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I clicked on my profile, history, then I clicked on my name. It just says loading now... ??

404 Error file "/rome/rome/rome" not found. We sincerely apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused you. Rest assured there will be a layoff with extreme prejudice.

....that was my bad. Please no layoffs.

Great! I'm loving the iTunes support. It's how I do most of my listening. I'd like to see friend recommendations based on listening habits. I'm rome on like.fm, add me if you want to add me.

Awesome. Thanks!

The reason I don't use Google profiles is that I have no reason to. A public facing, Facebook like site? No thanks.

I wasn't interested in Facebook until a real life friend from another state invited me. That's Facebook's draw for me; interaction with real friends and family.

Viz is an app that let's you test the app you build on redfoundry.com.

There service to build an app is not free but the app, which is for testing, was free. It's soon to be a buck a month, Apple's minimum.

Yes, I assumed you were speaking of copyright. Copyright gives you a monopoly on your work. Is this what you mean by the "right of control of exploitation?" Is there another law that gives that right or are you speaking from a moral standpoint?

Copyright doesn't prevent copying, it just gives you a way of redress.

"This works perfect for consumers, but not so good for the companies...."

The movie industry is thriving and they've been hit pretty hard by sharing.

http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/news/2011/02/piracy-once-...

Yes, you do. It's your choice what you do with it.

You could sue for everyone for copyright infringement. (This didn't work so well for the RIAA.)

Or you can figure out a way to capitalize off the reason why everyone likes your work.

In any instance you don't lose your copyright.

It's a number that may be impossible to account for. Heres a study concerning illegal music file sharers, it turns out that they spent more money on music than people who don't share music illegally.

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/crime/illegal-downloade...

Just like radio (play for free) increases album sales for record labels.

This suggests that "lost sales" may mean a product that is not worth buying to some.

I can buy this if somehow someone illegally obtained your copyright.

Other than that, you don't lose your right to exploit your work. Someone else is exploiting your work in addition to you. They are infringing on your copyright, not stealing it.

Just because 70% of people pirate the software doesn't mean that 100% of them would have bought it.

Ideas are not protected by copyrights. If you tell me about your idea, we both have it. Nothing was taken from you.

If I take your pen, you no longer have it; thats theft.

"Protection of private property exists to the extent it's judged useful to society. Protection of so-called intellectual property exists to the same extent."

Protection of private property is to prevent theft. We both can't have your car. If I copy your software, we both have it.

Protection of intellectual "property" was granted as incentive to create. It was (is?) a time based monopoly on your creation. At some point the protection ended. This was a benefit to society as it allowed ideas to be built upon.

Thanks for the reply. Are there any specific advantages over say Ruby or PHP? How can I make an informed decision?

That was the first site I blocked. I've been wishing for Google Blocklist every time "experts-exchange" came up in a Google search.

Should Google stand up to ICE? Should DIGG? Should Reddit? Should Hacker News? Shouldn't any website speak up about this?

Do I understand this right? Google (over a period of time)knowingly submitted info to Microsoft. When Microsoft used that data, Google accuses them of copying?

Does Google use the data I give them? Are they copying me?