____/ High Plains Thumper on Thursday 15 November 2007 10:45 : \____
> http://eugenia.gnomefiles.org/2007/10/27/regarding-copyright-infringement/
>
> This is an interesting story. I think the legal system in the US
> has gone mad. No one no longer knows what is truly right and
> wrong. I feel the same way with software patents that do not
> accompany and control or acquire data from a hardware device.
> Much of it reflects the gobshite against the Linux operating system.
>
> [quote]
> Posted on Sat 27 Oct 2007 at 1:20 pm PST. Filed under Politics.
>
> This story made the rounds yesterday. A lady is suing Universal
> for requesting the removal of her 0.29″ sec youtube family video
> that had a Prince song as a background score. Now, according to
> the law, that WAS a copyright infringement (no, there is no “fair
> use” for plain consumers, get over it).
>
> However, what she has a problem with — and I agree with her
> wholeheartedly — is what this country has become: essentially, a
> policed nation. Her own words regarding what’s going on her mind
> when she shoots a family video:
>
> “I’m constantly thinking about what’s going on in the background,
> what’s on the TV, what’s on the CD player, the characters on my
> kids’ clothes, the characters on the toys that they are playing
> with. I’m cognizant of what’s going on at every step, instead of
> focusing on my kids, which is where my attention should be.”
>
> I am sorry, but she’s right. This copyright thingie just gets in
> the middle of our lives, it just takes away the fun factor. It’s
> just too much fucking shit to take into account each time. You
> can’t even take a dump anymore in this country without thinking
> if you are allowed to take a prank picture of it, in fear of
> using inappropriately and without permission the image of the
> designer toilet your ex-wife had installed.
> [/quote]
>
> Someone dancing to a poor quality by recognisable background
> sound, illustrating home life to be considered a copyright
> violation is simply mad. US is becoming a police state.
Look at the bright side. The judge who sud for tens of millions over a pair of
pants have just gotten fired. Welcome to America. (oh, and cover that
aperture... and the microphone shaft too)
--
~~ Best of wishes
Roy S. Schestowitz | Viruses to Linux are like cancer to a shark
http://Schestowitz.com | Open Prospects | PGP-Key: 0x74572E8E
Tasks: 115 total, 1 running, 114 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie
http://iuron.com - knowledge engine, not a search engine
|
|
