1. Fire all lawyers save one. You'll need basic legal advice, after all.
2. Use the money savings to hire engineers, artists, writers, thinkers, inventors et cetera and build awesome products and services that people clamor to consume.
In a system that was designed and built by lawyers, is it any wonder that we see corporations chasing their own tails? Not unlike the banking industry, it's the insiders and those who are demonspawn of those institutions that make all the money.
They have created the ultimate money machines -- and we pay the bills.
Interesting that Amazon is able to ignore the traditional auction market, where the auctioneer and roamers scan the gathered crowd for a nod or a wink or similar. When is someone going to patent breathing? Maybe I should look into that. If any of you TechDirt Insiders want in on this, just send me a note and we'll hire a lawyer and get frakkin' rich on the licensing. Remember, you don't OWN breathing, we are simply going to license it to you. We can, and will, change the terms of the license at our discretion, with or without prior notice. Void where prohibited by common sense. No cash value, except to the frakkin' lawyers who will get paid to run this through the red tape.
I wonder if I can patent patenting a patent? Anyone? Anyone?
Are there any like-minded countries out there? Canada isn't one of them...our government just rides the shirttails of the coconuts south of the 49th in terms of laws and policies.
Anon Cow is right! Why, file sharing is not only like dealing crack, it's even worse than that! It's gay marriage and child porn, too! Disgusting!
It's a damn good thing that the big media conglomerates didn't just do something intelligent, like develop new business models and methods of distribution that didn't punish people who are actually willing to pay for things that sate their wants and needs.
No sir, innovation is akin to snorting the Devil's dandruff, it is.
...meanwhile, at the Big Movies Inc., board meeting...
"Hang those fucking pirates from the yardarm! Walk the plank, and prepare to meet Davey in his eternally damned locker! Let's keelhaul ev'ry one o' them!" yells the CEO.
"No, wait, let's just make products that people want to pay for and not piss them off in the process!" counters the savvy junior executive.
Laughter fills the room, and WHOOOSH - THUD! the junior exec's head rolls across the boardroom table. The CEO sheaths his sword, and sneers "Any more o' you landlubbers want to cross blades with ME?"
...but it's sad when this kind of bullcrap shows up. The people who are currently in power are very ignorant of how the internet works, and they are also very friendly to corporations and lobbyists. Our Prime Minister runs the show...not his cabinet, nor his caucus. He's the boss. Do as I say or GTFO, not unlike the government in the province of BC and its Premiere.
Add to that the fact that we have very little competition amongst the telcos/cable/internet/satellite providers -- who lobby hard in Ottawa to a friendly PM, resulting in a populace that is getting kicked in the collective nuts. We have very little innovation because of the monopolies. We have very high prices for the same reason. You'd think that there would be an organization in place to ensure the public is consulted and has a voice in all of this. Well, we have a watchdog organization like the FCC in the US called the CRTC. It's a watchdog, to be sure, if by 'watchdog' you mean a toothless chihuahua yipping at a pack of rottweilers.
And this is the sickest part -- what do we Canucks do about this? Well, we bitch a lot, but most of us just keep paying the prices and do nothing to force those in charge to not ignore what the people want and actually come up with laws that make sense in the modern world.
And sometimes we wonder why other countries pat us on the head like the cute little neighbour kid next door. Give us a cookie and a smack on the butt and send us home. Bah. When are we going to wake up and do something?
Then we should protect those systems, but why would we have to open the entire network so Big Brother can watch everything we do?
Oh, wait, I forgot, "if you're not with us, then you're against us", right?
Give up your freedom to your government, rather than the terrists, because the terrists will just watch everything you do and you'll have no freedom. "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you've got nothing to hide."
The biggest issue is that most people won't educate themselves about this stuff and it will make its way through congresses and parliaments and what have you around the world with barely a whimper of protest from the common man. In other words, even if the terrists lose, they win, because either way, some schmuck with a cybersecurity mega-contract is more worried about making money than about personal rights and freedoms.
While we're at it, why don't we just install CCTV cameras at ever corner and have a webcam or two feeding live pictures of our homes? Hey, we're not doing anything wrong, so we should mind anybody watching us, right?
Apparently you talk the talk, but are not walking the walk. I decided to check out CwF+RtB, and like Griff's comment above, I notice that you have connected with me, and given me a reason to buy, but I can't, because you don't have what I want because everything is sold out.
WTF do you mean by "...wait[ing] for the old people to die off."?
My parents are old-timers, and both are very computer literate and they also have a Blu-Ray DVD player, which, they've learned the hard way, has been basically crippled by DRM bullshit. Personally, I will never buy another DVD. I don't need the "don't steal a movie" finger-wagging when I JUST FINISHED BUYING THE FRAKKING DVD, nor do I want to sit through ten minutes of Disney ads where they copyright stories that are, in fact, public domain.
I am convinced more and more that people are just plain stupid. Too many years of TV dumbing us down, I suppose.
Amen to that, a-dub. I had to replace a key for my Chrysler car, and the "regular" key was C$68, while the one that had the remote for door locks, trunk, and panic button was around C$300. Imagine my surprise when my C$68 key was over C$130 when I picked it up! The key was 68 and "programming it" was another 65! WTF??
