For the same reason that Facebook and Twitter are claimed to be worth billions of dollars? Because some idiot thinks they are worth that much and are willing to flush their money down the toilet. When the inevitable Web 2.0 crash happens it'll be great to laugh at all the paper "millionaires" who threw money at these businesses that produced nothing of value.
By "in common usage" you mean it is improperly implied to be so by people like this so they can make lame, butthurt-filled rants against Microsoft, right?
HTML5 is still a draft standard and in common usage it usually refers to a bunch of stuff like an in-browser video codec, WebGL, DOM data storage, canvas, geo location data support, etc.
Protip: WebGL is not part of the HTML5 standard nor is it a W3C or WHATWG standard. It is a completely separate standard maintained by the Khronos group.
So, I'm not entirely convinced that your assertion that the header files aren't copyrighted is actually true.
It's not an assertion. It's backed up by case law such as the rulings of SCO v IBM where one of IBM's central claims against SCO with respect to SystemV header files like ERRNO.H is that they aren't copyrightable.
Yes, but IsoHunt willy facilitates copyright infringement and to act like they don't know that people are posting torrents to download copyrighted works is extremely naive and would never stand up in court.
Between Democrats in bed with Hollywood and Republicans in bed with big business
The Democrats are just as much in bed with big business and the Republicans are as much in bed with groups like the RIAA/MPAA (such as a former Repub staffer and GOP party figure is chairman and CEO of the RIAA). You know that DMCA law? Yeah, that was written and sponsored by a Republican and pretty much no Republican voted against it.
Didn't Kindle revoke the licenses of copies of Orwell's book "1984" from Kindle's remotely?
Not quite. What happened was that a publisher who had no right to do so was selling copies of 1984 and Animal Farm on the Kindle store. When Amazon discovered this they removed the titles from the store, deleted all copies distributed and refunded the money the customer's used to purchase the books. It wasn't as if Amazon out of the blue decided they were going to delete books from people's Kindles.
This is why it's bad that Windows doesn't include a basic PDF reader.
There's a reason there isn't one built in. The EU and a bunch of tards will start bawwwwing over the fact that Microsoft is "bundling" a PDF reader. Then all the other PDF reader makers are going to get butthurt and lobby that Microsoft get punished.
Yeah and the only reason why Valve could afford to do such a discount was because they had already made back all of their money back and then some by that point so they had a greater incentive to cut huge discounts on an older title with flat sales. If you think Valve would ever do that for a new game, you'd be kidding yourself.
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For the same reason that Facebook and Twitter are claimed to be worth billions of dollars? Because some idiot thinks they are worth that much and are willing to flush their money down the toilet. When the inevitable Web 2.0 crash happens it'll be great to laugh at all the paper "millionaires" who threw money at these businesses that produced nothing of value.
Yeah, cause McCain is totally against things like the DMCA and these draconian copyright laws... Oh wait...
Not impossible to change != everyone will know to change it.
Also, I never said that WebGL was not a standard. I even specifically said:
It is a completely separate standard maintained by the Khronos group.
Sorry, but WebGL is not part of HTML5 no matter how much people want to imply it is so.
By "in common usage" you mean it is improperly implied to be so by people like this so they can make lame, butthurt-filled rants against Microsoft, right?
HTML5 is still a draft standard and in common usage it usually refers to a bunch of stuff like an in-browser video codec, WebGL, DOM data storage, canvas, geo location data support, etc.
Protip: WebGL is not part of the HTML5 standard nor is it a W3C or WHATWG standard. It is a completely separate standard maintained by the Khronos group.
Who says the headers are not copyrighted?
IBM did in SCO v IBM. The court apparently accepted that argument and thus established case law precedent. This is just one example.
Perhaps you are trying to make a claim that "headers are not copyrightable", but that would be crazy.
So you think IBM was also crazy to argue that back in SCO v IBM where that argument was held up by the court?
So, I'm not entirely convinced that your assertion that the header files aren't copyrighted is actually true.
It's not an assertion. It's backed up by case law such as the rulings of SCO v IBM where one of IBM's central claims against SCO with respect to SystemV header files like ERRNO.H is that they aren't copyrightable.
Apparently so good that you had to post about it twice!
I mean have you seen those people who ace guitar hero on expert....imagine if they learned to ACTUALLY play the songs using that level of dedication.
Yeah, think of how much LESS fun they could have been having! How dare people have fun playing a GAME that you disprove of!
'Nuff said.
Yes, but IsoHunt willy facilitates copyright infringement and to act like they don't know that people are posting torrents to download copyrighted works is extremely naive and would never stand up in court.
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But how else are they going to download the latest episodes of their favorite moe show and stream wacky japanese eel erotica clips
Between Democrats in bed with Hollywood and Republicans in bed with big business
The Democrats are just as much in bed with big business and the Republicans are as much in bed with groups like the RIAA/MPAA (such as a former Repub staffer and GOP party figure is chairman and CEO of the RIAA). You know that DMCA law? Yeah, that was written and sponsored by a Republican and pretty much no Republican voted against it.
Yes, that "story" tag has been automatically added for quite some time. You just now noticed that?
Didn't Kindle revoke the licenses of copies of Orwell's book "1984" from Kindle's remotely?
Not quite. What happened was that a publisher who had no right to do so was selling copies of 1984 and Animal Farm on the Kindle store. When Amazon discovered this they removed the titles from the store, deleted all copies distributed and refunded the money the customer's used to purchase the books. It wasn't as if Amazon out of the blue decided they were going to delete books from people's Kindles.
Or if your in bed and want to watch something without turning the TV on and disturbing your partner.
This is why it's bad that Windows doesn't include a basic PDF reader.
There's a reason there isn't one built in. The EU and a bunch of tards will start bawwwwing over the fact that Microsoft is "bundling" a PDF reader. Then all the other PDF reader makers are going to get butthurt and lobby that Microsoft get punished.
and now make you wait outside while he turns your office 3D?
You have a 2D office? How does that work for you?
Dead Space 2 isn't a Valve game. Secondly, Alien Swarm is not a AAA Valve title like a Left4Dead.
Duh! How dare you expect to be paid for your work. Those pirates are ENTITLED to your work for free!!
Yeah and the only reason why Valve could afford to do such a discount was because they had already made back all of their money back and then some by that point so they had a greater incentive to cut huge discounts on an older title with flat sales. If you think Valve would ever do that for a new game, you'd be kidding yourself.
Fatty and ugly apparently.