Pirate Party: What is it?
Lame User: [interrupts] This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Torrent. The blockade is complete. We dare not go against the Judges.
Pirate Party: Cool User, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again. [Lamer leaves] This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin setting up your proxies.
Cool User: My lord! Is that... legal?
Pirate Party: I will make it legal.
Cool User: And the Judges?
Pirate Party: The MAFIAA-UK should never have brought them into this! Kill the copyright laws immediately!
Cool User: Yes...yes, my lord. As you wish.
block or restrict access to specific websites involved either in gambling, child pornography or copyright infringement.
It used to be a joke when "copyright infringement" was put in the same category as serious offences, see this wonderful video.
Are these politicians out of their mind, or are these people bought and paid for as the video suggests?
On this date in the year 2517, slashdotters are trying to decode the following message (believe to be related to a covert intelligence op codename 'Twitter'):
STOP #SOPA #PIPA #HR1981 #NDAA #CISPA #MPAA #RIAA #ACTA #TPPA
Put some honesty back and just call them cash registers, that's all they are.
If you don't have them right now (where I am, we don't) **FIGHT THEM TOOTH AND NAIL** because once your municipality is used to these revenue streams, they will not ever let them go, and you won't find a politician that is going to abolish them (since either cuts will need to be made, or other taxes found/raised).
(awful rich for Netflix to pretend to be looking out for consumers when their own service rips off Canada customers by offering 1/4 the choices at the same price)
Agreed, but ****WE FINALLY HAVE STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION*** on Netflix Canada!
"*snip* in the face of an expensive legal battle"
Well, at least they're subtly acknowledging that, as per the status quo, the ruling will be decided by who has the most money to throw at a lawsuit.
There's already a Call For Help out by the PPUK itself. And they will need it; the music industry is a mega-billion-pound industry, the poor artists are starving-near-death, so you figure out where the money went...
Kickstarter demonstrates again that it is a fantastic vehicle for game development. It's not always about the Mega Millions. For instance The Pinball Arcade used Kickstarter to get financing for The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation tables (both closed and made target). Pinball is a bit of a niche market and there's a pretty good free pinball simulator out there.
Without Kickstarter to pay the high upfront licensing cost, these tables would not have seen the light of day. There's really no shame in using Kickstarter to both test the waters and raise "venture capital" that you don't pay back in cash but in product.
causing irreparable harm to Tolkien's legacy and reputation and the valuable goodwill generated by his works
You know WHAT is causing irreparable harm to Tolkien's legacy and reputation and the valuable goodwill generated by his works? The Tolkien Estate sueing the crap out of everyone, even Sauron (tm) in his Dark Tower of Barad-dûr (tm) would be ashamed of them.
This is not a security flaw but rather makes for some interesting question re the "random selection" process. But this will probably be yet another "nothing to see here, move along" type revelation.
Pirate Party Australia currently does not have the number of exclusive members required to register with the Australian Electoral Commission. This status is unlikely to change before the next election.
And what can be done about it? Are there any laws about how you are allowed to find new members? The way I see it, it can all be done electronically, and for the digitally disenfrenchised, all you have to do is carry around copies of the party Constitution, the Member Application Form, and envelopes with the address and a stamp.
NOTE: the party itself should scrutinize it's officers with a fine-tooth comb, one accusation of right-extermism (favourite) or any kind of illegal activity (drunk driving, etc.) and popular support will go down fast. The hardest thing is to get momentum. Once you have the momentum, getting members is easy: when people start believing it can actually change anything.
Astonishing but still within the copyright term length. Abhorrent? You bet. But I wouldn't go around attacking publishers and would instead focus on reducing the law that governs said term length.
It's only astonishing to the sheeple ("don't care") and Generation Typewriter ("don't know") types that make up the vast majority of the US population. Slashdotters know that even "Happy Birthday To You" (c) 1935 is still under copyright today, and use this fact, when persistant, to quickly silence Defenders Of Copyright As Beneficial To Society.
