I have a friend who's an aspiring comic book artist. If he does artwork for, say, a contest, he'll make a copy of the original and submit that to the contest, while mailing the original work back to himself, and leave the envelope sealed.
Since the post office stamps the date, that's instant proof that anything inside was created on or before that date.
You're correct, but what have the shareholders contributed? Money, sure. Are your suggesting that IP can be bought?
And what about the employees who had nothing to do with the creation of a certain work? IP holder by association?
A company is made of individuals, true, but that does not, and should not, grant it the same rights as the individuals who make up the company. The company itself is not a "natural individual".
I use libraries as an example of defeating copyright because they do what p2p does in a system that is legitimate only because it has been around for a long time.
P2P systems are a far cry from your public library. In fact, the only thing the two share are that they are both public.
1) A library contains physical objects (more or less) that can be checked out, but must be returned, and there is only one copy. 2) You can make copies of only portions of a copyrighted work.
P2P systems, on the other hand... 1) Contain digital works, with no system for checking out and returning. 2) Allows unrestricted and complete copying of works.
Public libraries enjoy certain exemptions from copyright laws only because the way in which they work (transferring of one unique physical item) is it's own limitation.
P2P networks have no such limitation. That's the issue. How do you implement such a system without it just being another way to circumvent copyright laws?
The problem here, though, is that the U.S. government can't be bothered to figure that out. They don't have the time, what with all the catering they do to major corporations and all...
I'm not really sure our government makes laws anymore. They just translate corporate proposals into legalese and then sign the papers. Occaisionally they'll say, "Ehh... that seems a little harsh. Tone it down a bit," but that's about it.
[...] the big issue was a reluctance to accept legal liability for open-source software.
I think the real reluctance comes in knowing that hundreds, if not thousands, of people well versed in application programmning will be able to say, "What the f@%# is this crap?" on a whole new level.
I think Ballmer feels that open source developers are legally liable, while closed source developers are not. Is this a subtle statement of policy, or am I being paranoid?
Yeah. Go ahead and just launch a non-trivial sized rocket into orbit... See what happens. It's the same reason you can't just hop in an airplane and go flying around at random.
There's a lot of shit up there that costs a lot of money, and certain people would really like to know that you aren't going to go play Asteroids with their communications, positioning, and spy networks...
Umm... Just about anyone that can make it up there. Unless we left automated weapons systems, or a small unit of U.S. Special Forces up there, what's to stop anyone from finding our flag(s) and hurling them into the void?
U.S.: Well, we did have at least one flag up there. We've got the pictures to prove it!
Anyone else: Pfft! Come on... Everyone knows those are fake.
"In an effort to prevent reviewers from creating MP3s or even playing the preview CD in anything they don't control, music labels are now disseminating a prewritten review of the CD, along with a bill for $17.99."
You know, it really bothers me when a site designer can't be bothered to set a background color for the page, and just assumes the visitor's default window background is white.
People who do that need to be smacked around a bit.
Boycotting the RIAA is going to do shit compared to an all-out protest against their business practices.
The RIAA uses their voice, and we hide... The RIAA yells louder, and we hide...
Most of you, though, seem to have glued your asses to that chair in front of your computer. You whine and protest here, but apparently lose your voice when you press the "Power" button.
Don't boycott... Organize... Gather together in that blue globe called "the real world", and go to Washington.
Imagine, according to the RIAA's numbers, the amount of people that would march on the capital.
"Fuck Saddam, Mr. President. We've got an army of angry geeks at twelve o'clock!"
Seriously, though... You think whining on Slashdot is going to change anything? And do you really believe that boycotting will do anything? Wake up, people.
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I have a friend who's an aspiring comic book artist. If he does artwork for, say, a contest, he'll make a copy of the original and submit that to the contest, while mailing the original work back to himself, and leave the envelope sealed.
Since the post office stamps the date, that's instant proof that anything inside was created on or before that date.
Those two words make all the difference. They draw the line between someone expressing an opinion as fact and just expressing an opinion.
You'd do good to learn about something called "context" when it comes to quoting people.
