Comments on: Copyright “Strike” Systems Are Modern Witch Trials

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 16:56:00 +0000

I had an even worse experience than in the graph of this article. A year or so ago, after I acquired a new, legally purchased Nightwish album, I started uploading songs to YouTube. I put in a disclaimer that I didn’t own the content, and was merely supporting them (one of my favourite bands), and even cited copyright law that states and, under the conditions that the videos were posted, those posted videos fell under fair use and was perfectly fine. I received takedown notices immediately, and could NOT dispute them, and the videos were taken down. I tried reaching out to YouTube’s support team, and heard no word back. Absolutely no response, and no reasons were even given to me as to why the videos were removed without prior notice – e.g. they didn’t tell me they were going to take them down, they were just all down, all on the same day, overnight, with no warning and no way to dispute what had happened. I love YouTube, but that was complete and utter bullshit.

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By: Me

Me — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:03:00 +0000

An IP address is not a person. God try, Until the system can be accurate I’d prefer to take my chances for a witch trial using many of the various solutions to this problem already presented here. I guess the key is not to be the low hanging fruit.

By: Gene Poole

Gene Poole — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 06:56:00 +0000

was Freenet the one that needed IPv6 to work? I recall that being a bit of a gong show to get working and it kept dropping the connection.

By: Danny

Danny — Fri, 18 Jan 2013 04:38:00 +0000

We’re fucked. Just bend over boys…and don’t clinch up.

By: Scary_Devil_Monastery

Scary_Devil_Monastery — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:12:00 +0000

Perfect Dark uses a closed-source code which means security is partially by obscurity. Better use Stealthnet in that case, or FreeNET.

By: Gnurkel

Gnurkel — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 12:48:00 +0000

Erm, your argument would have been valid if witches were everywhere – not if theyre extinct!

By: DONTneedYOURmedia

DONTneedYOURmedia — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 16:09:00 +0000

This kind of draconian enforcement has made me shift my media consumption to more free streaming options of niche content rather than mainstream content. I’m watching less and less network television, fewer major motion pictures, and listening to almost no major label artists. I’ll buy the hell out of things directly from the creators though.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 15:56:00 +0000

I stopped reading when Buffy vs Edward was mentioned. -_-

By: Meier-Weiss von Nichts

Meier-Weiss von Nichts — Wed, 16 Jan 2013 13:47:00 +0000

I haven’t seen any witches lately. Obviously medevial witch trials can’t have been all that bad.