I do believe that they assume he *purchased* the software. If he obtained it by a means other than purchasing it would they still be able to make him take his site down? I realize the other potential issues, but still, you know what happens when you assume...
There are a couple of issues to think about. A handful of months ago, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems fame said in a speech that there are going to be some "third time owned" effects in the marketplace. What he meant was that with the original (new) cost of the equipment it is difficult to make a venture (whether it be telecom or internet) profitable. The second time around is better, but still not good enough. By the time the equipment ends up in it's third set of hands the cost has likely decreased to the point where the service can be offered at the current market rate and yet be profitable.
Whether you apply this to telecom companies (360 Networks) that have buried a tremendous amount of fiber or to internet companies (Webvan and their excellent warehouses and technology or take your pick of high-flying dotcom that bought too many Sun servers) it is not difficult to understand. When you pay 10% of the original price it is easier to be profitable.
How surprised would you be if Worldcom DIDN'T cut a deal with the ILECs on long distance in order to get cheaper rates for DSL?
I must be missing something. It seems to me that the government admitted their case has little basis:
"Not one traditional copyright infringement has ever been attributed to DeCSS, and the movie studios admitted in the case that they could not produce even one example of an infringement due to DeCSS."
That seems to say that they don't know of any infringement cases. Let's call me hazy.
"Alter argued that the DeCSS case was similar -- the intent of distributing DeCSS is to promote violations of copyright law..."
Also,
"He stated flatly that the problem with digital works is that they can be copied."
I think the studios have it good. Nope, we can't show that it has ever happened. It could though, eventually, sometime, maybe, in a galaxy far, far away.
It almost makes me ill.
"Hi. I was reading an article online and it said that Maximum Linux was shutting down. I was wondering if you know anything about it or what will happen with subscribers?"
"I'm sorry sir. I haven't heard anything about that yet. Can I put you on hold for a minute."
...after a minute...
"I checked into that and no one seems to know anything about it. If something were to happen you would get some sort of noticfication about your options."
"So are you saying that no one there has heard about it?"
"Yes. I know it seems odd for no one to know but we don't."
"Thanks then. I'll be waiting for the letter."
Let's have a moment of silence for those soon to be out of a job and were told by customers before management got the balls to tell them.
Here comes the CPA to the rescue (at least when I get my results in two weeks)... If someone pays Chaney $5,700 (it is just for illustration purposes) for the check, he would need to include $5,200 ($5,700 - $500) as income. On the flipside, the person who wins the auction also gets to take a deduction equal to the winning bid less the face value of the check (the same amount as the income Chaney needs to report). If the winning bid is indeed $5,700 then the winner would get to deduct $5,200 (assuming they itemize their return, but that is another issue). I will take questions if there are any. GO HOPE!!!
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If it is the third party plug-ins then why don't I have problems with Netscape?
I do believe that they assume he *purchased* the software. If he obtained it by a means other than purchasing it would they still be able to make him take his site down? I realize the other potential issues, but still, you know what happens when you assume...
There are a couple of issues to think about. A handful of months ago, Scott McNealy of Sun Microsystems fame said in a speech that there are going to be some "third time owned" effects in the marketplace. What he meant was that with the original (new) cost of the equipment it is difficult to make a venture (whether it be telecom or internet) profitable. The second time around is better, but still not good enough. By the time the equipment ends up in it's third set of hands the cost has likely decreased to the point where the service can be offered at the current market rate and yet be profitable.
Whether you apply this to telecom companies (360 Networks) that have buried a tremendous amount of fiber or to internet companies (Webvan and their excellent warehouses and technology or take your pick of high-flying dotcom that bought too many Sun servers) it is not difficult to understand. When you pay 10% of the original price it is easier to be profitable. How surprised would you be if Worldcom DIDN'T cut a deal with the ILECs on long distance in order to get cheaper rates for DSL?
I can't seem to get the eBay page up.
.pdf copy of it here.
Find a
http://www.eswerve.com/slashdot/ebay1.pdf
Am I the only one that thought the headline said, "From Bricks to CHICKS"?
"That crap shouldn't be patentable in the first place. Of course, in the US you can patent math."
I would like to thank Taco for pointing out *precisely* what AT&T did.
I must be missing something. It seems to me that the government admitted their case has little basis:
"Not one traditional copyright infringement has ever been attributed to DeCSS, and the movie studios admitted in the case that they could not produce even one example of an infringement due to DeCSS."
That seems to say that they don't know of any infringement cases. Let's call me hazy.
"Alter argued that the DeCSS case was similar -- the intent of distributing DeCSS is to promote violations of copyright law..."
Also,
"He stated flatly that the problem with digital works is that they can be copied."
I think the studios have it good. Nope, we can't show that it has ever happened. It could though, eventually, sometime, maybe, in a galaxy far, far away.
It almost makes me ill.
If it can evolve isn't it software? If hardware/software could go against its nature then wouldn't Windows be considered hardware?
"Hi. I was reading an article online and it said that Maximum Linux was shutting down. I was wondering if you know anything about it or what will happen with subscribers?"
...after a minute...
"I'm sorry sir. I haven't heard anything about that yet. Can I put you on hold for a minute."
"I checked into that and no one seems to know anything about it. If something were to happen you would get some sort of noticfication about your options."
"So are you saying that no one there has heard about it?"
"Yes. I know it seems odd for no one to know but we don't."
"Thanks then. I'll be waiting for the letter."
Let's have a moment of silence for those soon to be out of a job and were told by customers before management got the balls to tell them.
Try to Slashdot eBay. I dare you. Yes, try it now. I will wait.
Here comes the CPA to the rescue (at least when I get my results in two weeks)... If someone pays Chaney $5,700 (it is just for illustration purposes) for the check, he would need to include $5,200 ($5,700 - $500) as income. On the flipside, the person who wins the auction also gets to take a deduction equal to the winning bid less the face value of the check (the same amount as the income Chaney needs to report). If the winning bid is indeed $5,700 then the winner would get to deduct $5,200 (assuming they itemize their return, but that is another issue). I will take questions if there are any. GO HOPE!!!