Copyright - Fair Use | Abuse of DMCA - RightHolders Must Consider FairUse Prior to Issue of Takedown Notices

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://boingboing.net/2015/09/14/eff-scores-a-giant-victory-for.html EFF scores a giant victory for fair use and dancing babies By Cory Doctorow at 11:26 am Mon, Sep 14, 2015 8 years ago, Universal Music sent a takedown notice over Stephanie Lenz's 29-second Youtube video of her kids dancing in the kitchen to Prince's "Let's Go Crazy." EFF took on Lenz's case, arguing that Universalknew that 29 seconds of incidental background music was fair use and was abusing the DMCA through its censorship notice. The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in Lenz's and EFF's favor today, ruling that rightsholders must consider fair use before issuing takedowns.  The court found that people whose creations were censored through DMCA abuse could sue the companies that filed the censorship demands, even if they couldn't show monetary damages from the censorship. Next up: another trial where we find out if Universal has to pay damages for knowingly abusing the DMCA. Today’s ruling in the Lenz case comes at a critical time. Heated political campaigns—like the current presidential primaries—have historically led to a rash of copyright takedown abuse. Criticism of politicians often includes short clips of campaign appearances in order to make their argument to viewers, and broadcast networks, candidates, and other copyright holders have sometimes misused copyright law in order to remove the criticism from the Internet. “The decision made by the appeals court today has ramifications far beyond Ms. Lenz’s rights to share her video with family and friends,” said McSherry. "We will all watch a lot of online video and analysis of presidential candidates in the months to come, and this ruling will help make sure that information remains uncensored.” http://boingboing.net/2015/09/14/eff-scores-a-giant-victory-for.html ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- other Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (9th Cir.) San Francisco, California USA appellate (federal) court / appellate jurisdiction over the District (federal) Courts in given set of locations https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_Court_of_Appeals_for_the_Ninth_Circuit So this is: a federal case heard on appeal arising from an earlier District Court (federal) decision ꕤ

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Here, a key is a table of random numbers shared by legitimate users in such a way that the information is known only to them, and secure means secure against any possible eavesdropping, which is the highest level of security. The system is expected to enhance security of critical network infrastructure. Currently, most systems, including the connected vehicle ecosystems, use software-based pseudo-random number generators for encryption, meaning that they can fall vulnerable to hackers who decrypt the sequence of digits. Once developed for commercial use, SK Telecom’s technology will eliminate such concerns for security as it generates true random numbers based on hardware. http://gsabusiness.com/news/55654-greenville-center-korean-firm-to-develop-vehicle-cybersecurity #cybersecurity E-ZPass vulnerable to hackers, ID thieves + govt spying / not using encryption E‑ZPass = electronic toll-collection system =  tolled roads, bridges, & tunnels USA http://www.whdh.com/story/30022568/report-e-zpass-vulnerable-to-hackers-identify-thieves #SouthAfrica #law proposed bill too broad consequences beyond remit / state cyberwarfare / warrantless seizure #SouthAfrica /  penalties - to 25 years in prison /  has until Nov 30 to submit comment on proposed bill. http://www.zdnet.com/article/south-africa-gets-first-look-at-cybercrime-bill-that-comes-with-25-year-jail-terms/ #Tor .onion domain = formal recognition granted security certificates available to site admins http://www.cbronline.com/news/cybersecurity/business/regulators-give-tors-onion-domain-name-special-use-status-4669709 USA Dept Energy DOE REPORT linked US #Energy Tech Exports = cybersecurity risks - b/c rely on digital tech http://www.theepochtimes.com/n3/1751096-global-energy-growth-could-disrupt-americas-grid-security-doe-report-says/ ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- COMMENT Bunch of random stuff I looked at. It all seemed very exciting ... at the time.  Now, I'm not so sure.  lol The onion domain news and the self-destructing chip is exciting, I guess. I'm no techie, so the 'internet of things' doesn't bother me.  I like everything manual, if I can help it.  lol Twitter hiring Washington lobbyists is kind of exciting.  Wonder why? The US military proposed overhaul of ground satellite communications (if I understand correctly), is pretty cool. Surprise that it has taken them until 2015 to come up with those ideas, when they're in the business and should know what they're doing when it comes to multiple contracts and software applications etc. It doesn't sound too efficient at the DOD. Digital tax fraud sounds boring.  I don't even know what the point of it is.  lol  People pretend to be someone else ... but then what? Oh, the best news it the Ninth Circuit Court ruling regarding copyright! Take that, Universal Music a#@!@#s! ꕤ

