What I cant understand is that there are many companies making money off of out of copyright work. You can still buy Charles Dickens books or any of the books in the project Gutenburg in bookshops and people still do. Its called value add.
Music is the same. Simply add value and the fans will still buy from you even though they can get it free elsewhere. Signed T-Shirts, Postcards, anything really that adds to the package and as you are the person who created it you have access to more things that your fans would like.
Out of copyright definately does not mean out of profitability you just have to try harder.....
If this is the advice given to investors then it is no wonder that the markets are in such a mess. In fact these experts think that $45 dollars will be a fair target.
"Skiba calculated his $45 price target by forecasting earnings and revenue based on licensing agreements for Unix and other licensing opportunities."
Do we know whether or not the licenses granted to Microsoft etc were perpetual or annual, because otherwise I cant see where they think the additional funds will come from ?
From the article it also looks as though they are still angling for IBM to buy them for $1 BILLION. I think IBM will not buckle and will just crush them.
The main reason these 2 companies are going for the diamond market is to raise funds for their main target CPU's. The wired article mentions that a diamond based processor would be able to withstand temperatures that would liquify a silicon based processor.
This is the reason why we need to fight software patents within the UK and EU. Please email, write, telephone your local MP , MEP and let them know that software patents will kill our industry.
I am not sure but if the EU starts to accept software patents will the US patents be enforceable through WIPO or similar. If so then the EU will already be at a loss as all the US patents will come into force and by typing this I am probably breaking a few of them:)
This may be setting a precedent for upcoming documents. Later documents may show what dealing the US and its allies had with Iraq . As you can see below Sadam came into power in 1979 and documents due to be released would have been 1978. Maybe they are getting too close to revealing the nature of the wests early dealings with Iraq.
Maybe they just cant be bothered, who knows:)
History of Iraq
1975 March - At a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Iraq and Iran sign a treaty ending their border disputes.
1979 January 16 - Islamic Revolution ousts the Shah of Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini, who had lived in Iraq from 1964-1978, returns to Tehran in February.
1979 July 16 - President Al-Bakr resigns and is succeeded by Vice President Saddam Hussein. Within days, Saddam executes at least 20 potential rivals, members of the Ba'th Party and military.
1979 September - Military skirmishes and propaganda war increase between Iraq and Iran.
Iran-Iraq War
1980 September 4 - Iran shells Iraqi border towns. On September 17 Iraq abrogates the 1975 treaty with Iran.
1980 September 22 - Iraq attacks Iranian airbases.
1980 September 23 - Iran bombs Iraqi military and economic targets.
1981 June 7 - Israel attacks an Iraqi nuclear research center at Tuwaythah near Baghdad.
1986 March - UN Secretary General reports Iraq's use of mustard gas and nerve agents against Iranian soldiers, with significant usage in 1981 and 1984.
1988 February-September- Iraq military operation "Anfal" results in 50,000-100,000 deaths throughout northern Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons, mass executions and forced relocation to terrorize the area.
1988 March 16 - Iraq attacks the Kurdish town of Halabjah with mix of poison gas and nerve agents, killing 5000 residents.
1988 August 20 - The Iran-Iraq war ends in stalemate; an estimated 1 million soldiers are killed in eight years of fighting. A ceasefire comes into effect to be monitored by the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG).
1989 - Iraq sends military hardware to Lebanon in a proxy war with Syria.
Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (including a photograph) lasts until 70 years after the death of the author. The duration of copyright in a film is 70 years after the death of the last to survive of the principal director, the authors of the screenplay and dialogue, and the composer of any music specially created for the film. Sound recordings, broadcasts and cable programmes are protected for 50 years, and published editions are protected for 25 years.
Wouldn't you be outraged if a car company came out and asked for donations to improve safety features or fuel economy?
If the car company gave me the car for free then asked for a donation I may well think about it...
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What I cant understand is that there are many companies making money off of out of copyright work. You can still buy Charles Dickens books or any of the books in the project Gutenburg in bookshops and people still do. Its called value add.
Music is the same. Simply add value and the fans will still buy from you even though they can get it free elsewhere. Signed T-Shirts, Postcards, anything really that adds to the package and as you are the person who created it you have access to more things that your fans would like.
