The Worst of the Police

[Grimhogun]

You should hear my uncle going off on these bastards. He wants to shoot them all a whole lot more than they wanted to shoot Pence.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I bet.

 

[Zeedox]

New Video Shows Beverly Hills Cops Playing Beatles to Trigger Instagram Copyright Filter

In at least three cases, Beverly Hills Cops have started playing music seemingly to prevent themselves from being filmed by an activist.

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In at least three cases, Beverly Hills Cops have started playing music seemingly to prevent themselves from being filmed by an activist.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I'm wondering two things:

First, how bad are your policing practices if you have to resort to this?

Second, how is the cop not guilty of copyright violation by playing copyrighted music for public display while being paid?

 

[Hugo Stiglitz]

What's next? Put up the damn flip up tent over the entire crime scene?

 

[Grimhogun]

I don't get it. If the cops are playing the music aren't they the ones breaking the copyright? I mean if I go to a bar and I'm talking with some friends at a birthday party and somebody is recording it on a phone and a song is playing in the background how the hell is that copyright infringement? It's not you controlling the damn music. You're simmply filming a scene.

 

[Zeedox]

I don't get it. If the cops are playing the music aren't they the ones breaking the copyright? I mean if I go to a bar and I'm talking with some friends at a birthday party and somebody is recording it on a phone and a song is playing in the background how the hell is that copyright infringement? It's not you controlling the damn music. You're simmply filming a scene.

You're correct however, it is very much easier to say that a video has copyright music on it and Youtube will take it down, then it is to defend a video that has copyright music in the background as news/fair use. And defending will most likely cost you time, effort and cash.

That being said, as Gomez stated earlier, send a copy of the tape to the copyright people about the cops doing this, and let their attorneys talk to the cops.


edit: commas for clarity

 

[Gomez Adams]

That being said, as Gomez stated earlier send a copy of the tape to the copyright people about the cops doing this and let their attorneys talk to the cops.

I had to read that 3 times to get it.

 

[Zeedox]

Police Unions Lose Bid to Keep Disciplinary Records a Secret

A federal court ruling moves New York City closer to releasing a vast trove of records regarding police misconduct, a major milestone in a decades-long fight.

www.nytimes.com

A federal appeals court in New York cleared the way on Tuesday for the city to release hundreds of thousands of police disciplinary records, a major milestone in a long and bitter political battle to open the records to public scrutiny.

The ruling by a three-judge panel, which also affects firefighters and corrections officers, dealt a heavy blow to efforts by officers’ unions to block the records’ release.

 

[Gomez Adams]

I've never understood how those records could be kept secret. Ever. They say it's to prevent frivolous lawsuits and the like, but come on. If you're that worried about being sued, then clearly you are doing something wrong.

 

[Zeedox]

I've never understood how those records could be kept secret. Ever. They say it's to prevent frivolous lawsuits and the like, but come on. If you're that worried about being sued, then clearly you are doing something wrong.

The better part will be the liability of anyone else who hires dismissed police now elsewhere.

 

[Gomez Adams]

That happens here a lot.

It's always after an officer is fired for something and an investigation occurs that you find out he had 3 disciplinary charges against him and was fired from the next county over.