FAILS

FAILS

FAILS

and FAILS MISERABLY

http://law.copyrightdata.com/

All anyone need do is scroll down the pull-down box to select a date of Oct. 13, 2008 or later. Then press: “Submit Request.” Now to see the old version, and to do so alongside the new, open a different browser, position it next, then select from http://law.copyrightdata.com the law as of Oct. 12, 2008 or earlier.

You probably want to know just where to look in those big long files, so retrieve the bill (110-403) so it can tell you what subsections and chapters have been changed. You can find the bill at http://thomas.loc.gov and at http://law.copy.../amendments.php.

It’s that simple.

Simple doesn’t mean you’ll like the bill. Still, the question is whether the people getting nailed by it really are doing illegal copying knowingly and maliciously and at cost to the work’s owners, and also whether there is any innocents being imperiled by it.

From the comments above, there seem to be whiners about the free ride coming nearer to an end. Any comments now on what will be affected in the public arena? (I mean by that: are there any comments from people who actually make an effort to find out how this will work in practice?)

You have your basic facts wrong. You write that “The law triples damages in copyright infringement cases.” Oh really? I challenge you to cite the provision that you claim does that. Since your whole screed against the bill is based on your erroneous misrepresentation of what the bill does, this error is very material. It is clear you did not read the bill, but just picked up this erroneous factoid from some other screed. This is the whole problem with you CopyWrong types – you use faulty facts to whip each other into an unnecessary frenzy. there is plenty of room for reasonable disagreement and discussion on copyright issues, but not with people who consistently base their arguments on falsehoods.

Yes We Can.

Actually, he wasn’t. The MPAA and RIAA members donate almost exclusively to Democrats. They’re one of the top-three donor groups for Dems. (The other two groups are Wall Street and the trial lawyers – neither of those groups give much to Repubs either.)

The Repubs go along on this because they don’t care.

In the same day, I learn that the U.S. government can seize both my data and my computer.

(Good intentions aside, it it even possible these days to completely avoid having or receiving illigal copies of copyrighted material. Does this represent nationalization of all U.S. computers?)

Seriously. The world is retarded.

well nevermind..:-)

Where did my comment go?

Until that happens, Google, Microsoft, Baidu, and Yahoo should have to play by the exact same set of rules and regulations (and laws) as everyone else out here in this free society.

I congratulate the German judges … and those in Belgium and France, as well. They are obviously not being bribed by the technology industry lobbyists who have penetrated all aspects of our government and our legal/court system in this country.

Give your readers a bresk. The images posted on image search engine servers are used by end users day in and day out. Millions and millions of them. For both online and print applications. They are not simply used for “indexing”. Do you really believe that nonsense?

You cannot even transmit graphics with much larger size or detail over many mobile networks. Only a graphics moron would conclude otherwise.

Use one of the image search engines and discover this for yourself. You might be surprised. In fact, why don’t you e-mail some of the so-called indexed images to your friends while you’re at it. I am sure they have web sites that need new web resolution images as well.

I have researched and documented this issue for four solid years now. I know these laws better than anyone else I know. The German courts got this one exactly right … and it is about damn time.

Professional graphic artists and photographers have become increasingly more vocal and are sick and tired of hearing this kind of whining come out of Silicon Valley. These technologists don’t think they get to establish their own set of laws and rules in this country … at the detriment of all others … or do they?

You comments here are welcome. The copyight pendulum has finally begun to swing the right way in this country (and abroad) and we have well-reasoned judges in other countries to thank for bringing up our internal levels of intelligent analysis and competence.

Copyright defense lawyers, lobbyists, and politicians have ruled for the past eight years in this country. It’s now the time for ordinary hard-working people and our creative communities to have their turn.

George Riddick
Chairman/CEO
Imageline, Inc.

griddick@imageline2.com

http://www.techNmore.com

At the end of the day, economics will likely dismantle the big labels as law suits are costly and ineffective against piracy. They will scale down, encourage fair use, lower prices, and get smart to alternative revenue streams.

I have a huge problem paying 99 cents for a sharty ass iTunes song, but don’t think twice before paying $1.99 for a Guitar Hero track…People steal discographies for artists that they pay $200 for concert tickets for….