Canadian law controls this though PIPEDA Please refer to Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for further information.
Canada does not use Fair-Use in its copyright laws, it uses Fair dealing and the constructs are totally different. The actual debate in Canada is should we move to adopting Fair Use or continue to use the restricted but spelled out uses of Fair Dealing.
Has anyone considered the possibility that the patches contain monitoring code that will in fact allow the department of Homeland Security to monitor people's computer communications? It is not as if such accusations have not come forth before. This article over at the CBC website comments about alleged CIA operations, in where they are flying prisoners around the globe to be handled in different jurisdictions. This particular article comments about such flights landing in Canada. In Gander to be exact. So it is not to far fetched to consider possible ulterior motives to getting people to update.
So while I applaud the Department of Homeland Security for advising the citizens of the USA to stay on top of their computer updates, I also wonder if there is any ulterior motive behind it. Have they asked Microsoft to include some code that they can use? Or for the bigger conspiracy theorists out there, have they infiltrated their own programmers among those who are writing Windows updates and Vista code?
And for the ultimate in conspiracy theories! Has anyone thought about the timing of the press release? One day before terrorist in the UK are busted in the closest terrorist attack since 9/11, and no one can use the argument that Homeland Security did not know about it the day before. It's not like they woke up and said "Let's bust some guys in England who just happen to be plotting to do something with commercial flights going to the USA"
My opinions might not be popular but they have a point. Be skeptical of everyone, till they prove you wrong!
I would be willing to pay $10 for my movies if I have two of the following rights! I can burn them to a DVD to play on my DVD player. Also I would want the FULL catalogue available, so I can get a copy of some MGM classic for $10 or get the latest and greatest blockbuster for $10. Either way once I download it, I own that copy.
Sure why don't they come in to my home and dictate to me which popcorn to eat, how much, where I sit and oh of course who can watch it with me in my own home.
If I can't burn the movie to a DVD how am I suppose to get it to living room tv from my computer? The average person does NOT know how to do this besides burning a DVD and using a standard DVD player..... BTW people reading this are not average users.
Seriously though how does this organization function for internal communications? Maybe it is my over Hollywood hyped vision of what the FBI does, but how do agents in different geographical office locations communicate or send/get information. Sure there is the phone, and internal mail but wouldent email be a little more effective..
It seems the FBI is lagging behind... a shame really, they should be able to leverage this technology to their advantage.
Actually I find it a rather good version of the cartoon opening. Consider the limitations of using real life people, and since the idea was to use real people and not CGI, them it was well done.
I think it is a pretty good opening. Looking forward to maybe seeing it at the start of a few shows in the future.
No no he's right Based on the legal precedent set by this case burning a CD of music is making music. Akin to burning porn is making porn.
It is an odd and twisted logic but hey this guy is going to jail and for a long time. The problem, as hard as it is to see one in this considering the material in question, is how will this effect future cases from the RIAA, MPAA and so forth. Is taking a photograph (An image copy of the original object) of the Mona Lisa considered making a copy? and as such what are the legal ramifications for that.
I think the original poster was exploring this idea not comparing crimes as the legal precedent is not isolated to future child porn cases.
Don't confuse your sleeping/waking schedule with others. Just because you don't get up at 7am on the weekends does not mean others don't. In fact the more productive in society get up earlier and take full advantage of the sunlight hours by getting and starting work with the sun and working till it goes down if not longer.
Also in most places it is perfectly acceptable to make noice at that hour. It's usually the 11pm till 7am time frame you can't make noise that would disturbe others. But then again that's not a blanket rule either.
"More return on investment means more investment in infrastructure and more supply means more demand."
Don't you really mean more return on investment means more profit for shareholders? I seriously doubt the telco's will invest further in to their networks (after the huge expansion that happened during the dot Com days) until buiness customers demand more services. Since the average DSL connection is sufficent for home use, I doubt you will see any affects on that service till the technology demands higher service and better rates.
Copyright, while a powerful tool to protect the intergerity of a piece of media (written, performed, etc), it is not an absolute right either.. It can be removed by lawmakers and the legal system at any time.
Copyright is about protecting the integerity of the work, not a mean to enforce a profitable venture. That is a secondary right, that can be removed if lawmakers see fit. The right to maintain the integerity of the work however is NOT a removable right. That is guarenteed.
Of course this is the spirt in which the laws were created not the way the have been applied in recent years.
Adam Curry (yes that guy from MTV) is the father of Podcasting and as such he gave the keynote speech at Gnomedex this past weekend. The full keynote is also one of his many podcasts.
(Ok, if you don't know a podcast is basically an audio file. The term originates from the idea of Broadcasting and the iPod. The idea is take your content with you and listen when you want. The CBC has some of their radio content available as a podcast. So the concept is catching on!)
