It's not the case in countries like Cuba or (to some extent) the United Kingdom
Yes it is, just on a larger scale. If you don't want to work then the government will take care of you. Thus there is little incentive to work.
Look at the living conditions in Cuba for a good example of government welfare out of control. The per capita productivity and standard of living in the UK is no where near what it is here, where there is less welfare. Look at other more hands off countries and their standard of living is even higher.
If there are no concequences for not working, no one will work.
After all, depriving someone of an article of clothing involves a monetary loss to a third party whereas removing the code from a web site takes, at most, a minute.
How many links are there out there. If there were enough links the man hours required for admins to spend one minute removing a link could add up fast. This decision could cost millions;-)
Yes, you are correct in what you state. I should have been more clear. However, my point still stands in that these fears are antiquated. As a result, the applications of the ammendment must be called into question.
If you are not afraid of the government infringeing upon your rights then why are you so concerned about the FBI tapping your e-mail but promicing not to read it without a warrant. The second amendment was put in place as a last resort protection for our rights. If all else fails the second amendment makes revolution possible. I'm not saying we are anywhere near that point yet. But the very fact that revolution is possiable is incentive for the government not to necessitate one.
In their haste to stop the violence they over reacted. In your haste to stop the over reaction you over reacted. I think everyone just needs to slow down and think things through. I think that was the whole problem from the begining from the kids who opened fire, to the schools that over reacted, to Slashdot who over reacted. Think before you act!
I would advise anyone who is thinking that by getting around the licence they are not subject to the licence to go back and read the documents regarding the DVD trade secret violation suit in CA. They make it clear that if you know that a licence exists and you deliberately go around it that is no excuse.
Perhaps someone in Maryland could ignore the lisence because the UCITA states that click through licence terms are enforcable. But the UCITA is not in effect yet. This would imply that the law is needed to make those terms enforceable.
Go look at your microwave. It has lots more radiation in there then any processor has ever produced. Nobody worries about standing infront of a microvave. You simply need to make the case for the processor out of the same stuff they use to block the microwaves from leaving your microwave.
Look at the density of stars in the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. The odds that we will actually hit anything are about the same as the odds of me sprouting wings and flying. Astronomers have concluded that this will have little or no effect upon the solar system. But it will be pretty cool to observe.
Go to Amazon.com and search Star Wars. The original trilogy is not avliable on VHS. But there are entries for DVD. There's no release date. Does this mean something?
Can some one come up with a non-reverse engineering way to create DeCSS (even if it requires tons of computing power)?
I'm not a crypto expert but as I understand it the css key is only 40bit. Then there should be only 2^40 or about 1.1 trillion keys. There are 500 difrent keys on each disk. Any one will decrypt the disk. (a difrent one is given to each player vendor) Thus there is a 1:2.2 billion chance that a given key will be valid. With moderen computers one could have a good chance of being able to guess a key within a few months. Once a key is known to the community there would be nothing anyone could do to prevent currently existing players and dvd's from using that key.
I think that it is important to remember that the internet going into a dorm is not just for school use. Students live in the dorm and I think that they have the right to view what ever they want to in their own homes. They pay taxes too you know.
I thought that it would be an awful waste of time and effort if someone much better at such things had already done so. Even if someone else has written a better letter then you the more letters we get out the better. Quantity is just as important as quality. Just be polite and honest.
Has he even been charged with using it? No he hasn't been charged with using it because the act clearly states "No person shal circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period begining on the date of the enactment of this chapter." (emphisis added) The later prohibition aginst creating a means of circumventing a technological (blah blah blah) takes effect immedately upon the enactment of this law. Thus as I understand it using DeCSS to descramble DVDs is legal untill Oct 28, 2000 (two years after the enactment) but creating or distributing DeCSS is illegal immedately. That is assuming it is illegal at all which I don't think it is.
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It's not the case in countries like Cuba or (to some extent) the United Kingdom
Yes it is, just on a larger scale. If you don't want to work then the government will take care of you. Thus there is little incentive to work.
