Loonie Legislators and that Wacky Webernet Thingo
John Willoughby
– December 31, 2007 10:13PM
The topic that just keeps on giving.
John Willoughby
– June 16, 2011 08:01PM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
Oh, good, stealing digital content is on its way to being a felony. I was afraid that stealing digital content might be on an even footing with stealing physical goods, you know, the kind that actually cost money to replace. Now I can rest easy, knowing that some idiot who streams a football game with a webcam will go to jail for 5 years; 5 years more than most of the Wall Street types who led this country into economic disaster got.
El Jeffe
– June 17, 2011 12:45AM
What a journey.
yes, how will peasants ever revolt against gov armed to teeth?
ddt
– June 17, 2011 03:38AM
How many peasants have revolted against unarmed governments? By that I mean, how many governments have been relatively unarmed compared to those revolting? Point being, arms can suppress uprisings (brutally or otherwise) but they are not what prevents them from happening.
ddt
johnny k
– June 17, 2011 06:14AM
Information is the new weapon, so Internet openness is the new Second Amendment, and the EFF is the new NRA.
ddt
– June 17, 2011 06:25AM
"You can have my MP3s when you pry them from my cold, dead... no, wait, I'll put them up in a torrent. Um, what was I saying?"
ddt
tliet
– June 17, 2011 12:54PM
Sorry, you were saying?
You mean those 18th century weapons that are used by 15 y/olds to kill each other over a bag of weed?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Active_Denial_System
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tliet
– June 22, 2011 06:16AM
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– June 22, 2011 02:22PM
Jay to you too!
tliet
– June 23, 2011 04:20AM
Telcos are now threatening that the prices will go up. I guess it'll be a good way to root out cartels. Good thing the government is going to auction off new frequencies with the limitation that existing players cannot bid.
El Jeffe
– June 23, 2011 06:45AM
What a journey.
Jay to the World, I say
John Willoughby
– September 02, 2011 09:12AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
You're welcome, Tony, Simon. No need to thank the USA for looking out for your rights; it's all part of being Global Intellectual Property Policeman.
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– September 02, 2011 02:42PM
The case thankfully got thrown out anyhow...
(Good thing too - internet access would be hideously expensive if ISPs were required to police their own networks for copyright infringement)
Tony Leggett
(Moderator)
– September 22, 2011 09:39PM
James DeBenedetti
– September 23, 2011 06:56AM
I don't think you can really fix the problem until you go back to the old requirement that patent applications include a working prototype.
John Willoughby
– September 23, 2011 07:58AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
I would say that we should have no software patents at all. Copyright your code if you want, but stop trying to lock up ideas.
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Cloudscout
– September 23, 2011 10:13AM
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John Willoughby
I would say that we should have no software patents at all. Copyright your code if you want, but stop trying to lock up ideas.
Amen.
El Jeffe
– September 23, 2011 02:59PM
What a journey.
Did you hear Al Franken ask about federal criminal charges that can be brought up when employees violate their employer's internet policies or terms of service?
The answer he got was not "No, we would never do that" it was more like, we'll evaluate that on a case by case basis..... uh huh... right.
johnny k
– September 23, 2011 05:37PM
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John Willoughby
I would say that we should have no software patents at all. Copyright your code if you want, but stop trying to lock up ideas.
Then sign the
White House petition. Actually looks more effective than the usual, since the government is hosting it. 10K, or dare I dream, 100K signatures would get some attention.
John Willoughby
– October 20, 2011 08:20AM
Homo Sapiens Sedentarius
