“The internet is completely over” – Prince

[Chargersfan]

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

 

[Teacher]

Seriously, Prince is insane. I'm not making any jokes or anything; he's insane.

 

[Blackhood]

His rationale is founded I guess, but his reasons for not liking the net aren't a reaosn for it to be "over"

 

[gdl203]

What if he's rig

 

[Don Carlos]

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!

 

[celery]

I'm pretty sure the internet doesn't exist. I hear about it all the time, but I can't find it anywhere.

 

[Gus]

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.

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

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 Appreciation as inappropriate when they see it. But most users don't understand and/or don't give a flying **** about copyrights and trademarks. So they don't flag the copyrighted material. Hence, it becomes more prevalent than Appreciation. 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 ******* IP lawyers, after all.

 

[CunningSmeagol]

Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard

They're not ******* IP lawyers, after all.

Well, not all of them, but the ones that are should be doing their part.

 

[bigbris1]

I miss the snap crackle & pop of vinyl

 

[Gus]

Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard

They're not ******* 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.

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by CunningSmeagol

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.

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

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.

 

[Gus]

Originally Posted by Arrogant Bastard

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!

 

[Don Carlos]

Originally Posted by pocketsquareguy

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...

 

[crazyquik]

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.