the software on the device. The only reason for not customizing or locking down the N900 must be that they don't want to. A ballsy move, I really hope Nokia (and other manufacturers as well) will manage to wrestle control away from the networks and their nickel-and-dime walled gardens.
The Government is required by LAW to recognize American currency at face value. They have no choice in the matter. The government's isregarding face value of "legal tender for all debts, public and private" is illegal. The government issued that currency (or authorised its issuance) for the face value and require it to be accepted as such so they have no legal choice but to accept it for the value they declared it to be.
If I pay someone with a $20 bill and a lump of gold and then try to make the case that the employee only made $20, the IRS would come down on me like a ton of bricks and I would be laughed out of court.
In this case the goverment was stupid enough to stamp a $20 sign on a lump of gold, but that still doesn't change the fact that the employee receives a lot more wealth from me than $20 when taking the coin.
The Pirate Party got 7.1% wth 99.9% votes counted.
This will give them 1 seat in the current parlament, 2 if the parlament gets extended according to the Lisbon treaty./greger
No it wouldn't benefit Microsoft becasue if they drop old-Windows and introduce this fantastic new new-Windows it doesn't matter how good it is, since they are forcing their customers to upgrade to a completly different OS said customers may just as well evaluate all OSes on the market since any OS can run old-Windows in a VM.
How many do you think will opt to run old-Windows on top of Linux or OS X instead of betting on Microsofts unproven new-Windows, especially considering their track record on their previous offerings?/greger
I call bullshit on this one, Nintendo wouldn't touch GPLed code with a 10 foot pole. They have always kept their platforms in an iron grip, using GPLed code would allow outsiders to take a peek. Nintendo vs. Tengen anyone?
First to file rather than first to invent means that all pesky open source programmers will have to worry about patenting random parts of what they do or risk that some large corporation or patent troll patents them out of their invention.
Really? It seems I missed the part of the bill that would allow you patent already published inventions.
Actually a first to file system improves the situation for OSS, just put your ideas out there. No longer do you have to worry that some scumbag takes your idea, stamps last months date on it and runs off to the patent office.
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Wow!
BASF still exists? To me BASF is this, and I haven't heard them since. :)
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What you say is only true only if the artists where directly involved in writing the song and lyrics, if they just performed it, no copyright for them.
The only thing we know from the video is that they preformed, who wrote the song any lyrics we don't know. We do know that Megaupload claims they signed contracts with everyone involved and own the rights. If the artists signed mutually exclusive contracts with both Universal and Megaupload, then again this is a contract dispute.
-greger
This isnt difficult; if the request is bogus as Kim claims so vehemently, all he has to do is counter-file a claim under the DMCA. At that point, if the video truly is infringing, it is on Kim to defend and take the heat, not Youtube.
They did dispute the takedown, see https://torrentfreak.com/universal-censors-megaupload-song-gets-branded-a-rogue-label-111210/
Now when I check a few YouTube links the message have changed to a terms of use violation instead, convenient for UMG's spin control, eh?
More likely, hes full of crap, and the artists signed agreements with UMG that means they really do hold the copyright(s).
Nice try, but the artists in the video don't get any copyright in the video, the guy holding the camera does. The only thing the artists can contract away to Universal is a promise not to appear in a video production not sanctioned by Universal. If they did it anyway, it's a contractual dispute between Universal and the artists, not a copyright issue.
/greger
If one or more of the artists have clauses in their contracts preventing them from taking part in a commercial, then it's a dispute between Universal and the artists. It does not give Universal automatic copyright over the video, nor does it allow Universal to use the DMCA to have it removed.
I also find it highly unlikely that the producers where dumb enough to use samples or other material under copyright ownership by Universal or any other third party without permission.
-greger
Sure, Kim is as big a slime ball as they come, but don't stare yourself blind on him.
The big story here is the absolutely monumental brazenness of Universal, using a bogus DMCA copyright claim to censor someone they don't like on a high visibility site as YouTube .
And they do this in spite that one of the major criticisms against their pet new SOPA/PIPA law is that it is ripe for abuse through bogus notices.
Either they are so sure of them selves, having congress in their pocket, or they are monumentally stupid.
-greger
I didn't understand a word of that gobbledygook. I better turn in my nerd credentials, before someone catches on. :(
/greger
Oh great, so anyone can walk up to my electronic pigeonhole and grab my social security check?
They really need to work on their analogies...
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Exactly my impression to, I think it would be great for tablets.
But for desktop not so much, it feels like a mouse marathon back and forth over the wide-screen monitor to launch applications, switching desktops etc.
/greger
And how does a panic switch to WP7 help them now? Since it's a totally new platform to Nokia you can count on it taking them at least 12 months to get their first Windows phone out the door.
And with Symbian oficially declared dead you can count on their smart-phone market share dwindling even faster reaching exactly 0 in the mean time. Talk about loosing market traction, getting any market for their WP7 phone is going to be a uphill battle.
With MeeGo they have the device in the works ready within short, who knows it might even be ready as promised since November last year and Elop delayed it for tactical reasons to make his switch to WP7 seem even more justified.
/greger
Granted, they are not phased array so you need to aim them, but flat Ku band satellite antennas have been around for over a decade around here. Here is a random example a quick googling turned up: http://www.techradar.com/reviews/audio-visual/digital-tv-receivers/sqish-selfsat-h10d-420191/review
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Step back! This is a job for Frankencamera. Run it on your Nokia N900 today.
OTOH having that Arduino board and a mess of wires attached to your camera does score you a lot more geek cred than photographing using an plain old mobile phone.
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What's the id number of the bug you filed?
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Failed?!? How can you fail that? Throw yourself self off the balloon and miss the ground?
/greger
The blog got it all wrong! Lexicon if very honest about taking the Oppo player and improving upon it, and boy they did!
It's common knowledge that the audiophile listener derives his pleasure not from the quality of sound reproduction but from the price tag of his equipment.
So an audiophile is getting 7x the pleasure from listening to the Lexicon compared to the Oppo. Beat that if you can!
/greger
From the article:
Which is total BS since Nokia has full control of the software on the device. The only reason for not customizing or locking down the N900 must be that they don't want to. A ballsy move, I really hope Nokia (and other manufacturers as well) will manage to wrestle control away from the networks and their nickel-and-dime walled gardens.
/greger
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If I pay someone with a $20 bill and a lump of gold and then try to make the case that the employee only made $20, the IRS would come down on me like a ton of bricks and I would be laughed out of court.
In this case the goverment was stupid enough to stamp a $20 sign on a lump of gold, but that still doesn't change the fact that the employee receives a lot more wealth from me than $20 when taking the coin.
The Pirate Party got 7.1% wth 99.9% votes counted. This will give them 1 seat in the current parlament, 2 if the parlament gets extended according to the Lisbon treaty. /greger
No it wouldn't benefit Microsoft becasue if they drop old-Windows and introduce this fantastic new new-Windows it doesn't matter how good it is, since they are forcing their customers to upgrade to a completly different OS said customers may just as well evaluate all OSes on the market since any OS can run old-Windows in a VM.
How many do you think will opt to run old-Windows on top of Linux or OS X instead of betting on Microsofts unproven new-Windows, especially considering their track record on their previous offerings? /greger
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Something tells me George laughed all the way to the bank.
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Really? It seems I missed the part of the bill that would allow you patent already published inventions.
Actually a first to file system improves the situation for OSS, just put your ideas out there. No longer do you have to worry that some scumbag takes your idea, stamps last months date on it and runs off to the patent office.
/greger