Software is not special in this regard. Patents exist in most every field. And due the sheer number of patents, every inventor takes the risk of unknowingly running into someone else's IP.
the most important aspect of university was meeting people and making contacts in industry
the most important part is what you get at the end - a piece of paper that says you were dedicated enough to put up with four years of school in order to get it. it shows that you have the ability to take something seriously.
Imagine the fun people will have trying to claim rights on their own genetic material. every celebrity hairdresser will have a lucrative side business selling celebrity hair to cloning agencies!
yes. but you've got it backwards. Open source is is only 20 or 30 years old (much less than that, if you're talking about the specific term "open source"). science has been around forever.
Please note that this horribly overused argument is blatantly wrong; the reason is that IP laws give the creator exclusive control over distribution. Exclusive control over distribution is, in effect, the asset. Once you start distributing someone else's IP, without their consent, you've destroyed the value of the asset.
The ease of doing something is no measure of the right to do it. Morality has to be part of this.
It would appear that your argument doesn't hold water.
Actually, your argument is the one with the leaks:
If someone shares a CD, nobody will buy music any more.
How many times have i read on/. someone saying "i haven't bought a CD in months - it's all Napster, dOOd!"... ?
If Linux is available on the web free for download, nobody will buy it.
SubPop Records is not RedHat. How do music companies of the future make any money? Music doesn't require tech support, it doesn't need service and you don't need to customize it.
If AOL keeps giving out CDs with 75 years of free service, nobody will buy it.
Don't be silly. They don't give away 75 years of free service.
If I download some grainy version of The Matrix recorded in a theater with a video camera, I'm not going to buy the Dolby 5.1 DVD.
Your weakest point yet. You assume that people are interested in more the visuals more than the story. But there are plenty of movies where the visuals are really not that important - the story is almost the whole thing. You can generally get the story that from the dialogue and broad visual strokes - humans are really good at picking up facial expressions from blurred, distorted, grainy, etc. images (see picasso et al.). You don't need DVD quality (or even 8mm film quality) to tell a smile from a frown.
People who manage to find and watch a pirated copy of the next Woody Allen movie are probably not going to rush out and buy it on UltraGroovyTech DVD for the awesome effects; they've already got the whole thing from the copy - the story.
Unisys has a patent on LZW, the compression scheme used in GIF. Compuserve didn't know (or care) that LZW was patented when they created the GIF format. Unisys found out about this (or waited until, you choose) GIF was well established before they started collecting licensing fees for LZW use. Now, if you want to read or write GIFs, you have to pay Unisys (not Compuserve).
at the typical naspster bitrates (128, 160), there is a distinct "MP3" sound. to my ears it sounds like it's been put through a very subtle phaser (groovy 70's guitar effect).
it's probably much worse on anything better than my crap-ola PC speakers.
you don't have the right to force me to breate smoke, any amount. if you want to breathe smoke yourself, go someplace where you won't inflict your toxins on me.
though i didn't state it, my assumption was that such tech would be available to everyone the same way pennicillin is available to everyone today.
some people will accept genetic-tech and some people won't . this is already happening (see europe's reaction to gen-foods). if it turns out that gen-tech offers a survival benefit, those who don't refuse it will be better off.
if using genetic tech can keep people healthy longer, people who are not afraid of receiving the benefits will eventually be favored over people who refuse it.
The easiest solution is not to control the masses, it's to make a quick, short-sighted decision and move on. Lazyness, ignorance and greed are the more likely culprits not malice or fascism.
Get over the Nazi's. The situation in America today is light years from the situation in Germany 65 years ago.
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psychological/trauma support groups
complaining about the IRS
discussing Scientology
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Software is not special in this regard. Patents exist in most every field. And due the sheer number of patents, every inventor takes the risk of unknowingly running into someone else's IP.
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the most important part is what you get at the end - a piece of paper that says you were dedicated enough to put up with four years of school in order to get it. it shows that you have the ability to take something seriously.
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Imagine the fun people will have trying to claim rights on their own genetic material. every celebrity hairdresser will have a lucrative side business selling celebrity hair to cloning agencies!
