I'd much rather give up the right to own a gun then give up the rights of our children to now have to be subject to search & seizure, medal detecters and everything else HAVING A GUN causes.
You might want to try the South Carolina Libertarian Party. I'm sure you'd get support and they probably have contacts with other organizations as well.
Kevin Smith directed the film, not Gus Van Sant. The latter directed Good Will Hunting and that's why he's in that area of the film.
The pair is called Bluntman and Chronic, not Bluntman and The Chronic.
Of all the times Silent Bob speaks, this is the only time it's provoked by Jay's stupidity. In Clerks, he speaks to Dante to convicne him that Veronica loves him. In Mallrats, he delivers his Jedi line. In Chasing Amy, he tells the story of Amy to Ben Affleck's character. And in Dogma, neither of his two lines are delivered to Jay; one is to an extra, the other Chris Rock.
Isn't there something that requires movie reviewers to actually know something about the movie they're discussing?
I saw it on the sneak preview and laughed my ass off. There were some people there who hadn't seen any Kevin Smith movies and they laughed their asses off. It's just a funny movie. Go see it.
Someone using DeCSS never agreed to that license, so the license for them would be invalid. The law in question prohibits circumvention of an access method.
I wonder how all you who support this and the similar BS would feel if someone put out simple instructions for a tool to unlock and start any car, especially yours.
They have one. It's called a lockpick, and it's perfectly legal. Locksmith's use them all the time. And it's also perfectly legal for you to pick the lock on your own car or house if (say) you locked the keys inside.
For the record, I'm 33, and I think your coworker is a closed-minded imbecile. Anyone who isn't even willing to discuss the issue deserves scorn, IMO, regardless of their age.
I'm not saying it doesn't have legitimate uses. But the MPAA is going to go into court and say "Here are files on Morpheus, Limewire, File-Sharings systems X, Y, and Z, and they have thousands of pirated movies on them. These movies are made using DeCSS. This is what DeCSS is used for, and why we need to get rid of it.
There are three rather amazing leaps here:
1) The burden of proof is on them to submit conclusive evidence that DeCSS was used to make these illegal copies, as opposed to the numerous other ways illegal copies can be made;
2) That DeCSS is used almost exclusively to make and distribute illegal copies; and
3) That it is legal and Constitutional to restrict a tool because it is used to commit illegal acts. (Example: People commit murders with hammers. Should hammers be made illegal?) The Constitution clearly says otherwise.
Also remember that, at least in America, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth.
It's very simple: Go after the pirates, and leave innocent people alone.
I just pulled out several DVDs from my collection and read them. None of them have the disclaimer you mention. They have the following: "This product is authorized for sale in U.S.A. only. This DVD is [or "these DVDs are" for 2-DVD sets] for private home viewing only. They are not authorized for any other use. All other rights reserved. Distributed by blah blah blah..."
In their own legal disclaimers, they gave me explicit rights to private home viewing. No limitation is given for licensed players. The verbiage varies, but no mention is made on any of them for licensed players; therefore, I have the right to use any player I wish as long as it's for private home viewing.
I said it didn't have to be decrypted to be copied; not that it couldn't. And there are other (arguably easier) ways of changing the format than using DeCSS.
My point was and is that DeCSS is far from a necessary tool for DVD copying, but it is a vital part of a DVD player--a player DVDs legally purchased by the consumer.
DeCSS has nothing to do with piracy. A DVD must be decrypted to be viewed; it does not have to be decrypted to be copied since the players do the decrypting, plain and simple.
DeCSS was part of an attempt to make a Linux DVD player. The DVD Consortium, however, is using the DMCA to go after everyone who makes a DVD player without buying a $10,000 license from them. That's what it's all about--that $10,000 dollars that they have no right to force out of programmers in the first place. All of this "pirating" nonsense is just the MPAA trying to justify their actions by making the programmers out to be pirates.
The DMCA is a wicked law, and a blatant usurpation of our basic Constitutional rights. It must be fought.
There is a precedence. On the CD for P.D.Q. Bach's 1712 Overture, there is a warning that the waveforms caused by the sound of balloons popping near the end of the overture can potentially damage speaker equipment. IANAL, of course, but it seems to me it would be easy to show that anyone who makes a CD that could potentially damage equipment should place a disclaimer on the cover.
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Pi is an integer in base pi...
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Give everyone that c program, and then, in lieu of downloading a program, zip file, mpeg file, or whatever, you just tell them to calculate m digits of pi starting at position n, and save the result as the appropriate filename. Internet traffic could be slashed!
Of course, finding the appropriate sequence would be the challenge...
A teacher, a physicist and a mathemetician are having drinks together in a Scottish pub when the teacher looks out the window and sees a white sheep. The teacher says, "There are white sheep in Scotland". The physicist looks out the window and declares, "There are sheep in Scotland; we have already detected and confirmed white ones." The mathematician says, "In Scotland there is at least one sheep, at least one side of which is hite."
And the Scotsman says, "You lads keep yer filthy, stinkin' eyes off me wife!!!!"
You need to watch your "TARGET=" tags. They're part of your URL, and your links don't work without manually removing it. (Note to everyone else: When you click on one of his links and get a 404 error, just delet the TARGET=_BLANK from the end of the URL and you'll get it.
...there's still nothing stopping you from connecting the output from your stereo to your sound card and recording it manually. A bit more time-consuming than ripping the tracks straight off a 52x CD-ROM, but it still works.
