If the "cost" of Samba were 1c, they could still give out free copies - many commerical products are given out for free, e.g. to reviewers.
They could give a free copy to any user of their FTP or websites (or any of their affiliates - i.e. mirrors).
Or they could charge $0.01 for a licence to distribute it.
I can't help thinking how easy it would be for someone with a mobile card-reader to walk through a crowd. I don't know if there's anything on the card to notify when to activate, but if not, it's a free for all.
I had a look 'round, and found American Express has a similar product, called "ExpressPay" (google it) - shaped like a key fob, rather than a card (much better, I would have thought). Their website makes no reference to anything else needing to be done. A scammer need simply swipe the machine past a user's pocket.I assume these cards are probably the same - swipe your scanner past someone's purse or pocket.
Also, does the reader indicate clearly what you're about to be charged? "That'll be $20", the clerk said, ringing up $200. I've had it done to me. I don't know if it was on purpose...
>If you are reviewing a book, or reviewing a >newspaper/magazine/article, this idea is >problematic, ESPECIALLY if there is alot to be >quoted from a source.
I think 1% is a reasonable amount, especially for a book. I have a fairly average-sized book here, 450 pages. What kind of review is going to quote 4.5 pages worth?
In the case of an article, it's harder, of course, being shorter. Perhaps allow a minimum of 100 words?
As for determening if a rip is legal or not: If a rip is legal, you still have the origonal. Even if it's damaged.
1. Copyright should be easy, and cheap. Big business should not have an advantage over the little guy. This means:
* No charge to register
* No need to register
* Copyright lawyers paid for by the government
2. Copyright should encourage creative works. Creators should be able to make BIG BUCKS (if their work is good, of course).
3. Expiry: There is a long set expiry date (e.g. 100 years). BUT! to remain in copyright, published sales in the last 1 year must total more than 1% of the highest sales year. This means anything that goes out of print will become public domain. Conversely, anything given away for free (or still in developement) will remain copyright for a very long time.
4. When a person receives a work under copyright (e.g. purchase or gift), they may do anything to it at all FOR THEIR OWN USE. Copy it, convert it, make derivative works, blow their nose with it. Both the media and the art is theirs to do with as they please.
5. Parody, review, and criticism may make use of no more than 1% of the origonal, for them to be distributed to others.
6. A person who owns a copy of a copyrighted work may give or loan that work to any other person. They then have *NO RIGHT* to possess or use that work (until it is returned), including any copies made under section 4.
7. No copyright holder may do anything to block any of the rights any other person has (e.g. CSS). No person may do anything to block a copyright holder from their work (as Nikon did in their RAW format). No copyright holder may dictate how a person views their work (e.g. MacroVision).
8. Any person may make unlimited references to a copyrighted work (which includes machine-readable references, and web links), provided that no data from the origonal work is included. This means also that derivative works may be distributed by saying "my video clip, then the first 10 seconds of this movie, then...", though a viewer would need to own a copy of the work to put the bits back together.
9. Any person distributing (illegal) copies of copyrighted work will be fined the (retail) cost of a new copy for each copy sold. Any person caught in possession of a illegally copied work will be required to buy a legal copy, and pay a fine (about the cost of a legal copy).
10. Copyright owners must make available on request, at no cost, a historic account of sales income for products sold, for any product still in copyright. They can, of course, withhold that information by admitting the work is in the public domain.
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I saw "Christian Science", "Cold fusion" and "unusual crystal" together in the same article, and triggered my "pseudoscience" flag....
If the "cost" of Samba were 1c, they could still give out free copies - many commerical products are given out for free, e.g. to reviewers. They could give a free copy to any user of their FTP or websites (or any of their affiliates - i.e. mirrors). Or they could charge $0.01 for a licence to distribute it.
I can't help thinking how easy it would be for someone with a mobile card-reader to walk through a crowd. I don't know if there's anything on the card to notify when to activate, but if not, it's a free for all.
I had a look 'round, and found American Express has a similar product, called "ExpressPay" (google it) - shaped like a key fob, rather than a card (much better, I would have thought). Their website makes no reference to anything else needing to be done. A scammer need simply swipe the machine past a user's pocket.I assume these cards are probably the same - swipe your scanner past someone's purse or pocket.
Also, does the reader indicate clearly what you're about to be charged? "That'll be $20", the clerk said, ringing up $200. I've had it done to me. I don't know if it was on purpose...
>If you are reviewing a book, or reviewing a >newspaper/magazine/article, this idea is >problematic, ESPECIALLY if there is alot to be >quoted from a source.
I think 1% is a reasonable amount, especially for a book. I have a fairly average-sized book here, 450 pages. What kind of review is going to quote 4.5 pages worth?
In the case of an article, it's harder, of course, being shorter. Perhaps allow a minimum of 100 words?
As for determening if a rip is legal or not: If a rip is legal, you still have the origonal. Even if it's damaged.
1. Copyright should be easy, and cheap. Big business should not have an advantage over the little guy. This means:
* No charge to register
* No need to register
* Copyright lawyers paid for by the government
2. Copyright should encourage creative works. Creators should be able to make BIG BUCKS (if their work is good, of course).
3. Expiry: There is a long set expiry date (e.g. 100 years). BUT! to remain in copyright, published sales in the last 1 year must total more than 1% of the highest sales year. This means anything that goes out of print will become public domain. Conversely, anything given away for free (or still in developement) will remain copyright for a very long time.
4. When a person receives a work under copyright (e.g. purchase or gift), they may do anything to it at all FOR THEIR OWN USE. Copy it, convert it, make derivative works, blow their nose with it. Both the media and the art is theirs to do with as they please.
5. Parody, review, and criticism may make use of no more than 1% of the origonal, for them to be distributed to others.
6. A person who owns a copy of a copyrighted work may give or loan that work to any other person. They then have *NO RIGHT* to possess or use that work (until it is returned), including any copies made under section 4.
7. No copyright holder may do anything to block any of the rights any other person has (e.g. CSS). No person may do anything to block a copyright holder from their work (as Nikon did in their RAW format). No copyright holder may dictate how a person views their work (e.g. MacroVision).
8. Any person may make unlimited references to a copyrighted work (which includes machine-readable references, and web links), provided that no data from the origonal work is included. This means also that derivative works may be distributed by saying "my video clip, then the first 10 seconds of this movie, then...", though a viewer would need to own a copy of the work to put the bits back together.
9. Any person distributing (illegal) copies of copyrighted work will be fined the (retail) cost of a new copy for each copy sold. Any person caught in possession of a illegally copied work will be required to buy a legal copy, and pay a fine (about the cost of a legal copy).
10. Copyright owners must make available on request, at no cost, a historic account of sales income for products sold, for any product still in copyright. They can, of course, withhold that information by admitting the work is in the public domain.