The "full rights" of which you speak are described in the LOC's "Copyright Basics Circular. IANAL, but the biggest benefit I see is:
If registration is made within 3 months after publication of the work or prior to an infringement of the work, statutory damages and attorney's fees will be available to the copyright owner in court actions. Otherwise, only an award of actual damages and profits is available to the copyright owner.
That's disgusting to me. What if I'm too poor to pony up $20 for each comic book I self-publish?
With Creative Commons, you can do it for free and get legally enforceable license terms. Theoretically.
"You can do this now. If you want to recreate a painting of mine in poster form I can give you the rights to do so."
Lessig's point: Encourage a creative community where people can share their work however they want and still own it in a contractually enforcable way without paying lawyers or the government.
Excatly! I wonder how often the SanDisk 128MB PCMCIA flash cards fail? Couldn't someone who wanted to wipe out one of the ballot memory cards slip it into a PDA or camera and format it?
I also wonder when the printed paper trail is checked. Is it only if there's a discrepancy, or are votes cross-referenced every time?
BTW, grandparent incorrectly states that the machines have to be loaded up in a truck before the data extraction. It sounds to me like the cards were collected at the voting precinct, which would be a very good opportunity to steal one for reverse engineering.
Jeff, you make a good point, but remember that in a democracy, the rights and viewpoints of minority groups are not always respected. A lot of people feel like prostitution should be legal, for example, and it is in parts of Nevada. But when a policeman in Utah sees that you got ticketed in a brothel, he might decide not to reduce your speeding ticket like he usually does, and then harass you.
Admittedly, this is a frivolous example, but still, you're paying an extra hundred bucks just because the policeman knows something about you that's really none of his business.
Technology, as well as law, can create problems because laws do not change quickly and the law is never perfect.
For example, take the controversial "Red Light Cameras," which automatically ticket you if you go through an intersection. Obviously, the law has to say driving through a red light is illegal. But in a dynamic, high-traffic city like Los Angeles, people in left-turn lanes habitually run red lights to maximize efficiency.
Or sometimes, late at night in a small town, you should be able to proceed through a red light if it is totally safe.
And I won't even get into sex, and how in many states, two consenting adults cannot legally get it on just because they're gay.
Point is, the law is never perfect. Until we can model perfect justice in neural networks (j/k) and eliminate corruption, we should maintain a healthy skepticism about "Total Information Awareness" as a dangerous concentration of power.
And even if you had perfect faith in the government, like the poster above says, what if somebody hacks it? Or what if the good guys get kicked out and the bad guys take over?
Actually, it is easy to sync Opie with Outlook, see the OpieSyncing wiki for details, but basically you just need Sharp's Intellisync, which works great for me.
And to answer "Why?" -- I can use unison to synch a mobile subset of my files with my handheld. I can run Samba on my ipaq to browse through its real filesystem. PocketPC's filesystem is essentially inaccessible without going through ActiveSync, which is horrible.
No, these are two separate issues. Having to pay, even $0.10/MB, to protect my legitimate copyright is totally unfair. I guess I adhere to the "European conception that an artist has a 'moral right' to the work they've produced." (see parent).
I'm actually not in favor of Disney's "perpetual copyright through lobbying." I feel 76 years is a reasonable length for creative works. But that has nothing to do with the core issue.
Imagine this: at one of the "renewal periods" for my photo library (which is already > 2GB, that's ~$200) I'm totally broke. Is it fair to lose my copyright?
Moreover, that amount of money isn't going to matter to Disney, and with no good reason not to renew, big corporations will just renew all their intellectual property in perpetuity. This whole idea perpetuates the concentration of intellectual property in megacorporations.
With AMD's viability continually in question, I definitely don't think this hurts. Even aside from the additional revenue, recognition by a major player is just what Advanced Micro Devices needs at this point.
I've always loved ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/. "#1 archive of Apple II 8-bit games and utilities in emulator DSK and file formats; plus emulators and emu info " (from callapple.org/). I believe it also has a good ][gs resources, so you'll also be getting a classic 16-bit architecture.
