Companies put IP agreements into place to keep what employees work on. If it is too broad, it may not be held to be valid.
But, companies may not realize the trouble they ask for. If they own everything you work on, then they are liable for everything you do. In my case, the WC insurer tried to deny liability claiming that my work was not the sole cause of my tendinitis, but it was from my computer usage at home. If they have the right to take what I work on at home, then they are on the hook for that liablity too. Workers comp. coverage covers for injury that is caused by your work (usually the test is 50% of more contributing).
What about a Qui Tam action against the censorware producers? Then, include in this is a consumer protection action that provides for attorney fees and multiple damages?
There is a piece on censorware.org that talks about some political campain sites being blocked. Get a list of some of the local politicians that have been blocked. Now at the board meeting, ask what pornographic or illegal materials are on the site. And since according to the blocking software, they have that type of materials, that these people should be fired or impeached. This of course will be picked up by the local newspapers. The newspapers will publish the story along with the politician's denial.
I agree with the Karl, it's a hard job and lots of work.
You have to balance trademark issues with free speech issues. Then, having to deal with the issues of free speech for all countries. Then, dealing different trademark issues for all countries.
I think we are a long way from that. But, this does prove interesting for holographic image displays. No model boat -- instead a 3d image until you get bored with it. Hologrpahic photos, or 3d meetings/classes over the internet.
Since most ISPs operate interstate, I'm not sure if one state can regulate them. Unless there's Federal law which supercedes this (which I doubt), the Michigan law will only apply to Michigan users. ISPs then face four alternatives:
States also can't create/enforce laws that will put undue burden upon out of state business. Ie. having an additional gas tax on highways near the state border. Why do you think credit card companies issue credit cards in states that allow high interest rates?
They probably hire people at minimum wage to process rebate requests for hundreds of different programs.
They get confused. The management does not mind because they procably get paid by request handled, whether it's paid or not. The company 'giving' the rebate does not mind if it's more difficult because they pay out less money.
If it can be shown as an intentional pattern, you may see something from an attorney general's office.
Since most ISPs operate interstate, I'm not sure if one state can regulate them.
I was under the impression that anonymous communication is not an absolute right. It is a right such as privacy which have are limits. That is why, in the USA there are threshold requirements for search warrants. Recently a judge in Penn. set requirements for the release of user identification information -- similar to the requirements of a restraining order.
Anonymous communications allow you to speak out without fear of retribution, but it should not shield you from illegal activity. But then, the issue of what is illegal, talking bad about a communist government is illegal in that country, but not in another.
Linking a telphone number to a email account is not always effective. Who says that phone number has to belong to the person? Airport lounges, dealership witing rooms all have phones for people to use. What if the person sets up the account from a friends house? BTW> Hotmails sends the originiating IP with each email.
Read the article. When someone is injured on the job, then they test the person for a predisposition.
Workers comp covers work related injury. Not injuries soley from work. If you are predisposed to something, and working causes it to happen, WC is supposed to cover it.
Why not fire women when they become pregnant. Pregnancy increases risk of carpal tunnel. What about anyone over 30?
What is wrong with requiring that websites obey the law? Nothing! There is no difference betwwen a website or any other institution - they must all obey the law.
I agree! If a website violates the law, then file charges, have a trial, throw the person in jail.
What you are talking about is having someone think that they may violate the law, then just shut it down. In the United States, there is a thinking called due process.
Not, if you don't like it, shut it down. It is legal to publish Penthouse, Playboy. It is legal to publish instructions on how to make a bomb. It is legal to express opinion that is not flattering. Libel is not legal, but you have to prove that the statements aren't true. You are not supposed to use a libel lawsuit to silence critism.
If approve of someone censoring what you don't like, someone may not like censor what you say and censor you.
A sucksite does not infringe on trademark, it properly uses it.
A trademark is to properly identify a company, product, or service.
If you use Xsucks.com, where X is a trademark, you are properly identifying what sucks. If you have mattelsucks.com, you are properly identifying the trademark Mattel, a company identification mark, sucks. It can also come under fair use.
Now under the anti-SLAPP statutes available in many states, the case can dismissed fairly quickly. Also, it has been ruled that trademark cannot be used to silence critism or commentary. See Mattel v. MCA. (the Barbiegirl case).
You mention jurist shopping. That issue came up at the ICANN board meeting in November. But, in court, the plaintiff gets to choose the forum. It's nothing new.
