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Why am I "not authorized to view this resource"?? (That's the message I get when I click on that link.)

Because I set the publish time at 6:45 (18:45) instead of 2:45 (14:45).  Whoops. 

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Florina Petcu is my pick.

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fbbfan, as long as this forum has existed at Amaz0ns, I've had a rotating blurb in the top news section instructing all content posters to familiarize themselves with "fair use" doctrine.  Please do so. 

This is a discussion site.  Posting links to brief clips for discussion purposes that do no injury to the rights-holder is not against the rules of this forum.

However, I have also made it clear that people are only to upload content to be hosted at Amaz0ns that they themselves are the rights-holder to, or that they have explicit permission from the right-holder to post.

I'm glad you're trying to be conscientious, though.  The internet puts all of us on the honor system as far as copyrights go.  I know I've downloaded things I shouldn't have.  I'm sure all of you have, as well.  But at some point we all have to make a decision whether we want to be pirates or whether we want to be fair to people who are investing their own time and money in creating content.

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I have data from 29 March.  It looks as if there's some bit of a bump, but new Newbies (1 post min) are not enough to make up for graduating Tenderfoots.

Member Title	29 March	24 April
Newbie	433	429
Tenderfoot	87	102
Site Regular	48	49
Pillar of the Community	46	50
Site Elder	29	27
Site Hero	25	25
Site Legend	3	6
Site Superhero	0	0

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These are the instructions to file a complaint with YouTube when someone posts contact in defiance of your copyright:

[tt]Copyright Infringement Notification

To file a copyright infringement with us, you will need to send a written communication that includes substantially the following (please consult your legal counsel or see Section 512(c)(3) of the Copyright Act to confirm these requirements):

  1. A physical or electronic signature of a person authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.
  2. Identification of the copyrighted work claimed to have been infringed, or, if multiple copyrighted works at a single online site are covered by a single notification, a representative list of such works at that site.
  3. Identification of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity and that is to be removed or access to which is to be disabled, and information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to locate the material.
  4. Information reasonably sufficient to permit the service provider to contact the complaining party, such as an address, telephone number, and, if available, an electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
  5. A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent, or the law.
  6. A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury, that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed.

Such written notice should be sent to our designated agent as follows:

DMCA Complaints
YouTube, Inc.
71 E. Third Ave.
San Mateo, CA 94401
Fax: 650.854.4829
Email: copyright@youtube.com

Please also note that under Section 512(f) any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to liability.[/tt]

The source of this document is here.  For some reason YouTube leaves off the office number of their copyright office, which is 650.343.2960.

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Oh, come on, man.  The distribution of specific racial excellence in certain sports makes it pretty obvious that there's something genetic in play.  Examples: Most of the players in the NBA are black – most of the players in ML Baseball are white.  In track and field, nearly all of the best sprinters are black, and nearly all of the long distance runners are white (or East African).

You might have a case with higher-cost sports like hockey, but for relatively cheap-to-play sports there's not much justification for an economic paradigm.  And since minority-dominated schools in the U.S. have had access to substantially increased sports funding over the last 25 years or so, the case for economics weakens even more.

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If someone is not the copyright holder of a video, than he doesn't have the right to post it anywhere.  Under fair use he may have the right to post frames or brief clips from it, but only for specific purposes and if his actions don't diminish the value of the original work. 

I've met Steve from Awefilms and he struck me as a respectable, down-to-earth family guy.  It's unfortunate that people want to steal from him.

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Ahhhhh. If only… If only…

You guys haven't been following Marvel's "Civil War", have you?  Current events:

1. Thor is currently missing or dead.
2. Thor's hammer (Mjolnir) has returned to Earth from space, where Thor previously threw it.
3. The U.S. Army has set up a camp at the impact site to study the hammer.
4. Dr. Doom and a squadron of Doombots raided the camp.
5. The Fantastic Four arrived on site to provide assistance to the Army.
6. Doom announced that he intends to make the hammer his own.

There are rumors that the Invisible Woman, Sue Storm, will die during Civil War, and no shipped previews that I've seen include her.  Things we know:

1. Dr. Doom is not "worthy" of the hammer and so, as per the inscription, will not be able to lift it or acquire the power of Thor.
2. Of all the characters in the Fantastic Four, Sue Storm is the most likely to be sufficiently pure of heart and stout of character to be able to lift the hammer.
3. If the previous incarnation of Thor is dead, whoever lifts the hammer will be transformed into a reincarnation of Thor.

Therefore I suspect that Sue Storm will become Thora, Goddess of Thunder.  The only open question is to what extent her physique will be transformed. 

Do I get a "no-prize"?

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Well, anyone can drown, that's true. 

The way it was explained to me when I took a lifesaving course, in hushed tones because it's considered forbidden knowledge, is that white kids and blacks kids are about equally likely to get intro trouble in water deeper than their heads.  The difference, I was told, is that whites have higher bodyfat and lower bone mass, so they are more buoyant.  So when a white kid gets into trouble, he'll often manage to stay at the surface long enough to get someone's attention, whereas a black kid who gets in trouble in the water may quickly and quietly dip below the surface, unobserved.  We were told to keep a particularly close eye on black kids in the water, not because they were more likely to get into trouble, but because once in trouble, their situation was liable to deteriorate rapidly.

The point is it's one of those things everybody knows – like white guys not being able to dance – that we simply chalk up to folk wisdom and don't attempt to validate.  When we start validating these things we're left with solid "truthy" blocks of racial differences that propl can build a much larger structure of bigotry upon.

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So, the tenured members are the ones in dark blue on the Who's Online list, right? 😕

Generally they have colors other than black or gray, but not always blue.

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