If you sit down and sketch a mouse that is "inspired by" Mickey Mouse, it doesn't have to be a perfect copy for it to be infringing.
Wrong. It has to be a perfect copy. Obviously if you add a pimple to the exact copy, it will be infringing. There is some standard to how much novelty is required to make a non-infringing work, but you can certainly make a non-infringing inspired-by mouse.
You're making shit up. Copyright is very simple. Copyright doesn't protect ideas. (Patents don't protect ideas either btw, no law does.) It doesn't even protect likeness! Copyright only protects the exact image, the exact sound, and the exact text. That's it. You are allowed to cite text without breaking copyright. You're allowed to mix sound and art also without breaking copyright. You're basically not allowed to cut-n-paste things verbatim. That's it.
So if you draw something that is reminiscent of pac-man but isn't a direct cut-n-paste of the original graphic, it's not a copyright violation. It's that simple.
There is no such thing as "IP." IP is a bogus concept that doesn't exist in law. It's more like a dream of some greedy people rather than reality. The dream is that virtual things and ideas could be privatized. It won't happen.
If what you're saying is true, that means many competent engineers will naturally arrive at the same design. So if that's even copyrightable, it shouldn't be. It's like trying to copyright a single, naturally arising solution to an integral that any competent mathematician will arrive it, and yes, it can be a hard integral to solve. It's hard precisely because there is only one solution and all competent people find the same solution.
It's called bureaucracy, folks. In other words, the workers are sick of the procedural bullshit, various bullshit memos, useless uninformative emails that border on irrelevancy to the actual job, and things like that. Read the article.
It's a shame LexisNexis called it "information rage." The right name for this phenomenon is "bureaucracy rage."
I guess LexisNexis wanted a synergistic term that inspires forward-looking confluence of business values, hence "information rage" signifier.
I don't know about the others, but I've been on slashdot for a while, and I am not anti-union. I am pro-small-business but I am also pro-employee and pro-fairness, anti-big-corp, anti-software patent, anti-closed markets (think iPad or iPhone app markets) and if businesses are being dicks, they deserve to be crushed, sometimes by any means necessary. I support most strikes, but I also recognize that unions can get corrupt. The intention behind unions is a noble one and I generally support them, because the big businesses and the big corps are certainly out to crush and milk the worker for every last drop of blood they can get.
So maybe you shouldn't be in a big hurry to talk about bastions and whatnot. Unless we do a poll we really don't know what people support here.
This is a disappointment. The only game I want is Metal Gear, and it won't be out at launch. So I won't be buying 3DS at launch. I'll probably get it when Metal Gear comes out. It would be nice if it had a couple of first rate RPGs instead of Zelda, which I would describe as action/adventure/puzzle.
I am highly skeptical of Microsoft. I think I'll look at changing my mind when I see some Microsoft cash cow, like MS Office, released to run natively on Linux. Even then, this would need to be solid and consistent for 10 years straight. Then I'll be convinced that Microsoft bears no ill will toward Linux and the open source community.
I chose this career to ENJOY it not to be treated like a McDonalds employee
Of course it's completely wrong to treat McDonalds or any other employees that way. The way our society just keeps referring to McDonalds in a way you have done is a sign of how sick our business culture is.
The problem with Wii is that it lacks good games. Wii hardware is good enough. Sure, it's not the best, but it's OK. Wii controllers are broken, but you can get a classic controller to fix them. The real problem is that Wii has no games besides a few, for a very narrow market niche. How many people these days want to play Mario? And Zelda? Among RPG fans, Zelda is not a huge hit. It's kind of a boring game. Zelda can in no way compare to Fallout 3 (never mind 2, etc.), Oblivion, and even Final Fantasy 12. Arguably Zelda is better than FF13, but only because 13 was so terrible.
So the problem is that Nintendo games are boring have beens of the past, and their 3rd party support is limited and the games focus on gimmickry and waggliness above all else.
And I don't think Nintendo is going to be fixing their software any time soon. So making Wii 2 will not help them in the least. People already know to avoid buying Wii. Many people's Wii is currently gathering dust.
You simply cannot sell game concepts. In fact, you cannot sell any concepts.
I am somewhat familiar with a movie industry, and while in theory you could pitch a concept, and there are even conventions designed for pitching concepts, in reality chances are you won't be able to. People who have the money to implement concepts usually have plenty of their own pet concepts to worry about. For better or for worse, they don't want your concept. 99.99% of all concepts are old hat in the movie industry, and a very hard sell.
With games, your best bet is to write the whole game, and market it yourself. There is no easy money. You want to avoid doing the heavy lifting and just get rewarded upfront. Ain't gonna happen. Stop being lazy and develop your game.
