Fourteen years was appropriate for an era where distribution occurred by horse and buggy. Today, it occurs nearly instantaneously, so even seven years would be pushing it. But, as you say, "forever" protections do little to nothing to promote the advancement of art, it only encourages creators to set on their laurels.
...concerned about political correctness. The vast majority that composes the rest of the human race don't give a damn about who you worship, or your skin color, or your gender orientation. You treat as as equals, we treat you as equals.
...in an scarlet clad elf who sacrifices himself to provide pleasure to little children when I was young. Around the age of seven or so I realized that it was all hokey, but by then I was able to comprehend the spirit behind the season.
Some of humanities rules are very simple:
1) Number one is the Golden Rule, treat others as you have would others treat you! 2) It is better to give than receive. 3) Question everything.
...those banging at your doors don't give a damn about laws. You could deny ALL from the attackers address range, but best bet is just shut down the targeted ports.
So if he hadn't leased servers in the U.S. he would be in the clear? There might be a lesson for other foreign entrepreneurs to be learned here. It's no wonder so many IT jobs are being outsourced overseas.
Free markets are all about competition, and the very definition of compete is "to strive to outdo another". Aligning the interests of competitors (such as providers and consumers) is anti-competitive.
Or, to look at another way, the award is about $4 and change per Cox subscriber. Sounds reasonable to me. Why not just add that as a yearly "no fault" sharing policy to all internet users? Maybe then for profit producers can get to making better content and not bother the rest of us?
And what do their offspring have to show for it today? I'm not saying I agree with it, nor am I saying that that is the way it should be. I'm just stating the obvious.
If you have none, you are worthless. It boggles the mind that there exists those who don't understand this fact. If your idea is valuable someone will give you the funds to prove it so.c
I was nearly 20 when "Star Wars" first hit the screen and, except for "2001", it was the best science fiction movie to date. Compare it to "War of the Worlds", "The Phantom Planet", Panic In The Year Zero", "Robinson Crusoe On Mars", "Crack In The World", "Farenheit 451", "Planet Of The Apes", etc and you will find nothing comes even close to the epic sweep of adventure that the original "Star Wars" brings to the screen. Hell, I do a rewatch every year and it is still my favorite episode in the series.
"Soccer mom"s" are expected to follow the laws your dreamed of elitist society would enact. Are you really saying they should have no say in the matter?
This has to be the most ignorant post of all time. Pedestrians, some of whom have never had a driver's license, are killed in hit and run accidents every day.
Accept the risk you'll be killed by a hit and run. If not, don't drive.
By your logic one should not walk without a license if one does not want to get killed in a hit and run.
Nobody should ever have to pay a cent just watch TV. In the end all you do is pay them to force feed you commercials. And the idea that any broadcaster expects to be paid to have their advertising delivered to cable subscribers is absolutely absurd. The more viewers you have, the more you can charge for your ads. Why in the world would you expect a company that delivers more viewers to pay you to do so? Logic would dictate that cable and satellite companies should be being paid for bringing in more viewers. The very idea that they should pay to broadcast any ad laden offerings is actually quite sickening.
you are both complaining about tabs that take too much space and the lack of a status bar that does uselessly take space... most of it was just gray area without information anyway.
If you saw the status bar as a waste of space, then you were using it incorrectly. Not only does it show you where links will take you before you click on them, but any good extension offers the option to move its interface there and clean up the top of your browser. Damn if the first thing I did when the status bar was removed was look for a way to put it back. I couldn't believe that removing the most informative and useful part of a user friendly browser would have crossed anyones mind. The browsers job is to present information, not hide. it.
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For humans the inability to do so means the difference between life and death. For machines, all a mistake means is a reboot.
Where is the optimum? I believe it is 14 years.
Fourteen years was appropriate for an era where distribution occurred by horse and buggy. Today, it occurs nearly instantaneously, so even seven years would be pushing it. But, as you say, "forever" protections do little to nothing to promote the advancement of art, it only encourages creators to set on their laurels.
They must be dying to offer this. Strong companies can survive by profiting much more steathfully.
...concerned about political correctness. The vast majority that composes the rest of the human race don't give a damn about who you worship, or your skin color, or your gender orientation. You treat as as equals, we treat you as equals.
