Without Copyright, production would be different, but it would still happen. As you say, you simply wouldn't be able to build Vista the way Microsoft did (5 or 6 years with thousands of man-hours before a single release.) Instead, you would see smaller, more incrimental releases, where people would pre-pay for, say, some widget in 6 months time.
*Personally, I think it would be far easier to simply move to a short copyright term than deal with the massive changes abolishment would bring.
Considering that the demo is intended to show what an emerging standard can do better than current ones, it's understandable that they want it to look the best it can, which means they're going to want people to watch it using the optimized platform and not something that's barely going to run their demo.
So, they intend to showcase an open standard by publishing something that only works on a single "optimized" platform??
While I understand the pragmatism, it still seems odd.
I can set up my own Jabber server and talk to people on Google's GoogleTalk or Gmail chat. In fact, that's what I do except I'm using jabber.org's server. Of course, Google still gets your conversations with those people, but not if you use OTR.
This sounds like the potential that Jabber/XMPP has always had, but no one seems interested to implement.
Furthermore, we assessed the impact of polycarbonate bottle use in a normal use setting. The present study could be considered a conservative estimate of true use, as students did not have access to dishwashers and were instructed to use their containers for cold beverages only, whereas the storage of hot liquids is common, especially in outdoor recreation settings. Because heating is thought to increase the amount of BPA leached from the polycarbonate (Le et al. 2008), we would anticipate higher urinary BPA concentrations after ingestion of hot beverages stored in the same bottles.
This has no relevance to online commerce, "store hours" do not apply that is the whole point of digital content delivery...
I think he's referring to the arbitrary and often ridiculous restrictions companies like Sony have placed on digital distribution in the last decade. Things like different release dates in different countries, DVD region codes, DRM restrictions, malicious software, unavailability of single music tracks and legal downloads. Basically, the things Sony did to squeeze a few extra dollars out of their customers actually pissed off customers. Big surprise.
Unless that's a easily indexable website with all public domain content that can be copied and mirrored freely, it would probably do more harm than good.
Libraries everywhere are able to copy and "mirror" newspapers for archival and reference purposes. If publicnotice.gov was a single point of reference (failure), you get just as much ability for Orwellian history manipulation.
If one of Amazon's 80 million customers buys your 10-song CD on Amazon for $8.98, you'll receive $3.59. After selling just nine discs, you're in the black.
WOL works over the internet, (port forward required if NAT, but that's the same as SSH). So no need for a second machine. I wake my workstation from my netbook regularly.
So your going to simply obliterate any ship within a mile? Maybe a warning system would be in order? Wouldn't want to own a fishing vessel near Somalia.
Here's an idea. Start out the video with a useless narrative for the first thirty seconds "blah blah blah skip until:30 and ignore this intro blah blah" then start the music.
Nothing to see? It's an excellent, real example of broken copyright laws not only hindering the spread of knowledge to the developing world, but at the same time, arbitrarily restricting the income to authors and distributors.
These are the kind of stories that can make non-/. types actually think critically about the usefulness of copyright.
For the normal people like us, there's only one recourse: 's/STEAL THE BOOK/share a copy with someone who was able to purchase it/'.
Sounds like a perfectly reasonable recourse to me. People in developing countries have been doing it for centuries (including the U.S. >100 years ago).
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Without Copyright, production would be different, but it would still happen. As you say, you simply wouldn't be able to build Vista the way Microsoft did (5 or 6 years with thousands of man-hours before a single release.) Instead, you would see smaller, more incrimental releases, where people would pre-pay for, say, some widget in 6 months time.
*Personally, I think it would be far easier to simply move to a short copyright term than deal with the massive changes abolishment would bring.
That's on par to a clothing store employee going up to an IT guy saying "Black shoes and a brown belt?! What a moron!"
It's the employee that is the moron. He should count his lucky stars the IT guy is EVEN WEARING shoes or a belt! *ducks*
Considering that the demo is intended to show what an emerging standard can do better than current ones, it's understandable that they want it to look the best it can, which means they're going to want people to watch it using the optimized platform and not something that's barely going to run their demo.
So, they intend to showcase an open standard by publishing something that only works on a single "optimized" platform??
