Par for the course. In Ontario, Canada we have a privately-operated toll road - 407 ETR (ETR stands for Electronic Toll Route). There are no toll booths. Toll calculations are based on transponders or photographs of your licence plate.
Sometimes errors are made. What to dispute your fees? It will cost you $100. I kid you not. If you choose to not pay, your plate renewal will be denied until the fees (plus any additional fees and charges) are paid. Pick your medicine.
"failures of this kind should be a thing of the distant past."
Not when humans are involved.
"any disciplinary action being taken against the travel document checker"
Yes blame the travel document checker. I'm not supporting the TSA, but it could have been an honest mistake by the checker. You see so many passes that sometimes what you think is an 8 is a 9 or a 3. And since there is no standard date format in North America (I've printed off a travel reservation with the date in three different formats), the travel date can easily be misread.
But hey TSA, keep up with the security theatre. It doesn't make us any safer but is sure is entertaining.
Instead of freaking out and sending a C&D, why couldn't Paramount work with the guy instead? The old-school media companies could do themselves a great service if they stepped backed, cooled off and collaborated with people.
Ever get the feeling that the US economy is nothing by smoke and mirrors? These companies paid $4.5 billion for something that has absolutely no value other than to sue other people with. When did racketeering become legal?
If the "first guy" can easily "rip them off", then perhaps the 'invention' shouldn't have been granted a patent in the first place.
And the patent system isn't "relatively sane". There are major issues with software and business process patents, among other things. 20 years is a very long time in the technology sector.
Regional restrictions aka "how to kill your revenue stream".
I'm Canadian that used to subscribe to MusicMatch Radio (well before Yahoo bought MusicMatch and killed that cash cow). I listened to all sorts of new music. Bought plenty of songs. It was a great service.
Then one day I got an email telling me that my subscription would not be renewed due to licensing issues. At that time, there was nothing comparable to MusicMatch Radio in Canada. The Canadian versions had restricted range of music and options and were much pricier.
Yes. Laws don't prevent murder or rape. They punish those that murder and rape. I don't think potential rapists think "damn they have a law against rape. I'll pass on the raping thing then".
Re: It's ok, it looks like he may have pirated some stuff for the book himself.
Yes, because the whole "northern lights and star sky through evergreen trees with snow and a lake in the foreground' image is exclusive of Song of the Sky. It's not like that image isn't possible in nature.
Wait a minute. I seem to recall some show on TV that has a camera crew follow police around and record their interactions with the public. What's the name of that show? Oh, ya, Cops. It's been on TV for 23 seasons.
The police don't have a problem with those cameras. Or the ones on The First 48. Or The First 48: Missing. Or TV camera's recording riot control.
Let me get this straight: I can't watch Sony Movies via the Netflix app on my Sony PS3. And Sony wonders why it's in trouble. Right hand meet left hand.
...or the news and magazine companies get together and create a web portal to access subscriptions. Something like an online Publishers Clearing House.
You missed the fourth option: Buying the news or media company and controlling the content. Apple is sitting on $60 billion cash that at some point investors will start demanding that Apple do something with it.
They are file trading CURRENT movies, tv shows, music and the like. Five years from now, very few people will be file trading House, Community or any other content produced today.
The idea isn't to completely copy the public domain. It's supposed to inspire people to do different things with that content
Your comment about the most of the public domain being ignored and left to rot applies equally to material still subject to copyright. Plenty of content with copyright being ignored and left to rot.
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Sometimes errors are made. What to dispute your fees? It will cost you $100. I kid you not. If you choose to not pay, your plate renewal will be denied until the fees (plus any additional fees and charges) are paid. Pick your medicine.
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Just like theft doesn't stop stores such as Walmart from selling goods.
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The document would fool "the airline and it's computers" only after the person with the document made it through the TSA checkpoint.
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"failures of this kind should be a thing of the distant past."
Not when humans are involved.
"any disciplinary action being taken against the travel document checker"
Yes blame the travel document checker. I'm not supporting the TSA, but it could have been an honest mistake by the checker. You see so many passes that sometimes what you think is an 8 is a 9 or a 3. And since there is no standard date format in North America (I've printed off a travel reservation with the date in three different formats), the travel date can easily be misread.
But hey TSA, keep up with the security theatre. It doesn't make us any safer but is sure is entertaining.
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Re: Patent Abolition FTW
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And the patent system isn't "relatively sane". There are major issues with software and business process patents, among other things. 20 years is a very long time in the technology sector.
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I'm Canadian that used to subscribe to MusicMatch Radio (well before Yahoo bought MusicMatch and killed that cash cow). I listened to all sorts of new music. Bought plenty of songs. It was a great service.
Then one day I got an email telling me that my subscription would not be renewed due to licensing issues. At that time, there was nothing comparable to MusicMatch Radio in Canada. The Canadian versions had restricted range of music and options and were much pricier.
So I didn't bother signing up. Money lost.
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This is one of your best posts. Ever.
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Re: It's ok, it looks like he may have pirated some stuff for the book himself.
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The police don't have a problem with those cameras. Or the ones on The First 48. Or The First 48: Missing. Or TV camera's recording riot control.
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Re: More proof Apple is the new Microsoft
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The idea isn't to completely copy the public domain. It's supposed to inspire people to do different things with that content
Your comment about the most of the public domain being ignored and left to rot applies equally to material still subject to copyright. Plenty of content with copyright being ignored and left to rot.
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