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--></style></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal>But once replication technology becomes commonplace, then the concept of open source matter or open source material goods will also become commonplace. Just like we have closed source software and open source software, same thing would, I presume happen with anyone’s ability to copy anything, even the machine that replicates matter could itself be replicated or copied. So, its illegal to copy your car, ok then, I’ll program a matter-replication pattern which is almost an exact copy of your fancy car but with some things changed here and there. And then rather than selling it for profit, I’ll make it open source. Just like I have a choice to use closed-source windows or open source Linux, I could use some material thing that was replicated, and I could pay for a great copy or I could get several thousands of open source patterns which I could load in and replicate. If I don’t want to buy a house, go on the open-source matter market and replicate a house or a modular house that I’d have to put together with 4 stories, a fancy basement and swimming pool. Well the basement would have to physically be dug out but you get the point I think. There will be two groups, closed-source paid for replication and open source replicated stuff. And you could even mix and match the two if you wished. Just like with the sapi5 eloquence I bought, it is mostly closed source with some open source libraries mixed in with it. But if CodeFactory ever sold a good stable responsive sapi5 decTalk, I would buy it! Especially a decTalk 4.3 or 4.5 version. Just like how next month I will buy both sapi5 vocalizer, and the CodeFactory NVDA addon. Yet at the same time I will also use Espeak. My local news station uses Espeak American English voices to read emergency information when necessary. </p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Josh</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Sent from <a href="https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986">Mail</a> for Windows 10</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div style='mso-element:para-border-div;border:none;border-top:solid #E1E1E1 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal style='border:none;padding:0in'><b>From: </b><a href="mailto:jaybird@bluegrasspals.com">Jayson Smith</a><br><b>Sent: </b>Tuesday, July 23, 2019 09:11<br><b>To: </b><a href="mailto:Text_to_Speech@GMX.com">Don</a>; <a href="mailto:dectalk@bluegrasspals.com">DECtalk Discussions</a><br><b>Subject: </b>Re: [DECtalk] decTalk and speech-fx-inc</p></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Hi,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Let me go in a different direction with this. Before we get started, let </p><p class=MsoNormal>me say as a disclaimer that I do not now, nor have I ever owned an </p><p class=MsoNormal>automobile, so this is just an example.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So you walk up to my car, use your fancy new matter replicator, and make </p><p class=MsoNormal>yourself an exact copy, then drive off in your newly-acquired car. </p><p class=MsoNormal>Meanwhile, my car is still very much mine, and I can make use of it in </p><p class=MsoNormal>every way I could before. In fact, depending on how your replicator </p><p class=MsoNormal>works and what I was doing at the time (maybe you replicated my car </p><p class=MsoNormal>while I was asleep inside my house) I might not even know there was a </p><p class=MsoNormal>doppelganger making the rounds.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>That is, until something happens to expose it. It could be that you get </p><p class=MsoNormal>into an accident, get pulled over for some reason, etc. The problem is, </p><p class=MsoNormal>even if you changed the license plate, your car still has my car's VIN, </p><p class=MsoNormal>or Vehicle Identification Number, which is sort of like a serial number </p><p class=MsoNormal>for automobiles. Eventually something's going to happen and the fact </p><p class=MsoNormal>will come out that there are two cars with identical VINs, which should </p><p class=MsoNormal>never happen. And yes, as Don said, any unique flaws in my car (a dent </p><p class=MsoNormal>in the hood, a scratch on the back passenger door, etc.) will be just as </p><p class=MsoNormal>faithfully replicated and appear on your car.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>So now we have two identical cars on the streets. The case probably </p><p class=MsoNormal>eventually ends up in court. Since I'm the one who originally purchased </p><p class=MsoNormal>the car, it's going to be me, not you, who can provide the proof to seal </p><p class=MsoNormal>the deal. I, not you, will be able to furnish the purchase receipt, </p><p class=MsoNormal>title, etc. And if some of those documents were in the car when you </p><p class=MsoNormal>replicated it, and you now have copies of them as well, I've still got </p><p class=MsoNormal>you beat. Unless I left a laptop, hard drive, etc. with all my account </p><p class=MsoNormal>numbers, logins, passwords, etc. in the car at the time you replicated </p><p class=MsoNormal>it, it's going to be me, not you, who can provide bank statements and </p><p class=MsoNormal>other circumstantial evidence to support the claim that I'm the legal </p><p class=MsoNormal>owner of the car. So in the end, even though you never denied me the use </p><p class=MsoNormal>of my car in any way, shape, form, or fashion, you're still guilty of </p><p class=MsoNormal>theft, because you have benefited from that which was not lawfully yours </p><p class=MsoNormal>to use.