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The Challenges and Rewards of 'Place-Shifting'
Grooves writes "Ars Technica has an insightful look at the challenges facing place-shifting. The article talks about new European legislation that could require broadcast licensing for all place-shifting devices, and they review some of the fair use problems in the US and how they could hurt innovation." From the article: "A few cables here, a few networking adjustments there, and you can use a product like the Slingbox or the software-based Orb to watch your TV (or TiVo, or DVD player) from just about anywhere you can get a network connection, be it your office, your hotel room, or the other side of the planet. Yet what makes place-shifting devices so powerful also makes them appear very dangerous to established entertainment and media companies."
fucKing numbeRs,
man walking. It's dying' crOwd -
many societies, (like the american indians) existed for long stretches without any concept of owning land.
the idea of owning land is a modern invention by people, and, as a species, we would be much better off getting rid of it. Such a change would take considerable revolution in the way people think and function, but the resulting system would be much more peaceful and more productive.
As for food, on a very short term horizon (weeks) I agree. But the relation also holds on all time scales (months and years and generations) - meaning that the population will adjust to available food levels (up or down) over long periods of time. This understanding eliminates the scarcity arguement for food. By definition, living people will always have enough food over long time scales.