There is definitely something here. Before the days of mobile phones, I used to keep all my 'active' phone numbers in my head, I could recall 30-40 at the drop of a hat.
Now, since I've been using mobiles, I find it harder to remember bits of information like phone numbers.
The same goes for my programming skills, I used to keep algorithms, code snippets in my head, but now look them up on the internet when necessary.
Hey, stop with the slimey lawyer tricks of focusing attention on nitpickin detail. You're ignoring the important part - the spirit of the law. This was so obviously being broken that the judge had to find something legal to use.
Whether you nitpick the details or not, if you have an ounce of humanity in you, then you'll agree that the outcome was the right one.
Hey Hephaestus, you shouldn't really insult a whole nation for the actions of the idiots in power, after all, how much power do you folks have over your own governments actions ? You're so level-headed normally !
But yeah, the treaty is a joke, but what can we do - voting doesn't seem to cause any real change.
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Please, don't start trying to ingratiate yourself with us indies, most I know don't want to associate ourselves with closed minded IP maximalists like yourself.
The only people benefitting from these clutch of new laws coming our way, or already here (in the UK), are the gatekeepers.
We're doing our best to escape from those, that's why we're indies. We also don't like that our civil rights are being eroded in many small but progressive ways.
You may not be able 'compile' CSS, but you can certainly code it's styles etc in an app, after all, what do you think processes CSS scripts ;)
You may also want to check out various app generators, a colleague of mine uses one without any coding skill, useful if you can knock up a good design.
You're obviously making bad software that isn't up to scratch then. I've been making independent software for over 25 years and have never had a PROBLEM with piracy. Of course my software has been pirated, many, many thousands of times, but it's not a PROBLEM.
If you are making good software then you'd probably be better off looking into why you're not making money, rather than burst a blood vessel.
Probably a PR campaign for some mediocre movie, the story seems to have spread quite widely now. However, if they are serious, which seems pretty unlikely technically speaking, then I can't wait to see the false positives start appearing ;)
Actually The eejit is probably right, the US and UK between them have caused far more deaths and terror than any non-government sponsored terrorist groups. Just look at the number of deaths in Iraq and Afghanistan. Also, it's very conveniently forgotten that the CIA helped form and fund various groups now classed as terrorist. You should try reading your history a bit more.
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Yeah, although I don't like the enforced license fee, it's still pretty good value. BBC4 TV has had a lot of really good music shows recently, covering the history of various bands and music genres with lots of old archive footage.
And not forgetting Radio 6 for new indie music. Thank God they didn't manage to close it down in their last spending cuts - too many people protested !
I'd love to know why the labels actually paid radio stations to give away their 'content' for free, if there's no return on free, because as far as I'm aware, no one pays to listen to the radio (unless you're in the UK of course!).
So, what do you call those that do both - I love what I do (making games, which I do believe is an art), but I also make my living out of it as a small independent game developer ?
I totally agree though, that demanding our commercial 'rights' is not the way to go. As Mike has pointed out time and again, obscurity is the biggest problem for a small artist/developer/business.
Not coming here every day myself, I have still managed to pick up the gist if not the full details of Mikes arguments. With someone as erudite as yourself, I'd think you were capable of picking up on these.
As far as I can tell, society has only tried a couple of copyright systems in modern times, and thus we have no experimental data to make a reasonable decision that benefits the most people.
There are various studies that have been done, and these are mentioned most days on this site, that seem to indicate that making money is just as easy without copyrights (unless you're a lawyer or middleman), and as a small businessman who makes content, I can assure you that having a great product and good marketing makes far more impact on your bottom line than any amount of copyrights will.
Also, with copyright being increasingly difficult to enforce, and no amount of laws will stop what is basic human nature, the likelihood of it stopping is pretty close to zero. So why not work with it, use it to your advantage.
More and more we see that IP laws are being used in unethical ways, to enrich large corporations and even by governments to stifle free speech and invade our privacy.
More and more people are becoming aware of these issues as our rights are eaten away and at some point there's going to have to be some action, or there'll be an awful lot of angry citizens.
My personal opinion is that non-commercial infringement should be done away with. There's no real evidence it does any harm and as most people infringe at some point in their lives, it criminalizes them for no good reason.
I don't think he agreed to anything. When I buy something like a console, I don't get given a contract to read and sign. I can therefore do what the hell I like with my property. And I do mean property, not some vacuous attempt at making virtual bits magically real.
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Tech definitely has an effect
Now, since I've been using mobiles, I find it harder to remember bits of information like phone numbers.
The same goes for my programming skills, I used to keep algorithms, code snippets in my head, but now look them up on the internet when necessary.
Tech has definitely made me mentally lazy.
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Whether you nitpick the details or not, if you have an ounce of humanity in you, then you'll agree that the outcome was the right one.
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But yeah, the treaty is a joke, but what can we do - voting doesn't seem to cause any real change.
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The only people benefitting from these clutch of new laws coming our way, or already here (in the UK), are the gatekeepers.
We're doing our best to escape from those, that's why we're indies. We also don't like that our civil rights are being eroded in many small but progressive ways.
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You may also want to check out various app generators, a colleague of mine uses one without any coding skill, useful if you can knock up a good design.
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If you are making good software then you'd probably be better off looking into why you're not making money, rather than burst a blood vessel.
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And not forgetting Radio 6 for new indie music. Thank God they didn't manage to close it down in their last spending cuts - too many people protested !
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I totally agree though, that demanding our commercial 'rights' is not the way to go. As Mike has pointed out time and again, obscurity is the biggest problem for a small artist/developer/business.
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As far as I can tell, society has only tried a couple of copyright systems in modern times, and thus we have no experimental data to make a reasonable decision that benefits the most people.
There are various studies that have been done, and these are mentioned most days on this site, that seem to indicate that making money is just as easy without copyrights (unless you're a lawyer or middleman), and as a small businessman who makes content, I can assure you that having a great product and good marketing makes far more impact on your bottom line than any amount of copyrights will.
Also, with copyright being increasingly difficult to enforce, and no amount of laws will stop what is basic human nature, the likelihood of it stopping is pretty close to zero. So why not work with it, use it to your advantage.
More and more we see that IP laws are being used in unethical ways, to enrich large corporations and even by governments to stifle free speech and invade our privacy.
More and more people are becoming aware of these issues as our rights are eaten away and at some point there's going to have to be some action, or there'll be an awful lot of angry citizens.
My personal opinion is that non-commercial infringement should be done away with. There's no real evidence it does any harm and as most people infringe at some point in their lives, it criminalizes them for no good reason.
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