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    • Wed Mar 12th 01:13 AM | Rating: 0 0
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      Can DivX’s Safe Harbor Protect It from Stage6 Pirates?

      We are losing sight of the important fact that the creation of sites like stage6 and youtube we're for the free spread of ideas, expression and audiovisual works. Not wide spread piracy and copyright infringement, it's even in the mission statement of stage6, "to create a high quality form to allow directors to show off and have there work commented on." We can count on UMG and big busness to always be there to try to turn a quick buck and we have to except that.

      The only way to fight fire is with fire, and to beat a much bigger opponent then you you'll need to use cunning, instead of refuting all charges under point you could work for a settle under the points the suet it built.

      The reason that major industrie doesn't go after individual offenders is its not cost effective. Why trap one or two offenders out of thousands when we can cut off trafficing source and temperarily stop many from putting up further pirated.

      But really there is more ways then one to limit despertion of such material, if they put forward a new inishitive to screen new content with a finer eye and increase the police and yes if the major companies want to point out specific content and chase the users god speed to them. By pooling the remaining resources into such an effect might be costly but it would give great leverage and might be worth more in the end.



      Also I have to say that feeding the problem by shouting to the world that I'm going to dl full movies and steal music isn't helping the cause. Reporting such things kinda seems like it be more helpful to everyone.

      Also take it from someone that knows us actors and artist do not get exorbent amounts of money. Firstly there is something like less then 3% of actors that ever hit the big time the rest of us barely have enough to eat. So yes the lead might get more moeny then they need but the rest of us on set are starving to death. For goodness sake that's what the huge writter's strike was about, so don't feed the problem but don't stand by the morons that think death of free expression is the best way to limit the problem!

      Excues me,

      This is currently a major issue right now and needs to be taken to highest court to have a proper judgment put down on it. If the bulk of this fight was being held here in Canada then the case would have made it to the supream court by now! Or atleast a case similar to it that would allow some finality to these struggles.

      Some new laws need passing, wether posted videos on stage6 and the other major video posting sites is in the domain of freedom of speech and wether it is consitutionaly binding. Under what condition a posting site can operate to an effective degree without being abusively attacked for violators.

      As for stage6's perdiciment they could have tryed a united front with some of the more respectable hosting sites like youtube etc. Then gone public and used the weight of the media, and current popularity to put the pressure back down into there opponent's court. Political talk shows, (daily show,cobar report etc) major news print and other forms of mass media to not just gain awereness but to win the masses. The back tension from being a hot issue would then force political hand and something would need to be done, this way its not one small independent company fighting an industry, its a nation fighting an industry,

      Sometimes hard things think so simple,
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