...The solution was to create a DRM system, which envelopes each song purchased from the iTunes store in special and secret software so that it cannot be played on unauthorized devices.
One thing to keep in mind though is, if I buy a CD, I own the CD itself, and I can sell it on eBay or leave it to my heirs. That, at least, is one improvement on the posted situation.
Suppose you commission a new website for your company and your web designer dies the next week.
This is a very different case from a work created privately.
In this case the copyright belongs to the company, not the artist, because the art and site created is a "work for hire."
This is important in the case of a feature film, where a movie company spends hundreds of millions on a picture. They don't want the copyright to automatically go to the director, or fall into the public domain if she or he dies. A good example of this was the original movie "Arthur," released in 1981, whose director, tragically, died the next year.
...if an author wrote a book and owns the rights to it, why should those rights change in value just because he's hit by a car?
Good question. You sort of have to go to why there are copyrights in the first place.
One of the primary reasons for having copyright protection is* to 'promise' to the author of the work income, and this promised income acts as an incentive to create the works. To that end, once the author is dead, the assumption is that since they will not be producing any more work, they don't need any more incentive to create.
The years after the author's death that the copyright remains has slowly been increasing. It now lasts 70 years after their death.
* "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."
I would use Tri-Flow. It has beads of Teflon in it... It good from -60 to 475F, but even if the oil boils off, the Teflon is still in the critical thread.
the entire world would be better if the nomination for the US presidents would include elements regarding, at the very least, the presence of an active sexual life.
If we're talking about my Mother-in-law, I think we all agree the answer is 'no.'
OH MAN! MOTHER-IN-LAW JOKES! CLEVER!
Yeah, yeah... everybody's a critic.
Where's your clever jokes Mr. Anonymous Coward?
Wait - here's one now:
"One Anonymous Coward didn't go into a bar....He was too scared!!!" (Whaaaa, whaaa, whaaa...)
...and BTW, you may want to let off that Caps Lock button. No, keep going left. Keep going. No, not the 'W' key. Down one, two left. Now, push it once. No, not twice; just once. Good! You did it!
They give off something called Bekenstein-Hawking radiation because they are sucking up half of spontaneously generated particle pairs - leaving the other half (that would normally disappear back into the sucked up particle) to spray out into space.
They can be 'seen' by the gravitational lensing they produce when you try to look at the background behind them. (And most of space isn't black, it's full of bright objects and lots of microwave radiation.)
...and, of course, their presence can be measured by looking for their strong gravitational pull on instruments and objects around them.
Those are cute, uncontrolled sparks, but Tesla made long-lasting 1.5" lightning spheres that he could pass from hand to hand. He used to show these to his friends during his private "magic shows."
108 years ago Tesla wrote, “I never saw fire balls, but as compensation for my disappointment I succeeded later in determining the mode of their formation and producing them artificially.” N. Tesla, Electrical World and Engineer, March 5, 1904
...and BTW, the reason we have been able to replicate much of what he did a century ago is because he left us copious patents, charts, notes, diagrams and articles.
Based on Tesla's "Patent 0,613,809 - Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles"? "New and useful improvements in methods of and apparatus for controlling from a distance; Solution for controlling from a given point the operation of mechanisms; No intermediate wires, cables, or other form of electrical or mechanical connection with the object save the natural media in space; explanation of most practical and effectual method and apparatus; Remote control. "
Slashdot Mirror
The message is "Yippee ki-yay, motherfucker"
Of course, if this had been a Microsoft issue, the message would have been, "Schieß das Fenster!!"
...The solution was to create a DRM system, which envelopes each song purchased from the iTunes store in special and secret software so that it cannot be played on unauthorized devices.
-- Steve Jobs
Nooooooooooooo!
Jobs is back!
And he's posting on Slashdot!!!
Correct about the public performance part.
One thing to keep in mind though is, if I buy a CD, I own the CD itself, and I can sell it on eBay or leave it to my heirs. That, at least, is one improvement on the posted situation.
The most famous ass in the entire world of tech.
Indeed, you have to wonder who designed his slacks.
It's actually the same person who designed yours.
You're just wearing them wrong.
Oooooh! Potatoes in the FRONT!
Suppose you commission a new website for your company and your web designer dies the next week.
This is a very different case from a work created privately.
In this case the copyright belongs to the company, not the artist, because the art and site created is a "work for hire."