FEMEN, Imams, European Central Bank, Germany, Lefties, Neo-Nazis & 1985 Handsworth Riots, Britain

ꕤ Video SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wM-wxU86v8g&feature=youtu.be ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. FULL AT SOURCE http://sputniknews.com/europe/20150914/1026951990/Topless-Jihadists-Beaten-at-Muslim-Salon-in-France.html RT NEWS Europe 00:54 14.09.2015  (updated 01:54 14.09.2015) FEMEN fires off again: two of its feminist activists have been beaten and dragged off scene in an attempt to toplessly interrupt a Muslim conference held over the weekend in Paris suburbs. They ran on stage in front of two imams ... Thereafter, both partly nude women were dragged off by security personnel and, as it can clearly be seen on the video of the incident, were slapped and kicked by an unidentified man. The activists were later detained by police and released later that night. The organizers of the salon announced their plan to file a lawsuit against the activists who interrupted the event. [ ... ] A petition on Change.org created days before the event that was encouraging to ban the salon and gathered some 8000 signatures claims the imams leading the event, Nader Abou Anas and Mehdi Kebir, are misogynic fundamentalists, who justify marital rape and other forms of gender violence. Video SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QAC3EGnr9hg FEMEN Crash ECB President Mario Draghi ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. comment I've never been a fan of tittie protests, or any kind of protests, really. While protests may be a useful political tool, I think there's such a thing as overplaying the protests and losing credibility, and coming across as inauthentic, in over-use. So, while not a fan, I did at least get a few laughs and soften my attitude after seeing the surprise the ladies gave the European Central Bank President, Mario Drughi -- who's soooooo adorable looking and good natured, that he comes across like loveable Sesame Street character. Contrast that with the Paris protest. Yes, I understand that these men have a set of beliefs.  But they are in what is presumably still a civilised country, in which it is unacceptable for a group of men to mob, slap, and kick women. other GERMANY Video SOURCE https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_ggRD8K3Bw&feature=youtu.be ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. Published on 12 Sep 2015 "Riot police knocked an innocent bystander to the ground, rendering him unconscious, during clashes with leftist demonstrators in Hamburg. The officer attacked the man, smashing him in the face with an elbow, throwing him straight to the ground, and knocking him unconscious. Police also used pepper spray, water cannon, and batons against protesters." ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- 14,000 Germans protest against xenophobia in Hamburg Thousands of Germans have taken to the streets of Hamburg in a major demonstration supporting tolerance and democracy, while a protest by a far-right movement for a "day of German patriots" was banned. A peaceful rally in the German port city of Hamburg has gathered at least 14,000 people on Saturday, according to police estimates, dpa news agency reported. In the morning at the Central railway station, police reported a 7,500-strong rally of supporters of the leftist "Hamburger Alliance against the Right." People who gathered on the square in front of the Town Hall were carrying bright pink balloons, as a sign of their participation in the rally "Hamburg shows its true colors." They were holding banners that read “Refugees welcome” and “Real patriots against German policy,” according to the Schleswig-Holstein news portal. “I think it is important to make a statement and to show the world what Germany is about, and that is not the right-wing section and it is not the Nazi movement,” one of the protesters told RT’s Peter Oliver. Another demonstration remained under a ban on Saturday, the day when German right-wing extremists, Neo-Nazis and Hooligans against Salafists groups had scheduled to mark the "Day of German patriots." The planned 3,000-strong rally was banned by the Federal Constitutional Court on Friday evening. As the ban led to an unexpected relocation of the Neo-Nazi demonstration to Bremen, police issued another order, prohibiting Hamburger participants to travel to the neighboring city. About 100 people were arrested in the urban area later to be sent back to Hamburg, and a Hamburg-Bremen train with about 250 demonstrators was stopped by the police, local Weser Kurier newspaper reported Saturday. A group of 34 Neo-Nazis were taken to custody after clashes with officers, according to the police. On Saturday, European capitals were flooded with people making