This is what pisses me off about all these crazy laws. Yesterday I'm not a criminal. Tomorrow I am and I haven't done anything differently.
Last week I recorded a show because I had to be out that night. Next week (not literally) if I do the exact same thing I'm a criminal. I find it depressing that I'm just trying to live my life and all of a sudden I'm some sort of evil-doer.
Bah.
Although, I didn't RTFA (my work-day is over therefore so is my slashdot reading day) so maybe I'm out to lunch.
My limited knowledge of this subject (taken from some TV show...so it must be right) is that the lease is perpetual and the only way for it to be broken is through the mutal consent of both parties. At one point, the base had some sort of strategic value, but now the stragetic value has dimisished. They are probably holding onto it out of spite.
Apparently, a while back (in the 60's maybe?) Cuba cut off all supplies and the Americans had to ship everything in.
Is it piracy when I download out-of-copyright old radio programs*? Or sample songs from bands who specifically encourage this? What about lectures stored on a Morpheus server in L. Lessig's campus office?:)
I'm probably missing your point, but isn't the whole notion of piracy that you are downloading copyright material whose owner has not granted permission for this to be done. In the situations you highlight, it wouldn't be piracy because, a. the radio program is out-of-copyright and; b. presumeably the band owns the copyright to their own music.
However, IANAL BIDWALOLAO (but I do watch a lot of Law and Order)
I prefer it to be called piracy because that way when I'm downloading music and somebody asks me what I'm doing I get to finish the sentence with "...arhhh matey!".
Changing the nomenclature would make that oppurtunity much more rare.
I *am* some sort of Canadian, and I've never said the word Petrol in my life. I've typed it exactly once (see previous sentence). And as far as I'm concerned, a bonnet is a hat a baby wears.
However, I will admit I like to go oooot and aboooot somtimes.
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I'm willing to bet that after the third movie is released on DVD we will see a box set containing all 6 movies and you will get your wish. And George Lucas will get more of your (and I have to admit, probably my) money.
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As i sit here I have Winamp open with a playlist of 1483 songs.
You paid for all those songs, right? I wouldn't want some record industry group type to read slashdot and nail you for your crimes against humanity.
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I'd rather not be a criminal,
This is what pisses me off about all these crazy laws. Yesterday I'm not a criminal. Tomorrow I am and I haven't done anything differently.
Last week I recorded a show because I had to be out that night. Next week (not literally) if I do the exact same thing I'm a criminal. I find it depressing that I'm just trying to live my life and all of a sudden I'm some sort of evil-doer. Bah. Although, I didn't RTFA (my work-day is over therefore so is my slashdot reading day) so maybe I'm out to lunch.
You *really* old dudes know them as VTR's. That ring a bell?
Can anyone say Matrix.
"Matrix"
Relax dude, don't loose your mind over spelling.
My limited knowledge of this subject (taken from some TV show...so it must be right) is that the lease is perpetual and the only way for it to be broken is through the mutal consent of both parties.
At one point, the base had some sort of strategic value, but now the stragetic value has dimisished. They are probably holding onto it out of spite.
Apparently, a while back (in the 60's maybe?) Cuba cut off all supplies and the Americans had to ship everything in.
Is it piracy when I download out-of-copyright old radio programs*? Or sample songs from bands who specifically encourage this? What about lectures stored on a Morpheus server in L. Lessig's campus office? :)
I'm probably missing your point, but isn't the whole notion of piracy that you are downloading copyright material whose owner has not granted permission for this to be done. In the situations you highlight, it wouldn't be piracy because, a. the radio program is out-of-copyright and; b. presumeably the band owns the copyright to their own music.
However, IANAL BIDWALOLAO (but I do watch a lot of Law and Order)
I prefer it to be called piracy because that way when I'm downloading music and somebody asks me what I'm doing I get to finish the sentence with "...arhhh matey!". Changing the nomenclature would make that oppurtunity much more rare.
Ha! I get it, What you call crisps I would call potato chips. You made a joke you crazy wanker. (or some other British-type word) :)
No worries...I have no idea what you're talking about.
ah, Bach....
It's humanity's only chance for survival. So I guess it all comes down to: How much is the survival of the human race worth to you?
Do you write movie tag lines in your spare time or something?
jeez, I sure hope nobody has a heart attack at your house.
The Last Samurai was an excellent film.
You must have left early. The last 5 minutes of the movie totally wrecked what I otherwise thought was a pretty good movie.
Because NASA is part of our "stupid american" culture.
While I agree your culture is stupid, don't them sciencey types use metric pretty much universally?
I haven't seen a chimp turn into a human, but I once saw a pig turn into a human. Turns out, it was just beer goggles.
Oh, the ironing is delicious
I don't want to pay money to these people just to listen to them complain....when I can do it for free on slashdot.
And we Americans have been laughing at the French since looooooong before 9/11. That probably started sometime in 1939 or 1940 at the latest
...I know you were just kidding around...so am I....kind of...
Must have been nice. While your grandfather was laughing at the french, my grandfather was in Beligum fighting to free them (and the rest of Europe).
I *am* some sort of Canadian, and I've never said the word Petrol in my life. I've typed it exactly once (see previous sentence). And as far as I'm concerned, a bonnet is a hat a baby wears. However, I will admit I like to go oooot and aboooot somtimes.
Hey, I know you...didn't you fuck a cat?
I'm willing to bet that after the third movie is released on DVD we will see a box set containing all 6 movies and you will get your wish. And George Lucas will get more of your (and I have to admit, probably my) money.
An interesting definition, but clearly incorrect in the context of the article.