Don't get me wrong. I do not advocate copyright infringement. I am just tired of hearing people try to confuse people into thinking that copying information is hurting people like stealing real physical property does and is a violation of one of the 10 commandments.
Copyright infringement DOES hurt people.
There are two parts to "stealing" and I noticed you only concentrated one half the issue. While you may not deprive someone of their property, you do gain something. It isn't like the neighbor painting their bike blue because you did.
The ten commandments? Really? You hate the use of the word "steal" because that is one of the 10 commandments, and you don't want to feel guilty when you take something that isn't yours? What about coveting? Are you breaking that commandment?
Copyright covers creations. Artwork, music, code, etc. So while you can make a pacman clone with say rabbits instead of ghosts, you can't make a pacman clone with the same round and yellow player, and with the same maze. In this case they are claiming in the size of the playfield is copyrighted. Apparently "the style of pieces" is also copyrighted, but that seems dubious. They also claim that "same manner in which the pieces move and rotate" is copyrightable. But that sounds a lot like look and feel to me, which isn't copyrightable.
Personally I don't think this is the last we've heard on the matter.
When an 38 year old game stops someone writing a similar game you loose the whole point of copyright
So what you are saying is there is still value in the 38 year old game, but for some random reason you've deemed the original creator should get nothing else for it?
While I think that 75 years after death is too long, I'm not really sure how long the copyright should be.
But in this particular case the copyright is over the playfield and the squarness shape?
My gym does this. I don't participate. Every once in a while they ask if I know about their cardless system. "Yes I know, that is why I don't do it"
"I don't think you guys need my fingerprints."
They always respond with "We don't store your fingerprints." One guy said "we only store a couple of points." Ok, so you don't store the whole fingerprint, just a portion? "No, it is just biometrics."
And what exactly do you think a digital fingerprint is?
Ugh
There is a difference between a summer vacation after high school with little or no responsibilities, and being laid off with a mortgage payment and possibly a wife and children.
Enjoy your summer. You will have more than enough time to further your education and career as you grow older. But you won't have too many carefree summers in your lifetime.
If you don't want to enjoy your summer, then open source, or your own project is your best bet. Get some experience coding.
Bruce Schneier argues that whatever the procedures, if we want to get professional security we should treat the job as a profession, and recruit, train, and pay accordingly.
Perhaps you can explain to me why we want "professional" security? or any kind of security at all?
If someone really wanted to get something on a plane, they can. It isn't a matter of percentages. It is a matter of finding one of the many holes in security. But people don't do that. There are other targets to attack (and those aren't being attacked either)
Everyone would be better off with ZERO security at the check points.
Hasn't there also been work in the past to turn the volume up/down during commercials? Doesn't it rely on the same technology? This patent just strikes me as a not novel patent.
Next they'll be patenting eye clamps so you can't shut your eyes and a tongue strap so you can't go "la la la la la" during the commercials.
Peole.Do.Not.Want.To.Watch.Ads.
Find another way to make money, you morons.
If they can't make money from ads, then you have to pay for it out of your pocket. Ohhh wait, no one wants to do that either.
Ok, so then more product placement...
No thanks. I'd rather have ads.
I don't want to have to search for everything.
Google: where is slashdot
Google: where is that internet movie database
Google: Where is goatse
A search engine is great for when you want to find a random site, but not as great when you want to find a specific site.
I've been streaming music for a long time, since before it was cool. I also don't own any of it. It is very liberating. I have money to spend on other endeavors. I can listen to music in my car, or when I workout. Of course I don't have the freedom to listen to the song I want, but I do get a variety of music. I also get introduced to new songs, from time to time. Sure, they may stop playing a song I like, but since I never paid for it in the first place...
Its called listening to the radio.
"Had I asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have answered stronger horses". (Henry Ford)
I would much rather have the customer or VC tell me that they want stronger horses. Rather than say "blah blah blah but quite the time" or some other vague nonsense. The hard truth is always better. It gives me a chance to refute it, or come up with an answer to it. Vague nonsense is just that, nonsense
The hard truth. If they say some vague wishy washy thing, you might try and fix the vague wishy washy thing, even though that isn't the problem.
As far as hearing why your idea sucks, I think it depends. If they say "your idea sucks." then yeah he is "just a cranky old hater..." But if he says "your idea sucks because of X, Y, and Z" You can either try to change X, Y or Z. or do further research on the subject
That is the way taxes work. Most companies depreciate their assets over time. So they can essentially take the loss as they use the item, instead of when they sell the item. It doesn't matter how much the item is worth. It matters how much you paid for it, and how much you sell it for. At least that is how it works in the US. Dunno about Down Under
"Motion Picture Association of America's Dodd Secretly Lobbied For a Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act"
Yes you are right, the uncommonly spelled out names of some VERY common acronym's make the title much more readable.
