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Re: Re: Photographs?

Do you own the copyright on your barn, windmill, cows, and the rusty Ford, the ground they're on, and the sky behind them? If he created any of those objects himself and they contain creative elements...

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Re: Choices -- Mike

Alex, Many of the examples you give are actually examples of fraud, not copyright infringement. You seriously need to learn the difference between the two. (Although I suspect you really know and are...

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Re: Wired article

Note that in that article both Wired's writer, Lewis Wallace, and Hartwell repeat the old lie that copyright infringement is "stealing". Shame on Wired. I guess birds of a feather really do flock...

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Underneath the boots of your Grand Marche are the authors of books, musicians and photo/digital/video artists, and thus the parade will riffle on with nothing left but a couple of ragged drummers who...

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Re: Re: Photographs?

In addition to that, the photographer is not diverting revenue from you, they are not stealing or infringing or profiting against your loss. You had nothing to gain from it before and nothing to gain...

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One problem with that E Talian, with copyright theft, no matter how good you do what you do, someone else can quickly and easily steal what you do and sell it cheaper. Period, end of story. Actually,...

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Article 6

One problem with that E Talian, with copyright theft, no matter how good you do what you do, someone else can quickly and easily steal what you do and sell it cheaper. Period, end of story. With...

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Pizza Anyone?

Being the owner of a an Italian resturant I have seen more than few other Italian restaurants come and go. We are tweleve years running best Italian restaurant in reader polls of the local rags in our...

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Yeah... it wasn't working. It was broken from a technological point of view. I tried to use their web page to purchase and download their work but to no avail. I am only slightly curious about them so...

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Re: Pizza Business Model?

Actually, Pizza is the perfect analogy to a photograph. A recipe could be just as much intellectual property as anything else. Many recipes are just slight variations on something else that's already...

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RE: Anonymous Coward #59

Methinks you know squat about property rights. If the intellectual property right laws are repealed less people are going to get in trouble. Not illegal to share my toaster, is illegal to share my copy...

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RE: Anonymous Coward #59

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RE: Barrenwaste

I totally agree. Make it a criminal offense. Give police the power to arrest people for voilating copyright. Throw those cheapskates in jail for multiple offenses. You kill off the RIAA, wouldn't that...

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How much did the photographer pay the model in the

Let us forget for a moment the question of the copyright system vs. fair use for a moment. The problem in the photographers viewpoint is that she did work (i.e. took a picture, for which I assume she...

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Article 14

Killer, I understand someone trying to shoehorn and example that doesn't really fit to try to further his agenda. I understand how people try to justify stealing material, they know they are stealing...

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Re: Anonymous Coward #52

It astounds me how often this comes up when even the authors, producers, and musicians don't agree with it. Copying a photo or any other copyrighted piece is not the same as taking a physical object...

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Re AC #52

You are the tool. You don't understand the analogy. It has been explained more than once above, so I am not going to go into it again. But your accusation and trying to redo his analogy is wrong. It...

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She's Right

Yeah, she's totally right in this one. Richter Scales should just give in and give her 50% of the profits they have made on this video.... Oh wait...

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You're a tool, because no one "took" the photograph they copied it. But then tools, can't read can they, YOU TOOL!!!

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Article 19

Mike, you are a tool. Your use of the pizza joint with $10 pizzas is bogus. More correct is this. You open a pizza joint and sell pizzas for $10 and do quite well with it. Then someone else opens a...

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