[OT] "The Condescending UI" (was: Do we need Win95/98/Me support?)

Nick Sabalausky a at a.a
Mon Jan 23 15:11:48 PST 2012


"Jonathan M Davis" <jmdavisProg at gmx.com> wrote in message 
news:mailman.754.1327359014.16222.digitalmars-d at puremagic.com...
> On Monday, January 23, 2012 17:37:59 Nick Sabalausky wrote:
>> IP is evil. That's what I love about China: Not much respect for IP. 
>> Thanks
>> to China's disregard for such things, I have an adaptor that lets me use 
>> the
>> fantastic DualShock2 on Xbox1, GC or PC. That would *never* happen in the
>> US or any heavily-US-influenced country. The corporations and lawyers 
>> just
>> wouldn't allow it.
>
> IP is not entirely evil. For instance, I think that it's perfectly 
> legitimate
> for an author to want to be paid for the book that they wrote. The same 
> goes
> for a song or a movie. And if I write code, and I don't release it under 
> an
> open source license, then no one has any business using it without my
> permission as long as the copyright holds. The problem is that companies 
> take
> it way too far. Too much is protected - the prime example of this being
> software patents (it's ludicrous to patent an idea IMHO) - and companies 
> go
> too far in protecting it (e.g. MPAA or RIAA).
>
> The end result is that instead of legitimately protecting innovation and
> inventions, IP is now frequently used to stifle innovation and prevent
> competition.
>
> The basic concept isn't necessarily bad, but how it's been applied has 
> gone
> way too far.
>

Right. I guess I meant more "Modern IP" ;)




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