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the Ball-Peen Hammer.
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Moderators haven't had their coffee yet?
yes. but you've got it backwards. Open source is is only 20 or 30 years old (much less than that, if you're talking about the specific term "open source"). science has been around forever.
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Please note that this horribly overused argument is blatantly wrong; the reason is that IP laws give the creator exclusive control over distribution. Exclusive control over distribution is, in effect, the asset. Once you start distributing someone else's IP, without their consent, you've destroyed the value of the asset.
The ease of doing something is no measure of the right to do it. Morality has to be part of this.
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A more important point: whether or not I charge for it, you are NOT entitled to do what you want with whatever it is i create, without permission.
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Actually, your argument is the one with the leaks:
If someone shares a CD, nobody will buy music any more.
How many times have i read on /. someone saying "i haven't bought a CD in months - it's all Napster, dOOd!"... ?
If Linux is available on the web free for download, nobody will buy it.
SubPop Records is not RedHat. How do music companies of the future make any money? Music doesn't require tech support, it doesn't need service and you don't need to customize it.
If AOL keeps giving out CDs with 75 years of free service, nobody will buy it.
Don't be silly. They don't give away 75 years of free service.
If I download some grainy version of The Matrix recorded in a theater with a video camera, I'm not going to buy the Dolby 5.1 DVD.
Your weakest point yet. You assume that people are interested in more the visuals more than the story. But there are plenty of movies where the visuals are really not that important - the story is almost the whole thing. You can generally get the story that from the dialogue and broad visual strokes - humans are really good at picking up facial expressions from blurred, distorted, grainy, etc. images (see picasso et al.). You don't need DVD quality (or even 8mm film quality) to tell a smile from a frown.
People who manage to find and watch a pirated copy of the next Woody Allen movie are probably not going to rush out and buy it on UltraGroovyTech DVD for the awesome effects; they've already got the whole thing from the copy - the story.
Next!
indeed.
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there's more to programming than web sites. really.
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and the US doesn't?
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Bull. My business makes money online and does not even exist offline.
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that's already illegal.
caveat pornographer.
Unisys has a patent on LZW, the compression scheme used in GIF. Compuserve didn't know (or care) that LZW was patented when they created the GIF format. Unisys found out about this (or waited until, you choose) GIF was well established before they started collecting licensing fees for LZW use. Now, if you want to read or write GIFs, you have to pay Unisys (not Compuserve).
Compuserve just didn't research well enough.
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you're crazy, right?
my wife and i buy practically everything except food on-line - clothes, jewelry, tickets, CDs, books, electronics, camera supplies, software, computers.
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I figure such an accountant should be able to charge.. oh, 50-70 thousand dollars per hour.
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at the typical naspster bitrates (128, 160), there is a distinct "MP3" sound. to my ears it sounds like it's been put through a very subtle phaser (groovy 70's guitar effect).
it's probably much worse on anything better than my crap-ola PC speakers.
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and guess who helped draft that lovely 100 year copyright law ?
that's right, Sonny Bono, a scientologist.
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what was that about fair use again?
you don't have the right to force me to breate smoke, any amount. if you want to breathe smoke yourself, go someplace where you won't inflict your toxins on me.
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because: it's wrong for you to force me to breathe smoke.
come on over to my place sometime. i like to burn plastic and old tires. you can have a fucking ham sandwich out by the fire pits.
get over yourself.
no, dummy. keep your own hangups off my post.
though i didn't state it, my assumption was that such tech would be available to everyone the same way pennicillin is available to everyone today.
some people will accept genetic-tech and some people won't . this is already happening (see europe's reaction to gen-foods). if it turns out that gen-tech offers a survival benefit, those who don't refuse it will be better off.
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if using genetic tech can keep people healthy longer, people who are not afraid of receiving the benefits will eventually be favored over people who refuse it.
f 'em
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I did no such thing.
The easiest solution is not to control the masses, it's to make a quick, short-sighted decision and move on. Lazyness, ignorance and greed are the more likely culprits not malice or fascism.
Get over the Nazi's. The situation in America today is light years from the situation in Germany 65 years ago.