Often the manufacturers of the legitimate sportswear get a contract to make 10,000 shirts. So to cover the expected rejects, they make 12,000 shirts with the knowledge they'll have 10,000 good shirts to supply to the customer. Now what to do with the 2000 shirts they made extra and/or were rejected due to manufacturing issues (label upsidedown, etc) - they sell them on. They don't get the little hologram label saying its legit, but its made in the same factory by the same people, its just outside of the contracted numbers.

Why create a new law - the device self-destructed, risking injury to the law enforcement officer/operative attempting access. I'd see assault and possibly bomb-making charges coming in their direction.

Unless they define the terms of the meaning of "person" to exclude certain people.

Thats the point - you want it highlighted on those junctions where it's not permitted, so you don't get caught by the cop sitting in the gas station on the corner waiting for those that do turn.

VirtualBox has a commerical revenue stream.

Basically when Oracle took over they went around all the departments and asked them what their revenue stream was and so justify their existance within Oracle.

Patents are not intended to stimulate others to innovate - only to protect those who have already innovated.
If I innovate then I have the knowledge that if I patent it I can protect my creation from being stolen by others while I have the ability to exclusively benefit from it.

Unfortunately in these days patents do not protect those who innovate, only those who legislate.

We should distinguish between the end user and a commerical user.
While I don't think there is much to be made from the early Beatles albums (first 2 albums are now over 50 years old), I don't think anyone should be allowed to use one of those tracks in movies, adverts, etc without permission or payment.

So 50 years for sales, 70 years for commercial re-use.

As the drone is an aircraft engaged in commerce then this applies:
18 USC 32 - Destruction of aircraft or aircraft facilities
a) Whoever willfully—
(1) sets fire to, damages, destroys, disables, or wrecks any aircraft in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States or any civil aircraft used, operated, or employed in interstate, overseas, or foreign air commerce;
(8) attempts or conspires to do anything prohibited under paragraphs (1) through (7) of this subsection;

shall be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years or both.

http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/18/32

Now you could argue that the as the drone is local that it is not performing interstate commerce and so it would not be liable under this federal law, but if the drone is foreign registered then it is covered under a later clause.

IF GM had collapsed then the remains would have been picked over by the other main car manufacturers and you'd have ended up with the brands being owned by VW, Fiat, TATA, etc. Not good for the America.

Although Fiat already has strong links with Chrysler (they basically own it)

Its was off duty cops and a research institution doing specific work for a government department.
The contractors were going a specific job for the government, they're not government employees.

The Americans have already faked a Mars landing :-)
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0077294/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

GCHQ is based in a donut and work around tea.
NSA is based in a shiny box and work around coffee.

GCHQ has invented some good stuff (like PKI - but they didn't tell anyone about it until the papers were declassified) http://cryptome.org/ukpk-alt.htm

All US Embassy ban all civilians from bringing in consumer electronic devices.
From: http://london.usembassy.gov/ukembmap.html
"PLEASE DO NOT bring Electronic devices such as mobile phones, Blackberries, iPods, iPads, notebook computers, PDAs, headsets, remote-entry automobile key "fobs" or anything with a power plug or battery, as they are not allowed within the Embassy grounds."

You'd be surprised at how different the English languages can be :-)

Cellphone, mobile phone.
Pants, trousers, underwear.
Fannypack, bumbag.
Tinny, can, bevvy, brew.
Police, cops, bobbies, fuzz, peelers.

They listen at GCHQ - the black helicopters will come from RHQ Credenhill with you vanishing to Colchester.