The thing is, if copyright is for the life of the author and that's it, then where is the incentive for people who don't have many years left to create copyrighted work?
Art made for money is usually not as interesting as art made out of fun, obsession, etc. If money is your muse, this will be clear in your art.
If the purpose of copyright law is not to provide equity but rather to create an incentive for people to produce new works, then why should the length of the copyright have anything to do with the length of the life of the author?
Because after the creator dies, no matter what incentive, he won't produce anything anymore.
What if the offending IP cannot be removed? Remember, this is not stolen code we're talking about, it's a patented idea. With the patent office rubber stamping just about anything, who knows what patents MS hold? Let's say they have something broad like "storing digital data on a magnetic data carrier". How can you then remove offending IP? Even if you rewrite the code, it still infringes on the idea that was patented.
This is one of the reasons why software patents are utter bullshit.
Did you miss the "under a month" part? Have you any idea how long NTFS has been a part of Windows? Do you not remember all those years that there was hardly a read-only driver? That there's a good ntfs reversed engineered driver, at long long last, is great. It should and could have been there years ago, though.
Content provider vs. access provider. On the one hand we have the websites, on the other the ISP. Now if a judge would rule youtube an access providing service, it would then follow it does not need to police the content it channels (see ISPs).
IANAL YMMV IMHO ETC
Sure, but how hard can it be? The OS is supposed to handle backwards apps compatibly, so that can't be the problem. Or are you telling me the Zune is not recognised as a storage device? Or might it be that the string comparison for OS in the Zune app does not let Vista pass through? So many ways to spin it.
Here's to hoping that the price schemes for music will never get as convoluted, untransparant and hard to figure as GSM or ADSL prices. There aren't any GSM people that just say: "If you call this many minutes, you pay this amount." It's always "In the weekends it's cheaper! Also at night! Also to friendly providers!" I don't know how my minutes are divided! I don't care and don't want to care about the provider of the person I'm calling! Usually when it says: this is cheaper, it means the other is more expensive (sic)! I just hope we're never going there with music. Then again, we probably will.
I've only used AVG and Avast, which both have free versions for home use. Avast is nicer looking but AVG seems quicker and more responsive. This is totally subjective non-tested grain-of-salt.
But seriously, who cares about what your player looks like? It's hardly ever on the screen anyway, it's just sitting there minimised to tray, catching my global hotkeys. When I want to add some more mp3s, I drag them into a window, done. The album browser isn't half bad either.
But yeah, if you don't want a superior sounding DRM-free light-memory-footprinted media player and you do want bells and whistles and shiny pictures, by all means. You're aware that you are on/. right? Not Digg?
If you didn't have support for your USB keyboard or mouse you had non-standard components. Albeit rare, some are out there.
I have a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and a Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000. I'll bet they're non-standard, but they are made by the same company that makes the OS. Still, I had to dig up a PS2 keyboard and go mouseless until I had my USB driver installed (which didn't even require the motherboard disk, just the Windows one...) And did I mention the unrecognised SATA disk? That needed the floppy drive attached?
And does that count for home offices too? What about my three computers? What about my two video-capable mobile phones? What about my video iPod? Those aren't bound to any location.
Flash-forward to a couple of years ago, when Bill sent out yet another all-hands memo, pointing the company in the direction of security. At first, we all laughed. But now it's becoming more and more obvious that they're taking security every bit as seriously as they once took the Internet. They are aiming to be the top of the heap in security, and they've got drive, ambition and aggression.
You are assuming that they got the internet "right" this time. IE 4 and 5 were good, from a user's point of view, IE 6 was OK for a while but then that other company came out with something that was so usable, so secure, so extendable, friendly...
By analogy, you're saying they're going to give it a good long coding session, get that security on the line, get it out there, spread the news that Vista is the securest windows to date (no kidding, this is news?) and then let it slide into oblivion just as they did with IE. How long has 6 been out now? When will 7 come out? Will it take them as long to update any security they come up with? So, code it, then sit back and rake it in.
So yes, if you were saying that, I totally agree with you.
I don't necessarily disagree with your other points here, but think about this one:
Just a quick exercise for you - try to calculate how much of the US economy depends on the Chinese economy.
There was a war in Iraq, which exports oil, one of the major (if not the single most) important parts of the US economy. Just saying it's not as black and white as that.
It makes a CD seem louder, therefore better. The logic is totally lost on me, I must be one of those hifi freaks who love "dynamics" and other audio voodoo. The effect can be reduced by using replaygain.
