Yep...after a while one just shrugs and realises that clown world is like "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!" and there's no point keeping up with it anymore, as ones barrel of daphuqs got emptied a long time ago and that scraping sound you hear is the bottoms of barrels wearing away to the ground underneath.
Onion and babylon bee I find just about approximate the real news anyway.
One can play a game with this nonsense. Google- sorry....my bad... anything but google- duck, bing, yandex, "XXXXXXXXX is racist" and see if you can find a news story or some hard left loon/academic/creature claiming X is.
"THE SKY IS RACIST". etc. Being not racist is racist. Walking is racist. Paper is racist. The andromeda galaxy is racist. blah blah blah....never ends folks.
Just had to go and see what they reomoved. So....NYT. Had Twatter remove a picture. Of Trump. With words on it.
I must be a dummy as I wasnt aware one could claim copyright on a picture of someone that isn't you and letters from a language called english arranged into a certain order called words. Its crazy enough that you can trademark words in a certain order. (eg 'just do it')
All potus needs to do is repost the same image (unless the NYT actually took the photo of trump in that pose, with one of their photographers, for use exclusively by their toilet paper) put a different font on it, voila.
The meme creator claims original content, over the original person in the meme, which should have all rights to any posted content, by any creator. holy special olympic mental gymnastics, Twitter.
They claim copyright over Trump himself for his own freakin' photo? Fake News NYT copies and quotes others' crap all the time and so copyright is their excuse?
DMCA is the most abused piece of law. Anyone can claim copyright infringement on anything. You don’t have to prove it, you don’t get a day in court. The piece in question gets immediately removed because the host must comply. If the claim is fought (at the expense of the defendant), and it is found to be false, no damages are granted.
It has been weaponized for quite some time, Just look at YouTube.
DMCA reform needs to be on Trump’s platform. Free expression and free speech.
Property rights are a human right, and defense of that property is an extension of property rights. Violence against another when not in defense of your own, or somebody else's property, is not a right.
I bet November will be crazy again. Remember all the cucks crying on university campuses across the country after Trump won in 2016? They needed therapy dogs and coloring books.
And then that commie Castro died on the most capitalist day of the year, Black Friday. It was a great month.
The comments on the post are gold. People complaining about Russia putting bounties on US soldiers while Trump sleeps. Which is it, Trump’s Putin’s puppet, or Russia hates Trump and the US? Is he working for or against him? I can’t keep up.
In the leftist clown world, both are true. They think Trump is so evil that he’s bought and paid for by Putin and would allow Russia to kill American troops and even cover up the evidence.
John Miller, not Jon Miller. Pretty sure it was a joke. John Miller is a pseudonym that Trump has used in the past... he was suggesting that Trump's alter ego was responsible for the copyright claim, since they're the same person (and it was a photo of Trump).
No, unless there was a "work for hire" contract, the photographer has ownership. And they are supposed to have a signed release from Trump, but maybe not since he is a public figure.
But it is crappy of them to not allow the subject to have some use of the photo.
Nah the truth is far more sinister. Citizens will do this of their own accord because they think it rewards them with some type of salvation. It's a religion. An evil one.
It's not a "man on the street" photo. Trump obviously would have scheduled a shoot with that photographer and that would include giving him the right to use the photograph. I can't imagine that not being in any contract before he would allow it.
Or he could have been hired by the producers of the television show and they're the ones that retained the rights to all the photography. It makes more sense to me that the shit birds from NBC would file a copyright claim rather than the photographer.
It's a Copyright claim and valid. The NYT reported Trump and owns the image. This wasn't Twitter removing Trumps tweet - This was Twitter complying with the Law.
It's not intentionally false. The NYT reported Trump and they own the image:
They would remove it if the NYT filed a claim against your post since they own the image.
Yeah, see I have a Bernie bro pal at work. Good guy, likes to appear nice. I remember when he 'announced' how far ahead Biden is now. You'd think he was reporting the opposite. Even though its good news for his side he can't believe it. (he actually ahtes establishment, so i want to ween him over to jojo.)
