It would be something of understatement to say that the spiralling cost of healthcare has become a highly-charged political issue
Oh well, and they did give some companies the possibility to apply for government granted monopolies on drugs? And now they're astonished that some drugs cost $1500 instead of $10 ( http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/10-drug-becomes-1500.html)?
While it's possible the patent system might indeed work for drugs as expected (within the frame of the patent system), it obviously leads to high cost in healthcare.
Of course. Most probably poverty (and what goes along with it: feeling of having no perspectives, no future) is actually the main reason for violent crime.
Actually, there are also countries which have as many people playing violent games but have a lot of guns available -- and much lower homicide-rates than the USA.
However, there's nowhere any indication the above homicides were done with firearms; still, I think the numbers tell you at least one thing: homicides are not related to gun availability. Gun availability may have an influence, but obviously it is NOT the main factor.
The weird thing is, the DOJ does not seem to realize that they're just doing the bidding of the entertainment-industry.
And they even don't seem to realize, that people have realized that the DOJ has just become some kind of collection-agency for the entertainment-industry (or less nicely said: the strong-arm men who enforce the extortion-schemes of the MAFIAA).
Do they suffer from some kind of distorted perception, where they don't even notice what people think of them? That they don't realize they're under close scrutiny, and that they can't just indulge in criminal behaviour for getting their targets convicted?
I do Reenactment, and guess how one does find out how things were done in the past?
How do you tie a knot to fasten a sword-sheath? How do you nalbind viking stockings? How do you cut and fold paper-cartridges for minié balls? Good luck finding even books without the internet and search-engines.
A friend of mine makes medieval Shoes http://www.knieriem.net/
The real thing, from archeological finds, custom measured for each customer.
He also offers workshops where he teaches you to make them on your own. Guess what: All of those that ever went to one of his workshops now buy his shoes. Because they know _very_ well what kind of work it is.
I can decompile windows too, but I can't recompile it ;)
Seriously, most decompilers just are not made with "recompiling" or even "compiling" as one of the goals. Even small programs end up uncompilable, since there will be a slew of things like standard-libraries included in the decompile.
Besides, http://www.winehq.org/ does much a better job at re-implementing Windows than any recompile ever would ;)).
No, inheriting is not "morally wrong" per se, as long as it's NOT about artificial monopolies.
If some of you inherit a chair, you've got to decide who keeps it (and the associated rights to it, like the right to sit on it), or whether you sell it and split the proceeds. However, with copyright, suddenly ALL OF YOU have the same negative right: To inhibit publishing. The opposite right, the right to publish is shared amongst all of you together.
Addendum: I'm assuming that you publish the same amount of data to each country that you're downloading. Which probably wouldn't be the case.
Anyway if you really want to complicate things, you should have put "Germany" into some of your locations. Because in Germany, downloads are only legal if "from a legal source". Australia obviously qualifies. But so would the US, if, and only if, the guy you're downloading from had itself bought the work.. ;)) Yes, the USA is not alone in making incredibly stupid laws.
Oh, that's easy. Since what actually might be illegal is always the _publishing_, you did the following:
- Publishing 0.5% of the work in Brazil
- Publishing 0.35% of the work in Bulgaria
- Publishing 2.65% of the work in Italy
- Publishing 18% of the work in the US
- Publishing 21.5% of the work in Australia
- Publishing 10.5% of the work in the UK
- Publishing 9.5% of the work in Canada
- Publishing 11% of the work in Portugal
- Publishing 11.5% of the work in China
Some of this is legal, some not. The VPN is irrelevant, as is where you published from.
There might have been a case in the UK, since you've been there, there is none in Singapore. Now it depends on where you go next (or where you've got citizenship) whether anyone can sue you at all.
You already thought "exclusive" in your comment. It's not "everything ONLY in one place" but it should probably be "everything in one place, and another place, and another too".
