"but in the long run, with the R&D incentives removed, would we still see the same thing?"
Yes!!!
Because there will always be some sick, twisted overachiever who will not be content with the stats quo.
I realize that you can't(or worse are willfully choosing not to) wrap your head around that, but people are competitive. They will compete in any field and they don't need patents to do so.
After reading your post, and then re-reading it I realized that patents have become like the derivative market.
Sure there are people that will argue they serve an important purpose, but in reality they are figments of imagination that insanely wealthy people trade amongst themselves in order to increase their wealth.
That was a short-lived phenomena called FM radio. No commercials and the DJ would get so stoned he would just let the whole album side play, and not lose his job over it.
I'm testing out a free trial of satellite radio online to see how that works.
" Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction against U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, the tablet deemed by many as the leading challenger to the iPad.
The ruling was handed down today by judge Lucy Koh for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to a Reuters report."
I help out a lot of my elderly neighbors with IT problems and am yet to have one that doesn't have an email and know how to check it. Either she is lying which makes her look incompetent and unfit for the job or she is telling the truth which makes her look incompetent and unfit for the job.
I don't know if she uses this account or one of her staff,
---> janet.napolitano@dhs.gov
but any security plan that includes saying she doesn't email looks pretty ridiculous.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Missing the point. It was a bad business decision.
The thing is if the musicians wanted to be paid then they wouldn't have volunteered.
What those who are claiming they should be paid seem to be ignoring is that there is value in volunteering.
It doesn't matter if it is going down on Thanksgiving to serve the homeless or spending Saturdays coaching kids playing sports or going on stage with someone. When you volunteer you gain something in return something that cannot be purchased and something that is take away when you are compensated for your time.
This is what people are missing. Amanda and the volunteers had a agreement that was acceptable to everyone involved. Some people who weren't involved, either couldn't see that or didn't care or respect it and decided to raise a stink.
Once again the entitlement mentality rears it's screaming head and makes demands because someone else was successful.
That Amanda is willing to go onstage with different musicians for every performance should be a clear indicator that this is not about money, the risk of something unexpected happening is too high.
This was clearly about giving fans an opportunity that is incredibly rare, and now those who were volunteering because they wanted to give have had that taken from them. I would think that those who volunteered did it as a labor of love. Now they are going to be paid for their love.
Someone is going to build a site with unlimited streaming and unlimited downloads all for free of just indie artists who are hungry and looking for an audience. It will start small and slowly grow until it gets to a point where the artists signed to labels will be asking their handlers "why isn't my music on there".
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Backwards
If they would just hire more musicians then shipments would go up.
OMGWTFBBQ RIAA is killing the music industry.
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Yes!!!
Because there will always be some sick, twisted overachiever who will not be content with the stats quo.
I realize that you can't(or worse are willfully choosing not to) wrap your head around that, but people are competitive. They will compete in any field and they don't need patents to do so.
Competition drives innovation, patents drive litigation.
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Sure there are people that will argue they serve an important purpose, but in reality they are figments of imagination that insanely wealthy people trade amongst themselves in order to increase their wealth.
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Understatement
That is not more interesting, it is aliens from space have landed unbelievable.
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Re: Something I miss
I'm testing out a free trial of satellite radio online to see how that works.
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Re: subject here
This is not a criminal action because it suits you here, but the industry is continuously pushing to criminalize infringement.
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Re: Wow (hey this is fun)
Stupid negligent content creators.
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Chilling effects
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Also if you want clear ice cubes use distilled/pure water.
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Re: Correct, almost
" Apple has been granted a preliminary injunction against U.S. sales of Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1, the tablet deemed by many as the leading challenger to the iPad.
The ruling was handed down today by judge Lucy Koh for the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California, according to a Reuters report."
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13579_3-57461174-37/apple-wins-injunction-against-samsung-gala xy-tab-10.1/
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Or an IP address that is more reliable as a means of identification.
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I don't know if she uses this account or one of her staff,
---> janet.napolitano@dhs.gov
but any security plan that includes saying she doesn't email looks pretty ridiculous.
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Re: How is this patentable?
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Missing the point. It was a bad business decision.
What those who are claiming they should be paid seem to be ignoring is that there is value in volunteering.
It doesn't matter if it is going down on Thanksgiving to serve the homeless or spending Saturdays coaching kids playing sports or going on stage with someone. When you volunteer you gain something in return something that cannot be purchased and something that is take away when you are compensated for your time.
This is what people are missing. Amanda and the volunteers had a agreement that was acceptable to everyone involved. Some people who weren't involved, either couldn't see that or didn't care or respect it and decided to raise a stink.
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Secondly, I agree with Alanbleiweiss, sad.
Once again the entitlement mentality rears it's screaming head and makes demands because someone else was successful.
That Amanda is willing to go onstage with different musicians for every performance should be a clear indicator that this is not about money, the risk of something unexpected happening is too high.
This was clearly about giving fans an opportunity that is incredibly rare, and now those who were volunteering because they wanted to give have had that taken from them. I would think that those who volunteered did it as a labor of love. Now they are going to be paid for their love.
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Re: Re: Paper receipts
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Re: Give them what they want
Someone is going to build a site with unlimited streaming and unlimited downloads all for free of just indie artists who are hungry and looking for an audience. It will start small and slowly grow until it gets to a point where the artists signed to labels will be asking their handlers "why isn't my music on there".
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