Out of copyright definately does not mean out of profitability you just have to try harder.....
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Another one
Fastest Growing Company !!!
If this is the advice given to investors then it is no wonder that the markets are in such a mess. In fact these experts think that $45 dollars will be a fair target.
"Skiba calculated his $45 price target by forecasting earnings and revenue based on licensing agreements for Unix and other licensing opportunities."
Do we know whether or not the licenses granted to Microsoft etc were perpetual or annual, because otherwise I cant see where they think the additional funds will come from ?
From the article it also looks as though they are still angling for IBM to buy them for $1 BILLION. I think IBM will not buckle and will just crush them.
The main reason these 2 companies are going for the diamond market is to raise funds for their main target CPU's. The wired article mentions that a diamond based processor would be able to withstand temperatures that would liquify a silicon based processor.
I am not sure but if the EU starts to accept software patents will the US patents be enforceable through WIPO or similar. If so then the EU will already be at a loss as all the US patents will come into force and by typing this I am probably breaking a few of them
This may be setting a precedent for upcoming documents. Later documents may show what dealing the US and its allies had with Iraq . As you can see below Sadam came into power in 1979 and documents due to be released would have been 1978. Maybe they are getting too close to revealing the nature of the wests early dealings with Iraq.
:)
Maybe they just cant be bothered, who knows
History of Iraq
1975 March - At a meeting of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) in Algiers, Iraq and Iran sign a treaty ending their border disputes.
1979 January 16 - Islamic Revolution ousts the Shah of Iran. Ayatollah Khomeini, who had lived in Iraq from 1964-1978, returns to Tehran in February.
1979 July 16 - President Al-Bakr resigns and is succeeded by Vice President Saddam Hussein. Within days, Saddam executes at least 20 potential rivals, members of the Ba'th Party and military.
1979 September - Military skirmishes and propaganda war increase between Iraq and Iran.
Iran-Iraq War
1980 September 4 - Iran shells Iraqi border towns. On September 17 Iraq abrogates the 1975 treaty with Iran.
1980 September 22 - Iraq attacks Iranian airbases.
1980 September 23 - Iran bombs Iraqi military and economic targets.
1981 June 7 - Israel attacks an Iraqi nuclear research center at Tuwaythah near Baghdad.
1986 March - UN Secretary General reports Iraq's use of mustard gas and nerve agents against Iranian soldiers, with significant usage in 1981 and 1984.
1988 February-September- Iraq military operation "Anfal" results in 50,000-100,000 deaths throughout northern Iraq. Iraq uses chemical weapons, mass executions and forced relocation to terrorize the area.
1988 March 16 - Iraq attacks the Kurdish town of Halabjah with mix of poison gas and nerve agents, killing 5000 residents.
1988 August 20 - The Iran-Iraq war ends in stalemate; an estimated 1 million soldiers are killed in eight years of fighting. A ceasefire comes into effect to be monitored by the UN Iran-Iraq Military Observer Group (UNIIMOG).
1989 - Iraq sends military hardware to Lebanon in a proxy war with Syria.
What is the copyright laws applicanle in the UK ?
:
Copyright Act 1988 states the following
Duration of copyright in sound recordings and films.
13.--(1) Copyright in a sound recording or film expires--
(a) at the end of the period of 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is made, or
(b) if it is released before the end of that period, 50 years from the end of the calendar year in which it is released.
(2) A sound recording or film is "released" when--
(a) it is first published, broadcast or included in a cable programme service, or
(b) in the case of a film or film sound-track, the film is first shown in public;
but in determining whether a work has been released no account shall be taken of any unauthorised act.
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or taken from the patent office
Copyright in a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work (including a photograph) lasts until 70 years after the death of the author. The duration of copyright in a film is 70 years after the death of the last to survive of the principal director, the authors of the screenplay and dialogue, and the composer of any music specially created for the film. Sound recordings, broadcasts and cable programmes are protected for 50 years, and published editions are protected for 25 years.
Source
So which is it ?
Why cant legislators just make up their minds and give us a definitive answer ?
Wouldn't you be outraged if a car company came out and asked for donations to improve safety features or fuel economy? If the car company gave me the car for free then asked for a donation I may well think about it...