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By: Jeff Power

Jeff Power — Sat, 05 Dec 2009 20:44:15 +0000

Max, I’ve looked on this sight and done some searching but I was wondering if you could either give a brief explanation of statutory rates or point me in the right direction.
If I follow what your saying then you don’t see any reason for someones right to privacy to but heads with someones copyrights.

By: max davis

max davis — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 15:14:18 +0000

SteveAK, Well I don’t see where I mentioned eliminating anything except the undermining of a Creator’s rights.

I know exactly what we want to implement and it has nothing to do with overkill like constant checks for infringement, DRM and other futile attempts at curbing piracy. We don’t even think that it is piracy so much as preferred methods of obtaining content.

To understand how smoothly and justly statutory rates are to society as a whole, you will first have to do your homework on what a statutory rate is. After that you and I may have a productive conversation. Until then…………..

By: SteveAK

SteveAK — Fri, 13 Nov 2009 00:20:52 +0000

Max, you’ve rather efficiently proved Justin’s point: when “an open internet for all legitimate use” and “creators maintaining all their rights” come into conflict, you want the second to prevail. Justin is saying that this is (rightly) inevitable. I find it hard to believe you would be in favor of eliminating so much of the value in the internet (eliminating private communications or forcing constant inspections, structuring all new technology around a system of constant checks for possible infringement). This leads me to think that you may not fully understand the implications of what you’re asking for!

By: max davis

max davis — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 23:44:03 +0000

Justin, it would be a matter of priorities…..”Effectively enforcing copyright on an open and free internet while preserving the inalienable rights of citizens is a very hard (perhaps even impossible) problem, a declaration I make based on my technical knowledge. As such I can only regard such claims with a highly skeptical “I’ll believe it when I see it”.
Rights of creators should prevail over “open Internet”. Besides, “open Internet” is a very broad term and its not “free” for the most part. In fact, the point of access, (ISPs) should have been the point of accountability for rights holders before people’s copyrighted works became considered a part of the “open Internet”.

By: Justin Olbrantz (Quantam)

Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:05:53 +0000

Oh, and on an unrelated note that I’ve been meaning to mention for some time, (part of) your color scheme is despicable. Gray text on white background = well-paid optometrist.

By: Justin Olbrantz (Quantam)

Justin Olbrantz (Quantam) — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 20:08:01 +0000

Not impressed by the things you quoted. As somebody in the engineering side of the computer industry, this sounds like just another “Let’s do both!” from a politician when asked which of two mutually exclusive but good options they advocate. Effectively enforcing copyright on an open and free internet while preserving the inalienable rights of citizens is a very hard (perhaps even impossible) problem, a declaration I make based on my technical knowledge. As such I can only regard such claims with a highly skeptical “I’ll believe it when I see it”.