The quoted text says it was the supply of the monitoring equipment. The actual monitoring took place in Iran and is presumably legal according to the laws of Iran.
Only the supply of the equipment used to perform the monitoring can be unlawful outside Iran.
I agree that this a question of where it is unlawful and may be a case of forum shopping, however certain countries have sanctions on what can be exported to other countries, a classic example being the USA restricting what can be exported to Cuba. A breach of this can be an offence if the country from where the equipment was sourced has such sanctions in place, or the corporate headquarters is in such a country.
However, as Oracle is the plaintiff in this case, one would suppose it is possible for Google to claim that Oracle had stated in earlier submissions that people could rely on the implicit patent protection of GPL v2 in respect of forks, and therefore Google could rely on the statement from the rights holder in this particular case....
Referring to someone as a member of "The God Squad" has been a semi-perjorative term for someone who takes religion a little too seriously since I was a small child. As well as the fact that trademarks are limited to the area of business you practise in, you can't trademark something that is already in widespread use.
If you're a little canny in your Auction House trading, money is never a problem; its perhaps unfortunate that many people don't realise this.
I keep at least one alt near the Auction House trading, who gains far more gold than my questing (I'm not a great quester but...). This week, I've earned about 4,000g (and spent about 1,000), and the character that earned 3,500 of this never left Stormwind City.
Blizzard charge for the client, plus separate subscription fees to hook up to their servers. There is a clear separation of the money you pay for the client, and the money you pay to access Blizzards servers. The client is typically bought or downloaded and therefore once you've bought it you are free to use it as you wish, provided you don't distribute copies.
In theory, there should be nothing unlawful against hooking up to a different server as there is a clear separation here. The protocol can and has been reverse engineered The only question is whether any of Blizzards proprietary data is held on the server and "distributed" to the clients.
Presumably, the in-game items are not transferable from a private server to Blizzards server, so no issues there either.
This judgement was not defended, so the question arises as to whether it would be possible to mount a defence so as to make non-Blizzard servers legitimate?
Have USB outlets in the car, into which you can plug in your devices, making them free from interception/hacking, giving power to the devices and thus saving on the battery power of the device and (tongue in cheek)not broadcasting harmful radio waves which can make your head explode(/tongue in cheek)?
A well written comment, but the size of the country is hardly relevant.
Surely the US can organise its electricity generation on a state by state basis in a similar manner to Portugal? Most states (California and Eastern seaboard excepted) have populations and sizes not too dissimilar to Portugal. In any event, as you've pointed out, the climate of each state is different. Maine is less likely to rely on solar energy, whereas there would be no problem for Nevada, Arizona or California to do so.
A number of animals are capable of taking an everyday object (e.g a stone, stick or bone) lying around and using it to achieve an objective.
The real questions are: a) how many animals are capable of taking an everyday object, improving it for the purpose they have in mind and then using it to achieve an objective? b) at what point did our ancestors pick up this ability?
Vinay Deolalikar was a little unfortunate in that his unreviewed theory got more attention than he believed it would. It seems his paper offers a new approach, but as it was a first draft had a number of holes and was by no means ready for "prime time".
On the other hand, you could say that broadcasting that you have a solution to one of the most famous remaining unsolved problems was a little ill-advised.
..but what matters is that a judge has issued a ruling on the matters before the court.
Its a common practise to start with little guys to get precedents and then work your way up to the bigger fish; the bad guys (eg, patent trolls) have been using this technique for ages, so its no biggie if the Good Guys learn from them,
The fact that McKinnon has Aspergers is virtually irrelevent.
At no point did McKinnon set foot on US soil, and therefore should not be subject to US law. The actual offences that McKinnon appears to have committed are trivial. The fact that McKinnon showed the door was wide open to more serious cracks and therefore a lot of money needed to be spent to fix the problem is irrelevent.
However, he did commit acts which are offences in the UK, and he should be prosecuted for those acts.
The solution for the UK is simple. Apart from raising the standard of proof (and thus cost) required to extradite someone back to its original 'prima-facie evidence' level, introduce an Equivalent Offences Act, which will state that if someone pleads guilty to an equivalent offence in the UK courts, he cannot be extradited for trial to another jurisdiction. I understand that McKinnon has effectively said he would be happy to do this, so the problem would be solved. Simples
Scotland has a similar relationship to the UK as the States in the USA do to the Federal Government. Scotland is essentially independent in all local and legal decisions. The United Kingdom is only able to set taxation, run foreign relations and control defence. All other powers are controlled by Scotland.
The UK Prime Minister has no powers to interfere in judicial decisions in any event, regardless of whether in Scotland or England. Its notable that Obama used the same excuse as to why he was unlikely to interfere in the McKinnon case...
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The Russians autolanded a shuttle years ago, it's hardly a big jump to autoland aircraft.
I can still play as Germans in WW2 games, though? Phew. For a second there I was worried.
So was I; the Germans have much better toys to shoot with.
Not tied to a specific machine and therefore fails test In Re Bilski?
..that's just a series of tubes, then
Smokin'!!
The quoted text says it was the supply of the monitoring equipment. The actual monitoring took place in Iran and is presumably legal according to the laws of Iran.
