That simple concept doesn't deserve copyright protection period. I could write a tetris clone in my sleep after watching someone else play it for just 20 seconds.
This decision basically says that functionality can itself be creative.
I would say that it's too simple to qualify for copyright protection in the first place.
Just by *watching* tetris being played I can write a tetris clone in a single hour of programming, it's not that hard. And I can do it without looking at source code.
It's trivially easy to reverse engineer even if you don't have source code to look at.
True but letting kid rapists off easier to encourage them to cooperate is rather akin to paying ransom to a terrorist. And in your case, holding onto a child that you've raped just because you don't want to get caught is rather like kidnapping that child and holding them for the ransom of a reduced sentence in exchange for cooperation. It's basically caving to the rapist/kidnapper's taking the child hostage. And that will only encourage it in the future.
We should not reward child rape by making it easier to avoid a stiff sentence. What we should do is step up enforcement and go after child rapists for both rape and kidnapping.
Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.
I don't have a beef with Iran having nukes per se. Rather I have a problem with them agreeing to a treaty and then slyly defying it behind everyone's backs.
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Would you say the same thing about felons?
I see the computer more as a digital megaphone.
So we should darwin them out of the workforce completely by making them starve to death because they can't get a job.
It's all about balance of power and elasticity of labor.
Workers who cannot afford to pass up a sucky job don't have the bargaining power to hold out for a better one.
Worse yet it rewards people for being buzzword compliant instead of actually having the right job skills.
Dropping minimum wage will lower wages but keep prices high.
Reason? Companies are greedy and will retain as high of a profit margin as they can.
What we should do instead is gradually lower the minimum wage to give the labour market time to adjust.
The supply of labor is inelastic in that workers have to put food on their family's table and can't often afford to be picky about who hires them.
And anyone who has studied econ 101 should know how an inelastic good reacts to market forces.
Still?
That simple concept doesn't deserve copyright protection period. I could write a tetris clone in my sleep after watching someone else play it for just 20 seconds.
This decision basically says that functionality can itself be creative.
I say bullshit, that's what we have patents for.
I would say that it's too simple to qualify for copyright protection in the first place.
Just by *watching* tetris being played I can write a tetris clone in a single hour of programming, it's not that hard. And I can do it without looking at source code.
It's trivially easy to reverse engineer even if you don't have source code to look at.
I'd prefer to say that stealing is wrong on principle, but the precautions or invitations one emits may change whether or not it's really stealing.
Actually, the RIAA and the "clueless"-ness are simply both symptoms of corruption.
It actually gives hackers a way to blackmail people they don't like by *planting* child porn on their computer.
Oh wait, that already happened.
http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2010/08/disgruntled-brit-plants-child-porn-on-bosss-computer-calls-cops/
True but letting kid rapists off easier to encourage them to cooperate is rather akin to paying ransom to a terrorist. And in your case, holding onto a child that you've raped just because you don't want to get caught is rather like kidnapping that child and holding them for the ransom of a reduced sentence in exchange for cooperation. It's basically caving to the rapist/kidnapper's taking the child hostage. And that will only encourage it in the future.
We should not reward child rape by making it easier to avoid a stiff sentence. What we should do is step up enforcement and go after child rapists for both rape and kidnapping.
Millions for defense, but not one cent for tribute.
More like the law doesn't give a shit if it's real or not, but actually considers pretend porn equally evil with actual porn.
Newsflash: Never attribute to incompetence that which is actually due to malice.
They are not clueless.
They know damn well what they are doing.
Remember, this is the same legal environment that packed the DOJ with ex-RIAA attorneys.
I'd bet that nvidia is hogtied by nondisclosure agreements with other companies.
What are we getting for our money anyway?
A GMO crop that gets weeds roundup resistant?
I think Monsanto welcomes cross pollination just to give them an excuse to sue the competition out of the market.
Any farmer that gets contaminated is infringing.
The elite can purchase sovereign immunity.
The distinction being?
Also if it's war...where is the Congress declaration authorizing this?
Obama needs to be impeached.
Depends on who is throwing it at you.
If you replace soldiers with lawyers and bullets with dollars we really haven't changed all that much.
Just because the pot is the one calling the kettle black doesn't make the kettle any shinier.
Now mind you, I'm not turning a blind eye to the pot either.
Iran wanting nukes is not what I have a problem with.
What I have a problem with is two bit countries signing treaties they have no intention of abiding by.
Iran sucks because they lied their asses off.
I don't have a beef with Iran having nukes per se. Rather I have a problem with them agreeing to a treaty and then slyly defying it behind everyone's backs.