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“The internet is completely over” – Prince

post #1 of 35
7/8/10 at 11:57am
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I would get anything you need done online wrapped up soon...apparently the interwebz is over...


http://www.geektown.ca/2010/07/the-i...er-prince.html
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post #2 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:13pm
Seriously, Prince is insane. I'm not making any jokes or anything; he's insane.
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post #3 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:44pm
His rationale is founded I guess, but his reasons for not liking the net aren't a reaosn for it to be "over"
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post #4 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:44pm
What if he's rig
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post #5 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:48pm
Dude, I'm not listening to him again. Not after he got me all into the Y2K hysteria. Fooled me once, Prince, not gonna fool me again!
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post #6 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:50pm
I'm pretty sure the internet doesn't exist. I hear about it all the time, but I can't find it anywhere.
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post #7 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:52pm
I agree that You Tube and other sites should block copyrighted material that wasn't posted with the owners permission. But I doubt many others agree with me or whatshisname.
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post #8 of 35
7/8/10 at 12:56pm
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Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy View Post
I agree that You Tube and other sites should block copyrighted material that wasn't posted with the owners permission. But I doubt many others agree with me or whatshisname.
Well, the logic of Prince's argument there sort of falls flat because it ignores the realities of incentives of users. YouTube relies on its users to flag inappropriate material because it lacks the manpower to police/moderate every submission on its own. This is a reasonable argument, IMO, but regardless, let's accept for the moment that that's how YouTube's content policing system operates. Now, users will happily flag porn as inappropriate when they see it. But most users don't understand and/or don't give a flying fuck about copyrights and trademarks. So they don't flag the copyrighted material. Hence, it becomes more prevalent than porn. To complicate the matter even further, some media companies have signed deals with YouTube and are willfully sharing their stuff on the site. This contributes to the idea in the minds of common YouTube viewers that copyrighted material on YouTube is "fair game" (whether true or not). So these users aren't going to take the time to distinguish between unlicensed and licensed copyrighted content on YouTube. They're not fucking IP lawyers, after all.
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post #9 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:01pm
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Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard View Post
They're not fucking IP lawyers, after all.

Well, not all of them, but the ones that are should be doing their part.
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post #10 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:04pm
I miss the snap crackle & pop of vinyl
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post #11 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:06pm
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Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard View Post
They're not fucking IP lawyers, after all.

In any other area, if I wrongfully use the copyrights of others, I am liable. I don't think the web should be any different. I realize my position runs counter to mainstream practices.
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post #12 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:06pm
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Well, not all of them, but the ones that are should be doing their part.
Agreed, but there aren't enough of them to stem the flow. I will be totally honest in that I only half-sympathize with Google and YouTube on this argument. On one hand, sure, it's impossible for them to police everything. Fine. On the other hand, they clearly set the lawless tone for the submission process back when the site started. So they've created their own monster.
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In any other area, if I wrongfully use the copyrights of others, I am liable. I don't think the web should be any different. I realize my position runs counter to mainstream practices.
You're misunderstanding me here. I'm not condoning copyright violations. Rather, I'm explaining the essence of the safe harbor argument that YouTube is using under the aegis of the DMCA. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital..._Copyright_Act Like I said, I'm only 50/50 on how I feel about internet safe harbor as an explanation for, and defense against, accusations of copyright violations by content aggregators. At the end of the day, YouTube is selling advertising against its content, and some of that content is violated copyrighted material. Safe harbor or no safe harbor, YouTube could be doing a much better job and has an ethical responsibility to do so.
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post #13 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:09pm
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Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard View Post
Dude, I'm not listening to him again.

Too bad. I think he put on the all time best Superbowl halftime show. He was smoking out there- singing, dancing and playing guitar, a la Hendrix, in the f*&k'n rain. What a showman!
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post #14 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:11pm
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Too bad. I think he put on the all time best Superbowl halftime show. He was smoking out there- singing, dancing and playing guitar, a la Hendrix, in the f*&k'n rain. What a showman!

It was a "1999" joke...
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post #15 of 35
7/8/10 at 1:31pm
This is probably an allusion to the Internet Kill Switch for national security that some ppl in Congress want.

Perhaps they are going to vest control and power of the Internet Kill Switch in the artist formerly known as Prince.

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