t is suicidal for America to not tie very strong IP enforcement to its trade agreements with countries like China. Most of what we produce domestically is IP from music to code to drug designs. We are at an inherent disadvantage then, if we allow them to dump tens of billions of dollars of cheap crap in our stores, but allow their locals to run wild with our IP.
You are right, you cant 'depend' on IP. China is really just going through its 'modern industrial age' and sure, right now its making more - cheaper.... Give it 10 to 15 years and China will be kicking arse on research into tech and medicine. I believe China's IP has the (future) potential to be more valuable than the US's. America's economy is afloat due to the Medical world and while China can make drugs under licence cheaper than the US can, it would have to pay huge IP rates to the US companies. If China gets into the buisniness of developing their own drugs, they could very likley be more effective than 'current' (US) drugs, AND they'll be making them cheaper. If this eventuates, they'll suck money out of the US pretty fast. (Of course they would have to get new drugs past the FDA and a US company or government aint going to let that happen if it damages the economy - even if it is better for the health of its citizens.) But that is where the pressure from the WTO comes back on the US...
My point is this: When China 'catches up' they will invest in the 'IP' approach and have the ability to make it cheaper. China's 1.3 Billion vs USA's 0.3 Billion people has the potential to yield far more value in IP. It all boils down to their people being willing to work harder for less.
Maybe the solution is being given the option to vote online once your taxes are successfully filed. That way, if someone wants to steal your vote they would have to pay your taxes first! (which is fine by me!)
Filed Taxes: Successful
Press here to vote: *click*
HTTP Error 404 - this page cannot be found (sucker!)
Well, they both thought they were right. When the origional question was asked "would the wii be region free across the world?" Wii USA answered Yes, because they thought America is world.....
10 get news item
11 READ the subission
12 READ the submission again
13 Check submission for spelling and grammer errors
14 Check submission to ensure it doesn't go to flash/ad infested site, or goatse
20 goto 10
In all reality, the bigger problem is the huge ads they're overlaying at the bottom of the shows I'm watching
I hate those things... I call them pop-ups. The remind me of the old Kazza that was loaded with gozilla ad-ware or some crap. They really piss me off. I take no notice of what they are, or I end up associating being pissed off with what the ad is for.
No adaware or spybotS&D is going to scrub those things. There is no escaping them. What do we do?
The last second of their ad was a set of single frames with interesting information. To see what was there, you had to repeatedly watch the ad until you managed to hit pause at just the right time so you could single-step through the hidden content.
You are right.. that is amaizing. This is the exact type of thing I like to see - innovation! Not the 'cry cry cry, they are fast forwarding our ads, we need a new law' BS! Word up to GE. I'd like to see this example used AGAINST those trying to put through more DRM and laws to back it up... along the lines of......
"GE managed to get consumers to spend 15 minutes on a 30 second ad with their TiVo, how come your company is trying to stop TiVo's? aren't you CLEVER enough to think of this kind of innovation? - Nah, nah na nah nahhhh! [/teasing]
They are extending the same exact image across the entire 30 second commercial so that TIVO Viewers will be forced to view at least one frame.
Fortunately, this does not work against Mythtv - you can skip the entire ad's with one press: -All you see is the start of the show after the ads! The ad detection algorithm just got an overhaul with Googles-Summer-of-Code (they wrote another version), but i've always found the current one pretty good.
(I know your all gearing up to whine about how hard mythtv is to install,... then you probably havent tried Knoppmyth, or the
Hyams Fantastic How-to
)
So how is their exploit any different from a sysadmin changing the DNS table on his server and presenting a page to the internal network that 'looks like google' and even has 'www.google.com/ig' (or a bank, ebay etc)? Isnt this why we have 'trusted websites/verisign etc... ?
Why buy youtube, when you can sue youtube and take the site as a settlement instead.
Because the one media company that buys youtube will then be sued by a different media company! AND if they give up their media company as settlement, and a third company sues them, it'll be a big game of media-company Katamari Damacy!
Its 'mutualism symbiosis' at its best. It is much like the Movie stars and the Paparazzi - the movie stars loath the Paparazzi, but need the publicity they give them; and the paparazzi need the movie stars to stay employed.
Politicians NEED the terrorist threats to push through legislation giving themselves more power. (If there was no threat, there would be no Patriot Act). They politicians may not like them, but it is the terrorists that enable the politicians. (Here is the redundant bit, but it proves the point:) When the politicians use the terrorist threats to gain said power, they are spreading the word of the terrorist, giving them more power..... thus fueling the terrorists ability to enable fear, and so on....
Thanks for your response. I see your point now. The thing is, we have different points of view - that is OK.
What I actually don't trust is that people will interpret the Governments laws honestly, within the bounds of what the Government intended.
