Yeah, but not like the ones we have here. You almost have to grow up here to understand it, but the mountains of WV aren't just rocks, they're like old friends.
Sounds a heluva lot better than what we have here. Where do I sign up?
(the only things stopping me are my family being here and the beautiful mountains of West Virginia:)
Technological measures shall be deemed 'effective' where the use of a protected work or other subjectmatter is controlled by the rightholders through application of an access control or protection process, such as encryption, scrambling or other transformation of the work or other subject-matter or a copy control mechanism, which achieves the protection objective.
(Emphasis mine)
The nice Judges in the Helsinki District Court have decided that, with the wide-spread use of DeCSS, CSS no longer achieves it's objective. So rather than make criminals out of all the Linux users in Finland (- those who don't watch DVDs on their computers) they have rightly stated that DeCSS isn't an effective encryption mechanism, and thus, it isn't any more illegal to bypass the CSS than it would be if the DVD in question were unencrypted.
*forehead*
I knew that. Really.;)
Dark future was the name of that timeline, not the episode that Hiro and Ando visited it.
I have been out-geeked. *hangs head in shame*
Quick, someone get an account from an ISP in his name. Then download every fileshareing app on the net and go at it. While you're at it, use the email address that came with the account to send the phrase "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" to the MPAA.
When we get Microsoft, Jack Thompson, Disney, the RIAA and the MPAA all fighting each other, raise money to take on the weakened victor by taking bets on the outcome!
Actually, many cafes I have been to that offer free wifi have signs that say you must make a purchase to use the wifi. These signs are usually posted both in the window (so people outside can see them) and inside.
The problem lies in your phrase "highly questionable". This selling is legal (my attorney assures me that reselling gift certificates bought from AllOfMP3.com isn't breaking any laws) but the corporations involved have deemed it "highly questionable". (it isn't worth the possibility of engagement with their legal machine.) And so justice is subverted.
Any open source movement that falls in to the err of allying themselves with microsoft's such selfish moves should take notice and straighten up themselves in line with the open source philosophy accordingly.
Now, don't get me wrong, I love Linux and would never go back to that POS Windows even if Bill Gates were personally paying me.
But sometimes GNU/Free Software Enthusiasts scare me.
Does the above quote sound like a cult to anyone else? I mean, RMS has some great ideas, but he isn't a god or anything.
Yes, I know. The Penguin Ninjas will be visiting me shortly.
Well, the Supremes just went on my list of "People whose music I love but whose politics I hate." It's kinda an exclusive party too, good thing the Supremes are there now, Metallica was getting lonely.
A site discussing the Wikipedia edit war.
Slashdot has tried to remain a neutral power.
A link is posted to the front page!
The server is destroyed!
Slashdot has been drawn to war!
A sword-day;
A red day;
Ere the Sun server reboots!
Sorry, it sounded so poetic, I had to reformat it.
(note that, unlike my other posts, this one doesn't belong to me, I blatantly stole it from jollyreaper. So it doesn't enter the PD until he releases it, or for 70 years after his death.)
"Factor 4: If this kind of use were widespread, what effect would it have on the market for the original or for permissions?"
I also happened to notice a comment on the video where someone said "Wow, makes me want to go watch all those disney films." So you could say that it actually increased the market by just a little bit.
i'm all for freedom of speech where it makes people think and do what the censors consider to be good things, makes them think outside the box, as allowed by the censors, but for the rest they should be strict laws.
What I meant was "Idealistically, the internet belongs the the people..."
I realize that the actual control by the people is decreasing everyday (see TFA) but we need to do our best to keep it for ourselves as much as possible.
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The only differences between the current US parties are the "values" they pay lip service to. They are both being paid by the same lobbists.
Yeah, but not like the ones we have here. You almost have to grow up here to understand it, but the mountains of WV aren't just rocks, they're like old friends.
Sounds a heluva lot better than what we have here. Where do I sign up? :)
(the only things stopping me are my family being here and the beautiful mountains of West Virginia
Mod parent +1 SadButTrue!
I've had just about all I can stand of American one-party-two-names politics. (Not that I actually know that it's better in Canada.)
The nice Judges in the Helsinki District Court have decided that, with the wide-spread use of DeCSS, CSS no longer achieves it's objective. So rather than make criminals out of all the Linux users in Finland (- those who don't watch DVDs on their computers) they have rightly stated that DeCSS isn't an effective encryption mechanism, and thus, it isn't any more illegal to bypass the CSS than it would be if the DVD in question were unencrypted.
...do we have to bri^H^H^Hlobby to get some key sections from this "European Copyright Directive" tacked onto the end of the DMCA?
And how did the Europeans get all the good lawmakers anyway? I'm thinking about moving to Finland where copyright seems to make more sense.
*forehead* ;)
I knew that. Really.
Dark future was the name of that timeline, not the episode that Hiro and Ando visited it.
I have been out-geeked. *hangs head in shame*
no, that was "Dark Future", "How to Stop an Exploding Man" was the final episode.
Not the origional, the square corners would leave marks on my palms for hours afterward. My favorite was the 2nd gen "dogbone" controllers.
Quick, someone get an account from an ISP in his name. Then download every fileshareing app on the net and go at it. While you're at it, use the email address that came with the account to send the phrase "09 F9 11 02 9D 74 E3 5B D8 41 56 C5 63 56 88 C0" to the MPAA.
When we get Microsoft, Jack Thompson, Disney, the RIAA and the MPAA all fighting each other, raise money to take on the weakened victor by taking bets on the outcome!
Hey, if you are crazy enough to think that anything I say is book-worthy, go for it. ;)
Actually, many cafes I have been to that offer free wifi have signs that say you must make a purchase to use the wifi. These signs are usually posted both in the window (so people outside can see them) and inside.
The problem lies in your phrase "highly questionable". This selling is legal (my attorney assures me that reselling gift certificates bought from AllOfMP3.com isn't breaking any laws) but the corporations involved have deemed it "highly questionable". (it isn't worth the possibility of engagement with their legal machine.) And so justice is subverted.
You mean like this? or this? this one's cool too.
I know, the average user won't see these. But it's funny that you described them right down to the buxom playgirl.
...exactly what does this have to do with My Rights Online? I'd put it under "Politics" and be done with it.
But sometimes GNU/Free Software Enthusiasts scare me.
Does the above quote sound like a cult to anyone else? I mean, RMS has some great ideas, but he isn't a god or anything.
Yes, I know. The Penguin Ninjas will be visiting me shortly.
To quote a sig I saw floating around here somewhere...
Look! It's Ballmer! Get him!
Well, the Supremes just went on my list of "People whose music I love but whose politics I hate." It's kinda an exclusive party too, good thing the Supremes are there now, Metallica was getting lonely.
Ahh, Open Source and Creative Commons, combining the best parts of both capitalism and communism. Gotta love it. :)
Agreed.
What I meant was "Idealistically, the internet belongs the the people..."
I realize that the actual control by the people is decreasing everyday (see TFA) but we need to do our best to keep it for ourselves as much as possible.