okay, this is weird. Why are replies NOT shown until AFTER I post a reply? I didn't mean to double-reply to this comment, but I didn't see my own earlier response.... and no editing? seriously?
Re: If you don't want a locked phone, don't buy one!
And how many unlocked phones are there out there? How many come unlocked from the factory? How many don't cost $600-$700?
Paying $700 for an unlocked phone is also "craven obedience to corporate tyranny".
The real issue here is that subsidy locking has nothing to do with Copyright protection. Copyright was intended to prevent copying of covered material. Nobody is copying the ROM's of these locked phones so that they can use them on unlicensed devices. In fact, the opposite is true: users are unlocking phones so that they can use open-source code on their purchased hardware.
And this doesn't even start to cover the practice of locking the bootloader on tablets and PC's. There is absolutely NO logical reason to prevent a user from installing a third party OS on a tablet or PC. When I walk out of the store with a computer, my transaction with the manufacturer is DONE. I don't pay maintenance or service fees, so what purpose is served under Copyright by locking these devices?
I think Congress needs to take a look at this practice in general. If I had my way, ALL computing devices would have a simple software switch that allows the user to load any firmware or OS he desires. Loading my OS of choice on a tablet should be no different than loading a new OS on my 5 year old desktop PC.
I am against organizations trying to claim ownership of ALL works by an employee when the work is not part of the employer's product line or business.
In an educational setting, this is especially a cause for concern, as traditionally, both educators and students have owned work that they created during the educational process. At a university level, professors are expected to publish and continue their professional development... trying to claim ownership of those works doesn't exactly make someone want to create new works that they won't own.
IMO, a work for hire should always be a specific, commissioned work. For example, "We will pay you to write us a school anthem." Schools should never be allowed to say "we own everything you create." This should include a teacher's individualized lesson plans.
Now the exception should be for specific works created for the school. For example, if a teacher helps develop or revise the syllabus that will be used by all of the teachers for a specific class, that would be owned by the school. If a student creates a module for the school web site, then the school should own that work.
But when an art professor paints a portrait of his wife for her birthday, a computer teacher writes a video game to sell on iTunes, or a music teacher composes a song to play at the local coffee shop, those are individual works and not something created to help the school do its business. I can't see any reasonable merit to the school owning those works.
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Re: If you don't want a locked phone, don't buy one!
Paying $700 for an unlocked phone is also "craven obedience to corporate tyranny".
The real issue here is that subsidy locking has nothing to do with Copyright protection. Copyright was intended to prevent copying of covered material. Nobody is copying the ROM's of these locked phones so that they can use them on unlicensed devices. In fact, the opposite is true: users are unlocking phones so that they can use open-source code on their purchased hardware.
And this doesn't even start to cover the practice of locking the bootloader on tablets and PC's. There is absolutely NO logical reason to prevent a user from installing a third party OS on a tablet or PC. When I walk out of the store with a computer, my transaction with the manufacturer is DONE. I don't pay maintenance or service fees, so what purpose is served under Copyright by locking these devices?
I think Congress needs to take a look at this practice in general. If I had my way, ALL computing devices would have a simple software switch that allows the user to load any firmware or OS he desires. Loading my OS of choice on a tablet should be no different than loading a new OS on my 5 year old desktop PC.
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Re: So...
My guess is that the file was flagged solely based on its filename.
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Re: Work for hire
I am against organizations trying to claim ownership of ALL works by an employee when the work is not part of the employer's product line or business.
In an educational setting, this is especially a cause for concern, as traditionally, both educators and students have owned work that they created during the educational process. At a university level, professors are expected to publish and continue their professional development... trying to claim ownership of those works doesn't exactly make someone want to create new works that they won't own.
IMO, a work for hire should always be a specific, commissioned work. For example, "We will pay you to write us a school anthem." Schools should never be allowed to say "we own everything you create." This should include a teacher's individualized lesson plans.
Now the exception should be for specific works created for the school. For example, if a teacher helps develop or revise the syllabus that will be used by all of the teachers for a specific class, that would be owned by the school. If a student creates a module for the school web site, then the school should own that work.
But when an art professor paints a portrait of his wife for her birthday, a computer teacher writes a video game to sell on iTunes, or a music teacher composes a song to play at the local coffee shop, those are individual works and not something created to help the school do its business. I can't see any reasonable merit to the school owning those works.
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