with is de-centralised architecture and its ability to share all files... not just mp3's gnutella gets around all the copyright issues. And this is where napster is going to die... not in speed or anything like that.
This issue is at the center of what is wrong with our world. Think for a second about how far ahead we would be if we had no intellectual property. Despite the fact that the inventors would have nobonus other than being able to tell people what they have done, it will distract by doing this people who only want money, and are instead on the marketing side of things from even trying to invent something, as other people will come up with better products. It will also make inventors of items not be able to retire off the earnings of their invention but will keep them as constructive members of society. Imagine how far we would be behind if George Selden's patent on car engines meant that we had to pay royalties to him every time we bought a car, and imagine how far ahead we would be if the oil companies hadnt bought out the idea for tyres that dont wear and not developed it. The simple aim of society as it is today is to make money, not advance society further, and that is where our whole system of govevernment lets us down.
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with is de-centralised architecture and its ability to share all files... not just mp3's gnutella gets around all the copyright issues. And this is where napster is going to die... not in speed or anything like that.
the question "why bother?" comes to mind. what will anyone get out of this?
This issue is at the center of what is wrong with our world. Think for a second about how far ahead we would be if we had no intellectual property. Despite the fact that the inventors would have nobonus other than being able to tell people what they have done, it will distract by doing this people who only want money, and are instead on the marketing side of things from even trying to invent something, as other people will come up with better products. It will also make inventors of items not be able to retire off the earnings of their invention but will keep them as constructive members of society. Imagine how far we would be behind if George Selden's patent on car engines meant that we had to pay royalties to him every time we bought a car, and imagine how far ahead we would be if the oil companies hadnt bought out the idea for tyres that dont wear and not developed it. The simple aim of society as it is today is to make money, not advance society further, and that is where our whole system of govevernment lets us down.