Comments on: WALL-E: interstellar copyright scofflaw http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 10:14:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 By: pillows http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755886 pillows Thu, 03 Jul 2008 08:29:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755886 when wall-e looks in the sky he sees freedom!!! FREEDOM AT LAST!!!! he cant go to jail he'll just open it up again with that laser thingy of his. CASE CLOSED !! TOUCH DOWN !! GOAL !! BATMAN WINS !! SCORE !! !!!! WALL-E IS FREE !!!! when wall-e looks in the sky he sees freedom!!! FREEDOM AT LAST!!!!
he cant go to jail he’ll just open it up again with that laser thingy of his.

CASE CLOSED !!
TOUCH DOWN !!
GOAL !!
BATMAN WINS !!
SCORE !!

!!!! WALL-E IS FREE !!!!

]]> By: Peter http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755835 Peter Thu, 03 Jul 2008 07:07:18 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755835 #Cory well it doesn't change the fact that a movie studio in 2008 displays what most of us do anyways as something that is OK - while they in courts wants grandmothers and little children to pay huge fines for file sharing. #Cory

well it doesn’t change the fact that a movie studio in 2008 displays what most of us do anyways as something that is OK - while they in courts wants grandmothers and little children to pay huge fines for file sharing.

]]> By: Cory http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755715 Cory Thu, 03 Jul 2008 04:17:32 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755715 For christ sake its a children's movie. If Iron man was ripping songs off into his suit thingy it would be one thing, but its wall e. A robot 700 hundred years into the future! However, notice that in this fictional future that everything!!! is owned and or created by a major company! Wall e is part of this company so fair use is assumed... right? For christ sake its a children’s movie. If Iron man was ripping songs off into his suit thingy it would be one thing, but its wall e. A robot 700 hundred years into the future! However, notice that in this fictional future that everything!!! is owned and or created by a major company! Wall e is part of this company so fair use is assumed… right?

]]> By: Jonathan Dursi http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755433 Jonathan Dursi Wed, 02 Jul 2008 21:13:35 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755433 <i>After 700 years the copyrights [have expired]</i> See, that's the thing, no. The Macrovision DRM on the tape means that under C61 it remains illegal to make the copy because you're bypassing a copy protection scheme, <b>regardless of whether or not the copyright has expired</b> After 700 years the copyrights [have expired]

See, that’s the thing, no. The Macrovision DRM on the tape means that under C61 it remains illegal to make the copy because you’re bypassing a copy protection scheme, regardless of whether or not the copyright has expired

]]> By: MacroNaught http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755328 MacroNaught Wed, 02 Jul 2008 19:32:30 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755328 Yeah, well I work at Macrovision, and Wall-E is going to jail! ;) Yeah, well I work at Macrovision, and Wall-E is going to jail! ;)

]]> By: Devin Coldewey http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755296 Devin Coldewey Wed, 02 Jul 2008 18:20:49 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755296 You're assuming copyright law doesn't get even worse! Think about it... And yeah this is why i only skim BB these days. Every other story is like this one.. but I like WALL-E so this one gets a go. :) You’re assuming copyright law doesn’t get even worse! Think about it…

And yeah this is why i only skim BB these days. Every other story is like this one.. but I like WALL-E so this one gets a go. :)

]]> By: yoshi http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/07/02/wall-e-interstellar-copyright-scofflaw/#comment-755267 yoshi Wed, 02 Jul 2008 17:42:02 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=29157#comment-755267 Yea whatever...this is why I don't read boing boing anymore. After 700 years the copyrights who have been expired since there is no one on earth to keep extending them. And Wall*E only uses snippets so one can say it falls under fair-use. Yea whatever…this is why I don’t read boing boing anymore.

After 700 years the copyrights who have been expired since there is no one on earth to keep extending them. And Wall*E only uses snippets so one can say it falls under fair-use.

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