But... maintainers of fan sites won't have signed the contract, so they aren't violating the terms of the contract by maintaining the website, since they weren't a prty to it in the frist place.
Fan site webmasters wouldn't get sued unless there was actual trademark infringement. Does Sony have a clause requiring the artist to register their name as a trademark?
I suppose Sony might be able to accuse an artist of violating their contract if they have 'aided and abetted' the production of fan sites, ie, by releasing song lyrics to them, or images perhaps, or even providing any sort of comment, possibly in a guestbook &c.
It looks to me like it's more of a gag on the artist rather than the fan base, at least, this time round.
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Personally, I've never used MM, but I would rather see it go away
Would it be possible to compromise here and add another option to the User page - instead of asking merely if someone is willing to moderate, ask if they are willing to be an M or an M2 separately, allowing people to opt out of the M2 system alone if they so choose.
Though I think it would be cooler to see it on a scale when presented on the user info page. {snips] And instead of just numbers, relate the the numbers to real world behavior. ie. karma of -1 is called 'troll' or something like that. Be creative!
But Karma isn't really designed to be an indicator of the 'quality' of the user. As Rob said, It's not supposed to be an integer determining anyone's value as a human being, it merely functions as a sort of 'Risk Factor' for moderation related activities.
IMHO using Karma for that purpose would become tricky, and possibly misleading. In my case, my karma of 1 simply means 'Has never posted before but was a Meta-Moderator yesterday.'
I don't know how 'typical' a/. user I am, but I want to focus on the comments, not on the poster of the comments.
However, I'm impressed with the moderation and M2 system - it's probably close to a best possible solution to the 'freedom of speech' v. 'quality of speech' problem.
Having 5x as many moderators is an excellent idea - it dilutes the power of any individual whilst increasing community participation. Ideally it's greatest impact wouldn't be an improvement in comment ratings, but an increase in/. 'community feeling' and hence in the quality of comments themselves:)
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The big shakeup of the RIAA cartel and stores full of $18 CDs cannot arrive fast enough
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That's what the Australian government and competition watchdog told us about legislation introducing parallel importing of CDs.
We're still paying AU$30 per CD. Don't hold your breath for cheap CDs.
Best to keep relying on MP3.
But... maintainers of fan sites won't have signed the contract, so they aren't violating the terms of the contract by maintaining the website, since they weren't a prty to it in the frist place.
Fan site webmasters wouldn't get sued unless there was actual trademark infringement. Does Sony have a clause requiring the artist to register their name as a trademark?
I suppose Sony might be able to accuse an artist of violating their contract if they have 'aided and abetted' the production of fan sites, ie, by releasing song lyrics to them, or images perhaps, or even providing any sort of comment, possibly in a guestbook &c.
It looks to me like it's more of a gag on the artist rather than the fan base, at least, this time round.
Personally, I've never used MM, but I would rather see it go away
Would it be possible to compromise here and add another option to the User page - instead of asking merely if someone is willing to moderate, ask if they are willing to be an M or an M2 separately, allowing people to opt out of the M2 system alone if they so choose.
Though I think it would be cooler to see it on a scale when presented on the user info page. {snips] And instead of just numbers, relate the the numbers to real world behavior. ie. karma of -1 is called 'troll' or something like that. Be creative!
/. user I am, but I want to focus on the comments, not on the poster of the comments.
/. 'community feeling' and hence in the quality of comments themselves :)
But Karma isn't really designed to be an indicator of the 'quality' of the user. As Rob said, It's not supposed to be an integer determining anyone's value as a human being, it merely functions as a sort of 'Risk Factor' for moderation related activities.
IMHO using Karma for that purpose would become tricky, and possibly misleading. In my case, my karma of 1 simply means 'Has never posted before but was a Meta-Moderator yesterday.'
I don't know how 'typical' a
However, I'm impressed with the moderation and M2 system - it's probably close to a best possible solution to the 'freedom of speech' v. 'quality of speech' problem.
Having 5x as many moderators is an excellent idea - it dilutes the power of any individual whilst increasing community participation. Ideally it's greatest impact wouldn't be an improvement in comment ratings, but an increase in