But yeah the Dems are trying to say how they have this in the bag but all these extra actions just don't suggest that's true.
They're not scared. They're just slowly rolling out a corporate Marxist dystopia where any criticism of the Uniparty is not allowed. This happened because they think they can get away with it.
Has nothing to do with being scared. The sooner conservatives realize this, the sooner we can learn that we need to start hitting back.
Exactly. They're emboldened by the lack of response. And these blatant acts of election meddling will escalate until someone pushes back. Or until it's too late to push back.
That would be doing what they want!
Trump knows what's up and will trigger and redpill into their faces and not in some bunker basement preaching to the choir..
I'm not sure it's sovereign immunity, but I think exclusive jurisdiction falls to the court of Federal Claims. Anybody back me up on that or have other info?
I think Jack Dorsey and that living embodiment of an automated e-mail response he calls twitters global lead for legal, policy Vijaya Gadde, both need to be dicked down by Tim Pool again.
The pyrrhic victory would be that Twitter would "win" but it would hurt themselves perhaps more than the victory was worth.
It was just a reply to GorboTheGreat2 and him saying Twitter would win if Trump left.
We don't need to change the law to handle Youtube, Alphabet is a monopoly and is abusing that monopoly, we already have anti-trust laws for that. As for Twitter, it is a true cancer however, they are engaging in clear election meddling and that needs to stop.
They are not winning the culture war, they are winning the media war. It caused Trump to be elected in the first place. Don't be mistaken, the bullshit you see on twitter and Reddit do not reflect reality.
At least you read it. I only read your first words speaking like a loser with your excuses about asking for a civil war you don't want to be the front of
Twitter and the like are going to learn the hard way once they are regulated into oblivion. Going the way of AOL. Facebook tried to play it right, but the mob can't be denied. (Yes facebook is shit)
HA! Twitter is acting way too early. Like every child/adult of a juvenile mindset they have no patience. Trump has several months to "recover" from the loss of Twitter (aka the obsolescence of Twitter). They're hanging themselves in the ecstasy of their own righteousness. Good riddance.
This is what our screwed up copyright law has always been leading to. It was conceived to be used as a shield, to protect against others profiting off of your own creative work. It is being used as a sword, to censor and oppress anyone with an innovative mind.
Monopolies smash down content creators or cover their content with ads. Companies spam copyright flags with no repercussions. "Fair use" is a nebulous term that is considered on a case-by-case basis, effectively weighting the law towards monopolies and away from creative content creators.
Once, copyright/patent law was intended to protect creators for a time, and then to expire to encourage further ingenuity and to promote the natural growth of American culture. Today, copyright "protection" has grown to extend for lifetimes, creating invulnerable super-monopolies, stagnating our cultural development, and hindering our scientific progress.
It is another part of the system that needs an overhaul.
The system could definitely be better but if a photographer takes a photograph they should be allowed to control the distribution of that photograph.
In the case of this photograph the NYTs owns the photograph and so were justified in having it removed even if it was childish on their part to do so. Considering Trumps well deserved attacks on them I can't blame them for doing it in their constant war against him.
The problem on Twitter, Youtube etc with respect to Copyright is the fact these entities can be held responsible for damages if they do not comply with a Copyright claim - I agree that the copyrighting has been weaponized by many companies, even ones that do not own the works as a way to exploit these systems but there isn't an easy solution unfortunately with the way the laws are currently written.
See, I agree with the general idea than an artist would be able to control the distribution of his art. But I think it is absurd someone can claim there is a copyright issue if I upload a picture of myself (taken by someone else) to the internet.
I reject the notion that someone can "own" my image. If it's a painted picture, sure, I can see that being more legitimate. It's something the artist actually created. The artist here did not create Trump's image, he simply took a picture.
Regardless of the medium, a system with a reasonable copyright law should apply Fair Use here. It cannot be reasonably argued that the photographer/artist is being negatively affected by a post like this at all. Why should it be the artist's business if his person is not being misrepresented and his profits are not being affected? Art MUST be shared to facilitate the evolution of culture, and strict copyright law like this effectively censors society.
