James asks…
Have pirates driven copyright law into insanity?
I pay for my music, movies, and software.
My 7 year old daughter has started making “movies” by recording herself playing with her dolls, who serve as the “actors”. She also loves music, so there’s typically songs playing randomly in the background. Sometimes she sings along, which is ADORABLE. I wanted to share these with my family, so I put them on YouTube. YouTube immediately removed them for copyright infringement. WTF? I mean COME ON! Really?
My theory is that copyright laws have been driven to the point of insanity because of all the piracy where jerkwads are downloading stuff from Bit Torrent and Frostwire. Were it not for all this crime, I would probably be able to put my daughter’s movies on YouTube. People could be reasonable, and see that I am not impairing artists’ abilities to profit from their work.
Bit Torrent could have a good reputation. It’s often the fastest way to download legitimate stuff, like Linux CD’s. But nooooo… Now my ISP cuts me off if I use Bit Torrent.
You pirates can SUCK IT. You’re ruining the Internet for the rest of us.
What do you think? Do you think all this craziness would still be happening if it weren’t for rampant copyright crime?
Nagesh answers:
That’s very over-zealous by YouTube. It’s a pity but I think you’re right in your reasoning.
The RIAA are asking for and getting huge claims against people infringe their copyrights and piracy – or lets be straight about this, theft, is a big problem for them. When Google bought YouTube they realized what was going to happen and reportedly set aside $200m to cover their liability – http://www.marketingvox.com/gootube_200mm_set_aside_for_legal_threats-023085/
In 2007 Viacom sued YouTube for $1 billion. In July 2010, the ruling was that YouTube couldn’t possibly monitor all the vidoes and was hailed as a victory for free speech – http://www.aclu-wa.org/blog/viacom-v-youtube-how-district-court-saved-free-speech-internet. What wasn’t so well publicized was the fact that Youtube had to give Viacom access to their server logs – which contain the IP addresses of everyone who’s used the service.
Which is interesting, because now the pricinciple has been established it’s possible for the courts to rule that Limewire logs should also be turned over – and I bet the RIAA would love to get their hands on those.
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“a lot of the “pirates” actually use bit torrent as a try before you buy” – bollocks.
Every day there are hundreds, maybe thousands, of posts just on Yahoo Answers from people wanting to either steal stuff, hack into or out of something or something else they shouldn’t be doing.
Maria asks…
If I sync my zune to another computer, is it gonna erase all my stuff?
my hard drive just fry a couple days ago, so is all the songs, movies, pictures.. and i have to buy a new drive
but if i sync my zune to the new drive, is it going to recognize it as a new computer? in other words, is it going to erase all my old movies/ songs/ pictures originally on my zune?
Nagesh answers:
I don’t think so. Just download the Zune software for your new drive, and make sure when you connect, it’s under “Guest Sync”.
Call Zune Support if you’re worried.
Betty asks…
What is the copyright free content downloading website?
Hi. A few days ago I read somewhere that there is a website that has movies/songs etc for free downloading and they are not copyrighted. I forgot the name of the website. I think there was the word ‘nation’ in it, but I am not sure. Does anyone know about it? Thanks.
Nagesh answers:
Are you talking about National Jukebox, the Library of Congress’s growing collection of old sound recordings?
Mary asks…
Can I download a movie on DVD on my computer and burn it to a DVD?
I have a collection of old DVD movies and I wish to make copies. Can I do that on my computer?
I have WMP, and Microsoft XP, if that helps.
These are not DVDs from a video store. These are my personal movies that I want to make a copy for someone else.
Nagesh answers:
Go to: http://top3moviesreviews.com/dvdcopyburnconvert.htm
Download one and enjoy it, please.
It supports:
Make flawless copies of your DVDs/CDs
Create copies of your favorite movies
Create portable archives of your songs
Easy step by step guides
Backup and store your valuable data
Free Movie Downloads
Play on you computer DVD Player and More!
Robert asks…
How do I stop my old songs from going away when syncing to a new iTunes library?
Hey, for some reason my iPod is no longer compatible with my old laptop, so I was considering syncing it to my new laptop. This new laptop has a movie on it already, so I’m worried I’ll either lose the movie or lose my songs. How can I prevent both of these things from happening?
Nagesh answers:
Hello,
The only way is to get the songs from iPod to iTunes. Here is how you can do it:
To copy the songs from your iPod to iTunes, first you will have to copy them to your computer. From there you can copy them anywhere (iTunes). For copying songs from your iPod you will need a program called iDump – it is small and free and works great. IDump will let you download the songs from your iPod to your computer.
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