While I understand the pragmatism, it still seems odd.
I can set up my own Jabber server and talk to people on Google's GoogleTalk or Gmail chat. In fact, that's what I do except I'm using jabber.org's server. Of course, Google still gets your conversations with those people, but not if you use OTR.
This sounds like the potential that Jabber/XMPP has always had, but no one seems interested to implement.
Science is reported in journal articles not news outlets (even one with science in the name).
From http://dx.doi.org/10.1289/ehp.0900604
Furthermore, we assessed the impact of polycarbonate bottle use in a normal use setting.
The present study could be considered a conservative estimate of true use, as students did not
have access to dishwashers and were instructed to use their containers for cold beverages only,
whereas the storage of hot liquids is common, especially in outdoor recreation settings. Because
heating is thought to increase the amount of BPA leached from the polycarbonate (Le et al.
2008), we would anticipate higher urinary BPA concentrations after ingestion of hot beverages
stored in the same bottles.
Much more conservative in the actual paper.
This has no relevance to online commerce, "store hours" do not apply that is the whole point of digital content delivery...
I think he's referring to the arbitrary and often ridiculous restrictions companies like Sony have placed on digital distribution in the last decade. Things like different release dates in different countries, DVD region codes, DRM restrictions, malicious software, unavailability of single music tracks and legal downloads. Basically, the things Sony did to squeeze a few extra dollars out of their customers actually pissed off customers. Big surprise.
They can try to standardize on ECMA-376 (OOXML) if they want, but they may have trouble finding a single piece of software that supports it.
Unless that's a easily indexable website with all public domain content that can be copied and mirrored freely, it would probably do more harm than good.
Libraries everywhere are able to copy and "mirror" newspapers for archival and reference purposes. If publicnotice.gov was a single point of reference (failure), you get just as much ability for Orwellian history manipulation.
It's called SIP.
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Skype will always be tied to computers or expensive proprietary devices.
Ten bucks isn't twice the normal retail price. RTFA.
It's a $31 per year "hosting fee" for the artist.
From the article:
If one of Amazon's 80 million customers buys your 10-song CD on Amazon for $8.98, you'll receive $3.59. After selling just nine discs, you're in the black.
emphasis mine.
Like Jim Prentice?? I wouldn't call a becoming Minister of the Environment loosing one's job. Cabinet shuffles happen regularly.
WOL works over the internet, (port forward required if NAT, but that's the same as SSH). So no need for a second machine. I wake my workstation from my netbook regularly.
It would have to be able to wake your machine if you want to use it for remote SSH access. On Ethernet, you can already do that.
Low risk investments? like asset backed securities?
Outside? of shashdot?? OMG my eyes!!
Mount the cdrom on a running system, cd to that directory and run:
$ md5sum -c md5sum.txt
It will check the md5sum of each file on the cdrom and report if anything is corrupted.
So your going to simply obliterate any ship within a mile? Maybe a warning system would be in order? Wouldn't want to own a fishing vessel near Somalia.
Here's an idea. Start out the video with a useless narrative for the first thirty seconds "blah blah blah skip until :30 and ignore this intro blah blah" then start the music.
Like on the radio?
Sweet, more pixels than retinal ganglion cells. Where can I get an eye upgrade?
In fact, this is one of the few times in history we can actually discuss those people openly, in public without fear of "disappearing" in the night.
In fact, we can even join and support "rogue" organizations like the EFF and FSF without life-threatening consequences.
It's actually a GOOD time to be living!
If those sailors could build the turbines with micro wind energy on their boats, then you would have a point.
Nothing to see? It's an excellent, real example of broken copyright laws not only hindering the spread of knowledge to the developing world, but at the same time, arbitrarily restricting the income to authors and distributors.
These are the kind of stories that can make non-/. types actually think critically about the usefulness of copyright.
For the normal people like us, there's only one recourse: 's/STEAL THE BOOK/share a copy with someone who was able to purchase it/'.
Sounds like a perfectly reasonable recourse to me. People in developing countries have been doing it for centuries (including the U.S. >100 years ago).
Apt uses checksums and digital signing, if apt-p2p downloads a bad package, apt shouldn't install it.