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TSMC is continuing to complain about 'unacceptable' US chip plant terms

larryjw

April 2023

Since Reagan, the super greedy c-suite have been outsourcing product creation to other countries. The last I heard, the US cannot produce clothes, silverware, chips, hospital fluid bags, most critical care cart drugs, many vaccines. The whole c-suite logic was to transform US companies into shell corporations solely for the c-suite suits to pocket all the money earned. They buy yachts, mansions and politicians.

The US has lost 2 generations of productive workers while blaming China and other "eastern" countries of "taking our jobs".

No, China and the other countries of doing the work Americans can no longer do. We no longer even have older workers who can mentor younger workers. And it's the US's fault -- no one else is to blame. The government didn't control the Corporations and let them rape the taxpayers for the c-suite sole benefit, leaving the US with little in the way of productive capacity. We've got a lot people getting rich off of money manipulation, but few doing anything useful.

There's no quick fix for this collapse. The US doesn't have the infrastructure to rebuild.

'Apple Glasses' reportedly launching in 2026 or 2027 at the earliest

larryjw

April 2023

The Harvard paper is a worthwhile read for background but I gagged when it mentioned focusing “white” light — which doesn’t exist — white is not a light frequency.

It does emphasize the research being done with materials to make such things as the Apple Glass feasible.

But there is no reason to think that the Harvard approach to the only approach being researched, or that Apple is pursuing.

Man who claims to be Bitcoin creator eyes lawsuit against Apple

larryjw

April 2023

flydog said:

Wow so many clowns who claim to know somethign about copyright law.

camber said:

The document itself contains no Copyright—the word Copyright does not appear in the document nor the © symbol, no date of copyright and no individual/company who owns the copyright. These are three more impediments to a successful copyright suite against Apple. Furthermore, although Apple has deep pockets and is therefore a 'good' target for such a suite, copyright provides the least protection of all the intellectual property laws. He can threaten all he likes but a successful suit is highly unlikely!

Wrong. It is not necessary to include the (c) symbol to sue someone for infringement. Including the symbol is beneficial to the copyright holder because, among other things, it precludes certain defenses.

spliff monkey said:

because an unused sample white paper appeared in macOS? FFS Attention seeking, fame fucker. Even if he had proof he was the author it would still be a very dubious case. Without proof it sounds like a grift from a former president who's about to be a convicted felon. Humanity really needs a reboot.

What makes it "dubious" if he can prove he is the author? What element of a copyright infringement claim is missing here?

AppleInsider said:

Although Wright has yet to file a formal lawsuit against Apple, it's unlikely he will succeed since he still has to provide irrefutable evidence that he is indeed the creator of Bitcoin. Given the nature of the document, it's also unclear if any copyright law applies.

No, he only needs to prove he is the author. Fictious names and pseudonyms may be used, and the author is still entitled to copyright protection.

He also doesn't need to prove that he invented Bitcoin. All he needs to prove is that he wrote the article.

Copyright law applies here. Clearly, the article is copyrighted by default. It needs to be registered to bring a suite. But this article has been out in the wild for 15 years. We’ve all copied it by now. A successful suite must be brought within 3 years of infringement. It think that has passed?

Clearly only the author can register for copyright protection, so Wright needs to prove he is the author. Not likely.

Finally, the way it was published makes it arguable that it was meant to be in the public domain. Fair use at least. One key element is if way back 15 years ago, if someone want to get permission to copy this work, there must have been a way to ask for permission. That has proven impossible.