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Don't like someone's videos on YouTube? A conservative former Navy chaplain and Colorado state assembly candidate has a novel solution: Spam the site with takedown notices to trigger automatic removals to shut down your enemy's channel entirely.
Gordon "Dr. Chaps" Klingenschmitt has been waging war for weeks on the liberal group People for the American Way, whose Right Wing Watch project works to highlight incendiary comments made by conservative firebrands such as Rush Limbaugh and Glenn Beck. The group has made a habit of taking short clips from Klingenschmitt's own "Pray in Jesus' Name" show (also conveniently hosted on YouTube) and uploading them unedited onto their own YouTube channel, albeit with altered titles such as "Klingenschmitt Declares That ENDA Promotes Bestiality" or "Klingenschmitt Says Wendy Davis Is Ruled By A 'Demon of Murder'."
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Klingenschmitt was not amused. To counter RWW's practice, he began submitting takedown notices to YouTube under the justification that the group was "stealing and pirating" his show, which he believes is protected under the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
His efforts so far are paying off. RWW's videos are getting taken down temporarily, and twice their entire channel has been shut down — both times for at least 10 days.
"They don't add any value to the content," Klingenschmitt told National Journal. "They simply steal and copy and post with their own logo. They are not a legitimate news organization."
The preacher is adamant that Right Wing Watch's actions constitute "a clear violation of copyright," but his claim rests on shaky legal ground. There's little question that RWW's videos are protected under the fair-use doctrine, said David Sunshine, an intellectual property lawyer with the law firm Cozen O'Connor.
So if Right Wing Watch videos are protected, why is YouTube taking them down? In an effort to comply with federal law, the site errs strongly on the side of caution when a video is flagged for copyright infringement, and its process for restoring a video is slow even if the claim is baseless.
Under the "safe harbor" provision of the DMCA, Internet service providers or content platforms like YouTube are promised protection from liability for any user-posted content that violates copyright. But to dock in the safe harbor, the party hosting content must not have knowledge of the infringement and must possess a standard procedure for removing content that users mark for infringement.
YouTube's procedure until last year granted users little recourse when someone hit them with a copyright-infringement claim. But the site updated its policy to allow users to submit a counter-notice challenging the claim, which triggers a statutorily mandated 10-day holding period during which YouTube waits to see if the party crying foul pursues legal action. During that time, the video in question remains offline.
Additionally, YouTube also has what some call a "three strikes" rule, which shuts down an entire account if three infringement claims are submitted. Klingenschmitt has exploited this rule to get RWW's channel killed two times.
This might sound extremely restrictive, but it's all done to comply with safe-harbor rules, said Sunshine.
"You can't put the onus on YouTube to make the determination on all the fair-use cases," he added. "If they don't take content down, they risk losing their safe harbor."
But advocacy groups think more can be done to protect user content from sabotage. The spat has drawn attention from the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an Internet-freedom group now working with RWW to protect the videos from being taken down. The group sent Klingenschmitt an unusually humorous cease-and-desist letter last week outlining why the videos constitute fair use and warning that misuse of procedures to "shut down lawful speech can result in liability for any damages."
Corynne McSherry, EFF's intellectual property director, said service providers like YouTube should be "more flexible in terms of what they do for their repeat-offender policy." Rather than keeping a video or account shut down when a counter-notice is filed, YouTube should instead leave the video up while waiting to see whether or not either party pursues legal action, McSherry said.
Klingenschmitt, who is running for state assembly in 2014 as a Republican, remains undeterred, though he has indicated he is unlikely to go forward with a lawsuit. His critics say this is because he knows his war on Right Wing Watch is baseless. Klingenschmitt counters that punishing the liberal advocacy group is not his goal.
"My lawyers believe they are vulnerable," he said. "They said I should sue them, but I don't want to do that right now because I don't want to hurt them. My goal is only to defend my content."
That, and warn us about how Sen. Al Franken., D-Minn., wants to "homosexualize" our public schools.


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i was going to run a 42x16 on the fixie i'm building. but it turns out that the chainring is a 40. what is a good cog choice for sf and portland. i was thinking maybe a 15.
i was going to run a 42x16 on the fixie i'm building. but it turns out that the chainring is a 40. what is a good cog choice for sf and portland. i was thinking maybe a 15.
2 on the front is the same as 1 on the back. You want the same as 42:16 then run 40:15. If it were me I might just run with 40:16, lots of hills.
I was thinking of upping my rear cog to an 18t. It's really really hard climbing hills on my current ratio.
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48:15 is just ****ing nuts. Why don't you do that so my knees won't hurt so much in sympathy pain? Your pushing 86 gear inches, 18 will be 72, 72 will be your friend.
