Look at Justin Beiber, no internet, no Justin. Also, the author of the article completely overlooks the fact that the largest downloaders are also the largest purchasers of entertainment. File trading has replaced radio as the medium of choice to find new music. If we eliminate file trading we also eliminate the path to the audience. People won't buy what they can't find or can't hear.
Enforcing intellectual property rights means charging us more for the same thing, that is against our interests. It is in the interests of entrenched players, they benefit from IP rights but the public just gets hosed by them. If we did away with the patent system competition would keep technology advancing. There is always a better way to do something and always someone willing to do it. Open source software proves this point. The patent system needs to be abolished and patent lawyers rendered into Soylent Green.
We need the engineers to create a peer to peer wifi net. With a node in almost every house and a cheap connection to the internet somewhere It could potentially eliminate both cable and phone companies! A national co-op to bargain as a group for internet backbone access could reduce the cost to nearly free and provide cell phone via wifi for free. Then we would only have to solve the problem of rural and distant connections. Maybe something like an infrared laser bouncing off a balloon in the stratosphere could provide coverage over distance cheaply.
That is how it works. You have money to donate to politicians and politicians can make laws to benefit you. It's a win win situation for politicians and businesses but it isn't so good for everyone else.
This looks more like Oracle using the courts to drive competitors from the market than to redress any kind of injury to itself. I think it's time for consumers to start suing corporations for anti-competitive behavior that customers end up paying for.
Scientific papers can be published online for next to no cost. With their business under such a direct threat, suing Universities is practically suicide. Publishers are cutting their own throats.
There is no evidence that patents actually encourage innovation and with the current situation of patent war in technology, it looks like patents do a lot more harm than good.
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 20 The Arsenal of Freedom
The entire population of the planet is destroyed by their own automated weapons system.
Since the only domestic plots the FBI foiled were ones they set up themselves, the military recently killed foreigners planning attacks from the middle east so I think we really don't have to worry that much about terrorism. People on planes have shown that they will react and subdue a would-be terrorist so that isn't a big concern. As far as I can tell, the whole terrorist ball of wax is just a make work project for law enforcement much like the war on drugs.
Python is hugely versatile, you can easily port C routines into Python. It's free and open source, what more could you ask for? I haven't used it but the IBM backed open source Eclipse IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment seems to be very popular.
Now we're going to fight over defensive weapons? The simple answer is to sell Russia some of the defensive missiles so they will not feel threatened by them. Yes they'll get our technology but at least they paid for it. If we don't sell it they'll steal it anyway.
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Look at Justin Beiber, no internet, no Justin. Also, the author of the article completely overlooks the fact that the largest downloaders are also the largest purchasers of entertainment. File trading has replaced radio as the medium of choice to find new music. If we eliminate file trading we also eliminate the path to the audience. People won't buy what they can't find or can't hear.
Enforcing intellectual property rights means charging us more for the same thing, that is against our interests. It is in the interests of entrenched players, they benefit from IP rights but the public just gets hosed by them. If we did away with the patent system competition would keep technology advancing. There is always a better way to do something and always someone willing to do it. Open source software proves this point. The patent system needs to be abolished and patent lawyers rendered into Soylent Green.
We need the engineers to create a peer to peer wifi net. With a node in almost every house and a cheap connection to the internet somewhere It could potentially eliminate both cable and phone companies! A national co-op to bargain as a group for internet backbone access could reduce the cost to nearly free and provide cell phone via wifi for free. Then we would only have to solve the problem of rural and distant connections. Maybe something like an infrared laser bouncing off a balloon in the stratosphere could provide coverage over distance cheaply.
This just analyses data and presents more data. Oooooh, who could have thought of that?
That wall keeps business out too. The problem with walls is that everything just grows around them and what's contained becomes irrelevant.
That is how it works. You have money to donate to politicians and politicians can make laws to benefit you. It's a win win situation for politicians and businesses but it isn't so good for everyone else.
The condescending attitude of the government is beginning to bother most people. I personally don't like being talked down to by idiots.
This looks more like Oracle using the courts to drive competitors from the market than to redress any kind of injury to itself. I think it's time for consumers to start suing corporations for anti-competitive behavior that customers end up paying for.
If you're not in Iran, stay out. Iran is run by paranoid idiots and no one is safe there.
Poor kid.
Scientific papers can be published online for next to no cost. With their business under such a direct threat, suing Universities is practically suicide. Publishers are cutting their own throats.
There is no evidence that patents actually encourage innovation and with the current situation of patent war in technology, it looks like patents do a lot more harm than good.
Star Trek: The Next Generation episode 20 The Arsenal of Freedom The entire population of the planet is destroyed by their own automated weapons system.
Since the only domestic plots the FBI foiled were ones they set up themselves, the military recently killed foreigners planning attacks from the middle east so I think we really don't have to worry that much about terrorism. People on planes have shown that they will react and subdue a would-be terrorist so that isn't a big concern. As far as I can tell, the whole terrorist ball of wax is just a make work project for law enforcement much like the war on drugs.
or does this result seem to say that widespread downloading of the movie drove increased numbers to the theater to see it on the big screen?
Python is hugely versatile, you can easily port C routines into Python. It's free and open source, what more could you ask for? I haven't used it but the IBM backed open source Eclipse IntegratedDevelopmentEnvironment seems to be very popular.
to 1984 and Soylent Green.
I think I'd believe the Syrians first.
Now we're going to fight over defensive weapons? The simple answer is to sell Russia some of the defensive missiles so they will not feel threatened by them. Yes they'll get our technology but at least they paid for it. If we don't sell it they'll steal it anyway.
Can't compete? Litigate!
A company only cares about money, if it can compete unfairly, it will. Regulation is necessary where competition is limited.
There would have been zero terrorist plots. Who's side are they on anyway?
I just can't understand why that isn't me!
If Britain blocks TPB legitimate sales will drop off because people won't be able to find music they want to buy.
Not to mention, if I was a terrorist, those surface to air missiles, already conveniently placed, would be the ideal target.