Theft as most people understand it doesn't really require a lawyer at all because people just understand it. They can figure it out without help.
Infringement needs lawyers because it doesn't make as much sense and as such people need to be convinced it is wrong. And that is where the lawyers come in because that is where they get paid.
If someone steals a DVD, no one questions it - they get slapped on the wrist and sent on their way. It's a nuisance crime.
Because 'stealing' a song is is not so straight forward, you need to make them pay $250000 and serve time in jail... because... well... I'm not sure.
Well, I agree on a basic level - I don't feel patents are useless. I do feel they are not properly regulated in situations like this.
The company should be forced to license the technology at a reasonable rate as determined by a regulatory body. They should not be able to block it. That is not the point of a patent.
I would love to hear their side of the story so if anyone can find any comments by the patent holders I would be interested in reading them. If it amounts to "It's my ball and you can't play" then I say screw'em.
I guess no one else here seems to think another problem would be that while you may consent to them seeing your posts, did your friends also consent to them seeing theirs?
Never mind the computer - we want his hand and his face as they were the instruments used and as such he should no longer have access to them. Three strikes my ass!
Just remove their trademarks and any copyright they should legally have - they are not responsible enough to have any.
It's like not getting your kid a pet until they can prove they are responsible enough. Clearly their goldfish died and enough innocent lives have been lost.
"A guy named Lars Erickson had recorded The Pi Symphony back in 1992 and registered a copyright on the output. It was based on assigning notes to the numbers 0 to 9, then playing them according to the sequence of pi."
Why is all that I can think of is...
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people, started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends...
Seems like she is perfectly suited to politics. Making stuff up and presenting it as fact is exactly what they do. She could probably get a job with RIAA if she worked on the quality of her bullshit.
Probably has more to do with release date and willingness of reviewers to go back in time to watch a classic and then post about it on a modern site.
How many of those folks have seen Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now, or any other number of classic and iconic films? Then how many of them have reviewed it?
There is also the arbitrariness of the system - 6.8 for one reviewer might actually have it in high stead while for another that is a low review. Standards being what they are and all that.
Dude, your first three words summed it up for me exactly.
And I have to admit I don't even mind being spied on in this fashion (I know, I'm weird that way - maybe just a bit too exhibitionist...) but I am totally feeling the 'uncanny valley' of this.
Ummm... depends on how you use right and wrong. As for abhorrent, that is also a judgement call. Just because it happens to be a very common one by today's standards doesn't change that it is based on today's standards.
To me the important part of discussions like these is that it gives us opportunity to understand and articulate our beliefs and positions. If you never had to justify something, how would you truly understand it?
I once thought I was 100% pro-choice... until I was made to sit down and articulate my thoughts and beliefs, and it turns out I have a lot more pro-life in me than I thought. But before that discussion, I was 100% certain where I stood. And it was truly sandy ground I had built my belief on.
I relish the opportunity to be proven wrong. Always.
Oh, I agree with you 100% that religion is not the cause of the behaviour. That would be just silly. How can something we created be the cause of the behaviour that created it?
And for the record, I like masturbating... intellectually of course ;)
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Awkward...
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Infringement needs lawyers because it doesn't make as much sense and as such people need to be convinced it is wrong. And that is where the lawyers come in because that is where they get paid.
If someone steals a DVD, no one questions it - they get slapped on the wrist and sent on their way. It's a nuisance crime.
Because 'stealing' a song is is not so straight forward, you need to make them pay $250000 and serve time in jail... because... well... I'm not sure.
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The company should be forced to license the technology at a reasonable rate as determined by a regulatory body. They should not be able to block it. That is not the point of a patent.
I would love to hear their side of the story so if anyone can find any comments by the patent holders I would be interested in reading them. If it amounts to "It's my ball and you can't play" then I say screw'em.
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It isn't just your privacy at risk.
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It's like not getting your kid a pet until they can prove they are responsible enough. Clearly their goldfish died and enough innocent lives have been lost.
Never mind the damage their movies have done...
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Why is all that I can think of is...
This is the song that never ends, yes it goes on and on my friends, some people, started singing it not knowing what it was, and they'll continue singing it forever just because...
This is the song that never ends...
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I just wish everyone would learn that you can't take it with you.
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The next generation needs to determine how high their own sky is, and if it surpasses ours, all the better.
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Sheesh... ;P
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How many of those folks have seen Citizen Kane, Apocalypse Now, or any other number of classic and iconic films? Then how many of them have reviewed it?
There is also the arbitrariness of the system - 6.8 for one reviewer might actually have it in high stead while for another that is a low review. Standards being what they are and all that.
Just a hunch.
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And I have to admit I don't even mind being spied on in this fashion (I know, I'm weird that way - maybe just a bit too exhibitionist...) but I am totally feeling the 'uncanny valley' of this.
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To me the important part of discussions like these is that it gives us opportunity to understand and articulate our beliefs and positions. If you never had to justify something, how would you truly understand it?
I once thought I was 100% pro-choice... until I was made to sit down and articulate my thoughts and beliefs, and it turns out I have a lot more pro-life in me than I thought. But before that discussion, I was 100% certain where I stood. And it was truly sandy ground I had built my belief on.
I relish the opportunity to be proven wrong. Always.
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And for the record, I like masturbating... intellectually of course ;)
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