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It does. APRA have asked for a clause to be inserted that would make the complainant the sole judge of whether your defence was viable or not if someone accused of infringement disputes the claim. In other words, they want to be both the prosecution and the judge.
so you would like to see a court level on it for further disputed claims?
personally I'd like that option only available at the request of the defendant. i'd hate to see this stuff dealt with in a court of law as a matter of practice. that really would make the kids criminals with criminal records. I'd personally like to duck out gracefully if nabbed grabbing a pre release copy of dexter series 4.What's the situation if you get disconnected from a telecom landline for misuse. can you take that to court, privately sue?
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from the comments on the bats 4 songs ep
The Bats are happy to receive payment for downloads. It cost them money to record these songs let alone write rehearse and perform them.
Please put food on the bands tables and give them a roof to sleep under.seems the artists aren't that happy with people taking their stuff without contribution
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Is that actually the case that they are a collection of individuals?
its the spiel they give at their recruiting drives before they test your thetan levels, and tell you how much money you're going to make from airplays in finland. it might well be lies.
My understanding is also that voting power in APRA is proportional to the member's income, with one extra vote per $500 in income.
I've not heard that before. where in your linked source does it say that? in that case I'd like to purchase 1/10th of a vote please.
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But the solution with that guy is clearly to just ask him to take it down, as per his offer on the page.
yes he does say contact him and he'll do that but there's the full recently released toy love set up there, and recent chris knox, david kilgours recent albums,
they have a lame disclaimer about these are for listening purposes only and you should buy it but isn't that for the band to arrange.
but really that whole disclaimer is like saying if you object to us taking the produce out of your garden without asking and giving it to people just tell us. its your job to stop us doing it.What I'd like to see is these people contacting the artists and asking permission. Its not hard to do, a simple email etc if your internet hasn't been disconnected already for downloading pirate material.... (too soon?)
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I honestly wasn't "attempting" to do anything, and I didn't understand why you took offence.
I didn't take offense, I just wanted to know who you were talking about. it wasn't obvious, but to be fair it may have been late when you wrote the comments as you did leave ant out of your line up panel listing.
To be honest I was hoping you were saying the discussion got heated, maybe a bit of fist fighting as that would make good tv, but it was pretty calm, and unexplainedly tired and grumpy on ants part. for someone who represents entertainers he wasn't very entertaining. -
Again, if you really wish you can take a parking fine to court. Not the case with Section 92A, and that's what people object to.
well it won't do any good unless you can prove you're innocent.
ie guilty upon accusation.doesn't part of the proposed code of practice make provision for dispute, but that would require some sort of proof. ie people were using my wireless connection without my knowledge but I've turned on the password protection now so it should have stopped. Simply saying I didn't do won't help though.
There should be some sort of onus of proof of method from the acusing end too though. ie how did they come to the conclusion that you were downloading a box set of jazz tv programs etc. -
The gulf between the warring parties actually does worry me sometimes.
so I finally got to see the show when it got put up for podcast download. I don't know why Russell wouldn't illuminate his comment more. I can only assume it was a sly attempt to drive viewers to the show by not answering my question on the above.
I didn't really see evidence of warring.
Ant didn't come across very well at all. he seemed tired and moody, and pissed off that people kept getting his and apra's position wrong, regularly reminding people apra was not representing the recording industry as such. Its also worth noting that they are supposed to be a non profit orginisation that exists to represent their members, ie a collection of individuals.Bronwyn after saying the code was pretty reasonable and pointing out the bits she thought were good and fair went on to get bogged down in doom speak, and Pat looked much more like a mouth piece for the interests of internet service providers, specifically his boss telecom. He definitely does not come across as impartial any more.
hearing more about the code of practice makes me think how impotent 92a is. How laws are implemented and monitored is the key thing.ie Thou shalt not speed is the law. People sill do it, red light cameras and strategically placed cops is how its implemented.
If you know these things then some people can still speed in places around the hot spot areas.
If you get snapped on a camera and can't prove it wasn't you at the wheel, you're guilty upon accusation. burden of proof is on you to disprove the circumstantial evidence. simply saying it wasn't me without illustrating and proving why it wasn't you isn't enough.same with parking fines. "Not me" won't get you off it if its your car. a long letter of bullshit might.
Same with some other key services too.
if you are accused of illegal activity on your home phone (prank or abusive calls, wrongful 111's etc) and can't prove it wasn't you you're liable for what happens on said phone.If you misuse Trade me and break their rules of use your account is removed, guilty upon accusation. disconnected without trial.
and now the same with internet services, a mode of operating that has precedence in other fields, but really the code doesn't seem that scary at all.
Only one notice a month and you get three so that's 3 months of hassle free downloads from first notice only if they catch you doing something wrong. I can get a lot of pirating done in that time and once I'm done with it on one isp can I just move to the next?
The catching thing hasn't been illuminated very well. How are they going to catch anyone, especially with music and its predominantly small file sizes.
Take own notices for websites like this?
Fans who show their love in mildly offensive ways which freely allows people to take stuff that they can get from predominantly indie musicians (most of the Bats catalogue, terminals and renderers who I know are not pleased with their stuff being just taken when they've gone to the bother of making recordings available legitimately)?
That's not going to be much help unless these sites are nz based and they're not.I was hoping for more of an explosion. that's more of a wet fire cracker, and not even one of the good big ones.
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sorry, Rob, this one is bound to rile you
not a problem mate, thanks for thinking of my feelings :)
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The Christian Bale Flip Out According to the Other Guy
not that PA is woman's weekly or anything. -
The 2004 remake of Dawn was far superior to his 1978 version, including in acting (which isn't saying very much).
while I enjoyed the remake, the original has to be taken in context of the time it was produced.
it was very shocking for its time, ground breaking.
it also had a sense of threat about it, one that isn't in the remake, and is no longer in the original either, but at the time it was a genuinely scary ride.
I like both movies but I like the memory of the original better. The music is somewhat cheesey and the acting looks pretty bad now too. A recent revisit to the evil dead produced similar reactions. I remember seeing the movie on release in theatres and getting serious bad vibes off the opening steadycam shots, now, not so much. definite kudos for their innovation at the time.dawn of the dead remake doesn't have that advantage though.