Bitter and jealous? You really shouldn't believe all that US propaganda. I live in the US, and I can hardly wait 'til the day I take all those hard-earned dollars out of your filthy country and move back to the old world, where life is good.
As for being able to do anything you want: you aren't even capable of electing a goddamn president! You may have a lot of weapons, but your economic power is waning, and anything that requires a basic level of intelligence (e.g. voting) is beyond your abilities. The fact that you haven't even figured out how to post as something else than "Anonymous Coward" is proof enough of that.
In the electoral vote count perhaps, but not in the popular vote, which is what I meant when I said that the guy that the least number of people want to see become president, will become president. So the self-proclaimed protector of the democratic western world will have a president that the majority of the people does not want. What an excellent example to the rest of the world...
You said it right: "your CD". It's the artists work, and therefor the artist (or the record company he has sold the rights to) gets to determine the price. If you don't like the price, don't buy it, it's really that simple.
What you want to do on the other hand, and the whole napster-crowd with you, is to determine the price for yourself, i.e. you refuse to let the artist name his own price, and instead force your own price (which usually amounts to "zero").
It's pretty amazing how some people in this discussion get all upset about those socialist/communist europeans who pass laws like this, yet on the other hand everybody here wants to completely abandon the free capitalist market mechanism when it comes to music, movies and software. And yes, this really is a free market. While you may not like the $12 or so you have to pay for CDs (and trust me, it's much more in Europe), you can be damn sure that that is the optimum price for this market. Draw your basic supply/demand/price graph as they tought you in ecomics class, and see for yourself.
RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America
MPAA: Motion Picture Associtation of America
You did realize the article was about Germany, right? The RIAA and MPAA aren't getting a dime of that money.
Furthermore, if you care to look beyond the ranting about the initial US$1.54 and later $12 dollar tax, you will realize this is a GOOD thing (according to the slashdot-napster crowd at least); it legitimizes music copying, since you'll have already paid your tax and compensated the artist. This is almost EXACTLY what a lot of people here have been waiting for: the artist gets some kind of 'tip' or fixed fee, and in return, you get to "share" all the music. What more could possibly want?
Oh yeah, and great job you're doing. You're the laughing stock of the entire world! Still no president after all this time, and if anything, the guy that gets the least number of votes will become president. Great job indeed...
As if anyone would actually pick up their weapons to "protect" themselves if such a tax were to be enforced in the US. You're all talk and no action...
You don't necessarily have to give up beach space. You could
make an off-shore version that is anchored to the seabed.
(you have to anchor it so that it doesn't bob up and down on
the water though, i.e. very tight)
And bear in mind that the current pricing of music carriers is already based on the premise that a certain
percentage of people will lose or damage what they already bought before, and will want to replace it.
If you expect a discount on replacement music carriers (provided that you can even prove that you bought and lost the original), then you should also expect the price of "first purchases" to go up.
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Again: the actual patent hasn't been mentioned anywhere. We don't know what exactly was patented, nor how broad the patent is. Until we do, this whole discussion is rather pointless. The word "FUD" comes to mind.
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Since the actual patent wasn't mentioned it's hard to say, but who says this patent wasn't filed before webservers were common? If the patent is old enough, it may have some merit after all. It would be inconvenient for most of the world (to say the least), but they would stand a good case in a court of law.
You also need some major help, in the spelling-department.
It's really disturbing to see people claim they are American by referring to the US government as "our government", yet make so many spelling mistakes that it is painfully obvious they are not in fact American at all.
It's not much less than a commuter aircraft, unless you commute accross the Atlantic. Short-distance aircraft don't go to 10km altitude like long-distance aircraft, because for short distances it's not worth it (the cost of climbing to that altitude is more than the gain you get from flying in thin air/strong wind). 5 km is about right for a commuter.
This is not about privacy, but about stolen intellectual property. Given slashdot's and most of its readers' stance on copyright and IP, I really wonder what this story is doing here. Is it meant to make us rejoice at the sight of this "liberation" of information?
The reason for the stability of some (not all) open source software is that it is tested by a zillion people under real-world conditions during development. This is impractical for medical applications because lives are at stake. Would you want to be the guy that gets an overdose of chemotherapy, even if it means finding that nasty bug? Sure, the bug will be fixed due to the "test", but meanwhile you'll be dead. Open source is good for a number of things, it is not the ultimate solution to everything.
"extort"? "harassment" ? Did somebody put a gun to your head and force you to buy my software? If you don't like my software, its price, or the conditions under which I will sell and/or license it to you, you are free to find somebody who writes software in a manner that is consistent with your doctrine. Don't expect me to give away the fruits of my labor just because you're a freeloader.
Given that most CPU's would have some kind of firmware that is most likely proprietary, the Free Software Movement might have
a job being able to actually build a fully free system according to their tenets of faith.
Excellent point. I wonder how the slashdot crowd will justify running linux on their transmeta notebooks, when that means going through a closed-source software layer (the processor's x86 emulation microcode)
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Guess you haven't been watching the news latetely ;)
I wouldn't be so sure of that... Not that it matters, although it does show what your number 1 priority is. Sad, really...
