Not to mention that burglary doesn't carry a death sentence in this country!
I think we need to take a clue from how other businesses handle such things. Museums and bank don't have lethal traps. They have loud bells, sirens, silent alarms, and traps (in the you're-trapped-and-can't-get-out variety)
Unfortunately, there are cases where the bad guys get way too much of a break. I had a teacher who spent years in court trying to save her land & way of life. All because some dumb ass took his son hunting on her land. Without her permission. Crawled right over one of her "DO NOT TRESPASS" signs on one of her fences. Father slipped & fell over a log and shot his son dead. Father sued her for everything she was worth. I mean afterall, shouldn't she be mowing the woods!
Anyway, I digress. At least she won. (Well, the lawyers won)
"And copying of songs isn't pirate-like... that would be more akin to actually breaking into a warehouse and filling your trunk with stolen discs"
Would it?
Some of the people currently being sued had about 800 songs. 80x10=800, so let's say 80 CD's worth. If they had instead walked into a store, and walked out with 80 CD's, would they be facing a Civil law suit of $600,000? Because that is what they're facing from from P2P charges at $750 x 800. That is the number they're facing... that or settle.
Of course, none of this really equates. None of them are being sued for downloading. (The stealing analogy part) They're being sued for distribution of copyrighted works that they don't have permission. (Uploading). Unfortunately for them, they are facing laws that were made long ago against professional pirating operations. $750 to $150,000 per copyright infringement. And with the NET ACT, trading mp3's is now considered 'profiting'.
Personally, I wish the laws fit the crime. I wish artists wouldn't get ripped off by the greedy recording industry, I wish there were no monopolies, and I wish Pink Floyd hadn't broken up.
Don't confuse CGI with special effects. I'm sure the special effects in Shawshank range anywhere from the noises made from bones breaking to the lightning & thunder during his sewage escape. And blood, bruises, etc.
A movie I often check out a lot (because I have this theory that every person in it becomes a star) is "Dazed And Confused". One thing I found interesting in my last lookup was that there was a stuntman coordinator. Stunts? In that movie? Well, it turns out that this guy even got to play a role in the movie. He was the guy that said, "You busted my mail box, didnchoo? Tampering with a mail box is a felONy OFfense". Remember when they tore away, and he tumbled with the car? I'm sure that counted as a stunt.
So does safely hanging out a car window and picking up a trash can to throw at mailboxes. And climbing moon towers. And jumping off buildings as you run away from pouring paint on O'Banyon.
Shoplifting CD's from a store wouldn't get you into a $150,000 per infringement fiasco by the RIAA though. Instead, you can 'settle' by pleading guilty to the misdemeanor crime.
Great post!!
I have often mentioned that the music industry would rather make 100% of 5 billion dollars, than 70% of a 20 billion dollars. It's crazy.
"I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone." - Jack Valenti.
But what happened? The VCR/DVD rental aftermarket today is actually bigger than the theatrical market?!
One of the best things I noticed when Napster first came out was the sheer selection. Rare, out of print, live, and non mainstream available. I agree, the Music Industry should have created their own iTunes right away. Who better than them to have availability to their whole discography?!
And as for video content. If we could have every show, at the touch of our remote, available at any time, for a cost per play... I just don't see the need for any warez traders collecting anymore. Would you even need encryption? It would be cheaper for THEM to store it, than for traders to store/burn/trade them.
True. Although blown out of proportion. The media industry isn't going to make or break America. They're just not as big as they puff up and say they are.
And there has been no stock market crash due to One-click shopping patent from Amazon, or the gif/jpeg fiasco.
I agree with everything you say, but just not the outcome. It's not that black & white. MONEY TALKS. And as soon as any of this crap gets in the way of a real gravy train, laws will be smacked down, or exceptions will be made. If we're willing to sell guns to set up strawman dictators, I'm sure something small like this won't slow them down.
And yes, China is going to be huge. Our next battle will be economical for sure, and China will be the leader.
Buh? Did you know a drug dealer was labeled as a "terrorist to our children" so they were able to use the Patriot Act against him, allowing them to wiretap & break in without a warrant?
I think the RIAA/MPAA have proven time and again that they ARE willing to go overboard any chance they can get within the boundaries of the laws they've currently purchased.
They still bandy about the $150,000 per copyright infringement to scare their civil suits into settling. That law was specifically set high to go after professional criminal pirating operations.
1) You backup data for yourself, to read on your own computer. Whatever you choose will work for you.
2) You download movies to play on your DVD player. Just check out if your DVD player can handle CD-R SVCD's, or CD+R SVCD's. Then go with that.
3) You ask your warez trading buddies which format most of them are going with, and then go with that.
The same is true now. And it's even easier now because just about everything handles just about everything. With DVD players being as low as $30, you could just buy a differnt set-top DVD player too. This is all hype.
All rebates are backed by law. I have received all of mine. I once got a rejection postcard from a mfg rebate because I was in the wrong zip code. I took it to the store and they paid me cash on the spot.
They "work" because people are too lazy to fill them out right away, and then procrastinate and forget.
Idiot. $400 was the price when it first came out. At least 4 years ago. That's almost what I paid. What was the price of replay TV on Amazon back then?
Oh that's right. There was no replay TV back then. In fact there was nothing else back then. When replay TV finally did come out well over a year later, I believe it retailed at $300.
If only they had a typo on their website that forgot to mention the 1 year AOL commitment, we'd have another IOpener & Websurfer incident on our hands.
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Wouldn't that be like breaking into your house through the basement window because you forgot your house keys?
Get your rusty crowbar, and place it in his dead hand before calling the cops.
