I vaguely recall composers being supported by wealthy patrons.
Take away all incentive for composers to make music (and take away all music) and you'd suddenly have the same thing. A bunch of rich people would say, "Shit. There's no music, I'm gonna hire me a composer to make some."
Of course, nowadays they would immediately claim that it would all be "work for hire" and claim copyright on the compositions...
Do you want to define "basic research" for us? Exactly what kind of basic research is going on that contradicts anything Mike mentioned in his article? Hence, it is NOT a public good and you are wrong.
So, GWB duped numbnut voters into electing him?
Just like Obama did this time around?
Is that what you're saying?
I'm assuming that you have the authority to call the average voter a "numbnut" since you have a proven intelligence far above the norm. If not, please explain how you are not included in the group you consider "numbnuts".
Suppose that I write an web page about myself and send the link to someone (that I don't like) asking if they would send it on to some people they know.
Then I change the page to be defamatory (by myself about myself), can I then sue the person I sent the link to for libel? (assuming that they actually did forward the link to others)
You're all being too harsh.
I think Nameless has a valid point.
There are more than 550,000 lawyers in the US. Just imagine how much easier it would be for Burger King to find employees if all those lawyers were out of work.
So if I take the Gutenberg bible and translate it from the original German myself, with my own "embellishments", then I can copyright my "new" Bible and anyone using words (English words) from it is violating my copyright?
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Take away all incentive for composers to make music (and take away all music) and you'd suddenly have the same thing. A bunch of rich people would say, "Shit. There's no music, I'm gonna hire me a composer to make some."
Of course, nowadays they would immediately claim that it would all be "work for hire" and claim copyright on the compositions...
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If they did that in my state I would never purchase from them again.
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Perhaps you should examine a coffee shop's profit margins (which probably are much closer to about 5-10%).
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Just like Obama did this time around?
Is that what you're saying?
I'm assuming that you have the authority to call the average voter a "numbnut" since you have a proven intelligence far above the norm. If not, please explain how you are not included in the group you consider "numbnuts".
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Once upon a time, the authorities could execute you on the spot for committing a crime. Perhaps we should go back to that, too?
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Yes, until they start doing something RIGHT.
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Suppose that I write an web page about myself and send the link to someone (that I don't like) asking if they would send it on to some people they know.
Then I change the page to be defamatory (by myself about myself), can I then sue the person I sent the link to for libel? (assuming that they actually did forward the link to others)
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I think Nameless has a valid point.
There are more than 550,000 lawyers in the US. Just imagine how much easier it would be for Burger King to find employees if all those lawyers were out of work.
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Is that your argument, Anonymous?
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