Posted on 12/07/2022 9:49:31 AM PST by Red Badger
After “The Twitter Files” dropped and we were actually able to see the evidence of collusion between Twitter execs and the Biden administration to suppress reporting about Hunter Biden’s laptop, a whole bunch of journalists have been on a real crusade to delegitimize Matt Taibbi’s reporting and make Taibbi and Elon Musk look like the bad guys here, like they’re the ones who did something wrong.
One of those journalists is apparently James Surowiecki, author of “The Wisdom of Crowds” and kneejerk defender of Hunter Biden’s honor. Here’s what Surowiecki had to offer to the conversation surrounding the material that provided the New York Post with something to write about:
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James Surowiecki @JamesSurowiecki ·
Hunter Biden owns the copyright to his emails (and images). Abandoning the computer in the repair shop did not change that, nor did it give the repair-shop owner a right to the computer's data. So what was the legal justification for allowing the publication of the emails?
Certainly a newspaper could quote short snippets of the emails, and summarize their contents, under fair use. But how was the publication of Hunter's private photos, to which he owned legal right, and the reproduction of his emails not a plain copyright violation?
11:30 PM · Dec 6, 2022
Read the full conversation on Twitter
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BS
They have / had Trump and his kids under FISA surveillance.
The stuff they captured was eventually published.
And even that isn't even the most salient point -- that Sullivan easily overcomes this pleb's ridiculous knee-padding.
ok
lets have hunter sue for copyright infringement
Discovery would be entertaining......................
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Total Crap.
and there are more laptops and phones the Biden degenerates couldn’t track because that is what the little people have to do.
Watergate Tapes?
And how about characterizing the contents of the Texts, Emails, and dirty wire Transfers?
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Do ‘journalists’ give ‘the big guy’ a cut too? Of do they suck for free?
I’m no lawyer, but I don’t think evidence of illegal acts are covered by copyright laws.............
But tax returns are fine
You mean, like Trump’s leaked tax returns?
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Not to mention arguing Copyright is the Corrupt Biden family admitting to the authenticity of the crimes within.
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I’ve wondered if leaving the computer at the repair store was an attempt to have the computer destroyed without having to testify that he wiped it (like with a cloth?) himself. Did he expect that the store owner would wipe the computer, reinstall the OS and sell it? That way, Hunter could “truthfully” claim that he was just forgetful rather than trying to destroy evidence. It would be interesting to see if he even has email from a lawyer telling him that.
lets have hunter sue for copyright infringement
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Yeah, ... “Those images and texts REALLY ARE MINE!”
Hunter Biden owns the copyright to his emails (and images). Abandoning the computer in the repair shop did not change that, nor did it give the repair-shop owner a right to the computer’s data
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You ignorant urinalist shill, hunter signed a legal agreement with the repair guys shop.
Hunter abandoned the laptop.
It ceased being his property.
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you obviously don’t have the foggiest clue as to what constitutes copy write.
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having read enough about hunter, I’d bet he did not remember where he dropped off his pc. i.e. he was in a blackout.
This would clearly be “fair use” under copyright law and not a violation.
No the quote is correct. If I write a book and abandon the book somewhere, I only abandon the rights to that physical copy of the book, not my copyright to the contents. But in this situation, publishing the contents of certain e-mails which are newsworthy is considered “fair use” and not a violation of copyright laws.
Was publishing the Pentagon Papers a copywrite violation?
A key element in copyright law is to protect the financial interests of the owner.
These were not being sold nor were there requests for remuneration.
This was a fair use allowed under copyright laws.
Remember Palin’s emails?
“traditional news organizations such as The New York Times and The Washington Post used the Palin email dump as an experiment in new media techniques. They sought collaboration from readers and posted massive volumes of documents online before reporters even had a chance to read most of the papers.
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Tribune dispatched two journalists equipped with portable scanners to Juneau to pick up the thousands of Palin emails and begin digitizing them for online readers. Lauter said the first batch was posted on the Los Angeles Times website about 30 minutes after the documents were released Friday.
The New York Times, using a similar strategy, assigned a team to put all the documents online as soon as possible. It took 14 hours to post all of them.
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Technologically, the project seemed to succeed. Several outlets organized the files chronologically and made the documents searchable. The Associated Press made electronic scans available to members around the country.
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Steve Doig, a journalism professor at Arizona State University who specializes in computer-assisted reporting, said the crowdsourcing approach was clever - and one he hopes to see more of in the future.
“You don’t have to be a professional reporter to be able to recognize statements that might be newsworthy,” Doig said. “So, having lots and lots of eyeballs looking through it - whether it’s professional reporter or just somebody who’s looking for their own interest or amusement - you can more quickly find something newsworthy.”
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