It's not a patent Russia says it's trying to protect. It's the AK trademark!
Trademarks are forever until proven otherwise. So, all those countries that are making AK-47s without paying Russia will be violating that trademark unless it's shown that the Soviet Union and Russia didn't try hard enough to defend it before.
I imagine that Russia would say that the AK-47 factories in Eastern Bloc countries now in NATO lost their authorization sometime after the Soviet Union fell, and need to pay Russia to regain their licenses or stop making AK-anything.
I saw Fahrenheit 9/11, and I don't recall Michael Moore giving any alternative at all. True, there was "vote Bush out," but since he started the film with the idea that Bush wasn't actually voted in, that wasn't much help.
You didn't.
But the original parent was complaining that the cops in his area were doing nothing about armed robberies that happened on the part of his street without cameras. You replied that it was because of the enormous amount of paperwork British cops have to fill out, specif. citing "minor offences."
I can understand why a cop wouldn't want to fill out paperwork for minor offences. But armed robbery is a major offence even if no one gets hurt, and cops should try to stop armed robberies before someone gets hurt, regardless of paperwork--ideally with something more proactive than CCTV cameras.
Of course, more could be done about those armed robberies if someone bothered to report them. CCTVs save the trouble of having human beings report crimes, which is why they lower relative crime stats in their areas. But ideally, some person should report armed robberies--even if only the person robbed....
I thought it was written in the First Amendment that there would be no law abridging freedom of speech or the press (or of assembly). The amendment carries no qualifications whatsoever.
The main places where Americans classically expect the government to interfere with free speech are IP rights (if the copyright owner complains) and shouting "Fire!" in crowded theaters that aren't on fire (or equiv. clear and present dangers), and those exceptions are somewhat controversial.
Are you sure more people would see this film on P2P? Or that more of those people would need to see this film?
Maybe making money for this film shouldn't be the primary goal, given the urgency of this subject. But the filmmaker had his girlfriend mortage her place to get this film made. If he now gives this result away, how will he pay her back? She's already holding this film against him as it is!
"Seven years jail for anyone possessing a weapon, legally or otherwise" = "it should be illegal to possess weapons, and anyone possessing them should get seven years in jail."
This can cause problems for certain definitions of "weapon." Is it legal to possess huge knives? Chainsaws? Can a world-class boxer keep his powerful fists? What happens to karate blackbelts?
What if they don't have a hard copy to retype it from?
I've changed word-processors several times, usually after enough time to send the old one into obsolescence. If you can no longer use your old word processor, the new word processor doesn't accept the old one's format, and you haven't printed all the documents out, then you will lose documents.
Yeah, that would fix some of the problems--who wants to attempt armed robbery on someone who's armed? But the type of law you speak of is controversial even in America, where we have the right to bear arms and mixed feelings about that right.
The UK doesn't have the right to bear arms, and may be reluctant to create one--I mean, look how we Americans use ours!
The UK also outlawed defending one's home with force outright--the exact opposite of the proposition you want. Their reversing that could be as hard as our revoking Prohibition.
The problem with that is, if President Bush is cracking down on freedom of speech, then the speech he cracks down on will probably include speech saying that he's cracking down on freedom of speech. America prides itself on its First Amendment, so violating that amendment has to be done discreetly.
That Independent article didn't directly speak either way about socialism in Germany. The problems acknowledged were high taxes, low wages, and a large guest-worker program--and I imagine many of us could argue that America already reached that point itself, or will reach it soon if our president has any say.
High taxes may be related to socialism, but that's not the only reason for high taxes. And I had never heard how low wages were related to socialism.
Guest-worker programs aren't directly related to socialism: they are intended as a way for corps. to get cheap labor without annoying natives who don't want "foreigners" working up the social ladder. Socialism should be trying to make the cheap jobs appealing to natives, not importing workers that'll settle for the current conditions and making sure their standards don't rise.
Taking Liberties is, but it may be in a delicate position.
