Arent you allowed to make a 'backup copy' of software in the US without being in violation of copyright laws?
... there's little real difference between that and the arguement over canadian file sharing. Anyone who thinks different is just making a new ignorant EXCUSE to copy music.
On the otherhand the fact that we pay a levy on blank media to compensate the music industry, even on media that is not used for pirating music is a great REASON to copy music.
Drop the excuses, no need for them when there are great reasons out there.
Actually the first fusion reactor that produced more energy than it consumed was deployed in 1951 or 1952 (i forget)... its called the Hydrogen bomb, you know, the big blasty thing who's father passed away recently.
Now what we really want is a fusion reactor that releases more energy than it consumes... in a controllable fashion.
yes, lets all spend billions on ideas, then go bankrupt by giving away the knowledge for free for someone else to make money from.
if the inventors can't benefit from their inventions, by at least recovering what it cost to develop the idea, all progress stops whether its open source or not.
The thing he built is only found in 'top notch' instituitions because only they have the money to waste on a museum artifact like this.
This is no hoax, its an effect that has been known for many decades. It's just that no one, not even this guy have found a way to produce excess energy from it (as in producing more energy that it consumes in triggering the fusion)
This clever guy just happened to do it himself.
Its no big deal, no huge discovery, just an interesting scientific device. - Something to make the ignorant masses wonder how there couldnt be enough power to meet the US's demands during the big black out when we mastered fusion energy years ago.
The tinkerer deserves a pat on the back for making it work, however he deserves no prizes. He merely repeated well known science rather than doing something new.
Heck, I'd be growing diamonds in my back yard if I could afford to buy the super huge vintage world war 2 press at an industrial site down the road from me... but they'd just be an inefficient curiosity too.
Absolutely.
However, Canada has not paid one penny to the recording industry. the gov is sitting on all that collected money.
Of course when they do hand out the money, it will just open yet another scam way for the US gov to put unfair tariffs on imported Canadian goods because it would mean we are subsidising our record industry.
I'm sure if you look at the thousands of pages of text in the nafta agreement, you'll see that copyright issues are dealt with.
And even if it isn't dealt with, The US will still do as it pleases, knowing that they can stall the apeal process for years while disregarding all notices of unfair trade practices put on them by the WTO and others... forever trying to force US laws outside US borders.
Happens in every industry... look at wheat for example, the US government increased the SUBSIDY to american grain farmers by around $50billion US a year or so ago, then turns around and ups the tariff on Canadian grain because supposedly Canada is evil for having a central grain board (not a subsidy, but a system through which our grain is marketed around the world).
Look at the Sugar industry. One of the first tariffs ever created by the US, over 200 years ago was to protect Sugar. Thanks to the tariff limiting affordable imports, raw sugar is 29cents a pound in the US compared to 12cents a pound in Canada... yet US lawmakers are mad at Canada because large consumers of raw sugar (the makers of Lifesavers for example) are moving their factories to Canada!
Have no fear, regardless of any laws, the US government will still define for you what it means to pirate music.
Seems Someone didnt read the article at the start of the thread.
The important part that was left out of the article is the fact that the government is sitting on the money, not handing it out to the music industry.
But I don't mind that so much, pisses me off so much that I have to pay the music levee for blank CDs used to back up my data.
And its far from 'invisible', the levee adds at least a third to the price of a stack of CD's.
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Arent you allowed to make a 'backup copy' of software in the US without being in violation of copyright laws?
... there's little real difference between that and the arguement over canadian file sharing. Anyone who thinks different is just making a new ignorant EXCUSE to copy music.
On the otherhand the fact that we pay a levy on blank media to compensate the music industry, even on media that is not used for pirating music is a great REASON to copy music.
Drop the excuses, no need for them when there are great reasons out there.
Bah!
you just need to find a better proxy server.
there is more to the world than the USA. your laws dont apply here.
Actually the first fusion reactor that produced more energy than it consumed was deployed in 1951 or 1952 (i forget) ... its called the Hydrogen bomb, you know, the big blasty thing who's father passed away recently.
... in a controllable fashion.
Now what we really want is a fusion reactor that releases more energy than it consumes
Utah yes, cold fusion no. It's a high temperature plasma confined electrostaticly.
yes, lets all spend billions on ideas, then go bankrupt by giving away the knowledge for free for someone else to make money from.
if the inventors can't benefit from their inventions, by at least recovering what it cost to develop the idea, all progress stops whether its open source or not.
The thing he built is only found in 'top notch' instituitions because only they have the money to waste on a museum artifact like this.
i do believe todays buzword for a group of these must involve the word 'grid'
This is no hoax, its an effect that has been known for many decades. It's just that no one, not even this guy have found a way to produce excess energy from it (as in producing more energy that it consumes in triggering the fusion)
... but they'd just be an inefficient curiosity too.
This clever guy just happened to do it himself.
Its no big deal, no huge discovery, just an interesting scientific device. - Something to make the ignorant masses wonder how there couldnt be enough power to meet the US's demands during the big black out when we mastered fusion energy years ago.
The tinkerer deserves a pat on the back for making it work, however he deserves no prizes. He merely repeated well known science rather than doing something new.
Heck, I'd be growing diamonds in my back yard if I could afford to buy the super huge vintage world war 2 press at an industrial site down the road from me
Absolutely.
However, Canada has not paid one penny to the recording industry. the gov is sitting on all that collected money.
Of course when they do hand out the money, it will just open yet another scam way for the US gov to put unfair tariffs on imported Canadian goods because it would mean we are subsidising our record industry.
I'm sure if you look at the thousands of pages of text in the nafta agreement, you'll see that copyright issues are dealt with. And even if it isn't dealt with, The US will still do as it pleases, knowing that they can stall the apeal process for years while disregarding all notices of unfair trade practices put on them by the WTO and others... forever trying to force US laws outside US borders. Happens in every industry ... look at wheat for example, the US government increased the SUBSIDY to american grain farmers by around $50billion US a year or so ago, then turns around and ups the tariff on Canadian grain because supposedly Canada is evil for having a central grain board (not a subsidy, but a system through which our grain is marketed around the world).
Look at the Sugar industry. One of the first tariffs ever created by the US, over 200 years ago was to protect Sugar. Thanks to the tariff limiting affordable imports, raw sugar is 29cents a pound in the US compared to 12cents a pound in Canada ... yet US lawmakers are mad at Canada because large consumers of raw sugar (the makers of Lifesavers for example) are moving their factories to Canada!
Have no fear, regardless of any laws, the US government will still define for you what it means to pirate music.
Seems Someone didnt read the article at the start of the thread. The important part that was left out of the article is the fact that the government is sitting on the money, not handing it out to the music industry. But I don't mind that so much, pisses me off so much that I have to pay the music levee for blank CDs used to back up my data. And its far from 'invisible', the levee adds at least a third to the price of a stack of CD's.