This keynote is well worth the listen. It is motivational, and it is focused. Users demand content and they don't care how the delivery method works (ATOM, RSS, etc). For the rest of the speech, go over to Adam's site for a link to the audio file. Listen, enjoy, and think about what he has to say.
What is really sad is you have not heard of the highly powerful, and successful AMD series of chips and well as the Motorola chip sets.
When it comes to the PC market sure the Intel Chips are popular, but the Motorola chips are used far more in other technology applications. Like Telephone Switches, routers, calculators and so forth.
Do a little looking around. I have only ever seen Intel stamped on the backs of chips in the PC markets.
My previous position with Nortel Networks required that at least one person in our group be on call 24/7. To that end a pager was rotated through the members of the group on a weekly basis. Internet access from home, while not a requirement, was suggested. Now while I never expensed that service back - I would have purchased it regardless and as such did not want to take advantage of the company - I was provided with a company paid for cell phone, and extra "Pager Pay" while on call. This was standard practice under my Director and of the several groups under his command.
I also remember members of my group getting laptops instead of desktops if they did not own a computer at home.
I would find it de-motivating for an employer to request I provide my own cell, pager and/or Internet access to do a job they hired me to do. It is assumed in most offices that an employer will give you the tools to perform the job required of you, at least in my 6 years young career.
My point being that any company that requires you to perform a duty for them, should at least cover expenses that the employee may incur during the execution of those duties.
Such my experience: Pager, Cell phone, and (if I wanted) Internet access was covered. I.E. the tools needed to perform the job I was hired to do.
Finally M$ catches on to what Telephony vendors and various other technology developers have been doing for years.
Had they started with a secure product, then being backwards compatible would not be that much of a problem. Hopefully the M$ code monkeys will not make more problems than they fix.
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Google Make Magazine! It is great for the DIY in you.
"IMHO, learning to program is important. Learning programming languages is not."
Best reply anyone could have given! Here here to your Dutch education!
I could not disagree with this more. Maybe in the US but not in Canadian universities.
While anyone can obtain a degree (to relative success) it is hardly a "show up and get A's" situation.
Keep in mind this is 100% optional!
Canadian law controls this though PIPEDA
Please refer to Personal
Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) for further information.
Canada does not use Fair-Use in its copyright laws, it uses Fair dealing and the constructs are totally different. The actual debate in Canada is should we move to adopting Fair Use or continue to use the restricted but spelled out uses of Fair Dealing.
Has anyone considered the possibility that the patches contain monitoring code that will in fact allow the department of Homeland Security to monitor people's computer communications? It is not as if such accusations have not come forth before. This article over at the CBC website comments about alleged CIA operations, in where they are flying prisoners around the globe to be handled in different jurisdictions. This particular article comments about such flights landing in Canada. In Gander to be exact. So it is not to far fetched to consider possible ulterior motives to getting people to update.
So while I applaud the Department of Homeland Security for advising the citizens of the USA to stay on top of their computer updates, I also wonder if there is any ulterior motive behind it. Have they asked Microsoft to include some code that they can use? Or for the bigger conspiracy theorists out there, have they infiltrated their own programmers among those who are writing Windows updates and Vista code?
And for the ultimate in conspiracy theories! Has anyone thought about the timing of the press release? One day before terrorist in the UK are busted in the closest terrorist attack since 9/11, and no one can use the argument that Homeland Security did not know about it the day before. It's not like they woke up and said "Let's bust some guys in England who just happen to be plotting to do something with commercial flights going to the USA"
My opinions might not be popular but they have a point. Be skeptical of everyone, till they prove you wrong!
Sounds like tough talk from a COO. Though I doubt they have half the market infulence that Google has in the search space.
I would be willing to pay $10 for my movies if I have two of the following rights! I can burn them to a DVD to play on my DVD player. Also I would want the FULL catalogue available, so I can get a copy of some MGM classic for $10 or get the latest and greatest blockbuster for $10. Either way once I download it, I own that copy.
Sure why don't they come in to my home and dictate to me which popcorn to eat, how much, where I sit and oh of course who can watch it with me in my own home.
If I can't burn the movie to a DVD how am I suppose to get it to living room tv from my computer? The average person does NOT know how to do this besides burning a DVD and using a standard DVD player..... BTW people reading this are not average users.
DRM does not work!
Seriously though how does this organization function for internal communications?
Maybe it is my over Hollywood hyped vision of what the FBI does, but how do agents in different geographical office locations communicate or send/get information. Sure there is the phone, and internal mail but wouldent email be a little more effective..
It seems the FBI is lagging behind... a shame really, they should be able to leverage this technology to their advantage.
