Of course not! Didn't you know? Patents and copyrights promote innovation. I theeenk. Isn't that the way it works? C'mon all you IP guys...show some support. All this patenting and copyrighting is bound to give us our supersonic mag-lev pods, the end of poverty and hunger, and world peace any time now.
It seems that you're more interested in protecting an industry we no longer need than the people who feed that industry. Where you get this crazy thought that people think that artists shouldn't get paid, I have no idea. Some of us are just ing saying they can make their money just like the rest of us...by performing. I could care less what the industry has to content with. Screw 'em, and the dumb asses their sign their soul away in the hopes of some royal, red carpet, Hollywood treatment. That's part of the problem. Too many creaters think that they're somehow higher up than everybody else and deserve special treatment and privileges.
Wireless internet was invented because it was necessary. Just like electricity. Or are you just mad because it's not necessary for you??...at this time?
If we start trying to guarantee our corporations profits...
IF??? Lessee...Airline bailouts, Chrysler bailout, Halliburton, petroleum, farmers, IP law, corporate welfare in the form of low or no taxes, or outright subsidies... War is a pretty good way to guarantee profits...need I go on? At least Europe is a bit more open about it. The Americans are trying to doing behind everybody's back.
But what gives the government the right to squash any private business just because they believe they can do the job better?
The voters that the gov't is supposed to represent. That's what, or who as the case may be. And if the voters want to "squash any private business"(wouldn't happen that way) as you put it, then they have exactly those rights. Pretty simple in a democracy. I don't know why you would consider real competition as "squashing". I'd rather squash the monopoies than protect them as we do now.
All prohibitions and thus the creation of "contraband" funds terrorism. That's the purpose of prohibition. It's to keep hidden profits off the books and to fund illegal operations. Used by govrnments, corporations and "terrorists" alike. See? It's win-win for everybody...except you and me.
They're stepping on the toes of large, multi-national corporations many of whom have major media holdings and could make life very, very painful for the US government.
Now you know why alcohol prohibition was repealed. The gov't won't repeat that mistake. They are putting on a nice show, however. I wouldn't expect any large media corporation to take on any kind of cause against the gov't as long as their monopolies are protected.
The scarcity is in those capable of converting IDEAS into useful PRODUCTS or SERVICES.
That's totally bogus. There's plenty of those capable of converting IDEAS into useful products and services. IP only makes it more difficult because somebody who beat them to the punch in registering it. IP rewards the first, not necessarily the best. So all progress grinds to a halt until the IP rights expire. Being first should NOT bring exclusivity. It's this exclusivity that creates the scarcity. and, as I've pointed out before, all scarcities or shortages of anything are nothing more than a disagreement over the price, or, in this case, a result of law.
You may have the same ideas as me (as Thomas Jefferson mentioned), but that doesn't make you capable of putting it into a useful form...
I may have the same ideas as you, but that should not grant you the authority to prohibit me from "putting it into a useful form". Again that's what creates the scarcity.
The problem with software (any information) as a product is that there is no scarcity, it's easy to copy and make more.
That's why we have copyright...to create that scarcity. We can travel to virtually any spot on the planet within 24 hours, but getting the permits can take years. It's insane. We make everything so difficult for the benefit of a tiny minority. Why do you all suppose that is?
The US and Great Britain are locked in! They have always been locked in. Since the monent they set foot in these shores. Don't believe for a second that the US is really independant. The US is Pinky(should be obvious). The UK is the Brain. And we all know what they have planned for tomorrow...
An 80-year-old couple is having trouble remembering things, so they go to the doctor to make sure there's nothing wrong. After an exam, the doctor says, "You're physically okay, but you guys might want to start writing notes to help you remember things." That night they're watching TV when the old man gets up from his chair. His wife says, "Where are you going?" He says, "I'm going to the kitchen to get a glass of water." She says, "Will you get me some Vanilla ice cream?" He says, "All right." She says, "Don't you think you should write it down?" He says, "I don't have to write it down. Vanilla ice cream." She says, "And could I have strawberries and whipped cream?" He says, "All right." She says, "Don't you think you should write it down?" He says, "I don't have to write it down.Vanilla ice cream with strawberries and whipped cream." Twenty minutes later he walks in and hands her a plate of bacon and eggs. She says, "You forgot my fucking toast."
It's too bad the the technologies that enable the fair use case also enable the more clearly criminal case.
No it's not. It's only too bad that people use said technology for criminal purposes. Don't blame the tech. It's supposed to be how we use it. And in the case of IP law, like prohibition, the criminal is not so easily defined.
