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Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university copyright in... on Thursday June 13, 2019 @11:18PM (#20180359)
But states can be wrong. That's why it makes no sense.
Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university copyright in... on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:40PM (#20180212)
Agreed. As you realized, though, the point is that copyrighted work should not be used without compensating the creator.
Re:Court: Photographer has no recourse against university copyright in... on Thursday June 13, 2019 @10:33PM (#20180192)
This makes no sense. Imagine that SpaceX took a photograph on the moon, and then a university freely used the image in its marketing materials. Would that make sense? Would it make any more sense if the university had a space program? No.
Re:Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently? on Saturday February 04, 2017 @12:54PM (#13568012)
> "you guys"

I don't know what group you're imagining me to be a part of, but you have no idea who I am, clearly. That's fine.

Re:Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently? on Saturday February 04, 2017 @12:42PM (#13567928)
Both you and pdog have made interesting observations, I suppose, but as I said, neither book described our reality accurately. Our reality is far more complicated. As you point out, millions have protested, but tens of millions haven’t. As pdog remarked, the world in 1984 might be described as a totalitarian hellscape, in part, but parts of our world can also be described as such; pdog needs to look outside his locale, I’m afraid. Our world really is like a combination of those two books, even if your neighborhoods aren’t. We haven’t matched the world portrayed in either book, obviously, but it feels to me like were transitioning to a world a lot like a combination of those books. Let’s review things in a decade or two and see what comes to be.
Re:Ask HN: Which book have you re-read recently? on Saturday February 04, 2017 @11:07AM (#13567412)
1984, followed directly by Brave New World. Our world resembles a lot from each of these books. Much like in 1984, we have devices and companies constantly monitoring us (iOS, Android, Facebook, etc.), we have “news programs” and websites seemingly modeled after the “two minutes hate”, and we clearly have some Ministry of Truth-like misinformation getting spread around while accurate information gets lost or ignored. Much like in Brave New World, we have soma-like drugs, distractions and trivialities occupying people while they accept the world as it is and even shy away from wanting to change things. Really, we live in a world that blends together much of what was described in 1984 and Brave New World. Neither book predicted the future accurately, but together the picture these books painted is pretty damn accurate, and disturbing.
Re:Amazon Echo on Thursday November 06, 2014 @10:10PM (#8571052)
After just now hearing about Amazon Echo, I positively, absolutely cannot be the only person who immediately thought of this show: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Real_Humans

Also known as Äkta människor

Re:Firefox Add-on Enables Web Development Across Browsers and Devices on Thursday September 11, 2014 @04:44PM (#8305046)
view-source:https://news.ycombinator.com
Re:Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson – Starts at 9:3... on Thursday April 24, 2014 @01:06PM (#7641511)
Got it streaming on the Mac now. Was not working on Win8, laughably.
Re:Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson – Starts at 9:3... on Thursday April 24, 2014 @12:50PM (#7641415)
Thanks. Still waiting for the live broadcast online at 9:50
Re:Intertwingled: The Work and Influence of Ted Nelson – Starts at 9:3... on Thursday April 24, 2014 @12:44PM (#7641372)
Is anyone seeing the live broadcast? I am not, as of 9:44
Re:You don't own your Kindle books, Amazon reminds customer on Monday April 07, 2014 @09:37PM (#7550923)
From the terms, here: http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html?nodeId=2...
Re:You don't own your Kindle books, Amazon reminds customer on Monday April 07, 2014 @09:29PM (#7550888)
Related: http://www.quora.com/Do-my-heirs-inherit-my-Kindle-ebooks-or...
Re:Amazon Unveils Delivery By Drone on Sunday December 01, 2013 @08:34PM (#6830632)
If this ever actually happens, delivery theft will be rampant.
Re:Why I left Google on Saturday August 17, 2013 @08:45PM (#6231038)
Agreed.
Re:Kindle Paperwhite on Wednesday October 10, 2012 @11:13PM (#4639179)
"Amazon should hire a world-class book designer to serve as product manager for the Kindle."

I think this comment is just about right. The Kindle team really needs to focus on making the Kindle as good as traditional books, when applicable, but better than books whenever possible. Currently the Kindle fails to be as good as books where it counts most (e.g., clarity/sharpness of text, page layout decisions [e.g., hyphens], font choices, display contrast, index functionality, TOC functionality), and it only does a decent job of employing some of the technological advantages it has over books (e.g., the Kindle has a great weight-to-content-offered ratio, it backs up your collection remotely). It kind of surprises me that the Kindle hasn't already surpassed traditional books in every way. Maybe my expectations are too high, or maybe Amazon is more concerned with the bottom line than responding to readers like me. I don't know.

Re:Letters of Note: I think I no how to make people or animals alive on Saturday June 30, 2012 @04:15PM (#4182695)
Encouraging young people is essential--even/especially when their ideas are incredible. The reply letter was just right.
Re:Introducing The New Bing: Spend Less Time Searching, More Time Doing on Thursday May 10, 2012 @03:20PM (#3955402)
I did the same and feel the same. Even DuckDuckGo does better than Bing when it comes to indexing my site.
Re:Seriously, what’s up with old media not crediting bloggers? on Saturday April 07, 2012 @12:00AM (#3809923)
In addition to deserving that huge apology, Dixon deserves monetary compensation from Josh Linkner. Words don't write themselves, and so Linkner had to realize he was using someone else's work without permission -- even if he didn't know who authored the work he was plagiarizing. Linkner only cares because he was caught red-handed. If I was Dixon I would seek statutory damages without question.

Read the law: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/17/504

Re:Ask HN: more sites like HN on Wednesday March 21, 2012 @11:48AM (#3734894)
See "I don't have a Facebook or Twitter account."
Re:Make Any Webpage Look Like It Was Made By A 13 Year-Old In 1996 on Tuesday March 20, 2012 @12:01PM (#3729921)
Yeah, I got to hear a really sweet Alanis Morissette tune. :) :/ :(
Re:Chinese Labor - watch the first 34 minutes at least on Tuesday January 31, 2012 @08:32PM (#3536200)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manufactured_Landscapes

Awards: Best Documentary – 2007 Genie Awards[1] Best Canadian Film – Toronto International Film Festival[1] Best Canadian Film & Best Documentary - Toronto Film Critics Association Awards[1] Nominated for Grand Jury Prize - 2007 Sundance Film Festival[1] Won the Reel Current Award (presented by Al Gore) - 2007 Nashville Film Festival

Re:Request for Startups: Kill Hollywood. on Friday January 20, 2012 @06:23PM (#3491734)
nice
Re:Wordpress Blacked Out on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @02:23AM (#3478465)
The plugins may be even more useful: http://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/tags/sopa
Re:Boing Boing blackout message on Wednesday January 18, 2012 @02:11AM (#3478435)
You might simply remove "503: Service Unavailable"

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