Linux going to be big in China 3746

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, billwg wrote on Thu, 20 Apr 2006 13:35:23 GMT

... always. It is only prosecuted ...

I don't see why the criminal code does not apply here...?

$15-tune, presumably, plus recovery fees, discovery fees, punitive damages, and court costs.

All right, $0.99-tune. I'm not up on market pricing.

The court costs alone would probably have run her hundreds, if not thousands.

What is fair? Fairness is an odd concept generally. This includes "fair use".

It's their time to waste -- and their property (or the artists property, of which they are champions) to protect.

The Internet needs revision.

1 It cannot collect taxes. 2 It cannot identify scofflaws, bandits, and cheats to allow the authorities to collect taxes. 3 It transmits information rather too readily to those who shouldn't have it. Presumably everyone remembers a little handbook that among other things describes how to make rockets out of toilet paper tubes and rather creative methods for making a variety of napalm, for example.

At some point, the Internet will have to bow to its commercial underpinnings (I can't say roots, as that's military; DARPA initially commissioned it) and allow for such things as tiered access (an intermediary pays more, and subscribers may get faster downloads for videos-songs-what not), per-unit payment, taxation, and wiretapping for legal enforcement. All of these should be generally possible now using public-private encryption and proper Debt Management of certificates.

-- Windows Vista. Because it's time to refresh your hardware. Trust us.