Until just a very few years ago (around the time of CMCA), in order to enforce a copyright you had to DECLARE it.
Short answer: No.
Long answer: No, not i.e. in Germany, where you automatically posses the copyright of your work. No need to declare it somewhere.
Conclusion: even back then, it depended on where the author(s) was/were from.
Much to my dismay, my own country, Germany.
The simple fact of the matter is that the US is recovering from one of it's worst recessions ever. You can't cherry pick a point in time, and claim victory.
That recession you're referring to
Germany... is slightly more touchy about issues pertaining to surveillance and the general topic of totalitarianism, for some reason.
Yes, we (the German people) are. No, we (the German government) are not. The later will happily share whatever they acquire with its "friends" in Europe and overseas.
Technically both NSA and BND/Verfassungschutz are not spying on their own people
I'm not making this weird shit up, that's actually how our government argued in this affair. Granted the wording they used was of course more not-so-obvious politian-speak. But that's what they said.
In most countries of the world, if a non-parent gave an 8-year-old access to the same level of porn as GTA 5's strip club, they would be severely punished.
You left out an important word. It should read 'In most unenlightened countries of the world
We've got the same amount of "porn" i.e. in shower gel commercials in the afternoon TV program. And no-one is severely harmed (kids) or punished (adults).
To me, being non-practicing is the very definition of patent trolling.
Ever heard of the Fraunhofer Institute (of MP3 fame) or its sibling, the Max Planck Society?
These are dedicated research centers, partly financed by the tax payer. Their very goal is to invent and create patents and license them.
This could be a (partial) answer to sunday's Ask Slashdot question, "Attracting Developers To Abandonware?":
I can't code in any meaningful way, nor do I aspire to. I could easily pay for a supported version of icewm, but I can't personally pay someone enough to keep it alive. I'd love it if someone took a personal interest in the code, to ensure that it remains up to date, or to make it run on Wayland or whatever.
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My guess is that they're talking about proxy servers here, which isn't too uncommon for ISPs.
I think the OP was referring to the fact that it was the "first known human artifact to enter outer space."
Krebs is german for Crabs. Cancer is Latin for Crab. There's no pinch needed.
"Krebs" is German for both "crab" and "cancer", no pinch nor Latin needed.
If the game has to slow to 10% how does that prove anything good?
It's not the game that gets slowed down, it's the star system (and maybe the surrounding deployment systems) where that battle happens, which gets slowed down with what CCP calls Time Dilation, nicknamed "TiDi" by EVE players.
That's something completely different and IMHO a clever way of handling things. Other players in different parts of EVE's universe won't be affected and can continue to play as if nothing has happened.
That seems to be him: Datenbankexperte und Projektmanager (database expert and project manager) Thomas Freyer.
Congratulations. You just figured out how the hedge fund company business works.
Last I heard, Wargaming was in talks to buy Gas Powered Games, I don't know if that's still a thing.
Wargaming acquired Gas Powered Games back in February
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I like all three of them (Connery, Moore, Brosnan). Each for his own style.
Although Connery also tried to play the 'smart'/'womanizer' moments, I never could connect to him being a British gentleman. I see him more like the 'tough guy'.
Moore for me brought a lot over-acted self-irony to the Bond series. To me it feels like he played each scene with an blink of an eye. He fully fullfilled the British gentleman stereotype, but his action scenes weren't as good as Connery's.
Brosnan somehow managed to combine both for me: Connery's 'tough guy' and Moore's 'very british' and he felt right in both cases.
Now, I'm not sure how the different Bonds would work out in the other's stories. But one thing I know for sure: what set the Bond movies apart for me all the time, was the 'britishness' of the hero. With Daniel Craig, we've reached the 'just another Hollywood action hero' stage, making the Bond movies interchangable with a lot of other action movies. I'm not blaming Craig for this, but rather the desperate attempts of the script writers/directors to 'modernize' the franchise. Franchise, a term I read/hear with growing frustration and anger, it's synonymous to 'cater to the (current) masses taste, no experiments, please!'
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