How is a private corporation that has to make money to continue its existence going to compete with a government organization that has little to no accountability?
And MS is oozing accountability? After all, they were found guilty of anti-competitive business practices and were punished with . . . punished with what, exactly?
. . . a new system is emerging called Regional Code Enhancement.
This system adds another layer of security to select Region One discs - preventing them from being played on region-free DVD players.
But a more likely scenario is that Region Coding will be abandoned altogether . . .
Since when have the media cartels ever actually learned their lessons?
I find it much more likely that they will simply be more restrictive with their security.
JanneM is completely right--Ken Lay _never_ stayed overnight at the Clinton White House.
For those of you who believe the parent jackass, snopes has a great writeup on the numerous lies being spread about Clinton's supposed ties to Ken Lay.
Clinton did many, many things wrong--he was not a faithful husband, and he let down both his wife and his daughter with his philandering; however, he is _not_ an evil man. Why people blame him for everything from 9-11 to corporate scandals is simply beyond my understanding.
This was modded flamebait, but he's completely right. When's the last time the majority of the population was _really_ up in arms about anything? It's like we've been fscked over so much by these monopolies that we don't know how to get mad anymore. And by "we", I don't mean the slashdot community, but the public at large.
But then we'd have to live in Canada. I don't think those of us from the USA could adjust to living in a country that's not hated by 90% of the world's population.
Well thought out. I take issue with one point, however.
Completely false. Go buy a copy of Romeo and Juliet in any bookstore in the country. alt.sex.stories contains daily stories involving sexual activities with children under age.
A man was recently jailed for writing fictional stories about sex with children. Admittedly, he had been previously jailed for molesting real children, but this newest sentence was based strictly on his fictional writings. I'm afraid I can't give you a reference right at the moment; I'm at work and there's no way I'm going to google something that might get me fired.
The bill only mentions "copyright owner" so it technically passes costitutional muster, I suppose (IANAL, blah, blah, blah).
However, what would most likely happen if Joe Corpyrightowner trashed a computer owned by big business is that he'd get slammed by about a hundred bigtime lawyers who would file a suit for counterdamages.
Joe would get screwed and go broke (reverse that order if he's sent to prison).
That same part of the bill jumped out at me, too. Now I just can't decide who's stupider: The media cartels for taking so long to call in their bribes with our elected officials, our elected officials for not even being able to craft an airtight bill for their media masters, or the public for letting things get this far out of hand.
I mean, seriously, there should be some major outrage over this, but I'd probably die of shock if I ever saw a story about this on the evening news.
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Indeed, the way of democracy is that when enough corporations are inconvenienced, a law can be changed.
Hey, waitaminute . . .
We provide welfare and unlimited funding for people who are poor, and take away a reason to try to get a job.
What "unlimited funding" are you talking about? Isn't the govt always bragging about how many people they've kicked off the welfare rolls?
That post was so "Money", baby!
There's no reason the government should be monopolizing business opportunities . . .
Exactly. Private enterprise is performing admirably in this regard already.
How is a private corporation that has to make money to continue its existence going to compete with a government organization that has little to no accountability?
And MS is oozing accountability? After all, they were found guilty of anti-competitive business practices and were punished with . . . punished with what, exactly?
. . . a new system is emerging called Regional Code Enhancement. This system adds another layer of security to select Region One discs - preventing them from being played on region-free DVD players. But a more likely scenario is that Region Coding will be abandoned altogether . . .
Since when have the media cartels ever actually learned their lessons? I find it much more likely that they will simply be more restrictive with their security.
That's why movies > 2 hours need a freaking intermission.
The only way to get one modded up in this joint is to post AC. (rimshot)
Politicians are just as good at what they do as geeks are at what they do.
/. can code better than your typical politician can lie?
Hell, they're better! How many folks on
Bailouts are over? What about the airlines?
If you count the rich getting richer and the poor getting poorer as working, then yes it did a bang-up job of that.
JanneM is completely right--Ken Lay _never_ stayed overnight at the Clinton White House.
For those of you who believe the parent jackass, snopes has a great writeup on the numerous lies being spread about Clinton's supposed ties to Ken Lay.
Clinton did many, many things wrong--he was not a faithful husband, and he let down both his wife and his daughter with his philandering; however, he is _not_ an evil man. Why people blame him for everything from 9-11 to corporate scandals is simply beyond my understanding.
Intellectual property is to porperty as fools gold is to real gold
:)
(borrowed from a sig seen on slashdot).
Of course your source was slashdot. Why else would "property" be spelled wrong?
This was modded flamebait, but he's completely right. When's the last time the majority of the population was _really_ up in arms about anything? It's like we've been fscked over so much by these monopolies that we don't know how to get mad anymore. And by "we", I don't mean the slashdot community, but the public at large.
Heck, I didn't even need google for this one: link
But then we'd have to live in Canada. I don't think those of us from the USA could adjust to living in a country that's not hated by 90% of the world's population.
Oh yeah, like NASA has any money as it is.
This is a great site--nothing beats their Encyclopedia Brown parodies.
Well thought out. I take issue with one point, however.
Completely false. Go buy a copy of Romeo and Juliet in any bookstore in the country. alt.sex.stories contains daily stories involving sexual activities with children under age.
A man was recently jailed for writing fictional stories about sex with children. Admittedly, he had been previously jailed for molesting real children, but this newest sentence was based strictly on his fictional writings. I'm afraid I can't give you a reference right at the moment; I'm at work and there's no way I'm going to google something that might get me fired.
What happens when the pal you want to lend a file to doesn't have a Zip drive?
And the market is actually doing what's best for everyone -- those 700 people could be better utlized doing something else.
Like standing in the unemployment line?
I don't know. Most QA Depts aren't anywhere near that large *rimshot*
(Disclaimer: QA is what I do for a living; I've got "joke immunity")
Remember when Mojo kept all the doughnuts to himself?
Homer: Stop that! You're a helper monkey! This isn't helping!
The bill only mentions "copyright owner" so it technically passes costitutional muster, I suppose (IANAL, blah, blah, blah). However, what would most likely happen if Joe Corpyrightowner trashed a computer owned by big business is that he'd get slammed by about a hundred bigtime lawyers who would file a suit for counterdamages.
Joe would get screwed and go broke (reverse that order if he's sent to prison).
That same part of the bill jumped out at me, too. Now I just can't decide who's stupider: The media cartels for taking so long to call in their bribes with our elected officials, our elected officials for not even being able to craft an airtight bill for their media masters, or the public for letting things get this far out of hand.
I mean, seriously, there should be some major outrage over this, but I'd probably die of shock if I ever saw a story about this on the evening news.