I don't think that's true. People, in general, act in their own best interests up until the point where force (law or societal taboos) offer strong enough resistance.
Most Americans don't mind spreading their cheeks for inspection at the airport because they beleive its worth it to "eliminate" the chance of getting all blowed up. The arabian exchange student in line behind them, who had the misfortune of forgetting to leave his lighter at home and must now spend a year or two in a PMITA prison, is seen as collateral damage for their own safety.
With pirating, though, the same effect applies. People want music for free. They realize the chance of them getting caught are low, so its worth it to go ahead.
Motherboard manufacturers have nothing to do with the MPAA/RIAA. Why would they spend extra time/work/research/troubleshooting/angsty customers to help them out?
You could have the MP3 package check the system time every time you try to play it, and if the year is 20XX + 95, it allows playback. But, as anyone who's played Rise of the Triads knows, it takes only a simple DOS command to make I.P. Freely and the others play with santa hats on.
Of course, if the content providers decided to go through with this, they would insist on having each file "phone home" to an unimpeachable server to check on an official time before authorizing the unlock. But don't worry, I'm sure a backround process logging each and every DRM'd file you've opened on your PC won't end up being sold to recoup the costs of the system.
but the copyright law stands on the premise that eventually things will get back to the public where it rightfully belongs.
Since the law allows copyrights to be extended indefinitely (see: Mickey Mouse), it is entirely possible that copyrights can last forever. Or at least until the universe asplodes.
Libraries have a legal right to distribute materials under the Fair Use provisions of the copyright law, but DRM systems may block this.... DRM systems don't automatically switch themselves off when a work goes out of copyright.
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By that line of reasoning, the sun is a finite resource, because space aliens could just put solar collectors in orbit around earth and absorb all the energy.
(and yes, technically the sun is a finite resource because it will go supernova in about 5 billion years. But the general definition of renewable implies "non-finite for the relative future")
If users used the internet as a finite resource (which it is, by the way)
Um, no?
It's a renewable resource.
True, bandwidth is limited (total divided by users), but each completed packet restores that same amount of bandwidth to the network.
There's a small difference between laws drafted by (ablbeit elected) officials telling a coporation to "do no evil, except when money is involved" and me, voice_of_all_reason, beleiving "good is always better than money"
I liked when I could go to Windows Update and choose which patches to install. Security Updates? Why yes, that sounds like a good idea. IE/WMP upgrades? Can't hurt. Whoa, what the hell is "automatic error reporting service?" I don't like the sound of that very much...
I recently had to format my hard drive and reinstall XP from a 1st-generation cd. When I tried to go to windows update, it demanded I upgrade both the Update program itself and set it to Automatic before it would allow me to get security patches. The huge size of the download suggested it was also trying to slip every released patch up to that point in as well. I declined, and opted to look out for my machine myself from then on.
The added system drain, privacy loss, and just plain patronizing hand-holding is just not worth it.
When will you make a videogame that's going to teach my students chemistry?'"
Newsflash: Your students don't want to learn chemistry. They want to beat up the hooker and get their money back, run away from the cops in a flashy sports car, and unload an entire arsenal into the local shopping mall.
That's why Grand Theft Auto 3 is the most successful franchise in history, and Mavis Beacon Teaches Chemistry hasn't even gotten to the drawing board stage yet.
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Yes, that's it. According to Wikipedia:
:)
past perfect (pluperfect) I had gone. This expresses that an action was completed before some other event
I thought it was some exotic, seldom used tense, but I use this one all the time
I don't think that's true. People, in general, act in their own best interests up until the point where force (law or societal taboos) offer strong enough resistance.
Most Americans don't mind spreading their cheeks for inspection at the airport because they beleive its worth it to "eliminate" the chance of getting all blowed up. The arabian exchange student in line behind them, who had the misfortune of forgetting to leave his lighter at home and must now spend a year or two in a PMITA prison, is seen as collateral damage for their own safety.
With pirating, though, the same effect applies. People want music for free. They realize the chance of them getting caught are low, so its worth it to go ahead.
Motherboard manufacturers have nothing to do with the MPAA/RIAA. Why would they spend extra time/work/research/troubleshooting/angsty customers to help them out?
