nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD | more american competition at it's best alright! twice on the same day - perfect example of the american way of doing business: don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses!
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Cabal
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Boston, MA
| Re: more american competition at it's best said by nasadude  :don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses! Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.)
Just because someone is stealing from your store doesn't mean you business model is flawed. It means you put a big guy with a baseball bat at the front of the store and protect your assets.
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 | nasadude
join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by Cabal :Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.) Just because someone is stealing from your store doesn't mean you business model is flawed. It means you put a big guy with a baseball bat at the front of the store and protect your assets. Bzzzzzzzztttt! Sorry, wrong answer - copyright infringement is infringement, not theft. What got "stolen"? Did the appearance of a clip on youtube make the clip disappear from viacom archives?
I'm not arguing viacom doesn't have the right to take legal action, just pointing out that this appears to be the current, default action that all the big media companies take in these circumstances.
And I'm also sorry, but it does appear big media business strategy is flawed for the digital age. The sooner they realize that and stop suing the bejesus out of anyone that does something they don't like, the sooner they will start making MORE MONEY. | |
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brandon
Some truth included in this post.
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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by nasadude :I'm not arguing viacom doesn't have the right to take legal action, just pointing out that this appears to be the current, default action that all the big media companies take in these circumstances. You might have a point if Viacom didn't first try to reach an agreement with Youtube, and then try to have them set up content filtering, and then demand that they remove everything from the site that belonged to Viacom BEFORE they decided to sue.
This was hardly the "default" action. They gave google plenty of opportunity. | |
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manfmmd
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join:2003-01-14
Earth
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| said by nasadude :said by Cabal :Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.) Just because someone is stealing from your store doesn't mean you business model is flawed. It means you put a big guy with a baseball bat at the front of the store and protect your assets. Bzzzzzzzztttt! Sorry, wrong answer - copyright infringement is infringement, not theft. What got "stolen"? Did the appearance of a clip on youtube make the clip disappear from viacom archives? I'm not arguing viacom doesn't have the right to take legal action, just pointing out that this appears to be the current, default action that all the big media companies take in these circumstances. And I'm also sorry, but it does appear big media business strategy is flawed for the digital age. The sooner they realize that and stop suing the bejesus out of anyone that does something they don't like, the sooner they will start making MORE MONEY. What got stolen? Copyrighted works. Ask around the DI Forum and ask them if they consider the "theft" of their photographs to be stealing? 99.99% of them will come back and tell you that it IS "theft". Just because the copyrighted works are owned by "BIG BUSINESS", doesn't mean that they're not protected.
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karlmarx
join:2006-09-18
iraq
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| Re: more american competition at it's best But you can't just throw out the word 'theft', when a COPY does not deprive the original owner of a work. The correct word is 'infringement', and the supreme court ruled that infringement is NOT THEFT. They are two totally different things, and trying to describe it as 'theft' puts a negative connotation on an act that is truly victimless. Let's call it what it is, copyright infringement, not theft. The penalties for copyright infringement are ALWAYS civil, not criminal. Trying to make a civil crime into a criminal crime is just not right.
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join:2001-10-05
Rockville, MD
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| said by manfmmd :What got stolen? Copyrighted works. Ask around the DI Forum and ask them if they consider the "theft" of their photographs to be stealing? 99.99% of them will come back and tell you that it IS "theft". Just because the copyrighted works are owned by "BIG BUSINESS", doesn't mean that they're not protected. Well as much as you would like it to be theft and as much as the media industry would like it to be theft, IT IS NOT THEFT.
The law says it is copyright infringement (assuming it meets the req'ts and is not parody, comment, educational or other fair use). If you want to call it theft, get the law changed.
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cdru
Go Colts
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join:2003-05-14
Fort Wayne, IN
| said by Cabal :Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.) Technically I believe Google's responsibility is to comply with a DMCA take down notice. Google themselves did not post the video, a user did. If Viacom submitted a DMCA request and it wasn't followed, then we have a case. --
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jap
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join:2003-08-10
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| said by Cabal :Which category does illegally using the copyrighted works of others for profit fall under? (Note: for reference, this is still theft.) Suits are civil, theft is tried in criminal courts.
As of last year, overt filesharing of copyrighted material (within the US) is a crime, but by the endusers sharing the files, not by hosting servers. Hosts are exposed on the civil side if they they fail to exhibit due-diligence in notification and take-down.
People have been abusing the distinction *way* to much of late. | |
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Derspankster
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join:2003-02-12
Marion, OH
·RoadRunner Cable
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| said by nasadude :alright! twice on the same day - perfect example of the american way of doing business: don't compete on price, product or service, sue their @sses! ain't America great? Agreed. It's a lot easier that way. Plus, you don't have to get off your dead asses to do anything. Just pick up the phone and call your lawyers.
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pnh102
Reptiles Are Cuddly And Pretty
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Mount Airy, MD
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| said by nasadude :sue their @sses! This is a pretty open and shut case. Viacom owns the content in question and can direct how said content should be distributed.
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| russotto
join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Re: more american competition at it's best You're right that it's open and shut, but not for Viacom. Google has safe harbor protection under DMCA section 512 provided they respond to takedown requests. So Viacom can pound sand. | |
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ff1324
Everybody Goes Home
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join:2002-08-24
On Four Day
| Re: more american competition at it's best said by russotto : provided they respond to takedown requests. Which Viacom has made and YouTube has not complied with those requests. You might remember where YouTube was supposed to filter their content to catch Viacom content? Yeah...they aren't.
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join:2000-10-05
Collegeville, PA | Re: more american competition at it's best There's no requirement in the DMCA to filter any content to take advantage of the safe harbor. It's up to the copyright holder to send a takedown notice for each alleged infringmenet. | |
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ff1324
Everybody Goes Home
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join:2002-08-24
On Four Day
| Re: more american competition at it's best Considering that YouTube agreed in early February to remove all of Viacom's material and to enact filtering software to prevent posting of Viacom's content...it would seem that Google has been given notice.
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FiL
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join:2005-08-16
Silver Spring, MD
| Re: more american competition at it's best for MAYBE a couple of clips...but Google/ YouTube isn't above the law.
They still have to comply with how the rules. Meaning every infraction Viacom sees has to be a accompanied with a notice of removal. Thats prolly thousands of infringments, but still, they each have to have notices. Hence why it was said "Viacom can pound sand" and Google's in a safe harbor. They DID in fact TRY to filter out content, ven content they weren't "notified" about. Yep, pound away. | |
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Neyland
join:2003-02-04
USA | Wouldn't Viacom have to prove they lost revenue due to these clips being on YouTube? No, I don't know.. that's why I'm asking.... | |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | because people watching on Youtube is just so harmfull, whats viacom going to do next? sue Tivo because downloads and Tivo both remove ads.
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| RayW
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join:2001-09-01
Layton, UT
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| Re: more american competition at it's best said by Kearnstd :whats viacom going to do next? sue Tivo because downloads and Tivo both remove ads. Did not someone try something like that a few years ago?
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| What I don't understand is why do they always go for the un-reasonable amounts of money.. haven't they heard of restraining orders these days? or are they only reserved for the living together out of wedlock white trash I got pregnant and my dead beat boy friend is beating me class of citizens?
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