Actually I find it a rather good version of the cartoon opening. Consider the limitations of using real life people, and since the idea was to use real people and not CGI, them it was well done.
I think it is a pretty good opening. Looking forward to maybe seeing it at the start of a few shows in the future.
No no he's right
Based on the legal precedent set by this case burning a CD of music is making music. Akin to burning porn is making porn.
It is an odd and twisted logic but hey this guy is going to jail and for a long time. The problem, as hard as it is to see one in this considering the material in question, is how will this effect future cases from the RIAA, MPAA and so forth. Is taking a photograph (An image copy of the original object) of the Mona Lisa considered making a copy? and as such what are the legal ramifications for that.
I think the original poster was exploring this idea not comparing crimes as the legal precedent is not isolated to future child porn cases.
Don't confuse your sleeping/waking schedule with others.
Just because you don't get up at 7am on the weekends does not mean others don't. In fact the more productive in society get up earlier and take full advantage of the sunlight hours by getting and starting work with the sun and working till it goes down if not longer.
Also in most places it is perfectly acceptable to make noice at that hour. It's usually the 11pm till 7am time frame you can't make noise that would disturbe others. But then again that's not a blanket rule either.
"More return on investment means more investment in infrastructure and more supply means more demand."
Don't you really mean more return on investment means more profit for shareholders? I seriously doubt the telco's will invest further in to their networks (after the huge expansion that happened during the dot Com days) until buiness customers demand more services. Since the average DSL connection is sufficent for home use, I doubt you will see any affects on that service till the technology demands higher service and better rates.
Copyright, while a powerful tool to protect the intergerity of a piece of media (written, performed, etc), it is not an absolute right either.. It can be removed by lawmakers and the legal system at any time.
Copyright is about protecting the integerity of the work, not a mean to enforce a profitable venture. That is a secondary right, that can be removed if lawmakers see fit. The right to maintain the integerity of the work however is NOT a removable right. That is guarenteed.
Of course this is the spirt in which the laws were created not the way the have been applied in recent years.
Adam Curry (yes that guy from MTV) is the father of Podcasting and as such he gave the keynote speech at Gnomedex this past weekend. The full keynote is also one of his many podcasts.
(Ok, if you don't know a podcast is basically an audio file. The term originates from the idea of Broadcasting and the iPod. The idea is take your content with you and listen when you want. The CBC has some of their radio content available as a podcast. So the concept is catching on!)
This keynote is well worth the listen. It is motivational, and it is focused. Users demand content and they don't care how the delivery method works (ATOM, RSS, etc). For the rest of the speech, go over to Adam's site for a link to the audio file. Listen, enjoy, and think about what he has to say.
I am wondering if a hold of this kind would cause a massive pressure release. Much like the way a volcano works?
Now all we need is an unobtainimun ship to drive down there
Just exactly what rules in the WTO are they breaking? Are you refering to the ITU rules set forth by the UN?
It is nice to make such a statment but you do not back it up like you did with your second point. Elaborate please.
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Looks good !
What is really sad is you have not heard of the highly powerful, and successful AMD series of chips and well as the Motorola chip sets.
When it comes to the PC market sure the Intel Chips are popular, but the Motorola chips are used far more in other technology applications. Like Telephone Switches, routers, calculators and so forth.
Do a little looking around. I have only ever seen Intel stamped on the backs of chips in the PC markets.
My previous position with Nortel Networks required that at least one person in our group be on call 24/7. To that end a pager was rotated through the members of the group on a weekly basis. Internet access from home, while not a requirement, was suggested. Now while I never expensed that service back - I would have purchased it regardless and as such did not want to take advantage of the company - I was provided with a company paid for cell phone, and extra "Pager Pay" while on call. This was standard practice under my Director and of the several groups under his command.
I also remember members of my group getting laptops instead of desktops if they did not own a computer at home.
I would find it de-motivating for an employer to request I provide my own cell, pager and/or Internet access to do a job they hired me to do. It is assumed in most offices that an employer will give you the tools to perform the job required of you, at least in my 6 years young career.
My point being that any company that requires you to perform a duty for them, should at least cover expenses that the employee may incur during the execution of those duties.
Such my experience: Pager, Cell phone, and (if I wanted) Internet access was covered. I.E. the tools needed to perform the job I was hired to do.
One question I have is who defined what the spam was? Is my girlfriends email about supper tonight spam if delivered to my work account?
It's a simple question, likely to get many flames but it has an interesting impact!
I never said the providers are, but the vendors are........ and I do have a clue mate, I worked for one!
Finally M$ catches on to what Telephony vendors and various other technology developers have been doing for years.
Had they started with a secure product, then being backwards compatible would not be that much of a problem. Hopefully the M$ code monkeys will not make more problems than they fix.