You're right. It was the Renaissance (in which the printing press played a big part, I suppose) that copyright is trying to push back:-) Heh, seems to be working, slowly, but surely.
Nice link by the way, too bad to see it's behind a pay wall. Almost ironic, considering the manner in which it treats the subject
Gutenberg? Isn't he the guy who made that infernal contraption that is responsible for for the imposition of copyright on the world in the first place?
So why blame us for the stupidity of the Government?
I don't exactly know how to explain it, but there is a process in many countries that operate with the consent of the governed for deciding who runs the government. The word escapes me at the moment
Slshdot "partners" aren't known for in-depth anything, except advertising. I got modded down for pointing that out. But I got first post:-) See groklaw for actual analysis. The AC's response graciously provided the link. Very good writeup.
Que los trolls partidista normales gritando acerca de cómo el gobierno debe "mantener sus manos alejado del mercado libre ". Acuerdate ustedes, antes de responder, asegurarse de olvidar convenientemente que el estado actual de cosas es cualquier cosa menos un mercado libre, y que las compañías telefónicas han sido los portadores comunes durante años sin que los fundamentos de la libertad se construyó este país, supuestamente, en ruinas. (bueno, al menos no por eso)
*que que QUE?!*
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You're right. It was the Renaissance (in which the printing press played a big part, I suppose) that copyright is trying to push back :-) Heh, seems to be working, slowly, but surely.
Nice link by the way, too bad to see it's behind a pay wall. Almost ironic, considering the manner in which it treats the subject
Gutenberg? Isn't he the guy who made that infernal contraption that is responsible for for the imposition of copyright on the world in the first place?
So why blame us for the stupidity of the Government?
I don't exactly know how to explain it, but there is a process in many countries that operate with the consent of the governed for deciding who runs the government. The word escapes me at the moment
Slshdot "partners" aren't known for in-depth anything, except advertising. I got modded down for pointing that out. But I got first post :-) See groklaw for actual analysis. The AC's response graciously provided the link. Very good writeup.
Thank you.. That's a thousand time more informative that the submission.
the company formerly known as Sun...
Where's Groklaw in all of this?
Well whaddya know... It is a small world after all.
Que los trolls partidista normales gritando acerca de cómo el gobierno debe "mantener sus manos alejado del mercado libre ". Acuerdate ustedes, antes de responder, asegurarse de olvidar convenientemente que el estado actual de cosas es cualquier cosa menos un mercado libre, y que las compañías telefónicas han sido los portadores comunes durante años sin que los fundamentos de la libertad se construyó este país, supuestamente, en ruinas. (bueno, al menos no por eso)
*que que QUE?!*