This is a small film, so why is it being released in summer blockbuster season? Maybe it will get an audience--after all, the BBC is advertising it. But it's also possible that this film will be in the cinemas for two weeks and then be pulled for "lack of interest," since so many Brits will be watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3 or the latest Harry Potter film.
And who distributes this to DVD? When it does reach DVD, the DVDs might all be region 1... [sigh]
I thought that MySpace was telling governmental authorities about sex offenders signing up with their service--because of all the people under 17 signed up. If so, this could lead to "branding" of sex offenders. If there were no false positives, it would just reinforce the branding that was already there, but a false positive like this would put a new, wrong brand on.
Only if they lower college prices. I'll bet a year's worth of welfare payments for one adult wouldn't even cover a year's worth of DeVry Institute courses.
Do any real state health departments cover city parks? I'd think that even a well-funded health department would have its hands full between hospitals, restaurants, and grocery stores...
Let me refine that calculation:
$100 to replace key, at minimum
vs.
((cost of DUI)*((odds of getting caught)*((odds of killing someone before getting caught)*(cost of vehicular homicide)))) + ((odds of getting self killed while drunk)*(cost of funeral)*(final judgement))
We're talking about brain cancer. The electricity only has to go through the skull.
If the field is too shallow to go through the skull, trepanning should allow electrodes to get close to almost any brain tumor that needs killing, though you would have to place them carefully.
Are you using the original engine or Mr. Fusion?
(The plutonium engine occurred to me also, but if plutonium passes the emissions test, the inspectors are slacking off.)
Hmmm...Toyota needs to work on their electric keys.
Still, it could be worse. You could've parked a Nissan outside one of those internet cafes and then become unable to start the car again. Ever.
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What Russia is trying to get licensed is the AK name. They say it's trademarked.
You can license from trademarks forever.
It's not a patent Russia says it's trying to protect. It's the AK trademark!
Trademarks are forever until proven otherwise. So, all those countries that are making AK-47s without paying Russia will be violating that trademark unless it's shown that the Soviet Union and Russia didn't try hard enough to defend it before.
I imagine that Russia would say that the AK-47 factories in Eastern Bloc countries now in NATO lost their authorization sometime after the Soviet Union fell, and need to pay Russia to regain their licenses or stop making AK-anything.
You sure that this idea would work any better than suing Smith&Wesson for deaths caused by their guns?
Yikes! Russia is claiming patents for all automatic weapons?!
That is amazing chutzpah, but it's one way to disarm Eastern Europe.
I saw Fahrenheit 9/11, and I don't recall Michael Moore giving any alternative at all. True, there was "vote Bush out," but since he started the film with the idea that Bush wasn't actually voted in, that wasn't much help.
You didn't.
But the original parent was complaining that the cops in his area were doing nothing about armed robberies that happened on the part of his street without cameras. You replied that it was because of the enormous amount of paperwork British cops have to fill out, specif. citing "minor offences."
I can understand why a cop wouldn't want to fill out paperwork for minor offences. But armed robbery is a major offence even if no one gets hurt, and cops should try to stop armed robberies before someone gets hurt, regardless of paperwork--ideally with something more proactive than CCTV cameras.
Of course, more could be done about those armed robberies if someone bothered to report them. CCTVs save the trouble of having human beings report crimes, which is why they lower relative crime stats in their areas. But ideally, some person should report armed robberies--even if only the person robbed....
I thought it was written in the First Amendment that there would be no law abridging freedom of speech or the press (or of assembly). The amendment carries no qualifications whatsoever.
The main places where Americans classically expect the government to interfere with free speech are IP rights (if the copyright owner complains) and shouting "Fire!" in crowded theaters that aren't on fire (or equiv. clear and present dangers), and those exceptions are somewhat controversial.
Are you sure more people would see this film on P2P? Or that more of those people would need to see this film?
Maybe making money for this film shouldn't be the primary goal, given the urgency of this subject. But the filmmaker had his girlfriend mortage her place to get this film made. If he now gives this result away, how will he pay her back? She's already holding this film against him as it is!