Now, there is a legitimate downside to being listed on Google News - all of your competitor news sources are also listed - right next to you.
It's called competition. Remember? The American dream? Rags to riches? David fighting Goliath and winning? The big NYT should know better than to rely on direct copies of Reuters and AP articles. I am not a reader, but I can imagine it has an edge over the local rag. If it doesn't win in a straight head to head comparison, like Google is offering, then why is it better? Why should it win my dollar/euro?
As for checking sources, local newspapers aren't three guys in a basement. And if they are, why shouldn't they check their sources? They would likely want to sell papers, and selling news without crap is the better business model (or at least, in a perfect world, sigh.) What's more, bigger newspapers are owned by bigger companies. I guess you can see where this is going. Political influence, some news is more important than other news, etc.
I can see that the model fails with authors. Although, producing a book is not as expensive (I would think) as producing an album, because basically you would only need a typewriter, paper, a proofreader, an editor, and a printing press. For the album, you need studio time, equipment for a band, a producer, mastering, cd press, packaging, etc. I think it is more costly to produce an album than it is to produce a book.
The point is that bands have a really good way to get known before they produce an album. They play live. This is how all albums have been made so far. Bands play live, play live some more, play live a LOT more, then maybe they get discovered and have the chance to record an album. Lots of bands that aren't discovered record albums too, just not as professionally.
I'd say it's easier for musicians to come up with a bunch of people to finance their new record because they're known beforehand. It would be harder for a writer, but then again, he can sit down and write the book, it's not like they don't all have jobs anyway. Only really successful writers/musicians/etc don't have jobs.
What's more, I don't think you need to give up on the dream either. So your album doesn't sell? The financial backers get it for free, ofcourse, and no-one else wants it? Too bad. What if it is a huge hit and gets bought by millions? How would that make the artist NOT successful? Why wouldn't the artist not get a share of that income? Must successfulness be counted in US $?
There is a website (damn, I cannot find the address anymore, I'll look it up) that does just this: you find the backers/investors, you get to record the album, the music is free online but can also be bought as a CD, the free online stuff is advertised, band and investors get a piece of the advertising revenue, a share goes to the site. The music remains the property of the artist. That is the new model.
Power consumption? This thing draws MORE power than your PC? I don't think so. That's exactly why this thing is good for home use. You really don't need the extra 200 Watt at night. You know, the ozon layer and all.
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Because after the creator dies, no matter what incentive, he won't produce anything anymore.
What if the offending IP cannot be removed? Remember, this is not stolen code we're talking about, it's a patented idea. With the patent office rubber stamping just about anything, who knows what patents MS hold? Let's say they have something broad like "storing digital data on a magnetic data carrier". How can you then remove offending IP? Even if you rewrite the code, it still infringes on the idea that was patented.
This is one of the reasons why software patents are utter bullshit.
Did you miss the "under a month" part? Have you any idea how long NTFS has been a part of Windows? Do you not remember all those years that there was hardly a read-only driver? That there's a good ntfs reversed engineered driver, at long long last, is great. It should and could have been there years ago, though.
Content provider vs. access provider. On the one hand we have the websites, on the other the ISP. Now if a judge would rule youtube an access providing service, it would then follow it does not need to police the content it channels (see ISPs). IANAL YMMV IMHO ETC
Sure, but how hard can it be? The OS is supposed to handle backwards apps compatibly, so that can't be the problem. Or are you telling me the Zune is not recognised as a storage device? Or might it be that the string comparison for OS in the Zune app does not let Vista pass through? So many ways to spin it.
But I agree, spin it is.
I always wondered if that was the sound of Steve Balmer wanting to be someone else... You know the one. He's also called Steve.
Here's to hoping that the price schemes for music will never get as convoluted, untransparant and hard to figure as GSM or ADSL prices. There aren't any GSM people that just say: "If you call this many minutes, you pay this amount." It's always "In the weekends it's cheaper! Also at night! Also to friendly providers!" I don't know how my minutes are divided! I don't care and don't want to care about the provider of the person I'm calling! Usually when it says: this is cheaper, it means the other is more expensive (sic)!
I just hope we're never going there with music. Then again, we probably will.
I've only used AVG and Avast, which both have free versions for home use. Avast is nicer looking but AVG seems quicker and more responsive. This is totally subjective non-tested grain-of-salt.
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You sound like you're proud of it.
/. right? Not Digg?
But seriously, who cares about what your player looks like? It's hardly ever on the screen anyway, it's just sitting there minimised to tray, catching my global hotkeys. When I want to add some more mp3s, I drag them into a window, done. The album browser isn't half bad either.
