I'm not arguing against copyright laws in general, but I think our current laws are very bad. Automatic copyright is one problem. It creates a presumption of legal hassles for using anything. And the fact that copyrights no longer need to be registered and renewed creates another problem, orphaned works. Nobody can track down who owns a movie, so the original rots in a movie studio vault. Works will be lost to history because of our own stupidity. My point is not that copyrights shouldn't exist at all, but I that they have grown, like a malignant tumor, beyond any reasonable scope thanks to the influence of money on politics.
You are mistaken. In the United States, the vast majority of recorded works remain under copyright. It does not matter that nobody can contact the rightsholders to get permission, you can not use it. Thank Disney / Universal / Viacom / Time Warner / Fox for that one. The reality is that big media does not want to compete with the public domain.
Yeah, but just try getting at that content. It will be like scholarly journals. Anyone can search and find anything, but then you have to mortgage your house for an annual subscription to view the content. The promise of a true digital library is a long way off, so long as we have insane copyright laws.
It's especially a waste because aside from non-movie extras, all of those scenes could have been on the original dvds, with an option to include them. I considered buying Lord of the Rings on DVD, but the shameless money grubbing disgusts me.
Oh, and by the way British and English aren't interchangeable terms. For example, people from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands are British too.
I know, I was hedging my bets. So who does the queing thing ? Is it just the English, or is it the British in general ? What about football (soccer) hooligans ? I think everybody has a bit of that.
Don't you just love it how first posts are always modded redundant. I mean, all you did was make a comment. You expressed your opinion. I wonder, what is it that the moderator expected ?
I've noticed a lot of redundant mods lately, and negative mods in general. I think Slashdot should attach statistics to each story showing the percentage of positive versus negative mods. I would also like to see these statistics for editors, who have unlimited mod points. We should get to see how they were meta-modded as well. On one final note, Slashdot needs a forum to discuss issues like this, so that people don't have to resort to offtopic posts.
I think the point is that while you are stuck watching compiler output, you will have nothing better to do but switch to a different tty and read man pages.
I first switched to Gentoo because the bloody fonts "just worked". How sad is that. On a serious note, the user base is one major reason to stick with Gentoo. There is always excellent help and support in the forums, and snobby attitudes are kept in check.
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I'm not arguing against copyright laws in general, but I think our current laws are very bad. Automatic copyright is one problem. It creates a presumption of legal hassles for using anything. And the fact that copyrights no longer need to be registered and renewed creates another problem, orphaned works. Nobody can track down who owns a movie, so the original rots in a movie studio vault. Works will be lost to history because of our own stupidity. My point is not that copyrights shouldn't exist at all, but I that they have grown, like a malignant tumor, beyond any reasonable scope thanks to the influence of money on politics.
If they're programs I don't use, then yes :)
You are mistaken. In the United States, the vast majority of recorded works remain under copyright. It does not matter that nobody can contact the rightsholders to get permission, you can not use it. Thank Disney / Universal / Viacom / Time Warner / Fox for that one. The reality is that big media does not want to compete with the public domain.
Yeah, but just try getting at that content. It will be like scholarly journals. Anyone can search and find anything, but then you have to mortgage your house for an annual subscription to view the content. The promise of a true digital library is a long way off, so long as we have insane copyright laws.
Google Lawsuits ?
I'm having visions of Jar Jar, oh no!
Very well, good point. Do the extended editions have menu options to watch the original theatrical release ?
Our first baby is on the way,
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Are you sure it's yours ? I mean, look at what you do with your time
You know, the saddest thing is that I considered that when I was posting.
Well, keep in mind many of the suckers die prematurely. That's why we have the Darwin Awards.
It's especially a waste because aside from non-movie extras, all of those scenes could have been on the original dvds, with an option to include them. I considered buying Lord of the Rings on DVD, but the shameless money grubbing disgusts me.
You mean the king of rotk and roll ?
In Korea, only old people have seen all three extended editions. Seriously, it takes that long.
Oh, and by the way British and English aren't interchangeable terms. For example, people from Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland and the Channel Islands are British too.
I know, I was hedging my bets. So who does the queing thing ? Is it just the English, or is it the British in general ? What about football (soccer) hooligans ? I think everybody has a bit of that.
Well, don't feel too bad. Afterall, it's Slashdot. It's not like having an accurate article will make the people here any more informed :)
I will refer you to this guy's post.
..There is a sucker born every minute.
If that were true then humanity would be getting smarter. The birth rate is much higher now than it was during Barnum's time.
Next you'll be sued for depreciating the value of someone's moon land!
In related news, Slashdot has outsourced moderation to an infinite number of monkeys. Nobody seemed to notice. Yeah!
It just goes to show that the English will queue up for anything.
Don't you just love it how first posts are always modded redundant. I mean, all you did was make a comment. You expressed your opinion. I wonder, what is it that the moderator expected ?
I've noticed a lot of redundant mods lately, and negative mods in general. I think Slashdot should attach statistics to each story showing the percentage of positive versus negative mods. I would also like to see these statistics for editors, who have unlimited mod points. We should get to see how they were meta-modded as well. On one final note, Slashdot needs a forum to discuss issues like this, so that people don't have to resort to offtopic posts.
Gentoo is the name of a very fast type of penguin. George Lucas has no claim (he's too busy making turkeys).
I think the point is that while you are stuck watching compiler output, you will have nothing better to do but switch to a different tty and read man pages.
I first switched to Gentoo because the bloody fonts "just worked". How sad is that. On a serious note, the user base is one major reason to stick with Gentoo. There is always excellent help and support in the forums, and snobby attitudes are kept in check.
That's why in America we have Botox... oh wait.