I don't disagree with anything you said but the law as it stands today favors the copyright holder and whether we agree or like it or not in this case (It goes both ways too) Twitter's policy of removing first and having the ability for someone to contest a claim after the fact is their best option of staying in the clear.
I don't side with Twitter on much, if anything but I can't fault them for removing that image on liability grounds even if he is president and its fair use etc. Perhaps his team is contesting it and they'll be forced to restore it, in this case it is possible it is not political.
Yet they allow a bunch of memes replying to it but with different text. That is proof enough the image is fair use, and twitter is discriminating against the President. Fuck them. The FCC needs to seize them and shut them down.
Here's what I'd do: have accounts on both Twitter and Parler but I would always post a little earlier on Parler, just enough that every news group and interested individual would feel compelled to make an account rather than wait for the slower Tweet to follow.
I hope Jack Dorsey hangs in front of America
Hijacking to post original photo: https://i.maga.host/HMtmjS1.jpg
If this is what he posted what excuse does Twitter now have to remove it?
That is prohibited by 18 U.S.C. § 641. https://www.justice.gov/archives/jm/criminal-resource-manual-1663-protection-government-property-protection-public-records-and
Even if it was legally "copyrighted" by someone, does the creator seem like someone that would object to GEOTUS reposting it?
nearing???? WE hit peak clown over a year ago...we are in alternate Onion Babylon Bee reality now ...with a healthy splash of full retard
I think they added an extra splash of retard in there. Some of the shit going on right now is beyond Onion and Babylon Bee.
Yeah, those almost arent even satire anymore. It's like the left uses them for a script.
Speaking of going full retard, has the left crucified "Tropic Thunder" yet?
Im sure they tried.
for some reason i find it extra satisfying that “full retard” was from RDJ in blackface
Yep...after a while one just shrugs and realises that clown world is like "TO INFINITY AND BEYOND!" and there's no point keeping up with it anymore, as ones barrel of daphuqs got emptied a long time ago and that scraping sound you hear is the bottoms of barrels wearing away to the ground underneath.
Onion and babylon bee I find just about approximate the real news anyway.
Infinite shark jumping. Sofa hopping. SNAFU, FUBAR.
One can play a game with this nonsense. Google- sorry....my bad... anything but google- duck, bing, yandex, "XXXXXXXXX is racist" and see if you can find a news story or some hard left loon/academic/creature claiming X is.
"THE SKY IS RACIST". etc. Being not racist is racist. Walking is racist. Paper is racist. The andromeda galaxy is racist. blah blah blah....never ends folks.
Reading bedtime stories and knitting are my racist favorites, after that I like to eat a racist pb and jam sandwich.
Peak clown world is like peak oil. You’re always nearing it, but you’ll never reach it.
I like that! Have some TDW updoots/ spiritual gold!
That was my first thought. Why remove it? It's been posted and reposted millions (a billion maybe) of times... because oh yeah, it's true, that's why.
And it reached over 300k likes, which is YUGE
He works for the New York Times. Yes, he does seem like someone that would do that.
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/twitter-removes-trump-image-in-tweet-for-violating-copyright-policy.html
NYT took credit for the copy right claim....pieces of shit.
Just had to go and see what they reomoved. So....NYT. Had Twatter remove a picture. Of Trump. With words on it.
I must be a dummy as I wasnt aware one could claim copyright on a picture of someone that isn't you and letters from a language called english arranged into a certain order called words. Its crazy enough that you can trademark words in a certain order. (eg 'just do it')
All potus needs to do is repost the same image (unless the NYT actually took the photo of trump in that pose, with one of their photographers, for use exclusively by their toilet paper) put a different font on it, voila.
The fact that it is exactly, precisely true.
Could it be that picture is from The Apprentice? In which case NBC (or whatever shitty network that show was on) claimed the copyright?
Edit: nevermind it was the failing New York Times
If it was DMCA claim it wdoesnt gsce to be by the creator. Anyone can.claim DMCA on anything.
