A lot of people considered them to be junk cars. But I actually liked those old Vega’s. Especially the one’s that some p
-
∂³∑x² — 1 year ago(September 09, 2024 03:28 AM)
There has been talk for a long time now that the Mona Lisa in the Louvre in Paris is a forgery after its theft in 1911.
Whether there is any truth to it or not the entire concept of placing value on physical objects which can be easily recreated comes into question.
If the idea of the image is given value then posters, postcards, t-shirts and so on can be made which give the owner of the intellectual property (IP) a return on their investment. The idea itself is where the value lies and not in the physical manifestation of it. If someone copies that idea they need to pay for its use as if they have taken fiscal value from the IP owner.
If copyright is extended on IPs then any image, sound, text or formula is now the thing which is valued over it actually becoming an item in this universe.
Like physical money it has no practical use alone, but when used as an economy it can create a disparity between those who consider themselves owners of valuable ideas and those who must rent them to live.
In 100 years time someone can rent the ideas of all the components of a car to recreate a 'genuine' one. They can drive that car and enjoy all the perks that come associated with it. If someone else makes exactly the same car, but without the required paperwork to support that they have rented it from the IP owners they will be found to be criminal, even though they made every physical component themselves.
This is where the pharmaceutical companies in the US are just now with their drugs. They can claim ownership of a concept and charge as they see fit for it being made by those who rent the idea. But other countries can currently make those exact same drugs far cheaper as the ownership concept doesn't apply there.
You can see where that leads I'm sure
Call me ∑ -
∂³∑x² — 1 year ago(September 09, 2024 05:45 AM)
The idea that intellectual property will be more valuable than physical property has been spinning for over 30 years now. It started with music and video, found its way to texts and chemical composition and is now trying to take up shapes and tastes. Before it was to make sure the only the originator could lay claim to benefiting from creating something, but since the mid-1990's the idea of an intellectual estate has been brewing with archivists being the new foot soldiers of cataloguing everything and writing policies to make sure that ownership is protected in laws which prohibit the free distribution of information for the well-being of society.
3D printers can be made to make guns and knives. Deep Fakes can be made to produce disgusting pornography. Recipes can make mind altering and dangerous drugs. Manifestos can radicalise impressionable minds.
Won't someone think of the children?
How and where this goes is anyone's guess but the idea is that you'll have everything you need without owning anything - there's no need to.
Of course that won't extend to those who actually do the owning They'll definitely want you to keep your grubby little paws away from their stuff. But they'll want you to see that they have it
And that is why the whole thing is disingenuous and without a point. The bread and circuses should tide us over until the flames retake us and this merry little adventure will continue on just fine without ever remembering us
Call me ∑ -
/. — 1 year ago(September 09, 2024 06:19 AM)
1968 Mercury Cougar
https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1968-mercury-cougar-xr7-6/
My password is password
Schrodinger's Cat walks into a bar, and doesn't. 