The Sheldon Brown website says I'm pushing 78", anyway, it's hard but fun.Originally Posted by kurremkarm
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I run a 42-14. I always thougt it was 3-1. Hmm who knows. My ratio lets me get everywhere, although on the steeper hills, its murder.
Im Here.
Don't let these bullies drive you into taking more on that you need. You have major hills to deal with, and you only have one set of knees!!
I ride either 43/16, 40/15. or 48/16 all are ok, although I like the 43/16 the best, gives me the most balanced ride. This means I use the 43 for commuting, but if I feel like going for a long fast ride, I go for the 48. My cadence gets too crazy at high speeds with the 40 or 43.
My four fixies range from a 42x16t (71"), 44x16t (74"), 52x18t (78"), to a 52x16t (88".)Originally Posted by goatmeal
I started riding fixies using a 42x18t (63") but that's just too light to climb with.
I find it easier to climb in a higher gear and just tough it out. With the 52x16t bike I
have a top end of 40 mph. I just bought a 15t and have a 19t, so I'm working on two more fixies.
"We are few now, but one day we will rule." That's what one of my fixies whispered as I walked by. I nodded in agreement, and thanked it for not waking the others.
I'm riding 44x16 on my fixed gear and 52x18 on my single speed, both of which I think of as good "urban" gears--I can accelerate quickly from a dead stop, sprint, skid and keep up with traffic. Denver is mostly pretty flat, though, in spite of neighborhood names like Capitol Hill, Park Hill, Hilltop and Highlands. I have tried 42x14 and 44x14 but didn't stick with them. Mid to upper 70s gear inches seem best for me.
I run 42x16 on my all around perfect bike. The gear works for everything, except for really going fast. When I want to do that I get on my Pinarello funny bike with 52/16 and just crank it out until my muscles want to scream and die. It's fun and fast and on the open back roads north of Houston I've got no hills to deal with, only 5 stops on my 30 mile loop.
I love both bikes, I love both ratios, I'd actually like to build up a bike in the classic english cruiser style with 42x17 or 18 for just tooling around, upright, not too quick, nice and proper.
Oh, and I went 42x16 on recommendations from this board and I think they were really right on track. Good starter gear no matter what.
Thats what I thought too; 3 in the front is worth 1 in the back???Originally Posted by inkdwheels
Anyway I run a 46-15 and I'm thinkin of going to a 44. I stay away from the big hills around here. But I think I need less gear inches to help me stop better.
Despite a few nasty hills around here, I run 50-18. I started with 48-18, but wanted to keep up with bastard cars on the fast lane
I got nothing to do
you got nothing to say
everything is so ****ed up
I guess it's natural that way
I was running a 42x14 for a while here in not so hilly Hackensack, NJ but then tried out a 48x14 and Damn that hurt when I was going for a neighbourhood ride with my kids back home in mountainous Long pond, PA. I am currently running a knee friendly 44x14.
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SS-converted Trek mtb
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I am running a 42 x 15 in Portland and it serves me well for all but the most severe climbs, of which there are very few.
Keeps me in pace with the traffic, yet still low enough to let me start out from a stop with no problem.
Let me know when you get to town.
i ride on a 52 x 16.. i don't really have any problem with it, but i'm thinking about stepping down to a 49 or 46 chainring
thanks everyone.
i ended up just ripping the chainring off my old bmx. so now i'm riding a 44x17. it's nice for sf. i've been riding to work and it's real pleasant.
I am still puttering, thinking of a 44:16 from my current 48:16. I don't like the 48 so much because my pick up is usually got up and left by the time I get going. How do you like the 44?
I rode 66 inches (44x18) for my first year+ in Portland, inlcuding climbs up into the hills and some riding in the mountains. I am just beginning to use 70 inches (44x17) to get more speed on flats, but the climbing is harder and I'm not yet sure whether I can handle moutnain-sized climbs. If you plan to stay out of the hills in Portland, then 65-70 inches would be fine to start with. If you will be climbing into the hills, I'd keep it at 66 inches or less. Riding the hills over 70 inches would be very very hard.
i need a gear big enough to stand and climb with for a particular route and use a bike to match the ride at hand. i managed lots of short climbs for 67 miles last season in hillsborough, north carolina. i used my van dessel and ran a 44x16t that day. i have climbed shorter rides using as high as a 52x16t though.Originally Posted by PdxMark
"We are few now, but one day we will rule." That's what one of my fixies whispered as I walked by. I nodded in agreement, and thanked it for not waking the others.
the 44x17 works well in sf. i can stand on the hills and grind up them. i figure i'll be fine in portland because sf is straight loco with regard to hills. i'm wondering about buying some new tires to get more traction in rain. is this necessary in pdx?
I just use whatever durable tires I have for my fixie. i like Armadillos on my commuter.Originally Posted by sf-pdx

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