You say that 80% of the disputes are ruled in favor of the trademark holder. But, what percentage of that are defendants that never respond?
The point I was trying to make is that even with javascript turned off, the information is sent. The original piece gives the impression that if everyone turned off javascript, you'd be safe.
SPAMMERS have been using html in emails. They setup an cgi script to pick up an email address from the message. That part of the caller passes the sent email to a script back on the server through an image call.
It's good that the EU is looking at putting something in place to punish spammers.
There is a problem with this survey.
You have the SPA saying that piracy costs $$$billions in sales. You have the RIAA saying that MP3 and Napster costs $$$billions in sales. You have the MPAA claiming that DeCSS costs them $$$billions because everyone is copying DVDs and putting them online. They claim that each copy means a sale lost, but we know that many of the copies would not translate into sales/losses. How did the EU study calculate losses?
If you are monitoring a GPS, you have the computing power to dead reckon!
You determine from the last fix, speed and direction and you know current position.
Who missed the bits about using black-boxes in cars; then insurance companies totalling the car; taking the black-box to determine fault of the accident. Will the police demand a interface to the car's black box and then write a ticket for when you sped last month.
that is all very nice. but you have conveniently ignored my question. therefore i will ask it
again, and i will continue to ask it until you answer.. what rights do you surrender by walking through a metal detector??
It is not a half second, but it's standing in line for 10 minutes; having your possessions x-rayed, searched, and sniffed. You are being searched by government agents without suspicion of comitting a crime. In the United States, we have fought for those rights.
Are you saying everyone with a gun shoots up a McDonalds?
and what rights do you lose by walking through a metal detector? the right to blow away a couple dozen employees of your hated "gub-mint?" settle down mcveigh-boy. metal detectors are a pain in
the ass, but they are a necessary evil and are *not* any sort of loss of rights.
Yes, a metal detector at the door would have stopped McVeigh from driving the truck into the garage.
Increased security would have prevented the TWA 880 bombing...ooopps..it was a wiring fault.
Why not strip search everyone comming out of a store to protect us from theft? Or making everyone use chopsticks to eat on plane because a fork and knife can be used to kill. What about handcuffing everyone into their seats because some nut might break into the cockpit?
BTW forget the ID checks at airports. If my sister was able to get a fake ID at 16 to go drinking; I think that a terrorist could get one.
The problem with this is not the initial application, but how it progresses.
We lose our rights by a thousand little slices. Fingerprinting was only for criminals, now we get fingerprinted for drivers licenses. Metal detectors were only for airports and high schools that had riots. Now, it's for any government building.
I see some consumer protection act lawsuits comming up in the near future.
With all the disclaimers and prohibition on reverse engineering what choice remains? You buy a DVD player and a DVD, but it won't work. You can't play the DVD, but you can't return it because it's opened -- and opening it signifies that you agree to the terms of the license. The DVD player (not computer based) can't play it because of a change in the encryption standard. No upgrade available for the player -- it's the DVD maker's fault. Any new DVDs won't play on it, no upgrades available, what's left to do?
It does not say much about different types of cookies; actually different uses.
Cookies to save login id is not bad. Cookies by doubleclick to track across sites is another story.
But, isn't someone leaving data on your computer and picking them up without authorization a form of computer tresspass? Just because it can be done does not mean it is authorized. Leaving a window open on a house does not mean that a person is allowed to climb through it and take a nap.
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According to the Screen Actors Guild there is a threat of an actor's strike. This is expected to impact the fall season.
Will we have yet another scale for Warp speed?
But, companies may not realize the trouble they ask for. If they own everything you work on, then they are liable for everything you do. In my case, the WC insurer tried to deny liability claiming that my work was not the sole cause of my tendinitis, but it was from my computer usage at home. If they have the right to take what I work on at home, then they are on the hook for that liablity too. Workers comp. coverage covers for injury that is caused by your work (usually the test is 50% of more contributing).
Who me, cause trouble? Nah.
He is a nice guy, and very sharp too.
I agree with the Karl, it's a hard job and lots of work.
You have to balance trademark issues with free speech issues. Then, having to deal with the issues of free speech for all countries. Then, dealing different trademark issues for all countries.
I think we are a long way from that. But, this does prove interesting for holographic image displays. No model boat -- instead a 3d image until you get bored with it. Hologrpahic photos, or 3d meetings/classes over the internet.
