“Can a one judge sitting somewhere in a trial court issue an order that says nobody in the world is allowed to have, to use, to improve or to develop software for playing multimedia content without the permission of the manufacturers of the content themselves? .. This is an astonishing development in the course of our understanding of what we call the copyright bargain, the relationship between authors' rights, publishers' leverages and consumers' needs.” WorldNeedsUseOrderCoursesUnderstandingIssuesRightsJudgingDevelopmentSittingCourtTrialsConsumersContentmentSoftwarePermissionPublishersAstonishingBargainsCopyrightContentionMultimedia Author:Eben Moglen
“Meditation may require a lifetime to master, but it will have been a lifetime well spent. ... If you want to judge your progress, ask yourself these questions: Am I more loving? Is my judgment sounder? Do I have more energy? Can my mind remain calm under provocation? Am I free from the conditioning of anger, fear, and greed? Spiritual awareness reveals itself as eloquently in character development and selfless action as in mystical states.” IfsWantMindWellsMayHas BeensStatesCharacterActionSpiritualAsksEnergyMeditationProgressAwarenessJudgingMastersDevelopmentJudgmentLifetimeGreedCalmSelflessMysticalConditioningCharacter DevelopmentProvocationSpiritual AwarenessSounder Author:Eknath Easwaran
“I'm a common law judge. I believe in deciding every case on its facts, not on a legal philosophy. And I believe in deciding each case in the most limited way possible, because common law judges have a firm belief that the best development of the law is the one that lets society show you the next step, and that next step is in the new facts that each case presents.” WayBelievePhilosophyFactsShowsLawNextBeliefI BelieveCommonStepsCasesJudgingDevelopmentI Believe InFirmNext StepsCommon LawFirm Beliefs Author:Sonia Sotomayor
“I would like to see Russia develop as democratically as possible. But when we judge Russia we must also consider where the country is coming from. Our concepts of democracy can't just be schematically transferred. However, I do admit that I'm concerned about some recent developments, such as the new laws against non-governmental organizations.” CountryLawDemocracyJudgingDevelopmentConceptsConcernedOrganizationRussia Author:Angela Merkel
“We have, in the same way, relegated our own responsibility in what happens to our country to the specialists, who are supposed to take care of it, and the individual citizen does not feel that he can judge, and even that he should judge, and take any responsibility. I think there are quite a number of recent developments which show that.” ThinkingWayFeelsShouldDoeCountryShowsHappensCareIndividualNumbersResponsibilityJudgingDevelopmentCitizensTake CareOur CountrySpecialists Author:Erich Fromm
“Its was one of those events which at a crucial stage in one's development arrive to challenge and stretch one to the limit of one's ability and beyond, so that thereafter one has a new standard by which to judge oneself.” ChallengesAbilityStageEventsJudgingDevelopmentLimitsStandardsOneselfCrucial Book:The Remains of the Day Source: The Remains of the Day