Maybe US law is different, but in Europe anyform of copyright infringment (including Let's plays) is a criminal offence. Obviuosly with interent anonymity, it isn't enforced too well, but it looks like that is going to change.
With patents, you have to either sell or profit from someone elses...
I work on IP for an engineering company. Copyright laws are ridiculous compared to patent law.
A patent lasts only 20 years, and is only enforced by a lawsuit. Copyright infringement is a criminal offence, and lasts for atleast 70 years.
Copyright infringment should not be a criminal...
Bachamnn is a talking head, who is given a set of policies by corporations. Some Good, most Bad. Bachman is the irrelvant part.
Romney is the talking head wall street wants, so he's the only one that matters.
The minimum wage is a bad policy.
If the issue is getting money to poor people, it should not be done inside the market, but left to welfare programs.
Ofcourse the best way to address unemployment is the German system, of flexible part time employment, but America won't adopt a European...
I think we do more or less agree philosophically and it's a matter of practicality , which is the issue here (which doesn't matter too much IMO on an internet forum). I have nothing more to say, I haven't already said somewhere in this thread. I'm done, I don't care anymore.
I appreciate the...
To me, it is in all practicality advocating of censorship to try and remove platforms from people saying things you don't like.
he is more succinct here
freedom of speech isn't a right, where do rights come from? It's an idea, a good idea in my view.
How do you define censorship? What...
Why does free speech, only apply to legality of speech. Anytime people are prevented from saying something, their free ability to speak, is not being exercised. Carlin even states how he believes rights are social constructs (which he is right about).
In the case of manning, let us suppose in...