Xanadou wrote:The video contains some very distasteful kind of war material remembering to a period which most people already have long time forgotten.
So it's good they reminded us.
There are 10 types of people in the world: Those who understand binary and those who don't.
Oh... the good old copyright issue ... Commando... (sorry to leak the secret )... did Hubbard not "cover" that tune himself?
not to start a huge debate here, but where the hell does one draw the line between inspiration and copyright infringement? ... I don't really know what to think...
In my own experience lawsuits don't make any sense unless the amount is around or above £10.000.
And even then you have to consider things very carefully as you might not win and/or still get stuck with large expenses to your lawyer as well as costs of the trial.
I think there's only really been two obvious cases where lawsuits (potentially) made sense, Kernkraft and Timbaland.
Of course you could just send a nice letter asking for a cut or try to freeze the mechanical copyrights internationally via BIEM, and also performance copyrights of course.
razmo wrote:Oh... the good old copyright issue ... Commando... (sorry to leak the secret )... did Hubbard not "cover" that tune himself?
not to start a huge debate here, but where the hell does one draw the line between inspiration and copyright infringement? ... I don't really know what to think...
In this case: grey area, probably not worth doing anything about.