I hope you rot in prison. I mean come on? 9 songs? 41 songs? What the hell is it? Have you paid the RIAA for whistling a tune while walking down the street? No? Oh well you should be locked away for copyright infringement.
Yes but what about 'Open Office' I'm sure they must have a trademark on that. The entire standard in verbatim is 'Open Office Extensible Markup Language'.
So I suppose if OpenOffice.org were to create a standard called 'Microsoft Office XML' that they were trying to pass off as a standard it would not end in a lawsuit?
Its by Microsoft, they cant even make their various versions of office forwards and backwards compatible and people expect them to put a standard out that will hold to the same?
Also why doesnt Open Office.org sue Microsoft for trademark infringement or something for their obviously deceptively labeled standard that is being proposed?
Simple. Never because I dont pirate music. I download music. I dont listen to music except on the radio or the occasional CD (original) on a car trip.
I generally refuse to contribute to the RIAA's witch hunt by buying any music myself. Except that I am unable to completely do that because here in Canada we have a bunch of Levy's on blank CD's ($0.30 each) and DVD's ($2 each) and for the record I've only ever burned linux distributions onto them and backed up my family pictures. If I did want to pirate something I'd say I'm owed at the very least $30 worth of music, more than likely double that.
Am I the only one who sees this as an opportunity for them to inject peoples names, IP addresses and other identifying information into the headers of the music? What they'll do with this information is troll Kazaa/Limewire looking for the songs from 'Joe Average' and then sue him because he gave a copy to a friend who gave it to a friend who gave it to a friend who put it on Kazaa/Limewire with the persons Name/IP junk on it only this time the RIAA will actually have hard evidence since they'll have injected the information onto the song before it was released so they'll know who's copy it was originally and go after them even if it was completely innocent sharing between common friends.
If they've used GPL'ed code they're obligated to offer the source code to anyone who has a copy of the software and they are free to distribute it as they please as well.
Most Open Source licenses have provisions for people to obtain the source code (otherwise it wouldnt be open source now would it?). What we're seeing here is a company that had their stuff open source and decided to try and take their ball and go home so to speak.
So if the Apache team makes a GUI option for configurations then it would probably start gaining the lost market share back?
Also the only other reason I can imagine a windows machine to be running IIS in comparison to Linux with Apache is if you're a smaller company with only a few windows servers and cant really afford extra dedicated server hardware.
Damnit did you have to do that. Now they'll go revoking and burning the movies like they did to Tron and the Saturn V rockets in the name of Homeland Security!
Maybe if companies put their EULA/Policies/whatever legal crap they have in PLAIN ENGLISH instead of super complicated legalese then people might actually read the crap. I know for a fact that you can buy a Dell computer from their website without ever being flashed their policies and terms of sale.
I'm sorry but as for terms of sale, anything beyond 'I give you cash, you give me a machine' is complete and utter bullshit. That is one reason why I do not buy crappy dell computers.
Oh and that arbitration thing, its so that they cant get class action lawsuits against them for shit like say... oh I dont know... say an exploding dell laptop.
Its time for companies (and governments to back the citizens up) that they cant avoid class action lawsuits by putting it in some stupid little blurb which nobody will ever click on and that willful negligence (like the laptop battery thing) should void any arbitration agreements.
Lets put it this way... if Dell found a bug that was overcharging customers do you honestly think they'd pay back all the money to the customers they rightfully owed? Probably not. The law cuts both ways, if Dell let a pricing bug in their system GO LIVE, then they are obligated to honor those contracts.
Of course, we could just go back to dealing with customers face to face instead of clicking 'Buy Now!' on a website if you want to make sure you (as a company) are not being scammed.
Is the world really that much more dangerous? OR are you just being fed the crap and lies of the media political machine that has for years been the means to control the populace through fear?
The fact is any sort of child molester story ends up on front page news nation-wide. Just because some pedo in California abducts a 12 year old girl/boy does not mean that you in Florida are any more or less safe than you were the day before this was reported. The PERCEPTION is that you are less safe by hearing about someone that was in a potentially similar situation to yourself.
Its just like 9/11... Sure it was a tragedy but are you any more or less safe the day after? Not really. Its the news coverage that gives you the PERCEPTION of being under attack and that big buildings = big targets for terrorists who hijack big planes. What are the odds of that happening again? Pretty slim most likely. The terrorists pulled a sneaky trick, after years of conditioning people to assume terrorists hijack planes to get people to release prisoners and shit, they took them and suicide attacked into some buildings. Now people are going to be conditioned to fight back when terrorists hijack planes because they do not want that to happen again.
Yes it requires a special type of logic, much like the logic required to comprehend a black hole.
Sen. Stevens said. "The headlines continue to tell us of children who are victimized online. While the issues are difficult, I believe Congress has an important role to play to ensure that the protections available in other parts of our society find their way to the Internet."
I'm just curious which kids are victimized online? Last I thought it was going to meet people in the real world is what got kids victimized typically. Mr. Stevens needs to do more research and go back to persecuting people who play Dungeons and Dragons and Grand Theft Auto.
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I hope you rot in prison. I mean come on? 9 songs? 41 songs? What the hell is it? Have you paid the RIAA for whistling a tune while walking down the street? No? Oh well you should be locked away for copyright infringement.
Maybe it's Alien DRM? Like the wreckage pieces decided they spent enough time on earth and went flying to outer space?
Yes but what about 'Open Office' I'm sure they must have a trademark on that. The entire standard in verbatim is 'Open Office Extensible Markup Language'.