Yea it was the NYT...such bullshit https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/twitter-removes-trump-image-in-tweet-for-violating-copyright-policy.html
Wait, they deleted a MEME!? Not speech, not a repost, just a meme?! Flak is heaviest when over the target. You know what to do boys.
A meme of himself!
The meme creator claims original content, over the original person in the meme, which should have all rights to any posted content, by any creator. holy special olympic mental gymnastics, Twitter.
NYT took credit. Unbelievable https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/twitter-removes-trump-image-in-tweet-for-violating-copyright-policy.html
They claim copyright over Trump himself for his own freakin' photo? Fake News NYT copies and quotes others' crap all the time and so copyright is their excuse?
Wrong NYT https://www.cnbc.com/2020/07/02/twitter-removes-trump-image-in-tweet-for-violating-copyright-policy.html
DMCA is the most abused piece of law. Anyone can claim copyright infringement on anything. You don’t have to prove it, you don’t get a day in court. The piece in question gets immediately removed because the host must comply. If the claim is fought (at the expense of the defendant), and it is found to be false, no damages are granted.
It has been weaponized for quite some time, Just look at YouTube.
DMCA reform needs to be on Trump’s platform. Free expression and free speech.
How is that against any sites TOS. Damn communist shitheads.
Deleted because it is the shocking truth
Hung by electrified piano wire, while burning at the stake, and in front of a firing squad.
Jeez, just take his domain away.
No, fuck commies. I say, after all that, bring someone in to curse his soul or something.
They're peddling prostitues. Back page them. This is a good idea if you ask me.
Prostitute legal in Seattle now
I didn't know that.
But raped to death first please.
Can't we just lock him up or something non violent? Outside of the violence required to lock him up of course.
That’s some spicy fry buddy.
Do you guys think that maybe using the same kind of rhetoric as Antifa isn't the best idea?
Lol omg! It’s okay, per Reddit ToS, @jack a member of the majority.
Wait, are we the baddies?
Property rights are a human right, and defense of that property is an extension of property rights. Violence against another when not in defense of your own, or somebody else's property, is not a right.
Please.
Stop.
I might have to call my doctor 3 hrs from now.
Don’t know why you are getting downvotes... you’re on the money
Hijacking your comment to post the original image: https://i.maga.host/HMtmjS1.jpg
WTF! Rly! Trump isn't allowed to post an image of Trump?
SOMEONE PASS ME THE HONKPILLS!!!
I'm all out! June was fucking BANANAS!
hard to top June but I won't be surprised.
I bet November will be crazy again. Remember all the cucks crying on university campuses across the country after Trump won in 2016? They needed therapy dogs and coloring books.
And then that commie Castro died on the most capitalist day of the year, Black Friday. It was a great month.
The fact that it was THAT image only cements the message.
RIGHT? Exactly what I thought.
The comments on the post are gold. People complaining about Russia putting bounties on US soldiers while Trump sleeps. Which is it, Trump’s Putin’s puppet, or Russia hates Trump and the US? Is he working for or against him? I can’t keep up.
In the leftist clown world, both are true. They think Trump is so evil that he’s bought and paid for by Putin and would allow Russia to kill American troops and even cover up the evidence.
These people are full blown tin foil hat retards.
So who is the copyright holder that requested the take down?
This. Thanks for remembering pede.
Wait what happened to Jon Miller? Out of the loop.
John Miller, not Jon Miller. Pretty sure it was a joke. John Miller is a pseudonym that Trump has used in the past... he was suggesting that Trump's alter ego was responsible for the copyright claim, since they're the same person (and it was a photo of Trump).
Ahhh ok. Thank you!!
Could be a fake claim, type of thing the left does all the time.
It's Damon Winter (the photographer)
Surely Trump retains the right to publish his own photo no matter who the photographer is
No, unless there was a "work for hire" contract, the photographer has ownership. And they are supposed to have a signed release from Trump, but maybe not since he is a public figure.
But it is crappy of them to not allow the subject to have some use of the photo.
