No, it's not time to let Hubble go. A lawnmower is completely different from an expensive and still potentially useful scientific instrument. Fixing Hubble is worthwhile because its replacement isn't operational yet, it won't be serviceable, and it's designed to detect different things.
It's not denial, it's a legal fact. Copyrightable works are not property in any way, so they can't truly be stolen unless they're prevented from falling into the public domain.
The entertainment industry's main business model is becoming unviable, so why should they be granted special protection? The large number of people who willingly commit copyright infringement (it really isn't stealing, get over it) means that the law needs to be changed in their favor because ordinary people no longer view it as a crime.
It doesn't matter whether Apple is thrilled or not. Once someone buys an iPod, it's theirs, not Apple's. Apple is not responsible if someone breaks their iPod with unofficial hacks and doesn't have to support them either. Apple doesn't have much liability in the first place (unless the Induce Act passes) because they aren't responsible for their customers' actions.
No, they only have the right to try doing that. I have a right as a consumer and a citizen to do whatever I damn well please with an iPod I purchased, regardless of whether Apple wants me to.
That still doesn't justify invoking the DMCA. Real's hack won't cause any damage to Apple because nearly all of the revenu generated by the iPod is from hardware sales. The ability to play another online music store's DRMed files can only be good for iPod sales because it gives potential buyers s bigger incentive to purchase the product. DMCA threats are much more likely to harm shareholder value than doing nothing in this case.
Apple isn't beholden to do anything in this case. None of Apple's "IP" is being violated, and shareholder interests is a strawman argument usually employed by sleazy businesses when they're trying to do something illegal or unethical.
You're still being superficial. How does the look of the DS affect your ability to enjoy the games? They're still the same no matter how the hardware looks.
Why not just do it the way most other games do it? Check to see if two directional buttons are in the pressed state simultaneously and then act accordingly.
No, they should use their tools properly. Even if a few criminals get away, it's better than having law enforcement without any checks or balances on its power. The powers granted by the Patriot Act are being abused by anyone who can create even a tenuous link between a citizen and the terrorist bogeyman, and it needs to be eliminated now to mitigate the damage.
And it only cost every citizen their rights to due process and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. The Patriot act didn't even help catch these people, it just let some legal officials tack on a few extra charges.
Nope, corporations personhood was sought by the officers of various 19th century corporations because it allowed them to evade tight controls designed to protect citizens.
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Meh. Anyone can do purple alerts. I'm planning on spoofing a plaid allert.
Leela: "Those poor 20th century women."
Actually, they could still have struck it down on constitutional grounds because it effectively eliminates the limited time clause.
So what you're saying is that Alvin should be blamed for that awful movie and accompanying Celine Dion song.
No, it's not time to let Hubble go. A lawnmower is completely different from an expensive and still potentially useful scientific instrument. Fixing Hubble is worthwhile because its replacement isn't operational yet, it won't be serviceable, and it's designed to detect different things.
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They can't be in that much of a fantasy land if it only takes beer to enter that state of mind.
The entertainment industry's main business model is becoming unviable, so why should they be granted special protection? The large number of people who willingly commit copyright infringement (it really isn't stealing, get over it) means that the law needs to be changed in their favor because ordinary people no longer view it as a crime.
You're not thinking big enough. I plan to sell tickets and pay-per-view access.
It doesn't matter whether Apple is thrilled or not. Once someone buys an iPod, it's theirs, not Apple's. Apple is not responsible if someone breaks their iPod with unofficial hacks and doesn't have to support them either. Apple doesn't have much liability in the first place (unless the Induce Act passes) because they aren't responsible for their customers' actions.
Apple won't get any sympathy from me because it would be Real's responsibilty to maintain compatibilty no matter what.
No, they only have the right to try doing that. I have a right as a consumer and a citizen to do whatever I damn well please with an iPod I purchased, regardless of whether Apple wants me to.
That still doesn't justify invoking the DMCA. Real's hack won't cause any damage to Apple because nearly all of the revenu generated by the iPod is from hardware sales. The ability to play another online music store's DRMed files can only be good for iPod sales because it gives potential buyers s bigger incentive to purchase the product. DMCA threats are much more likely to harm shareholder value than doing nothing in this case.
Apple isn't beholden to do anything in this case. None of Apple's "IP" is being violated, and shareholder interests is a strawman argument usually employed by sleazy businesses when they're trying to do something illegal or unethical.
You seem to be having troulbe with cause and effect, too. Law is the result of societal concepts of right and wrong, not the other way around.
You're still being superficial. How does the look of the DS affect your ability to enjoy the games? They're still the same no matter how the hardware looks.
Shouldn't that be, "Don't WinCE, Kringe!!!"?
No, they should use their tools properly. Even if a few criminals get away, it's better than having law enforcement without any checks or balances on its power. The powers granted by the Patriot Act are being abused by anyone who can create even a tenuous link between a citizen and the terrorist bogeyman, and it needs to be eliminated now to mitigate the damage.
And it only cost every citizen their rights to due process and freedom from unreasonable search and seizure. The Patriot act didn't even help catch these people, it just let some legal officials tack on a few extra charges.
There's no point in changing them to satisfy a few uptight "purists" who can't understand that there's no point in changing something that works.
KB is still 1024 bytes, despite a few wackos trying to redefine it.
Nope, corporations personhood was sought by the officers of various 19th century corporations because it allowed them to evade tight controls designed to protect citizens.
That would explain the grail-shaped beacon.
Thanks a lot. Now I have an image in my head of SCO execs trying to run out the door and getting caught Three Stooges-style.