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Yup, I just ruined a whole movie there..... does that make it important? Are all spoilers now infringement? Interesting thoughts on the implications of this idea if upheld.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130117/02530421711/copyright-is-becoming-guilt-accusation.shtml#c817 Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:01:26 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20130117/02530421711/copyright-is-becoming-guilt-accusation.shtml#c817
I'm stealing your copyright rights and claiming them as my own, the MPAA and RIAA do this all the time. (Look at all the times they claim to own the rights and actually don't, or over represent their rights.)This is the only way copyright theft can happen.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/13484820754/google-to-french-media-we-may-have-to-cut-you-off.shtml#c1282 Fri, 19 Oct 2012 08:03:04 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20121018/13484820754/google-to-french-media-we-may-have-to-cut-you-off.shtml#c1282 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120815/02032320059/now-nbc-execs-are-just-trolling-claim-they-regret-not-tape-delaying-more-olympics.shtml#c543 Wed, 15 Aug 2012 13:41:51 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120815/02032320059/now-nbc-execs-are-just-trolling-claim-they-regret-not-tape-delaying-more-olympics.shtml#c543
This is the internet, If you actually worked in the field, even for a day, you might understand.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120724/04221719809/court-says-state-department-can-live-fantasyland-pretend-documents-leaked-wikileaks-are-still-secret.shtml#c421 Tue, 24 Jul 2012 11:42:31 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120724/04221719809/court-says-state-department-can-live-fantasyland-pretend-documents-leaked-wikileaks-are-still-secret.shtml#c421 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120611/20343419281/oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-how-court-public-opinion-beats-court-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c97 Tue, 12 Jun 2012 13:53:11 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120611/20343419281/oatmeal-v-funnyjunk-how-court-public-opinion-beats-court-baseless-legal-threats.shtml#c97 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/00463817446/anti-sopapipa-protest-songs.shtml#c584 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 09:00:42 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20120118/00463817446/anti-sopapipa-protest-songs.shtml#c584 http://theoatmeal.com/]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111227/04112817201/company-caught-downloading-competitors-software-just-has-to-pay-fee-to-buy-one-license.shtml#c559 Fri, 30 Dec 2011 07:57:26 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111227/04112817201/company-caught-downloading-competitors-software-just-has-to-pay-fee-to-buy-one-license.shtml#c559 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111227/02500817197/why-does-recording-industry-complain-when-its-often-its-own-worst-enemy.shtml#c458 Thu, 29 Dec 2011 08:15:19 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111227/02500817197/why-does-recording-industry-complain-when-its-often-its-own-worst-enemy.shtml#c458 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/01424117003/court-dismisses-puerto-80-rojadirecta-case-now-doesnt-give-back-domain.shtml#c180 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:47:48 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/01424117003/court-dismisses-puerto-80-rojadirecta-case-now-doesnt-give-back-domain.shtml#c180
It is even due process to allow seizures before trial, but even those rules have been cast aside because the authorities have already decided the guilt of the accused and are seemingly just looking for a way to make their fiction a truth.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/01424117003/court-dismisses-puerto-80-rojadirecta-case-now-doesnt-give-back-domain.shtml#c78 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 11:19:58 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111208/01424117003/court-dismisses-puerto-80-rojadirecta-case-now-doesnt-give-back-domain.shtml#c78 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111126/15435216901/hypocrites-congress-who-voted-against-net-neutrality-sopapipa.shtml#c535 Tue, 29 Nov 2011 14:41:49 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111126/15435216901/hypocrites-congress-who-voted-against-net-neutrality-sopapipa.shtml#c535 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/22454416687/understanding-anonymous-culture-lulz.shtml#c610 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:24:57 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/22454416687/understanding-anonymous-culture-lulz.shtml#c610 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/22454416687/understanding-anonymous-culture-lulz.shtml#c603 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:20:42 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/22454416687/understanding-anonymous-culture-lulz.shtml#c603
Rule of 5s]]> http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2990 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:04:52 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2990 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2970 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:03:45 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2970 http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2947 Thu, 10 Nov 2011 09:00:51 PST http://www.techdirt.com/articles/20111108/23201616688/viacom-exec-everyone-knows-rogue-site-when-they-see-one-except-he-doesnt.shtml#c2947 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1746 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 13:17:12 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1746 http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1165 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:08:38 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1165
There were many failed attempts to do what Jobs did, he just had ability to make it successful. If his design was above reproach why had it changed and/or been improved? I still feel there is so much more that can come out of the platform that in 10 years we will see what Jobs did as a great step forward but still a primitive attempt to make a great tablet/phone. The one thing you can be sure of with technology, it will progress and be based on the ideas that came before it.]]> http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1109 Sat, 22 Oct 2011 09:02:58 PDT http://www.techdirt.com/blog/innovation/articles/20111021/16380816459/steve-jobs-was-willing-to-rip-off-everyone-else-was-pissed-about-android-copying-iphone.shtml#c1109
On screen keyboards existed before in key access machines for example

Orientation changing existed before see the gateway tablet/laptop

Android / iOS are completely different under the hood for the programming

An app store existed before see steam for a game app store that existed before

The basic shape and form of the tablet was predicted in the film 2001 (look for the scene where the guy is having a video chat while eating using a tablet)

Many of the features of tablets were predicted by the Knight Ridder company in 1994

So much of what is being claimed here as innovation was really just seeing what was coming and being the first to incorporate all of the different things into a single device. Is it forward thinking, good business sense, and even raising the bar for the whole industry, yes. Is it innovative, new, or even novel, I don't think so. I hate to bring out a trite quote from Star Trek but "in every revolution there is one man with a vision." He may have been the visionary to combine it first, but it was only a matter of time until someone made the obvious combination of technologies. Does this make Jobs special, no, he was just first.]]>