a stand against the current refugee policies of their governments. Over 30,000 Danes gathered in Copenhagen to voice their support for thousands of refugees, who have chosen their country as a shelter from war, according to the police. They were shouting “Refugees are welcome,” and their banners read "Europe is the closest neighbourhood to Syria,” The Local reported. Prague, in its turn, confronted the EU policy of granting asylum to the rising tide of refugees, TASS news agency reported. Some 400 Czechs protested in the capital city, chanting “Stop the Islamization of Europe” and “This country is our home,” and over 300 people took part in a motor race in the center of the city. On Friday, the International Office for Migration (IOM) released the most recent figures that could characterize the refugee crisis as the biggest seen since WWII. It estimated the number of refugees who have traveled to Europe at 433,000 people, saying that many arrive in Italy and Greece by sea and later head for northern EU member states, such as Germany. In the next few days, another 40,000 refugees are expected to cross the southern German border, thus doubling the record number reached last weekend. source http://www.rt.com/news/315176-germany-hamburg-protest-racism ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- comment Europe is so screwed. Particularly Germany. What kind of country prevents people from protesting and blocks their freedom of movement? In trying to prevent fascism, Germany *is* fascist. And it looks like it's German against German; left against right.  The massive ribbon waving in favour of immigration is all well and good, but what of the immediate consequences of such immigration to the various countries' vulnerable and working class, and what of the irreversible social consequences of immigration? ꕤ COPYRIGHT DISCLAIMER Copyright Disclaimer under section 107 of the Copyright Act 1976, allowance is made for “fair use” for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, education and research. The 1985 Handsworth Riots: 30 years on Today marks 30 years since the second round of serious riots in the Birmingham district of Handsworth during the 9th to 11th of September 1985. [ ... ] Two other people were unaccounted for, 35 others injured, more than 1500 police officers drafted into the area, about 45 shops looted and burnt, and a trail of damage running into hundreds of thousands of pounds. [ ... ] The area became notorious with continued rioting over the course of two decades. Rioting erupted in Handsworth in 1981 and followed again in 1985. Six years later, more widespread disturbances took place in 1991 and barely 10 years ago, areas of Birmingham including Handsworth and Lozells were hit by more race riots. [  ...] SOURCE http://www.itv.com/news/central/2015-09-09/the-1985-handsworth-riots-30-years-on/ Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ꕤ

Legal Advice on Extra-Judicial Assassination Drone Strikes & How the British Establishment Works - Syria

ꕤ Article SOURCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/i-can-reveal-the-legal-advice-on-drone-strikes-and-how-the-establishment-works/5475352 I Can Reveal the Legal Advice on Drone Strikes, and How the British Establishment Works By Craig Murray Global Research, September 11, 2015 Craig Murray 9 September 2015 Region: Europe, Middle East & North Africa Theme: Law and Justice, Militarization and WMD In-depth Report: PALESTINE This may be the most important article I ever post, because it reveals perfectly how the Establishment works and how the Red Tories and Blue Tories contrive to give a false impression of democracy. It is information I can only give you because of my experience as an insider. It is a definitive proof of the validity of the Chomskian propaganda model. It needs a fair bit of detail to do this, but please try and read through it because it really is very, very important. After you have finished, if you agree with me about the significance, please repost, (you are free to copy), retweet, add to news aggregators (Reddit etc) and do anything you can to get other people to pay attention. The government based its decision to execute by drone two British men in Syria on “Legal Opinion” from the Attorney-General for England and Wales, Jeremy Wright, a politician, MP and Cabinet Minister. But Wright’s legal knowledge comes from an undistinguished first degree from Exeter and a short career as a criminal defence barrister in Birmingham. His knowledge of public international law is virtually nil. I pause briefly to note that there is no pretence of consulting the Scottish legal system. The only legal opinion is from the Attorney General for England and Wales who is also Honorary Advocate General for Northern Ireland. So Jeremy Wright’s role is as a cypher. He performs a charade. The government employs in the FCO a dozen of the most distinguished public international lawyers in the world. When the Attorney-General’s office needs an Opinion on public international law, they ask the FCO to provide it for