Except that if you use DVORAK regularily (I don't), it's great to have that option on your handheld. It's an important feature-- one that Linux must have, since PocketPC and Palm already do.
BTW, after successfully returning my SL-5500 today, I noticed the plastic screen protector on the TV set at my friend's place. Oops.
Message to Sharp: I love the Zaurus, and I returned it only because I'm trying to decide whether to wait for the new one. I guess I'm a classic industry problem.
I just got back from returning my SL-5500 at J&R Music World, and their computer had the price for the 5600 as $549.99. The guys behind the counter told me "two weeks", but that's probably not accurate, and they had 30 on order.
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Actually, it does have graffiti-style data entry, and yes there is a ipkg that allows you to use dvorak at: http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/zaurus/opie-dvorak_ 0.9.1-4_arm.ipk
I don't know if I'd call Don's assertion that UI design is best done by a "tyrant" disparaging. Maybe he's on to something that open-source needs to adopt?
IMO, ideally, open-source will allow any user to be his own tyrant, by separating content from implementation via open data standards (file and interchange formats) and distributed data storage and synchronization.
Actually, in the new version of Flash, you can develop applications that "adhere to standard browser navigation buttons". For example, you can write your Flash so that clicking the back button allows you to "go back". Fo more info, check the Feature Tour.
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Anyone who wants to develop for.NET needs to shell out at least $1,079 for Visual Studio. That's $1,079 more than it takes to develop in Java, and $1,079 too much.
How can Microsoft afford to shut out all the developers that don't have big corporations backing them? Why not at least give away the compiler and class library?
Another option, especially if you forget to look at the non-compete before accepting an offer, is to just "forget" to sign the thing.
This worked for me at both my previous and present employers. The HR person asked if I wanted to read the contract over. Say "Yes", then take it back to your desk, and file it away in the back of your file cabinet.
If the HR person bugs you, say something like, "Oh, didn't I get that back to you already?"
It sounds sketchy, but it's worked for me twice! Don't surrender your right to work on your own projects, just because of corporate paranoia.
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"You can do this now. If you want to recreate a painting of mine in poster form I can give you the rights to do so."
Lessig's point: Encourage a creative community where people can share their work however they want and still own it in a contractually enforcable way without paying lawyers or the government.
BTW...
"As has already been mentioned,
Excatly! I wonder how often the SanDisk 128MB PCMCIA flash cards fail? Couldn't someone who wanted to wipe out one of the ballot memory cards slip it into a PDA or camera and format it?
I also wonder when the printed paper trail is checked. Is it only if there's a discrepancy, or are votes cross-referenced every time?
BTW, grandparent incorrectly states that the machines have to be loaded up in a truck before the data extraction. It sounds to me like the cards were collected at the voting precinct, which would be a very good opportunity to steal one for reverse engineering.
Lessig's twin contributions:
- $20 not needed
- You can give people the right to distribute, derive, perform, display and/or copy your work if you want, on your own terms.
Lessig is saying that all creators should allow some of their work to be d,d,p,d and/or c'ed for free, to encourage the creative community.
Jeff, you make a good point, but remember that in a democracy, the rights and viewpoints of minority groups are not always respected. A lot of people feel like prostitution should be legal, for example, and it is in parts of Nevada. But when a policeman in Utah sees that you got ticketed in a brothel, he might decide not to reduce your speeding ticket like he usually does, and then harass you.
Admittedly, this is a frivolous example, but still, you're paying an extra hundred bucks just because the policeman knows something about you that's really none of his business.
Technology, as well as law, can create problems because laws do not change quickly and the law is never perfect.
For example, take the controversial "Red Light Cameras," which automatically ticket you if you go through an intersection. Obviously, the law has to say driving through a red light is illegal. But in a dynamic, high-traffic city like Los Angeles, people in left-turn lanes habitually run red lights to maximize efficiency.
Or sometimes, late at night in a small town, you should be able to proceed through a red light if it is totally safe.
