This is about if a generic version of the drug can be sold now that the patent on the drug has expired. There are still use patents on it though. Though some uses are not patented. The downside is not that the patient would not receive medicine. But that the patient would receive expensive medicine instead of the generic.
No, this is about if a generic version of the drug can be sold as long as the label doesn't instruct the physician about the patented use. The holder of the patent wants to ban generics even though the patent on the drug itself has expired.
Well it helps that what he was asking for is impossible to impliment. The scope of what he is asking for is the same as asking that Google employees review every email that people send with GMail. Or that AT&T have employees listen in on all telephone conversations.
Talk with your professor first about having the University host it. Your school will have the infrastrure to host this themselves. They may have dedicated space for students. You may need to get an exception to host that much data. This is what your tuition should be paying for.
It is especially confusing because the University of Kentucky is referred to as UK in the states. Though I guess UK University would be redundant in that instance.
Don't think this will have much effect. B&N strategy is to convert their customer base from books to ebooks and avoid losing those customers to Amazon. Their customers are not on groklaw or slashdot reading about patents. They are in bookstores, libraries, or book blogs. This will have minimal effect compared to what they do for Black Friday.
It has to do with stability. These other companies are willing to pay because they are stable enough to take the hit. It is not worth the risk of fighting it in court. B&N is not stable. B&N might not exit in 5 years. So B&N is going to take risks that other companies will not take.
Most people are cowards. Most people can't or won't lead. B&N is a company living on the edge of oblivion. 5 years from now they may or may not exist. They are not in the mindset of giving up.
That was true up to till the day they released the IPad. Now developers have to deal with two screen sizes. With development its just as easy to deal with 3 screen sizes as with 10 screen sizes. You buy or write code to float and resize elements around. Also its not like app developers are only targeting Apple anymore. The market is fragmented between Apple, Android, and Windows Mobile 7.
I think that depends on motive. If the motive was stupidity then it was legal. If the motive was hide who the plaintiff was then they possibly defrauded the defendant or perjured themselves in court.
If developers are not careful software development will turn out like Medicine. Lawyers will take a great profession that makes decent money and siphon off all the money and joy. We will wind up purchasing patent infringement insurance from banks. There will be two lawyers per every developer. One lawyer for researching patents that make the code illegal. Another for creating patents on every little thing in the code. This will occur till all the jobs are chased out of the country.
Some are trying to convince a judge that Righthaven is really a lawfirm for the newspaper instead of the actual plaintiff. If they can do that it doesn't matter if Righthaven goes bankrupt. They can collect from the newspaper. Another tactic is to seize the copyrights as an asset.
They are aiming at collecting from the newspapers. Defendents are filing motions that Righthaven was involved in the unauthorized practice of law. Basically the argument is that Righthaven is really a lawfirm representing newspapers in copyright cases on a contingency fee. That the contracts were an illegal attempt to shield the newspapers from liability. This ruling support that argument.
No it is better this way. It is a ruling against the business model of being a troll. If argued on the merits this guy could of lost. It sounds like he cut and pasted a story onto his blog. Not the best way to run a blog. Kinda of sloppy when it just takes a few minutes to write up your own opinion with a few quotes from the original. Cut and Pasters don't deserve big lawsuits against them. But they are not perfectly innocent either.
There are 7 billion people in the world and growing. About a half billion speak English. Literacy is at its highest in history. The patronage system existed at a time when there was less than a billion people. When the closest thing to a global language was Latin. A time when most people couldn't read or write. Also with the print publishing system authors were already making only a few dollars per sale. (Most went to publisher and retail stores.) The economics of writing is still good. Some would say its the start of a golden age for writers.
Saying "Taxes are theft" is about as meaningfull as "Private Property is theft".
This opposite attitude assumes that your work is owned by society. Not working and not paying taxes is theft from society. A mixed economy sits between these two extremes.
I think they claim that the "community" the live in does matter. That is the entire basis for their sales tax dodge. That they should only collect taxes for the "communities" they live in. They collect sales tax in about 8 states where they have a physical presense.
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This is about if a generic version of the drug can be sold now that the patent on the drug has expired. There are still use patents on it though. Though some uses are not patented. The downside is not that the patient would not receive medicine. But that the patient would receive expensive medicine instead of the generic.
No, this is about if a generic version of the drug can be sold as long as the label doesn't instruct the physician about the patented use. The holder of the patent wants to ban generics even though the patent on the drug itself has expired.
