Actually you could make a case for removing someones internet access is like removing their right to freedom of speech. Something that we in Canada still have guaranteed to us under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. So if you want to frame it in the context of a civil right that is the best way to go.
It sounds like they're doing it for stupidity sake and to lock up the source into GPLv3. GPL licenses usually state something like 'Distributed under GPLv# or later'.
All they really have to do is take the original sources and repackage them as GPLv3. They dont need to reduplicate the effort but the fact that there is GPLv2 versions out there means that someone could have gotten those under GPLv2 and negate any 'protections' that came as a result of GPLv3 rewrite.
And if the competitors didnt want to abide by the GPL they could just as easily hire developers to 'reinvent the wheel' so to speak... Saving time is the benefit of the GPL, releasing your modifications in source code format is your obligation under the GPL.
If you use it, you have to abide by it. Just like when you install a copy of Windows on your machine. You basically have an agreement that you wont install it on like 50 computers with the same key or something unless you have volume licensing or some other special agreement. Technically its an EULA/Contract/License just like Microsoft Windows EULA is... If they shoot down the GPL then it does not bode well for proprietary software's EULA's holding up in court either.
At least Comcast doesnt throttle encrypted connections in general like Rogers does. Makes it damn near impossible to use any VPN type connection for telecommuting.
Goes to show... If you want to commit an actual crime just have a pair of people going at it in the other direction as you beat someone to a pulp in the direction the camera isnt pointing.
Actually it is even easier if you have a T1 line... The thing is built into the T1 gear which is what most of these telemarketers have unfortunately.
Spam and Telemarketing ARE profitable which is why people do it. As they say there's a sucker born every minute. Also the odds are high that this is a 'separate company' spun off by someone to do telemarketing and thus avoiding the actual judgments on their legitimate businesses.
Who cares? Any bird that cant see the big giant spinning blades of death probably didnt have the intelligence to pass on their genes anyways. Evolution in Action I say.
A good idea and probably has been discussed before.
The problem with biodiesel for running a data center is the sheer amount of fuel required is prohibitive. This is why conventional data centers generally only carry 1-3 days worth of fuel on hand for major outages. It is also expensive as all hell to keep diesel and/or biodiesel around and in usable form.
Really the best way for data centers to reduce their electricity demands is to place solar panels on the roofs and/or side of the building.
Computers are electricity hogs... Theres no way around that.
A little bit of a flame bait I will admit, but the reason I am able to post here is because I am Canadian... But it does not change the fact that you in the US have the Gitmo, National Security Letters, DMCA, have the NSA spying on all the network traffic and phone calls through the warrantless wiretapping scandal... Oh yes lets not forget the abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or the 'Not quite torture' of waterboarding prisoners... Open up and read the book 1984 sometime... As someone said Orwell was a prophet.
It looks like this law applies only if the totalitarian regime is not your own? Considering the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if the US became a totalitarian state sooner or later.
Yeah... remember to use Truecrypt Full Disk Encryption with your own admin recovery disks to prevent outsiders from reading the files they shouldnt be.
The person only has the recourse to file Chapter 11 (which may or may not absolve them of the debt to the RIAA). Or fake their own death and get a new identity in good standing. Thankfully the latter is still technically feasible until they start fingerprinting and DNA testing everyone which is what they want to do.
And they wonder why they dont want human cloning? It'd kill their #1 investigative tool, DNA. Then they'll have to go back to good old fashioned police work to solve crimes instead of punching up a database.
On reading TFA... I have to say this guy is NOT a troll.
He was merely pointing out the logical fallacies and biased wording of the actual PPF (I guess thats the Canadian RIAA) study that was conducted and was like well if they want to play the biased wording game this is how I would have done the survey.
The blank media levy does *NOT* apply to the importers. If your friends are able to purchase blank CD's from outside of the country in bulk (like 1000's) then the levy does not apply to them since they are the importers. Also recording onto the blank media and then selling it ensures that the purchaser does not have to pay the blank media levy as well thereby bypassing the entire corrupt blank media levy system.
Seriously, tell your friends about this. It should help them.
