Call me crazy, but wouldn't a copyright be better for software than a patent anyway? IIRC a copyright in the U.S. is good for 50 years after the death of the copyright holder. A patent is only good for 20 years, period. HMMMM..... A copyright would stop someone from copy-pasting my code, but not from reading my code (assuming I don't open source it), or checking out my program and writing something similar, and probably better. That, to me, seems more likely to stimulate innovation anyway.
Or maybe I am crazy
This isn't about data mining, or finding terrorists, child molestors, or anything like that.
This is a test to see how much trite the government can push down the throats of the people. They are testing us, they want to know our breaking point, then when the hit that barrier, they'll back off just enough to appease us, then start the process all over in a few years. Just wait, you'll see.
I recall a conversation I had with Sprint. I had purchased a long distance calling card for work purposes (my fualt for not having the boss pay for it), and when I called customer service to get a record of the calls to prove I used it for work, I was told I needed a court order, just for the call records (who I called, how long I talked). Why shouldn't our governement be held to the same standards, especially if they can get a warrant 72 hours after beginning a wiretap (far more intrusive than a call record), from a secret court that does everything behind closed doors? (Another point entirely, why should the government have a court that the people never have access to?) Call me nuts, but moving to Switzerland keeps looking better all the time.
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Call me crazy, but wouldn't a copyright be better for software than a patent anyway? IIRC a copyright in the U.S. is good for 50 years after the death of the copyright holder. A patent is only good for 20 years, period. HMMMM..... A copyright would stop someone from copy-pasting my code, but not from reading my code (assuming I don't open source it), or checking out my program and writing something similar, and probably better. That, to me, seems more likely to stimulate innovation anyway. Or maybe I am crazy
This isn't about data mining, or finding terrorists, child molestors, or anything like that. This is a test to see how much trite the government can push down the throats of the people. They are testing us, they want to know our breaking point, then when the hit that barrier, they'll back off just enough to appease us, then start the process all over in a few years. Just wait, you'll see.
I recall a conversation I had with Sprint. I had purchased a long distance calling card for work purposes (my fualt for not having the boss pay for it), and when I called customer service to get a record of the calls to prove I used it for work, I was told I needed a court order, just for the call records (who I called, how long I talked). Why shouldn't our governement be held to the same standards, especially if they can get a warrant 72 hours after beginning a wiretap (far more intrusive than a call record), from a secret court that does everything behind closed doors? (Another point entirely, why should the government have a court that the people never have access to?) Call me nuts, but moving to Switzerland keeps looking better all the time.