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  • On the post: SurfTheChannel Owner Anton Vickerman Sentenced To Four Years In Jail For 'Conspiracy'

    Sonja ( profile ), 14 Aug, 2012 @ 12:03pm

    Re:

    really... I think this is good time now to take gun manufacturers to court. They certainly know that some of their guns are used for illegal purposes. Lets face it, its all their fault people die due to gunshot wounds.

  • On the post: It's Never Enough: Both RIAA & MPAA Aren't Satisfied With Google Punishing 'Pirate' Sites

    Sonja ( profile ), 13 Aug, 2012 @ 09:01am

    Re: Re: Licensed...

    Really? I think his points are still valid. Why do I have to jump through hoops to get them to take my money. Its nice within the US bubble, not so nice outside, especially if you are in an insignificant country. But alas. I have to admit that I am finding very good indie people to support lately which I might not otherwise have looked for. Indie people 1. Archaic content creators 0

  • On the post: Aaron Swartz Indictment Leading People To… Upload JSTOR Research To File Sharing Sites

    Sonja ( profile ), 22 Jul, 2011 @ 11:08am

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    I agree with your statement.. but I dont feel that is enough. I study part time and work during the day, so its impossible to me to access any published information I require from the library (which is only open during working hours). It is also not available via the university website because of publisher constraints. In all my courses sofar we havent made use of any information behind behind a paywall either. And I think, especially for anything in the IT industry, to not be in the open relegates you to obscurity. Not that these people get it. We are suppose to be building on information, not reinventing the wheel. I can understand if you have to recoup costs in digitizing info, but then charge a nominal fee until such time the costs incurred is paid off. Why dont they have something like the safari books online model for the papers then (its not perfect, but its a start)?

    In the meantime I bypass any paywalled papers and only reference whats freely available, becuase Im certainly not going to pay 20$ for a 100 papers to find the ones I am really after.

  • On the post: UK Lobbyists Claim UK Software Industry In Trouble Because It Doesn't Have Software Patents

    Sonja ( profile ), 23 Jun, 2011 @ 03:46am

    Patent enforcement

    I have to wonder about the descrepancy between the different patent systems though. With the US wanting to enforce their patents on anyone, what would happen if its a company that are not allowed to patent software in their respective country but are getting sued by some chancer that patented it in the US? Now the company could patent in the US, but if you are a small business and you actually just service your local community and maybe the odd US visitor, what do you do? Patenting in the US can be very expensive if you start converting it from certain currencies. So you either take the risk or just pay. And with the US just shutting down domains and wanting to extradite people even though their home country says its legal does not leave one with a warm fuzzy feeling. After all some chancer with pockets of money could wipe out a small business with no recourse for that small business.

  • On the post: Will Homeland Security Domain Seizures Lead To Exodus From US Controlled Domains?

    Sonja ( profile ), 02 Feb, 2011 @ 10:29am

    What if?

    I am not going to get into the pirate debate right now. What I want to know is where will all this stop? People jump on the pirate bandwagon now. But what if the pirates are gone. What if all this is used to stifle free speech in future ie. We dont like sites by people of a certain race/color/religeous/political view etc? And with no way to question or protect myself? I am not an american citizen but have a .com domain, so what will my options be if it gets taken down? Only throwing lots of money at the problem which I dont have? Registering another domain? But then if everything is controlled by the US, whats the point?