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

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 H

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 p

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 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 m

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 n

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 med