They get confused. The management does not mind because they procably get paid by request handled, whether it's paid or not. The company 'giving' the rebate does not mind if it's more difficult because they pay out less money.
If it can be shown as an intentional pattern, you may see something from an attorney general's office.
I was under the impression that anonymous communication is not an absolute right. It is a right such as privacy which have are limits. That is why, in the USA there are threshold requirements for search warrants. Recently a judge in Penn. set requirements for the release of user identification information -- similar to the requirements of a restraining order.
Anonymous communications allow you to speak out without fear of retribution, but it should not shield you from illegal activity. But then, the issue of what is illegal, talking bad about a communist government is illegal in that country, but not in another.
Linking a telphone number to a email account is not always effective. Who says that phone number has to belong to the person? Airport lounges, dealership witing rooms all have phones for people to use. What if the person sets up the account from a friends house? BTW> Hotmails sends the originiating IP with each email.
Workers comp covers work related injury. Not injuries soley from work. If you are predisposed to something, and working causes it to happen, WC is supposed to cover it.
Why not fire women when they become pregnant. Pregnancy increases risk of carpal tunnel. What about anyone over 30?
What you are talking about is having someone think that they may violate the law, then just shut it down. In the United States, there is a thinking called due process.
Not, if you don't like it, shut it down. It is legal to publish Penthouse, Playboy. It is legal to publish instructions on how to make a bomb. It is legal to express opinion that is not flattering. Libel is not legal, but you have to prove that the statements aren't true. You are not supposed to use a libel lawsuit to silence critism.
If approve of someone censoring what you don't like, someone may not like censor what you say and censor you.
A trademark is to properly identify a company, product, or service.
If you use Xsucks.com, where X is a trademark, you are properly identifying what sucks. If you have mattelsucks.com, you are properly identifying the trademark Mattel, a company identification mark, sucks. It can also come under fair use.
Now under the anti-SLAPP statutes available in many states, the case can dismissed fairly quickly. Also, it has been ruled that trademark cannot be used to silence critism or commentary. See Mattel v. MCA. (the Barbiegirl case).
You say that 80% of the disputes are ruled in favor of the trademark holder. But, what percentage of that are defendants that never respond?
If you just give up, you lose. If you fought, you probably could have won very easily.
It's a way to confirm the reading of a message.
There is a problem with this survey. You have the SPA saying that piracy costs $$$billions in sales. You have the RIAA saying that MP3 and Napster costs $$$billions in sales. You have the MPAA claiming that DeCSS costs them $$$billions because everyone is copying DVDs and putting them online. They claim that each copy means a sale lost, but we know that many of the copies would not translate into sales/losses. How did the EU study calculate losses?
You determine from the last fix, speed and direction and you know current position.
Who missed the bits about using black-boxes in cars; then insurance companies totalling the car; taking the black-box to determine fault of the accident. Will the police demand a interface to the car's black box and then write a ticket for when you sped last month.
Are you saying everyone with a gun shoots up a McDonalds?
Increased security would have prevented the TWA 880 bombing...ooopps..it was a wiring fault.
Why not strip search everyone comming out of a store to protect us from theft? Or making everyone use chopsticks to eat on plane because a fork and knife can be used to kill. What about handcuffing everyone into their seats because some nut might break into the cockpit?
BTW forget the ID checks at airports. If my sister was able to get a fake ID at 16 to go drinking; I think that a terrorist could get one.
We lose our rights by a thousand little slices. Fingerprinting was only for criminals, now we get fingerprinted for drivers licenses. Metal detectors were only for airports and high schools that had riots. Now, it's for any government building.
But, for them to take action against you for doing that would violate the anti-retaliation provision of the ADA.
What a tangled web we lawyers weave when we practice to greed.
With all the disclaimers and prohibition on reverse engineering what choice remains? You buy a DVD player and a DVD, but it won't work. You can't play the DVD, but you can't return it because it's opened -- and opening it signifies that you agree to the terms of the license. The DVD player (not computer based) can't play it because of a change in the encryption standard. No upgrade available for the player -- it's the DVD maker's fault. Any new DVDs won't play on it, no upgrades available, what's left to do?
Cookies to save login id is not bad. Cookies by doubleclick to track across sites is another story.
But, isn't someone leaving data on your computer and picking them up without authorization a form of computer tresspass? Just because it can be done does not mean it is authorized. Leaving a window open on a house does not mean that a person is allowed to climb through it and take a nap.
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