It's not exactly regional coding. Its the fact that the content providers know what IP address you are hitting their server from and can tie that to a region. Sometimes you can get around it with a Proxy Server, plus the aforementioned American iTunes account, but it sure is a pain in the butt. Much easier just to use BitTorrent, or other convenient service.
I wonder who the employees of this collections society are? Aren't most collections societies non profit - and they pay out whatever is left after expenses (salaries, etc)?
Probably friends/family of senior government officials.
the FBI warnings on DVD's that I buy up here in Canada. Does this mean that puppy the bounty hunter (or whatever his name is) might come after me should I disobey??????
Getting my head around how these patents were granted
According to the link to ZDNet from the previous post on this issue:
"In one suit against Apple, Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents covering image preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. The second suit is focused on technology that allows one application to ask another program for help completing a computing task. The second suit revolves around the same technology that Kodak sued Sun Microsystems over in 2004. A jury ruled for Kodak and Sun licensed the technology."
Really looks to me that both the patent office and the jury screwed up big time on this one as these sorts of tasks seem pretty obvious.
I dropped by the blog and read the post. It is a pretty fair discussion, but it srikes me as being a similar type of issue to that of open access to academic journal articles. That being:
1. Was the income earned by the researcher provided in part (in whole?) by the public?
2 Was the research itself funded by the public in any way?
If you can answer yes to either question then the data should be public.
On the claim of protections leading to more research. There seems to be an awful lot of research going on now without protections, so why change anything.
Does anyone actually know what it costs to print up one of these $25 (or $10) hardcover blockbuster books in the volumes that they must be producing? Just curious....
This sort of ruling should, in the long run be self correcting...I can see the discussion in the hospital now:
Sick Apeeals Court Judge "Just give me some pills to make me better"
Doctor: "I'm sorry, but due to patent problems exacerbated by you, I can't do any sort of testing on you to determine the appropriate dosage, because your drug plan won't pay the licensing fees to the lab holding said patent."
Sick Appeals Court Judge keels over and gets replaced (hopefully by someone more enlightened)
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Re: Regional Coding
On the post: Russian Collecting Society Sues Promoters For Not Paying Up To Let Beyonce Sing Beyonce Songs
Probably friends/family of senior government officials.
On the post: Reminder: You Don't Compete With Piracy By Being Lame, The DVD Edition
I do so enjoy...
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Getting my head around how these patents were granted
"In one suit against Apple, Kodak alleges that Apple is infringing on two patents covering image preview and the processing of images of different resolutions. The second suit is focused on technology that allows one application to ask another program for help completing a computing task. The second suit revolves around the same technology that Kodak sued Sun Microsystems over in 2004. A jury ruled for Kodak and Sun licensed the technology."
Really looks to me that both the patent office and the jury screwed up big time on this one as these sorts of tasks seem pretty obvious.
On the post: Should Data Collected For Academic Research Get Intellectual Property Protection?
1. Was the income earned by the researcher provided in part (in whole?) by the public?
2 Was the research itself funded by the public in any way?
If you can answer yes to either question then the data should be public.
On the claim of protections leading to more research. There seems to be an awful lot of research going on now without protections, so why change anything.
On the post: Copyright Monopolies In The Middle Of Health Care Reform Debate As Well
On the post: Booksellers Claiming That Competition And Lower Prices Are Bad For Consumers
Cost of printing
On the post: Appeals Court Says Patenting Basic Medical Diagnostic Process Is Just Fine
Sick Apeeals Court Judge "Just give me some pills to make me better"
Doctor: "I'm sorry, but due to patent problems exacerbated by you, I can't do any sort of testing on you to determine the appropriate dosage, because your drug plan won't pay the licensing fees to the lab holding said patent."
Sick Appeals Court Judge keels over and gets replaced (hopefully by someone more enlightened)