From: Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com
I mean,_linking to_ online TV is considered a copyvio? Next thing you know, being able to remember any details of a TV show you watched last week will be considered a copyvio for having a 'copy' in your brain.
I am not sure of the charges, but, yes, I can see how a link to is a copyright violation, in the context of "sharing".
The article actually states that, in the USA, there is precedent that linking to a copyright violation does not, in itself, constitute a copyright violation.
Since the site is largely-inaccessible, I can't comment on what it was linking to; this could be as-simple as with cases such as the pub landlady Sky tried to sue for using a EuroSat box and showing her customers matches from another EU country. That got kicked out as violating EU competition laws, which I sincerely hope far more pubs and clubs wanting to show sporting events exploit. Next time you're in a pub that shows Sky matches, ask how much they pay, you'll be shocked.
The UK has its own copyright laws, and letting this fall back to US law is just allowing someone to be persecuted with higher costs and the risk of a more serious sentence. Theresa May is, given the last 3-4 months screwups, the most incompetent Home Secretary the UK has ever had.
You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat?
Brian McNeil
On 25/06/12 12:02, brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat?
I would say that was an "ad hominem" remark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Good night!
Gordon
And humming the theme from Dad's army....
On 25 June 2012 12:07, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 25/06/12 12:02, brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat?
I would say that was an "ad hominem" remark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Good night!
Gordon
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No, Brian's criticism or speculation about a person does not constitute Argumentum Ad Hominem. These logical terms have a specific meaning (described quite well in the Wikipedia article) and it irks me to see "Ad Hominem" used to mean "insult" or "criticism".
On Mon, Jun 25, 2012 at 12:07 PM, Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com wrote:
On 25/06/12 12:02, brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat?
I would say that was an "ad hominem" remark.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ad_hominem
Good night!
Gordon
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Wow, how easily recent history is forgotten.
On Jun 25, 2012 12:02 PM, brian.mcneil@wikinewsie.org wrote:
From: Gordon Joly gordon.joly@pobox.com
I mean,_linking to_ online TV is considered a copyvio? Next thing you know, being able to remember any details of a TV show you watched last week will be considered a copyvio for having a 'copy' in your brain.
I am not sure of the charges, but, yes, I can see how a link to is a copyright violation, in the context of "sharing".
The article actually states that, in the USA, there is precedent that linking to a copyright violation does not, in itself, constitute a copyright violation.
Since the site is largely-inaccessible, I can't comment on what it was linking to; this could be as-simple as with cases such as the pub landlady Sky tried to sue for using a EuroSat box and showing her customers matches from another EU country. That got kicked out as violating EU competition laws, which I sincerely hope far more pubs and clubs wanting to show sporting events exploit. Next time you're in a pub that shows Sky matches, ask how much they pay, you'll be shocked.
The UK has its own copyright laws, and letting this fall back to US law is just allowing someone to be persecuted with higher costs and the risk of a more serious sentence. Theresa May is, given the last 3-4 months screwups, the most incompetent Home Secretary the UK has ever had.
You have to wonder, is surrounding himself with blithering idiots the only way David Cameron escapes looking like an utter prat?
Brian McNeil
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