So I suppose if OpenOffice.org were to create a standard called 'Microsoft Office XML' that they were trying to pass off as a standard it would not end in a lawsuit?
Its by Microsoft, they cant even make their various versions of office forwards and backwards compatible and people expect them to put a standard out that will hold to the same?
Also why doesnt Open Office.org sue Microsoft for trademark infringement or something for their obviously deceptively labeled standard that is being proposed?
Simple. Never because I dont pirate music. I download music. I dont listen to music except on the radio or the occasional CD (original) on a car trip.
I generally refuse to contribute to the RIAA's witch hunt by buying any music myself. Except that I am unable to completely do that because here in Canada we have a bunch of Levy's on blank CD's ($0.30 each) and DVD's ($2 each) and for the record I've only ever burned linux distributions onto them and backed up my family pictures. If I did want to pirate something I'd say I'm owed at the very least $30 worth of music, more than likely double that.
Someone needs to tag this 'Itsatrap'.
Am I the only one who sees this as an opportunity for them to inject peoples names, IP addresses and other identifying information into the headers of the music? What they'll do with this information is troll Kazaa/Limewire looking for the songs from 'Joe Average' and then sue him because he gave a copy to a friend who gave it to a friend who gave it to a friend who put it on Kazaa/Limewire with the persons Name/IP junk on it only this time the RIAA will actually have hard evidence since they'll have injected the information onto the song before it was released so they'll know who's copy it was originally and go after them even if it was completely innocent sharing between common friends.
If they've used GPL'ed code they're obligated to offer the source code to anyone who has a copy of the software and they are free to distribute it as they please as well.
Most Open Source licenses have provisions for people to obtain the source code (otherwise it wouldnt be open source now would it?). What we're seeing here is a company that had their stuff open source and decided to try and take their ball and go home so to speak.
Because all the American cars are made in China (all the parts anyways), they just assemble them over here.
OH SHI-! I just used a red pen to do math. Do I owe the ARC or J&J any $$$ because I used their trademark?
Saturn would also float if you put it in water.
So if the Apache team makes a GUI option for configurations then it would probably start gaining the lost market share back?
Also the only other reason I can imagine a windows machine to be running IIS in comparison to Linux with Apache is if you're a smaller company with only a few windows servers and cant really afford extra dedicated server hardware.
12345678... That sounds like the password some idiot puts on their briefcase.
The Telecoms want net neutrality to only apply to them.
No it wouldn't just hire some Amish movers to cart your belongings across country in a horse n buggy.
Just wait until they start demanding their 2nd amendment rights
Damnit did you have to do that. Now they'll go revoking and burning the movies like they did to Tron and the Saturn V rockets in the name of Homeland Security!
The US hasnt been free since before Bush took office.
No no no... It's DIGITAL CONSUMER ENABLEMENT... have you feeling enabled yet?
Maybe if companies put their EULA/Policies/whatever legal crap they have in PLAIN ENGLISH instead of super complicated legalese then people might actually read the crap. I know for a fact that you can buy a Dell computer from their website without ever being flashed their policies and terms of sale.
I'm sorry but as for terms of sale, anything beyond 'I give you cash, you give me a machine' is complete and utter bullshit. That is one reason why I do not buy crappy dell computers.
Oh and that arbitration thing, its so that they cant get class action lawsuits against them for shit like say... oh I dont know... say an exploding dell laptop.
Its time for companies (and governments to back the citizens up) that they cant avoid class action lawsuits by putting it in some stupid little blurb which nobody will ever click on and that willful negligence (like the laptop battery thing) should void any arbitration agreements.
Lets put it this way... if Dell found a bug that was overcharging customers do you honestly think they'd pay back all the money to the customers they rightfully owed? Probably not. The law cuts both ways, if Dell let a pricing bug in their system GO LIVE, then they are obligated to honor those contracts.
Of course, we could just go back to dealing with customers face to face instead of clicking 'Buy Now!' on a website if you want to make sure you (as a company) are not being scammed.
What you mean the internet companies didn't band together and write the federal corruption laws?
...to rig an election
C'mon, this deserves a +5 Funny if I ever seen one.
Is the world really that much more dangerous? OR are you just being fed the crap and lies of the media political machine that has for years been the means to control the populace through fear?
The fact is any sort of child molester story ends up on front page news nation-wide. Just because some pedo in California abducts a 12 year old girl/boy does not mean that you in Florida are any more or less safe than you were the day before this was reported. The PERCEPTION is that you are less safe by hearing about someone that was in a potentially similar situation to yourself.
Its just like 9/11... Sure it was a tragedy but are you any more or less safe the day after? Not really. Its the news coverage that gives you the PERCEPTION of being under attack and that big buildings = big targets for terrorists who hijack big planes. What are the odds of that happening again? Pretty slim most likely. The terrorists pulled a sneaky trick, after years of conditioning people to assume terrorists hijack planes to get people to release prisoners and shit, they took them and suicide attacked into some buildings. Now people are going to be conditioned to fight back when terrorists hijack planes because they do not want that to happen again.
Yes it requires a special type of logic, much like the logic required to comprehend a black hole.
Sen. Stevens said. "The headlines continue to tell us of children who are victimized online. While the issues are difficult, I believe Congress has an important role to play to ensure that the protections available in other parts of our society find their way to the Internet."
I'm just curious which kids are victimized online? Last I thought it was going to meet people in the real world is what got kids victimized typically. Mr. Stevens needs to do more research and go back to persecuting people who play Dungeons and Dragons and Grand Theft Auto.