This is important in the case of a feature film, where a movie company spends hundreds of millions on a picture. They don't want the copyright to automatically go to the director, or fall into the public domain if she or he dies. A good example of this was the original movie "Arthur," released in 1981, whose director, tragically, died the next year.
...if an author wrote a book and owns the rights to it, why should those rights change in value just because he's hit by a car?
Good question.
You sort of have to go to why there are copyrights in the first place.
One of the primary reasons for having copyright protection is* to 'promise' to the author of the work income, and this promised income acts as an incentive to create the works. To that end, once the author is dead, the assumption is that since they will not be producing any more work, they don't need any more incentive to create.
The years after the author's death that the copyright remains has slowly been increasing. It now lasts 70 years after their death.
* "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."
...so if I have a bunch of LPs I already own a 'license' for all the music on those records?
That's good news, because now I can download all that music I already have a license for.
They can't have it both ways...
I would use Tri-Flow. It has beads of Teflon in it...
It good from -60 to 475F, but even if the oil boils off, the Teflon is still in the critical thread.
http://www.triflowlubricants.com/Tri-Flow_Pin_Point_Lubricant.html
does this mean that my I can ask my HMO to reimburse prostitutes as preventative care?
No, hookers have to be written off on your taxes as an 'entertainment' expense.
(Just take my word on this one...)
the entire world would be better if the nomination for the US presidents would include elements regarding, at the very least, the presence of an active sexual life.
JFK and Thomas Jefferson
vs.
Carter and Nixon
...wishing eternal torment on someone who has ceased to be seems immature to me.
You have heard about the whole concept of religion , right?
It's kind of a new thing - some of the kids are into it.
He won't be burning in hell...
Every morning when he wakes up it will be to the Windows 95 startup chime.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSpXEPl3zeU&feature=watch_response
Both, actually.
They pay them slightly less than the amount needed to buy a hacksaw.
If we're talking about my Mother-in-law, I think we all agree the answer is 'no.'
OH MAN! MOTHER-IN-LAW JOKES! CLEVER!
Yeah, yeah... everybody's a critic.
Where's your clever jokes Mr. Anonymous Coward?
Wait - here's one now:
"One Anonymous Coward didn't go into a bar. ...He was too scared!!!"
(Whaaaa, whaaa, whaaa...)
If we're talking about my Mother-in-law, I think we all agree the answer is 'no.'
Still, better than my ISP...
They can be found in a number of ways...
They give off something called Bekenstein-Hawking radiation because they are sucking up half of spontaneously generated particle pairs - leaving the other half (that would normally disappear back into the sucked up particle) to spray out into space.
They can be 'seen' by the gravitational lensing they produce when you try to look at the background behind them. (And most of space isn't black, it's full of bright objects and lots of microwave radiation.)
My first thoughts were of the robot 'Clamps', from 'Futurama':
http://ochemonline.files.wordpress.com/2010/03/clamps.jpg
...punish them if they are driving recklessly, regardless of the cause.
We have that in CA
Section 22350: unsafe speed for prevailing conditions. And those conditions can be the driver not paying attention.
Only those with names from the Bible are allowed on planes now.
That's why I'm naming my boy 'Phalec' and my daughter 'Hori!'
I would think the limiting factor would be the strength of the plastic and not the design itself.
It doesn't have to be plastic.
I saw a company at SIGGRAPH that's already 3D printing in ceramic, stainless steel and 'Alumide' (a nylon plastic filled with aluminum dust).
A stainless steel and ceramic gun would hold up just fine.
There are already 3D printers that do ceramics. Saw a vendor at SIGGRAPH.
Those are cute, uncontrolled sparks, but Tesla made long-lasting 1.5" lightning spheres that he could pass from hand to hand. He used to show these to his friends during his private "magic shows."
108 years ago Tesla wrote,
“I never saw fire balls, but as compensation for my disappointment I succeeded later in determining the mode of their formation and producing them artificially.”
N. Tesla, Electrical World and Engineer, March 5, 1904
Have you ever seen a game developed by Ubisoft worth playing?
Their "Rainbow Six" series was pretty cool.
LHC and the Mars Curiosity rover
Based on Tesla's "Patent 0,613,809 - Method of and Apparatus for Controlling Mechanism of Moving Vehicle or Vehicles"?
"New and useful improvements in methods of and apparatus for controlling from a distance; Solution for controlling from a given point the operation of mechanisms; No intermediate wires, cables, or other form of electrical or mechanical connection with the object save the natural media in space; explanation of most practical and effectual method and apparatus; Remote control. "