Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to trigger copyright filters

Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by minikites on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @10:21PM (#26085410)

>Documenting police activities with video is a good way to improve accountability.

The Rodney King beating was filmed 30 years ago, so evidently we need more than just documenting it. We need to elect people who will actually defund the police, because reform clearly doesn't work.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by zepto on Tuesday February 09, 2021 @11:15PM (#26085690)

You can’t seriously be suggesting that the ability to record video with cellphones that even the homeless now own and upload it to be viewed globally by millions in real-time has existed for 30 years.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by minikites on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @07:12AM (#26088170)

What's different now? Cops still aren't punished when they murder people, despite the prevalence of cell phones.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by zepto on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @11:22AM (#26091181)

You can’t seriously be suggesting that public opinion and awareness about police brutality hasn’t changed in the last 30 years.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by minikites on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @01:59PM (#26093286)

>public opinion and awareness about police brutality

>Merely being aghast at extrajudicial killings doesn’t stop them

I genuinely don't know what point you're trying to make.

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Re:Police playing music while being filmed, seemingly to tri... by zepto on Wednesday February 10, 2021 @04:43PM (#26095217)

You wrote:

> Copyright law is the real problem and not the extrajudicial murder of citizens by police?

I am pointing out why this is a false dichotomy.

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