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U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by anonymousab »

542458 wrote: post #11

I'm a bit confused as to how this even solves anything to do with piracy even if you take the RIAA's side. Youtube et al already have incredibly aggressive copyright filters. I can't actually think of a major media platform that is based in the US sphere of influence that lacks those filters. At best this sounds like reinventing what already exists, but with more bureaucracy. I'm also confused as to how anybody expec…

> that respects fair use

The expectation is that fair use, if considered at all, is almost wholly up to rightsholders. Ideally (as is the case on platforms like YouTube) you allow this control to take place well before any legal mechanisms come into play, such that there is no legal recourse.

Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by akomtu »

bitwize wrote: post #10
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #5

I don't pirate music, I don't pirate games, I don't pirate software, I don't pirate anything but TV and movies and the reason is simple: piracy is a service problem for me. I know where to get music/games/software, I have no idea where to get the movies and TV I want to watch, they're spread over 20 different services, 90% of which are not available in my country and the ones that are don't have that specific content…

You are not entitled to any movies or television shows at any quality at all because it's not your IP. If someone wants to shoot a movie and then lock it in a vault, never to be seen by anyone, Prince-style, that is their right. If they want to change it to remove and permanently memory-hole offensive elements, that is their right. If they want to release it only in certain formats, up to and including theatrical-onl…

This "violation of the law" is similar to speeding on a deserted highway: the law was broken, but no harm was done to anyone and there is no way to even check if the law was broken.

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Post by dessant »

sschueller wrote: post #7

What sucks is how the US will pressure the rest of the world to also implement this garbage. https://www.swissinfo.ch/eng/downloading-and-uploading_what-... I am going to cancel my Netflix and start pirating because am not going to pay more than Germans for netflix and get an even smaller catalog than they get. Germany already pays more than the US for a much smaller catalog. We just get take to the cleaner just beca…

But who will even need Better Call Saul when you'll be able to watch local exclusives, like Swiss Prince.

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Post by ianbutler »

bitwize wrote: post #10
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #5

I don't pirate music, I don't pirate games, I don't pirate software, I don't pirate anything but TV and movies and the reason is simple: piracy is a service problem for me. I know where to get music/games/software, I have no idea where to get the movies and TV I want to watch, they're spread over 20 different services, 90% of which are not available in my country and the ones that are don't have that specific content…

You are not entitled to any movies or television shows at any quality at all because it's not your IP. If someone wants to shoot a movie and then lock it in a vault, never to be seen by anyone, Prince-style, that is their right. If they want to change it to remove and permanently memory-hole offensive elements, that is their right. If they want to release it only in certain formats, up to and including theatrical-onl…

> Anything else is a violation of the law.

Oh no! Good luck enforcing that, it's worked out stellar so far.

Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by rhn_mk1 »

bitwize wrote: post #10
uo21tp5hoyg wrote: post #5

I don't pirate music, I don't pirate games, I don't pirate software, I don't pirate anything but TV and movies and the reason is simple: piracy is a service problem for me. I know where to get music/games/software, I have no idea where to get the movies and TV I want to watch, they're spread over 20 different services, 90% of which are not available in my country and the ones that are don't have that specific content…

You are not entitled to any movies or television shows at any quality at all because it's not your IP. If someone wants to shoot a movie and then lock it in a vault, never to be seen by anyone, Prince-style, that is their right. If they want to change it to remove and permanently memory-hole offensive elements, that is their right. If they want to release it only in certain formats, up to and including theatrical-onl…

Well I don't like the law. Should we keep it just because it's the law? That'd be committing the is-ought fallacy: https://www.txstate.edu/philosophy/resources/fallacy-definit...

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Post by excalibur »

mikestew wrote: post #3

Among other things, the senators stress that all government-imposed protection tools and takedown measures will go through a consultation process, where all stakeholders and the public are allowed to have their say. If history is any indicator, the public can have their say, but that won't be who the government is listening to. That, or it will be the clusterfuck that was the FCC's public comment period on net neutra…

> If history is any indicator, the public can have their say, but that won't be who the government is listening to.

The government officials selling political favors and the company executives buying them are the ones we should be putting in prison here.

Re: U.S. Senators Introduce SMART Copyright Act to Combat Piracy

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Post by ianbutler »

This is gross, it's clearly stacked by the middle men and otherwise rent seekers that generally own the rights and will cause issues for literally everyone else. No doubt this is not actually about getting value for the artists, more like the RIAA and co.

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Post by alexfromapex »

Why won’t government officials and corporations acknowledge there are some issues with digital supply chains and mediums for consuming content? Instead they want to strong-arm consumers into consuming content the way corporations want them to. I wonder if lobbying is at play here.
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