I also fly around the world on a regular basis. Perhaps not as regular as you, but security theater is alive and well around the ENTIRE world:
Flew from US - Prague through Paris. Had to throw away the bottle of water given to me on the US plane when I landed in Paris.
Flew from Brazil to Dallas to Home. Was carrying a suitcase of electronic gear ( a timing system) The security theatre in Brazil was worried I might use the blunt end of the small tripod as a weapon (but the rest of the electronic gear was ok) Not a peep was said when I went through Dallas.
Leaving Ukraine? Had to prove my laptop worked. My large skateboard was ok to take on, but a fellow passengers 2 inch pocket knife went into the trash.
Heathrow doesn't seem to require shoes off any more, but it did. Also they only allow ONE bag through security. Not one carryon and one personal item. But ONE bag.
I've waited more then 10 minutes to get through security in a lot of countries.
I agree that paranoid US is worse than other countries. I don't know how many times I've been told to place my "liquids" into a ziplog bag AFTER I've been through security. But the US doesn't have a monopoly on security theatre
You are getting confused about "criminal" versus "illegal." Criminal is criminal, no matter the law.
Sure, anyone can make up definition of words, and proclaim that is what the word means, but it doesn't. Criminal in fact means "a person who commits a crime" or 'relating to a crime". And a crime is an act punishable by law. While illegal is "forbidden by law." Both criminal and illegal have similar meanings. If something is criminal, it is illegal. Sure some people talk about crimes against humanity, that isn't against the law. But that is pushing the definition and talking about some sort of natural law (as opposed to the government law)
If a business are actively criminal, and you can prove it, then you can get them shut down. If they are stealing from their customers, they are doing something illegal. If they are harming the community, and it isn't illegal, well they aren't criminal. It may be wrong, it may be unethical. But it isn't criminal.
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Don't get me wrong. I do not advocate copyright infringement. I am just tired of hearing people try to confuse people into thinking that copying information is hurting people like stealing real physical property does and is a violation of one of the 10 commandments.
Copyright infringement DOES hurt people.
There are two parts to "stealing" and I noticed you only concentrated one half the issue. While you may not deprive someone of their property, you do gain something. It isn't like the neighbor painting their bike blue because you did.
The ten commandments? Really? You hate the use of the word "steal" because that is one of the 10 commandments, and you don't want to feel guilty when you take something that isn't yours? What about coveting? Are you breaking that commandment?
So you are doing the exact thing the RIAA is trying to stop?
Copyright covers creations. Artwork, music, code, etc. So while you can make a pacman clone with say rabbits instead of ghosts, you can't make a pacman clone with the same round and yellow player, and with the same maze. In this case they are claiming in the size of the playfield is copyrighted. Apparently "the style of pieces" is also copyrighted, but that seems dubious. They also claim that "same manner in which the pieces move and rotate" is copyrightable. But that sounds a lot like look and feel to me, which isn't copyrightable. Personally I don't think this is the last we've heard on the matter.
When an 38 year old game stops someone writing a similar game you loose the whole point of copyright
So what you are saying is there is still value in the 38 year old game, but for some random reason you've deemed the original creator should get nothing else for it?
While I think that 75 years after death is too long, I'm not really sure how long the copyright should be.
But in this particular case the copyright is over the playfield and the squarness shape?
My gym does this. I don't participate. Every once in a while they ask if I know about their cardless system. "Yes I know, that is why I don't do it"
"I don't think you guys need my fingerprints."
They always respond with "We don't store your fingerprints." One guy said "we only store a couple of points." Ok, so you don't store the whole fingerprint, just a portion? "No, it is just biometrics."
And what exactly do you think a digital fingerprint is?
Ugh
There is a difference between a summer vacation after high school with little or no responsibilities, and being laid off with a mortgage payment and possibly a wife and children.
Enjoy your summer. You will have more than enough time to further your education and career as you grow older. But you won't have too many carefree summers in your lifetime.
If you don't want to enjoy your summer, then open source, or your own project is your best bet. Get some experience coding.
Bruce Schneier argues that whatever the procedures, if we want to get professional security we should treat the job as a profession, and recruit, train, and pay accordingly.
Perhaps you can explain to me why we want "professional" security? or any kind of security at all?
I'm not sure what you mean by "blades" but everything else is perfectly legal to take on board.
If someone really wanted to get something on a plane, they can. It isn't a matter of percentages. It is a matter of finding one of the many holes in security. But people don't do that. There are other targets to attack (and those aren't being attacked either)
Everyone would be better off with ZERO security at the check points.
