You might consider otherwise if you took into account the marketing of all the schlock with band logos, "star" photos, etc...
Sony and all the rest are marketing a package and the recordings are a form of advertising that brings in the devotees to 'worship' their carefully developed and packaged idols
They'd probably love to copyright and sell computer generated random tones... but building up an "artist" from scratch has been quite common since the Monkees were a "sensation" Fans love learning the myths, legends and secrets of their idols... (Did you know that one of the Monkees mothers invented "liquid paper"?)
There are at least as many terrific "unsigned artists" working today as have ever been recorded in the history of the technology... I'm pretty sure the "recording industry" is more concerned with revenue than talent though... It would seem to me that a mediocre talent might well be more responsive to their wishes than the best of the best... maybe even grateful until they realized that after ten years of making the charts production, advertising, touring and other "costs" have left them with nothing... Not an uncommon story in music at all... The music industry. as I see it, seems to be based on screwing over talent and customers pretty much equally...
As an aside, it is possible for a diluted mark to lose its protected status (such as with Bayer's "Aspirin" analgesic).
Not arguing the underlying issue, in fact your post is quite informative... but, IIRC, Bayer lost the "Aspirin" trademark as "reparations" in the Versailles Treaty along with that of their featured cough suppressant that had saved (hundreds of) thousands of Whooping Cough sufferers from death... "Heroin"
What matters? Is it the raw data? Is it the processed data? Is it the software used to process the data?
The original data is of paramount importance, software for processing and analysis not so much... Science requires the ability to independently redo experiments and analyze data... getting the same result IS the method of verification that makes the "Scientific Method" valid. Getting the same result using different tools for analysis is even better... Mann's "Hockey Stick" graph is one of the failures of that system since he either can't recall which data sources he used or lost the original data... (not a problem for him since random noise conveniently generates the same hook in the graph)
The employee is the supplier. The employer is the customer. In most cases, customers can abuse the relationship a lot more than suppliers.
You seem to think the employer intrinsically have something to sell... yet without employees there is no business... no goods or services to trade for income...
YOU and I as employees are the supplier on our side of the relationship, our skillset, knowledge, experience, and intelligence are marketable goods...
Maybe factory jobs that could be automated (if humans weren't cheaper) are different, but knowledge workers, managers, and creative folks each provide their own unique contribution...
Employers who manage to get my attention are getting much more than a body to fill a chair...
You are right on target... the founders of the US felt so strongly about it that it was included in the powers authorized congress in section I paragraph 8 of The Constitution
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
It may well have had something to do with Ben Franklin's works being published in England without a penny being given to him...
The current system has bastardized the concept far past the reasonable reward for an inventor, writer or artist... but the idea of getting "exclusive Right" makes sense in a world where you want more of the good stuff created by the best authors and inventors...
This "little known scientist" seems to have twigged onto the amazing feature of planet earth that water evaporates when it gets warm, condenses when it cools and is the major regulator of that part of the "greenhouse" effect that keeps the planet from alternately freezing and baking (like the moon) as it rotates in the sun's light...
Clouds reflect energy when it gets warmer and dissipate to let more hit the surface below when its cools out...
His "misters" seem to be doing nothing more than emulating natural precipitation...
I wonder if he already has plans for suing the planet for "infringing" on his patented process???
Couldn't this be an example of "prior art"?
>>At least some tasers have recording devices in them - the police can tell how many shocks were delivered, the length of each, how far apart, etc... In at least one of the cases it WAS used as a torture device - how else can you explain 30 shocks over a 5 minute period? Still, go after that officer for torture, not ban the device. Make sure there's good training as well.
So far there are no 'generic' TASERS... and the ones that are sold to Law Enforcement do have recording devices that tell when, what, and how... recording the discharge of the cartridge and each pull of the trigger to stun the subject...
These aren't toys, they are only "Less Than Lethal" when used properly...
So far; though, the deaths I've read up on were all complicated by drugs or health issues...
As far as TASERing a handcuffed subject, that officer ought to have had the book thrown at him... she was already under restraint...
In any good program of training every officer that becomes certified has been subjected to the jolt... and KNOWS exactly how it feels...
These are tools, good reliable tools, but just as subject to misuse as a firearm, nightstick or folding chair...
I've read about cameras that can be installed on TASER weapons to add another level of accountability... that sounds like a local issue... My local police/sheriff's jurisdiction(s) are spread out over 100 miles of valley and some fairly inaccessible wilderness... adding a camera to a LTL weapon used once in a blue moon doesn't make any financial sense...
It's highly likely that someone in the UN will consider speaking to a subject in a loud voice torture... (especially if they were to hear my mother in law's voice) but pain for compliance in effecting a capture is IMHO, preferable to using bullets...
I can't see anyone using TASERS in the classic dungeon situation either... not when a couple of car batteries or even the traditional AC zipcord wires are so much easier to obtain and cheaper by far (not to mention the intimidation factor with nice bright sparks)
This seems to be a non-issue as most military organizations aren't issuing TASERS to their troops... as hard as the company is marketing their products, the cost per shot is pretty steep for general military use...
My conclusion is that, with adequate training of troops on the line and their supervisors, personal responsibility and reasonable oversight ought to prevent any misuse...