As to your suggestion, it's perfectly alright to do both: by all means attack Pearson for doing this as -- unlike trademark rights -- you don't have to "defend" copyrights in order to keep them. Pearson could have decided, based on the circumstances, to let this particular case go. They didn't.
Of course, copyright law needs to be brought into the 21st century where EVERYONE is a publisher, creator, distributor... all those roles that were previously held exclusively by industry are now in everyone's homes. I believe Europe, as a "real democracy", will have to step up and lead the way.
So.... doesn't that mean the data on MegaUpload was also not stored there?
Don't tell me that this is another case of when-its-convenient-to-be-the-one, it's the one and when-it's-convenient-to-be-the-opposite, it's the other?
Of course the ELECTRONIC data was STORED on MegaUpload... how else were copyrights infringed upon?!
Let me spill the beans on Dotcom's new revived version: KimsMegaMail!
You send an e-mail with attachment to mega@kimsmegamail.com, you get a confirmation email back from say eZf9vvwPrK23z@kimsmegamail.com. You give this e-mail address to your friend, post it online, etc. Everyone that sends an e-mail to that address, gets an e-mail back with that same attachment. On a premium account this is forever, free accounts for 30 days after the last activity.
The servers are OK and protected from the RIAA/MPAA's talons as they do not "store" anything.
because I almost choked laughing... oh my, oh my... what has this world come to. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" and here is copyright in 2012 managing to do the exact opposite of BOTH these noble goals.
While we're at reforming copyright and related rights, might as well reform patents, especially software patents, registered designs, and any other kind of IPR-related name-it-and-there-is-some-right-for-it as well. Consumers are the ones losing out here, lawyersharks and the "pilot fish" around them for the smaller scraps the only winners.
So who cares if votes are counted, if they do not count?
Canada is split up in 308 parts (electoral districts or ridings). Each little part has its own election. There is only one winner per district, those votes count. All other votes are tossed in the dumpster.
That is why you can rule with absolute power with less than 40% of the votes! Only in sub-saharan Africa. Oh, and Canada as well.
There are only few Upholders of Web Freedom in the UK. Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA isn't one of them, since he's in Mass., USA. The Pirate Party UK is definitely one of them. With enough support it can also actually do something about it, instead of just being a forum of discontent, while tonight we'll just watch footy on the telly with a pint of ale in our hand.
Too little too late. Fuck their apology, damage is done.
What? You became a member of the US Pirate Party? Otherwise there is little to no damage done to the real perpetrators of this crime.
Canadians go here.
Let's make a celebrity out of this guy with hair a little out of the ordinary, while the rest of the team, who worked just as hard, goes unnoticed and under-appreciated. Also, let's praise this guy so much that the only thing he has to be thankful about is his decision to get a mohawk, and not his engineering degree.
It's just ye olde Standing Out In The Crowd. That is why a lot of "artists" nowadays don't know out of craziness what to do anymore: outrageous clothing, outrageous behavior, stupid-looking sunglasses, something to do with jewelry, etc. etc. Are they still good? Likely (sometimes with auto tune). Are there many, many artists who are far more accomplished but unknown? Absolutely. They just don't stand out hence are not noticed.
Mohawk Guy got noticed. Great! Perhaps it goes to show that you don't have to look like a nerd to be an engineer or a scientist. If that inspires people to follow in his footsteps: mission accomplished.
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Pirate Party: What is it?
Lame User: [interrupts] This scheme of yours has failed, Lord Torrent. The blockade is complete. We dare not go against the Judges.
Pirate Party: Cool User, I don't want this stunted slime in my sight again. [Lamer leaves] This turn of events is unfortunate. We must accelerate our plans. Begin setting up your proxies.
Cool User: My lord! Is that... legal?
Pirate Party: I will make it legal.
Cool User: And the Judges?