Copyright terms are way too long. The original 14 years plus a 14 year extension was sane. So originally, someone who republished the word after 15 years (assuming no extension was filed) was not a thief. It was not a criminal. That behavior later got unfairly criminalized. So calling someone a "thief" in a case like this is bad, because one's a "thief" only due to a bad law.
Since the parent was complaining about the flaws in Copyright law, I'm assuming the parent didn't have someone who is obviously immoral in mind.
What if you copy some data for a personal backup? That's moral. It's also legal in many countries around the world, even if you must break copy protection mechanisms to make that personal backup. What about giving a copy to a friend? Is that fair use? Is that moral? Many people think it is.
So when you call someone a "thief" you must be careful. Just because the law criminalizes a behavior does not automatically mean that behavior is immoral.
This whole "flip it around" idiom doesn't work well for me. I am a very unusual person. I know if I was an owner, I wouldn't be an ass, I would not only accept criticism, but would solicit it. I would make sure that if the policy doesn't work for me, then it can't work for anyone, but if it works for others, it better work for me too. In other words, if having my computer backed up is too onerous for me, I would assume it was also too onerous for my employees. On the other hand, if something is not a big imposition and has good benefits, I expect everyone, including myself, to follow it. I would basically eat my own dog food.
Since I am a great person, unlike most business owners, saying "flip it around" just doesn't work for me. I know that if an employee came up to me and criticized me, it wouldn't be a career ending move. But that's just me.
Alienating anyone in the field is a very bad idea, because it WILL come back to bite you eventually, and you never know who might prove useful down the line.
If what you are saying is true, please explain then, why do companies feel free to alienate workers en masse?
I can tell from the way you put together your post that you're a self-absorbed moron who has no talent, no skill and no experience other than passing the time.
It's fn hilarious that you advice people to put their ego aside. The irony is delicious.
At best you may be a decent salesman of yourself, or in other words, a whore.
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Bullshit. Please cite the codex of the law that allows copyright of characters. I'm waiting.
If you sit down and sketch a mouse that is "inspired by" Mickey Mouse, it doesn't have to be a perfect copy for it to be infringing.
Wrong. It has to be a perfect copy. Obviously if you add a pimple to the exact copy, it will be infringing. There is some standard to how much novelty is required to make a non-infringing work, but you can certainly make a non-infringing inspired-by mouse.
You're making shit up. Copyright is very simple. Copyright doesn't protect ideas. (Patents don't protect ideas either btw, no law does.) It doesn't even protect likeness! Copyright only protects the exact image, the exact sound, and the exact text. That's it. You are allowed to cite text without breaking copyright. You're allowed to mix sound and art also without breaking copyright. You're basically not allowed to cut-n-paste things verbatim. That's it.
So if you draw something that is reminiscent of pac-man but isn't a direct cut-n-paste of the original graphic, it's not a copyright violation. It's that simple.
There is no such thing as "IP." IP is a bogus concept that doesn't exist in law. It's more like a dream of some greedy people rather than reality. The dream is that virtual things and ideas could be privatized. It won't happen.
Why are we supposed to buy this again instead of getting something made of paper?
I don't. I get all my books on paper. ebooks are raw deal.
If what you're saying is true, that means many competent engineers will naturally arrive at the same design. So if that's even copyrightable, it shouldn't be. It's like trying to copyright a single, naturally arising solution to an integral that any competent mathematician will arrive it, and yes, it can be a hard integral to solve. It's hard precisely because there is only one solution and all competent people find the same solution.
It's called bureaucracy, folks. In other words, the workers are sick of the procedural bullshit, various bullshit memos, useless uninformative emails that border on irrelevancy to the actual job, and things like that. Read the article.
It's a shame LexisNexis called it "information rage." The right name for this phenomenon is "bureaucracy rage."
I guess LexisNexis wanted a synergistic term that inspires forward-looking confluence of business values, hence "information rage" signifier.
No fucks were made available that day.
To be fair, closed source has all the disadvantages and no advantages over FOSS.
I don't know about the others, but I've been on slashdot for a while, and I am not anti-union. I am pro-small-business but I am also pro-employee and pro-fairness, anti-big-corp, anti-software patent, anti-closed markets (think iPad or iPhone app markets) and if businesses are being dicks, they deserve to be crushed, sometimes by any means necessary. I support most strikes, but I also recognize that unions can get corrupt. The intention behind unions is a noble one and I generally support them, because the big businesses and the big corps are certainly out to crush and milk the worker for every last drop of blood they can get.
So maybe you shouldn't be in a big hurry to talk about bastions and whatnot. Unless we do a poll we really don't know what people support here.
This is a disappointment. The only game I want is Metal Gear, and it won't be out at launch. So I won't be buying 3DS at launch. I'll probably get it when Metal Gear comes out. It would be nice if it had a couple of first rate RPGs instead of Zelda, which I would describe as action/adventure/puzzle.