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You might consider otherwise if you took into account the marketing of all the schlock with band logos, "star" photos, etc... Sony and all the rest are marketing a package and the recordings are a form of advertising that brings in the devotees to 'worship' their carefully developed and packaged idols They'd probably love to copyright and sell computer generated random tones... but building up an "artist" from scratch has been quite common since the Monkees were a "sensation" Fans love learning the myths, legends and secrets of their idols... (Did you know that one of the Monkees mothers invented "liquid paper"?) There are at least as many terrific "unsigned artists" working today as have ever been recorded in the history of the technology... I'm pretty sure the "recording industry" is more concerned with revenue than talent though... It would seem to me that a mediocre talent might well be more responsive to their wishes than the best of the best... maybe even grateful until they realized that after ten years of making the charts production, advertising, touring and other "costs" have left them with nothing... Not an uncommon story in music at all... The music industry. as I see it, seems to be based on screwing over talent and customers pretty much equally...
As an aside, it is possible for a diluted mark to lose its protected status (such as with Bayer's "Aspirin" analgesic).
Not arguing the underlying issue, in fact your post is quite informative... but, IIRC, Bayer lost the "Aspirin" trademark as "reparations" in the Versailles Treaty along with that of their featured cough suppressant that had saved (hundreds of) thousands of Whooping Cough sufferers from death... "Heroin"
What matters? Is it the raw data? Is it the processed data? Is it the software used to process the data?
The original data is of paramount importance, software for processing and analysis not so much... Science requires the ability to independently redo experiments and analyze data... getting the same result IS the method of verification that makes the "Scientific Method" valid. Getting the same result using different tools for analysis is even better... Mann's "Hockey Stick" graph is one of the failures of that system since he either can't recall which data sources he used or lost the original data... (not a problem for him since random noise conveniently generates the same hook in the graph)
The employee is the supplier. The employer is the customer. In most cases, customers can abuse the relationship a lot more than suppliers.
You seem to think the employer intrinsically have something to sell... yet without employees there is no business... no goods or services to trade for income... YOU and I as employees are the supplier on our side of the relationship, our skillset, knowledge, experience, and intelligence are marketable goods... Maybe factory jobs that could be automated (if humans weren't cheaper) are different, but knowledge workers, managers, and creative folks each provide their own unique contribution... Employers who manage to get my attention are getting much more than a body to fill a chair...
You could always read the English version in the UK edition... http://www.heise-online.co.uk/news/Report-claims-German-armed-forces-setting-up-cyberwar-unit--/112595 It's a pretty good translation
You are right on target... the founders of the US felt so strongly about it that it was included in the powers authorized congress in section I paragraph 8 of The Constitution
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries"
It may well have had something to do with Ben Franklin's works being published in England without a penny being given to him...
The current system has bastardized the concept far past the reasonable reward for an inventor, writer or artist... but the idea of getting "exclusive Right" makes sense in a world where you want more of the good stuff created by the best authors and inventors...
This "little known scientist" seems to have twigged onto the amazing feature of planet earth that water evaporates when it gets warm, condenses when it cools and is the major regulator of that part of the "greenhouse" effect that keeps the planet from alternately freezing and baking (like the moon) as it rotates in the sun's light... Clouds reflect energy when it gets warmer and dissipate to let more hit the surface below when its cools out... His "misters" seem to be doing nothing more than emulating natural precipitation... I wonder if he already has plans for suing the planet for "infringing" on his patented process??? Couldn't this be an example of "prior art"?
>>At least some tasers have recording devices in them - the police can tell how many shocks were delivered, the length of each, how far apart, etc... In at least one of the cases it WAS used as a torture device - how else can you explain 30 shocks over a 5 minute period? Still, go after that officer for torture, not ban the device. Make sure there's good training as well. So far there are no 'generic' TASERS... and the ones that are sold to Law Enforcement do have recording devices that tell when, what, and how... recording the discharge of the cartridge and each pull of the trigger to stun the subject... These aren't toys, they are only "Less Than Lethal" when used properly... So far; though, the deaths I've read up on were all complicated by drugs or health issues... As far as TASERing a handcuffed subject, that officer ought to have had the book thrown at him... she was already under restraint... In any good program of training every officer that becomes certified has been subjected to the jolt... and KNOWS exactly how it feels... These are tools, good reliable tools, but just as subject to misuse as a firearm, nightstick or folding chair... I've read about cameras that can be installed on TASER weapons to add another level of accountability... that sounds like a local issue... My local police/sheriff's jurisdiction(s) are spread out over 100 miles of valley and some fairly inaccessible wilderness... adding a camera to a LTL weapon used once in a blue moon doesn't make any financial sense... It's highly likely that someone in the UN will consider speaking to a subject in a loud voice torture... (especially if they were to hear my mother in law's voice) but pain for compliance in effecting a capture is IMHO, preferable to using bullets... I can't see anyone using TASERS in the classic dungeon situation either... not when a couple of car batteries or even the traditional AC zipcord wires are so much easier to obtain and cheaper by far (not to mention the intimidation factor with nice bright sparks) This seems to be a non-issue as most military organizations aren't issuing TASERS to their troops... as hard as the company is marketing their products, the cost per shot is pretty steep for general military use... My conclusion is that, with adequate training of troops on the line and their supervisors, personal responsibility and reasonable oversight ought to prevent any misuse...