Only the supply of the equipment used to perform the monitoring can be unlawful outside Iran.
unlawful where exactly? Iran or the US?
I agree that this a question of where it is unlawful and may be a case of forum shopping, however certain countries have sanctions on what can be exported to other countries, a classic example being the USA restricting what can be exported to Cuba. A breach of this can be an offence if the country from where the equipment was sourced has such sanctions in place, or the corporate headquarters is in such a country.
I can't remember
Did Oracle submit Ebens opinions to the EU themselves, or did Eben submit them directly?
However, as Oracle is the plaintiff in this case, one would suppose it is possible for Google to claim that Oracle had stated in earlier submissions that people could rely on the implicit patent protection of GPL v2 in respect of forks, and therefore Google could rely on the statement from the rights holder in this particular case ....
Referring to someone as a member of "The God Squad" has been a semi-perjorative term for someone who takes religion a little too seriously since I was a small child. As well as the fact that trademarks are limited to the area of business you practise in, you can't trademark something that is already in widespread use.
Stuff that Matters :-)
If you're a little canny in your Auction House trading, money is never a problem; its perhaps unfortunate that many people don't realise this.
I keep at least one alt near the Auction House trading, who gains far more gold than my questing (I'm not a great quester but...). This week, I've earned about 4,000g (and spent about 1,000), and the character that earned 3,500 of this never left Stormwind City.
Blizzard charge for the client, plus separate subscription fees to hook up to their servers. There is a clear separation of the money you pay for the client, and the money you pay to access Blizzards servers. The client is typically bought or downloaded and therefore once you've bought it you are free to use it as you wish, provided you don't distribute copies.
In theory, there should be nothing unlawful against hooking up to a different server as there is a clear separation here. The protocol can and has been reverse engineered The only question is whether any of Blizzards proprietary data is held on the server and "distributed" to the clients.
Presumably, the in-game items are not transferable from a private server to Blizzards server, so no issues there either.
This judgement was not defended, so the question arises as to whether it would be possible to mount a defence so as to make non-Blizzard servers legitimate?
Drivers are hardly necessary; connections for tethering and storage over usb are fairly standard and thus unlikely to change.
WiFi has exactly the same issues as USB in this matter, without the charging ability
I didn't expect zero to be the answer to the first part of the question; I'd expect some birds and primates to be positives.
Have USB outlets in the car, into which you can plug in your devices, making them free from interception/hacking, giving power to the devices and thus saving on the battery power of the device and (tongue in cheek)not broadcasting harmful radio waves which can make your head explode(/tongue in cheek)?
A well written comment, but the size of the country is hardly relevant.
Surely the US can organise its electricity generation on a state by state basis in a similar manner to Portugal? Most states (California and Eastern seaboard excepted) have populations and sizes not too dissimilar to Portugal. In any event, as you've pointed out, the climate of each state is different. Maine is less likely to rely on solar energy, whereas there would be no problem for Nevada, Arizona or California to do so.
A number of animals are capable of taking an everyday object (e.g a stone, stick or bone) lying around and using it to achieve an objective.
The real questions are:
a) how many animals are capable of taking an everyday object, improving it for the purpose they have in mind and then using it to achieve an objective?
b) at what point did our ancestors pick up this ability?
Vinay Deolalikar was a little unfortunate in that his unreviewed theory got more attention than he believed it would. It seems his paper offers a new approach, but as it was a first draft had a number of holes and was by no means ready for "prime time".
On the other hand, you could say that broadcasting that you have a solution to one of the most famous remaining unsolved problems was a little ill-advised.
..but what matters is that a judge has issued a ruling on the matters before the court.
Its a common practise to start with little guys to get precedents and then work your way up to the bigger fish; the bad guys (eg, patent trolls) have been using this technique for ages, so its no biggie if the Good Guys learn from them,
By checking whether people are in the do not track registry, we can do behavioral tracking of those who don't want to be tracked!
...when does my laptop get one?
Your programming is no better, but you don't give a damn!
The fact that McKinnon has Aspergers is virtually irrelevent.
At no point did McKinnon set foot on US soil, and therefore should not be subject to US law. The actual offences that McKinnon appears to have committed are trivial. The fact that McKinnon showed the door was wide open to more serious cracks and therefore a lot of money needed to be spent to fix the problem is irrelevent.
However, he did commit acts which are offences in the UK, and he should be prosecuted for those acts.
The solution for the UK is simple. Apart from raising the standard of proof (and thus cost) required to extradite someone back to its original 'prima-facie evidence' level, introduce an Equivalent Offences Act, which will state that if someone pleads guilty to an equivalent offence in the UK courts, he cannot be extradited for trial to another jurisdiction. I understand that McKinnon has effectively said he would be happy to do this, so the problem would be solved. Simples
Scotland has a similar relationship to the UK as the States in the USA do to the Federal Government. Scotland is essentially independent in all local and legal decisions. The United Kingdom is only able to set taxation, run foreign relations and control defence. All other powers are controlled by Scotland.
The UK Prime Minister has no powers to interfere in judicial decisions in any event, regardless of whether in Scotland or England. Its notable that Obama used the same excuse as to why he was unlikely to interfere in the McKinnon case...