this sort of blatant infringement (especially of newer characters such as Shrek) is outrageous.
Meh, big deal. Personally I see China's views on intellectual property to be quite progressive. The idea of owning information is absurd and inhibits artistic, social, economic, and scientific development. Is it any wonder that the nation which respects intellectual property the least has seen the most explosive growth over the past few decades?
Corporate espionage is no excuse for demanding a potential employee give up certain fundamental rights in exchange for employment (or possible employment).
How will Australian ISPs know when one of their clients is a music thief? I would imagine a music thief wouldn't have access to the internet, otherwise he'd just download music instead of stealing music CDs from stores.
if you want a real news site where the posters have learnt to toughen up a bit fark.com is the go
Yeah, but Fark doesn't have threaded posts. The "discussions", if you will, are rarely anything more than attempts at humor and trolling. It's more of a "fire-and-forget" messageboard where you try to say something clever and be done with it.
Calling attention to the arrogance of proclaiming the president of the USA to be leader of all the free nations of the world is Flamebait? Or was I just modded down for not kowtowing to the mantra of "The POTUS rules the world".
And Americans wonders why the rest of the world hates them...
Missteps made today could have grave consequences for the future, particularly when it comes to consumers' willingness to pay for movies and television shows online...
I think you mean "Missteps made ten years ago". It's a little late to be worrying about people expecting movies and TV shows online to be free.
Copyright doesn't make sense in a digital society. It can still apply to physical copies of works, sure (at a more realistic time frame -- say two to five years), but copyright should not apply to digital copies of information. It just doesn't make sense and only serves to hamper the arts and sciences.
Um, no it isn't. As someone qualified to talk about the effects of such drugs, I can assure you they do not alter a person's morality. These drugs act like a mask over a person. They alter behavior, sure -- addressing the symptoms of a mental/emotional issue and not the cause -- but do not alter who the person is. At least, that's my intimate experience with such drugs.
Also, it's interesting that you use the word "fix", presuming that the thing in question went from a state of 'worse' to 'better'. What's the moral basis for this judgment of how 'good' someone's change in morality is?
As to whether morality is biological or not, I doubt something like that can be answered by anyone who denies the possiblility of the existence of a being higher than man. I've known of complete and sudden changes in a person's morality that can't be explained through biological phenomena.
Why is it that whenever a woman does anything noteworthy the first response here on slashdot is whether or not she is hot/doable/marryable, etc. What is wrong with you people?
I imagine it's because these women have already proven themselves to be desirable on an intellectual level via their accomplishments, so the next step in mate selection in physical attractiveness. Having a hot girl who's also smart is the holy grail of the male geek libido.
When one is on a message board that's [presumably] dominated by single males, what else would one expect?
An appropriate punishment for DMCA (and related) abuse should be the immediate surrender of the IP in question into the public domain (in addition to a large fine and compensation paid to the victim, of course).
Let's start punishing corporations for abusing the law
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How soon until the drums of revolution stir?
Meh, big deal. Personally I see China's views on intellectual property to be quite progressive. The idea of owning information is absurd and inhibits artistic, social, economic, and scientific development. Is it any wonder that the nation which respects intellectual property the least has seen the most explosive growth over the past few decades?
Corporate espionage is no excuse for demanding a potential employee give up certain fundamental rights in exchange for employment (or possible employment).
The good will and decency of our elected officials.
What can the West really do against the enlightened view of IP that China appears to have? We'll have to face the music sooner or later.
Step 1. Nuke Washington D.C.
Step 2. ?
Step 3. Democracy!
How will Australian ISPs know when one of their clients is a music thief? I would imagine a music thief wouldn't have access to the internet, otherwise he'd just download music instead of stealing music CDs from stores.
Has anyone suggested just getting rid of the cameras?
You ask that as if our Litigation Industry is some sort of "Justice System". Living in a capitalist democracy, you should know better.
Yeah, but Fark doesn't have threaded posts. The "discussions", if you will, are rarely anything more than attempts at humor and trolling. It's more of a "fire-and-forget" messageboard where you try to say something clever and be done with it.
Calling attention to the arrogance of proclaiming the president of the USA to be leader of all the free nations of the world is Flamebait? Or was I just modded down for not kowtowing to the mantra of "The POTUS rules the world".
And Americans wonders why the rest of the world hates them...
I know. I'm implying that it's a bad one.
There is no "leader of the free world".
I think I speak for everyone when I say there are far too many letter 'V's in the summary. Let's tone it down, eh, Zonk?
Rest assured that decades of evidence have shown this won't happen.
I think you mean "Missteps made ten years ago". It's a little late to be worrying about people expecting movies and TV shows online to be free.
I suggest the phrase "online reputation" instead.
I'm esick to ideath of words being made up to describe the same old thing only ONLINE ZOMG!!!1!
Copyright doesn't make sense in a digital society. It can still apply to physical copies of works, sure (at a more realistic time frame -- say two to five years), but copyright should not apply to digital copies of information. It just doesn't make sense and only serves to hamper the arts and sciences.
Going for the +5 Funny moderation, eh? ;-)
Um, no it isn't. As someone qualified to talk about the effects of such drugs, I can assure you they do not alter a person's morality. These drugs act like a mask over a person. They alter behavior, sure -- addressing the symptoms of a mental/emotional issue and not the cause -- but do not alter who the person is. At least, that's my intimate experience with such drugs.
Also, it's interesting that you use the word "fix", presuming that the thing in question went from a state of 'worse' to 'better'. What's the moral basis for this judgment of how 'good' someone's change in morality is?
As to whether morality is biological or not, I doubt something like that can be answered by anyone who denies the possiblility of the existence of a being higher than man. I've known of complete and sudden changes in a person's morality that can't be explained through biological phenomena.
Easy: tell him how the music industry works.
I imagine it's because these women have already proven themselves to be desirable on an intellectual level via their accomplishments, so the next step in mate selection in physical attractiveness. Having a hot girl who's also smart is the holy grail of the male geek libido.
When one is on a message board that's [presumably] dominated by single males, what else would one expect?
It's pretty lame that they're trying to blame GTA for stuff like that. I was beating up hookers and taking their money *way* before GTA came out.
What a waste of a perfectly good dog.
An appropriate punishment for DMCA (and related) abuse should be the immediate surrender of the IP in question into the public domain (in addition to a large fine and compensation paid to the victim, of course). Let's start punishing corporations for abusing the law