Try using some other cliche than the tired 'could have cured cancer' one. Cancer is a myriad ( :) different illnesses, each of which need their own tests and cures. We're not likely to cure all cancers for a very long time.
However, your core point is good - the twisted profiteering and monopoly blackmail in modern patenting is very broken, and leads to vast amounts of money creating the next viagra, rather than a cure for sleeping sickness or malaria or tuberculosis.
Quoting from a Guardian article linked to in the previous wikipedia quote, about if someone could bring a private prosecution against the Prime Minister (then Gordon Brown in 2009) (my emphasis added):
"So, in principle, it is possible for a member of the public to prosecute a public figure for an offence under SOCPA or indeed for fraud. However, even assuming that the difficulties outlined above can be overcome there are two further practical problems. First, a private prosecutor does not have any of the powers of the police to seize evidence or question suspects, and he or she has no right of access to statements, evidence, or other documents held by the CPS. Putting together sufficient evidence to amount to a "case to answer" on the basis of publicly available material will often be tricky. Second, the court may make an order that a party pay costs that have been incurred as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission. If it considers that the prosecution was completely misconceived and the defendant incurred costs as a result then there may be a substantial bill to pay."
Yes, but the average 'Kipper (UKIP voter) thinks about Europe the way the average KKK member views someone darker than a light tan - it's not going to change with a rational argument. However, a lot of floating voters, many of whom may be embracing UKIP as an 'alternative' to established parties they aren't happy with, may be swayed by the idea of damage to the economy.
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Somehow, I think she was thinking of the unearning poor rather than the heroic high earners. They can get any benefit they can from the gub-mint as they've 'earned' it. because, you know, a man's worth is the strength of his arm and the depth of his wallet.
Bloody frontier mentality. Maybe y'all should be shipped to Mars - or the asteroid belt...
Which as a Libertarian he should wholeheartedly support. Profit to the strongest, not the most deserving! (Although the objectivist mantra of the strongest are the most deserving might apply here...)
Which is why he might be considered an excessive loon. :)
I really don't see how A) will lead to B(ii) - in fact I don't see how B(i) would lead to B(ii). Cutting spending and/or increasing tax, and reducing waste (including insane military spending and corporate boondoggles) would be much simpler.
If C) is true (I'm British so can't tell so well) then kudos to him - but one 'sane' idea in many 'insane' ones does not a desirable make.
Fair enough, as I'm pretty anti-Objectivist, especially when it affects how people at the bottom of the pile are treated. Still, unless any particular element can be shown to be overtly Objectivist, we should give him the benefit of the doubt.
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Being intolerant of a KKK member is usually nothing to do with being racist, unless you are a black power activist. As a 'white', me despising the KKK is about detesting bigotry and intolerance. However, I wouldn't automatically say 'racist' if a black friend didn't like them either.
I agree with most of what you are saying - I think we're coming at it from different angles. However, appeal to some sort of authority for assistance is one thing, having to blindly obey authority is another. Whilst you Americans have an admirable 'can-do' attitude, sometimes it seems you are a bit knee-jerk for or against when it comes to authority (and in some people in both directions).
And yes, children should be free to be children as much as possible, and learn their own consequences.
That's true. I was recently looking at buying some movie downloads that were on special offer. I already had the movies on video (up to twice) and some on DVD, but I was interested in digital copies I could just watch on a whim. But the thought of DRM and assorted looniness made me pause, until I missed the offer and the company missed my money.
And there I was in the mood for some Star Trek II... DRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
"In news today, after the Grand Bank Heist city police put up roadblocks every half-mile throughout the city and announced that these roadblocks would remain for one month, or until the perpetrators were caught."
"In follow-up news today, massive traffic jams have brought the city to a grinding halt, with 'rush hour' now lasting from 4am to midnight as people wait to get through any of the average of 10 police roadblocks on their way to anywhere."
"In news today, following the city police's controversial bid last week to stop armed robbery by roadblocking the city extensively, five separate banks were hit by robbers. Amazingly, in three cases they fled by foot; in the other two either pushbikes or motorbikes were used. Due to the gridlocked traffic for the last week, police responders were unable to respond.
Police have now announced that they will do full strip-searches of anyone within a half-mile of a bank."
Because one is still the most guilty, the rest are more aiding and abetting, albeit to different degrees. But yes, the same felony associations that get used on normal people should be applied here.
When you are abusing anonymity to actively harm people (and there is no way you can say that lawsuits are not 'harm') then no, you should probably have to make a declaration.
How can you possibly expect to sue someone for breaking a patent without actually a) declaring what the patent is (Microsoft pay heed!) and b) saying who has a financial interest (even if it is only to the court officials)?
It's a little different a company having internal access to material (and we don't know if it's everything) and then that access being made 'publicly' available to the government (yours and any other that cares to investigate).
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However, your core point is good - the twisted profiteering and monopoly blackmail in modern patenting is very broken, and leads to vast amounts of money creating the next viagra, rather than a cure for sleeping sickness or malaria or tuberculosis.
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This doesn't sound legal...
"So, in principle, it is possible for a member of the public to prosecute a public figure for an offence under SOCPA or indeed for fraud. However, even assuming that the difficulties outlined above can be overcome there are two further practical problems. First, a private prosecutor does not have any of the powers of the police to seize evidence or question suspects, and he or she has no right of access to statements, evidence, or other documents held by the CPS. Putting together sufficient evidence to amount to a "case to answer" on the basis of publicly available material will often be tricky. Second, the court may make an order that a party pay costs that have been incurred as a result of an unnecessary or improper act or omission. If it considers that the prosecution was completely misconceived and the defendant incurred costs as a result then there may be a substantial bill to pay."
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Bloody frontier mentality. Maybe y'all should be shipped to Mars - or the asteroid belt...
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I really don't see how A) will lead to B(ii) - in fact I don't see how B(i) would lead to B(ii). Cutting spending and/or increasing tax, and reducing waste (including insane military spending and corporate boondoggles) would be much simpler.
If C) is true (I'm British so can't tell so well) then kudos to him - but one 'sane' idea in many 'insane' ones does not a desirable make.
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I agree with most of what you are saying - I think we're coming at it from different angles. However, appeal to some sort of authority for assistance is one thing, having to blindly obey authority is another. Whilst you Americans have an admirable 'can-do' attitude, sometimes it seems you are a bit knee-jerk for or against when it comes to authority (and in some people in both directions).
And yes, children should be free to be children as much as possible, and learn their own consequences.
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Also, you are completely failing to address their fraudulent (or extremely careless) activity, which is the actual main point of this article.
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"Ultraviolet? Isn't that a clearance level in Paranoia?"
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And there I was in the mood for some Star Trek II... DRRRRMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM!!!!!
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Re: Actually, had to shut down because of piracy!
"In follow-up news today, massive traffic jams have brought the city to a grinding halt, with 'rush hour' now lasting from 4am to midnight as people wait to get through any of the average of 10 police roadblocks on their way to anywhere."
"In news today, following the city police's controversial bid last week to stop armed robbery by roadblocking the city extensively, five separate banks were hit by robbers. Amazingly, in three cases they fled by foot; in the other two either pushbikes or motorbikes were used. Due to the gridlocked traffic for the last week, police responders were unable to respond.
Police have now announced that they will do full strip-searches of anyone within a half-mile of a bank."
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How can you possibly expect to sue someone for breaking a patent without actually a) declaring what the patent is (Microsoft pay heed!) and b) saying who has a financial interest (even if it is only to the court officials)?
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