Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-09 Thread Chris Bannister
On Wed, Aug 08, 2012 at 02:54:01AM +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote: On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 19:47 -0500, John Hasler wrote: I don't think you understand what money is. I'm able to handle money to survive very good, but you're right, I don't understand, let's call it the black box of the way money

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-07 Thread John Hasler
Ralf writes: Thus the human race is in competition, every single human with each other?! Competition and cooperation are not mutually exclusive. Instead of sharing knowledge, we prefer to show who has got the biggest dick?! Sexual competition is a fundamental, instinctive part of human

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-07 Thread John Hasler
Ralf writes: I don't like money! I prefer exchange and altruism. Yes, bankers have nothing to offer, they should die!!! Kill the rich and take their property has been the essence of populism for millennia. Everybody ends up poorer, except the new ruling class. Dealing with food to make

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 19:47 -0500, John Hasler wrote: I don't think you understand what money is. I'm able to handle money to survive very good, but you're right, I don't understand, let's call it the black box of the way money is handled international. Perhaps, I hope that I don't understand

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-07 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-08-07 at 19:47 -0500, John Hasler wrote: Ralf writes: I don't like money! I prefer exchange and altruism. Yes, bankers have nothing to offer, they should die!!! Kill the rich and take their property has been the essence of populism for millennia. Everybody ends up poorer,

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-07 Thread John Hasler
Ralf writes: If you're on work and you've got the idea how to improve something regarding to your job, than you're the copyright holder (it's your intelectual property), but you're not the owner. Are you talking about copyright or patent? USA law treats the two quite differently. -- John

Re: [OT] Intellectual Property Law

2012-08-01 Thread John Hasler
doug writes: Not only does copyright not die, as long as Disney is in business, copyrights will extend to eternity! The laws may persist long after effective enforcement ceases, but cease it will. Eventually. In a few hundred years copyright will be seen as a bizarre and incomprehensible