Most MP3 files downloaded via a P2P service are illegal no matter what. However, possession of a copy of one of these recordings is illegal even if you have purchased a CD because they're "derivative works" of 1. a musical work and 2. a sound recording. Copyright owners have won infringement lawsuits over four notes from a musical work and over one note from a sound recording. (The latter link will tell you that the four-note rule does not apply, but the four-note rule applies to musical works, which are independent of any recording of such works.)
When there are fewer than 50,000 possible melodies, how can anybody write new music? "Apparently, they just do" does not answer the question.
That system tray icon can't take that much up..01% of your Pentium IV 1.8GHz, and 2MB of your 512?
It doesn't matter how fast your processor is or how much RAM your machine has. Even on a 4 GHz machine with 2 GB of RAM, all programs running under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME compete for the same 64 KB user.exe heap and the same 64 KB gdi.exe heap. The 64 KB limit of each of those heaps is a remnant of the Windows 3.x architecture. NT-based operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, on the other hand, can expand the heaps to available memory for the use of Win32 programs, reserving the first 64 KB for "WoW" (NT's Windows 3.1 virtual machine).
Given that Slashdot's servers are located in the United States of America, where all reasonable political speech is permitted, an "illegal" comment generally contains one or more of libel, copyright infringement (as in this case), or enticement to commit copyright infringement or access control circumvention (such as a link to non-Pigdog DeCSS software). Giving the secret code for a level select on one of these DVD chips may be considered such an illegal comment.
In Slashdot discussions, it is generally considered on-topic to compare and contrast the application under discussion to existing applications that do much the same thing. Thus, the discussions about feature completeness of OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office whenever a new release of OOo is announced. Thus, the comparisons to other multisystem IM clients such as Trillian. Thus, any comparison of KDE or GNOME to the Windows or Mac OS X desktop.
I prefer using one of the many window managers with tabs.
I'd guess that 99.96% of Windows users* use the window manager that comes with Windows. In addition, tabs use less GDI.exe "system resources" on Windows 9x than separate windows do.
Yes, but take a look at your system resources and see how much memory your trillian process is using, it's bloated.
"System resources" on Windows, especially when measured in percentage, most often refers to a relic of the Windows 3.1 architecture that gave the user.exe and gdi.exe programs 64 KB of heap each. All programs running on a Windows 9x system share that 64 KB user.exe heap and that 64 KB of gdi.exe heap, no matter how much RAM you have.
On the other hand, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP give Win32 apps a user and gdi heap as big as available RAM and run Windows 3.1 applications in a virtual machine with its own 64 KB heaps.
I'll add to Xawen's comment the fact that it's distributed as an x86 binary, and as such, running it on anything but an x86 processor (i.e. through the Bochs emulator) is unbearably slow.
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Your drivers do not support the "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" extension.
Just in case anybody's curious, I'll explain what that extension to the OpenGL API does. Apparently, it allows use of textures compressed with a still image codec developed by S3 Graphics Inc (hence "s3tc" == "S3 texture compression"). Each block of 4x4 pixels has a "dark color", a "light color", and 16 bytes representing the mix of dark and light colors for each pixel in the block. It's a bit like JPEG but much faster to decompress in real time.
Microsoft has licensed S3 texture compression for use as the standard texture codec in DirectX 8 Graphics. Nintendo has licensed it as well for the GameCube console's video.
You might try searching bugzilla.mozilla.org for the features you have mentioned to see if somebody else has suggested it. If you find any RFEs that match features you want, vote for them and add yourself to the CC: list. If not, file them.
On my copy of Mozilla 1.1 for Win32, fullscreen (press F11) hides everything but the URL bar and the tab bar. Press F11 to restore the windowed view.
Can I make a copy of your (copyrighted) work, then mark it as "for free redistribution"?
Even if the system would permit you to do that, fraud is still a crime in all fifty U.S. states.
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But is doing so a punishable offense? And, if so, is it a useful punsihment, or just a slap on the wrist?
