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  1. Fair Use on Lawyer Asks RIAA To Investigate Bush Twins · · Score: 1
    No, it's not fair use, probably for several reasons, but particularly because it fails to meet the test regarding amount and substantiality. If you consider each song to be a copyrighted work, then ripping a single song is copying that work in its entirety. "Fair use" is generally restricted to criticism, news reporting, teaching, and parody.

    But it is legal under the Audio Home Recording Act which provides an exemption for noncommercial copying.

    If you can sit through it, see also the recent Disneyfied explanation.

  2. Expired patents on Even Century Old Records Had Restrictive Licensing · · Score: 1

    ...will be treated as infringers of said patents...

    Is it possible to infringe on an expired patent?

  3. Re:oblig... on Sun CEO Says ZFS Will Be 'the File System' for OSX · · Score: 4, Funny

    You misunderstood him. He said that it would bring about "War and Peace", not world peace.
    Every ZFS volume has a copy of the Tolstoy classic embedded for internal benchmark purposes.

  4. Re:Giving up privacy on More States Challenging National Driver's Licenses · · Score: 1

    Amendment X:
    The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the states, are reserved to the states respectively, or to the people.

  5. Re:What they should be saying on Starbucks Responds In Kind To Oxfam YouTube Video · · Score: 2, Insightful

    4) Reduce the number of artistic venues by putting small coffee shops out of business with our pre-packaged experience According to an an article in a local independent newspaper, the presence of a nearby Starbucks actually helps out mom & pop coffee shops.
  6. Cables on UK Schools Bans WiFi Due To Health Concerns · · Score: 1

    No real evidence has been produced to prove that this new cable technology is safe in the long term. Until it is, I think we should take a precautionary approach and use carrier pigeons.

  7. Re:Let me get this straight on Emissions of Key Greenhouse Gas Stabilize · · Score: 1

    I don't think that will work.
    As I understand it, this 800-pound gorilla lives in the Arctic!

  8. Re:Can Frippertronics save Vista? on Making the Sounds of Vista · · Score: 1

    Um, for what it's worth, "Discipline" is on the album of the same name, and not Three of a Perfect Pair.

  9. Re:TUCOWS on ICANN Grants Temporary Reprieve to Spamhaus · · Score: 2, Informative

    Illinois law has nothing to do with this case. This case is in a U.S. District Court, which pertains to federal, not state law.

  10. Premium vs. Regular on Much Ado About Gas Prices · · Score: 1

    FTFA: ... I would save enough money to fill up my Accord with premium (instead of regular) ...

    Ack. Why would you want to do that? According to Honda's specifications the Accord uses regular. Why would you want to put premium in a car that runs on regular?

    The price difference between types of fuels (regular, premium, diesel) isn't something you should consider at the pump, only when buying a vehicle.

  11. Don't knock mono on Special Apple Event Scheduled for September 12 · · Score: 1

    For a lot of music produced in the '60's, the mono mix was the original, which had all of the effort put into it. Stereo mixes were afterthoughts, with gimmicks like putting the vocals on one side and most of the instruments on the other. A few CD re-reissues have included both mixes (often only a few bonus tracks, and not the entire album), but there's still a lot of lost content out there as most were made without thought from the stereo masters. Ironically, while there are some mono tracks available on iTunes, their download format is still stereo, even though AAC supports mono.

  12. License on Google Releases Tesseract as Open Source · · Score: 2, Informative
    Here's what's in the COPYING file distributed with the source, with some punctuation stripped to placate the lameness filter:

    This package contains the Tesseract Open Source OCR Engine.
    Orignally developed at Hewlett Packard Laboratories Bristol and
    at Hewlett Packard Co, Greeley Colorado, the majority of the code
    in this distribution is now licensed under the Apache License:

    ** Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
    ** you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
    ** You may obtain a copy of the License at
    ** http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
    ** Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
    ** distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
    ** WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
    ** See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
    ** limitations under the License.


    Other Dependencies and Licenses:

    The Aspirin/MIGRAINES system in the aspirin directory is separately
    licensed thus:
    #

    NO WARRANTY

    Since the Aspirin/MIGRAINES system is licensed free of charge,
    Russell Leighton and the MITRE Corporation provide absolutley
    no warranty. Should the Aspirin/MIGRAINES system prove defective,
    you must assume the cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction.
    In no way will Russell Leighton or the MITRE Corporation be liable to you for
    damages, including any lost profits, lost monies, or other
    special, incidental or consequential damages arising out of
    the use or inability to use the Aspirin/MIGRAINES system.

    COPYRIGHT

    This software is the copyright of Russell Leighton and the MITRE Corporation.
    It may be freely used and modified for research and development
    purposes. We require a brief acknowledgement in any research
    paper or other publication where this software has made a significant
    contribution. If you wish to use it for commercial gain you must contact
    The MITRE Corporation for conditions of use. Russell Leighton and
    the MITRE Corporation provide absolutely NO WARRANTY for this software.

    August, 1992
    Russell Leighton
    The MITRE Corporation
    7525 Colshire Dr.
    McLean, Va. 22102-3481

    Tesseract can also make use of the libtiff library. (www.libtiff.org)
    Without libtiff, Tesseract can only read uncompressed and G3 compressed
    TIFF files.

  13. MirrorDot on The Secret Origins of TiVo · · Score: 2, Informative
  14. Re:Corner cases? on Windows Vista still Rife with Insecure Code · · Score: 1

    Obviously, a corner case is where two edge cases intersect.

  15. Re:I'm investigating myself. on Apple Investigated Over Stock Options · · Score: 1

    According to Apple's press release, they've hired independent counsel to investigate.

  16. Safari search on Microsoft's IE7 Search Box Bugs Google · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Google didn't complain much when Safari came out with a Google-only search box.

  17. Re:How about nothing? on Google Violates Miro's Copyright? · · Score: 1

    Well, there's Malevich'sWhite on White.

  18. Sorta like the iDisk on Microsoft Plans Gdrive Competitor · · Score: 1, Redundant
  19. Re:Didn't Pete Townsend come out this? on Apple Sued Over Potential Hearing Loss · · Score: 1
  20. Re:CD ripping? it's the LPs I want ripped! on CD Ripping Services Compared · · Score: 1

    CDBBQ does this. They also have a searchable network of record dealers to buy from, in case you don't already own the LP.

  21. Re:Fell off the ugly tree and hit every branch. on Google Earth Beta for Mac · · Score: 1

    Maybe the screenshot was taken with the app running on 10.2.

  22. Re:Not only are they scanning for infected message on GMail Adds Virus Protection · · Score: 1

    Their idea of executable includes "anything we don't understand"

    I have a zip file that happens to include a .xml.gz file, and Google drops it too.

  23. Re:picotux on Smallest IP Target Device? · · Score: 2, Informative

    You mean the technical specs page?

  24. CD Baby on Internet-based Publishing for Independent Bands? · · Score: 3, Informative

    Depending on the musicians' needs, CDBaby may fit the bill. While more of a distributor than a publisher, they're one of the biggest online independents in the business and seem to have a pretty good rep.

  25. Re:It's the interface, stupid on PC Mag Review of Apple iWork '05 · · Score: 1

    I wish I had a little Mac. I would hold it and love it and squeeze it...