First Question: Well considering that the record companies were trying to get a jury to basically charge someone $150,000 per copyright violation on 24 songs. it does not seem too unreasonable to pose this question in the blog. That question is DIRECTLY based off the crap that the RIAA have pulled and if you think the Canadian version of the RIAA is any better you got another thing coming. They wanted the Levy on blank media but now they realize that by doing that they shot themselves in the foot and want to keep it and get more punishment for copyright infringers *OR* get rid of it so they can make it more draconian and compatible with the US version of the DMCA/Copyright Acts. Remember that all those 'settlements' they've been offering college students have been approximately $2000-3000 hit on their pocket books. It is not out of the realm of possibility that they would ask for a $5000 'settlement' which is a fancy name for 'extortion fee'
Second Question: See first question + All the Slashdot stories about John Does being sued as a collective to get the names then breaking the cases up and suing them all individually or offering the 'extortion package'
Third Question: Basically a plain jane DRM question. Nothing controversial here. The question he's trying to ask is do you buy the physical media (in which case its subject to first sale doctrine) or do you buy 'listening rights' which means you should be able to transfer your purchase between different media and different devices you own.
Maybe there is a bit of vitrol in there, but it is ALL based on facts that have already happened in the US. If it can happen in the US it can happen in Canada too. Its our job as Canadians to keep ourselfs The true north strong and free instead of reversing that position like the US did with the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave when they kept bending over in the name of terrorism. The RIAA is effectively committing domestic terrorism, you cant goto a college without worrying you're gonna be targeted for 'extortion fees' infact you probably have to budget for it at the rate they're suing people.
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Actually you could make a case for removing someones internet access is like removing their right to freedom of speech. Something that we in Canada still have guaranteed to us under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. So if you want to frame it in the context of a civil right that is the best way to go.
It sounds like they're doing it for stupidity sake and to lock up the source into GPLv3. GPL licenses usually state something like 'Distributed under GPLv# or later'.
All they really have to do is take the original sources and repackage them as GPLv3. They dont need to reduplicate the effort but the fact that there is GPLv2 versions out there means that someone could have gotten those under GPLv2 and negate any 'protections' that came as a result of GPLv3 rewrite.
Damnit I knew they were counterfeiting when they said they made an Authentic Crisco Router
Like some dumb legislator said... If intellectual property is property then there should be property tax on it.
Yeah get the hell out from infront of your monitor and go get some exercise...
Clearly Intellectual Property is making everyone lazy and fat. Not food.
And if the competitors didnt want to abide by the GPL they could just as easily hire developers to 'reinvent the wheel' so to speak... Saving time is the benefit of the GPL, releasing your modifications in source code format is your obligation under the GPL.
If you use it, you have to abide by it. Just like when you install a copy of Windows on your machine. You basically have an agreement that you wont install it on like 50 computers with the same key or something unless you have volume licensing or some other special agreement. Technically its an EULA/Contract/License just like Microsoft Windows EULA is... If they shoot down the GPL then it does not bode well for proprietary software's EULA's holding up in court either.
At least Comcast doesnt throttle encrypted connections in general like Rogers does. Makes it damn near impossible to use any VPN type connection for telecommuting.
Goes to show... If you want to commit an actual crime just have a pair of people going at it in the other direction as you beat someone to a pulp in the direction the camera isnt pointing.
Actually it is even easier if you have a T1 line... The thing is built into the T1 gear which is what most of these telemarketers have unfortunately.
Spam and Telemarketing ARE profitable which is why people do it. As they say there's a sucker born every minute. Also the odds are high that this is a 'separate company' spun off by someone to do telemarketing and thus avoiding the actual judgments on their legitimate businesses.
Who cares? Any bird that cant see the big giant spinning blades of death probably didnt have the intelligence to pass on their genes anyways. Evolution in Action I say.
Use a second hand music store... then you arent supporting the RIAA anymore they already got their pound of flesh out of the first sale.
Unfortunately the patents become public domain after 20 years.
A good idea and probably has been discussed before.
The problem with biodiesel for running a data center is the sheer amount of fuel required is prohibitive. This is why conventional data centers generally only carry 1-3 days worth of fuel on hand for major outages. It is also expensive as all hell to keep diesel and/or biodiesel around and in usable form.