But yeah, if you don't want a superior sounding DRM-free light-memory-footprinted media player and you do want bells and whistles and shiny pictures, by all means. You're aware that you are on
Ever used OSX?
(To which your obvious reply would be: "Ever used Windows Vista?")
I have a Microsoft Ergonomic Keyboard 4000 and a Microsoft Laser Mouse 6000. I'll bet they're non-standard, but they are made by the same company that makes the OS. Still, I had to dig up a PS2 keyboard and go mouseless until I had my USB driver installed (which didn't even require the motherboard disk, just the Windows one...)
And did I mention the unrecognised SATA disk? That needed the floppy drive attached?
And does that count for home offices too? What about my three computers? What about my two video-capable mobile phones? What about my video iPod? Those aren't bound to any location.
http://www.boingboing.net/2006/01/04/drawing_inter face_fo.html
Still cool, but it's flopped in the Flickr Community because it's not that good at actually finding the pictures. It's more colour based than shape based.
There's not text here either.
Though I think the GP is right, most every version of Windows was better than the last one.
You are assuming that they got the internet "right" this time. IE 4 and 5 were good, from a user's point of view, IE 6 was OK for a while but then that other company came out with something that was so usable, so secure, so extendable, friendly...
By analogy, you're saying they're going to give it a good long coding session, get that security on the line, get it out there, spread the news that Vista is the securest windows to date (no kidding, this is news?) and then let it slide into oblivion just as they did with IE. How long has 6 been out now? When will 7 come out? Will it take them as long to update any security they come up with? So, code it, then sit back and rake it in.
So yes, if you were saying that, I totally agree with you.
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Microsoft United States Dollars?
There was a war in Iraq, which exports oil, one of the major (if not the single most) important parts of the US economy. Just saying it's not as black and white as that.
It makes a CD seem louder, therefore better. The logic is totally lost on me, I must be one of those hifi freaks who love "dynamics" and other audio voodoo. The effect can be reduced by using replaygain.
Now, there is a legitimate downside to being listed on Google News - all of your competitor news sources are also listed - right next to you.
It's called competition. Remember? The American dream? Rags to riches? David fighting Goliath and winning? The big NYT should know better than to rely on direct copies of Reuters and AP articles. I am not a reader, but I can imagine it has an edge over the local rag. If it doesn't win in a straight head to head comparison, like Google is offering, then why is it better? Why should it win my dollar/euro?
As for checking sources, local newspapers aren't three guys in a basement. And if they are, why shouldn't they check their sources? They would likely want to sell papers, and selling news without crap is the better business model (or at least, in a perfect world, sigh.) What's more, bigger newspapers are owned by bigger companies. I guess you can see where this is going. Political influence, some news is more important than other news, etc.
The site in question is Sell A Band.
I can see that the model fails with authors. Although, producing a book is not as expensive (I would think) as producing an album, because basically you would only need a typewriter, paper, a proofreader, an editor, and a printing press. For the album, you need studio time, equipment for a band, a producer, mastering, cd press, packaging, etc. I think it is more costly to produce an album than it is to produce a book.
The point is that bands have a really good way to get known before they produce an album. They play live. This is how all albums have been made so far. Bands play live, play live some more, play live a LOT more, then maybe they get discovered and have the chance to record an album. Lots of bands that aren't discovered record albums too, just not as professionally.
I'd say it's easier for musicians to come up with a bunch of people to finance their new record because they're known beforehand. It would be harder for a writer, but then again, he can sit down and write the book, it's not like they don't all have jobs anyway. Only really successful writers/musicians/etc don't have jobs.
What's more, I don't think you need to give up on the dream either. So your album doesn't sell? The financial backers get it for free, ofcourse, and no-one else wants it? Too bad. What if it is a huge hit and gets bought by millions? How would that make the artist NOT successful? Why wouldn't the artist not get a share of that income? Must successfulness be counted in US $?
There is a website (damn, I cannot find the address anymore, I'll look it up) that does just this: you find the backers/investors, you get to record the album, the music is free online but can also be bought as a CD, the free online stuff is advertised, band and investors get a piece of the advertising revenue, a share goes to the site. The music remains the property of the artist. That is the new model.
DMCA anyone? You REALLY don't have that right.
Power consumption? This thing draws MORE power than your PC? I don't think so.
That's exactly why this thing is good for home use. You really don't need the extra 200 Watt at night. You know, the ozon layer and all.