C$130 to start up my car. If I use it to unlock the car, the alarm goes off.
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Possible solution to all this garbage litigation
2. Use the money savings to hire engineers, artists, writers, thinkers, inventors et cetera and build awesome products and services that people clamor to consume.
In a system that was designed and built by lawyers, is it any wonder that we see corporations chasing their own tails? Not unlike the banking industry, it's the insiders and those who are demonspawn of those institutions that make all the money.
They have created the ultimate money machines -- and we pay the bills.
On the post: Amazon Looking To Patent One-Nod Ordering?
Give me a break
On the post: India Gearing Up To Fight ACTA; Seeking Other, Like-Minded, Countries
India FTW
India++
On the post: Canadian DMCA Introduced; Digital Lock Provision Trumps Any And All User Rights
Raise the Jolly Roger, eh?
Fuck it, gimme a beer, turn on the Stanley Cup playoffs and let's watch Don Cherry pontificate about the best sport in the world.
Go Chicago!
On the post: Four Years In, How Successful Has Hollywood's Attack On The Pirate Bay Been?
OMFG
It's a damn good thing that the big media conglomerates didn't just do something intelligent, like develop new business models and methods of distribution that didn't punish people who are actually willing to pay for things that sate their wants and needs.
No sir, innovation is akin to snorting the Devil's dandruff, it is.
...meanwhile, at the Big Movies Inc., board meeting...
"Hang those fucking pirates from the yardarm! Walk the plank, and prepare to meet Davey in his eternally damned locker! Let's keelhaul ev'ry one o' them!" yells the CEO.
"No, wait, let's just make products that people want to pay for and not piss them off in the process!" counters the savvy junior executive.
Laughter fills the room, and WHOOOSH - THUD! the junior exec's head rolls across the boardroom table. The CEO sheaths his sword, and sneers "Any more o' you landlubbers want to cross blades with ME?"
Silence.
"That's what I thought."
On the post: Canadian Industry Minister Admits He Breaks Copyright Law Frequently
Proud to be Canadian...
Add to that the fact that we have very little competition amongst the telcos/cable/internet/satellite providers -- who lobby hard in Ottawa to a friendly PM, resulting in a populace that is getting kicked in the collective nuts. We have very little innovation because of the monopolies. We have very high prices for the same reason. You'd think that there would be an organization in place to ensure the public is consulted and has a voice in all of this. Well, we have a watchdog organization like the FCC in the US called the CRTC. It's a watchdog, to be sure, if by 'watchdog' you mean a toothless chihuahua yipping at a pack of rottweilers.
And this is the sickest part -- what do we Canucks do about this? Well, we bitch a lot, but most of us just keep paying the prices and do nothing to force those in charge to not ignore what the people want and actually come up with laws that make sense in the modern world.
And sometimes we wonder why other countries pat us on the head like the cute little neighbour kid next door. Give us a cookie and a smack on the butt and send us home. Bah. When are we going to wake up and do something?
On the post: And We're Off: Hurt Locker Files First 5,000 Lawsuits Against File Sharers
Good movie
On the post: Pentagon: If You Don't Let The US Gov't Spy On Your Network, You Place American Lives At Risk
Re: No critical systems ?
Oh, wait, I forgot, "if you're not with us, then you're against us", right?
Give up your freedom to your government, rather than the terrists, because the terrists will just watch everything you do and you'll have no freedom. "If you aren't doing anything wrong, then you've got nothing to hide."
The biggest issue is that most people won't educate themselves about this stuff and it will make its way through congresses and parliaments and what have you around the world with barely a whimper of protest from the common man. In other words, even if the terrists lose, they win, because either way, some schmuck with a cybersecurity mega-contract is more worried about making money than about personal rights and freedoms.
While we're at it, why don't we just install CCTV cameras at ever corner and have a webcam or two feeding live pictures of our homes? Hey, we're not doing anything wrong, so we should mind anybody watching us, right?
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Re: Canada
On the post: CwF + RtB = Techdirt
So is this experiment still in process?
(CwF+RtB)/Sold Out = SFA (sweet fcuk all).
On the post: Avatar Blu-Ray Customers Not Enjoying Their DRM-Crippled Discs
Idiot comments
My parents are old-timers, and both are very computer literate and they also have a Blu-Ray DVD player, which, they've learned the hard way, has been basically crippled by DRM bullshit. Personally, I will never buy another DVD. I don't need the "don't steal a movie" finger-wagging when I JUST FINISHED BUYING THE FRAKKING DVD, nor do I want to sit through ten minutes of Disney ads where they copyright stories that are, in fact, public domain.
I am convinced more and more that people are just plain stupid. Too many years of TV dumbing us down, I suppose.
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Re: This is the same Bono
On the post: Bono: We Should Use China's Censorship As An Example Of How To Stop Piracy
RE:How About This
On the post: How Automakers Abuse Intellectual Property Laws To Force You To Pay More For Repairs
New car key cost
C$130 to start up my car. If I use it to unlock the car, the alarm goes off.
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