The copyright holder is a third party to the conversation between someone publishing infringing material and the person downloading the material. The copyright holder wants the state to prevent this conversation, just as a censorious churchlady wants to prevent the conversation between a porn distributor and porn reader. You may think the copyright holder is a just censor.
And of course the way to ensure the continued dominance of English in technical and scientific fields is to let an unlimited number of grad students and engineers into the US, UK, Australia, and NZ.
I don't know a single person out there that is complaining about gas prices. Different crowds I guess. As to the rest of your wild speculation, please follow http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/energy/index.html for awhile.
For example, by providing employment opportunities for more engineers? I don't think so. The broken window fallacy isn't being invoked by anyone here, though I'm glad you're aware of it so you can call it out when it is used, which is frequently.
If I read the article correctly government employees are worried about their functions being "outsourced" to the private sector -- typical of government employees worldwide. No indication of worry about outsourcing to Bangladesh or wherever.
It'll probably be awhile, but I look forward to the day when wages have risen enough in India and infrastructure good enough in even poorer locales to make outsourcing from India a boon.
That won't be "poetic justice" or "karma is a bitch", that'll be good for both India and wherever Indians outsource work to.
Jealousy is "I wish I had what X has -- let's see how I can steal it." Envy is "I don't have what X has -- let's see how I can destroy it." Obviously envy is more destructive, as it can only be negative sum.
No, the present value of revenues collected decades from now is the same for anyone (modulo different individual discount rates) -- a tiny fraction of the value of revenues collected now. Participation by investors doesn't change the arguments for or against perpetual copyright at all.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: A: (as Mike Linksvayer)
The copyright holder is a third party to the conversation between someone publishing infringing material and the person downloading the material. The copyright holder wants the state to prevent this conversation, just as a censorious churchlady wants to prevent the conversation between a porn distributor and porn reader. You may think the copyright holder is a just censor.
Re: Re: Re: A: (as Mike Linksvayer)
Censorship would be if they told you that you couldn't sing along.
You have got to be kidding me.
Re: Re: A: (as Mike Linksvayer)
Censorship is when a third-party stops you from communicating ideas to a second party.
As is precisely the case in nearly every copyright-based takedown, suit, or other attack on websites and p2p.
Not only is copyright enforcement censorship, but so-called piracy fights what everyone censorship.
A: (as Mike Linksvayer)
Censorship.
1.2 billion, not 3 billion (as Mike Linksvayer)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ethnologue_list_of_most_spoken_languages
And of course the way to ensure the continued dominance of English in technical and scientific fields is to let an unlimited number of grad students and engineers into the US, UK, Australia, and NZ.
Re: (as Mike Linksvayer)
I don't know a single person out there that is complaining about gas prices. Different crowds I guess. As to the rest of your wild speculation, please follow http://www.econbrowser.com/archives/energy/index.html for awhile.
Policy Analysis Markets (as Mike Linksvayer)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro, you're thinking of http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Policy_Analysis_Market which was a very good idea that was killed because a few people had a "terrorism futures!?" reaction similar to yours. Please see http://hanson.gmu.edu/policyanalysismarket.html and especially the analysis of press coverage -- the longer and further out the press is, the more favorable it is.
Also see http://www.midasoracle.org/2007/05/07/economists-petition-on-prediction-markets/ for ongoing coverage of the petition.
close your wifi (as Mike Linksvayer)
If opening your wifi is no protection it follows directly that opening your wifi puts you at serious risk, no?
Does anyone claim the Blu-ray/HD-DVD battle does g (as Mike Linksvayer)
For example, by providing employment opportunities for more engineers? I don't think so. The broken window fallacy isn't being invoked by anyone here, though I'm glad you're aware of it so you can call it out when it is used, which is frequently.
Not offshoring (as Mike Linksvayer)
If I read the article correctly government employees are worried about their functions being "outsourced" to the private sector -- typical of government employees worldwide. No indication of worry about outsourcing to Bangladesh or wherever.
It'll probably be awhile, but I look forward to the day when wages have risen enough in India and infrastructure good enough in even poorer locales to make outsourcing from India a boon.
That won't be "poetic justice" or "karma is a bitch", that'll be good for both India and wherever Indians outsource work to.
ban human-driven vehicles (as Mike Linksvayer)
I look forward to the day only robots can drive.
http://ideas.4brad.com/node/410
Mix of envy, jealousy, and greed (as Mike Linksvayer)
Jealousy is "I wish I had what X has -- let's see how I can steal it." Envy is "I don't have what X has -- let's see how I can destroy it." Obviously envy is more destructive, as it can only be negative sum.
Re: Argument for perpetual copyrights? (as Mike Linksvayer)
No, the present value of revenues collected decades from now is the same for anyone (modulo different individual discount rates) -- a tiny fraction of the value of revenues collected now. Participation by investors doesn't change the arguments for or against perpetual copyright at all.