Not only does this perpetual copyright scheme dampen public domain-inspired work and therefore decreases creativity, it removes the incentive for copyright-holders to create as feverishly as if they had no federally-protected "nest egg." [Granted there is no way to measure how much creativity is diminished in either instance, but it has to be some.]
Nevertheless, I was relieved to learn the Ct. felt it was Congress' issue and responsibilty.
Mix in a little campaign finance reform, and there may be hope yet.
Actually, this article is just another case of the media being sensationalist while either completely misunderstanding the situation or deliberately misconstruing it to hammer it into the current propaganda "template"
Damn! I can't believe to one of my bretheren in The Media has allowd the Current Propaganda Template's existence to be discovered. Is no one capable of keeping a secret?!?
Well, of course, we heard this when the VCR became common.
But, this begs the question: Who releases the movies on DVD? The studios. Why, for money. So no that they apparently think they cannot have it both ways, it is the end of the movie business.
Whaaaah whaaaah whaaah. Shut the $*&*#! up, crybaby producer. If and when Hollywood folds, people will watch French films or stuff from Baliwood (sp) or China. Or maybe go bowling...
dude - patents hurt innovation? hmmm, I'd think that the abscence of patents can decrease innovations, especially those coming from capitalists. it's a balancing act. if my invention is set free -- as in information needs to be free -- I know my landlord is not going to let me live for free. abuse of patents is another story but recouping your investment and keeping a business running by maintaining some proprietary information may be unpalatable to some (many here a/. ) but it's a grimy fact of economic life. keep the faith, patents can expire!
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Not only does this perpetual copyright scheme dampen public domain-inspired work and therefore decreases creativity, it removes the incentive for copyright-holders to create as feverishly as if they had no federally-protected "nest egg." [Granted there is no way to measure how much creativity is diminished in either instance, but it has to be some.]
Nevertheless, I was relieved to learn the Ct. felt it was Congress' issue and responsibilty.
Mix in a little campaign finance reform, and there may be hope yet.
Deleting a Home folder is a bit larger bug than, say not rendering a certain HTML tag properly.
There are bugs and then there are BUGS.
Actually, this article is just another case of the media being sensationalist while either completely misunderstanding the situation or deliberately misconstruing it to hammer it into the current propaganda "template"
Damn! I can't believe to one of my bretheren in The Media has allowd the Current Propaganda Template's existence to be discovered. Is no one capable of keeping a secret?!?
The newspaper I work at suffers the same problem. Once or twice a year, when snow hits hard, the sat dish taking in our AP feed gets buried.
It happens infrequently enough, and we have enough other issues that cause outages, that everyone forgets to connect the outage with snow.
Always a "D - oh!" moment when the AP tech arrives with a broom in hand.
Well, of course, we heard this when the VCR became common.
But, this begs the question: Who releases the movies on DVD? The studios. Why, for money. So no that they apparently think they cannot have it both ways, it is the end of the movie business.
Whaaaah whaaaah whaaah. Shut the $*&*#! up, crybaby producer. If and when Hollywood folds, people will watch French films or stuff from Baliwood (sp) or China. Or maybe go bowling...
dude - patents hurt innovation? hmmm, I'd think that the abscence of patents can decrease innovations, especially those coming from capitalists. /. ) but it's a grimy fact of economic life. keep the faith, patents can expire!
it's a balancing act. if my invention is set free -- as in information needs to be free -- I know my landlord is not going to let me live for free. abuse of patents is another story but recouping your investment and keeping a business running by maintaining some proprietary information may be unpalatable to some (many here a