Or to put it another, more accurate way, they lose.
This is what happens when business is run by those who fail to understand it, or indeed to even know what their actual core business IS. C'est la guerre.
Yeah, Microsoft's decision to 'embrace and extend' the Java language specification had nothing to do with it. Microsoft duping developers into creating Java applets using said extensions that would *only* run on Microsoft's browsers had nothing to do with it.
Tell me, if you're put in jail for a crime you deliberately committed, do you blame yourself, or do you take it out on the victim and the justice system?
Once Nintendo began reselling the games, they were back in the 'profit from a protected resource' category. Then, and ONLY then, in my opinion, did it then again become a rights violation (as oppposed to a violation of the letter of the law) for others to market them. They ought to have made a legal avenue available for obtaining these things, if people wanted to use 'em... and apparently people DID want to.
Sure, it's more important from public safety viewpoint for this to apply to old airplane designs, but the principle of the thing is important, too.
If a rights holder doesn't wish to exploit a market, I say screw 'em. Life is way too short for that kinda nonsense.
It seems awfully simple to me, really. If something, whether it be blueprints, books, records or whatnot is not available via the marketplace from any supplier, there seems to be little financial damage done to anyone when someone duplicates 'em.
So all of the fine speak about protecting people's 'Intellectual Property' rights, which really come down to allowing a form of legalized monopoly to allow an originator to profit, becomes entirely moot.
My wife and I (yes, I know, this is/. and mentioning wives/girlfriends is controversial) have been playing Unreal Tournament on a regular basis for a while now. I wonder if that's got anything at all to do with my left eye's improvement in my last exam. I had to have my corrective lens prescription weakened a bit.
You know though, I did deliberately spell it 'Bonito' because, well, that IS a kind of small tuna fish (well, technically I guess it's a mackerel, but close enough).
Actually, map makers to this day do that sort of thing, although it's more subtle. They put in unique, fairly harmless 'errors' which they can then catch if they see what they suspect to be a map that violates their copyrights.
For instance, in Rand McNally, people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.
The important bit: Economists believe the housing industry will undergo further downward pressure this year as builders continue to slash production in an effort to get control of near-record levels of unsold homes.
As I was saying earlier: Lower demand is affecting construction, leading to a surplus of housing supply... Which will, naturally enough, drive prices down.
>>Surely if there's little new construction, the supply will be more limited than it would be if there were plenty of new construction... No?
Yes... But the construction industry responds to increased demand by building more while raising prices. Similarly the respond to decreased demand by building less and offering incentives. Other economic factors have a gigantic bearing on whether or not people are demanding new housing. Interest rates are one factor, general inflation is another, a lack of builders willing to put up homes for you just isn't there.
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I hate it when I fail to preview... Completely ruins the joke.
/. blocks the cent sign anyway.
Ah well, looks like
Yeah. At best they are SO.
I'll tell 'em where they can stick it.
Nah, that money mostly went towards the implantation devices.
People aren't lining up around the block to have uniquely identifiable bits of technology inserted into 'em? How come?
Or to put it another, more accurate way, they lose.
This is what happens when business is run by those who fail to understand it, or indeed to even know what their actual core business IS. C'est la guerre.
Yeah, Microsoft's decision to 'embrace and extend' the Java language specification had nothing to do with it. Microsoft duping developers into creating Java applets using said extensions that would *only* run on Microsoft's browsers had nothing to do with it.
Tell me, if you're put in jail for a crime you deliberately committed, do you blame yourself, or do you take it out on the victim and the justice system?
Damn straight.
This is 'the mainframe is dead' all over again.
Once Nintendo began reselling the games, they were back in the 'profit from a protected resource' category. Then, and ONLY then, in my opinion, did it then again become a rights violation (as oppposed to a violation of the letter of the law) for others to market them. They ought to have made a legal avenue available for obtaining these things, if people wanted to use 'em... and apparently people DID want to.
Sure, it's more important from public safety viewpoint for this to apply to old airplane designs, but the principle of the thing is important, too.
If a rights holder doesn't wish to exploit a market, I say screw 'em. Life is way too short for that kinda nonsense.
If only Adolf Hitler had not had access to videogames, the history of modern Europe would look entirely different.
It seems awfully simple to me, really. If something, whether it be blueprints, books, records or whatnot is not available via the marketplace from any supplier, there seems to be little financial damage done to anyone when someone duplicates 'em.
So all of the fine speak about protecting people's 'Intellectual Property' rights, which really come down to allowing a form of legalized monopoly to allow an originator to profit, becomes entirely moot.
Face facts: To Bill Gates, 10K a year IS pretty close to 100K. Sheerest poverty.
I hope y'all don't mind if I won't keep a penetration tester in my back pocket, mmm'kay?
All over the place, but man... it'll cost ya!
My wife and I (yes, I know, this is /. and mentioning wives/girlfriends is controversial) have been playing Unreal Tournament on a regular basis for a while now. I wonder if that's got anything at all to do with my left eye's improvement in my last exam. I had to have my corrective lens prescription weakened a bit.
I wonder if I could make it look like a watermark!
Oh dear god, that's BRILLIANT.
I have to put up my 10 meter wide 'FUCK YOU' banner.
Sarda? BRILLIANT!
BWAAAAAAHAHAHA! Are you the one who added my bit?
Very funny, and thanks!
You know though, I did deliberately spell it 'Bonito' because, well, that IS a kind of small tuna fish (well, technically I guess it's a mackerel, but close enough).
Damn, I'm still laughing about that.
Hehehe.
Actually, map makers to this day do that sort of thing, although it's more subtle. They put in unique, fairly harmless 'errors' which they can then catch if they see what they suspect to be a map that violates their copyrights.
For instance, in Rand McNally, people wear hats on their feet and hamburgers eat people.
Because college students are teh lazy.
I'm tempted to plant some *really* wrong information on any given topic, when I become aware of a term paper that's been assigned on it.
You know, things like 'Bonito Mussolini was named after a kind of tuna fish. He was born in the year 1726 and died of natural causes 800 years later'.
And today's news jumps to help me make my point!
On today's Yahoo! Finance pages, you can find the following story:
http://biz.yahoo.com/ap/070126/economy.html?.v=10
The important bit: Economists believe the housing industry will undergo further downward pressure this year as builders continue to slash production in an effort to get control of near-record levels of unsold homes.
As I was saying earlier: Lower demand is affecting construction, leading to a surplus of housing supply... Which will, naturally enough, drive prices down.
>>Surely if there's little new construction, the supply will be more limited than it would be if there were plenty of new construction... No?
Yes... But the construction industry responds to increased demand by building more while raising prices. Similarly the respond to decreased demand by building less and offering incentives. Other economic factors have a gigantic bearing on whether or not people are demanding new housing. Interest rates are one factor, general inflation is another, a lack of builders willing to put up homes for you just isn't there.