him to sign. The only known occasion when this did not happen was the Iraq War. Then the FCO Legal Advisers – unanimously – advised the Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith, that to invade Iraq was illegal. Jack Straw asked the Attorney General to dismiss the FCO chief Legal Adviser, Sir Michael Wood (Goldsmith refused). Blair sent Goldsmith to Washington where the Opinion was written for him to sign by George Bush’s lawyers. [I know this sounds incredible, but it is absolutely true]. Sir Michael Wood’s deputy, Elizabeth Wilmshurst, resigned in protest. In consequence Blair and Straw decided that, again for the first time ever, the FCO’s chief legal adviser had to be appointed not from within the FCO legal advisers, who had all declared the war on Iraq to be illegal, but from outside. They had to find a distinguished public international lawyer who was prepared to argue that the war on Iraq had been legal. That was a very small field. Blair and Straw thus turned to Benjamin Netanyahu’s favourite lawyer, Daniel Bethlehem. Daniel Bethlehem had represented Israel before the Mitchell Inquiry into violence against the people of Gaza, arguing that it was all legitimate self-defence. He had also supplied the Government of Israel with a Legal Opinion that the vast Wall they were building in illegally occupied land, surrounding and isolating all the major Palestinian communities and turning them into large prisons, was also legal. Daniel Bethlehem is an extreme Zionist militarist of the most aggressive kind, and close to Mark Regev, Israel’s new Ambassador to the UK. Daniel Bethlehem had developed, in his work for Israel, an extremist doctrine of the right of States to use pre-emptive self-defence – a doctrine which would not be accepted by the vast majority of public international lawyers. He clinched his appointment by Blair as the FCO chief legal adviser by presenting a memorandum to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee in 2004 outlining this doctrine, and thus de facto defending the attack on Iraq and the Bush/Blair doctrine. A key sentence of Daniel Bethlehem’s memorandum is this     It must be right that states are able to act in self-defence in circumstances where there is evidence of further imminent attacks by terrorist groups, even if there is no specific evidence of where such an attack will take place or of the precise nature of the attack. There is a fundamental flaw in this argument. How can you be certain that an attack in “imminent”, if you are not certain where or what it is? Even if we can wildly imagine a scenario where the government know of an “imminent” attack, but not where or what it is, how could killing someone in Syria stop the attack in the UK? If a team were active, armed and in course of operation in the UK – which is needed for “imminent” – how would killing an individual in Syria prevent them from going through with it? It simply does not add up as a practical scenario. Interestingly, Daniel Bethlehem does not pretend this is accepted international law, but specifically states that     The concept of what constitutes an “imminent” armed attack will develop to meet new circumstances and new threats  [EDIT:  ie ARBITRARY] Bethlehem is attempting to develop the concept of “imminent” beyond any natural interpretation of the word “imminent”. Daniel Bethlehem left the FCO in 2011. But he had firmly set the British government doctrine on this issue, while all FCO legal advisers know not to follow it gets you sacked. I can guarantee you that Wright’s Legal Opinion states precisely the same argument that David Bethlehem stated in his 2004 memorandum. Knowing how these things work, I am prepared to wager every penny I own that much of the language is identical. It was New Labour, the Red Tories, who appointed Daniel Bethlehem, and they appointed him precisely in order to establish this doctrine. It is therefore a stunning illustration of how the system works, that the only response of the official “opposition” to these extrajudicial executions is to demand to see the Legal Opinion, when it comes from the man they themselves appointed. The Red Tories appointed him precisely because they knew what Legal Opinion would be given on this specific subject. They can read it in Hansard. So it is all a charade. Jeremy Wright pretends to give a Legal Opinion, actually from FCO legal advisers based on the “Bethlehem Doctrine”. The Labour Party pretends, very unconvincingly, to be an opposition. The Guardian, apparently the leading “opposition” intellectual paper, publishes articles by its staff neo-con propagandists Joshua Rozenberg (married to Melanie Phillips) and Rafael Behr strongly supporting the government’s new powers of extrajudicial execution. In summer 2012 Joshua Rozenberg presented a programme on BBC Radio 4 entitled “Secret courts, drones and international law” which consisted mostly of a fawning interview with … Daniel Bethlehem. The BBC and Sky News give us wall to wall justification of the killings. So the state, with its neo-con “opposition” and