When I saw Tivo, I thought "it's about time!" This sort of thing has been around for a long time. Expensive, yes, but around. And definitely not "non-obvious".
We ran into this when sending "the latest, greatest build of code" to subcontractors, or potential customers for evaluation on machines we do not control. Sometimes we'd want to ship an installation CD, or download updates to someone as part of work in progress. This is a technical violation.
Huh? No it's not. You never have to show them the source code until they ask for it. Read the GPL. That's all it requires you to do.
The government believes Infocom has ties to the Holy Land Foundation, which is located across the street. The U.S. government has been investigating the Holy Land Foundation for some time, believing that it has ties to Hamas, a Palestinian organization which engages in terrorist activities against Israel.
Ok, so the government believes that the Holy Land Foundation has "ties" to an organization which engages in terrorist activities... not exactly the biggest reason to shut down people... but they go after the ISP across the street!?!?! Have they lost their mind, or is there some sort of huge thing that all (six or so that I've read) these news stories have left out?
FBI spokeswoman Lori Bailey said the investigation was not aimed at InfoCom's clients, but she declined to say why authorities targeted the company. [...]
Agents took boxes out of the building Wednesday and Thursday but did not say what was contained in them. [...]
"This is a criminal investigation, not a political investigation," she said. "We're hoping to find evidence of
criminal activity."
We're hoping to find evidence of criminal activity? WTF? Is a mere hope all it takes the FBI to get a freaking search warrant these days to carry things out in boxes?!
I understand your point, but my big beef is... I own quite a few old NES cartridges. There's no way on earth I'd be able to actually rip the contents off the ROM onto my computer. But I can download them easily from these "warez" sites.
If I want to play my old games on a new medium, basically, what other choice to I have? Even if NES did have some sort of "download service", I would have to pay again to download games that I already have paid for.
The plural of box is not boxen, the plural of UNIX is not UNICES, and the plural of mongoose is not polygoose. jf
Nobody complains when people say "boxen" just for fun... why should they complain when people say "virii" just for fun?
Certainly, I laugh at all those who say "virii" thinking it's the actual plural of virus--but similarly I laugh at all those who get their panties in a knot trying to correct those who lovingly and playfully use "virii" as a "playful distortion of language".
Never have I seen such negative speaking of the DMCA from a "real" news source, even the Associated Press:
San Jose-based Adobe Systems had complained to the FBI that Sklyarov's employer was selling a program that let users manipulate Adobe's e-book software so the books could be read on more than one computer or transferred to someone else.
Is it just me, or is that the most neutral, almost pro-Sklyarov paragraph you've ever seen? It even continues:
The program is legal in Russia. Sklyarov's supporters say his work merely restores the "fair use" privileges consumers have traditionally enjoyed under U.S. copyright law. Adobe dropped its support of the case on July 23.
But one is "complicit" in or with a questionable act or a crime... not a fact. I can't even think of a way to reword the sentence to show that meaning. Imagine this synonym replacement:
Microsoft owns that space and, worse, the public is totally [participating in] that fact. People will not stop using Windows. It is a losing battle.
If you had noticed, I did counter his point. Perhaps it wasn't in a manner that you found effective nor persuasive, but that's a far cry from "just saying his argument isn't good."
Please notice that I replaced his word "bible" with my word "chess"--thereby showing him that his argument (namely, that because the club could be held elsewhere, it shouldn't be held at school) was not a very good one.
Feel free to disagree. But perhaps you might post something more productive than "mod this Troll -1 asap". Thanks.
I pay school tax and I fail to see why your kids should use the school or its resources for your [chess] club. Couldn't your kids tell their friends to meet at your house/church and you can sponsor this activity?
(There are some good arguments against having "bible clubs" at school--this isn't one of them.)
Pirates are people with eyepatches who plunder on the high seas, not people with PDAs who simply beam information to each other.
I can't stand it when people use the term "Pirate" to refer to such innocent folk. Just because it's in the dictionary doesn't make it right! Stand up for what you believe in!
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Yeah, right... I have a Gnutella client which I search through a network of servers. Interestingly enough, though, I also (but not everyone does!) run a Gnutella server myself on my computer, allowing other people to search and download from my own.
So what you're saying, in essence, is that more and more home computer are becoming servers--which was how the Internet was before the "home computers" started logging on.
In case you were wondering how the BSA calculates these piracy statistics, it's very simple:
Count how many computers were bought in the previous year.
Count how many licenses for Business and Graphics suites were bought in the previous year.
Subtract the two numbers and, voila! you have the amount of pirated software.
Notice anything particulary fishy about this? But, yeah, that's really how they calculate it. No wonder their figures are so inflated?
I got this information from an [AP? I think] article in my local newspaper. I have a scanned copy somewhere, if anyone's interested. Can't find another source online though, so if anyone could oblige...
We used to have this Nintendo game called Gyromite that we thought was the most bizarre and yet most hilarious game ever. One person would have Controller One and control the little guy, and the other guy would have Controller Two and control these pipes that moved up and down.
And now, holy freak, it all makes sense--you weren't supposed to use the second control, you were supposed to have the Robot do it. And that's why when you pressed certain buttons the screen flashed! After so many years, the lights finally come on.
Anyone ever see that Dilbert cartoon where Dogbert makes a billion dollars with his software company? They go out walking and Dilbert says, "Yeah, but money can't buy a sunset, Dogbert."
To which Dogbert replies, "No, but I licensed the digital rights."