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High costs
Oh well, and they did give some companies the possibility to apply for government granted monopolies on drugs? And now they're astonished that some drugs cost $1500 instead of $10 (
http://boingboing.net/2011/03/14/10-drug-becomes-1500.html)?
While it's possible the patent system might indeed work for drugs as expected (within the frame of the patent system), it obviously leads to high cost in healthcare.
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Otherwise things like that drug-prohibition would have been repelled ages ago.
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Here's a list
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate
Especially interesting are:
USA: 4.8
Switzerland 0.7
Correlate with this:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Number_of_guns_per_capita_by_country
USA: 88.8
Switzerland: 45.7
However, there's nowhere any indication the above homicides were done with firearms; still, I think the numbers tell you at least one thing: homicides are not related to gun availability. Gun availability may have an influence, but obviously it is NOT the main factor.
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http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?aid=/20031107/reviews/311070301/1023
I think he is spot on about what really causes school shootings...
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Keep in mind that there are countries which have a higher density of firearms per capita than the USA, but a much lower homicide-rate.
So "violence" is absolutely about culture.
Ever thought about how "violence" (incarceration, death penalty) on the part of the state itself might influence behaviour of its people?
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Or, on the other side, is shooting a flare gun a violent act? Or shooting a space gun to propel objects into orbit?
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And they even don't seem to realize, that people have realized that the DOJ has just become some kind of collection-agency for the entertainment-industry (or less nicely said: the strong-arm men who enforce the extortion-schemes of the MAFIAA).
Do they suffer from some kind of distorted perception, where they don't even notice what people think of them? That they don't realize they're under close scrutiny, and that they can't just indulge in criminal behaviour for getting their targets convicted?
Very strange.
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I do Reenactment, and guess how one does find out how things were done in the past?
How do you tie a knot to fasten a sword-sheath? How do you nalbind viking stockings? How do you cut and fold paper-cartridges for minié balls? Good luck finding even books without the internet and search-engines.
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The real thing, from archeological finds, custom measured for each customer.
He also offers workshops where he teaches you to make them on your own. Guess what: All of those that ever went to one of his workshops now buy his shoes. Because they know _very_ well what kind of work it is.
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Re: Some silly but serious questions
If you want to ship containers of the text to the US, you're free to do so. Only, you might not be allowed to sell them or maybe even give them away.
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Seriously, most decompilers just are not made with "recompiling" or even "compiling" as one of the goals. Even small programs end up uncompilable, since there will be a slew of things like standard-libraries included in the decompile.
Besides, http://www.winehq.org/ does much a better job at re-implementing Windows than any recompile ever would ;)).
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If some of you inherit a chair, you've got to decide who keeps it (and the associated rights to it, like the right to sit on it), or whether you sell it and split the proceeds. However, with copyright, suddenly ALL OF YOU have the same negative right: To inhibit publishing. The opposite right, the right to publish is shared amongst all of you together.
Macauley held a speech against the extension of the term of copyright to 60 years after the death of the author in 1841, and he mentions most of the problems:
http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Copyright_Law_%28Macaulay%29
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Anyway if you really want to complicate things, you should have put "Germany" into some of your locations. Because in Germany, downloads are only legal if "from a legal source". Australia obviously qualifies. But so would the US, if, and only if, the guy you're downloading from had itself bought the work.. ;)) Yes, the USA is not alone in making incredibly stupid laws.
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- Publishing 0.5% of the work in Brazil
- Publishing 0.35% of the work in Bulgaria
- Publishing 2.65% of the work in Italy
- Publishing 18% of the work in the US
- Publishing 21.5% of the work in Australia
- Publishing 10.5% of the work in the UK
- Publishing 9.5% of the work in Canada
- Publishing 11% of the work in Portugal
- Publishing 11.5% of the work in China
Some of this is legal, some not. The VPN is irrelevant, as is where you published from.
There might have been a case in the UK, since you've been there, there is none in Singapore. Now it depends on where you go next (or where you've got citizenship) whether anyone can sue you at all.
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Re: Justice has been served
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