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Originally Posted by gideongallery
it however does share one unique characteristic with both techology and format
all three are NOT content.
copyright grants exclusive right to control the distribution of content
the courts recognized that the act does not give them the right to use that exclusive right to grant someone else/themselves an exclusive right to something other than content (technology/format/location).
if the fact that location is not technology was enough to justify your position then the fact that format was not technology would have won in the diamond rio case.
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Format is technology. A hard drive that spins is a technology. A solid state hard drive is a different technology. Me standing in my house is a location. Me standing in my neighbor's house is a location. I didn't need to develop anything new in order to stand in my neighbor's house. I simply had to walk over there. They are the same thing, just in two different places.
Look, clearly we are two different mindsets so there is no use in going on with this so I will just submit. You win, you are right. Strip all copyright holders of all their rights. Force them to release on your schedule how you see fit any way you want it to happen. Shut down and destroy the film festival circuit. Force independent filmmakers to compete on the same level as the the major studios and see them get crushed.
The old saying is be careful what you wish for you just may get it.
If you get your way and independent film gets crushed and every movie and TV show is so full of blatant product placements that they become impossible to watch or songs become keyword stuffed or most movies made a simply junk to appease the masses of sheep that will eat what they are fed and we see the death of anything with any intellect because it no longer is profitable to make, don't say I didn't warn you.
And if you are correct and this new fair use creates billions in new revenue and millions of new jobs I will admit that I was wrong and stupid for thinking the way I do. But I have a feeling that day won't come.