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Obviously, they're keeping people from accessing the top-secret teeball Iraq files ! Besides:
check out these other frightening examples of censorship:Truly frightening.
I think he meant "Hilary, surly, will sue."
Dlugar
Come on you guys, you know you should be calling it Debian GNU/HURD. Can't you get it right?
Dlugar
Has anyone noticed that the "Update" is the same Wired article that's currently on the front page?
Sheesh. Slashdot.
Dlugar
I am such a klutz!
Hm. Apparently you have two left feet?
Dlugar
When I saw Tivo, I thought "it's about time!" This sort of thing has been around for a long time. Expensive, yes, but around. And definitely not "non-obvious".
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Ok, so the government believes that the Holy Land Foundation has "ties" to an organization which engages in terrorist activities ... not exactly the biggest reason to shut down people ... but they go after the ISP across the street!?!?! Have they lost their mind, or is there some sort of huge thing that all (six or so that I've read) these news stories have left out?
Bizarre. Truly bizarre.
And frightening.
Dlugar
From the Yahoo article ...
We're hoping to find evidence of criminal activity? WTF? Is a mere hope all it takes the FBI to get a freaking search warrant these days to carry things out in boxes?!
Be afraid ... be very afraid.
Dlugar
Ha, the US Government is amusing unless you have to live here!
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I understand your point, but my big beef is ... I own quite a few old NES cartridges. There's no way on earth I'd be able to actually rip the contents off the ROM onto my computer. But I can download them easily from these "warez" sites.
If I want to play my old games on a new medium, basically, what other choice to I have? Even if NES did have some sort of "download service", I would have to pay again to download games that I already have paid for.
I honestly can't figure any easy way around it.
Dlugar
The plural of box is not boxen, the plural of UNIX is not UNICES, and the plural of mongoose is not polygoose. jf
Nobody complains when people say "boxen" just for fun ... why should they complain when people say "virii" just for fun?
Certainly, I laugh at all those who say "virii" thinking it's the actual plural of virus--but similarly I laugh at all those who get their panties in a knot trying to correct those who lovingly and playfully use "virii" as a "playful distortion of language".
Please, do us all a favor and get a grip!
Dlugar
Never have I seen such negative speaking of the DMCA from a "real" news source, even the Associated Press:
Is it just me, or is that the most neutral, almost pro-Sklyarov paragraph you've ever seen? It even continues:
Beautiful. Absolutely beautiful.
Dlugar
But one is "complicit" in or with a questionable act or a crime ... not a fact. I can't even think of a way to reword the sentence to show that meaning. Imagine this synonym replacement:
Fits well indeed. Hmph.
Dlugar
If you had noticed, I did counter his point. Perhaps it wasn't in a manner that you found effective nor persuasive, but that's a far cry from "just saying his argument isn't good."
Please notice that I replaced his word "bible" with my word "chess"--thereby showing him that his argument (namely, that because the club could be held elsewhere, it shouldn't be held at school) was not a very good one.
Feel free to disagree. But perhaps you might post something more productive than "mod this Troll -1 asap". Thanks.
Dlugar
Is it just me, or does that word not mean what he thinks it means?
Does he really mean complicit, or perhaps complacent? Or something else?
Complicit doesn't really fit well, if you ask me. Grammar Nazi?
Dlugar
I pay school tax and I fail to see why your kids should use the school or its resources for your [chess] club. Couldn't your kids tell their friends to meet at your house/church and you can sponsor this activity?
(There are some good arguments against having "bible clubs" at school--this isn't one of them.)
Pirates are people with eyepatches who plunder on the high seas, not people with PDAs who simply beam information to each other.
I can't stand it when people use the term "Pirate" to refer to such innocent folk. Just because it's in the dictionary doesn't make it right! Stand up for what you believe in!
Dlugar
Yeah, right ... I have a Gnutella client which I search through a network of servers. Interestingly enough, though, I also (but not everyone does!) run a Gnutella server myself on my computer, allowing other people to search and download from my own.
So what you're saying, in essence, is that more and more home computer are becoming servers--which was how the Internet was before the "home computers" started logging on.
Dlugar
I don't know what the big fuss is all about. Hasn't the Internet always been peer-to-peer? Why even come up with a new name for it?
Dlugar
In case you were wondering how the BSA calculates these piracy statistics, it's very simple:
Notice anything particulary fishy about this? But, yeah, that's really how they calculate it. No wonder their figures are so inflated?
I got this information from an [AP? I think] article in my local newspaper. I have a scanned copy somewhere, if anyone's interested. Can't find another source online though, so if anyone could oblige ...
Dlugar
We used to have this Nintendo game called Gyromite that we thought was the most bizarre and yet most hilarious game ever. One person would have Controller One and control the little guy, and the other guy would have Controller Two and control these pipes that moved up and down.
And now, holy freak, it all makes sense--you weren't supposed to use the second control, you were supposed to have the Robot do it. And that's why when you pressed certain buttons the screen flashed! After so many years, the lights finally come on.
Thank you, sir. You're a gentleman and a scholar.
Dlugar
When you say "Security through obscurity is bad," what you really mean is "Security implemented solely through obscurity is bad."
Er, thanks for clearing that up, guys.
Dlugar
Anyone ever see that Dilbert cartoon where Dogbert makes a billion dollars with his software company? They go out walking and Dilbert says, "Yeah, but money can't buy a sunset, Dogbert."
To which Dogbert replies, "No, but I licensed the digital rights."
Dlugar
Flamebait? What are the moderators smoking today?
It was a joke, people. And !funny != flamebait. Just in case you were wondering.
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