Pirate Party: The MAFIAA-UK should never have brought them into this! Kill the copyright laws immediately!
Cool User: Yes...yes, my lord. As you wish.
block or restrict access to specific websites involved either in gambling, child pornography or copyright infringement.
It used to be a joke when "copyright infringement" was put in the same category as serious offences, see this wonderful video. Are these politicians out of their mind, or are these people bought and paid for as the video suggests?
On this date in the year 2517, slashdotters are trying to decode the following message (believe to be related to a covert intelligence op codename 'Twitter'): STOP #SOPA #PIPA #HR1981 #NDAA #CISPA #MPAA #RIAA #ACTA #TPPA
OK, so your comment is Funny...
...but here is how you can help
Put some honesty back and just call them cash registers, that's all they are.
If you don't have them right now (where I am, we don't) **FIGHT THEM TOOTH AND NAIL** because once your municipality is used to these revenue streams, they will not ever let them go, and you won't find a politician that is going to abolish them (since either cuts will need to be made, or other taxes found/raised).
I guess Kopimism still has a long way to go in the UK...
(awful rich for Netflix to pretend to be looking out for consumers when their own service rips off Canada customers by offering 1/4 the choices at the same price)
Agreed, but ****WE FINALLY HAVE STAR TREK: THE NEXT GENERATION*** on Netflix Canada!
"*snip* in the face of an expensive legal battle" Well, at least they're subtly acknowledging that, as per the status quo, the ruling will be decided by who has the most money to throw at a lawsuit.
There's already a Call For Help out by the PPUK itself. And they will need it; the music industry is a mega-billion-pound industry, the poor artists are starving-near-death, so you figure out where the money went...
Kickstarter demonstrates again that it is a fantastic vehicle for game development. It's not always about the Mega Millions. For instance The Pinball Arcade used Kickstarter to get financing for The Twilight Zone and Star Trek: The Next Generation tables (both closed and made target). Pinball is a bit of a niche market and there's a pretty good free pinball simulator out there.
Without Kickstarter to pay the high upfront licensing cost, these tables would not have seen the light of day. There's really no shame in using Kickstarter to both test the waters and raise "venture capital" that you don't pay back in cash but in product.
causing irreparable harm to Tolkien's legacy and reputation and the valuable goodwill generated by his works
You know WHAT is causing irreparable harm to Tolkien's legacy and reputation and the valuable goodwill generated by his works? The Tolkien Estate sueing the crap out of everyone, even Sauron (tm) in his Dark Tower of Barad-dûr (tm) would be ashamed of them.
it’s a protocol called Delay-Tolerant Networking, better known as DTN.
NASA’s experimental Disruption Tolerant Networking (DTN) protocol
In case you forgot, Dru-Zod is also hails from Krypton... so I wouldn't attract any attention, or else us Terrans will "kneel before Zod".
This is not a security flaw but rather makes for some interesting question re the "random selection" process. But this will probably be yet another "nothing to see here, move along" type revelation.
Did you get one, or know anyone who received one of these? Visit the US Pirate Party.
Pirate Party Australia currently does not have the number of exclusive members required to register with the Australian Electoral Commission. This status is unlikely to change before the next election.
And what can be done about it? Are there any laws about how you are allowed to find new members? The way I see it, it can all be done electronically, and for the digitally disenfrenchised, all you have to do is carry around copies of the party Constitution, the Member Application Form, and envelopes with the address and a stamp.
NOTE: the party itself should scrutinize it's officers with a fine-tooth comb, one accusation of right-extermism (favourite) or any kind of illegal activity (drunk driving, etc.) and popular support will go down fast. The hardest thing is to get momentum. Once you have the momentum, getting members is easy: when people start believing it can actually change anything.
...but if Obama wins in 2012, he's also going to be the President of Australia...
Astonishing but still within the copyright term length. Abhorrent? You bet. But I wouldn't go around attacking publishers and would instead focus on reducing the law that governs said term length.
