Technology firms did not want to testify in the hearing, did not offer input while the bill was being drafted, and have offered plenty of criticism but little helpful suggestions since, a Hollings aide said.
"They seem satisfied to try to attack it in the press rather than trying to make it work," said Sen. Hollings spokesman Andy Davis.
Can't he get it into his thick head we do not want anything like this bill and in fact want to roll back copyright rather than see it roll over us? The arrogance of Senator 'show me Disney Money' Hollings is unbelievable
I do not think that you will find Slashdot to be objective in areas that its readership have strong opinions on. Slashdot is more like an editorial, not an unbiased news source.
Getting legislation into law can take years of groundwork, and Hollings and the proponents of extending copyright legislation have been doing theirs for years. Unless some form of serious counter-movement strikes hard to attempt to roll back progress from what I regard as the high water mark of DMCA, we will see another high tide of copyright legislation sooner or later.
I think that we should try and do what Canute failed in, and get the tide to turn back
It wouldn't be too hard to come up with a microwave that can scan barcodes, which as far as I remember have unique product identifiers, but the fact is it would also have to know things like:
* are you putting the whole pack in ? Could be solved by having a weight sensor, but would also need to know about the weight of the plate or dish. * are you using different items to make a meal ? * do you want to cook it or just defrost it? ....
..but given the fact that our 21 month old has a knack of disappearing if you take your eyes off him for a second, I'd use something like this in a heartbeat.
Yes, but if someone goes into a house you just have to log the position you last had before you lose coverage. As long as the phone home bit works indoors you are still able to locate your kid.
I last wrote s/w for a GPS navigator in 1992, so I too am not sure how well things have developed by now. GPS signal was stopped by anything from tree coverage upwards, unless someone has come up with a bright idea and is good at recovery of bounced signals. However I would guess full hardware multi channel receivers are commonplace now, so you're more likely to have and maintain a good constellation.
Even if you're away from home, you're likely to have some sort of map of the area.
Of course, you are right, if you have your opwn GPS navigator, especially a nice one with a map overlay, you can just plug in the reported coordinates of your kid as a waypoint and it'll provide you with directions to get there!
IANAL, from what I remember of my A level law, the law in the UK is flexible on this matter allowing minors to enter into contracts providing it can be shown that they are necessary to his type of lifestyle.
But it is a grey area as to whatr is regarded as necessary and what isn't. The safest course for Apple if they were based in the UK would be to block him out.
In theory if minors cannot enter into legally binding agreements then they cannot be bound by the GPL. But thats alright because minors *are* bound by general copyright law which is what they'd be sued under if they breached the GPL.
The GPL gives you extra rights over the basic law, which is why it works when a license which removes rights does not.
They're throwing away his donated code then right?
Actually you may have a point; if they use code that he's hitherto submitted and now recognise he's not bound by the license then by rights the implicit agreement with which he gave them the code may also be invalid [i.e. assignment of copyright!]
Given two options: a) live a normal life of freedom b) live for 200 years in a 10x6 cell
which would you choose? Its obvious that cats should where possible be free to roam. The only exception to this is in city/major urban areas where I accept the possibility of the cat becoming roadkill is high.
But they also like dining outdoors where their meals comprise 70 percent small mammals, 20 percent birds, and 10 percent assorted live bait
Sounds about right...a very good reason to have a cat IMO, keeps the number of moles in the vicinity right down, and my lawn free of little earthen molehills
What you've stated is hardly heresy to most/. readers.
As far as Security vulnerabilities are concerned I do not see that the manufactuer necessarily is responsible for any problems. To take the car analogy, Ford or Goodyear are not legally responsible if some person puts tacks on the road and you have an accident as a result of your tyres blowing out. Similarly it is difficult [going by the US legal system I won't say impossible] to sue Ford for not having enough protection for their cars if your car gets stolen.
Software should not however cause any loss of data or damage to your PC when used in normal course of operation, and here I do see that software should come with such a warranty.
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I know they have FDA approval to go through (but only in the US remember, they can be selling drugs in Mexico much earlier so don't say they are floundering while waiting for FDA)
Most income from such drugs comes from nations rich enough to be early adopters e.g Western nations.
As far as patenting early on is concerned, often there is a neck and neck race between drug companies to get to the patent stage. Trade secrets are not a very secure method of protection - resentful ex-employees soon can be persuaded to release them to the world.
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Shortening the time period is difficult to argue in certain instances, such as drug development.
A drug may have to go through many years of trials before it can be used generally and thus a return achieved on manufacture of that drug.
I'm fully aware that there is a lot of contention with regard to drug patents too, especially concerning AIDS related drugs, but without them I see little incentive for manufacturers to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into their development.
Copyright on the other hand, requires minimal investment before a return may be achieved and therefore a period of 70-95 years is wholly unjust. A duration similar to that of patents would have far more justification.
Make an MP3 player with a plug in hard disk drive - sell it with no installed drive whatsoever - therefore no tax, but conveniently ask your dealers to also stock a nice range of hard drives!:-)
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Technology firms did not want to testify in the hearing, did not offer input while the bill was being drafted, and have offered plenty of criticism but little helpful suggestions since, a Hollings aide said.
"They seem satisfied to try to attack it in the press rather than trying to make it work," said Sen. Hollings spokesman Andy Davis.
