I think he was talking about whether or not you can own natural resources, such as the garden in his example. Another interesting question that is semi-related is who is the owner of IP created by a computer program? Is it the owner of the computer program? And if so, what does this say about compilers or word processors?
This question is somewhat solved by dividing output up into two catagories, one where the writer of the program created most of the output (e.g. UIs, statistical compilations, etc.), and one where the user created most of the output (e.g. compiled programs, word processor documents, etc.). But what about things that are half and half, such as game screenshots? Or things that are neither, such as computer created symphonies? I think this is a question that cannot be answered easily.
Under copyright law, all creative works receive automatic copyright protection the instant they are recorded in a permanent form. There is no provision in copyright law to refuse or renounce a copyright. So, in effect, since the copyright laws were changed in 1976, EVERYTHING is now copyrighted
The way I understood it, public domain wasn't a piece of work not being copyrighted, but rather that anyone and everyone owned the copyright together. Therefore, everyone has a right to use it in anyway they see fit.
If Ma Bell was listening to my phone calls to see if I was committing a crime, I would simply get 2 cans and an extremely long string. There is no way this can be defended ethically: Because they provide you with a service, as a corporation, they can legally observe and log every detail of enery task you use the service to complete? While a nation's highways may belong to the federal government, they still need probable cause to stop you and "observe" what you have under the seat of your car, or in the trunk. This complete circumvention of probably cause is ludicrous. As stated above: Imagine if the phone company did this!
The phone company can wiretap anyone they want to at any time if they suspect them of stealing service. They can use the information they gain to deny you service. What they can't do however, is give this information to the police, unless they police have a warrant for it.
So, you don't have to imagine if the phone company does this, they already do.
P. S. This isn't a violation of probable cause unless they give the information to the authorites without being shown a warrant first.
Triple the speed? Assuming you mean pure MHz, that would be 2200MHz, and I'm pretty sure that no P4 or Athlon clocks at that speed. Besides, they need double the memory bandwidth because the instructions take twice as many cycles to execute! And now that the 7450 G4s are out with 4 Altivec units and on chip L2 cache, no i386 chip even comes close.
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Jack of all Trades was a Hercules spin-off? Why was it set in the (American) revolutionary time period then? I realise it had that actor from Hercules, but thats not enough to qualify it as a spin-off.
) "About." This is the hardest word to get down, because it's so different and so commonly used. Americans
typically pronounce it "Abowwwt," as if someone just punched them in the stomach. If you're having trouble
getting this down, ask a friend for assistance. If they're anything like my friends, I'm sure they'll be more than
happy to oblige you with a quick jab to your gut.
That is most definately the correct way to pronounce it. Pronounce the out in about just like you would if it were a separate word.
4) A bag is now a sack. A Joe Louis' replaced by a Twinkie. Washrooms? Not anymore; now you use the
bathroom. And you wait on line to use one, not in. A keener's now a brownnoser. Elastics are rubber bands.
Runners are sneakers... track pants are sweat pants, a pop's a soda or coke, and brown bread's referred to as
whole wheat...
All of those are about right except the pop one. Soda seems to be an east coast thing, and coke a southeast thing. Most of the US west of New York says pop.
Ask a linguist, and they will tell you that people from the Pacific Northwest, or the Pacific Southwest for you canadians, have no accent. Thats why there are so many of them as newscasters.
You are probably speaking of the Encylopedia Brown series mentioned in several posts above and below. Those were great books, and because of them I know way too many semi-useless facts, like bookkeeper is one of the few words in the English language that has three sets of double letters in a row, and Aar is a river in South America.
The silmarillion wasn't really unfinished. If you want unfinished Tolkien, read either "Unfinished Tales" or the "History of Middle Earth" series. Both of those have scraps of writing that weren't included in the other stories because they were either out of place or contradictory.
I really like the way that Christopher Tolkien released most of Tolkien's unfinished works. He set up the books as a kind of history of the revisions. That might be a good way to go with DNA's stuff, although there might not be enough to do it well.