If a copyright owner collects personal information in a prohibited manner, it isn't allowed to use 1201 against alleged infringers. Isn't that enough punishment in itself?
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How are you going to stop all the bad pirates from continuing to use their non-watermarking rippers?
Distribute all recordings on Compact Disc Recordable, with embedded watermarks giving the serial number of the disc.
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Personally, I wouldn't mind this "squishy DRM" idea much, as long as there are some strict regulations preventing collecting any of this sort of data.
The DMCA (17 USC 1201(i)) exempts from the circumvention ban any copy-protection system that collects personally identifying information about a user and doesn't tell the user about it.
In addition, nobody can release his or her own recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin (first published in early 1923) without permission of the Gershwin estate. Without the Bono Act, this work would have fallen into the public domain on January 1, 1999.
In fact, under one interpretation of copyright law, it has become nearly impossible even to write your own songs because all the melodies are taken. (Please read the argument thoroughly before rejecting it.)
NEWS: Eldred's side has posted the final reply brief in the Bono Act case.
If one of my MP3's shows up on somebody else's system, is sombody going to make me justify the exchange?
I imagine that the contracts will follow trade secret law. You must make every reasonable effort to safeguard your personal Super MP3 collection. Otherwise, the labels have every right to sue your for copyright and/or trade secret infringement.
Be careful with the term "Compact Disc"
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When Aunt Tilly's cd player starts rejecting her cd's, she's gonna be pissed.
Compact Disc players don't reject Compact Discs unless they're scratched badly. They may, on the other hand, reject audio discs that make a half-hearted attempt at following the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard as defined in the Red Book.
More like mp3PRO
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SuperMP3 is already here. It's called Ogg Vorbis.
From the brief description in the article (MP3 based, Thomson Multimedia involved), SuperMP3 seems to be an mp3PRO file with a watermark embedded in the sound. The mp3PRO technology uses MP3 coding of low frequencies and then spectral band replication followed by dynamic re-equalization of high frequencies to provide a subjective quality at 64 kbps to 80 kbps similar to MP3 at about 112 to 144 kbps. The similar competing mp3+v technology replaces spectral band replication with a simple white-noise generator to achieve similar gains.
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There ARE other ways to stop piracy, like prosecuting those who break the laws.
This "squishy DRM" system, which puts a unique identifier in each record ("record" in copyright law refers to a copy of a recording) but doesn't restrict fair uses, allows copyright holders to identify those who break the laws so that prosecution can begin. I find it an appropriate compromise, as long as there's a way for any individual copyright owner to mark a record for free redistribution.
the DMCA's take down provisions are "guilty until proven innocent"
Not exactly. The alleged infringer can file a counterclaim with the ISP and have access to the material, along with presumption of innocence, restored.
The DMCA part was a joke, but the discrimination against Mozilla users is real. For example, click this link with Mozilla, and you get "You have accessed this page because you are trying to view MeTV in a browser other than Internet Explorer. To enter the site, please click here and download the latest version of Internet Explorer. (Mac users click here.)" For more such bugs click here.
Now watch them lose 30% of their market when AOL 8.5 for Windows switches to Gecko. (AOL for Mac and CompuServe for Windows have already switched, but AOL for Windows has more market share.)
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Most MP3 files downloaded via a P2P service are illegal no matter what. However, possession of a copy of one of these recordings is illegal even if you have purchased a CD because they're "derivative works" of 1. a musical work and 2. a sound recording. Copyright owners have won infringement lawsuits over four notes from a musical work and over one note from a sound recording. (The latter link will tell you that the four-note rule does not apply, but the four-note rule applies to musical works, which are independent of any recording of such works.)
When there are fewer than 50,000 possible melodies, how can anybody write new music? "Apparently, they just do" does not answer the question.
That system tray icon can't take that much up. .01% of your Pentium IV 1.8GHz, and 2MB of your 512?
