You're assuming that when these pensions come due the funds will still be there. More likely, the funds will be spent on pork and the pension will be funded with IOUs.
The problem with both systems is the same from a sustainability standpoint. It requires a certain amount of scarce natural resources to produce anything (energy, clean water, medicines, farmland ect).
If you don't plan for your resources to stretch into the foreseeable future, it's not sustainable. If two or more different groups plan to use the same resource without massive collaboration (ie oil), it won't last as long as any group plans.
I don't see why peer associations would be any better at not overusing the real scarce resources than anyone else.
Man, do we have to do the outrage thing again? I think I may be succumbing to outrage fatigue. Well, it's time to get myself psyched up for the fight in the senate I guess.
How much of a headache is publishing worth to him? Sometimes is wiser not to exercise your legal rights, even though you should not be penalized for doing so.
If the satisfaction of publishing is worth the fight, however, maybe he could get a lawyer to work on a contingency if the company took legal action. If it's that clear cut, the company might have to pay his attorney fees.
disclaimer: IANAL, ask a real one before you take my advice.
Re: I'm impressed, bob. This seems like a well thought out and somewhat logical argument. Mind you, "it's been done before" and "people will get paid more because they know how much money was raised" aren't particularly strong arguments, but I'm very impr
I agree, and I'm not just responding to this because of the insanely long title. That was only half the reason.
Don't ever represent that this is your only work on the subject.
As I understand it, you could CC a paper with no restrictions, basically make it public domain, and then modify that paper to attain a new copyright on the work. That is perfectly legal. In fact, academic publishers do that all the time by affixing a mark to all the pages so they can issue take downs on otherwise public domain works.
High pay for teachers is the only one of those things that would really make a difference. However, increasing the pay of the current crop wouldn't result in better schools for many years.
People expect teachers to make little money. Therefore, there will be little competition for those jobs. Laying off teachers now will increase competition, but it won't help because the talent pool was decided back when the potential teachers chose their educational goals.
It will probably take 10-20 years after a significant pay increase (2x to 3x) to get the best possible teaching candidates in the classrooms. I won't hold my breath.
Make 2 versions of the paper that are nearly identical aside from a few different words. Release one online before submitting it under a CC license, maybe on an obscure website that the reviewers are unlikely to see. Submit the second and give the conference any terms they would like.
The copyright from the conference could not apply to the other work since it had already been released under a CC license that predates the contract.
The conference could reject the paper, but it would have to find the other version of the paper first. If you take proper precautions, that shouldn't happen.
Congress seems to think the best way to tackle computer security is to add more bureaucrats that know less about computer security than the people they're trying to regulate.
Isn't this how the Soviet Union fell apart? Every time a problem arose they just added an additional level of bureaucracy, and took away more of their citizens rights, until the whole system came crashing down under its own weight, right?
I bought pirates without looking into the local ordinances. Need to unload them fast.
They swashbuckle well, but their parrots are too squwacky and their "ARRGG MATEYs" are 10dB too high for my apartment. Also, their peg legs keep getting stuck in doorways.
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If you don't plan for your resources to stretch into the foreseeable future, it's not sustainable. If two or more different groups plan to use the same resource without massive collaboration (ie oil), it won't last as long as any group plans.
I don't see why peer associations would be any better at not overusing the real scarce resources than anyone else.
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I wasn't being serious though. I don't have that kind of free time.
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Maybe I should just go around photographing police. It seems like a good way to win lawsuits and get police who shouldn't be on the job, off the job.
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Anything to support our troops abroad.
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Not So Bad
As long as the rights holder has to pay for prosecution, the market should work itself out.
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Re: An obvious question
http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120418/04020718540/hollywood-s till-trying-to-kill-golden-netflix-goose.shtml#c394
Per these previous posts, I think they have done a lot in conjunction with other legacy players.
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If the satisfaction of publishing is worth the fight, however, maybe he could get a lawyer to work on a contingency if the company took legal action. If it's that clear cut, the company might have to pay his attorney fees.
disclaimer: IANAL, ask a real one before you take my advice.
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As I understand it, you could CC a paper with no restrictions, basically make it public domain, and then modify that paper to attain a new copyright on the work. That is perfectly legal. In fact, academic publishers do that all the time by affixing a mark to all the pages so they can issue take downs on otherwise public domain works.
I believe turn about is fair play here.
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People expect teachers to make little money. Therefore, there will be little competition for those jobs. Laying off teachers now will increase competition, but it won't help because the talent pool was decided back when the potential teachers chose their educational goals.
It will probably take 10-20 years after a significant pay increase (2x to 3x) to get the best possible teaching candidates in the classrooms. I won't hold my breath.
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Easier Solution
The copyright from the conference could not apply to the other work since it had already been released under a CC license that predates the contract.
The conference could reject the paper, but it would have to find the other version of the paper first. If you take proper precautions, that shouldn't happen.
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Idea for a business
Step 2. Run a media campaign that calls people who like my product criminals.
Step 3. Spend profits on politicians and court cases against potential customers, scaring them and generally making their lives worse.
Step 4. Spy on my potential customers and send them notices so they definitely know they are being spied on.
Step 5. Wonder why people don't like me and would prefer not to buy my products.
Step 6. ????
Step 7. PROFIT
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Congressional Logic
Isn't this how the Soviet Union fell apart? Every time a problem arose they just added an additional level of bureaucracy, and took away more of their citizens rights, until the whole system came crashing down under its own weight, right?
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Illegal Pirate Ad
I bought pirates without looking into the local ordinances. Need to unload them fast.
They swashbuckle well, but their parrots are too squwacky and their "ARRGG MATEYs" are 10dB too high for my apartment. Also, their peg legs keep getting stuck in doorways.
Any reasonable offer will be considered.
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Which option kills this thing faster?
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