It might be some local law enforcement officer that pulls me over and doesn't like the look of me and thinks I'm a smart arse. He can think that - it is his right. But when he decides to remove all my liberties and freedom, throw me in jail without trial, without telling me what for, without council... he has pushed it too far. - I don't believe he should have that power. I believe the checks and balances are lost. If he had to persuade a judge to issue a warrant, or after arresting me prove to someone that what he did was 'just' then that is OK.
I *know* that one day, either you or one of your friends/colleagues/family will be 'unjustly' treated through abuse of power given under "anti-terrorism" laws. It might simply be being refused to fly home at Christmas because their name was put forward by an air-marshal trying to meet his monthly quota, and he supports the Steelers and you had a Jets shirt on.
Thanks for taking the time and responding to my post. I really appreciate it.
The person asking the original question (#6) was not questioning the legalities of sharing the music, just its purchase from a 'supposedly legal' source - with no intent of sharing it.
i.e If I can buy a real CD from a legit online store in Australia (amazon.com.au), can I play it on my CD player in the USA. Then, if I buy an MP3 (with no intent of sharing it) from a legal store in Russia, I should be able to play it on my mp3 player in the USA. Shouldn't I? I think its important to note that it is not illegal to purchase music in electronic format (Apple sells them and Microsoft is about to).
I believe what the author of the question was really asking is: Has the USA ruled that the online store "Allofmp3.com" is illegal.
Allofmp3.com claim they pass funds to the Russian version of the RIAA who are then supposed to pass it on to the artists through the international body. I understand it is the later part that does not happen. Allofmp3.com have paid their bit. Its like the RIAA not giving money to the international body for European artists music sold in the US. So in Russia, allofmp3 is perfectly legal. I understand the RIAA's gripe with them is they simply don't charge enough for their music and the money isnt coming back to the US, which is the Russian government body's fault, not allofmp3's.
I cared about my security and well-being before 9/11. If somebody would've attacked my homeland on 9/10 I would've confronted them. Nothing has changed. I cared about my personal rights before 9/11. If on 9/10 big brother wanted to tap my phone to hunt down somebody threatening my life, I'd want them to tap it. Nothing has changed.
But would you let them tap your phone for no reason at all? What if their reason for tapping the phone was to listen to your calls to 'see' if you were saying anything dodgy, or worse, just for their own low-paid-middle-managment-government-employee entertainment? You OK with that? You OK with some government perv 'getting off' on your wife talking to her friend?
The law's were always there to catch the crooks and terrorists, but 'big-brother' just needed a WARRANT! (Even then, in an emergency wire-chase they had the ability to have it approved afterwards!)
How long till they come after you for something you said on the phone. - you might be added to a watch list just for talking about a movie plot or a news article. You still OK with that?
Here is another that I dont think was understood totally:
What's the position of Americans who buy from legal offshore music sites, such as allofmp3 [allofmp3.com]?. Is this safer than downloading "free"?
Beckerman:
I don't know what you're talking about. The litigation wave is worldwide. The RIAA isn't American. 3 of the 4 members of the cartel are "offshore corporations". There are different versions of the RIAA everywhere. In France, and certain other places, they bring CRIMINAL cases, not civil ones
I want my lawyer to at least have heard of "Allofmp3.com" when he's defending me against the RIAA... They should have at least a good understanding of many of the wider issues. But *sigh*. What use does it do when the Judge isn't even up for the photoshop argument... isn't it about then that you push for a jury trial?
I guess "terrorism" is getting old as the all-purpose excuse....
Are you saying we'd find Osama if he was a kiddy fidler? I dont know what TSA would do if the next al-quaeda airplane attempt was not a hi-jack but to 'fiddle with little Johhny'... what then, ban HANDS?
I think you are quite right though, pushing through legislation with this kind of tactic reeks of media companies involvement. When all they had to do was regulate video due to the terrorists Iraq beheadings. You are right Jsaltz, this is an abomination.
If I understand this correctly, the people who came up with some embroided designs are concerned their images are being coppied? OK, thanks, just clarifying it for myself.
There has to be PLENTY of people into embroidery that have the skills to design their own patterns right? Now someone just needs to introduce these people to Creative Commons. Get all the oldies (and a few young'ins) with artistic talent to draw up a few designs and start sharing. The 'Emproidery Protection Racket' will just plain be left out in the cold.
All us grandkids have to do is remind the oldies that they should only use the patterns with the "CC" label that come with them.
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My point is this: When China 'catches up' they will invest in the 'IP' approach and have the ability to make it cheaper. China's 1.3 Billion vs USA's 0.3 Billion people has the potential to yield far more value in IP. It all boils down to their people being willing to work harder for less.
Maybe the solution is being given the option to vote online once your taxes are successfully filed. That way, if someone wants to steal your vote they would have to pay your taxes first! (which is fine by me!)
Filed Taxes: Successful
Press here to vote: *click*
HTTP Error 404 - this page cannot be found (sucker!)
Well, they both thought they were right. When the origional question was asked "would the wii be region free across the world?" Wii USA answered Yes, because they thought America is world.....
