Innovation happens when companies build on each other's work.
It has to - it's not like Google wrote the software their services *need* to operate. Microsoft didn't design the CPU that's needed for their OS to operate..
If all innovation in an area was left to a single lateral patent/copyright - we'd still be riding horses if we couldn't afford the buggy from the single producer.
Of course, Microsoft has a long history of just hi-jacking other people's innovations and then boxing them with other software in a vain attempt to make it look like it's 'original'.
"According Sharkey, rethinking fair use is "a distraction at best" and really just an "exercise in intellectual masturbation." I'm sorry, but if Sharkey thinks fair use is just about "intellectual masturbation," he should not be leading an organization representing musicians."
Perhaps it is.. but look how Vivid Video and other porn companies have monetized just that...
"Pakistan, wrote a piece of code to safeguard the latest version of their heart-monitoring software from piracy."
I don't do IT for a hospital, but if I did - I would hire a programmer before I would put software on a machine that does heart monitoring that could be broken by DRM.
I'm sure hospital administration would agree that the cost of a programmer would be trivial as compared to the cost of a single law suit because DRM shut down a heart monitor.
Who would buy that garbage anyway?
And to add, personally - I just **hate** DRM. Am I opposed to buying software? If I was - I wouldn't be complaining about DRM, because I'd have cracked versions without it.
Just recently, I wasted about an hour dealing with DRM on some specialized Graphics Software for an Image Setter we have. I had to bring up the 'old server' to deactivate the garbage DRM, and then port the licenses over to the newer server. Fine and all, but heck I was on the phone with their engineers - it cost us all time and that wasn't a commodity we had a lot of that day. We were lucky to even get that old server up. I'm curious what would happen if we couldn't? Would it be hours waiting on tech support to 'reset' the licenses? Probably.
And for what? Software that runs an old machine - that's pretty much worthless if you don't have the machine anyway? lol
I see a lot of custom software that's "protected" that only works with a vendors hardware anyway - what's the point of DRM?
"Andrew McLaughlin, who until recently was the deputy CTO of the Obama administration"
I'm sure this is a splendid test case for Government and it's burning desire for control over the internet.
I think the US would be far more robust to be honest.
I agree 100% Lisae, it's not nearly as 'critical' as some might think. Perhaps critical to the business of some companies, but for people in general - it's about as critical as TV.
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Why would they want to remove the parts that give them the most control?
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That's why.
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Except for cameras on every street corner, eh?
On the post: Microsoft Highlights Why Google's 'Cheater' Accusations Ring Hollow
It has to - it's not like Google wrote the software their services *need* to operate. Microsoft didn't design the CPU that's needed for their OS to operate..
If all innovation in an area was left to a single lateral patent/copyright - we'd still be riding horses if we couldn't afford the buggy from the single producer.
Of course, Microsoft has a long history of just hi-jacking other people's innovations and then boxing them with other software in a vain attempt to make it look like it's 'original'.
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On the post: UK Music Lobbyist Says Rethinking Fair Use Is 'Intellectual Masturbation'
Perhaps it is.. but look how Vivid Video and other porn companies have monetized just that...
On the post: Guy Sues Newspaper Editor For Refusing To Remove Articles He Doesn't Like About His Son
If it's true - then it's accurate. If there was harm inflicted, it was due to his son's actions - not reporting of them.
On the post: One Of The Earliest Computer Viruses Was Really DRM Gone Wrong
I don't do IT for a hospital, but if I did - I would hire a programmer before I would put software on a machine that does heart monitoring that could be broken by DRM.
I'm sure hospital administration would agree that the cost of a programmer would be trivial as compared to the cost of a single law suit because DRM shut down a heart monitor.
Who would buy that garbage anyway?
And to add, personally - I just **hate** DRM. Am I opposed to buying software? If I was - I wouldn't be complaining about DRM, because I'd have cracked versions without it.
Just recently, I wasted about an hour dealing with DRM on some specialized Graphics Software for an Image Setter we have. I had to bring up the 'old server' to deactivate the garbage DRM, and then port the licenses over to the newer server. Fine and all, but heck I was on the phone with their engineers - it cost us all time and that wasn't a commodity we had a lot of that day. We were lucky to even get that old server up. I'm curious what would happen if we couldn't? Would it be hours waiting on tech support to 'reset' the licenses? Probably.
And for what? Software that runs an old machine - that's pretty much worthless if you don't have the machine anyway? lol
I see a lot of custom software that's "protected" that only works with a vendors hardware anyway - what's the point of DRM?
On the post: The Impact Of Egypt Cutting Itself Off From The Internet
I'm sure this is a splendid test case for Government and it's burning desire for control over the internet.
I think the US would be far more robust to be honest.
I agree 100% Lisae, it's not nearly as 'critical' as some might think. Perhaps critical to the business of some companies, but for people in general - it's about as critical as TV.
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Wikileaks.
Enough said?
If they are to say that applies to 'citizens' - why not government then?
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(aka police state)
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http://www.ifixit.com/Tools/MacBook-Air-5-Point-Pentalobe-Screwdriver/IF145-090
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On the post: Details Leak For The NY Times Paywall
Sure.. Pay for a biased opinion, no thanks.
Go away and fade NYT, your days are over. Out with the old and in with the new.
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