"The Wrights' preoccupation with the legal issue hindered their development of new aircraft designs, and by 1911 Wright aircraft were inferior to those made by other firms in Europe. Indeed, aviation development in the U.S. was suppressed to such an extent that when the country entered World War I no acceptable American-designed aircraft were available, and U.S. forces were compelled to use French machines."
"The lawsuits damaged the public image of the Wright brothers, who previously had been generally regarded as heroes. Critics said the brothers actions may have retarded the development of aviation, and compared their actions unfavorably to European inventors, who worked more openly."
This is the good stuff the patent system can bring when yielded as a sword by the Wrighteous.
Cautionary tales of human-made autonomous entities turning on their creators have been around for centuries. Have the Stuxnet folks never heard of Mary Shelley's book Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus? Members of the U.S. government may be more out of touch than we realized.
"The case mentioned above dealt with some supposedly "bullying" statements made on Facebook about a member of the school's staff and that interrogation involved three members of administration and a law enforcement officer armed with a taser. To handle one teenage girl."
She was armed with a sharp wit. Apparently she had them outnumbered.
Re: Okay, so you're a falling-down drunk and CAN'T parse this:
Obviously then their best business model is to NOT PROVIDE MUSIC. Because if they don't provide music, unauthorized downloads and other unauthorized copies will be zero. Since reducing so-called piracy is more important than sales, then obviously the answer is not to provide access to anything that can be pirated.
Yours is the "somebody might get away with something" argument. It's entirely irrational, based on an emotional response, and completely ignores the reality that a business should be looking for ways to maximize profits rather than ways to make the business owners feel like the world is treating them fairly. If unauthorized downloads increase sales, then demonizing and litigating against unauthorized downloads, and suing and alienating your customers, makes as much sense as... well, you.
On the post: EU Report: The 'Right To Be Forgotten' Is Technically Impossible... So Let's Do It Anyway
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Kind of a Big Brother approach, innit? Everybody will forget... except us!
Seems like somebody is saying "privacy" when what they really mean is "control".
On the post: EU Recognizes Need To Modernize Copyright, Announces Plan To Consider Reforms
Who's the godless S.O.B who gave them cell phones?
On the post: Latest TPP Round Locks Out Public Interest Groups Who Flew To New Zealand; Gives Them 15 Minutes Of Access
On the post: DMCA Fun: Movie Studios Issue Takedowns Over Their Authorized Films
Re: Re: Same old duck -- I mean canard.
On the post: $1.5 Billion In Taxpayer Funds Go Directly To Movie Studios Each Year... And Very Few Jobs Created
Re: Don't ever go near NPR again, Mike! It's taxpayer subsidized too!
On the post: The Internet Isn't Broken; So Why Is The ITU Trying To 'Fix' It?
On the post: Cambridge Proposes New Centre To Study Ways Technology May Make Humans Extinct
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Damn, Gwiz beat me to it.
On the post: Case Against UCLA For Streaming Licensed DVDs To Students Dismissed Yet Again
Re: So, streaming okay, downloading and saving whole file not...
On the post: Opportunistic Politicians Lean On The FBI And Twitter To Shut Down Terrorist Accounts
It's just a shame we can't weed Congress.
On the post: US Patent Boss Completely Clueless: Insists That Patent Fights Show The System 'Wires Us For Innovation'
"The Wrights' preoccupation with the legal issue hindered their development of new aircraft designs, and by 1911 Wright aircraft were inferior to those made by other firms in Europe. Indeed, aviation development in the U.S. was suppressed to such an extent that when the country entered World War I no acceptable American-designed aircraft were available, and U.S. forces were compelled to use French machines."
"The lawsuits damaged the public image of the Wright brothers, who previously had been generally regarded as heroes. Critics said the brothers actions may have retarded the development of aviation, and compared their actions unfavorably to European inventors, who worked more openly."
This is the good stuff the patent system can bring when yielded as a sword by the Wrighteous.
On the post: Stuxnet's Infection Of Chevron Shows Why 'Weaponized' Malware Is A Bad Idea
On the post: Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs
Re: Re: Cue screams of "legalizing piracy" in 3... 2... 1...
On the post: Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs
Re: Cue screams of "legalizing piracy" in 3... 2... 1...
On the post: Rep. Darrell Issa Wants To Make It Clear That You're Allowed To Rip Your DVDs
On the post: AC/DC And Kid Rock Finally Realize That Selling Tracks Online Is Probably A Good Idea
Yes.
"...this iTunes, God bless 'em, it's going to kill music if they're not careful."
[citation needed]
On the post: Recording Industry Rep Suggests Parents Should Slap Their Children To Stop Piracy
On the post: School Administrator Brushes Off 'Constitutional Niceties' Like Fifth Amendment Rights For Students
She was armed with a sharp wit. Apparently she had them outnumbered.
On the post: Bad Reasoning: We Don't Need More High Speed Internet Because People Don't Use Fast Internet Now
On the post: RIAA Prefers Customers Who Buy A Little To Pirates Who Buy A Lot
Re: Okay, so you're a falling-down drunk and CAN'T parse this:
Yours is the "somebody might get away with something" argument. It's entirely irrational, based on an emotional response, and completely ignores the reality that a business should be looking for ways to maximize profits rather than ways to make the business owners feel like the world is treating them fairly. If unauthorized downloads increase sales, then demonizing and litigating against unauthorized downloads, and suing and alienating your customers, makes as much sense as... well, you.
On the post: 'Revenge Porn' Site Owners Escalate Their Failure, Going From Bogus DMCA Notices To Bogus Legal Threats
Even I knew that, and I'm a moron in a hurry.
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