I am highly skeptical of Microsoft. I think I'll look at changing my mind when I see some Microsoft cash cow, like MS Office, released to run natively on Linux. Even then, this would need to be solid and consistent for 10 years straight. Then I'll be convinced that Microsoft bears no ill will toward Linux and the open source community.
Also, a politician who says "I once believe this, but changed my mind because of this, and now I believe this", is promptly removed from office.
You mean like Robert Carlyle Byrd of West Virginia?
Professional shills. You bet your ass corps monitor sites like this one. It's called "public perception management."
Besides, the Chinese and Asian in general are quite relaxed people.
I just wanted to provide a counterpoint about the "relaxed" nature of the Chinese people, from Chinese people themselves:
http://www.chinasmack.com/2010/pictures/guns-in-america-wal-marts-chinese-netizen-reactions.html
I chose this career to ENJOY it not to be treated like a McDonalds employee
Of course it's completely wrong to treat McDonalds or any other employees that way. The way our society just keeps referring to McDonalds in a way you have done is a sign of how sick our business culture is.
Unfortunately Facebook's power is in that everyone uses it
That used to be MySpace's power. Oh wait...
The problem with Wii is that it lacks good games. Wii hardware is good enough. Sure, it's not the best, but it's OK. Wii controllers are broken, but you can get a classic controller to fix them. The real problem is that Wii has no games besides a few, for a very narrow market niche. How many people these days want to play Mario? And Zelda? Among RPG fans, Zelda is not a huge hit. It's kind of a boring game. Zelda can in no way compare to Fallout 3 (never mind 2, etc.), Oblivion, and even Final Fantasy 12. Arguably Zelda is better than FF13, but only because 13 was so terrible.
So the problem is that Nintendo games are boring have beens of the past, and their 3rd party support is limited and the games focus on gimmickry and waggliness above all else.
And I don't think Nintendo is going to be fixing their software any time soon. So making Wii 2 will not help them in the least. People already know to avoid buying Wii. Many people's Wii is currently gathering dust.
You simply cannot sell game concepts. In fact, you cannot sell any concepts.
I am somewhat familiar with a movie industry, and while in theory you could pitch a concept, and there are even conventions designed for pitching concepts, in reality chances are you won't be able to. People who have the money to implement concepts usually have plenty of their own pet concepts to worry about. For better or for worse, they don't want your concept. 99.99% of all concepts are old hat in the movie industry, and a very hard sell.
With games, your best bet is to write the whole game, and market it yourself. There is no easy money. You want to avoid doing the heavy lifting and just get rewarded upfront. Ain't gonna happen. Stop being lazy and develop your game.
Copyright terms are way too long. The original 14 years plus a 14 year extension was sane. So originally, someone who republished the word after 15 years (assuming no extension was filed) was not a thief. It was not a criminal. That behavior later got unfairly criminalized. So calling someone a "thief" in a case like this is bad, because one's a "thief" only due to a bad law.
Since the parent was complaining about the flaws in Copyright law, I'm assuming the parent didn't have someone who is obviously immoral in mind.
What if you copy some data for a personal backup? That's moral. It's also legal in many countries around the world, even if you must break copy protection mechanisms to make that personal backup. What about giving a copy to a friend? Is that fair use? Is that moral? Many people think it is.
So when you call someone a "thief" you must be careful. Just because the law criminalizes a behavior does not automatically mean that behavior is immoral.
This whole "flip it around" idiom doesn't work well for me. I am a very unusual person. I know if I was an owner, I wouldn't be an ass, I would not only accept criticism, but would solicit it. I would make sure that if the policy doesn't work for me, then it can't work for anyone, but if it works for others, it better work for me too. In other words, if having my computer backed up is too onerous for me, I would assume it was also too onerous for my employees. On the other hand, if something is not a big imposition and has good benefits, I expect everyone, including myself, to follow it. I would basically eat my own dog food.
Since I am a great person, unlike most business owners, saying "flip it around" just doesn't work for me. I know that if an employee came up to me and criticized me, it wouldn't be a career ending move. But that's just me.
Alienating anyone in the field is a very bad idea, because it WILL come back to bite you eventually, and you never know who might prove useful down the line.
If what you are saying is true, please explain then, why do companies feel free to alienate workers en masse?
Corporations with policies of only using IE.
Corps are starting to melt on this one. They move slowly, but they do move eventually.
What if you believe that human resources is a useless department, and you want to explain why so. How do you go about doing it?
Why does he sound like an asshole? I don't get that impression.
I can tell from the way you put together your post that you're a self-absorbed moron who has no talent, no skill and no experience other than passing the time.
It's fn hilarious that you advice people to put their ego aside. The irony is delicious.
At best you may be a decent salesman of yourself, or in other words, a whore.