Really the best way for data centers to reduce their electricity demands is to place solar panels on the roofs and/or side of the building.
Computers are electricity hogs... Theres no way around that.
I'm in the responses, I'm infringing on your copyrights...
FROSTY PISS! Oh wait you didnt put that on there. I guess I'm not.
A little bit of a flame bait I will admit, but the reason I am able to post here is because I am Canadian... But it does not change the fact that you in the US have the Gitmo, National Security Letters, DMCA, have the NSA spying on all the network traffic and phone calls through the warrantless wiretapping scandal... Oh yes lets not forget the abusing prisoners at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq or the 'Not quite torture' of waterboarding prisoners... Open up and read the book 1984 sometime... As someone said Orwell was a prophet.
Actually I've never been in the country, I'm Canadian but thanks for the greeting :)
As someone with a 12 inch cock I have to say getting spam saying I require a penis enlargement is misleading.
It looks like this law applies only if the totalitarian regime is not your own? Considering the way things are going I wouldn't be surprised if the US became a totalitarian state sooner or later.
You're in a circus
Make it 5 bucks, people legitimately registering a domain would not be affected and registrars would end up ending domain tasting in its entirety.
All the registrars are gonna do is go 'Ok, $5 non-refundable if you cancel this domain' or something to that effect.
Yeah... remember to use Truecrypt Full Disk Encryption with your own admin recovery disks to prevent outsiders from reading the files they shouldnt be.
Financial Execution is still Execution.
The person only has the recourse to file Chapter 11 (which may or may not absolve them of the debt to the RIAA). Or fake their own death and get a new identity in good standing. Thankfully the latter is still technically feasible until they start fingerprinting and DNA testing everyone which is what they want to do.
And they wonder why they dont want human cloning? It'd kill their #1 investigative tool, DNA. Then they'll have to go back to good old fashioned police work to solve crimes instead of punching up a database.
On reading TFA... I have to say this guy is NOT a troll.
He was merely pointing out the logical fallacies and biased wording of the actual PPF (I guess thats the Canadian RIAA) study that was conducted and was like well if they want to play the biased wording game this is how I would have done the survey.
Here's a little advice for you and your friends
The blank media levy does *NOT* apply to the importers. If your friends are able to purchase blank CD's from outside of the country in bulk (like 1000's) then the levy does not apply to them since they are the importers. Also recording onto the blank media and then selling it ensures that the purchaser does not have to pay the blank media levy as well thereby bypassing the entire corrupt blank media levy system.
Seriously, tell your friends about this. It should help them.
First Question: Well considering that the record companies were trying to get a jury to basically charge someone $150,000 per copyright violation on 24 songs. it does not seem too unreasonable to pose this question in the blog. That question is DIRECTLY based off the crap that the RIAA have pulled and if you think the Canadian version of the RIAA is any better you got another thing coming. They wanted the Levy on blank media but now they realize that by doing that they shot themselves in the foot and want to keep it and get more punishment for copyright infringers *OR* get rid of it so they can make it more draconian and compatible with the US version of the DMCA/Copyright Acts. Remember that all those 'settlements' they've been offering college students have been approximately $2000-3000 hit on their pocket books. It is not out of the realm of possibility that they would ask for a $5000 'settlement' which is a fancy name for 'extortion fee'
Second Question: See first question + All the Slashdot stories about John Does being sued as a collective to get the names then breaking the cases up and suing them all individually or offering the 'extortion package'
Third Question: Basically a plain jane DRM question. Nothing controversial here. The question he's trying to ask is do you buy the physical media (in which case its subject to first sale doctrine) or do you buy 'listening rights' which means you should be able to transfer your purchase between different media and different devices you own.
Maybe there is a bit of vitrol in there, but it is ALL based on facts that have already happened in the US. If it can happen in the US it can happen in Canada too. Its our job as Canadians to keep ourselfs The true north strong and free instead of reversing that position like the US did with the Land of the Free and the Home of the Brave when they kept bending over in the name of terrorism. The RIAA is effectively committing domestic terrorism, you cant goto a college without worrying you're gonna be targeted for 'extortion fees' infact you probably have to budget for it at the rate they're suing people.