I think we need to take a clue from how other businesses handle such things. Museums and bank don't have lethal traps. They have loud bells, sirens, silent alarms, and traps (in the you're-trapped-and-can't-get-out variety)
Unfortunately, there are cases where the bad guys get way too much of a break. I had a teacher who spent years in court trying to save her land & way of life. All because some dumb ass took his son hunting on her land. Without her permission. Crawled right over one of her "DO NOT TRESPASS" signs on one of her fences. Father slipped & fell over a log and shot his son dead. Father sued her for everything she was worth. I mean afterall, shouldn't she be mowing the woods!
Anyway, I digress. At least she won. (Well, the lawyers won)
Look, we're on TV!
Would it?
Some of the people currently being sued had about 800 songs. 80x10=800, so let's say 80 CD's worth. If they had instead walked into a store, and walked out with 80 CD's, would they be facing a Civil law suit of $600,000? Because that is what they're facing from from P2P charges at $750 x 800. That is the number they're facing... that or settle.
Of course, none of this really equates. None of them are being sued for downloading. (The stealing analogy part) They're being sued for distribution of copyrighted works that they don't have permission. (Uploading). Unfortunately for them, they are facing laws that were made long ago against professional pirating operations. $750 to $150,000 per copyright infringement. And with the NET ACT, trading mp3's is now considered 'profiting'.
Personally, I wish the laws fit the crime. I wish artists wouldn't get ripped off by the greedy recording industry, I wish there were no monopolies, and I wish Pink Floyd hadn't broken up.
A movie I often check out a lot (because I have this theory that every person in it becomes a star) is "Dazed And Confused". One thing I found interesting in my last lookup was that there was a stuntman coordinator. Stunts? In that movie? Well, it turns out that this guy even got to play a role in the movie. He was the guy that said, "You busted my mail box, didnchoo? Tampering with a mail box is a felONy OFfense". Remember when they tore away, and he tumbled with the car? I'm sure that counted as a stunt.
So does safely hanging out a car window and picking up a trash can to throw at mailboxes. And climbing moon towers. And jumping off buildings as you run away from pouring paint on O'Banyon.
A lot of weird crap goes into movies.
Don't bother. He's obviously too stoned to understand you.
Shoplifting CD's from a store wouldn't get you into a $150,000 per infringement fiasco by the RIAA though. Instead, you can 'settle' by pleading guilty to the misdemeanor crime.
I have often mentioned that the music industry would rather make 100% of 5 billion dollars, than 70% of a 20 billion dollars. It's crazy.
"I say to you that the VCR is to the American film producer and the American public as the Boston strangler is to the woman home alone." - Jack Valenti.
But what happened? The VCR/DVD rental aftermarket today is actually bigger than the theatrical market?!
One of the best things I noticed when Napster first came out was the sheer selection. Rare, out of print, live, and non mainstream available. I agree, the Music Industry should have created their own iTunes right away. Who better than them to have availability to their whole discography?!
And as for video content. If we could have every show, at the touch of our remote, available at any time, for a cost per play... I just don't see the need for any warez traders collecting anymore. Would you even need encryption? It would be cheaper for THEM to store it, than for traders to store/burn/trade them.
And there has been no stock market crash due to One-click shopping patent from Amazon, or the gif/jpeg fiasco.
I agree with everything you say, but just not the outcome. It's not that black & white. MONEY TALKS. And as soon as any of this crap gets in the way of a real gravy train, laws will be smacked down, or exceptions will be made. If we're willing to sell guns to set up strawman dictators, I'm sure something small like this won't slow them down.
And yes, China is going to be huge. Our next battle will be economical for sure, and China will be the leader.
Besides, they already are providing more on the CD's these days!
I believe the last report I saw was 94%. And no, I'm not going to bother to link to it you ANONYMOUS COWARD.
Buh? Did you know a drug dealer was labeled as a "terrorist to our children" so they were able to use the Patriot Act against him, allowing them to wiretap & break in without a warrant?
I think the RIAA/MPAA have proven time and again that they ARE willing to go overboard any chance they can get within the boundaries of the laws they've currently purchased.
They still bandy about the $150,000 per copyright infringement to scare their civil suits into settling. That law was specifically set high to go after professional criminal pirating operations.
As far as I can tell, you have 3 scenarios:
1) You backup data for yourself, to read on your own computer. Whatever you choose will work for you.
2) You download movies to play on your DVD player. Just check out if your DVD player can handle CD-R SVCD's, or CD+R SVCD's. Then go with that.
3) You ask your warez trading buddies which format most of them are going with, and then go with that.
The same is true now. And it's even easier now because just about everything handles just about everything. With DVD players being as low as $30, you could just buy a differnt set-top DVD player too. This is all hype.
Too funny!
Or do you mean you put it away because you couldn't find any good sites on it after the shutdown?
Because it's a computer inside there.
They're trying. They had a deal with DirectTV who had merged a TIVO with their reciever. Weird thing was, I think the monthly rate was a lot less.
Image how bad Starship Trooper 2 is if the FANS of the original movie are pissed off how bad it is!
They "work" because people are too lazy to fill them out right away, and then procrastinate and forget.
Oh that's right. There was no replay TV back then. In fact there was nothing else back then. When replay TV finally did come out well over a year later, I believe it retailed at $300.
That's hilarious. Obviously a programmer that thought he was 'inventing' something new.!
Do you play a lot of MUDS at your DIKU college?
If only they had a typo on their website that forgot to mention the 1 year AOL commitment, we'd have another IOpener & Websurfer incident on our hands.