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Re:Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Les... by anigbrowl on Thursday April 30, 2009 @01:13AM (#586434)
Deterrence is unlikely to have much effect (especially given the facts of this case) and if they lose, which I think they will despite my not being a lawyer, they will have shot themselves in the foot. So far they've picked on exactly the sort of people who could be bullied into a settlement. Lessig would love to make a test case out of this. the irony of picking on Lessig himself (as opposed to whoever mixed the muppets with Anime) is too rich for words.
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Re:Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Les... by mattmaroon on Thursday April 30, 2009 @03:16PM (#587298)
Has it occurred to you that Warner hires lots of very smart people who ARE IP lawyers? Perhaps people who are just as smart as you, with 1000x the legal experience, looked at the case and decided it was most likely winnable.

Of course not, they're not a tech company, no way they could have anyone intelligent working for them right?

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Re:Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Les... by josefresco on Friday May 01, 2009 @03:12PM (#588966)
In a much broader sense I have to disagree with your "tech people assume there are no smart people outside tech" argument.

An attack on a technology entity is perceived as an attack on all of us and what we believe in. Technologists believe in the machine, or the formula or the data and when they perceive an attack on this model based on greed it doesn't matter how smart the 'attacker' is. It has nothing to do with smart people or which side they're on, it has to do with the nature of true technologists.

Each case has it's own details that distinguishes it, but I think this sense of 'our thinking is superior' is what drives the reactions of tech (all) people. That stance still allows for smart people on the other side, they're just wrong or motivated by some external factor (greed).

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Re:Not Smart: Warner Music Issues DMCA Takedown On Larry Les... by pageman on Sunday May 03, 2009 @12:51PM (#590991)
hi matt, commented on your other post. From experience, the music labels would like us to believe they have a battery of lawyers who study this, sad to say - it's not the case, from BOTH sides of the fence.
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