Although there were other magnetic tape cartridge systems, Philips' Compact Cassette became dominant as a result of Philips' decision in the face of pressure from Sony to license the format free of charge.
Capitalism is not really a system so much as the lack of a system.
It amounts to the statement that - left to their own devices - on average the mass of positive thinking and energetic people will tend to do useful things.
The motivation is not money, in fact attempts to engineer a financial incentive into the system (such as copyright, patents and "performance related pay") usually backfire.
Of course without a system there is no guarantee that all the necessary bases wil be covered - which is why you have to have public provision for security, law and order and (in sensible places) health, education water and sewerage infrastucture, power, roads and public transport
unless --- they are perform content-based censorship and their censors (human/automated?) fail anything they can't read.
Since the book is bilingual (ie everything written in Cornish is repeated in English) even that excuse fails.
Geographical indication is something of a European thing, mostly, and one which the United States has actually pushed back on.
Mostly because they don't have any decent geographically located foodstuffs.
I can see nothing wrong is forcing a geographical description on a product to be accurate.
If Chinese chocolate is as good as Belgian then it should be able to compete without calling itself Belgian.
Having said that I do think that "Belgian Recipe" or "Belgian Syle" should be allowed. (Champagne went too far when it banned other producers from using the term "Methode Champenoise")
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YET, when you use other people's work, especially if to help you gain income, you ARE subject to restrictions; it's part of copyright so as to minimize grifters getting unearned income.
HA HA . Given that the primary purpose of copyright is to maximise unearned income for publishers your comment is a joke!
Furthermore I would say that copyright acts as a magnet to the dregs of humanity. Its promise of a income (effectively) for ever in exchange for no further effort brings out the worst in people (and brings the worst people in!).
Look at the kibnd of people who run the gatekeepers, the kind of creators who proactively defend copyright - and - yes - the trolls round here - and you will see what I mean.
For you, anyway, it's about taking away the rights of authors and artists. Your rhetorical move in focusing on these evil "gatekeepers" is cute (and I'm sure effective), but at bottom you don't think authors and artists should have any rights to their works.
I suggest you actually read the linked article, which was written by an author who explicitly said that he thought his "rights" were less important than the integrity of the internet and he was prepared to abandon them if the damage caused by keeping them was too great.
it's not hard for most people, just most people here !
That's because most people just take whatever the government says at face value - whilst most people here take the trouble to analyse the situation in greater depth!
Because they were told that specific shippers were shipping illegal drugs, and they continued doing business with them anyway
I've read your link - and I don't think it says what you think it says.
In any case it is not illegal to do business with someone merely because they have previously been caught doing something illegal. As the UPS terms of service state, responsibility for any illegal shipment lies clearly with the client and not with UPS. The legality or otherwise of shipments is judged individually.
The only possible case the DOJ has against UPS is that they were actively targeting illegal business, and even there it is not entirely clear what law it is that they are breaking.
The evidence for that, given your link, is at best muddy
The whole thing looks more like "pay 40 million to make this go away" than anything else.
Funny thing is - I take his argumetn about the impossibility of distinguishing between "discoveries" and "inventions" and I can't disagree with any of it. The only thing is - I come to the exact opposite conclusion: NOTHING should be patentable.
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From Wikipedia:
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It amounts to the statement that - left to their own devices - on average the mass of positive thinking and energetic people will tend to do useful things.
The motivation is not money, in fact attempts to engineer a financial incentive into the system (such as copyright, patents and "performance related pay") usually backfire.
Of course without a system there is no guarantee that all the necessary bases wil be covered - which is why you have to have public provision for security, law and order and (in sensible places) health, education water and sewerage infrastucture, power, roads and public transport
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Re: Mike downplays key point of "red flag" knowledge.
Delete which file?
Every file?
Your comment?
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French Intelligence : oxymoron
(As opposed to the Dihydrogen oxymorons that live in Florida.)
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Pot - meet kettle!
Next time check what he actually said.
Tell me how tracking where to go next by looking down on a PAPER map isn't distracting as you drive.
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Nor is it smart to rely on the fact that you have multiple layers of defence unless you treat each layer as if it were the only one.
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Re: Amazon is within their rights
Presumably you have no problem publishing a book written by a vegetable if you are a fruit yourself - but if you are a river then it's another matter.
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Since the book is bilingual (ie everything written in Cornish is repeated in English) even that excuse fails.
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Mostly because they don't have any decent geographically located foodstuffs.
I can see nothing wrong is forcing a geographical description on a product to be accurate.
If Chinese chocolate is as good as Belgian then it should be able to compete without calling itself Belgian.
Having said that I do think that "Belgian Recipe" or "Belgian Syle" should be allowed. (Champagne went too far when it banned other producers from using the term "Methode Champenoise")
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Re: You promote tiny outlets, disregarding collateral damage
HA HA . Given that the primary purpose of copyright is to maximise unearned income for publishers your comment is a joke!
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Furthermore I would say that copyright acts as a magnet to the dregs of humanity. Its promise of a income (effectively) for ever in exchange for no further effort brings out the worst in people (and brings the worst people in!).
Look at the kibnd of people who run the gatekeepers, the kind of creators who proactively defend copyright - and - yes - the trolls round here - and you will see what I mean.
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I suggest you actually read the linked article, which was written by an author who explicitly said that he thought his "rights" were less important than the integrity of the internet and he was prepared to abandon them if the damage caused by keeping them was too great.
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That's because most people just take whatever the government says at face value - whilst most people here take the trouble to analyse the situation in greater depth!
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Which, oddly enough is exactly the SAME ARGUMENT that the DOJ is using against UPS.
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I've read your link - and I don't think it says what you think it says.
In any case it is not illegal to do business with someone merely because they have previously been caught doing something illegal. As the UPS terms of service state, responsibility for any illegal shipment lies clearly with the client and not with UPS. The legality or otherwise of shipments is judged individually.
The only possible case the DOJ has against UPS is that they were actively targeting illegal business, and even there it is not entirely clear what law it is that they are breaking.
The evidence for that, given your link, is at best muddy
The whole thing looks more like "pay 40 million to make this go away" than anything else.
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Not strictly true - see
http://quixoticquisling.com/2009/01/penroses-patent-and-the-battle-of-the-tissue-tiles-contai ns-mathematics/
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Funny