Depends if you pronounce 'Jose' the Spanish or Portuguese way.

How could this possibly go wrong?

Copyright is backed up by courts, which are protected by men with guns. And if you have an idea, you don't have to patent it. And if you have a patent, you don't have to protect it (making it public domain like status). We don't have to have patents, that is also a choice.

Corporations have a lot in common with Patents, protecting property rights with public charters defended by the state (people with guns). We don't have to have those either. I'd be okay with taking government out of the Corporation business, and start holding corporate boards accountable for the corporation itself.

Don't mind that you contradicted yourself here in ways you probably don't realize.

"There ought to be a law" isn't a double sided sword, but you're wielding it that way. Why do we have to figure out anything? Do you want to protect Nintendo (and all the corporations you derided in your post) or do you want liberty to use your "hobbyist PCS" as you see fit?

Freedom is scary. People will do shit you (and me) won't like.

Here is my take as a Libertarian. Copyrights and Patents ought to be taxed by the holders of those protected classes. Choosing to not pay those taxes liberates those patents and copyrights to the public domain. How this works in Nintendo's case here is ... I doubt they'd be spending millions protecting old titles in perpetuity and they'd be released to the Public. Copyrights and Patents ARE a creation of the state, protected by laws of the state, enforced by the power of the state and ought to be paid for by those it protects. These taxes could pay for a great deal, and once they no longer benefit the holders, become public and benefit everyone everywhere equally. This is the one kind of tax that I can get on board with, because it is 100% voluntary and doesn't force anyone to do anything.

In this case here, what I run on my PC is my business. The tools for allowing me to run Nintendo's "Property" aren't Nintendo's, and they have no control over my stuff at all.

Mr. Universe, a technophile and information broker who broadcasts uncensored truths across the system, telling Captain Malcolm Reynolds: "Can't stop the signal, Mal. Everything goes somewhere, and I go everywhere." - Mister Universe

(see also, Streisand Effect)

And If my Grandma^W robot had wheels, it'd be a bicycle.

Where are my engines Jeff?!!!

Ooops, force of habit, nevermind....

"Camelot!"

"Camelot!"

"Camelot!"


"It's just generated content ."

FINE! I'll start MY OWN timezone . With BLACKJACK and HOOKERS!

Good thing they don't do anything complicated up there like scheduling trains. Or airplanes.

So, Three companies good, four is anti-competitive? When T-Mobile bought Sprint, where you for or against that merger?

Just wanting the logic here.

People work after sunset and before sunrise all over the place. Some places are open 24/7. And yet, people manage it just fine. And some places are dark for large portions of the year, and bright for large portions of the year. It's almost like the world is a sphere or something and no two places are the same! Some places are summer at the same time other places have winter. Weird huh?

UTC everywhere, all the time and just be done with Timezones and DST forever!

We have Legal Aid in the UK, https://www.gov.uk/legal-aid/a.... Whether you qualify depends on your financial circumstances.

I foresee another $1,000,000 buy of Trumpcoin in CZ's near future.

AI Scenario

User to AI: Is this mushroom safe to eat
AI to User: Yes it is!

RIP User

AI to nobody: Oops, sorry. This was not safe to eat. Here is a list of how to identify poisonous mushrooms.

How do MORONS manage to amass 6.3 BILLION dollars to lose?