Can't he get it into his thick head we do not want anything like this bill and in fact want to roll back copyright rather than see it roll over us? The arrogance of Senator 'show me Disney Money' Hollings is unbelievable
I do not think that you will find Slashdot to be objective in areas that its readership have strong opinions on. Slashdot is more like an editorial, not an unbiased news source.
congratulations on an original approach to a Beowulf type comment, but 42 was the Answer, they were looking for the Question!!
so it can';t be an April Fools joke can i?
Damn, forgot about US/UK time zones.
Getting legislation into law can take years of groundwork, and Hollings and the proponents of extending copyright legislation have been doing theirs for years. Unless some form of serious counter-movement strikes hard to attempt to roll back progress from what I regard as the high water mark of DMCA, we will see another high tide of copyright legislation sooner or later.
I think that we should try and do what Canute failed in, and get the tide to turn back
It wouldn't be too hard to come up with a microwave that can scan barcodes, which as far as I remember have unique product identifiers, but the fact is it would also have to know things like:
* are you putting the whole pack in ? Could be solved by having a weight sensor, but would also need to know about the weight of the plate or dish.
* are you using different items to make a meal ?
* do you want to cook it or just defrost it?
....
..but given the fact that our 21 month old has a knack of disappearing if you take your eyes off him for a second, I'd use something like this in a heartbeat.
Yes, but if someone goes into a house you just have to log the position you last had before you lose coverage. As long as the phone home bit works indoors you are still able to locate your kid.
I last wrote s/w for a GPS navigator in 1992, so I too am not sure how well things have developed by now. GPS signal was stopped by anything from tree coverage upwards, unless someone has come up with a bright idea and is good at recovery of bounced signals. However I would guess full hardware multi channel receivers are commonplace now, so you're more likely to have and maintain a good constellation.
GPS can tell you whose house he's staying in.
Even if you're away from home, you're likely to have some sort of map of the area.
Of course, you are right, if you have your opwn GPS navigator, especially a nice one with a map overlay, you can just plug in the reported coordinates of your kid as a waypoint and it'll provide you with directions to get there!
IANAL, from what I remember of my A level law, the law in the UK is flexible on this matter allowing minors to enter into contracts providing it can be shown that they are necessary to his type of lifestyle.
But it is a grey area as to whatr is regarded as necessary and what isn't. The safest course for Apple if they were based in the UK would be to block him out.
In theory if minors cannot enter into legally binding agreements then they cannot be bound by the GPL. But thats alright because minors *are* bound by general copyright law which is what they'd be sued under if they breached the GPL.
The GPL gives you extra rights over the basic law, which is why it works when a license which removes rights does not.
They're throwing away his donated code then right?
Actually you may have a point; if they use code that he's hitherto submitted and now recognise he's not bound by the license then by rights the implicit agreement with which he gave them the code may also be invalid [i.e. assignment of copyright!]
My answer to this is:
Given two options:
a) live a normal life of freedom
b) live for 200 years in a 10x6 cell
which would you choose?
Its obvious that cats should where possible be free to roam. The only exception to this is in city/major urban areas where I accept the possibility of the cat becoming roadkill is high.
It was my decision to get our cats - can't stand dogs.
[this may be a troll, but]
Be warned that Cat killing can be illegal under general cruelty to animals laws.
But they also like dining outdoors where their meals comprise 70 percent small mammals, 20 percent birds, and 10 percent assorted live bait
Sounds about right...a very good reason to have a cat IMO, keeps the number of moles in the vicinity right down, and my lawn free of little earthen molehills
when he went through customs.
A very zealous customs/police officer could make life a bit painful for Warwick
Got any links to details on this?
Just curious
Maybe the Titanic can hit this one head on instead of just grazing it like last time
What you've stated is hardly heresy to most /. readers.
As far as Security vulnerabilities are concerned I do not see that the manufactuer necessarily is responsible for any problems. To take the car analogy, Ford or Goodyear are not legally responsible if some person puts tacks on the road and you have an accident as a result of your tyres blowing out. Similarly it is difficult [going by the US legal system I won't say impossible] to sue Ford for not having enough protection for their cars if your car gets stolen.
Software should not however cause any loss of data or damage to your PC when used in normal course of operation, and here I do see that software should come with such a warranty.
I know they have FDA approval to go through (but only in the US remember, they can be selling drugs in Mexico much earlier so don't say they are floundering while waiting for FDA)
Most income from such drugs comes from nations rich enough to be early adopters e.g Western nations.
As far as patenting early on is concerned, often there is a neck and neck race between drug companies to get to the patent stage. Trade secrets are not a very secure method of protection - resentful ex-employees soon can be persuaded to release them to the world.
Shortening the time period is difficult to argue in certain instances, such as drug development.
A drug may have to go through many years of trials before it can be used generally and thus a return achieved on manufacture of that drug.
I'm fully aware that there is a lot of contention with regard to drug patents too, especially concerning AIDS related drugs, but without them I see little incentive for manufacturers to invest hundreds of millions of dollars into their development.
Copyright on the other hand, requires minimal investment before a return may be achieved and therefore a period of 70-95 years is wholly unjust. A duration similar to that of patents would have far more justification.
Place your bets:
Is it going to be vapourware or not ?
Bear in mind Hurd was going to be released "in a year or two" when Linux first came out.
Make an MP3 player with a plug in hard disk drive - sell it with no installed drive whatsoever - therefore no tax, but conveniently ask your dealers to also stock a nice range of hard drives! :-)