Trump should have Barron reshoot the photo using an iPhone and just use that one. Lol
This would be an amazing troll move lol
Nah the truth is far more sinister. Citizens will do this of their own accord because they think it rewards them with some type of salvation. It's a religion. An evil one.
he works for the new york times.
https://twitter.com/nytopinion/status/1025496570563837952?lang=en
you don't get to work at new york times without having TDS.
It's not a "man on the street" photo. Trump obviously would have scheduled a shoot with that photographer and that would include giving him the right to use the photograph. I can't imagine that not being in any contract before he would allow it.
We don't know what was in the contract.
Or he could have been hired by the producers of the television show and they're the ones that retained the rights to all the photography. It makes more sense to me that the shit birds from NBC would file a copyright claim rather than the photographer.
You are probably correct. The photographer.
No idea. I just noticed and posted. Still haven’t seen a reason.
It's a Copyright claim and valid. The NYT reported Trump and owns the image. This wasn't Twitter removing Trumps tweet - This was Twitter complying with the Law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
Maybe NBC.
What was their reasoning?
Reasoning? When have you ever heard reason from a Leftist...it's all about their feeeeeeeelings.
Hahahahaha
The NYT reported him and owns the image:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
No kidding. What is the penalty for an intentionally false copyright claim?
Hopefully heads will roll.
It's not intentionally false. The NYT reported Trump and they own the image: They would remove it if the NYT filed a claim against your post since they own the image.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
I bet it's an "Apprentice" image, NBC probably copy struck him.
Looks like a "You're fired" shot from the apprentice. You're probably right about it being NBC.
Probably the same copyright holder that got donk booted. That mysterious, never seen anomonous whistleblower from the peach mints.
They're scared
they're desperate and scared
The Dems internal polling must look very bad if they're doing shit like this.
Yeah, see I have a Bernie bro pal at work. Good guy, likes to appear nice. I remember when he 'announced' how far ahead Biden is now. You'd think he was reporting the opposite. Even though its good news for his side he can't believe it. (he actually ahtes establishment, so i want to ween him over to jojo.)
But yeah the Dems are trying to say how they have this in the bag but all these extra actions just don't suggest that's true.
They want him off Twitter cause everyday he redpills thousands of normies!
I hate how some of us play into it.. "just leave Mr. President.." naah that would be dumb helping them
do you think this would be necessary if they were winning
Did Mao think it was necessary to use censorship when he was winning?
sigh
They're not scared. They're just slowly rolling out a corporate Marxist dystopia where any criticism of the Uniparty is not allowed. This happened because they think they can get away with it.
Has nothing to do with being scared. The sooner conservatives realize this, the sooner we can learn that we need to start hitting back.
Exactly. They're emboldened by the lack of response. And these blatant acts of election meddling will escalate until someone pushes back. Or until it's too late to push back.
This needs to be the next psyop
Unbiased media i see
GTFOH! I love that picture!
Move to parler or Where the fuck is this tech Brad?!!?!??! July now dude
That would be doing what they want! Trump knows what's up and will trigger and redpill into their faces and not in some bunker basement preaching to the choir..
That's a possibility.
E.O. - The President of the United States may not be censored by any form of public communication.
Imagine if a telephone company decided to suddenly cut off your conversation.
I thought the federal (and state) government had sovereign immunity regarding copyright?
As well as the various records acts.
Twitter shouldn't be actioning anything regarding copyright for the president or governments.
A EO should mention that explicitly if he does one.
Anything we consider tacit is apparently currently irrelevant.
I'm not sure it's sovereign immunity, but I think exclusive jurisdiction falls to the court of Federal Claims. Anybody back me up on that or have other info?
See: Bell phone system.
It;s like if Trump said "I'm loving it" in a speech and they took it down for copyright.
I thought all of POTUS’ tweets were made part of the official presidential record?
What was it?
https://i.maga.host/HMtmjS1.jpg
What was the official reason?
Got too many likes, wouldn't want the message spreading.
Copyright claim.
Telling people that they're next. Can't be riling up the people. The Democrats are afraid of giving them any power or encouragement after CHOP.