And this is why the TSA needs to cease to exist. No security lines. No private security lines. Just show your ticket and get on the plane.
Hasn't there also been work in the past to turn the volume up/down during commercials? Doesn't it rely on the same technology? This patent just strikes me as a not novel patent.
I would actually prefer to pay-per-view at a rate that reflected the true cost or value of the delivered content as long as it were ad free.
I would prefer ad driven tv, than to pay the true cost. I don't think I (nor anyone else) can afford the true cost.
Next they'll be patenting eye clamps so you can't shut your eyes and a tongue strap so you can't go "la la la la la" during the commercials. Peole.Do.Not.Want.To.Watch.Ads. Find another way to make money, you morons.
If they can't make money from ads, then you have to pay for it out of your pocket. Ohhh wait, no one wants to do that either.
Ok, so then more product placement...
No thanks. I'd rather have ads.
I don't want to have to search for everything.
Google: where is slashdot
Google: where is that internet movie database
Google: Where is goatse
A search engine is great for when you want to find a random site, but not as great when you want to find a specific site.
I've been streaming music for a long time, since before it was cool. I also don't own any of it. It is very liberating. I have money to spend on other endeavors. I can listen to music in my car, or when I workout. Of course I don't have the freedom to listen to the song I want, but I do get a variety of music. I also get introduced to new songs, from time to time. Sure, they may stop playing a song I like, but since I never paid for it in the first place...
Its called listening to the radio.
"Had I asked my customers what they wanted, they'd have answered stronger horses". (Henry Ford)
I would much rather have the customer or VC tell me that they want stronger horses. Rather than say "blah blah blah but quite the time" or some other vague nonsense. The hard truth is always better. It gives me a chance to refute it, or come up with an answer to it. Vague nonsense is just that, nonsense
The hard truth. If they say some vague wishy washy thing, you might try and fix the vague wishy washy thing, even though that isn't the problem.
As far as hearing why your idea sucks, I think it depends. If they say "your idea sucks." then yeah he is "just a cranky old hater..." But if he says "your idea sucks because of X, Y, and Z" You can either try to change X, Y or Z. or do further research on the subject
If your neighbor is cheating on his taxes, when should the government have your work records?
That is the way taxes work. Most companies depreciate their assets over time. So they can essentially take the loss as they use the item, instead of when they sell the item. It doesn't matter how much the item is worth. It matters how much you paid for it, and how much you sell it for. At least that is how it works in the US. Dunno about Down Under
"Motion Picture Association of America's Dodd Secretly Lobbied For a Canadian Digital Millennium Copyright Act" Yes you are right, the uncommonly spelled out names of some VERY common acronym's make the title much more readable.
What I worry about is when our safety is a matter of profit for someone, perhaps eyeing a new house or boat or something.
So you are already worried about TSA then?
I also fly around the world on a regular basis. Perhaps not as regular as you, but security theater is alive and well around the ENTIRE world: Flew from US - Prague through Paris. Had to throw away the bottle of water given to me on the US plane when I landed in Paris. Flew from Brazil to Dallas to Home. Was carrying a suitcase of electronic gear ( a timing system) The security theatre in Brazil was worried I might use the blunt end of the small tripod as a weapon (but the rest of the electronic gear was ok) Not a peep was said when I went through Dallas. Leaving Ukraine? Had to prove my laptop worked. My large skateboard was ok to take on, but a fellow passengers 2 inch pocket knife went into the trash. Heathrow doesn't seem to require shoes off any more, but it did. Also they only allow ONE bag through security. Not one carryon and one personal item. But ONE bag. I've waited more then 10 minutes to get through security in a lot of countries.
I agree that paranoid US is worse than other countries. I don't know how many times I've been told to place my "liquids" into a ziplog bag AFTER I've been through security. But the US doesn't have a monopoly on security theatre
It is much easier to sue a private corporation than the government.
I hate it when people say this. At the risk of feeding a troll...
Not everything you disagree with is a troll. The OP was being sarcastic.
You are getting confused about "criminal" versus "illegal." Criminal is criminal, no matter the law.
Sure, anyone can make up definition of words, and proclaim that is what the word means, but it doesn't. Criminal in fact means "a person who commits a crime" or 'relating to a crime". And a crime is an act punishable by law. While illegal is "forbidden by law." Both criminal and illegal have similar meanings. If something is criminal, it is illegal. Sure some people talk about crimes against humanity, that isn't against the law. But that is pushing the definition and talking about some sort of natural law (as opposed to the government law)
If a business are actively criminal, and you can prove it, then you can get them shut down. If they are stealing from their customers, they are doing something illegal. If they are harming the community, and it isn't illegal, well they aren't criminal. It may be wrong, it may be unethical. But it isn't criminal.