Origin has placed into the license agreement of the UO Client that it is illegal to play it on a non-Origin ran server. They have not been able to touch those writing the emulators, just those who bought the client software.
So, we are going to make it breathable... Are we going to then make it warm enough to live on? At what point will we stop making it look & feel like Earth? And can we even imagine the damage that we could do to Mars, the Milky Way, etc.
Maybe we will alter it enough that we eventually change the trajectory of Haley's comet causing it to collide with Earth.
Re:Some copyright is good (heresy, heresy!)
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The value of copyright (conceptually) cannot be disputed. It is intended for protection of the "native author" (- Encyclopedia Britannica) and has nearly been agreed upon internationally.
However, in practice today, copyrights are used more and more as a means to beat back the creativity and ability to acquire information of others. (Search back in Slashdot for the story about "For Dummies".)
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Origin has placed into the license agreement of the UO Client that it is illegal to play it on a non-Origin ran server. They have not been able to touch those writing the emulators, just those who bought the client software.
Are we going to then make it warm enough to live on? At what point will we stop making it look & feel like Earth? And can we even imagine the damage that we could do to Mars, the Milky Way, etc.
Maybe we will alter it enough that we eventually change the trajectory of Haley's comet causing it to collide with Earth.
The Statute of Anne, passed in England in 1710, was a milestone in the history of copyright law. It recognized that authors should be the primary beneficiaries of copyright law; it also established the idea that such laws should have only limited duration, after which works could pass into public domain. The designated period came to be set at 28 years. Similar laws were enacted in Denmark (1741), the United States (1790), and France (1793). Through the 19th century most civilized countries established laws that protected the work of native authors.
However, in practice today, copyrights are used more and more as a means to beat back the creativity and ability to acquire information of others. (Search back in Slashdot for the story about "For Dummies".)