It's only astonishing to the sheeple ("don't care") and Generation Typewriter ("don't know") types that make up the vast majority of the US population. Slashdotters know that even "Happy Birthday To You" (c) 1935 is still under copyright today, and use this fact, when persistant, to quickly silence Defenders Of Copyright As Beneficial To Society.
As to your suggestion, it's perfectly alright to do both: by all means attack Pearson for doing this as -- unlike trademark rights -- you don't have to "defend" copyrights in order to keep them. Pearson could have decided, based on the circumstances, to let this particular case go. They didn't.
Of course, copyright law needs to be brought into the 21st century where EVERYONE is a publisher, creator, distributor... all those roles that were previously held exclusively by industry are now in everyone's homes. I believe Europe, as a "real democracy", will have to step up and lead the way.
So.... doesn't that mean the data on MegaUpload was also not stored there?
Don't tell me that this is another case of when-its-convenient-to-be-the-one, it's the one and when-it's-convenient-to-be-the-opposite, it's the other?
Of course the ELECTRONIC data was STORED on MegaUpload... how else were copyrights infringed upon?!
Let me spill the beans on Dotcom's new revived version: KimsMegaMail!
You send an e-mail with attachment to mega@kimsmegamail.com, you get a confirmation email back from say eZf9vvwPrK23z@kimsmegamail.com. You give this e-mail address to your friend, post it online, etc. Everyone that sends an e-mail to that address, gets an e-mail back with that same attachment. On a premium account this is forever, free accounts for 30 days after the last activity.
The servers are OK and protected from the RIAA/MPAA's talons as they do not "store" anything.
because I almost choked laughing... oh my, oh my... what has this world come to. "To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts" and here is copyright in 2012 managing to do the exact opposite of BOTH these noble goals.
While we're at reforming copyright and related rights, might as well reform patents, especially software patents, registered designs, and any other kind of IPR-related name-it-and-there-is-some-right-for-it as well. Consumers are the ones losing out here, lawyersharks and the "pilot fish" around them for the smaller scraps the only winners.
...it's the forced use of Timeline that really is killing Facebook. There's just no real alternative yet.
So who cares if votes are counted, if they do not count?
Canada is split up in 308 parts (electoral districts or ridings). Each little part has its own election. There is only one winner per district, those votes count. All other votes are tossed in the dumpster.
That is why you can rule with absolute power with less than 40% of the votes! Only in sub-saharan Africa. Oh, and Canada as well.
There are only few Upholders of Web Freedom in the UK. Sir Tim Berners-Lee OM, KBE, FRS, FREng, FRSA isn't one of them, since he's in Mass., USA. The Pirate Party UK is definitely one of them. With enough support it can also actually do something about it, instead of just being a forum of discontent, while tonight we'll just watch footy on the telly with a pint of ale in our hand.
Too little too late. Fuck their apology, damage is done.
What? You became a member of the US Pirate Party? Otherwise there is little to no damage done to the real perpetrators of this crime. Canadians go here.
Let's make a celebrity out of this guy with hair a little out of the ordinary, while the rest of the team, who worked just as hard, goes unnoticed and under-appreciated. Also, let's praise this guy so much that the only thing he has to be thankful about is his decision to get a mohawk, and not his engineering degree.
It's just ye olde Standing Out In The Crowd. That is why a lot of "artists" nowadays don't know out of craziness what to do anymore: outrageous clothing, outrageous behavior, stupid-looking sunglasses, something to do with jewelry, etc. etc. Are they still good? Likely (sometimes with auto tune). Are there many, many artists who are far more accomplished but unknown? Absolutely. They just don't stand out hence are not noticed.
Mohawk Guy got noticed. Great! Perhaps it goes to show that you don't have to look like a nerd to be an engineer or a scientist. If that inspires people to follow in his footsteps: mission accomplished.