You are an RIAA Nazi.
Where do the founders say they believed this restrictive copyright system was their intent? Only useful arts and sciences are subject to copyright.
I frankly don't believe Dancing with the Stars qualifies by that standard.
Copyright infringement is wrong. But, posting a 2-minute clip out of a 30-minute show like often goes on at You-Tube is clearly within fair use limits.
Wow, that's impressive. From dumb to Nazi in one post.
You have no idea what you're talking about.
You either obey laws, or you don't; the Founding Fathers are not the issue, copyright infringement is a law whether they would've approved or not. Like many, including speeding.
The organizations the RIAA represents often do not obey the law. That doesn't make it okay to circumvent copy protection and download material that was not legally uploaded in the first place.
Or are you only interested in the laws that you think make sense?
I loathe the RIAA. But I see a lot of Freepers here thinking that this sort of software is so great. I'll never put anything like this on my computer. If I want something, I'll either purchase it, or do without if I can't watch it on YouTube. I used to not be this paranoid until the SonyBMG rootkit, but it seems to me that an organization like the RIAA is going to eventually have a bead on who has this sort of software on their computers, and they're going to come after people who possess content they cannot prove they paid for. And I won't be caught up in that, that's for damned sure. But it's way more about not wanting to run afoul of the law than a mere CYA.
Feeling this way gets me labeled an RIAA Nazi.
Seek help, perhaps in time it will enable you to understand that you don't help matters by endorsing activities that they end up being on the right side of the law on.
Good work.
Any other insults you'd like to share?
Interesting post here, deserves a second reply. You said:
>Only useful arts and sciences are subject to copyright.
Useful as defined by who?
>I frankly don't believe Dancing with the Stars qualifies by that standard.
Your qualifications for making that determination? I guess you're not big on free enterprise. Someone's buying that crap, aren't they now. Employs a lot of people. The market has spoken, people watch reality television.
You don't think it qualifies. Good for you! I'm so glad you're here to render this judgment for the rest of us. The heck with entrepreneurs who are able to work within a free market to produce content that there's demand for.
>Copyright infringement is wrong.
When YOU believe it qualifies? And only then?
You want RIAA Nazis? Here's an example.
http://www.blogs.oregonlive.com/oregonian/newsupdates/default.asp?item=214112
Except it's not the RIAA, it's ASCAP. You want copyright laws changed? Vote for someone who'll do it. I'll join you, even though you've decided I'm not on your side because I feel it necessary to present a devil's advocate argument.
What party did Sonny Bono belong to again?
It's nice to know that there are so many Freepers who have decided that laws are for other people when they choose to define words like 'useful' for themselves, rather than obey the law. That sure wasn't what I thought this place was about.