Ooh, you're right.
:)
Dang
Ooh, Wikipedia says you're right. (and it does make sense) Dang :)
How? That might be worse than the DRM itself.
You could have the MP3 package check the system time every time you try to play it, and if the year is 20XX + 95, it allows playback. But, as anyone who's played Rise of the Triads knows, it takes only a simple DOS command to make I.P. Freely and the others play with santa hats on.
Of course, if the content providers decided to go through with this, they would insist on having each file "phone home" to an unimpeachable server to check on an official time before authorizing the unlock. But don't worry, I'm sure a backround process logging each and every DRM'd file you've opened on your PC won't end up being sold to recoup the costs of the system.
but the copyright law stands on the premise that eventually things will get back to the public where it rightfully belongs.
Since the law allows copyrights to be extended indefinitely (see: Mickey Mouse), it is entirely possible that copyrights can last forever. Or at least until the universe asplodes.
They are right, but nowhere copyright says that using the material under "Fair use" should be easy
What?
It's a right, specified in law. There aren't "levels" here, it's either a true or false value.
So, it's okay if Free Speech isn't easy, right?
The juxtaposition is part of the joke. Like "jailarity"
I just wanna know what the heck a "paster than past" tense is
Libraries have a legal right to distribute materials under the Fair Use provisions of the copyright law, but DRM systems may block this.... DRM systems don't automatically switch themselves off when a work goes out of copyright.
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Despite our disagreement, it's hard to not laugh at that last bit :)
That's called "arguement by bizzare definition"
By that line of reasoning, the sun is a finite resource, because space aliens could just put solar collectors in orbit around earth and absorb all the energy.
(and yes, technically the sun is a finite resource because it will go supernova in about 5 billion years. But the general definition of renewable implies "non-finite for the relative future")
Why does it have to be an us vs them conspiracy?
That, my friend, is the lifeblood of internet arguements.
An excellent idea
If users used the internet as a finite resource (which it is, by the way) Um, no?
It's a renewable resource. True, bandwidth is limited (total divided by users), but each completed packet restores that same amount of bandwidth to the network.
History seems to indicate that if your invention is that important, you don't get patent protection anyway (as a matter of practial application).
:)
That's what I'm hoping for
I don't really want to run programs (mostly firefox) bad enough to risk it, honestly.
I have a DS and an extensive collection of games for downtime, so its not really worth it.
Xenosaga
You don't so much play Xenosaga as help Xenosaga play itself
If your "invention" isn't in the same class as Penicillin or the Cotton Gin, it's not important enough to require a patent
There's a small difference between laws drafted by (ablbeit elected) officials telling a coporation to "do no evil, except when money is involved" and me, voice_of_all_reason, beleiving "good is always better than money"
I liked when I could go to Windows Update and choose which patches to install. Security Updates? Why yes, that sounds like a good idea. IE/WMP upgrades? Can't hurt. Whoa, what the hell is "automatic error reporting service?" I don't like the sound of that very much...
I recently had to format my hard drive and reinstall XP from a 1st-generation cd. When I tried to go to windows update, it demanded I upgrade both the Update program itself and set it to Automatic before it would allow me to get security patches. The huge size of the download suggested it was also trying to slip every released patch up to that point in as well. I declined, and opted to look out for my machine myself from then on.
The added system drain, privacy loss, and just plain patronizing hand-holding is just not worth it.
So, 13 billion pounds is about 26 billion bucks. And if that's 12% of google's net, that means it's worth like $217 billion?
Isn't that... alot? Or did I miss something?
Because, everyone knows the only person that lives under the bridge is the hobo who gives you the 4th bottle.
//need Zora's flippers first, though...
When will you make a videogame that's going to teach my students chemistry?'"
Newsflash: Your students don't want to learn chemistry. They want to beat up the hooker and get their money back, run away from the cops in a flashy sports car, and unload an entire arsenal into the local shopping mall.
That's why Grand Theft Auto 3 is the most successful franchise in history, and Mavis Beacon Teaches Chemistry hasn't even gotten to the drawing board stage yet.