Zetta’s Comments (group member since Feb 18, 2010)

Zetta’s comments from the Authors Without A Yacht (AWaY) group.

Rowena wrote: "Zetta,

Pardon my cynicism, but I think that might depend on the attitude of PC World and PC Magazine and Cnet.com to Net Neutrality, Creative Commons, copyright, the DMCA, and file sharing. A lot ..."

Cynicism is much appreciated. Considering I don't subscribe to any of those mags, they could very well have more sympathetic views towards the pirates. I dunno.

I see on their homepage they have been "recognized" by places like PC World, PC Magazine, Cnet.com. Would they be fazed at all by being associated with a pirate site?

Thanks, Brenna.

I'll check all this out. As far as the Facebook thing, I just found my pirate on the site. She's an Astatalk fan! Other than that, I have no info on her and it looks like I won't be able to get it which makes me sick since SHE'S breaking the law and I'm not.

I'm in a couple of these anti-piracy loops, and I often feel way out of my depth.

It appears that most of the people in the groups have a lot of experience in trying to deal with this, but for someone like me who just recently discovered that their work is being pirated, how do you start?

I've tried using the form letter(s) suggested, but when they don't work--what do you do? How can you find the ISP info for some of these sites where it looks like it's unavailable? What do you do when you find your pirate--like I did, on Facebook--is there a way that you can legally get access to their real name/address?

If someone could put together a comprehensive "how-to" manual, that would be a help--at least for me.

Zetta Brown
http://www.zettabrown.com

People don't read contracts that are long and full of legalease. Eyes glaze over, people fast forward. Whether the read it or not, the fact that it is short, in plain language, and clearly visible is the point.

Yes, many people just don't care. If they choose to ignore it, they can't say "they weren't warned" or "didn't understand."

There are laws in place. I just wish they were enforced on those who blatantly break them and not watered down by the time the judgement comes in.

I like the idea of a "simple" contract too. Straight, to the point, and first thing they see so no one can say it was hidden.

The question would be 1)how to keep track of those who "agree", and 2)someone/something would have to see that it can't be cracked--like Kindle's DRM.

But I like the idea behind the eBay VERO improvement where it could be legally imposed on these torrent sites that they have to have a record of the current (c) holder and a "report this" or whatever on every page/download and risk losing everything if they don't comply.

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