What ever happened to personal responsibility? Is the legal system so distorted that responsibility isn't a factor? Plus, isn't real financial interest a requirement to bring a suit?
I could see that if Google promised click verification in their contract with the advertisers, those advertisers could sue Google, if they could show the clicks are fraudulent. But I can't sue Google, as I have no financial interest in that transaction.
Let's say I own a house, but the front door isn't metal and the lock isn't the most secure possible. Can I be sued by my neighbor because some thief breaks into my house, on the grounds that this promotes theivery and puts his house at greater risk? Meanwhile, the thief isn't at any jeopardy.
The law doesn't work that way, and lawyers who try to make it sound like it does should be put out of work.
Hey, can I sue the lawyers making this claim, because their ridiculous suit may make my online activity more expensive? Is there a lawyer in the house?
I'd love to see a quantum computer! That'd be so cool. And it's the only way to implement my perfect chess program.
But even if they do get this thing to succeed, with all the technical issues solved, the business model won't work. They want to sell solutions, not hardware? So company X asks a question, but the answer is only worthwhile if competing company Y can't ask the same question. The resolution is simple, company X will patent the question! Imagine how innovation can be stiffled now -- an order of magnitude better than under the current system. It won't be long before company Y, to preempt other companies from gaining an advantage, will start to patent questions it has no intention of asking! With a little lobbying to conservative politicians, legistation will be passed to outlaw thinking entirely! Is this what we have to look forward to in three years?
Bt seriously, it's an old problem -- social systems can't keep up with technological advancements, and all attempts only make thing worse.
Has anyone considered if the technolohy hasn't made professional wedding photographers obsolete? Wouldn't be the first time advances in technology made a privilidged class of craftsmen superfluous. This is like saying blacksmiths making horseshoes could have kept auto mechanics out of business.
If WalMart refuses to accept your personally made photos because they believe they are too good for you to have actually taken them, then they are accusing you of theft. Threaten to sue them for libel. Maybe that will get them to reconsider their fascist ways.
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What ever happened to personal responsibility? Is the legal system so distorted that responsibility isn't a factor? Plus, isn't real financial interest a requirement to bring a suit?
I could see that if Google promised click verification in their contract with the advertisers, those advertisers could sue Google, if they could show the clicks are fraudulent. But I can't sue Google, as I have no financial interest in that transaction.
Let's say I own a house, but the front door isn't metal and the lock isn't the most secure possible. Can I be sued by my neighbor because some thief breaks into my house, on the grounds that this promotes theivery and puts his house at greater risk? Meanwhile, the thief isn't at any jeopardy.
The law doesn't work that way, and lawyers who try to make it sound like it does should be put out of work.
Hey, can I sue the lawyers making this claim, because their ridiculous suit may make my online activity more expensive? Is there a lawyer in the house?
Well, with the poor representation of SF, it won't sell very well to this crowd.
Many of these books aren't what I'd call classics anyway. But it's an interesting exercise in brute force marketing.
I'd love to see a quantum computer! That'd be so cool. And it's the only way to implement my perfect chess program.
But even if they do get this thing to succeed, with all the technical issues solved, the business model won't work. They want to sell solutions, not hardware? So company X asks a question, but the answer is only worthwhile if competing company Y can't ask the same question. The resolution is simple, company X will patent the question! Imagine how innovation can be stiffled now -- an order of magnitude better than under the current system. It won't be long before company Y, to preempt other companies from gaining an advantage, will start to patent questions it has no intention of asking! With a little lobbying to conservative politicians, legistation will be passed to outlaw thinking entirely! Is this what we have to look forward to in three years?
Bt seriously, it's an old problem -- social systems can't keep up with technological advancements, and all attempts only make thing worse.
Has anyone considered if the technolohy hasn't made professional wedding photographers obsolete? Wouldn't be the first time advances in technology made a privilidged class of craftsmen superfluous. This is like saying blacksmiths making horseshoes could have kept auto mechanics out of business.
If WalMart refuses to accept your personally made photos because they believe they are too good for you to have actually taken them, then they are accusing you of theft. Threaten to sue them for libel. Maybe that will get them to reconsider their fascist ways.
At least we can be confident that the highly trained, tech savy American Homeland Security systems will be perfectly secure.