Pennsylvania should be more focused on making a driver's license that can't be faked so easily. That's the type all the college kids have been getting for the last year or two.
I work for a company that detects fake IDs. Inserting a photo into a template and printing and laminating it isn't going to pass a casual cashier's glance (no matter how fancy your printer is). The only real sources of concern at this point are the decent fakes coming from China, decent fakes made by professional theft rings, and real licenses obtained by bribing DMV officials.
Things like this app are just a silly distraction and not causing any real harm or facilitating any real identity theft.
And you're correct, every US state has been on solid plastic (unlaminated) licenses since 2004 or earlier.
On a somewhat-related point, I would recommend that people read Kafka's "The Trial". It's not easy reading. Know the expression "1984 was not an instruction manual"? If this trend continues, people will be saying that about Kafka soon.
Such laws make it so that, if anything could possibly be interpreted that way, it creates massive liability for anyone who doesn't escalate the situation. It's common sense for administrators to take CYA measures.
These trademark things of "not in the same industry" cause problems later when the upstart spreads into the industry they initially weren't encroaching on.
People are not rational with money. There's a fairly common psychological study where people are given 10 $1 bills and one person gets to make a single offer for how to split it, and the other person gets to accept or reject the offer. If the offer is rejected, nobody gets any money.
Rationally, the person would always offer $1, and the offer of a dollar would always be accepted. But people will normally reject the 90%/10% split because they feel cheated. That's what we're seeing here. If someone else is making money from their stuff, even if they end up with more money than they would have without it, they feel cheated and want to reject the deal.
It's a psychology problem, and it's because people aren't rational.
"They have forgotten that their whole purpose is to sell stories, music, news, and movies"
That's their current business model, not their purpose. Their business (purpose?) is to make money in a way related to providing entertainment and information to people who want it. They would not fail in their goal if people paid for production instead of copies, or if sponsors/advertisers provide the money instead of end-users.
I made it about halfway through the audiobook before I realized that I didn't remember what had happened and I didn't care where the story was going. It's one of the few audiobooks I never finished. And I listened all the way through Atlas Shrugged (63 hours), so that's saying something.
Blaming things on the freeloaders, like attempting to incite class warfare, is normally an attempt to manipulate people into fighting each other instead of standing up for their own position. It's a "divide and conquer" strategy. It's nice when people don't take the bait.
Steam isn't a DRM platform, it's a distribution platform that includes DRM with some games. And some people do hate Steam. But they've shown that their goal is to make money, not to control people. I can respect that.
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Things like this app are just a silly distraction and not causing any real harm or facilitating any real identity theft.
And you're correct, every US state has been on solid plastic (unlaminated) licenses since 2004 or earlier.
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The Trial
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Bad analogy
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To wit, the kid hasn't been convicted of anything, and there are "mandatory reporter" laws involved.
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Blame Apple
"As a condition of the settlement, Apple Computer agreed not to enter the music business, and Apple Corps agreed not to enter the computer business."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_Corps_v_Apple_Computer
These trademark things of "not in the same industry" cause problems later when the upstart spreads into the industry they initially weren't encroaching on.
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Rationally, the person would always offer $1, and the offer of a dollar would always be accepted. But people will normally reject the 90%/10% split because they feel cheated. That's what we're seeing here. If someone else is making money from their stuff, even if they end up with more money than they would have without it, they feel cheated and want to reject the deal.
It's a psychology problem, and it's because people aren't rational.
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That's their current business model, not their purpose. Their business (purpose?) is to make money in a way related to providing entertainment and information to people who want it. They would not fail in their goal if people paid for production instead of copies, or if sponsors/advertisers provide the money instead of end-users.
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Steam isn't a DRM platform, it's a distribution platform that includes DRM with some games. And some people do hate Steam. But they've shown that their goal is to make money, not to control people. I can respect that.
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