Not in one step. First we halve the time to termination of copyright on all new and existing copyright material. If after a year that wasn't too traumatic, halve it again. And so on.
I'm pretty sure artists will keep producing. Movies will still be made. (there does not seem to be a high correlation between cost and financial success in the movie business. And anyhow, a large part of profits seems to come from theatre showings).
Timeline.
1. 18 Nov. Swedish prosecutors request issue of arrest warrant.
2. 28 Nov 2010. Wikileaks reaches agreements to publish 220 State Department secrets. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_diplomatic_cables_leak
3. 29 Nov 2010. Hillary says "we are taking aggressive steps to hold those responsible." http://www.nowpublic.com/world/hillary-clinton-wikileaks-statement-and-remarks-november-29-2010-2732928.html
4. 6 Dec 2010. Police advise Assange that arrest warrant issued. (Wikipedia)
5. 7 Dec 2010. Assange hands himself in. (Wikipedia)
I suspect that the US will not try to extradite Assange from Sweden because the negative repercussions (on UK, Sweden, and even US public opinion) will be too serious at this point of the election cycle, besides highlighting a major failure of the US state department.
Maybe not beyond reasonable doubt. But definitely on the balance of probability.
It was her department that was humiliated.
If you read past this sentence, you will have to go out and shoot yourself.
Well actually Hans was a secret CIA operative (operating illegally inside the US) trying to gain cred with the real terrorists. That person he shot was an idiot anyhow, and Hans probably did a public service by doing him. That NY cop unfortunately was not in the intelligence loop, or he would have backed off.
In fact, it was because of this debacle that Homeland Security was formed!
Now please go out and kill yourself. You have learned state secrets way above your pay grade.
The real evil in our representative democracies is regulatory capture. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regulatory_capture
For instance software. Ubuntu, Apache, etc have shown that Copyright laws are not necessary in the development of good software. I suspect the same is true in music, movies, books and a lot of other stuff.
The copyright laws funnel money to organizations (MPAA, RIAA et al) that advertise the product and "capture" favorable regulations. (is copyright really necessary to produce good movies? Then why does'nt the success of a movie correlate strongly with its production cost? Most of the profit comes from showing the movie in theatres).
Fortunately for everybody (except those few who benefit from regulatory capture) the copyright regulations are failing. Hence (I suspect) the recent involvement of homeland security in closing pirate sites.
Absolutely!
What I think he meant was "20 Gigawatts of electricity FOR AN HOUR".
A capacitor is just a battery with a very fast discharge/recharge rate.
You mean "Deutschland über alles!!!".
Nah. They should have left is at "Gigawatts". Not "Gigawatts per hour".
For instance, if you were talking about velocity, that's like saying "meters per second per hour" instead of "meters per second".
At best you are three quarters right.
Only three types of solar power?? I could build you a vapor absorption cycle air conditioner working off solar power. It would probably be more efficient than any method tied above.
So at best you are only 3/4 right.
we built a network of superconductors between the sunniest deserts and the cold places where all the work is done...
"To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it"
That applies perfectly to copyright.
And don't kid me. Most of the "work" is done by the RIAA & MPAA in contributing to superpacs and otherwise trying to collect their enormous percentage as opposed to the artist's measly 10% (or whatever).
Copyright is theft. Kim Dotcom is doing everyone (except aforesaid RIAA & MPAA) a favour by liberalizing our culture.
Oh. Of course. He had guns. That proves he is a criminal and stole the money. No doubt about it.
I tell them to turn to the study of mathematics, for it is only there that they might escape the lusts of the flesh. -- Thomas Mann, "The Magic Mountain"
