Not if the original copyright owner sold the new owners the code under a different licence (which ONLY the copyright holder is able to do). The new owner would have the rights to the code without the GPL license. Then they can make their version closed source and wouldn't have to contribute back any updates they make. The original GPL version still exists and can be modified by others but the new owners would have a copy of the source code under a different license and can make their version closed source.
I've gotten something similar. If I use my debit/credit card as a credit card instead of asking for my PIN it asks for my ZIP code. Only happens at a few Gas Stations so far.
I don't see how this stops the effects of supply and demand. If we were talking about a necessity here (food, water, etc) then yea they could charge anything they want. The RIAA may be a monopoly but they can't charge "what they want". At some price people will stop buying CD's. They CAN however charge more they they would if the music industry was truely competitive.
Until recently I would have agreed completely with you about the dubbing quality. My friend and I used to hate to have to wait for the subtitled VHS to come out since the dubbed versions always seem to come out first. We refused to watch the dubbed one (this is before DVD's were around which have both dubbed and subtitled versions). However the dubs seem to be getting better (Inuyasha on Adult Swim being a good example. I can't stand the Japanese voice actors when I watch them on the DVD's, especially the one they have for Shippo). I think that the various companies either started hiring decent voice actors or the actors started wising up that not just kids were watching this stuff. Not really sure but the quality of dubbing today is light years better than a decade ago. It's still pick and choose but it's not so universially bad as before.
I would have also agreed with you about people not watching a movie because they have to "read" it. That was until I got married. My wife is not a native english speaker but she loves anime's. However she's not able to keep up with the subtitles so it's an act of fustration for her. With dubbed versions she can follow along.
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Not if the original copyright owner sold the new owners the code under a different licence (which ONLY the copyright holder is able to do). The new owner would have the rights to the code without the GPL license. Then they can make their version closed source and wouldn't have to contribute back any updates they make. The original GPL version still exists and can be modified by others but the new owners would have a copy of the source code under a different license and can make their version closed source.
I've gotten something similar. If I use my debit/credit card as a credit card instead of asking for my PIN it asks for my ZIP code. Only happens at a few Gas Stations so far.
I don't see how this stops the effects of supply and demand. If we were talking about a necessity here (food, water, etc) then yea they could charge anything they want. The RIAA may be a monopoly but they can't charge "what they want". At some price people will stop buying CD's. They CAN however charge more they they would if the music industry was truely competitive.
Until recently I would have agreed completely with you about the dubbing quality. My friend and I used to hate to have to wait for the subtitled VHS to come out since the dubbed versions always seem to come out first. We refused to watch the dubbed one (this is before DVD's were around which have both dubbed and subtitled versions). However the dubs seem to be getting better (Inuyasha on Adult Swim being a good example. I can't stand the Japanese voice actors when I watch them on the DVD's, especially the one they have for Shippo). I think that the various companies either started hiring decent voice actors or the actors started wising up that not just kids were watching this stuff. Not really sure but the quality of dubbing today is light years better than a decade ago. It's still pick and choose but it's not so universially bad as before.
I would have also agreed with you about people not watching a movie because they have to "read" it. That was until I got married. My wife is not a native english speaker but she loves anime's. However she's not able to keep up with the subtitles so it's an act of fustration for her. With dubbed versions she can follow along.