It was a Copyright claim by the NYT - completely valid and legal, Twitter was compelled to comply.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
it's beyond unacceptable
Trump Campaign needs to sue the everloving fuck out of twitter. Break them.
Military tribunal.
I'm not kidding.
They commit treason.
Facilitate human trafficking and terrorism.
I'll bet it's being planned.
What's the state of flynn's appeal? I though Sullivan got spanked
I think we still have a shot to turn around the judiciary in some states/regions, and the SC if trump wins again.
Surely someone on the other side knows what happens after ballot box and jury box.
Yep, the judges are the real enforcers of the establishment.
I believe he (sullivan) has been spanked for trying that crap
he could probably forum shop to increase his chances especially now that there are 200 judges appointed this term
The courts are no longer interested in the law. They will rule based on feelings.
Some still are
I think Jack Dorsey and that living embodiment of an automated e-mail response he calls twitters global lead for legal, policy Vijaya Gadde, both need to be dicked down by Tim Pool again.
Not so sure Parler would be a win for Twitter, perhaps but would certainly be a pyrrhic victory.
Not arguing but why do you say that it would be a pyrrhic victory.
My belief is the way to solve Twitter and YouTube isn't by changing the law. Its by capitalism and having multiple companies so they can compete.
The pyrrhic victory would be that Twitter would "win" but it would hurt themselves perhaps more than the victory was worth.
It was just a reply to GorboTheGreat2 and him saying Twitter would win if Trump left.
We don't need to change the law to handle Youtube, Alphabet is a monopoly and is abusing that monopoly, we already have anti-trust laws for that. As for Twitter, it is a true cancer however, they are engaging in clear election meddling and that needs to stop.
Ahh!!! Thank you. I took your comment as a pyrrhic victory for Trump / Parler / America.
Agree about the election meddling as well. I'm confused why things like that are not pursued quicker.
I wish people went to another twitter clone. I cant believe parler requires your mobile number and cant even be viewed without doxxing yourself.
and they aren't free speech
Yeah. Parler is totally unviable.
Parler wouldn't let me hit "skip" on the phone it required me to enter it.
I just used a Google Voice phone number instead of my real phone number and I recycle those phone numbers that I use for those every 6 months.
Should be Gab.
He is on Parler, but of course, as long as he's also on Twitter fewer people will bother with Parler. He should completely jump ship.
Jumping to parler would kill twitter.
What copy right?
The NYT owns the image:
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
Legitimate Election Meddling
Wasn’t the EO passed to stop crap like this? I really hope the hammer comes down after our President is re-elected!
B.s. low iq moron wanting civil war from the safe space of his basement. Fuck you.
Trump got this!
They are not winning the culture war, they are winning the media war. It caused Trump to be elected in the first place. Don't be mistaken, the bullshit you see on twitter and Reddit do not reflect reality.
Definitely need more people like you here.
Kudos to you for this. If this community is ever going to make it we're going to need a LOT more constructive discussion than we have going right now.
I would argue they are not following the "majority opinion of populations".
"Get Woke; Go Broke" is a meme for a reason.
At least you read it. I only read your first words speaking like a loser with your excuses about asking for a civil war you don't want to be the front of
Well then, time to make accounts and spam that image everywhere.
Twitter and the like are going to learn the hard way once they are regulated into oblivion. Going the way of AOL. Facebook tried to play it right, but the mob can't be denied. (Yes facebook is shit)
There should be a rule that presidential statements cannot be erased by anyone but the President
HA! Twitter is acting way too early. Like every child/adult of a juvenile mindset they have no patience. Trump has several months to "recover" from the loss of Twitter (aka the obsolescence of Twitter). They're hanging themselves in the ecstasy of their own righteousness. Good riddance.
This is illegal, right?
I can expect a strongly worded letter any week now?
I thought the federal (and state) government had sovereign immunity regarding copyright? As well as the various records acts.
Twitter shouldn't be actioning anything regarding copyright for the president or governments.
That's what I said too but I got downvoted to hell by the mindless mob here.
The tweet wasn't removed the image was due to a Copyright by the NYW. You have the same issue I had where it was cached and still visible to me.
