Here is a look at two contrasting tent styles. The 1891 camping tent uses one central pole, four corner stakes, and two guy lines. It has lots of headroom, and would be a comfortable tent, probably for horse packing or car camping. The lower figure shows that this tent is a veritable hotel room, and might sleep 4.
A total opposite design philosophy is seen in the ultralight Rainbow Tent by Tarptent. This tent sleeps 1, weighs less than 2 pounds, and has one pole curving side to side, and a cross pole that forms the center beam of the tent ceiling. If you attach hiking poles to the corners the tent becomes freestanding, but you can also just stake the corners.
A lot of artists (and their fans) want the rules changed to help lower the financial burden and bureaucratic hassle of getting remix rights. They want mixing to be done under a fair use regime or by mechanical license. If sampling were fair use, musicians could grab sounds without seeking permission and without paying any fee. Under a mechanical license, a system would be set up that allows artists to get the needed rights from a central source and for relatively little money. The rights holder wouldn't be able to refuse permission and the fee would be set by Congress. This would streamline the process of acquiring rights enough to allow many musicians to comply with the law.
Posted by: Hot Air Balloon Pictures | March 22, 2008 at 01:39 AM