Apple has several pending lawsuits with Samsung. Didn't stop Apple from contracting out the manufacture of the retina display in the new iPad to Samsung.
"Basically, why do any research or really develop anything, when you can take someone else's work and go from there?"
That's an easy one to answer. If it really is that easy to "take someone else's work" then perhaps that "work" should have never been granted a patent in the first place.
Just because you invent something, even if it is novel or unique, does not mean you are automatically entitled to government-mandated protection.
If you are talking about simulcasting on TV, where the Canadian feed of Big Bang Theory is played over the CBS channel, then blame the cable companies and Canadian TV networks.
Oddly enough, if you subscribe to the HD channels, more often than not, the Canadian feed is not played over the US feed. I usually know more about the top stories and the weather in the Seattle than I the top stories and the weather in my area.
"Their record label then has distribution deals for it."
An artificial scarcity created by the record companies.
"Now, most distributors are by country or somethings by region."
Again, an artificial scarcity created by the record companies.
That is for a lot of reasons, getting back to various restrictions that may exist in different countries, local packaging requirements, etc. "
No, it's mostly to exert control over the music ecosystem. Besides, we are talking about digital files not physical products. There are no "local packaging requirements" for an mp3 file.
I live in Canada, and can buy almost any physical good I want from anywhere in the world. I bought a garage door opener replacement gear from an outfit in the US. There were no "regional restrictions" on the gear. I've bought plenty of cables from Monoprice.com. Again, no regional restrictions.
Now, some companies may choose to not ship internationally. That's their choice. And I can understand that they may not want to deal with the potential headache of shipping a PHYSICAL good internationally.
But even that restriction can be overcome by shipping to a business that is located in the US near the US-Canada border. I travel over the border and pickup my package and bring it back to Canada. Customs fees may be payable depending on the dollar amount and motivation of the Custom's Officer.
The thing I don't understand about regional restrictions is why don't companies at least direct you to a local source for that digital file? If they can figure out I'm not Australian or American, then they can figure out I'm Canadian and direct me to the Canadian retailer of that song or movie.
Depends. Could be possible that these birds are under contract to God. What happens next depends on your version of God.
If he is the Old Testament vengeful God, he will sue Rumblefish and then charge back the cost of that lawsuit to the birds. If he is the New Testament kinder gentler God, he will forgive you. I'm sure there are other versions. Feel free to expand.
Perhaps the NSA should look at the causes of the 2003 Northeast blackout. It wasn't terrorists or hackers.
It was a private company that took a generating plant offline during a high demand period and did not perform proper tree maintenance along high voltage lines.
It was the government that took capacitor banks that regulate voltage offline for inspection causing great fluctuations in voltage that caused lines to trip.
It was a bug in the energy management software that stalled alarms and warnings for an hour.
It was human error when an operator forgot to reset a monitoring tool.
"Globally, IPC occurs on a vast scale. More open borders and increased international trade make it easier for fake goods to flow across continents. Advances in technology have also made it easier to mass produce fake items. The best of them are of such high quality that they’re hard to tell from the real thing.
While no proven figures are available, the December 2006 Gowers Review of Intellectual Property estimated that criminal gain from IPC in the UK was worth £1.3 billion. Organised crime was responsible for £900 million of this. Up to half of the total was accounted for by digital media, particularly software and film."
So, IPC occurs on a vast scale, but we have no proven figures. No wonder people don't trust government anymore.
"The bill will require Internet service providers to store and to make available to the government and police forces information on the Internet activity of their customers.
Police will require a warrant to obtain that information. But the bill would also permit them to obtain IP addresses (which identifies someone on the Internet), email addresses, mobile phone numbers and other information without any warrant."
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What is the TSA afraid off? The truth?
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That's an easy one to answer. If it really is that easy to "take someone else's work" then perhaps that "work" should have never been granted a patent in the first place.
Just because you invent something, even if it is novel or unique, does not mean you are automatically entitled to government-mandated protection.
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If you are talking about simulcasting on TV, where the Canadian feed of Big Bang Theory is played over the CBS channel, then blame the cable companies and Canadian TV networks.
Oddly enough, if you subscribe to the HD channels, more often than not, the Canadian feed is not played over the US feed. I usually know more about the top stories and the weather in the Seattle than I the top stories and the weather in my area.
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An artificial scarcity created by the record companies.
"Now, most distributors are by country or somethings by region."
Again, an artificial scarcity created by the record companies.
That is for a lot of reasons, getting back to various restrictions that may exist in different countries, local packaging requirements, etc. "
No, it's mostly to exert control over the music ecosystem. Besides, we are talking about digital files not physical products. There are no "local packaging requirements" for an mp3 file.
I live in Canada, and can buy almost any physical good I want from anywhere in the world. I bought a garage door opener replacement gear from an outfit in the US. There were no "regional restrictions" on the gear. I've bought plenty of cables from Monoprice.com. Again, no regional restrictions.
Now, some companies may choose to not ship internationally. That's their choice. And I can understand that they may not want to deal with the potential headache of shipping a PHYSICAL good internationally.
But even that restriction can be overcome by shipping to a business that is located in the US near the US-Canada border. I travel over the border and pickup my package and bring it back to Canada. Customs fees may be payable depending on the dollar amount and motivation of the Custom's Officer.
The thing I don't understand about regional restrictions is why don't companies at least direct you to a local source for that digital file? If they can figure out I'm not Australian or American, then they can figure out I'm Canadian and direct me to the Canadian retailer of that song or movie.
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Not being able to compete with the convenience of the Internet?
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Hint: It's not piracy.
"Basically, the money has been taken OUT of selling music"
Why does Apple continue to sell music, if there is no money to be made from selling music?
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If he is the Old Testament vengeful God, he will sue Rumblefish and then charge back the cost of that lawsuit to the birds. If he is the New Testament kinder gentler God, he will forgive you. I'm sure there are other versions. Feel free to expand.
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Bravo.
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It was a private company that took a generating plant offline during a high demand period and did not perform proper tree maintenance along high voltage lines.
It was the government that took capacitor banks that regulate voltage offline for inspection causing great fluctuations in voltage that caused lines to trip.
It was a bug in the energy management software that stalled alarms and warnings for an hour.
It was human error when an operator forgot to reset a monitoring tool.
But, yes, let's worry about those hackers.
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From the SOCA website:
"Globally, IPC occurs on a vast scale. More open borders and increased international trade make it easier for fake goods to flow across continents. Advances in technology have also made it easier to mass produce fake items. The best of them are of such high quality that they’re hard to tell from the real thing.
While no proven figures are available, the December 2006 Gowers Review of Intellectual Property estimated that criminal gain from IPC in the UK was worth £1.3 billion. Organised crime was responsible for £900 million of this. Up to half of the total was accounted for by digital media, particularly software and film."
So, IPC occurs on a vast scale, but we have no proven figures. No wonder people don't trust government anymore.
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"The bill will require Internet service providers to store and to make available to the government and police forces information on the Internet activity of their customers.
Police will require a warrant to obtain that information. But the bill would also permit them to obtain IP addresses (which identifies someone on the Internet), email addresses, mobile phone numbers and other information without any warrant."
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