I've been saying for some time now that the only people that will lose out to P2P are the street vendors. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they are the ones who went crying to the ??AAs about how they're losing customers to this P2P thing. We need to understand here that the street vendors and the content producers have a very strong relationship. The vendors are helping the studios acquire and maintain mindshare, especially in places where people have no intention of paying full price. They only distribute big money making films or music. You don't see much real indy content bootlegging. So the content is still under studio control. Their stuff is the only stuff on peoples' minds. Very effective indeed. And now we need to turn IP law into a national security issue in order to get people to go along. This may effectively cut off any real anti-IP movement as being "anti-American". It worked for McCarthy, and it still works today.
Only half voted rebuplican. The other half that voted democrat effectively stated that they also approve of the present gov't and what it's doing. If you vote for either of the majors, you are voting not to change a thing. DHS, DMCA, the patriot act, the war, prohibition, etc would continue unabated. Only one percent voted against the majors.
To me that's a good thing. It means that the program won't be bought out by some big parasitic corp. That will help to insure that do-it-yourself distribution is available to everyone.
Unfortunate, though, that it can't be used as a shining, piracy free star in an otherwise ugly niche of the internet.
Nor should it be restricted in such a way. There's nothing necessarily ugly about unauthorized distribution. You can be illegal and still be beautiful:-)
Seriously, spend money on fixing the outdated media distribution channels and piracy will stop being worth it.
Please! This isn't about piracy! This is an industry trying to save itself from DIY publishing and distribution. This piracy thing is a really good distraction, apparently. It seems to have clouded almost everybody's vision of what's really at stake. If piracy is so rampant, why is the industry making record amounts of money every year?? The new Star Wars flick is in the Guiness Book, and yet these ninnies are crying about Bittorrent. Screw 'em. We just need to build more resistant systems. This should be our unified goal, and we need to resist frivilous diversions like this.
If it is only used for illegal stuff, then there are better chances that it will be attacked.
Great! Let's hope all those attacks help to make a bigger, stronger Bittorrent. It is through these attacks that we can build up resistance. Just like in biology.
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the real end of innovation in videogames?"
Of course not! Didn't you know? Patents and copyrights promote innovation. I theeenk. Isn't that the way it works? C'mon all you IP guys...show some support. All this patenting and copyrighting is bound to give us our supersonic mag-lev pods, the end of poverty and hunger, and world peace any time now.
It seems that you're more interested in protecting an industry we no longer need than the people who feed that industry. Where you get this crazy thought that people think that artists shouldn't get paid, I have no idea. Some of us are just ing saying they can make their money just like the rest of us...by performing. I could care less what the industry has to content with. Screw 'em, and the dumb asses their sign their soul away in the hopes of some royal, red carpet, Hollywood treatment. That's part of the problem. Too many creaters think that they're somehow higher up than everybody else and deserve special treatment and privileges.
Hey! I know! Let's take a vote! You do believe in democracy, don't you?
Wireless internet was invented because it was necessary. Just like electricity. Or are you just mad because it's not necessary for you??...at this time?
If we start trying to guarantee our corporations profits...
IF??? Lessee...Airline bailouts, Chrysler bailout, Halliburton, petroleum, farmers, IP law, corporate welfare in the form of low or no taxes, or outright subsidies... War is a pretty good way to guarantee profits...need I go on? At least Europe is a bit more open about it. The Americans are trying to doing behind everybody's back.
But what gives the government the right to squash any private business just because they believe they can do the job better?
The voters that the gov't is supposed to represent. That's what, or who as the case may be. And if the voters want to "squash any private business"(wouldn't happen that way) as you put it, then they have exactly those rights. Pretty simple in a democracy. I don't know why you would consider real competition as "squashing". I'd rather squash the monopoies than protect them as we do now.
Therefore fighting piracy funds terrorism.
All prohibitions and thus the creation of "contraband" funds terrorism. That's the purpose of prohibition. It's to keep hidden profits off the books and to fund illegal operations. Used by govrnments, corporations and "terrorists" alike. See? It's win-win for everybody...except you and me.
The most credible explanation, which fits the observed facts, is that America WANTS to keep a terrorist war going. But WHY?
I only ask because I want to know.
Please...that's too easy. The US is THE world's largest arms dealer(pusher). If everybody's at peace, who's going to buy your guns and bullets??
They're stepping on the toes of large, multi-national corporations many of whom have major media holdings and could make life very, very painful for the US government.
Now you know why alcohol prohibition was repealed. The gov't won't repeat that mistake. They are putting on a nice show, however. I wouldn't expect any large media corporation to take on any kind of cause against the gov't as long as their monopolies are protected.
The scarcity is in those capable of converting IDEAS into useful PRODUCTS or SERVICES.
That's totally bogus. There's plenty of those capable of converting IDEAS into useful products and services. IP only makes it more difficult because somebody who beat them to the punch in registering it. IP rewards the first, not necessarily the best. So all progress grinds to a halt until the IP rights expire. Being first should NOT bring exclusivity. It's this exclusivity that creates the scarcity. and, as I've pointed out before, all scarcities or shortages of anything are nothing more than a disagreement over the price, or, in this case, a result of law.