Well it helps that what he was asking for is impossible to impliment. The scope of what he is asking for is the same as asking that Google employees review every email that people send with GMail. Or that AT&T have employees listen in on all telephone conversations.
Talk with your professor first about having the University host it. Your school will have the infrastrure to host this themselves. They may have dedicated space for students. You may need to get an exception to host that much data. This is what your tuition should be paying for.
It is especially confusing because the University of Kentucky is referred to as UK in the states. Though I guess UK University would be redundant in that instance.
Has anyone had any success using these for course credit at another university?
Don't think this will have much effect. B&N strategy is to convert their customer base from books to ebooks and avoid losing those customers to Amazon. Their customers are not on groklaw or slashdot reading about patents. They are in bookstores, libraries, or book blogs. This will have minimal effect compared to what they do for Black Friday.
It has to do with stability. These other companies are willing to pay because they are stable enough to take the hit. It is not worth the risk of fighting it in court. B&N is not stable. B&N might not exit in 5 years. So B&N is going to take risks that other companies will not take.
Most people are cowards. Most people can't or won't lead. B&N is a company living on the edge of oblivion. 5 years from now they may or may not exist. They are not in the mindset of giving up.
Android isn't GPL. Its an Apache2 license. Only the Linux kernel is GPL and they have been releasing the source for the kernel mods on time.
That was true up to till the day they released the IPad. Now developers have to deal with two screen sizes. With development its just as easy to deal with 3 screen sizes as with 10 screen sizes. You buy or write code to float and resize elements around. Also its not like app developers are only targeting Apple anymore. The market is fragmented between Apple, Android, and Windows Mobile 7.
I think that depends on motive. If the motive was stupidity then it was legal. If the motive was hide who the plaintiff was then they possibly defrauded the defendant or perjured themselves in court.
A) Rightshaven had no right to bring lawsuits against infringers because their contracts with newspapers were illegal.
B) Because the lawsuits were illegal the defendant is owed attorney fees from the plaintiff.
C) The actual plaintiff in these cases is not Righthaven but the newspapers that hired them.
D) So the defendants will collect attorney fees from the newspapers.
If developers are not careful software development will turn out like Medicine. Lawyers will take a great profession that makes decent money and siphon off all the money and joy. We will wind up purchasing patent infringement insurance from banks. There will be two lawyers per every developer. One lawyer for researching patents that make the code illegal. Another for creating patents on every little thing in the code. This will occur till all the jobs are chased out of the country.
Some are trying to convince a judge that Righthaven is really a lawfirm for the newspaper instead of the actual plaintiff. If they can do that it doesn't matter if Righthaven goes bankrupt. They can collect from the newspaper. Another tactic is to seize the copyrights as an asset.
They are aiming at collecting from the newspapers. Defendents are filing motions that Righthaven was involved in the unauthorized practice of law. Basically the argument is that Righthaven is really a lawfirm representing newspapers in copyright cases on a contingency fee. That the contracts were an illegal attempt to shield the newspapers from liability. This ruling support that argument.
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No it is better this way. It is a ruling against the business model of being a troll. If argued on the merits this guy could of lost. It sounds like he cut and pasted a story onto his blog. Not the best way to run a blog. Kinda of sloppy when it just takes a few minutes to write up your own opinion with a few quotes from the original. Cut and Pasters don't deserve big lawsuits against them. But they are not perfectly innocent either.
I think what your looking for is tenure at a University. Study English and get a Masters? Doctorate? and get a teaching position.
There are 7 billion people in the world and growing. About a half billion speak English. Literacy is at its highest in history. The patronage system existed at a time when there was less than a billion people. When the closest thing to a global language was Latin. A time when most people couldn't read or write. Also with the print publishing system authors were already making only a few dollars per sale. (Most went to publisher and retail stores.) The economics of writing is still good. Some would say its the start of a golden age for writers.
Precedent only applies to court rulings. It doesn't apply to the passage of laws. Also John Adams was a douch bag when it comes to the constitution. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alien_and_Sedition_Acts
A public option was included in the original bill but was blocked by republicans.
Saying "Taxes are theft" is about as meaningfull as "Private Property is theft". This opposite attitude assumes that your work is owned by society. Not working and not paying taxes is theft from society. A mixed economy sits between these two extremes.
Do they pay rent? If so then they are contributing property tax via their landlord.
I think they claim that the "community" the live in does matter. That is the entire basis for their sales tax dodge. That they should only collect taxes for the "communities" they live in. They collect sales tax in about 8 states where they have a physical presense.