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Taiwan Rejects US Copyright Extension Demands
An anonymous reader writes "Taiwan has rejected the US's demand to extend copyrights from 50 years to 70 years. Here's the news article on the Mercury News."
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Now they've really pissed me off. What do I care if China invades them?
...your friendly global government.
Cheesecake Truck
So then I got this idea about driving a cheesecake truck,
Because I figured at the end of the day I could take some of the
leftover cheesecakes home,
And I love cheesecake.
So I went to the cheesecake company,
And they asked me if I could drive a truck,
And I said yes and they said you're hired.
So the next day I got in the truck with all the cheesecakes,
And I drove about a block and I just had to have a cheesecake.
So I pulled over and I opened the trunk and I got a cheesecake,
And I also took one for later,
And I took one for my friend Farmboy,
And I took one to bring home,
And by that time I had eaten one of the cheesecakes.
So I took another one.
Then I figured I might as well stop at my house to drop off
all the cheesecakes.
So I take five cakes to eat on the way,
And I drive another block and a half to my house.
Now it's lunchtime so I eat ten cheesecakes and a cheesecake for desert.
I should point out by the way that all of these cheesecakes were very
delicious.
Anyway, I decided that the only thing to do would be to eat all the
rest of the cheesecakes and hide the truck somewhere and leave town.
And I miss everybody a lot,
But I'm not really sorry,
Because they were very delicious cheesecakes.
Dick, it's thuh bossman.
Yeah, good one George. What do you want know? I'm kind of busy with all this planning - I'm up to my ass in miniature B-2's
Just one questicular point Dick.
What now?
Is it too late to get it changed to read, "Iraq, Taiwan"?
It always worries me whenever a Taiwan or China issue props up into slashdot, because they get overexaggerated and demonized way too severely. So here's some comparison w/ other nations.
Copyright:
* US -- 70 years.
* Japan -- 50 years.
* Taiwan -- 50 years.
However these numbers may not be set in stone. Japanese and Taiwanese politicians still waiting for American Corporate Checks.
Judicial system:
* US -- jury system.
* China -- non-jury system.
* Japan -- non-jury system.
A non-jury system != barbaric, uncivilized, evil. Japan has three judges that decide on each case, as opposed to one. On the other side, the US only has one. If the judge is concerned about their upcoming elections, they might be more willing to overturn the jury's decisions, and hand out more capital punishments.
Capital punishment:
* US -- lethal injection.
* Japan -- hanging.
* China -- firearms.
Come on, folks, murder is murder, no matter which way you slice 'em (or poison them, or hang them...) Barbarism is barbarism. Really.
Political parties:
* US -- Republicans + Democrats majority.
* Japan -- The Japanese Communist Party is close to the number one party, the Liberal Democratic Party.
* China -- Chinese Communist Party.
* France -- Socialism seems pretty strong...
The difference between the JCP and LDP are very few, just like the difference btwn R + D. While China's political situation is askew, they are not at all still the same as Communism under Mao. While ideological differences are clear in Socialism, Communism, and Capitalism, when it comes to political parties, they show convergence in evolution, and begin to show similarities in their core values.