"Seven years jail for anyone possessing a weapon, legally or otherwise" = "it should be illegal to possess weapons, and anyone possessing them should get seven years in jail."
This can cause problems for certain definitions of "weapon." Is it legal to possess huge knives? Chainsaws? Can a world-class boxer keep his powerful fists? What happens to karate blackbelts?
What if they don't have a hard copy to retype it from?
I've changed word-processors several times, usually after enough time to send the old one into obsolescence. If you can no longer use your old word processor, the new word processor doesn't accept the old one's format, and you haven't printed all the documents out, then you will lose documents.
Yeah, that would fix some of the problems--who wants to attempt armed robbery on someone who's armed? But the type of law you speak of is controversial even in America, where we have the right to bear arms and mixed feelings about that right.
The UK doesn't have the right to bear arms, and may be reluctant to create one--I mean, look how we Americans use ours!
The UK also outlawed defending one's home with force outright--the exact opposite of the proposition you want. Their reversing that could be as hard as our revoking Prohibition.
Since when is armed robbery a minor offence?
Children of Men won't be a documentary for another twenty years.
Note well: if you want to stop fascism in Britain, don't bomb Liverpool!
The problem with that is, if President Bush is cracking down on freedom of speech, then the speech he cracks down on will probably include speech saying that he's cracking down on freedom of speech. America prides itself on its First Amendment, so violating that amendment has to be done discreetly.
Is that better or worse than cameras in police cars (found in police cars all over America)?
That Independent article didn't directly speak either way about socialism in Germany. The problems acknowledged were high taxes, low wages, and a large guest-worker program--and I imagine many of us could argue that America already reached that point itself, or will reach it soon if our president has any say.
High taxes may be related to socialism, but that's not the only reason for high taxes. And I had never heard how low wages were related to socialism.
Guest-worker programs aren't directly related to socialism: they are intended as a way for corps. to get cheap labor without annoying natives who don't want "foreigners" working up the social ladder. Socialism should be trying to make the cheap jobs appealing to natives, not importing workers that'll settle for the current conditions and making sure their standards don't rise.
Taking Liberties is, but it may be in a delicate position.
This is a small film, so why is it being released in summer blockbuster season? Maybe it will get an audience--after all, the BBC is advertising it. But it's also possible that this film will be in the cinemas for two weeks and then be pulled for "lack of interest," since so many Brits will be watching Pirates of the Caribbean 3 or the latest Harry Potter film.
And who distributes this to DVD? When it does reach DVD, the DVDs might all be region 1... [sigh]
I thought that MySpace was telling governmental authorities about sex offenders signing up with their service--because of all the people under 17 signed up. If so, this could lead to "branding" of sex offenders. If there were no false positives, it would just reinforce the branding that was already there, but a false positive like this would put a new, wrong brand on.
Only if they lower college prices. I'll bet a year's worth of welfare payments for one adult wouldn't even cover a year's worth of DeVry Institute courses.
Do any real state health departments cover city parks? I'd think that even a well-funded health department would have its hands full between hospitals, restaurants, and grocery stores...
Hate to type this, but if we're not careful, our gasoline prices will catch up with Europe's soon.
Let me refine that calculation:
$100 to replace key, at minimum
vs.
((cost of DUI)*((odds of getting caught)*((odds of killing someone before getting caught)*(cost of vehicular homicide)))) + ((odds of getting self killed while drunk)*(cost of funeral)*(final judgement))
We're talking about brain cancer. The electricity only has to go through the skull.
If the field is too shallow to go through the skull, trepanning should allow electrodes to get close to almost any brain tumor that needs killing, though you would have to place them carefully.
Are you using the original engine or Mr. Fusion?
(The plutonium engine occurred to me also, but if plutonium passes the emissions test, the inspectors are slacking off.)
Hmmm...Toyota needs to work on their electric keys.
Still, it could be worse. You could've parked a Nissan outside one of those internet cafes and then become unable to start the car again. Ever.