It doesn't matter how fast your processor is or how much RAM your machine has. Even on a 4 GHz machine with 2 GB of RAM, all programs running under Windows 95, Windows 98, and Windows ME compete for the same 64 KB user.exe heap and the same 64 KB gdi.exe heap. The 64 KB limit of each of those heaps is a remnant of the Windows 3.x architecture. NT-based operating systems such as Windows 2000 and Windows XP, on the other hand, can expand the heaps to available memory for the use of Win32 programs, reserving the first 64 KB for "WoW" (NT's Windows 3.1 virtual machine).
WTF is an "illegal" comment?
Given that Slashdot's servers are located in the United States of America, where all reasonable political speech is permitted, an "illegal" comment generally contains one or more of libel, copyright infringement (as in this case), or enticement to commit copyright infringement or access control circumvention (such as a link to non-Pigdog DeCSS software). Giving the secret code for a level select on one of these DVD chips may be considered such an illegal comment.
In Slashdot discussions, it is generally considered on-topic to compare and contrast the application under discussion to existing applications that do much the same thing. Thus, the discussions about feature completeness of OpenOffice.org vs. Microsoft Office whenever a new release of OOo is announced. Thus, the comparisons to other multisystem IM clients such as Trillian. Thus, any comparison of KDE or GNOME to the Windows or Mac OS X desktop.
I prefer using one of the many window managers with tabs.
I'd guess that 99.96% of Windows users* use the window manager that comes with Windows. In addition, tabs use less GDI.exe "system resources" on Windows 9x than separate windows do.
(83.6% of all statistics are made up.)
Id prefer [Miranda, a free Win32 icq client,] being built for linux
Can't you do it yourself? Just link in winelib, which provides most Win32 API services.
Yes, but take a look at your system resources and see how much memory your trillian process is using, it's bloated.
"System resources" on Windows, especially when measured in percentage, most often refers to a relic of the Windows 3.1 architecture that gave the user.exe and gdi.exe programs 64 KB of heap each. All programs running on a Windows 9x system share that 64 KB user.exe heap and that 64 KB of gdi.exe heap, no matter how much RAM you have.
On the other hand, Windows NT 3.x, Windows NT 4, Windows 2000, and Windows XP give Win32 apps a user and gdi heap as big as available RAM and run Windows 3.1 applications in a virtual machine with its own 64 KB heaps.
No, the story is clearly about GAIM being _ported_ to Windows.
Then how can the question "How is the newly released alpha of GAIM for Windows better than the existing Trillian application?" be off-topic?
bonus OFF!
What's wrong with the AIM client for Linux?
I'll add to Xawen's comment the fact that it's distributed as an x86 binary, and as such, running it on anything but an x86 processor (i.e. through the Bochs emulator) is unbearably slow.
Your drivers do not support the "GL_EXT_texture_compression_s3tc" extension.
Just in case anybody's curious, I'll explain what that extension to the OpenGL API does. Apparently, it allows use of textures compressed with a still image codec developed by S3 Graphics Inc (hence "s3tc" == "S3 texture compression"). Each block of 4x4 pixels has a "dark color", a "light color", and 16 bytes representing the mix of dark and light colors for each pixel in the block. It's a bit like JPEG but much faster to decompress in real time.
Microsoft has licensed S3 texture compression for use as the standard texture codec in DirectX 8 Graphics. Nintendo has licensed it as well for the GameCube console's video.
why is this considered a problem that deserves such reactionary treatment as banning *all* laptops and PDAs?
For the same reason Greece banned all video games. Some governments make it a policy to throw the baby out with the bath water.
What the people want is easy access to music, and the ability to sample.
P.Diddy has the ability to sample, and look where it got him.
even though I knew about F11 I didn't use the keyboard command to go full screen and could not figure out how to use the mouse to reverse the process.
To enter fullscreen, View > Full Screen. To leave fullscreen, click the "un-maximize" button in at the right side of the fullscreen mode's URL bar.