Jackson did Dead Alive??!! That, plus watching this new trailer just shot my hopes for this movie down the shit hole. Did anyone else cringe when Gandalf came on acting like a wild-eyed crazy man?
The fact that they know all thus stuff isn't the part that bothers me, its the fact that they do it without our knowledge or permission. If they asked to track my information, or at least gave some sort of opt-out procedure, I think it would look a lot less sinister.
Well considering that every time hiding information in "subliminal messages" has been scientifically tested it didn't affect anything, what are you concerned about?
It would be perfectly legal if the broadcaster had paid the required licensing fees just like a standard radio station.
Actually, that isn't a bad idea. Couldn't a bunch of people just buy the rights to broadcast, and then record it that way? I'm sure that you could get enough people together to make it more cost efficient than everyone buying the CD.
Um, monopoly is defined as 80% or more of the market share, not 100%. I don't have exact figures, but I would be willing to bet that the RIAA companies have more than that. Saying the existence of independant labels shows that the RIAA doesn't have a monopoly is like saying the existence of Linux and MacOS shows Microsoft doesn't have a monopoly.
You don't think intentionally breaking a law that is unjust as a protest is justified? Haven't you ever heard of passive resistance? Have you never heard of this era called the 60's? How do you think any controversial court case is started? By breaking a law that the defendant thought was unjust.
How many non-techies do you know that traded MP3s before Napster? How many of them trade MP3s now without Napster?
Napster made trading MP3s much easier, and therefore open to the public. All the other methods you mentioned would not be available to average joe sixpack, simply because they require too much time, are obscure, and generally require a much higher comfort level with computers and the internet.
The RIAA was fine with the limited population of techies trading MP3s before Napster, and will be fine with it after Napster. The only reason they went after Napster was to stop the throngs of the public from doing, and the only reason they will be going after gnutella and aimster and all the other clients popping up in the next couple years will be PR. When all the fallout from Napster has subsided, and the general public has gone back to buying CDs, MP3 trading will return to what it used to be, FTP, IRC, and Hotline.
The RIAA is a business. Its purpose is to maximize and protect its profits for the service of finding, funding, and distributing music to stores.
My point is this: if you think CD prices are too high, simply don't by the CDs. The RIAA profits will drop, their economists will crunch the numbers, and prices will fall to the point at which you will buy them again and they will again maximize their profits.
Power companies are businesses. Their purpose is to maximize and protect their profits for the service of providing electricity to consumers.
If you think power rates are too high, simply don't buy the electricity. The power companies' profits will drop , their economists will crunch the numbers, and the prices will fall to the point where you will start buying electricity again.
Recording off the radio is just ass illegal as recording off your TV, as in not at all. However, the recording can only be for personal use. This was all established in the Sony case.
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I think he was talking about whether or not you can own natural resources, such as the garden in his example. Another interesting question that is semi-related is who is the owner of IP created by a computer program? Is it the owner of the computer program? And if so, what does this say about compilers or word processors?
This question is somewhat solved by dividing output up into two catagories, one where the writer of the program created most of the output (e.g. UIs, statistical compilations, etc.), and one where the user created most of the output (e.g. compiled programs, word processor documents, etc.). But what about things that are half and half, such as game screenshots? Or things that are neither, such as computer created symphonies? I think this is a question that cannot be answered easily.
The way I understood it, public domain wasn't a piece of work not being copyrighted, but rather that anyone and everyone owned the copyright together. Therefore, everyone has a right to use it in anyway they see fit.
The phone company can wiretap anyone they want to at any time if they suspect them of stealing service. They can use the information they gain to deny you service. What they can't do however, is give this information to the police, unless they police have a warrant for it.
So, you don't have to imagine if the phone company does this, they already do.
P. S. This isn't a violation of probable cause unless they give the information to the authorites without being shown a warrant first.
Triple the speed? Assuming you mean pure MHz, that would be 2200MHz, and I'm pretty sure that no P4 or Athlon clocks at that speed. Besides, they need double the memory bandwidth because the instructions take twice as many cycles to execute! And now that the 7450 G4s are out with 4 Altivec units and on chip L2 cache, no i386 chip even comes close.
