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SCO Names 1st Lawsuit Target: AutoZone [Updated]
An anonymous reader writes "News.com
reports that SCO has filed the first (of two) soon to be infamous lawsuits. This one is aimed against car part retailer AutoZone, a multi-billion, Fortune 500 company according to the site. Who's next?" Another reader excerpts from SCO's posted claim: 'AutoZone violated SCO's UNIX copyrights by running versions of the Linux operating system that contain code, structure, sequence and/or organization from SCO's proprietary UNIX System V code in violation of SCO's copyrights.'
Update: 03/03 16:28 GMT by T : njan writes with the news that SCO just announced during their ongoing conference call another lawsuit, this one "to be filed against Daimler-Chrysler, alleging that they are infringing SCO's copyright by using code relating to 'core operating system functionality' of SCO System 5."
And so it begins...
SCO is appearing like a jealous partner who just can't bear the thought that they're not the entire world to their clients, and are playing the stalking game, and running around town spreading rumours about infidelity. Nothing more, nothing less.
That reminds me of something I heard about religion and the christian god.
If you knew a woman with a boyfriend who insisted she bow down before him, and if she didn't she'd be cast into eternal pain and be shunned by her friends, and she couldn't associate with others who didn't believe in his superiority, and MUST give parts of her wages to him and his friends, then you'd tell her to get the fuck out of that abusive relationship asap.
When that "abusive boyfriend" is god however, it's all OK. Which, considering darl's affection for mormonism, isn't surprising.
I've known 3 women who've been stalked by obsessive morons, and their stalkers have all used religion as a basis for their hold over the victim. I think you really have something there!
File-swap 'killer' grabs attention
Last modified: March 3, 2004, 4:00 AM PST
By John Borland
Staff Writer, CNET News.com
A new political battle is brewing over Net music swapping, focusing on a company that claims to be able to automatically identify copyrighted songs on networks like Kazaa and block illegal downloads.
Los Gatos, Calif.-based Audible Magic has been making the rounds of Washington, D.C., legislative and regulatory offices for the last month, showing off technology it says can sit inside peer-to-peer software and automatically stop swaps of copyrighted music from artists such as Britney Spears or Outkast.
The company's technology is still being tested and could yet prove unworkable. But limited demonstrations have already turned some heads in legislative offices.
"It is definitely something that is interesting to people on (Capitol) Hill," said one senior congressional staffer who had seen the demonstration and requested anonymity. "We are open to all kinds of different solutions at this point. Having the technological ability to do this certainly opens up some opportunities."
Audible Magic has predictably become a protege of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), which has helped the company gain entree to official Washington circles. The group says Audible Magic's technology, or something like it, should be adopted by file-swapping companies if they are serious about not supporting widespread copyright infringement.
The RIAA's backing, and the month-long press tour, has given the technology new credibility in legislative, regulatory and university circles. After watching a demonstration at RIAA headquarters in late January, University of Rochester Provost Chuck Phelps said he instructed his technology staff to evaluate the technology for use on his campus.
The RIAA isn't pressing for legislation or enforced usage of Audible Magic's software, at least not yet. Indeed, in an election year, any serious congressional attention to the issue is unlikely. But peer-to-peer companies are keenly aware of the potential for political strong arming--and of the threat it poses to the world of file swapping.
Privacy advocates and file-swapping backers have been deeply critical of any technology that would enforce monitoring or blocking of file swapping or any other Internet service. They argue that filters could infringe on free speech and block technological innovation, all to serve the entertainment industry's relatively narrow interests.
Nevertheless, the vast popularity of file-swapping networks like Kazaa remains largely based on trades of copyrighted songs, videos and software, according to many Net analysts. Being forced to install song-stopping filters inside software such as Kazaa--much as a court required of Napster in its heyday--could severely disrupt the ability of file swappers to freely trade songs.
In past months, peer-to-peer executives including Sharman Networks' Nikki Hemming have repeatedly told legislators that it was technically impossible or infeasible to install adequate filtering systems on their networks. Now some are switching focus, saying that even if filtering is technically possible, mandating it would be a disastrous mistake.
Requiring filters "would amount to the anointment of a specific technology as the winner in what the (recording) industry has made a file-sharing war," said Adam Eisgrau, executive director of P2P United, a file-swapping company trade association. "It is time that (the entertainment industry) be politely told that theirs is not the only social and economic interest at stake."
P2P United members have not seen Audible Magic's technology, Eisgrau noted. His group sent letters to RIAA Chief Executive Officer Mitch Bainwol and Audible Magic earlier in the week asking for a demonstration.
In an interview with CNET News.com, Bainwol said he would b
Maybe not, but Autozone violated my Civic by installing carbon fiber which may or may not be a sticker, spinning wheels which contain little or no aluminum or alloy and are in violation of local code, and numerous lights of dubious usefullness and questionable legality.
Even those who arrange and design shrubberies are under considerable economic stress at this period in history.
You, madam, are teh biggest karma whore evar.
This is Slashdot, you're not allowed to mention hot grits without mentioning Natalie Portman. Sheesh.
When the U.S. shifted from Agriculture to Manufacturing, there was a lot of upset but the adjustment was made and the U.S. was prosperous.
...nice...
When the U.S. shifted from Manufacturing to Information Processing, there was a lot of upset, and for a while there was a boom of prosperity.
Now that the U.S. is moving a great deal of the Information Processing overseas, what then will we do?
Given the ever increasing popularity of discussing legal matters on Slashdot, the increasing profile and popularity of lawsuits between companies and against individuals, I'd venture to guess we'll become a nation of lawyers and legalists. We're about to sue ourselves out of existance.
Agriculture -> Manufacturing -> Information -> Litigation ->
(Now I duck and prepare for moderation)
Now if could either:
a) outsource the lawyers, or
b) get a law firm to sue another law firm for using Linux for their database / accounting systems...step back and watch the whole thing blow up in an tangled infinite loop of lawsuits.
I just heard some sad news on talk radio - custom motorcycle maker and all-around white trash Jessie James was found dead in his Long Beach, California home this morning. There weren't any more details. I'm sure everyone in the Slashdot community will miss him - even if you didn't enjoy his work, there's no denying his contributions to popular culture. Truly an American icon.
You heard it here first! Jesse James is gay. He announced it this morning on Q107 in New York. He went on to explain that he has been in denial for a very long time and that he has finally overcome his fear of being ridiculed over his sexual orientation.
Suck my fat one, modding down as redundant is asinine and counter productive.