The problem is the production of child porn which of course involves abuse of children.
A common misconception: Child porn laws have generally been expanded - at least here in Scandinavia - to also include paintings, drawings and text, and non-nude photos "interpreted" as raunchy. But the public believes that child porn == abuse pictures.
You mean you do not see the difference between a near-zero cost duplication of binary data and taking a physical object belonging to someone so that they no linger have it? What the FUCK are you doing reading a technical site with such a lack of understanding?
Anyway, that is not at all what this is about, but decryption of data you PAID FOR in the form of a DVD.
Specs can move beyond the versions submitted to ISO - i.e. ODF 1.0 is the ISO standard, 1.1 is the OASIS version. Sort of like how Microsoft have no qualms about expanding C# beyond the ISO standard.
But the age separating child porn from "adult" porn (18) is often higher than the age of consent for sex (varying form 12-21 around the world). So basically many places you can have sex with someone and it will be legal as long as you don't take pictures or films of them...
Since child porn laws generally these days also cover text and drawings, "the act" is no longer too relevant. Given the ever-expanding definitions of child porn, there is even a danger that the resources spent fighting the porn means there are less resources available for fighting real abuses...
When you boot into single-user it also shows some info before the "root#" prompt where you are told to exit from single-user in order to continue booting into regular multi-user+GUI mode.
sudo nvram boot-args="-s"
should get you single-user on startup, but keep in mind that you will start the computer with root access, no password which is, like a big security risk. Even if the root volume by default is mounted read-only, the instructive text tells you how to remedy that...
In some other reply in the thread it was mentioned that copyright has explicit provisions for "technical" copying that is necessary for using a work, so fair use does not really enter into it.
But yeah, fair use is not explicit in law but implicit through court precedent. Which is fairly solid but can be overturned or legislated away.
(An interesting case regarding the importance of precedent is of course Roe vs. Wade: A lot of "pro-lifers" want it overturned - but so do many "pro-choicers" because they want an explicit law granting abortion rights, like other countries have. The Supreme Court overturning RvW will probably force Congress' hand and result in a law deciding one way or the other. Start conting your Capitol Hill Catholics...)
Apparently it is better than that: Since copying to RAM is necessary in order to use the program, it is explicitly not a violation anyway... (Unlike fair use which is only implicit due to precedent.)
1) The FOURTH word however is "agreement" which often is a synonym for contract. it has contract as a synonym for one of its definitions.
2) Yes, you do copy a program when you run it (copy from disk to memory) but that is copying for your own use which is covered by fair use. You are not (and especially not intentionally) infringing on the copyright holders commercial monopoly. I mean when you read a book you are also copying information from the page through your eyes to your brain...
... for commercial purposes. If someone wants to use their own tools and materials and make a copy for their own use, that is not a violation since IP law covers commercial rights.
Heck, it could be argued that if you put a coffee cup on a table and it leaves a stain you have created a "derivative work", but it's not like the designer is going to drag you to court over it any day.
Apart from speedups and bug fixes, 1.6 adds sripting language support, with implementations for JavaScript and Groovy if memory serves. This lets you add all the horrors of non-statically typed programming to your Java programs if you want to really shoot yourself in the foot.
If you look at the Mac OS X architecture "map" you will see their JVM goes straight down to the core when needed.
That is why.
That platform vendors were supposed to provide the implementations for their platform themselves, with Sun acting as verification/compliance testing entity was the original idea, ref. the Sun vs. Microsoft court documents when Microsoft decided to ignore compatibility and add their own incompatible elements to their implementation despite contractual obligations.
So, Apple making the Mac OS X version is how it should be. That Sun chose to make a Windows implementation early on to snare developers should have been an exception to the rule; Microsoft should have been making the Windows port later on, and Sun just the Solaris version.
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Same rules in France, I seem to recall.
A common misconception: Child porn laws have generally been expanded - at least here in Scandinavia - to also include paintings, drawings and text, and non-nude photos "interpreted" as raunchy. But the public believes that child porn == abuse pictures.
You mean you do not see the difference between a near-zero cost duplication of binary data and taking a physical object belonging to someone so that they no linger have it? What the FUCK are you doing reading a technical site with such a lack of understanding?
Anyway, that is not at all what this is about, but decryption of data you PAID FOR in the form of a DVD.
The news here is that Nolan "let's make more copies of Pac-Man for the 2600 than consoles ever sold" Bushnell is the one saying it. Go Atari!
