The fact that it took you years and years is not relevant. If it was, a book written in mere months should only be entitled to a couple of years of protection.
Assume it takes you a year or two to write a novel. You release it and have 4-5 years to earn money off it. If it is good enough that people want it, you'll make decent money for those years. If you build upon that work with sequels, or by writing more books that people who enjoyed your first work will be attracted to purchasing, you can continue that income stream, indeed for 5 years past when you stop putting any work into it, and likely even beyond that if you have engaged in the business of selling your works or related items directly to your fans, as sales will not go to zero just because your copyright has expired.
Which meets the purpose of copyright, to incentivize you to continue contributing the progress of arts and sciences. Not to feed your family for decades.
For any older blu-ray worth owning, the studio had to had to spend money re-scanning and remastering everything for higher res and higher quality sound. If you think that's a ripoff, don't buy it. But claiming you're entitled to it because rebuying for a few extra pixels is a ripoff is a load of crap. If it's "just a few extra pixels", why do you want it in the first place over the DVD version? Not worth the $40 list price they slap on the things, but definitely worth the $10-20 price you can get most movies for on Blu-ray at Amazon or numerous other places.
The argument the other way around I totally buy. Downloading a DVD or other SD rip of a blu-ray you own so you have a more compact portable copy is something you would easily be able to make from your own blu-ray if not for DRM.
Same here, an ad before a video had something I wanted to rewind and see better, and I was stunned to find I could not replay the ad. I guess they cannot allow rewind without allowing FF. Derp.
I have an Oppo for which a Russian gentleman posted hacked firmware the disables it's UOPs (user prohibited operations). Pretty great, menu, skip and FF buttons work at all times no matter what.
Of course it doesn't play blu-rays, and I only use DVDs to rip to get portable files these days, so I am more or les back in the same boat I started until I get a BD drive and some bigger hard drives.
I had a ReplayTV years ago that did this, which used to be a competitor for Tivo until they lost the pricing war (didn't take long!). Actually until a few months ago I still used it regularly to tape standard def TV shows, but then my "lifetime" subscription ran out... (let THAT be a lesson to you)
Yikes. Maybe you should go to a doctor and get a checkup.
Facts don't back up your assertion. I live in the northern LA county suburbs, and the $ per student in our district are about 60% what is allocated in the urban LA area because we are classified as "rural". But out schools are in the top 1% of the state. Moreover, you cannot "donate" money to the local school district as it will be taken by the state and redistributed to areas in need, so there is no extra funding coming from the relative affluence of our area.
So tell me how my property taxes not tripling to track banking industry-induced housing bubbles is keeping a school receiving almost twice as much money per student from performing on par with the ones in my area.
The schools have a workable amount of money. It is just being spent pretty badly. And I don't mean on teachers' salaries.
I agree with your assessment of the problem. Schools in my area of northern LA county are quite good, but we have very heavy parental involvement.
But I don't think the parents in the problem areas are educable. So that would like be throwing good money after bad. Vouchers would at least allow the parents that do care in those areas to escape the poor system with their children.
Virtually all of them. My kid is in 8th grade and I am familiar with the material. Not everyone here would get 100%, but passing it is well within the skills of anyone with any science background at all. Someone who couldn't pass this would have no interest in 90% of what slashdot posts and would not spend time here.
I live in the heart of Whole Foods-shopping organic-buying upscale suburban LA. And quite nearly everyone I know makes fun of the very few people who won't vaccinate their kids (behind their backs, they're our friends and neighbors).
I will guess you have not bought a new TV in the last several years. The Toshiba CRT TV I bought 10 years ago died before that time had elapsed. I expect even less from the flat panels available today.
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The fact that it took you years and years is not relevant. If it was, a book written in mere months should only be entitled to a couple of years of protection.
Assume it takes you a year or two to write a novel. You release it and have 4-5 years to earn money off it. If it is good enough that people want it, you'll make decent money for those years. If you build upon that work with sequels, or by writing more books that people who enjoyed your first work will be attracted to purchasing, you can continue that income stream, indeed for 5 years past when you stop putting any work into it, and likely even beyond that if you have engaged in the business of selling your works or related items directly to your fans, as sales will not go to zero just because your copyright has expired.
Which meets the purpose of copyright, to incentivize you to continue contributing the progress of arts and sciences. Not to feed your family for decades.
Most software from large protectionist corporations. In this environment, small developers and OSS would probably flourish and eat their lunch.
Fine.
