Can anyone expect a national patent system not to favor patents of domestic origin over those of foreign origin? Even if in the end, the foreign party wins, there is plenty of red tape that can be thrown in the way. At the very least, isn't this be considered a act of loyalty to the tax paying domestic patent holders?
Nigel: This is a top to aâ"you know, what we use on stage, but it's very, very special because if you can see...
Marty: Yeah...
Nigel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board.
Marty: Ahh...oh, I see....
Nigel: Eleven...eleven...eleven....
Marty:..and most of these amps go up to ten....
Nigel: Exactly.
Marty: Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here...all the way up...all the way up....
Marty: Yeah....
Nigel:...all the way up. You're on ten on your guitar.. where can you go from there? Where?
Marty: I don't know....
Nigel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
[pause]
Nigel: These go to eleven.
If 600 downloads constitutes piracy, then where do you draw the line? 100 tracks? 5? Just one?
I own hundreds of CDs. If i decided to download every single track, rather than rip them myself, i'd be downloading 1000's of files. If i downloaded them all in a single day, i'd be in this person's situation.
I'm not implying that piracy wasn't involved, but i can think of at least one situation where it wasn't. (granted this is according to my own definition of piracy) Once RIAA wins this case, the likelyhood of a repeated situation is high.
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Can anyone expect a national patent system not to favor patents of domestic origin over those of foreign origin? Even if in the end, the foreign party wins, there is plenty of red tape that can be thrown in the way. At the very least, isn't this be considered a act of loyalty to the tax paying domestic patent holders?
Nigel: This is a top to aâ"you know, what we use on stage, but it's very, very special because if you can see... ..and most of these amps go up to ten.... ...all the way up. You're on ten on your guitar.. where can you go from there? Where?
Marty: Yeah...
Nigel: The numbers all go to eleven. Look...right across the board.
Marty: Ahh...oh, I see....
Nigel: Eleven...eleven...eleven....
Marty:
Nigel: Exactly.
Marty: Does that mean it's...louder? Is it any louder?
Nigel: Well, it's one louder, isn't it? It's not ten. You see, most, most blokes, you know, will be playing at ten. You're on ten here...all the way up...all the way up....
Marty: Yeah....
Nigel:
Marty: I don't know....
Nigel: Nowhere. Exactly. What we do is if we need that extra push over the cliff, you know what we do?
Marty: Put it up to eleven.
Nigel: Eleven. Exactly. One louder.
Marty: Why don't you just make ten louder and make ten be the top number and make that a little louder?
[pause] Nigel: These go to eleven.
i hope that toasters used in this manner get retired from toasting food products.
If 600 downloads constitutes piracy, then where do you draw the line? 100 tracks? 5? Just one?
I own hundreds of CDs. If i decided to download every single track, rather than rip them myself, i'd be downloading 1000's of files. If i downloaded them all in a single day, i'd be in this person's situation.
I'm not implying that piracy wasn't involved, but i can think of at least one situation where it wasn't. (granted this is according to my own definition of piracy) Once RIAA wins this case, the likelyhood of a repeated situation is high.