[list several features IE doesn't have]
You might try searching bugzilla.mozilla.org for the features you have mentioned to see if somebody else has suggested it. If you find any RFEs that match features you want, vote for them and add yourself to the CC: list. If not, file them.
On my copy of Mozilla 1.1 for Win32, fullscreen (press F11) hides everything but the URL bar and the tab bar. Press F11 to restore the windowed view.
Can I make a copy of your (copyrighted) work, then mark it as "for free redistribution"?
Even if the system would permit you to do that, fraud is still a crime in all fifty U.S. states.
But is doing so a punishable offense? And, if so, is it a useful punsihment, or just a slap on the wrist?
If a copyright owner collects personal information in a prohibited manner, it isn't allowed to use 1201 against alleged infringers. Isn't that enough punishment in itself?
How are you going to stop all the bad pirates from continuing to use their non-watermarking rippers?
Distribute all recordings on Compact Disc Recordable, with embedded watermarks giving the serial number of the disc.
Personally, I wouldn't mind this "squishy DRM" idea much, as long as there are some strict regulations preventing collecting any of this sort of data.
The DMCA (17 USC 1201(i)) exempts from the circumvention ban any copy-protection system that collects personally identifying information about a user and doesn't tell the user about it.
Certainly anything that the Bono Act falls under is going to be next to impossible to find.
Here's your birthday present: AOL Time Warner owns the copyright on the song "Happy Birthday to You".
In addition, nobody can release his or her own recording of "Rhapsody in Blue" by George Gershwin (first published in early 1923) without permission of the Gershwin estate. Without the Bono Act, this work would have fallen into the public domain on January 1, 1999.
In fact, under one interpretation of copyright law, it has become nearly impossible even to write your own songs because all the melodies are taken. (Please read the argument thoroughly before rejecting it.)
NEWS: Eldred's side has posted the final reply brief in the Bono Act case.
If one of my MP3's shows up on somebody else's system, is sombody going to make me justify the exchange?
I imagine that the contracts will follow trade secret law. You must make every reasonable effort to safeguard your personal Super MP3 collection. Otherwise, the labels have every right to sue your for copyright and/or trade secret infringement.
When Aunt Tilly's cd player starts rejecting her cd's, she's gonna be pissed.
Compact Disc players don't reject Compact Discs unless they're scratched badly. They may, on the other hand, reject audio discs that make a half-hearted attempt at following the Compact Disc Digital Audio standard as defined in the Red Book.
SuperMP3 is already here. It's called Ogg Vorbis.
From the brief description in the article (MP3 based, Thomson Multimedia involved), SuperMP3 seems to be an mp3PRO file with a watermark embedded in the sound. The mp3PRO technology uses MP3 coding of low frequencies and then spectral band replication followed by dynamic re-equalization of high frequencies to provide a subjective quality at 64 kbps to 80 kbps similar to MP3 at about 112 to 144 kbps. The similar competing mp3+v technology replaces spectral band replication with a simple white-noise generator to achieve similar gains.
There ARE other ways to stop piracy, like prosecuting those who break the laws.
This "squishy DRM" system, which puts a unique identifier in each record ("record" in copyright law refers to a copy of a recording) but doesn't restrict fair uses, allows copyright holders to identify those who break the laws so that prosecution can begin. I find it an appropriate compromise, as long as there's a way for any individual copyright owner to mark a record for free redistribution.
the DMCA's take down provisions are "guilty until proven innocent"
Not exactly. The alleged infringer can file a counterclaim with the ISP and have access to the material, along with presumption of innocence, restored.
What sites are you talking about?
The DMCA part was a joke, but the discrimination against Mozilla users is real. For example, click this link with Mozilla, and you get "You have accessed this page because you are trying to view MeTV in a browser other than Internet Explorer. To enter the site, please click here and download the latest version of Internet Explorer. (Mac users click here.)" For more such bugs click here.
Now watch them lose 30% of their market when AOL 8.5 for Windows switches to Gecko. (AOL for Mac and CompuServe for Windows have already switched, but AOL for Windows has more market share.)