media closely in step with its neo-con government, seamlessly adopts a new power to kill its own subjects based on secret intelligence and secret legal advice, and a very weird definition of “imminent” that even its author admits to be outside current legal understanding. That is how the state works. I do hope you find that helpful. This article has been updated to reflect the fact the Daniel Bethlehem is now retired from the FCO. SOURCE http://www.globalresearch.ca/i-can-reveal-the-legal-advice-on-drone-strikes-and-how-the-establishment-works/5475352 ---------------------- ꕤ ---------------------- SUMMARY 'Red Tories' = British Labour Party - aka 'New Labour' 'Blue Tories' = British Conservatives - ie the Tories Subject = extra-judicial drone killings / extra-judicial assassinations region = Syria legal opinion = bollocks state =  law unto itself / making it up as it goes / arbitrary definition etc dissenters - ie legal dissenters =  threat of being fired Jeremy Wright 'Legal Opinion' = charade FCO = Foreign & Commonwealth Office | Link | here FCO *UNANIMOUSLY* Advised:  ILLEGAL to INVADE IRAQ advised:  British Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith Lord Goldsmith = Peter Goldsmith (Baron Goldsmith) = barrister & attorney-general = announced resignation same day as Tony BLAIR stepped down = currently works in private capacity Link | here Jack STRAW Sought Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith dismissal of FCO chief Legal Adviser, Sir Michael Wood Jack STRAW Anglican Labour Cabinet - Gordon govt Cabinet - Blair govt Cabinet = 1997-2010 *Home Secretary - internal affairs; immigration *Foreign Secretary - foreign relations & intelligence Attorney-General, Lord Goldsmith = refused to fire:  FCO chief Legal Adviser, Sir Michael Wood Tony Blair = Sent Goldsmith Washington George Bush lawyers = write 'legal opinion' = for Lord Goldsmith, British Attorney-General to SIGN Elizabeth Wilmshurst Deputy of Sir Michael Wood (ie the FCO chief Legal Adviser) = RESIGNS in protest As result: Jack STRAW + Tony BLAIR decide to break with tradition for first time EVER FCO chief adviser to be appointed from OUTSIDE the FCO (not from the FCO legal advisers, who had ALL declared war on IRAQ to be illegal) Jack STRAW + Tony BLAIR turn to: DANIEL BETHLEHEM =  Benjamin Netanyahu 'favourite lawyer' DANIEL BETHLEHEM = extreme Zionist militarist = extremist pre-emptive 'self-defence' doctrine = such pre-emptive doctrine: not accepted by vast majority of international lawyers DANIEL BETHLEHEM = legal opinion that legal to build Wall built = on ILLEGALLY OCCUPIED LAND (surrounding& isolating all major Palestinian communities & turning them into large prisons) DANIEL BETHLEHEM = close to:  MARK REGEV Israel new Ambassador to UK DOCTRINE Daniel Bethlehem developed in work for Israel = right of STATES to use PRE-EMPTIVE 'self-defence' DANIEL BETHLEHEM = de facto defended attack on IRAQ & the BUSH-BLAIR DOCTRINE (previously written by BUSH admin lawyers for  Peter Goldsmith, Attorney-General, Britain) KEY to DANIEL BETHLEHEM DOCTRINE - STATES - 'self-defence' - 'further imminent attacks' - 'IMMINENT'  [arbitrary & accepted on the go to fit whatever circumstances develop as 'new'] - no specific EVIDENCE - no precise NATURE of attack RESULT no EVIDENCE required arbitrary: make up definitions, as you will Stretch definition of 'imminent' threat legalise state extra-judiciary assassinations DANIEL BETHLEHEM = was appointed to FCO = by Jack STRAW & John BLAIR DANIEL BETHLEHEM =  leaves FCO, 2011 Britain's BETHLEHEM DOCTRINE = firmly set British government doctrine = all FCO legal advisers know to follow it or get sacked JEREMY WRIGHT = legal opinion PRECISELY SAME as DANIEL BETHLEHEM legal opinion BETHLEHEM DOCTRINE = not even accepted under international law = what constitutes 'imminent armed attack' is arbitrary *BETHLEHEM DOCTRINE attempts to "develop the concept of 'imminent' beyond natural interpretation of word" DANIEL BETHLEHEM = was appointed by New Labour (Red Tories) - ie Labour Party, UK = appointed PRECISELY because they knew WHAT legal opinion would be given JEREMY WRIGHT = pretends to give legal opinion = ACTUALLY from FCO legal advisers,  BASED on BETHLEHEM DOCTRINE Labour Party UK ...  PRETENDS to be in 'opposition' Meanwhile: PRESS | MEDIA IN DEMOCRACY 'OPPOSITION' PRESS THE GUARDIAN = 'opposition' intellectual press outlet = publishes articles by "its staff neo-con propagandists"  [see propagandists] = strongly SUPPORT govt NEW POWERS OF EXTRA-JUDICIAL EXECUTION OTHER PRESS BBC =  wall-to-wall justification broadcast, for extra-judicial killings Sky News =  wall-to-wall justification broadcast, for extra-judicial killings MURRAY’S CONCLUSION MEDIA  >   closely in step with its neo-con government =   seamlessly adopts new power kill state subjects =   based on secret intel & secret legal advice Assange Transnational Security Elite, Carving Up the World Using Your Tax Money London  OCT8 Antiwar Mass Assembly (2011) Link  |  here ꕤ

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