Actually, in this case, the other company wasn't a troll. They had an actual selling product, and a growing business. Then worked with Microsoft for a time, then Microsoft copied the code, integrated it into/their/ product, and basically that was the end of the company.
Familiar story, but these guys managed to fight back; again, they are not patent trolls.
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If we can't laugh at death, then we are truly dead.
Would have modded you troll, but I decided a comment would serve better to educate you against the perils of bringing unneeded nationalism into things.
So - do you think Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Australia, and Britian, to name a few, are the equivalent to or worse than Hitler's Nazi Germany?
Personally, I think you're just ignorant of both recent and long-term history. Fortunatly, that can be cured by education, if you're willing to make the effort. You seem ignorant of both Nazi history, as well as the histories of nations in general, especially those called 'socialist' by those who don't know what the word means.
I understand that you believe the ideals you hold, but I don't think you've ever examined them. I hope you're willing to educate yourself, someday - you seem like an intelligent person, but you're missing quite a few (objective, verifiable) facts as to the reality of the world you life in.
Human nature to want to require the greatest value for the least effort. If the value of 20 Billioin exceeds the cost of going out and getting it, then it will be gotten.
I guess you've never used an iPod Touch or an iPhone then, huh? Outside, under full sun - clearly visible, unless of course the glass itself is reflecting the sun directly into your eyes - which happens with many surfaces.
Because of this tax, have I/already paid for/ any and all music I download?
If yes, then I don't mind it so much.
Actually, I do mind it - fuck them for preemtively thinking me guilty. But if they/are/ charging me for something I am not guilty of, then I will feel zero guilt for getting my money's worth.
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Why would they need to do that when they can just invent a list, and you have no way of proving otherwise?
Nuclear.
Comparatively cheap per megawatt, and per megawatt, the most enviromentally friendly power source we've yet discovered.
I get 5 new mod points every 24 hours whether I use them or not. Which is awesome, but I don't even come here all that often.
Actually, in this case, the other company wasn't a troll. They had an actual selling product, and a growing business. Then worked with Microsoft for a time, then Microsoft copied the code, integrated it into /their/ product, and basically that was the end of the company.
Familiar story, but these guys managed to fight back; again, they are not patent trolls.
If we can't laugh at death, then we are truly dead.
Do you think the same about music?
I did not realize until now how far Slashdot has fallen in it's attempt to become dig. A two-sentance summary linking to a youtube video?
This is ridiculous, kdawson should be ashamed, his bosses should be embarrassed, and the advertisers should be asking some difficult questions.
You're the /only person/ who's bringing nationalism /into it/.
Would have modded you troll, but I decided a comment would serve better to educate you against the perils of bringing unneeded nationalism into things.
Doesn't seem very neutral to me.
I live in Canada.
Does this mean, if this passes, that I'll be able to watch services such as Hulu, which are otherwise blocked to ISP's outside the USA?
Nope.
China and India will own the stars.
So?
Investigate the abuses.
If he is innocent, he has nothing to fear.
So, then, explain to me why it is impossible to use Google in a way that infringes copyright.
And, if you cannot, why then it is different from these other search providers.
You are incapable of doing so.
Are you saying 'because the left might break the law, it's okay for the right to break the law'?
Because that's paints you as a highly immoral person of just exactly the sort the left fears the right is comprised of.
ASCAP doesn't make money from sales.
They make money from licensing.
Huh.
So - do you think Canada, Switzerland, France, Germany, Austria, Australia, and Britian, to name a few, are the equivalent to or worse than Hitler's Nazi Germany?
Personally, I think you're just ignorant of both recent and long-term history. Fortunatly, that can be cured by education, if you're willing to make the effort. You seem ignorant of both Nazi history, as well as the histories of nations in general, especially those called 'socialist' by those who don't know what the word means.
I understand that you believe the ideals you hold, but I don't think you've ever examined them. I hope you're willing to educate yourself, someday - you seem like an intelligent person, but you're missing quite a few (objective, verifiable) facts as to the reality of the world you life in.
*blinks*
You're... comparing Barrak Obama to... Hitler?
Wow.
Why?
Well, why not?
You use more muscles for these than you do for passively sitting in a car or buss.
Human nature to want to require the greatest value for the least effort. If the value of 20 Billioin exceeds the cost of going out and getting it, then it will be gotten.
It's called a 'book'.
Also, it isn't a computer if it has a microphone, webcam, color screen, and the ability to connect to a global network. :)
You forget that as technology advances, so must our names for things.
That, and it sounds like, well, you wouldn't want the product - however, I, and I think many millions more, /do/, just as it is.
I guess you've never used an iPod Touch or an iPhone then, huh? Outside, under full sun - clearly visible, unless of course the glass itself is reflecting the sun directly into your eyes - which happens with many surfaces.
... don't have sex with bulbous protrusions on aliens?
What?
Because of this tax, have I /already paid for/ any and all music I download?
If yes, then I don't mind it so much.
Actually, I do mind it - fuck them for preemtively thinking me guilty. But if they /are/ charging me for something I am not guilty of, then I will feel zero guilt for getting my money's worth.