You might also find some value in my mythtv build experience at www.nzrussmyth.blogspot.com
15 post submission
10 get news item
11 READ the subission
12 READ the submission again
13 Check submission for spelling and grammer errors
14 Check submission to ensure it doesn't go to flash/ad infested site, or goatse
20 goto 10
No adaware or spybotS&D is going to scrub those things. There is no escaping them. What do we do?
"GE managed to get consumers to spend 15 minutes on a 30 second ad with their TiVo, how come your company is trying to stop TiVo's? aren't you CLEVER enough to think of this kind of innovation? - Nah, nah na nah nahhhh! [/teasing]
(I know your all gearing up to whine about how hard mythtv is to install,... then you probably havent tried Knoppmyth, or the Hyams Fantastic How-to )
So how is their exploit any different from a sysadmin changing the DNS table on his server and presenting a page to the internal network that 'looks like google' and even has 'www.google.com/ig' (or a bank, ebay etc)? Isnt this why we have 'trusted websites/verisign etc... ?
Its 'mutualism symbiosis' at its best. It is much like the Movie stars and the Paparazzi - the movie stars loath the Paparazzi, but need the publicity they give them; and the paparazzi need the movie stars to stay employed.
Politicians NEED the terrorist threats to push through legislation giving themselves more power. (If there was no threat, there would be no Patriot Act). They politicians may not like them, but it is the terrorists that enable the politicians. (Here is the redundant bit, but it proves the point:) When the politicians use the terrorist threats to gain said power, they are spreading the word of the terrorist, giving them more power..... thus fueling the terrorists ability to enable fear, and so on....
Thanks for your response. I see your point now. The thing is, we have different points of view - that is OK.
What I actually don't trust is that people will interpret the Governments laws honestly, within the bounds of what the Government intended.
It might be some local law enforcement officer that pulls me over and doesn't like the look of me and thinks I'm a smart arse. He can think that - it is his right. But when he decides to remove all my liberties and freedom, throw me in jail without trial, without telling me what for, without council... he has pushed it too far. - I don't believe he should have that power. I believe the checks and balances are lost. If he had to persuade a judge to issue a warrant, or after arresting me prove to someone that what he did was 'just' then that is OK.
I *know* that one day, either you or one of your friends/colleagues/family will be 'unjustly' treated through abuse of power given under "anti-terrorism" laws. It might simply be being refused to fly home at Christmas because their name was put forward by an air-marshal trying to meet his monthly quota, and he supports the Steelers and you had a Jets shirt on.
Thanks for taking the time and responding to my post. I really appreciate it.
The person asking the original question (#6) was not questioning the legalities of sharing the music, just its purchase from a 'supposedly legal' source - with no intent of sharing it.
i.e If I can buy a real CD from a legit online store in Australia (amazon.com.au), can I play it on my CD player in the USA. Then, if I buy an MP3 (with no intent of sharing it) from a legal store in Russia, I should be able to play it on my mp3 player in the USA. Shouldn't I?
I think its important to note that it is not illegal to purchase music in electronic format (Apple sells them and Microsoft is about to).
I believe what the author of the question was really asking is: Has the USA ruled that the online store "Allofmp3.com" is illegal.
Allofmp3.com claim they pass funds to the Russian version of the RIAA who are then supposed to pass it on to the artists through the international body. I understand it is the later part that does not happen. Allofmp3.com have paid their bit. Its like the RIAA not giving money to the international body for European artists music sold in the US. So in Russia, allofmp3 is perfectly legal. I understand the RIAA's gripe with them is they simply don't charge enough for their music and the money isnt coming back to the US, which is the Russian government body's fault, not allofmp3's.
The law's were always there to catch the crooks and terrorists, but 'big-brother' just needed a WARRANT! (Even then, in an emergency wire-chase they had the ability to have it approved afterwards!)
How long till they come after you for something you said on the phone. - you might be added to a watch list just for talking about a movie plot or a news article. You still OK with that?
Enjoy your Liberty. Liberty indeed.
so just excrutiating pain then... nice.
So what happens if you cant get out of the beam? (i.e crowd is too big for you to go anywhere)
I think you are quite right though, pushing through legislation with this kind of tactic reeks of media companies involvement. When all they had to do was regulate video due to the terrorists Iraq beheadings. You are right Jsaltz, this is an abomination.
Because he used to be an AOL customer, and learned the hard way.
If I understand this correctly, the people who came up with some embroided designs are concerned their images are being coppied? OK, thanks, just clarifying it for myself.
There has to be PLENTY of people into embroidery that have the skills to design their own patterns right? Now someone just needs to introduce these people to Creative Commons. Get all the oldies (and a few young'ins) with artistic talent to draw up a few designs and start sharing. The 'Emproidery Protection Racket' will just plain be left out in the cold.
All us grandkids have to do is remind the oldies that they should only use the patterns with the "CC" label that come with them.