Pharmaceutical patents' 5 year window begins upon release of the drug for sale. And ends 5 years later, no extensions or modifications to prolong it.
And as iWhatevers never come unlocked
Except sometimes. http://articles.latimes.com/2012/apr/09/business/la-fi-tn-unlock-iphone-20120409
I wonder how many Miles Prower it gets.
And the newly minted MBA's? Holy shit, they think they walk on water, when I wouldn't trust most of them to walk my dog.
Good thinking. They'd probably be halfway across the lake before they noticed your dog had drowned.
For any older blu-ray worth owning, the studio had to had to spend money re-scanning and remastering everything for higher res and higher quality sound. If you think that's a ripoff, don't buy it. But claiming you're entitled to it because rebuying for a few extra pixels is a ripoff is a load of crap. If it's "just a few extra pixels", why do you want it in the first place over the DVD version? Not worth the $40 list price they slap on the things, but definitely worth the $10-20 price you can get most movies for on Blu-ray at Amazon or numerous other places.
The argument the other way around I totally buy. Downloading a DVD or other SD rip of a blu-ray you own so you have a more compact portable copy is something you would easily be able to make from your own blu-ray if not for DRM.
Same here, an ad before a video had something I wanted to rewind and see better, and I was stunned to find I could not replay the ad. I guess they cannot allow rewind without allowing FF. Derp.
I have an Oppo for which a Russian gentleman posted hacked firmware the disables it's UOPs (user prohibited operations). Pretty great, menu, skip and FF buttons work at all times no matter what.
Of course it doesn't play blu-rays, and I only use DVDs to rip to get portable files these days, so I am more or les back in the same boat I started until I get a BD drive and some bigger hard drives.
I don't know when you were a kid, but you can check this for current shows by buying DVD sets.
Only current show we've bought is Big Bang Theory, and the episodes seem to clock at 21-22 minutes.
On the other hand, shows like ST:TOS and Jonny Quest( revealing my DVD buying habits) are 24-25 minutes.
I had a ReplayTV years ago that did this, which used to be a competitor for Tivo until they lost the pricing war (didn't take long!). Actually until a few months ago I still used it regularly to tape standard def TV shows, but then my "lifetime" subscription ran out... (let THAT be a lesson to you)
Yikes. Maybe you should go to a doctor and get a checkup.
Honestly a large portion of it is the immigrant language issue, along with what you list.
Facts don't back up your assertion. I live in the northern LA county suburbs, and the $ per student in our district are about 60% what is allocated in the urban LA area because we are classified as "rural". But out schools are in the top 1% of the state. Moreover, you cannot "donate" money to the local school district as it will be taken by the state and redistributed to areas in need, so there is no extra funding coming from the relative affluence of our area.
So tell me how my property taxes not tripling to track banking industry-induced housing bubbles is keeping a school receiving almost twice as much money per student from performing on par with the ones in my area.
The schools have a workable amount of money. It is just being spent pretty badly. And I don't mean on teachers' salaries.
I agree with your assessment of the problem. Schools in my area of northern LA county are quite good, but we have very heavy parental involvement.
But I don't think the parents in the problem areas are educable. So that would like be throwing good money after bad. Vouchers would at least allow the parents that do care in those areas to escape the poor system with their children.
Virtually all of them. My kid is in 8th grade and I am familiar with the material. Not everyone here would get 100%, but passing it is well within the skills of anyone with any science background at all. Someone who couldn't pass this would have no interest in 90% of what slashdot posts and would not spend time here.
Right. There is no benefit to you at all from living in a country with an educated population. None.
Brilliant. Required to proceed through a red light into moving cross traffic which may or may not have noticed the emergency vehicle.
Did the airbus crash kill "37 mostly future clients and journalists"?
Might have different consequences, no?
I was told on organic farms they turn every other cow the opposite direction to prevent that.
I live in the heart of Whole Foods-shopping organic-buying upscale suburban LA. And quite nearly everyone I know makes fun of the very few people who won't vaccinate their kids (behind their backs, they're our friends and neighbors).
Great, now we're worrying about murderous film-makers . . .
Easy. Have little sprayers to get them wet just before they strike your windshield.
The TV will last you probably ten years
I will guess you have not bought a new TV in the last several years. The Toshiba CRT TV I bought 10 years ago died before that time had elapsed. I expect even less from the flat panels available today.
. . . and De-gauss!!
um . . .
Which one becomes a minivan? My kid doesn't have that one.