Jack of all Trades was a Hercules spin-off? Why was it set in the (American) revolutionary time period then? I realise it had that actor from Hercules, but thats not enough to qualify it as a spin-off.
That is most definately the correct way to pronounce it. Pronounce the out in about just like you would if it were a separate word.
4) A bag is now a sack. A Joe Louis' replaced by a Twinkie. Washrooms? Not anymore; now you use the bathroom. And you wait on line to use one, not in. A keener's now a brownnoser. Elastics are rubber bands. Runners are sneakers... track pants are sweat pants, a pop's a soda or coke, and brown bread's referred to as whole wheat...
All of those are about right except the pop one. Soda seems to be an east coast thing, and coke a southeast thing. Most of the US west of New York says pop.
Ask a linguist, and they will tell you that people from the Pacific Northwest, or the Pacific Southwest for you canadians, have no accent. Thats why there are so many of them as newscasters.
You are probably speaking of the Encylopedia Brown series mentioned in several posts above and below. Those were great books, and because of them I know way too many semi-useless facts, like bookkeeper is one of the few words in the English language that has three sets of double letters in a row, and Aar is a river in South America.
I really like the way that Christopher Tolkien released most of Tolkien's unfinished works. He set up the books as a kind of history of the revisions. That might be a good way to go with DNA's stuff, although there might not be enough to do it well.
I'd always envisioned him as somewhat calm and collected. Something like the elves, but more ready for action.
There is one big difference between Hitler and Stalin. They were both mass murderers, but Stalin killed his own people, and Hitler killed others.
Jackson did Dead Alive??!! That, plus watching this new trailer just shot my hopes for this movie down the shit hole. Did anyone else cringe when Gandalf came on acting like a wild-eyed crazy man?
The fact that they know all thus stuff isn't the part that bothers me, its the fact that they do it without our knowledge or permission. If they asked to track my information, or at least gave some sort of opt-out procedure, I think it would look a lot less sinister.
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Dilbert was written by Scott Adams, not Douglas Adams.
He also wrote for Monty Python occaisonally, and even appeared in one 4th season episode I believe.
Well considering that every time hiding information in "subliminal messages" has been scientifically tested it didn't affect anything, what are you concerned about?
Right, thats why churches get tax exempt status. Moron.
If your refering to the rocket car Darwin award, here's the true story.
Actually, that isn't a bad idea. Couldn't a bunch of people just buy the rights to broadcast, and then record it that way? I'm sure that you could get enough people together to make it more cost efficient than everyone buying the CD.
You don't think intentionally breaking a law that is unjust as a protest is justified? Haven't you ever heard of passive resistance? Have you never heard of this era called the 60's? How do you think any controversial court case is started? By breaking a law that the defendant thought was unjust.
Napster made trading MP3s much easier, and therefore open to the public. All the other methods you mentioned would not be available to average joe sixpack, simply because they require too much time, are obscure, and generally require a much higher comfort level with computers and the internet.
The RIAA was fine with the limited population of techies trading MP3s before Napster, and will be fine with it after Napster. The only reason they went after Napster was to stop the throngs of the public from doing, and the only reason they will be going after gnutella and aimster and all the other clients popping up in the next couple years will be PR. When all the fallout from Napster has subsided, and the general public has gone back to buying CDs, MP3 trading will return to what it used to be, FTP, IRC, and Hotline.
My point is this: if you think CD prices are too high, simply don't by the CDs. The RIAA profits will drop, their economists will crunch the numbers, and prices will fall to the point at which you will buy them again and they will again maximize their profits.
Power companies are businesses. Their purpose is to maximize and protect their profits for the service of providing electricity to consumers.
If you think power rates are too high, simply don't buy the electricity. The power companies' profits will drop , their economists will crunch the numbers, and the prices will fall to the point where you will start buying electricity again.
Recording off the radio is just ass illegal as recording off your TV, as in not at all. However, the recording can only be for personal use. This was all established in the Sony case.
When did you get the delusion that copying files should be considered stealing, or that a corporation should have the same rights as an individual?