Time to classify them as a publisher~~~ C'mon Trump, DO IT! Just DO IT!
Trump should retake that picture in the White House and then re-meme it
Remember when the Left objected to Trump deleting his own tweets?
I member.
They would remove it if the NYT filed a claim against your post since they own the image.
https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
They're really going all in on Biden winning so they get away with this. If Trump wins, they are fucked. Vote, vote, vote!
I wish Trump would dump twitter and send the stock crashing down down down
Isn't it already settled law that it is illegal for them to remove his tweets?
It was a valid copyright infringement claim not censoring in this instance. The NYT owns the image: https://www.nytimes.com/2015/10/04/magazine/donald-trump-is-not-going-anywhere.html
So, they are testing the waters here. They're seeing how far they can go before there's a response.
The Lincoln Project are the biggest cucks i've ever seen.
This is what our screwed up copyright law has always been leading to. It was conceived to be used as a shield, to protect against others profiting off of your own creative work. It is being used as a sword, to censor and oppress anyone with an innovative mind.
Monopolies smash down content creators or cover their content with ads. Companies spam copyright flags with no repercussions. "Fair use" is a nebulous term that is considered on a case-by-case basis, effectively weighting the law towards monopolies and away from creative content creators.
Once, copyright/patent law was intended to protect creators for a time, and then to expire to encourage further ingenuity and to promote the natural growth of American culture. Today, copyright "protection" has grown to extend for lifetimes, creating invulnerable super-monopolies, stagnating our cultural development, and hindering our scientific progress.
It is another part of the system that needs an overhaul.
There are two sides to this argument.
The system could definitely be better but if a photographer takes a photograph they should be allowed to control the distribution of that photograph.
In the case of this photograph the NYTs owns the photograph and so were justified in having it removed even if it was childish on their part to do so. Considering Trumps well deserved attacks on them I can't blame them for doing it in their constant war against him.
The problem on Twitter, Youtube etc with respect to Copyright is the fact these entities can be held responsible for damages if they do not comply with a Copyright claim - I agree that the copyrighting has been weaponized by many companies, even ones that do not own the works as a way to exploit these systems but there isn't an easy solution unfortunately with the way the laws are currently written.
See, I agree with the general idea than an artist would be able to control the distribution of his art. But I think it is absurd someone can claim there is a copyright issue if I upload a picture of myself (taken by someone else) to the internet.
I reject the notion that someone can "own" my image. If it's a painted picture, sure, I can see that being more legitimate. It's something the artist actually created. The artist here did not create Trump's image, he simply took a picture.
Regardless of the medium, a system with a reasonable copyright law should apply Fair Use here. It cannot be reasonably argued that the photographer/artist is being negatively affected by a post like this at all. Why should it be the artist's business if his person is not being misrepresented and his profits are not being affected? Art MUST be shared to facilitate the evolution of culture, and strict copyright law like this effectively censors society.
I don't disagree with anything you said but the law as it stands today favors the copyright holder and whether we agree or like it or not in this case (It goes both ways too) Twitter's policy of removing first and having the ability for someone to contest a claim after the fact is their best option of staying in the clear.
I don't side with Twitter on much, if anything but I can't fault them for removing that image on liability grounds even if he is president and its fair use etc. Perhaps his team is contesting it and they'll be forced to restore it, in this case it is possible it is not political.
This is next level. The deep state must be truly desperate. I’m sure it won’t be long until his account is purged entirely.
Yet they allow a bunch of memes replying to it but with different text. That is proof enough the image is fair use, and twitter is discriminating against the President. Fuck them. The FCC needs to seize them and shut them down.
POTUS should move to Gab
These people are fucking nutjobs.
Kinda proved the pictures point doesnt it?
Twitter is basically r/pyongyang now. I guess so is most of Reddit. Shit. When did the internet go from free to North Korea?
I see it on his timeline now.
Here's what I'd do: have accounts on both Twitter and Parler but I would always post a little earlier on Parler, just enough that every news group and interested individual would feel compelled to make an account rather than wait for the slower Tweet to follow.