Bitter and jealous? You really shouldn't believe all that US propaganda. I live in the US, and I can hardly wait 'til the day I take all those hard-earned dollars out of your filthy country and move back to the old world, where life is good.
As for being able to do anything you want: you aren't even capable of electing a goddamn president! You may have a lot of weapons, but your economic power is waning, and anything that requires a basic level of intelligence (e.g. voting) is beyond your abilities. The fact that you haven't even figured out how to post as something else than "Anonymous Coward" is proof enough of that.
So I forgot to insert "new" into that sentence. Sue me, it's the American way...
Because he violated Norwegian law, not because he violated US law. Get your propagande straight before you use it.
In the electoral vote count perhaps, but not in the popular vote, which is what I meant when I said that the guy that the least number of people want to see become president, will become president. So the self-proclaimed protector of the democratic western world will have a president that the majority of the people does not want. What an excellent example to the rest of the world...
You said it right: "your CD". It's the artists work, and therefor the artist (or the record company he has sold the rights to) gets to determine the price. If you don't like the price, don't buy it, it's really that simple.
What you want to do on the other hand, and the whole napster-crowd with you, is to determine the price for yourself, i.e. you refuse to let the artist name his own price, and instead force your own price (which usually amounts to "zero").
It's pretty amazing how some people in this discussion get all upset about those socialist/communist europeans who pass laws like this, yet on the other hand everybody here wants to completely abandon the free capitalist market mechanism when it comes to music, movies and software. And yes, this really is a free market. While you may not like the $12 or so you have to pay for CDs (and trust me, it's much more in Europe), you can be damn sure that that is the optimum price for this market. Draw your basic supply/demand/price graph as they tought you in ecomics class, and see for yourself.
RIAA: Recording Industry Association of America
MPAA: Motion Picture Associtation of America
You did realize the article was about Germany, right? The RIAA and MPAA aren't getting a dime of that money.
Furthermore, if you care to look beyond the ranting about the initial US$1.54 and later $12 dollar tax, you will realize this is a GOOD thing (according to the slashdot-napster crowd at least); it legitimizes music copying, since you'll have already paid your tax and compensated the artist. This is almost EXACTLY what a lot of people here have been waiting for: the artist gets some kind of 'tip' or fixed fee, and in return, you get to "share" all the music. What more could possibly want?
Oh yeah, and great job you're doing. You're the laughing stock of the entire world! Still no president after all this time, and if anything, the guy that gets the least number of votes will become president. Great job indeed...
As if anyone would actually pick up their weapons to "protect" themselves if such a tax were to be enforced in the US. You're all talk and no action...
You don't necessarily have to give up beach space. You could make an off-shore version that is anchored to the seabed. (you have to anchor it so that it doesn't bob up and down on the water though, i.e. very tight)
I remember seeing these generators on some Discovery program several years ago. Is the only new thing here the commercial application of one?
Sounds like you should like your CDROM drive instead. I think that difference is far too big to be explained by processor differences alone.
If you expect a discount on replacement music carriers (provided that you can even prove that you bought and lost the original), then you should also expect the price of "first purchases" to go up.
Again: the actual patent hasn't been mentioned anywhere. We don't know what exactly was patented, nor how broad the patent is. Until we do, this whole discussion is rather pointless. The word "FUD" comes to mind.
Since the actual patent wasn't mentioned it's hard to say, but who says this patent wasn't filed before webservers were common? If the patent is old enough, it may have some merit after all. It would be inconvenient for most of the world (to say the least), but they would stand a good case in a court of law.
You also need some major help, in the spelling-department. It's really disturbing to see people claim they are American by referring to the US government as "our government", yet make so many spelling mistakes that it is painfully obvious they are not in fact American at all.
http://channel.nyti mes .com/2000/10/27/technology/27SILI.html
It's not much less than a commuter aircraft, unless you commute accross the Atlantic. Short-distance aircraft don't go to 10km altitude like long-distance aircraft, because for short distances it's not worth it (the cost of climbing to that altitude is more than the gain you get from flying in thin air/strong wind). 5 km is about right for a commuter.
This is not about privacy, but about stolen intellectual property. Given slashdot's and most of its readers' stance on copyright and IP, I really wonder what this story is doing here. Is it meant to make us rejoice at the sight of this "liberation" of information?
The reason for the stability of some (not all) open source software is that it is tested by a zillion people under real-world conditions during development. This is impractical for medical applications because lives are at stake. Would you want to be the guy that gets an overdose of chemotherapy, even if it means finding that nasty bug? Sure, the bug will be fixed due to the "test", but meanwhile you'll be dead. Open source is good for a number of things, it is not the ultimate solution to everything.
"extort"? "harassment" ? Did somebody put a gun to your head and force you to buy my software? If you don't like my software, its price, or the conditions under which I will sell and/or license it to you, you are free to find somebody who writes software in a manner that is consistent with your doctrine. Don't expect me to give away the fruits of my labor just because you're a freeloader.
Let me guess, you collect wellfare-checks for a living...
But don't you see? RMS *wants* you to do techsupport. It's the only way to make money from free software!
Excellent point. I wonder how the slashdot crowd will justify running linux on their transmeta notebooks, when that means going through a closed-source software layer (the processor's x86 emulation microcode)