You're correct, but what have the shareholders contributed? Money, sure. Are your suggesting that IP can be bought?
And what about the employees who had nothing to do with the creation of a certain work? IP holder by association?
A company is made of individuals, true, but that does not, and should not, grant it the same rights as the individuals who make up the company. The company itself is not a "natural individual".
P2P systems are a far cry from your public library. In fact, the only thing the two share are that they are both public.
1) A library contains physical objects (more or less) that can be checked out, but must be returned, and there is only one copy.
2) You can make copies of only portions of a copyrighted work.
P2P systems, on the other hand...
1) Contain digital works, with no system for checking out and returning.
2) Allows unrestricted and complete copying of works.
Public libraries enjoy certain exemptions from copyright laws only because the way in which they work (transferring of one unique physical item) is it's own limitation.
P2P networks have no such limitation. That's the issue. How do you implement such a system without it just being another way to circumvent copyright laws?
The problem here, though, is that the U.S. government can't be bothered to figure that out. They don't have the time, what with all the catering they do to major corporations and all...
I'm not really sure our government makes laws anymore. They just translate corporate proposals into legalese and then sign the papers. Occaisionally they'll say, "Ehh... that seems a little harsh. Tone it down a bit," but that's about it.
I think Ballmer feels that open source developers are legally liable, while closed source developers are not. Is this a subtle statement of policy, or am I being paranoid?
Yeah, I did chose Extrans, which is why my [blockquote] and [i] tags showed. St00pid me. :o)
Yeah. Go ahead and just launch a non-trivial sized rocket into orbit... See what happens. It's the same reason you can't just hop in an airplane and go flying around at random.
There's a lot of shit up there that costs a lot of money, and certain people would really like to know that you aren't going to go play Asteroids with their communications, positioning, and spy networks...
U.S.: Well, we did have at least one flag up there. We've got the pictures to prove it!
Anyone else: Pfft! Come on... Everyone knows those are fake.
(That'll teach me to use 'Preview'... Ok, I'm lying.)
What better way to turn kids away from videogames than by tainting the existence of their favorite console with edge-oo-kayshonal "games"? ;)
Would you rather spend 3 years with "the love of your life", or an entire life in a "nothing special" relationship?
Quality over quantity. That's what I get out of that quote.
A deep feeling of sympathy for the battered and bruised music industry?
::cough::
No one's gonna mess with the "little guy" who's just protecting what meager possession he has, right?
Epic Records: What happened to the walkman?
Reviewer: I didn't want to meet Tori Amos.
"In an effort to prevent reviewers from creating MP3s or even playing the preview CD in anything they don't control, music labels are now disseminating a prewritten review of the CD, along with a bill for $17.99."
You managed to discover the obvious.
You know, it really bothers me when a site designer can't be bothered to set a background color for the page, and just assumes the visitor's default window background is white.
People who do that need to be smacked around a bit.
Slashdot "beat the press" because, well... No one really feels this is an issue to create a media orgy over.
Unless Slashdot is the only news site you read, you know that much of the news they post is, on average, two days old.
That being said, Slashdot [b]isn't[/b] a news site. It's more like portal. How many stories here are Slashdot originals?
Boycotting the RIAA is going to do shit compared to an all-out protest against their business practices.
The RIAA uses their voice, and we hide... The RIAA yells louder, and we hide...
Most of you, though, seem to have glued your asses to that chair in front of your computer. You whine and protest here, but apparently lose your voice when you press the "Power" button.
Don't boycott... Organize... Gather together in that blue globe called "the real world", and go to Washington.
Imagine, according to the RIAA's numbers, the amount of people that would march on the capital.
"Fuck Saddam, Mr. President. We've got an army of angry geeks at twelve o'clock!"
Seriously, though... You think whining on Slashdot is going to change anything? And do you really believe that boycotting will do anything? Wake up, people.
Damn. I knew Bush was a bad choice for president. Now he's gone and reimplemented segregation without telling anyone...
Another re-post... I know they're probably counting on everyone here having short attention spans, but geez...
Thanks to Microsoft, your average end-user has gotten over the petty desire for that elusive concept of "stability".