Interesting Links for 08-10-2015
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andrewducker- Apple, Google, etc. holding hundreds of billions overseas to avoid paying tens of billions in taxes
- Youngest students in class 30% more likely to die in suicide than older classmates
- (Yet another reason to disapprove of clustering people by age rather than ability)
- A simple fix for copyright
- Reel-to-reel tape is the new vinyl
- Type 2 PolioVirus has now been globally eradicated. Next up: Type 3!
- Onshore windfarms cheapest form of UK electricity
- Controlled explosion to temporarily close Forth bridges
- When an old Apple employee got to see behind the scenes of the Steve Jobs movie
- This Trans Guy Took A Selfie Every Day For 3 Years To Show How His Face Changed
- This sneak peek of the next Jurasssic World movie looks impressive
- Toddlers and Tablets: Ten First Steps
- Northern Lights: aurora borealis phenomenon could be seen over UK and US skies for next few weeks
- What do pilots think about airport security
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Date: 2015-10-09 06:50 am (UTC)http://boingboing.net/2015/10/06/nz-government-leaks-on-tpp-co.html
So it looks like 70 years after the creator's death is likely to be set in stone world-wide, or near enough to world-wide. And any belief it could be made a lot shorter is spitting in the wind.
Creators who don't believe in copyright will need to find other ways to make money from their works.