It is about illegal distribution. Distribution of copywritten materials without the consent of the copyright holders is illegal.
...I still maintain that this is more a control gaining tactic than a protection of rights.
(as it is the individual user who is actually committing the act)
If the RIAA was fully committed in protecting artists interests, they would be prosecuting the end parties themselves.
IMHO, this case sets a dangerous precedent for the computing industry in general. For example, if I write a security paper theoretically outlining a system deficiency along with sample source code, should i be held liable for the damages that some script kiddie inccurs by use of it? I'd imagine that it would not be long before security papers stopped showing up on the net and systems would gradually be produced that were less secure.
...it's about distribution without the RIAA's blessing. This is not about piracy. It's about control. By putting this case forward, they are opening a door by which they can sieze control of an established distribution method.
One legal expert after another has warned that the implications of RIAA's suit against Napster go far beyond music and will directly affect the sharing of other media as well.
This is probably the most important statement to be made regarding these proceedings. Is an Operating System vendor now liable for having a copy command? Seems absurd, but it may be the final result if similar ill-advised judgements on technical issues continue. I believe the judge made a statement to the effect of "Napster wrote the software, it's up to them to write software that will remove from users the ability to copy copyrighted material" http://www.theregister.co.uk/cont ent/1/12195.html
Does this mean that the entire notion of a three-tier computing architecture will be held back by points of law reagarding Intellectual Property distribution?
MP3s have often been touted as "CD-quality". Why trade a lower-quality medium based on lossy compression when you can trade the real thing. I think a real kick in the pants would be to start trading actual Audio CD images in response to the napster shut down.
1 - ability to run a 'big' database on linux 2 - replication of said database IMHO, issue 1 is the stated problem; yet issue two is sitting quietly in the background, impacting the actual engine selection. no one seems to be outrightly saying that they need a an engine that can mirror a large database quickly, but they are taking this fact into account and this is greatly impacting the decision. As we move closer to a more distributed, three-tier computing paradigm, the will become an even greater issue. My suggestion is the following: 1 - Look for a database that performs well on unix. period. this includes DB2, Sybase, Oracle, or opensource (mySQL, postgres, etc...) 2 - find a good replication engine that is able to directly access the database. UNIX is all about a modular approach to solving problems. However, people seem to be taking an all or nothing stance on this database problem. I'd recommend PeerDirect as a good replication engine. www.peerdirect.com
This type of device is useful for ensuring only authenticated staff are using coporate assets. It's one extra level of legal CYA for the coporation. This coupled with a cheap price for the technology (i saw a keyboard at Comdex Canada that did this with an MSRP of $100.00. they also had a mouse.) will more than likely cause a fast adoption of the technology for the coporate desktop. IMHO, the keyboard or mouse device itself should also be authenticated with the machine via a dongle or some sort of hard coded serial (sort of like a MAC address) that ensures that no one swaps the device for one that can spoof the authentication.
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could'nt say. but who knows what you might find once you started poking through their work. Why pass up and oppourtunity of increasing the noosphere.
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which would you rather have? Canned Corn or the option of growing your own?
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what about revamping the business model to reflect more of a service and consulting based entity. Case in point, Oracle Coporation makes the bulk of their revenue not on product sales. It is mainly composed of service and consulting. I believe this the same model that SAP follows as well.
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What about BSD? why not just opensource the entire technology and let the communities decide what they like. I for one, do not like my choices dictated to me.
Lock it down, and risk locking yourself out. IMHO, if you publish the specs, i am convinced you will see a plethora of apps quickly become ported to it.
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So what are we supposed to use now, harsh language???
Eat your heart out Dick Tracy.
should top the list of ways to sponser an open source project.
...Now i can finally build that backyard reactor project. ;-P
It is about illegal distribution. Distribution of copywritten materials without the consent of the copyright holders is illegal.
...I still maintain that this is more a control gaining tactic than a protection of rights.
(as it is the individual user who is actually committing the act)
If the RIAA was fully committed in protecting artists interests, they would be prosecuting the end parties themselves.
IMHO, this case sets a dangerous precedent for the computing industry in general. For example, if I write a security paper theoretically outlining a system deficiency along with sample source code, should i be held liable for the damages that some script kiddie inccurs by use of it? I'd imagine that it would not be long before security papers stopped showing up on the net and systems would gradually be produced that were less secure.
What are your thoughts?
...it's about distribution without the RIAA's blessing. This is not about piracy. It's about control. By putting this case forward, they are opening a door by which they can sieze control of an established distribution method.
This is probably the most important statement to be made regarding these proceedings. Is an Operating System vendor now liable for having a copy command? Seems absurd, but it may be the final result if similar ill-advised judgements on technical issues continue. I believe the judge made a statement to the effect of "Napster wrote the software, it's up to them to write software that will remove from users the ability to copy copyrighted material" http://www.theregister.co.uk/cont ent/1/12195.html
Does this mean that the entire notion of a three-tier computing architecture will be held back by points of law reagarding Intellectual Property distribution?
MP3s have often been touted as "CD-quality". Why trade a lower-quality medium based on lossy compression when you can trade the real thing. I think a real kick in the pants would be to start trading actual Audio CD images in response to the napster shut down.
1 - ability to run a 'big' database on linux 2 - replication of said database IMHO, issue 1 is the stated problem; yet issue two is sitting quietly in the background, impacting the actual engine selection. no one seems to be outrightly saying that they need a an engine that can mirror a large database quickly, but they are taking this fact into account and this is greatly impacting the decision. As we move closer to a more distributed, three-tier computing paradigm, the will become an even greater issue. My suggestion is the following: 1 - Look for a database that performs well on unix. period. this includes DB2, Sybase, Oracle, or opensource (mySQL, postgres, etc...) 2 - find a good replication engine that is able to directly access the database. UNIX is all about a modular approach to solving problems. However, people seem to be taking an all or nothing stance on this database problem. I'd recommend PeerDirect as a good replication engine. www.peerdirect.com
This type of device is useful for ensuring only authenticated staff are using coporate assets. It's one extra level of legal CYA for the coporation. This coupled with a cheap price for the technology (i saw a keyboard at Comdex Canada that did this with an MSRP of $100.00. they also had a mouse.) will more than likely cause a fast adoption of the technology for the coporate desktop. IMHO, the keyboard or mouse device itself should also be authenticated with the machine via a dongle or some sort of hard coded serial (sort of like a MAC address) that ensures that no one swaps the device for one that can spoof the authentication.
could'nt say. but who knows what you might find once you started poking through their work. Why pass up and oppourtunity of increasing the noosphere.
which would you rather have? Canned Corn or the option of growing your own?
what about revamping the business model to reflect more of a service and consulting based entity. Case in point, Oracle Coporation makes the bulk of their revenue not on product sales. It is mainly composed of service and consulting. I believe this the same model that SAP follows as well.
What about BSD? why not just opensource the entire technology and let the communities decide what they like. I for one, do not like my choices dictated to me.
Lock it down, and risk locking yourself out. IMHO, if you publish the specs, i am convinced you will see a plethora of apps quickly become ported to it.