You may have the same ideas as me (as Thomas Jefferson mentioned), but that doesn't make you capable of putting it into a useful form...
I may have the same ideas as you, but that should not grant you the authority to prohibit me from "putting it into a useful form". Again that's what creates the scarcity.
The problem with software (any information) as a product is that there is no scarcity, it's easy to copy and make more.
That's why we have copyright...to create that scarcity. We can travel to virtually any spot on the planet within 24 hours, but getting the permits can take years. It's insane. We make everything so difficult for the benefit of a tiny minority. Why do you all suppose that is?
We'll make a new one. How many people are killing themselves because there's no hockey this year?
Once the US and Great Britain are locked in...
The US and Great Britain are locked in! They have always been locked in. Since the monent they set foot in these shores. Don't believe for a second that the US is really independant. The US is Pinky(should be obvious). The UK is the Brain. And we all know what they have planned for tomorrow...
Thank God both countries contain (some) sane people!
Too bad none of them are getting voted into office.
The only *really* safe way to browse is probably to use telnet...
The internet is just like sex. Abstinence is the only way to be safe. If you must browse, just stick to your local drives...if you know what I mean.
An 80-year-old couple is having trouble remembering things, so they go
to the doctor to make sure there's nothing wrong.
After an exam, the doctor says, "You're physically okay, but you guys
might want to start writing notes to help you remember things."
That night they're watching TV when the old man gets up from his chair.
His wife says, "Where are you going?"
He says, "I'm going to the kitchen to get a glass of water."
She says, "Will you get me some Vanilla ice cream?"
He says, "All right."
She says, "Don't you think you should write it down?"
He says, "I don't have to write it down. Vanilla ice cream."
She says, "And could I have strawberries and whipped cream?"
He says, "All right."
She says, "Don't you think you should write it down?"
He says, "I don't have to write it down.Vanilla ice cream with
strawberries and whipped cream."
Twenty minutes later he walks in and hands her a plate of bacon and
eggs.
She says, "You forgot my fucking toast."
Actually, the Controlled Substances Act will be ammended to include information. It's a match made in heaven.
It's too bad the the technologies that enable the fair use case also enable the more clearly criminal case.
No it's not. It's only too bad that people use said technology for criminal purposes. Don't blame the tech. It's supposed to be how we use it. And in the case of IP law, like prohibition, the criminal is not so easily defined.
I've been saying for some time now that the only people that will lose out to P2P are the street vendors. It wouldn't surprise me at all if they are the ones who went crying to the ??AAs about how they're losing customers to this P2P thing. We need to understand here that the street vendors and the content producers have a very strong relationship. The vendors are helping the studios acquire and maintain mindshare, especially in places where people have no intention of paying full price. They only distribute big money making films or music. You don't see much real indy content bootlegging. So the content is still under studio control. Their stuff is the only stuff on peoples' minds. Very effective indeed. And now we need to turn IP law into a national security issue in order to get people to go along. This may effectively cut off any real anti-IP movement as being "anti-American". It worked for McCarthy, and it still works today.
...if the card worked 100% fine with 16 pipelines they would have sold it that way.
A lot of equipment is sold with diminished capacity to cover up possible defects.
was actually thinking of putting Intel chips(ugh!) into their machines, these are just the kind of things I would expect this man to say.
Only half voted rebuplican. The other half that voted democrat effectively stated that they also approve of the present gov't and what it's doing. If you vote for either of the majors, you are voting not to change a thing. DHS, DMCA, the patriot act, the war, prohibition, etc would continue unabated. Only one percent voted against the majors.
...and will make some larger backers step away.
:-)
To me that's a good thing. It means that the program won't be bought out by some big parasitic corp. That will help to insure that do-it-yourself distribution is available to everyone.
Unfortunate, though, that it can't be used as a shining, piracy free star in an otherwise ugly niche of the internet.
Nor should it be restricted in such a way. There's nothing necessarily ugly about unauthorized distribution. You can be illegal and still be beautiful
Seriously, spend money on fixing the outdated media distribution channels and piracy will stop being worth it.
Please! This isn't about piracy! This is an industry trying to save itself from DIY publishing and distribution. This piracy thing is a really good distraction, apparently. It seems to have clouded almost everybody's vision of what's really at stake. If piracy is so rampant, why is the industry making record amounts of money every year?? The new Star Wars flick is in the Guiness Book, and yet these ninnies are crying about Bittorrent. Screw 'em. We just need to build more resistant systems. This should be our unified goal, and we need to resist frivilous diversions like this.
If it is only used for illegal stuff, then there are better chances that it will be attacked.
Great! Let's hope all those attacks help to make a bigger, stronger Bittorrent. It is through these attacks that we can build up resistance. Just like in biology.