openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
 ·AT&T Southeast
| reply to hopeflicker
Re: Viacom & Copyright infringement
said by hopeflicker  :You know very damn well that politicians ALWAYS get involved Umm, no I don't. Anyway, if the politicians get involved, then you can jump to conclusions and claim that corporate America has once again reigned over our elected representatives with the promises of bottomless pits of money. |
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n2jtx
join:2001-01-13
Glen Head, NY
 ·Optimum Online
| said by openbox9 :said by hopeflicker :You know very damn well that politicians ALWAYS get involved Umm, no I don't. Anyway, if the politicians get involved, then you can jump to conclusions and claim that corporate America has once again reigned over our elected representatives with the promises of bottomless pits of money. It was the politicians who extended for the umpteenth time the lifetime of a copyright under the guise of "The Sonny Bono Copyright Term Extension Act". The public domain be damned. I eventually expect the term "limited time", as applied to copyrights, to be infinity minus one second.
So yes, the politicians are too involved. First they make sure that content will never ever become public domain and then they will make sure that everyone is slapped for even trying to get around it.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA
·AT&T Southeast
| said by n2jtx :It was the politicians who extended for the umpteenth time the lifetime of a copyright Irrelevant for this thread. This topic is about the industry uniting to present a solid front to protect their content from piracy. |
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dentman42
join:2001-10-02
Columbus, OH | In the case of BROADCAST material, they shouldn't trasmit them over public airwaves if they're worried about "piracy". |
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Kearnstd
Elf Wizard
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join:2002-01-22
Mullica Hill, NJ | reply to openbox9
because clips from a TV show on youtube is just so hurting the industry. or some gamer who uses a song for a music video using game footage is so hurting the band.
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openbox9
join:2004-01-26
Alexandria, VA | Why is this so hard to understand? It's about protecting their content. Allowing a precedence to be set providing for unauthorized redistribution is bad business practice...for any product/market. |
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hopeflicker
Capitalism breeds greed
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join:2003-04-03
Long Beach, CA
| said by openbox9 :Why is this so hard to understand? It's about protecting their content. Allowing a precedence to be set providing for unauthorized redistribution is bad business practice...for any product/market. If they want to protect their content that's fine and good luck to them. I just loath these companies that buy their laws. Down right corruption.
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