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I would like to add that the walls of the new towers should be covered with the names of the victims of this atrocity.
Ring ring, hello? We have that now anyway!
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Okay, WHO DONATED THE PENNY???????
You might want to try the South Carolina Libertarian Party. I'm sure you'd get support and they probably have contacts with other organizations as well.
Kevin Smith directed the film, not Gus Van Sant. The latter directed Good Will Hunting and that's why he's in that area of the film.
The pair is called Bluntman and Chronic, not Bluntman and The Chronic.
Of all the times Silent Bob speaks, this is the only time it's provoked by Jay's stupidity. In Clerks, he speaks to Dante to convicne him that Veronica loves him. In Mallrats, he delivers his Jedi line. In Chasing Amy, he tells the story of Amy to Ben Affleck's character. And in Dogma, neither of his two lines are delivered to Jay; one is to an extra, the other Chris Rock.
Isn't there something that requires movie reviewers to actually know something about the movie they're discussing?
I saw it on the sneak preview and laughed my ass off. There were some people there who hadn't seen any Kevin Smith movies and they laughed their asses off. It's just a funny movie. Go see it.
Article III and Amendment IX.
Someone using DeCSS never agreed to that license, so the license for them would be invalid. The law in question prohibits circumvention of an access method.
No, misguided, unconstitutional laws penalize everyone. Proper laws go after the perpetrators and leave everyone else alone.
They have one. It's called a lockpick, and it's perfectly legal. Locksmith's use them all the time. And it's also perfectly legal for you to pick the lock on your own car or house if (say) you locked the keys inside.
In the House, it passed by voice vote, but here are the bill's (H.R.2281) sponsors and cosponsors:
- Rep Coble, Howard (Sponsor)
- Rep Berman, Howard L. - 2/11/1998
- Rep Bono, Mary - 6/5/1998
- Rep Bono, Sonny - 9/26/1997
- Rep Conyers, John, Jr. - 7/29/1997
- Rep Frank, Barney - 7/29/1997
- Rep Hyde, Henry J. - 7/29/1997
- Rep McCollum, Bill - 1/27/1998
- Rep Paxon, Bill - 6/5/1998
- Rep Pickering, Charles (Chip) - 6/22/1998
Coble was also the one who moved to suspend the bylaws and pass the law by voice vote.For the record, I'm 33, and I think your coworker is a closed-minded imbecile. Anyone who isn't even willing to discuss the issue deserves scorn, IMO, regardless of their age.
There are three rather amazing leaps here:
1) The burden of proof is on them to submit conclusive evidence that DeCSS was used to make these illegal copies, as opposed to the numerous other ways illegal copies can be made;
2) That DeCSS is used almost exclusively to make and distribute illegal copies; and
3) That it is legal and Constitutional to restrict a tool because it is used to commit illegal acts. (Example: People commit murders with hammers. Should hammers be made illegal?) The Constitution clearly says otherwise.
Also remember that, at least in America, the burden of proof is on the prosecution. The defendant doesn't even have to open his mouth.
It's very simple: Go after the pirates, and leave innocent people alone.
I just pulled out several DVDs from my collection and read them. None of them have the disclaimer you mention. They have the following: "This product is authorized for sale in U.S.A. only. This DVD is [or "these DVDs are" for 2-DVD sets] for private home viewing only. They are not authorized for any other use. All other rights reserved. Distributed by blah blah blah..."
In their own legal disclaimers, they gave me explicit rights to private home viewing. No limitation is given for licensed players. The verbiage varies, but no mention is made on any of them for licensed players; therefore, I have the right to use any player I wish as long as it's for private home viewing.
My point was and is that DeCSS is far from a necessary tool for DVD copying, but it is a vital part of a DVD player--a player DVDs legally purchased by the consumer.
DeCSS was part of an attempt to make a Linux DVD player. The DVD Consortium, however, is using the DMCA to go after everyone who makes a DVD player without buying a $10,000 license from them. That's what it's all about--that $10,000 dollars that they have no right to force out of programmers in the first place. All of this "pirating" nonsense is just the MPAA trying to justify their actions by making the programmers out to be pirates.
The DMCA is a wicked law, and a blatant usurpation of our basic Constitutional rights. It must be fought.
There is a precedence. On the CD for P.D.Q. Bach's 1712 Overture, there is a warning that the waveforms caused by the sound of balloons popping near the end of the overture can potentially damage speaker equipment. IANAL, of course, but it seems to me it would be easy to show that anyone who makes a CD that could potentially damage equipment should place a disclaimer on the cover.
Pi is an integer in base pi...
Of course, finding the appropriate sequence would be the challenge...
Maybe distributed.net can start a project to find it!
And the Scotsman says, "You lads keep yer filthy, stinkin' eyes off me wife!!!!"
(Sorry, couldn't resist...)
First Adams, now Anderson. We say a teary and fond good-bye to another great. Rest in peace, Poul.
Two words: Condorcet voting. Look it up.
I figured that might be the case, which is why I didn't mention copying it off your CD-ROM.
You need to watch your "TARGET=" tags. They're part of your URL, and your links don't work without manually removing it. (Note to everyone else: When you click on one of his links and get a 404 error, just delet the TARGET=_BLANK from the end of the URL and you'll get it.
...there's still nothing stopping you from connecting the output from your stereo to your sound card and recording it manually. A bit more time-consuming than ripping the tracks straight off a 52x CD-ROM, but it still works.