Guest thaiworthy Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 The issue of copyright (and its relationship to gay Thailand web boards such as this one) really belongs on a whole new thread: the http://asiaguys.net/site-info page on your web site - which to me looks like you have copied from some other web site and only minimally edited - says "All images on this site are re-produced or purchased from other sites or uploaded by members." which is confusing at best, and you make a vague credit above to "some blog somewhere" so I am curious as to what permissions you have obtained from the copyright holders to reproduce images here and on your web site? eg jeans(6) from the e-commerce site Edge of Urge? bkkguy Wikipedia is down today and here's why: Within our community we're very strong defenders of copyright. We have very strict rules about obeying copyright and we don't link to materials that we know to be copyright infringement. That isn't really the issue. The other side will try to paint this as anybody who's opposed to this must be making money off of piracy or be in favor of piracy. That isn't true. The issue here is that this law is very badly written, very broadly overreaching and, in at least the Senate version, would include the creation of a DNS (domain name system) blocking regime that's technically identical to the one that's used by China. I don't think that's the right way the U.S. needs to go in taking a leadership role on the Internet. http://www.cnn.com/2...+Top+Stories%29 Quote
Guest Posted January 18, 2012 Posted January 18, 2012 Please keep all further debate on copyright in this thread. Quote
bkkguy Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 Wikipedia's protest is not about copyright, it is about control of piracy - many organisations and individuals support the basic concept of copyright and IP protection but do not support restrictive DRM systems that limit basic "fair use" rights and legislation like SOPA/PIPA that seek to bypass due process of law and threaten the the viability of a free international Internet just to satisfy the whims of a few powerful media conglomerates the storm in a teacup after I questioned a poster's right to post here what could reasonably be assumed to be copyright images without approval of the copyright holder shows that many posters here do not understand even the basics of copyright let alone the more controversial issues involved with copyright and piracy these days though interestingly if SOPA/PIPA was passed it would make it easier for e-commerce sites whose copyrighted images where posted here to have this site blocked - something Scoobie may wish to consider! you want to debate copyright and piracy, lets look at some of the real issues - the amount of material that would now be in the public domain if not for the continual extension of the time period that copyright applies - the original justification for copyright and how the current copyright laws are producing exactly the opposite effect - the people who copyright was supposed to support and who now benefits most from copyright - the implications of SOPA/PIPA in the USA and internationally - why a few powerful media companies are allowed to have such a huge influence on the passage of laws in the USA and elsewhere though it is interesting to see so many US senators that originally supported these bills are now running scared http://arstechnica.c...s-in-senate.ars bkkguy Quote
KhorTose Posted January 20, 2012 Posted January 20, 2012 Wikipedia's own entry on the results of the blackout. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:SOPA_initiative/Learn_more Quote
