Thanks - I couldn't believe that I was the first to come up with this concept. I wonder if something like this is behind the move in the US to implement "Copyright" as soon as a work is written instead of published.
Hmmm... just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you;)
This was why I asked relative to country, since in Canada the relavent section is:
2.2 (1) For the purposes of this Act, "publication" means
(a) in relation to works,
(i) making copies of a work available to the public,
(ii) the construction of an architectural work, and
(iii) the incorporation of an artistic work into an architectural work, and
(b) in relation to sound recordings, making copies of a sound recording available to the public,
but does not include
(c) the performance in public, or the communication to the public by telecommunication, of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or a sound recording, or
(d) the exhibition in public of an artistic work.
Other than the US (and thanks all for the responses) are there any other countries where this is still an option?
I care. With RFID tags on the money in my wallet the store can figure out if I'm worth talking to, or worse yet, the local pickpocket can decide that I'm a good target - without even lifting a finger.
Others will probably care too - "hey, Mrs. Grundy wears a thong! - and its an old one too - purchsed from "bad girl's uderwear" in 1993 - pink with lace - here's a picture of it"
We're getting close to the Science Fiction world of mind reading - we can view what physical assets a person has without their knowing - and from a distance. All the bad things that might happen in such a situation will happen before the technology and its implications become "common knowledge" meaning "thought about during the course of one's daily activities"
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Thanks - I couldn't believe that I was the first to come up with this concept. I wonder if something like this is behind the move in the US to implement "Copyright" as soon as a work is written instead of published.
;)
Hmmm... just because you're paranoid doesn't mean they're not out to get you
2.2 (1) For the purposes of this Act, "publication" means
(a) in relation to works,
(i) making copies of a work available to the public,
(ii) the construction of an architectural work, and
(iii) the incorporation of an artistic work into an architectural work, and
(b) in relation to sound recordings, making copies of a sound recording available to the public, but does not include
(c) the performance in public, or the communication to the public by telecommunication, of a literary, dramatic, musical or artistic work or a sound recording, or
(d) the exhibition in public of an artistic work.
Other than the US (and thanks all for the responses) are there any other countries where this is still an option?
I care. With RFID tags on the money in my wallet the store can figure out if I'm worth talking to, or worse yet, the local pickpocket can decide that I'm a good target - without even lifting a finger.
Others will probably care too - "hey, Mrs. Grundy wears a thong! - and its an old one too - purchsed from "bad girl's uderwear" in 1993 - pink with lace - here's a picture of it"
We're getting close to the Science Fiction world of mind reading - we can view what physical assets a person has without their knowing - and from a distance. All the bad things that might happen in such a situation will happen before the technology and its implications become "common knowledge" meaning "thought about during the course of one's daily activities"