My guess is that poor Mr Bushnell has found a new paymaster in the form of Infineon and is just talking the party line...
Yeah, because reducing your market to the 1% of computers that have such a chip is a classy move.
For his next trick he will probably suggest writing more games for the Dreamcast. There is a tiny market for that too.
"A religion is a cult with political influence".
I guess we can call them "an American tax dodging and international scam artist collective" or somesuch.
Such humour is just of academic interest.
No, Ballmer has great chair-fu from practicing whenever some talent at MS decides to jump ship.
Specs can move beyond the versions submitted to ISO - i.e. ODF 1.0 is the ISO standard, 1.1 is the OASIS version. Sort of like how Microsoft have no qualms about expanding C# beyond the ISO standard.
But the age separating child porn from "adult" porn (18) is often higher than the age of consent for sex (varying form 12-21 around the world). So basically many places you can have sex with someone and it will be legal as long as you don't take pictures or films of them...
5) Actual reason: War on Drugs = war on blacks and hispanics at least since pot was made illegal in 1937.
Case for the hypothesis: Sentences for using "white" powdered cocaine are lower than for using "black" crack cocaine.
Since child porn laws generally these days also cover text and drawings, "the act" is no longer too relevant. Given the ever-expanding definitions of child porn, there is even a danger that the resources spent fighting the porn means there are less resources available for fighting real abuses...
Not surprising: There are no good car analogies.
When you boot into single-user it also shows some info before the "root#" prompt where you are told to exit from single-user in order to continue booting into regular multi-user+GUI mode.
sudo nvram boot-args="-s"
should get you single-user on startup, but keep in mind that you will start the computer with root access, no password which is, like a big security risk. Even if the root volume by default is mounted read-only, the instructive text tells you how to remedy that...
Startup key sequences: http://www.everythingtech.tv/2006/05/17/mac-os-x-startup-key-sequences/
Single-user mode is Command-S.
There are more modern observations of UFOs, the Loch Ness monster or Bigfoot/Yetis than of God (currently at 0 apart from ancient legends).
"You do the math", said the local atheist.
In some other reply in the thread it was mentioned that copyright has explicit provisions for "technical" copying that is necessary for using a work, so fair use does not really enter into it.
But yeah, fair use is not explicit in law but implicit through court precedent. Which is fairly solid but can be overturned or legislated away.
(An interesting case regarding the importance of precedent is of course Roe vs. Wade: A lot of "pro-lifers" want it overturned - but so do many "pro-choicers" because they want an explicit law granting abortion rights, like other countries have. The Supreme Court overturning RvW will probably force Congress' hand and result in a law deciding one way or the other. Start conting your Capitol Hill Catholics...)
How can this be modded insightful? The GPL is NOT a license to use but a license to copy.
Your argument is approximately that if someone is denied a concealed firearms license they should also be denied a driver's license...
Apparently it is better than that: Since copying to RAM is necessary in order to use the program, it is explicitly not a violation anyway... (Unlike fair use which is only implicit due to precedent.)
1) The FOURTH word however is "agreement" which often is a synonym for contract. it has contract as a synonym for one of its definitions.
2) Yes, you do copy a program when you run it (copy from disk to memory) but that is copying for your own use which is covered by fair use. You are not (and especially not intentionally) infringing on the copyright holders commercial monopoly. I mean when you read a book you are also copying information from the page through your eyes to your brain...
Heck, it could be argued that if you put a coffee cup on a table and it leaves a stain you have created a "derivative work", but it's not like the designer is going to drag you to court over it any day.
Apart from speedups and bug fixes, 1.6 adds sripting language support, with implementations for JavaScript and Groovy if memory serves. This lets you add all the horrors of non-statically typed programming to your Java programs if you want to really shoot yourself in the foot.
If you look at the Mac OS X architecture "map" you will see their JVM goes straight down to the core when needed.
That is why.
That platform vendors were supposed to provide the implementations for their platform themselves, with Sun acting as verification/compliance testing entity was the original idea, ref. the Sun vs. Microsoft court documents when Microsoft decided to ignore compatibility and add their own incompatible elements to their implementation despite contractual obligations.
So, Apple making the Mac OS X version is how it should be. That Sun chose to make a Windows implementation early on to snare developers should have been an exception to the rule; Microsoft should have been making the Windows port later on, and Sun just the Solaris version.