I say, if a company (or whatever) wants to clone and sell animals for food, they should just be able to prove that the cloned animal is 100% genetically identical to the original. If such a test can't be done at this time, or such an accuracy rate can't be achieved (assuming it's reasonable; I'm no genetical biologimist) then wait until it is.
I said "They're already paying you to do your job."
If you wanted or expected more, you should have asked for it up front. It amazes me that people complain about not getting something they didn't ask for in the first place.
I guess that means tipping a waiter is out of the question then, huh?
Sure, you'll have all types of mix-ins and exciting mashups and derivative works for the first few years, but who is going to invest in the next Star Wars?
You're right. After years of online video piracy we have yet to see any new Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi.
What's that?
They made three more Star Wars movies since online movie sharing became prolific?
B-b-b-but my argument!
Information sharing has been going on for decades (cassette tapes, VHS, internet, etc) and it has not appreciably reduced the market for any commercial media like movies and music. If anything, it has increased it. This "no one is going to make any more movies/music if copyright doesn't last until infinity+1" nonsense just simply doesn't hold up to decades of evidence.
Limited copyright is good. What we have now is not.
I thought P2P was an internet technology? Is there some other thing called "P2P" that can be used to actually steal things? Is it like a crowbar you can use to smash windows or something?
P2P doesn't steal files, users do
I didn't realize a lot of computer users were kleptomaniacs with overgrown nails. Files are cheap; why would anyone need to steal one? Or do you mean a wood file? Those might be more expensive, I suppose.
No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of martian danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most martian men fancied there might be other men upon Earth, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this planet with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
I *so* can't wait until our culture gets past the "intellectual property" dark age. I just hope I'm still alive to see the incredible social, cultural, and technological advancements that will come once the notion of "owning" ideas and information has finally passed away.
Unfortunately I am now approaching stasis. Any amount of basic machine upgrading, and it continues apace, won't make a jot of difference, as I am now the fundamental slowdown agent.
Obviously Mr. Cochrane has never tried using Microsoft Vista.
I don't care if some punk ass bouncer never has seen one before, it says right there in big bold letters *DEPPARTMENT OF THE ARMY*UNITED STATES OF AMMERICA*
Dude, if you expect fake ID to fool bouncers, you gotta at least get the spelling right.
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Whoever modded my post as insightful, I think you missed the point.
See? Patents do encourage innovation!...by forcing others to work around existing patents. :-P
We've cracked the copy protection on Slashdot articles!
If he doesn't hang himself out of shame first.
I say, if a company (or whatever) wants to clone and sell animals for food, they should just be able to prove that the cloned animal is 100% genetically identical to the original. If such a test can't be done at this time, or such an accuracy rate can't be achieved (assuming it's reasonable; I'm no genetical biologimist) then wait until it is.
Me neither. That's why I write all my email by hand.
An SUV?
I guess that means tipping a waiter is out of the question then, huh?
Does it matter if we have free will or not as long as we believe we do?
Damn right.
With the PS3 priced at six or seven hundred bucks, I'm inclined to agree with him.
You're right. After years of online video piracy we have yet to see any new Star Wars movies after Return of the Jedi.
What's that?
They made three more Star Wars movies since online movie sharing became prolific?
B-b-b-but my argument!
Information sharing has been going on for decades (cassette tapes, VHS, internet, etc) and it has not appreciably reduced the market for any commercial media like movies and music. If anything, it has increased it. This "no one is going to make any more movies/music if copyright doesn't last until infinity+1" nonsense just simply doesn't hold up to decades of evidence.
Limited copyright is good. What we have now is not.
I thought P2P was an internet technology? Is there some other thing called "P2P" that can be used to actually steal things? Is it like a crowbar you can use to smash windows or something?
I didn't realize a lot of computer users were kleptomaniacs with overgrown nails. Files are cheap; why would anyone need to steal one? Or do you mean a wood file? Those might be more expensive, I suppose.
No one would have believed in the last years of the twentieth century that this world was being watched keenly and closely by intelligences greater than man's and yet as mortal as his own; that as men busied themselves about their various concerns they were scrutinised and studied, perhaps almost as narrowly as a man with a microscope might scrutinise the transient creatures that swarm and multiply in a drop of water. With infinite complacency men went to and fro over this globe about their little affairs, serene in their assurance of their empire over matter. It is possible that the infusoria under the microscope do the same. No one gave a thought to the older worlds of space as sources of martian danger, or thought of them only to dismiss the idea of life upon them as impossible or improbable. It is curious to recall some of the mental habits of those departed days. At most martian men fancied there might be other men upon Earth, perhaps inferior to themselves and ready to welcome a missionary enterprise. Yet across the gulf of space, minds that are to our minds as ours are to those of the beasts that perish, intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic, regarded this planet with envious eyes, and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.
Actually, the proper phrase is that the OP wants information to be free. By it's very nature, information can't "belong" to someone.
When will the RIAA finally be held accountable for all its abuses of the legal system?
I'm confused: did the kids steal some music CDs or just download some mp3s?
I *so* can't wait until our culture gets past the "intellectual property" dark age. I just hope I'm still alive to see the incredible social, cultural, and technological advancements that will come once the notion of "owning" ideas and information has finally passed away.
"Honest, officer! I ran that red light because I though the guy behind me wasn't going to stop in time."
It doesn't work as well as you might think. :-P
"So I said, 'Supercollider? I barely know her!
... Then they built the supercollider.'"
When I realized that this article was from BBSpot, I didn't know whether to laugh or be relieved...and that's a frightening thought.
Seriously. We have to do something about these media cartels before articles like this stop being satire.
Obviously Mr. Cochrane has never tried using Microsoft Vista.
I heard they're also removing the copy and paste commands from their context menus in the Home Edition as well.
I think you meant to type Microsoft true motto:
"Where do you think you're going today?"
Dude, if you expect fake ID to fool bouncers, you gotta at least get the spelling right.