Look at the living conditions in Cuba for a good example of government welfare out of control. The per capita productivity and standard of living in the UK is no where near what it is here, where there is less welfare. Look at other more hands off countries and their standard of living is even higher.
If there are no concequences for not working, no one will work.
Anything said in court is protected from libel/slander.
After all, depriving someone of an article of clothing involves a monetary loss to a third party whereas removing the code from a web site takes, at most, a minute. ;-)
How many links are there out there. If there were enough links the man hours required for admins to spend one minute removing a link could add up fast. This decision could cost millions
Still off topic but could you post a link to that study?
Yes, you are correct in what you state. I should have been more clear. However, my point still stands in that these fears are antiquated. As a result, the applications of the ammendment must be called into question.
If you are not afraid of the government infringeing upon your rights then why are you so concerned about the FBI tapping your e-mail but promicing not to read it without a warrant. The second amendment was put in place as a last resort protection for our rights. If all else fails the second amendment makes revolution possible. I'm not saying we are anywhere near that point yet. But the very fact that revolution is possiable is incentive for the government not to necessitate one.
Couldn't you just hold an image of someone else's prints up to the mous and fool it into thinking your were someone else?
In their haste to stop the violence they over reacted. In your haste to stop the over reaction you over reacted. I think everyone just needs to slow down and think things through. I think that was the whole problem from the begining from the kids who opened fire, to the schools that over reacted, to Slashdot who over reacted. Think before you act!
I would advise anyone who is thinking that by getting around the licence they are not subject to the licence to go back and read the documents regarding the DVD trade secret violation suit in CA. They make it clear that if you know that a licence exists and you deliberately go around it that is no excuse.
Perhaps someone in Maryland could ignore the lisence because the UCITA states that click through licence terms are enforcable. But the UCITA is not in effect yet. This would imply that the law is needed to make those terms enforceable.
Go look at your microwave. It has lots more radiation in there then any processor has ever produced. Nobody worries about standing infront of a microvave. You simply need to make the case for the processor out of the same stuff they use to block the microwaves from leaving your microwave.
Look at the density of stars in the Milky Way and Andromeda Galaxies. The odds that we will actually hit anything are about the same as the odds of me sprouting wings and flying. Astronomers have concluded that this will have little or no effect upon the solar system. But it will be pretty cool to observe.
Go to Amazon.com and search Star Wars. The original trilogy is not avliable on VHS. But there are entries for DVD. There's no release date. Does this mean something?
Can some one come up with a non-reverse engineering way to create DeCSS (even if it requires tons of computing power)?
I'm not a crypto expert but as I understand it the css key is only 40bit. Then there should be only 2^40 or about 1.1 trillion keys. There are 500 difrent keys on each disk. Any one will decrypt the disk. (a difrent one is given to each player vendor) Thus there is a 1:2.2 billion chance that a given key will be valid. With moderen computers one could have a good chance of being able to guess a key within a few months. Once a key is known to the community there would be nothing anyone could do to prevent currently existing players and dvd's from using that key.
I think that it is important to remember that the internet going into a dorm is not just for school use. Students live in the dorm and I think that they have the right to view what ever they want to in their own homes. They pay taxes too you know.
Is that a real picture?
If so is there a good story behind it?
I thought that it would be an awful waste of time and effort if someone much better at such things had already done so.
Even if someone else has written a better letter then you the more letters we get out the better. Quantity is just as important as quality. Just be polite and honest.
This module is very new he used Windows a few months ago before Linux had the necessary support.
Has he even been charged with using it?
No he hasn't been charged with using it because the act clearly states "No person shal circumvent a technological measure that effectively controls access to a work protected under this title. The prohibition contained in the preceding sentence shall take effect at the end of the 2-year period begining on the date of the enactment of this chapter." (emphisis added) The later prohibition aginst creating a means of circumventing a technological (blah blah blah) takes effect immedately upon the enactment of this law. Thus as I understand it using DeCSS to descramble DVDs is legal untill Oct 28, 2000 (two years after the enactment) but creating or distributing DeCSS is illegal immedately. That is assuming it is illegal at all which I don't think it is.