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Now to address your recent message about matter replication being </p><p class=MsoNormal>commonplace. Obviously if and when matter replication at a level anyone </p><p class=MsoNormal>can use becomes a reality, there will be a major disruption in many </p><p class=MsoNormal>industries. For a while, people will replicate anything they want, </p><p class=MsoNormal>anytime they want. But eventually, laws would be put in place to control </p><p class=MsoNormal>the sale of replication technology and/or punish illegal replication. </p><p class=MsoNormal>And manufacturers would probably try all sorts of tricks to defeat </p><p class=MsoNormal>replication technology, and we'd be right back where we are today with </p><p class=MsoNormal>digital goods (books, music, movies, software) where there's a war going </p><p class=MsoNormal>on between those who make these products and those who would make a </p><p class=MsoNormal>quick buck by selling, giving away, or just using illegal copies.</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Just my thoughts,</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>Jayson</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>On 7/23/2019 2:06 AM, Don wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>> On 7/22/2019 8:48 PM, Josh Kennedy wrote:</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> Again, if you are not driving your car, I’ll just use </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> matter-replication to</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> replicate myself a copy of your car, that way you still have your car </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> and I</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> have my copy of your car. I would just need to pay for a driver’s </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> license to</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> prove I am fit to drive. Nobody has to know your car was </p><p class=MsoNormal>>> matter-replicated</p><p class=MsoNormal>>> with futuristic technology.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> And my lawyer would have your vehicle seized as evidence in the case </p><p class=MsoNormal>> against</p><p class=MsoNormal>> you. The same matter replication technology would be used to PROVE </p><p class=MsoNormal>> that you</p><p class=MsoNormal>> had an IDENTICAL copy of my car -- not one that was manufactured </p><p class=MsoNormal>> separately</p><p class=MsoNormal>> from mine -- even if manufactured using matter-replication technology </p><p class=MsoNormal>> ("Gee,</p><p class=MsoNormal>> how is it that your car has the same DENT in the hood that mine does? </p><p class=MsoNormal>> Down</p><p class=MsoNormal>> to the molecular level?! (sort of like DNA). This would undoubtedly be</p><p class=MsoNormal>> seen as /prima facie/ evidence of the theft -- without ever having to </p><p class=MsoNormal>> prove</p><p class=MsoNormal>> when and where you committed the crime (just like "receiving stolen </p><p class=MsoNormal>> goods").</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> More and more product development effort (esp with regard to software) is</p><p class=MsoNormal>> going into preventing and detecting counterfeiting. That's effort that</p><p class=MsoNormal>> COULD have gone into making the product better.</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> Wait until you have to be online to use that new-fangled speech </p><p class=MsoNormal>> synthesizer</p><p class=MsoNormal>> and the software validates your license IN REAL TIME and refuses to </p><p class=MsoNormal>> "speak"</p><p class=MsoNormal>> unless you've paid this month's license fee! Not only will you not own a</p><p class=MsoNormal>> license for "unlimited use on a single machine" but you'll have to pay</p><p class=MsoNormal>> a subscription fee to maintain your license... even if you aren't </p><p class=MsoNormal>> using it</p><p class=MsoNormal>> this month!</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> [Obviously, the software developers must think of this sort of </p><p class=MsoNormal>> unauthorized</p><p class=MsoNormal>> use as THEFT if they are investing this sort of effort into preventing or</p><p class=MsoNormal>> detecting it! And, the cost of investing in those "protections" gets</p><p class=MsoNormal>> passed on to the customer!]</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>> _______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dectalk mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>> Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>> http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal>_______________________________________________</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dectalk mailing list</p><p class=MsoNormal>Dectalk@bluegrasspals.com</p><p class=MsoNormal>http://bluegrasspals.com/mailman/listinfo/dectalk</p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>