Extreme but ...... wrote:
Curious observer wrote:
Germans
when it comes to world conflicts, they just can't seem to win the big ones.
Germans:
slaughtered romans at Teutoberg Forest
sacked rome (goths)
defeated Huns (franks)
defeated King Arthur/Britons (saxons)
took over Italy (lombards)
defeated Arabs (franks)
defeated Napoleon (prussians)
Bad Wigins wrote:
Germans:
slaughtered romans at Teutoberg Forest
sacked rome (goths)
defeated Huns (franks)
defeated King Arthur/Britons (saxons)
took over Italy (lombards)
defeated Arabs (franks)
defeated Napoleon (prussians)
Not exactly big ones, more like minor skirmishes.
This thread seriously derailed. I'd rather hear about the handbiker guy than video rights issues.
The handbiker guy got very lucky. He'd be viral and not in a good way if he tried to cross the tape at the same time, as he intended. He must have realized at the last second that his stealing glory attempt was dumb.
The marathon should be about testing your body and how it can can run without external assistance from food and drinks during the race. Dealing with the carbohydrate depletion should be part of the test. All marathon records need be scrapped and new rules enforced where no drinks or food are allowed in the race. Then new records can be established under the new correct rules.
I don't want to jump to conclusions. This drinks guy probably has to literally beat girls off with sticks every time he goes to Starbucks for a coffee now since his new found fame. But isn't it illegal for this to happen and did he not think it would result in a DQ for Kipchoge? Isn't there rules for the criteria of setting records or racing in general?
I was rooting for the handicapped guy to win.
What was his time? Same time?
I wish I could be a drinks guy and hand Bekele his drink when he runs a wr marathon. That would be my dream job evan if it is only a one off.
Scorpion_runner wrote:
- Germans have a beer purity rule. Beer can only be made with water, hops and barley. They have loosened that rule a little, but it is still in play. They don't make piss.
Can someone tell me what we make our beer out of besdies water, hops and barley?
Scorpion_runner wrote:
- Germans engineer EVERYTHING faster than any other culture. Not only can they think it, they can build it, precisely.
Thank God that wasn't true for the nuclear bomb.
wejo wrote:
Law mannajonesy wrote:
First the article was more about Gault bragging about his 800 retweets. No one care jonny.
Secondly he almost certainly violated copyright law by stealing the video from NBC and posting it on twitter.
I just reread the article. There is no mention of how many times it's been rewteeted.
You must be in the industry as the average joe doesn't really give a s*** how man times something is retweeted or whether NBC could make a copyright claim against a few second clip.
We could easily make a "fair use" claim to the clip.
Wow- after reading the actual text of US copyright law I'd say someone could even argue that one could have a sports highlight show and use video highlights from sporting events and it would be allowed.
Maybe we should do that for Diamond League meets. Someone argue against me. Here's what it says:
1976 Copyright act:
Notwithstanding the provisions of sections 106 and 106A, the fair use of a copyrighted work, including such use by reproduction in copies or phonorecords or by any other means specified by that section, for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching (including multiple copies for classroom use), scholarship, or research, is not an infringement of copyright.
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So John clearly used this clip for comment and arguably news reporting in my book.
I re-read the article. It does mention about how many "likes" it had and how many times his phone pinged. That's pretty stupid it include in the article. Jon is just a terrible journalists.
Secondly, I don't think you know fair use. You can't just claim fair use and it's suddenly fair use.
You have to be a legitimate news gathering sources. You fail on all accounts.
The same guy from 2018 helped Kipchoge to the 2022 world record. This actually looks hard to do. Has to get on a bike and get to each station to hand off the bottle, with no bobbles. Would be easy to mess up. "Bottle Claus" 2022 update: