... if your department is aspie-culture heavy
Wow, that's mean! I had to look up "aspie". When did it go from a disability to a culture? Only when you didn't feel like you fit in?
"In any case, he didn't go around giving out exploit code"...
Really. From TFA:
"Additionally, he gave the program to several friends and one professor. As a result, they suffered judicial consequences including having their account frozen, residence hall probation, writing a 3-4 page reflection paper and having their computers inspected by IS to get network access back, according to Maass."
That separates him in my mind from just doing "a proof of concept break-in"...
You should regard ideas you come up with at work and related to your work as their property, since they paid you. Anything else is yours alone.
But at the end of the day I won't worry too much about it - these types of contract terms have ruled unenforceable time and again by the courts. And pin-pointing the actual genius of an idea (the burden would be on the plaintiff) would probably be extremely difficult.
Am I the only one here willing to give the MPAA a little slack here? I guess so. But for me I see a difference between the MPAA and RIAA. Movies were late to the peer-to-peer revolution and I guess I expected the MPAA to follow the RIAA dumb playbook to the letter. Dan Glickman's statement statements sound like some there may see the handwriting on the wall?
We all know that DRM will ultimately fail. Or at the very least not prevent those who want unrestricted access. Technology will always favour the lone attacker who only needs a single weakness to exploit.
I guess I pity the MPAA much more than I fear them.
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... if your department is aspie-culture heavy
Wow, that's mean! I had to look up "aspie". When did it go from a disability to a culture? Only when you didn't feel like you fit in?
I'm supposed to feel like a 14 year old girl again
NO! I told you the last time to stay away from them. There are laws you know!
"In any case, he didn't go around giving out exploit code"... Really. From TFA: "Additionally, he gave the program to several friends and one professor. As a result, they suffered judicial consequences including having their account frozen, residence hall probation, writing a 3-4 page reflection paper and having their computers inspected by IS to get network access back, according to Maass." That separates him in my mind from just doing "a proof of concept break-in"...
You should regard ideas you come up with at work and related to your work as their property, since they paid you. Anything else is yours alone. But at the end of the day I won't worry too much about it - these types of contract terms have ruled unenforceable time and again by the courts. And pin-pointing the actual genius of an idea (the burden would be on the plaintiff) would probably be extremely difficult.
Am I the only one here willing to give the MPAA a little slack here? I guess so. But for me I see a difference between the MPAA and RIAA. Movies were late to the peer-to-peer revolution and I guess I expected the MPAA to follow the RIAA dumb playbook to the letter. Dan Glickman's statement statements sound like some there may see the handwriting on the wall? We all know that DRM will ultimately fail. Or at the very least not prevent those who want unrestricted access. Technology will always favour the lone attacker who only needs a single weakness to exploit. I guess I pity the MPAA much more than I fear them.