So say someone is a songwriter who wrote very popular songs like "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". He lives a long life and is able to pass along his IP assets to his daughter and she gets a nice little income from this (I actually know her). Now, instead of living a long life he is cut down by a car and dies. Because he made the bad choice of dying young, you would take away his IP, his assets, his property from his heir? You want to keep him from providing a better life for his child, which used to be the American Dream, because he had the bad taste to be killed?
What does it mean to put property in the public domain, anyway? I understand it in the case of IP but not a house? What's that? You want to treat a house differently from IP? Why is that? IP already has an expiration date, unlike a house. Why make a further distinction?
Webster's defines an asset at "an item of value owned". If the IP is income-producing, there is no doubt that it is an asset. Just like an income-producing apartment building.
You didn't earn your parents' money; why do you deserve to have it?
Since my parents earned their money/assets, shouldn't it be up to them what happens to it? What are you going to do with their real property? How does that move into the public domain? What about their money? How does that move into the public domain? 100% inheritance tax? The government is not the public domain. Even if you could move their house and money into the public domain, they earned it not you; why do you (i.e. the public domain) deserve to have it?
As a former Pixar employee, let me state unequivically that all those stories about how great it is to work at Pixar are bullshit. It is a horribly caste ridden company with those in higher castes barely acknowledging the existance of those in lower castes.
As a former Disney Feature Animation employee, let me state that it was the same situation there. I'm not saying that that's a bad thing, though. It's just the way it was in the 90s and I do miss it (the early part of the 90s, anyway). I figure that the only perfect work environment would be for me to work on my own (Google is probably an exception;-).
Another neat feature on the new iPods is that you can now also enter a "rate this song" mode and adjust the rating for tracks on the fly. These ratings get passed back to iTunes next time you sync...
Cool! I sent in that suggestion a while back. My feature, mine, mine!:-)
Their pricey digital music player is #1 in the world and started working with Windows less than a year ago. It would seem they know what they're doing with it.
An empty iPod? Come back to earth. There is not an iPod on the planet that has been out of the box for more than an hour and has ever been empty. Yeah, students are always walking around campus with empty iPods.
Give it time. Venom wasn't on a major label so they won't be there (yet). Lots of Kiss, some Sabbath (got the one track I liked off of "Live Evil"--"Children of the Grave"), a bunch of 80s hair bands, Megadeth (got the two songs off "Punishment" that were previously unreleased). It's a good start and it will get better.
Ah, yes. I used one of those once. Had to wait while the two women in front of me were being helped by an employee because they couldn't figure out how to use it. Sigh.
It turns out that, though it's clutter, you do need to listen to the different versions of the songs. Some songs are remade versions of the one you remember. Some songs sound better on one album versus a remastered greatest hits album. Clutter, yes, but pay attention to it.
Does it seamlessly integrate into the Linux based MP3 player in my car? Does it seamlessly integrate into my Sun Workstation? Can I burn the audio to CD?
Is it worth $1?
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So say someone is a songwriter who wrote very popular songs like "Who's Afraid of the Big Bad Wolf". He lives a long life and is able to pass along his IP assets to his daughter and she gets a nice little income from this (I actually know her). Now, instead of living a long life he is cut down by a car and dies. Because he made the bad choice of dying young, you would take away his IP, his assets, his property from his heir? You want to keep him from providing a better life for his child, which used to be the American Dream, because he had the bad taste to be killed?
What does it mean to put property in the public domain, anyway? I understand it in the case of IP but not a house? What's that? You want to treat a house differently from IP? Why is that? IP already has an expiration date, unlike a house. Why make a further distinction?
Should it be?
Webster's defines an asset at "an item of value owned". If the IP is income-producing, there is no doubt that it is an asset. Just like an income-producing apartment building.
You didn't earn your parents' money; why do you deserve to have it?
Since my parents earned their money/assets, shouldn't it be up to them what happens to it? What are you going to do with their real property? How does that move into the public domain? What about their money? How does that move into the public domain? 100% inheritance tax? The government is not the public domain. Even if you could move their house and money into the public domain, they earned it not you; why do you (i.e. the public domain) deserve to have it?
Why should anyone inherit something they didn't create?
Should the same hold for money and property? IP is an asset as well.
Already sold. The fix is in. Just waiting for the paperwork to go through.
Around January 20, 2001.
Sounds beneficiariffic to me!
If the representatives of government choose to treat the voice of its citizens as unimportant, the its citizens will replace these representatives.
Unfortunately, Chairman Powell is not a representative of the public. He is an appointed, nepotistic bureaucrat out of our reach come election day.
As a former Pixar employee, let me state unequivically that all those stories about how great it is to work at Pixar are bullshit. It is a horribly caste ridden company with those in higher castes barely acknowledging the existance of those in lower castes.
As a former Disney Feature Animation employee, let me state that it was the same situation there. I'm not saying that that's a bad thing, though. It's just the way it was in the 90s and I do miss it (the early part of the 90s, anyway). I figure that the only perfect work environment would be for me to work on my own (Google is probably an exception ;-).
IMO all the sequals accept Children of the Mind are worth reading.
Great. The last one I need to read and you're telling me it's worse then Xenocide was. I'm still trying to look forward to reading it...
Nah. If I can't be inside of Raquel Welch, I'd settle for her being inside of me.
Now, if they had made up a bassline of their own, and someone found a song which played the same six notes, could they sue as well?
Ask Vanilla Ice and he will tell you that the answer is "Yes".
Another neat feature on the new iPods is that you can now also enter a "rate this song" mode and adjust the rating for tracks on the fly. These ratings get passed back to iTunes next time you sync...
Cool! I sent in that suggestion a while back. My feature, mine, mine! :-)
Are you interested in New Wave has-beens? Plenty of Culture Club!
Nineties rock tragedies? Get your Nirvana fix!
Future has-beens? Get that "Kryptonite" single now!
Improve the iPod
Their pricey digital music player is #1 in the world and started working with Windows less than a year ago. It would seem they know what they're doing with it.
An empty iPod? Come back to earth. There is not an iPod on the planet that has been out of the box for more than an hour and has ever been empty. Yeah, students are always walking around campus with empty iPods.
One could argue that with Napster at one extreme, the RIAA had to be at the other extreme to reach a reasonable middle ground. Just a thought.
Give it time. Venom wasn't on a major label so they won't be there (yet). Lots of Kiss, some Sabbath (got the one track I liked off of "Live Evil"--"Children of the Grave"), a bunch of 80s hair bands, Megadeth (got the two songs off "Punishment" that were previously unreleased). It's a good start and it will get better.
Ah, yes. I used one of those once. Had to wait while the two women in front of me were being helped by an employee because they couldn't figure out how to use it. Sigh.
Not so big that my wife has found about it yet. The fewer questions, the better (did I really download that many songs?!?).
It turns out that, though it's clutter, you do need to listen to the different versions of the songs. Some songs are remade versions of the one you remember. Some songs sound better on one album versus a remastered greatest hits album. Clutter, yes, but pay attention to it.
Does it seamlessly integrate into the Linux based MP3 player in my car? Does it seamlessly integrate into my Sun Workstation? Can I burn the audio to CD? Is it worth $1?
You mean like finding ABBA listed under World Music? (Don't worry, they're also under Pop)
Am I the only cheapskate who buys a lot of CDs used?
Go to the iTunes pulldown and select "Provide iTunes Feedback".
Lotsa Megadeth, though. Now I don't have to buy "Punishments" just to get those two songs. Woo hoo!