If it defaults to not allowing them, this could be a good thing. Otherwise uBlock would be the better choice.
...in an scarlet clad elf who sacrifices himself to provide pleasure to little children when I was young. Around the age of seven or so I realized that it was all hokey, but by then I was able to comprehend the spirit behind the season.
Some of humanities rules are very simple:
1) Number one is the Golden Rule, treat others as you have would others treat you!
2) It is better to give than receive.
3) Question everything.
...those banging at your doors don't give a damn about laws. You could deny ALL from the attackers address range, but best bet is just shut down the targeted ports.
So if he hadn't leased servers in the U.S. he would be in the clear? There might be a lesson for other foreign entrepreneurs to be learned here. It's no wonder so many IT jobs are being outsourced overseas.
"The settlement does not require us to change any of our current products or practices.
Or maybe not.
The natural tendency is to avoid competition, and businesses do almost anything to eliminate it.
And thus monopolies, and the laws supporting them, are created.
...in space. The US has tucked up their balls and walked away from the field.
Free markets are all about competition, and the very definition of compete is "to strive to outdo another". Aligning the interests of competitors (such as providers and consumers) is anti-competitive.
Or, to look at another way, the award is about $4 and change per Cox subscriber. Sounds reasonable to me. Why not just add that as a yearly "no fault" sharing policy to all internet users? Maybe then for profit producers can get to making better content and not bother the rest of us?
And what do their offspring have to show for it today? I'm not saying I agree with it, nor am I saying that that is the way it should be. I'm just stating the obvious.
If you have none, you are worthless. It boggles the mind that there exists those who don't understand this fact. If your idea is valuable someone will give you the funds to prove it so.c
I was nearly 20 when "Star Wars" first hit the screen and, except for "2001", it was the best science fiction movie to date. Compare it to "War of the Worlds", "The Phantom Planet", Panic In The Year Zero", "Robinson Crusoe On Mars", "Crack In The World", "Farenheit 451", "Planet Of The Apes", etc and you will find nothing comes even close to the epic sweep of adventure that the original "Star Wars" brings to the screen. Hell, I do a rewatch every year and it is still my favorite episode in the series.
Nah, this is good. Recent made up "religions" will go a long way in proving how absurd ancient made up "religions" are.
Exactly, it is only the value added by human labor that dictates the worth of things. Sad to see so many who neglect the teaches of Adam Smith.
Stupid people perhaps. Anybody who doesn't realize that the only true value lies in labor deserves to be fleeced. Review Adam Smith if you will.
...that some see as sacrosanct is a good thing. I cheer every time I see gold get closer to worthless.
"Soccer mom"s" are expected to follow the laws your dreamed of elitist society would enact. Are you really saying they should have no say in the matter?
This has to be the most ignorant post of all time. Pedestrians, some of whom have never had a driver's license, are killed in hit and run accidents every day.
Accept the risk you'll be killed by a hit and run. If not, don't drive.
By your logic one should not walk without a license if one does not want to get killed in a hit and run.
Nobody should ever have to pay a cent just watch TV. In the end all you do is pay them to force feed you commercials. And the idea that any broadcaster expects to be paid to have their advertising delivered to cable subscribers is absolutely absurd. The more viewers you have, the more you can charge for your ads. Why in the world would you expect a company that delivers more viewers to pay you to do so? Logic would dictate that cable and satellite companies should be being paid for bringing in more viewers. The very idea that they should pay to broadcast any ad laden offerings is actually quite sickening.
But they need to raise funds to exist. Projects without funds are dead projects.
Projects without users are projects that have no need to exist.
you are both complaining about tabs that take too much space and the lack of a status bar that does uselessly take space ... most of it was just gray area without information anyway.
If you saw the status bar as a waste of space, then you were using it incorrectly. Not only does it show you where links will take you before you click on them, but any good extension offers the option to move its interface there and clean up the top of your browser. Damn if the first thing I did when the status bar was removed was look for a way to put it back. I couldn't believe that removing the most informative and useful part of a user friendly browser would have crossed anyones mind. The browsers job is to present information, not hide. it.