You are right. Our elected officials are supposed to represent us. Sadly, due to the natural course of all uncontested governments, that has changed. Our elected officials now only represent those that get them elected. However, that is not those that actually voted for them, it is those organizations that paid them enough money to sway the minds of those that are easily swayed.
One can still complain about the abuses made possible by modern copyright while still supporting an evidence based solution. Only idiots speak in absolutes.
So I guess we have a completely stagnant fashion industry then? Oh. That's right, there is a ton of commercial work happening in the fashion industry despite the lack of copyright.
To think people will stop making video games, movies, TV shows, music and books without copyright is completely naive.
Udacity seems to be doing quite well. The two professors running also want to keep it up even though it is completely free. While the schools they work for might not like the idea, they don't care.
Or we could look at the Constitutional clause granting Congress the right to grant copyrights and patents:
To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
This clause raises two very distinct and pertinent questions that Copyright maximilists gloss over or ignore completely:
1) Is progress in science and useful arts being promoted under current copyright and patent law?
2) Are current copyright and patent lengths a "limited" time?
I would argue that our current copyright and patent laws fail both of those questions. We have pointed out numerous times on this site that tose two sections of law fail those two questions.
What does it matter what the 1790 version of copyright law says? The 1790 version of copyright has no zero nothing to do with current copyright law.
As for your strange and misguided reading of the title of that law, I am sorry to say that you are really really confused. How is learning encouraged when teachers and professors are blocked from using copyrighted works completely? How is learning encouraged when copyright law forces educational materials behind burdensome paywalls? How is current copyright law encouraging learning at all?
Actually, that is only illegal in localities that have emissions testing as a requirement for ownership. Here in Oklahoma, we did away with emissions testing well over 12 years ago and it is perfectly legal to do whatever you want to your engine.
California?!? I didn't realize Arizona was so bad that you would rather be from California. Personally, I would go with Nevada. I least they have Hookers and Blackjack.
Only for those creators that put all their eggs in the "direct sales" basket. For those that know how to monetize alternative revenue streams, money will come and it will be good.
Demolishing long held Constitutional limits and protections is not how a government should respond to acts of protest, not matter how childish they are.
I just love that a DDoS attack can be used to advance spying powers within the federal government.
It would be like people standing in front of the intrances to the capital building as justification to allow full police powers to enter and search people's homes without warrants.
Actually, I do agree that we need speeding laws when in urban areas with pedestrian traffic. Low speeds allows for protection of pedestrians.
However, the speed law analogy falls flat when we are talking highways and interstates. Once we are on those roads where pedestrian traffic is nil, speed laws are nothing but revenue generators.
Having just been on a pair of flights over the last two days, I like my gadgets. While I didn't use a smart phone of tablet computer or anything of that nature, I was listening to my MP3 player and reading. Since I was reading a paper book, I didn't have to worry about closing it up and stowing it away during the take off and landing portions of my flight. However, having to turn off my MP3 which has no wireless capabilities whatsoever was really really annoying. I rather enjoyed listening to music rather than the roar of the plane in flight or the noise of people talking in the rows and seats around me.
Additionally, had I been using an ereader of some sort to read rather than paper, I would have gone completely mad during those beginning and ending sortions of the flights. The crappy mags in the seat pockets in front of me would have only been able to go so far.
E. Zachary Knight (profile), 28 Mar 2012 @ 12:34pm
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Probably because if they did, the MPAA would sue them for collusion and they would be tied up in court for 10 years trying to sort it all out at the same time killing both industries... On second thought, it is a great idea.
I would think that most ebooks would be read on smartphones. I know the iPhone and Android phones have ereader apps and just about everyone will have one. Sure the screen is smaller, but you can carry it in your pocket rather than bag.
Sounds like they got a bonus for new memberships and she really wanted that bonus. I hate when businesses do that. It was one of the reason why I hated working at EB games. They wanted us to push memberships and subscriptions to their crappy magazine. I hated doing that.
I guess I should add to that the basic antibiotic. Even though it was created by accident, the research resulting in its creation was not done because of patents.
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To think people will stop making video games, movies, TV shows, music and books without copyright is completely naive.
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To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
This clause raises two very distinct and pertinent questions that Copyright maximilists gloss over or ignore completely:
1) Is progress in science and useful arts being promoted under current copyright and patent law?
2) Are current copyright and patent lengths a "limited" time?
I would argue that our current copyright and patent laws fail both of those questions. We have pointed out numerous times on this site that tose two sections of law fail those two questions.
What does it matter what the 1790 version of copyright law says? The 1790 version of copyright has no zero nothing to do with current copyright law.
As for your strange and misguided reading of the title of that law, I am sorry to say that you are really really confused. How is learning encouraged when teachers and professors are blocked from using copyrighted works completely? How is learning encouraged when copyright law forces educational materials behind burdensome paywalls? How is current copyright law encouraging learning at all?
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It would be like people standing in front of the intrances to the capital building as justification to allow full police powers to enter and search people's homes without warrants.
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However, the speed law analogy falls flat when we are talking highways and interstates. Once we are on those roads where pedestrian traffic is nil, speed laws are nothing but revenue generators.
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Additionally, had I been using an ereader of some sort to read rather than paper, I would have gone completely mad during those beginning and ending sortions of the flights. The crappy mags in the seat pockets in front of me would have only been able to go so far.
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Yeah, I am not much of a pushy sales person.
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