And I won't even get into sex, and how in many states, two consenting adults cannot legally get it on just because they're gay.
Point is, the law is never perfect. Until we can model perfect justice in neural networks (j/k) and eliminate corruption, we should maintain a healthy skepticism about "Total Information Awareness" as a dangerous concentration of power.
And even if you had perfect faith in the government, like the poster above says, what if somebody hacks it? Or what if the good guys get kicked out and the bad guys take over?
Actually, it is easy to sync Opie with Outlook, see the OpieSyncing wiki for details, but basically you just need Sharp's Intellisync, which works great for me.
And to answer "Why?" -- I can use unison to synch a mobile subset of my files with my handheld. I can run Samba on my ipaq to browse through its real filesystem. PocketPC's filesystem is essentially inaccessible without going through ActiveSync, which is horrible.
when you're within range of a wireless network, you could stream high-quality audio data to a remote hard disk, or even to a streaming media server.
No, these are two separate issues. Having to pay, even $0.10/MB, to protect my legitimate copyright is totally unfair. I guess I adhere to the "European conception that an artist has a 'moral right' to the work they've produced." (see parent).
I'm actually not in favor of Disney's "perpetual copyright through lobbying." I feel 76 years is a reasonable length for creative works. But that has nothing to do with the core issue.
Imagine this: at one of the "renewal periods" for my photo library (which is already > 2GB, that's ~$200) I'm totally broke. Is it fair to lose my copyright?
Moreover, that amount of money isn't going to matter to Disney, and with no good reason not to renew, big corporations will just renew all their intellectual property in perpetuity. This whole idea perpetuates the concentration of intellectual property in megacorporations.
Seems inherently unfair to me. Unless you are rich, you lose the rights to your work?
With AMD's viability continually in question, I definitely don't think this hurts. Even aside from the additional revenue, recognition by a major player is just what Advanced Micro Devices needs at this point.
I've always loved ftp://ftp.apple.asimov.net/pub/apple_II/. "#1 archive of Apple II 8-bit games and utilities in emulator DSK and file formats; plus emulators and emu info " (from callapple.org/). I believe it also has a good ][gs resources, so you'll also be getting a classic 16-bit architecture.
Except that if you use DVORAK regularily (I don't), it's great to have that option on your handheld. It's an important feature-- one that Linux must have, since PocketPC and Palm already do.
BTW, after successfully returning my SL-5500 today, I noticed the plastic screen protector on the TV set at my friend's place. Oops.
Message to Sharp: I love the Zaurus, and I returned it only because I'm trying to decide whether to wait for the new one. I guess I'm a classic industry problem.
I just got back from returning my SL-5500 at J&R Music World, and their computer had the price for the 5600 as $549.99. The guys behind the counter told me "two weeks", but that's probably not accurate, and they had 30 on order.
Actually, it does have graffiti-style data entry, and yes there is a ipkg that allows you to use dvorak at: http://opie.handhelds.org/feed/zaurus/opie-dvorak_ 0.9.1-4_arm.ipk
IMO, ideally, open-source will allow any user to be his own tyrant, by separating content from implementation via open data standards (file and interchange formats) and distributed data storage and synchronization.
Actually, in the new version of Flash, you can develop applications that "adhere to standard browser navigation buttons". For example, you can write your Flash so that clicking the back button allows you to "go back". Fo more info, check the Feature Tour.
I guess they do give the SDK for free. Oops.
Anyone who wants to develop for .NET needs to shell out at least $1,079 for Visual Studio. That's $1,079 more than it takes to develop in Java, and $1,079 too much.
How can Microsoft afford to shut out all the developers that don't have big corporations backing them? Why not at least give away the compiler and class library?
This worked for me at both my previous and present employers. The HR person asked if I wanted to read the contract over. Say "Yes", then take it back to your desk, and file it away in the back of your file cabinet.
If the HR person bugs you, say something like, "Oh, didn't I get that back to you already?"
It sounds sketchy, but it's worked for me twice! Don't surrender your right to work on your own projects, just because of corporate paranoia.