normally I thought posner was regarded as a genius
when it comes to this first amendment stuff, how can he not get it? He's the circuit court judge! This is like....unbelievable for someone in a position at such a level. It's like he does not like the very concept of transparency or accountability.
it wasn't a deal for windows, it was a deal against android
like other very common and well known settlements (see samsung +microsoft), microsoft gave them a loan to get them to agree to basically not produce android products and/or focus on windows.
This isn't about windows, this is a direct jab against android and also furthers their "everyone has settled with us and our supposedly valid patents" FUD claims.
we create them this way. What's the ages of our supreme court justices or district courts, etc?
Society has created some kind of "old = wiser" concept which is from the 1900s or earlier which doesn't reflect that wisdom and age are simply not correlated anymore, when it comes to technology.
It's not that old people can't get technology, it's that a majority of them simply choose not to.
It doesn't work in other countries, where actually the concerns of privacy aren't being widely acknowledged.
It's quite easy for someone to parrot the view and claim the follow it, it's another to be able to demonstrate they understand it (which no party which "adopts the platform" will be able to demonstrate).
while I think you're referring to audio/video, if we got rid of all copyright law it could spell trouble to a lot of different things. Audio/video/photography? definitely past it's time.
example: microsoft would no longer own copyright on any of their software, oracle would have not even a claim against google (even if it's a nonexistent claim), and GPL would be gone.
so let's not put software in the same category as the rest. Software doesn't fit for copyright as we know it at all, but that won't fix anything to just get rid of it.
that was a "please don't pay attention to my lobbying away your rights and denying facts or doublespin". Pretty much what you'd expect from any lobbyist or politician for microsoft or any other unethical organization.
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exactly = where are the countersuits?
On the post: Old Habits Or New Envy? Microsoft Bans 3rd Party Browsers On Windows RT
yep
success in front of their nose, meet 20 years of stubbornness.
On the post: Federal Appeals Court Rejects Illinois' Eavesdropping Law As Likely Violating The First Amendment
normally I thought posner was regarded as a genius
On the post: ICE & FBI Hatch Ingenious Plan To Make DVD Piracy Warnings Longer
this is the best "please pirate our movies" 10 second ad aever!
Humorously it should be noted that you don't see said warnings on netflix, or with indie movies.
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there's a difference between financially interested parties and stakeholders
on one hand you have:
people focused on making money
on the other hand you have:
people responsible for (service) being maintained, long term, etc.
how hard is it to understand that these groups are absolutely not ever necessarily correlated?
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it wasn't a deal for windows, it was a deal against android
This isn't about windows, this is a direct jab against android and also furthers their "everyone has settled with us and our supposedly valid patents" FUD claims.
On the post: Are Facebook 'Likes' Protected By The First Amendment?
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Society has created some kind of "old = wiser" concept which is from the 1900s or earlier which doesn't reflect that wisdom and age are simply not correlated anymore, when it comes to technology.
It's not that old people can't get technology, it's that a majority of them simply choose not to.
On the post: Pirate Parties Continue To Grow In Europe As People Get Sick Of Politics As Usual
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It doesn't work in other countries, where actually the concerns of privacy aren't being widely acknowledged.
It's quite easy for someone to parrot the view and claim the follow it, it's another to be able to demonstrate they understand it (which no party which "adopts the platform" will be able to demonstrate).
On the post: Paramount Thinks That Louis CK Making $1 Million In 12 Days Means He's Not Monetizing
He pointed out that copyright law gives creators the right to monetize their creations
"He pointed out that copyright law gives creators the right to monetize their creations"
maybe he needs to learn what copyright law does and doesn't do? there's no "right" to monetize.
On the post: Hearing Aids, Monopolies, And Why The Health Industry Is Ripe For Disruption
would have been nice to link the techcrunch article
http://techcrunch.com/2012/04/02/embrace-hearing/
or was it somewhere in the article I missed?
On the post: Yes, Copyright's Sole Purpose Is To Benefit The Public
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example: microsoft would no longer own copyright on any of their software, oracle would have not even a claim against google (even if it's a nonexistent claim), and GPL would be gone.
so let's not put software in the same category as the rest. Software doesn't fit for copyright as we know it at all, but that won't fix anything to just get rid of it.
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Re: Big pharma is evil!
On the post: New York City Cooks Up Annoying Plan That Will Pressure NYC Businesses To Buy .nyc Domains They Don't Want Or Need
creating artificial scarcity
On the post: For Those Freaking Out Over Pinterest's Terms Of Service, Have You Stopped Using Every Other Internet Site Yet?
uh, not quite
pinterest dropped that requirement. I was quite pissed they started with it though - it highlights a moneygrab to me.
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On the post: RIAA's Cary Sherman: We Really Just Want To Give Consumers What We, Er, They Want
that wasn't even an apology
that was a "please don't pay attention to my lobbying away your rights and denying facts or doublespin". Pretty much what you'd expect from any lobbyist or politician for microsoft or any other unethical organization.
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bingo, simple solution
On the post: Microsoft Hires Key Anti-Google FTC Lawyer To Be Its New Chief Anti-Google Lobbyist
actually, no - let them take him out
Microsoft just shot themselves in the foot with the power grab here.
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