Thank you so much for that last paragraph! Lest we forget...
"Backed by a legion of lawyers and empowered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, former FBI agents in the company's Office of Signal Integrity have staged raids against businesses that deal in piracy equipment, seizing customer lists and inventory with armed law enforcement officers as backup. ...
Targeting pirates for their piracy is difficult, if not impossible, since receiving DirecTV is a passive operation. So instead the company is going after people like Sosa, who have purchased hardware from one of the equipment vendors shut down in the DMCA raids. Critics say that approach is misguided, and is snaring innocent hobbyists and security researchers, some of whom have never even owned a satellite dish." - Poulson's article
... Or maybe the author has another agenda. With such a freakin' wealth of really awful commercials to choose from, it's almost suspect that the Quizno's ad is cited here.
I appreciate the depressing difference between a good commercial and a memorable one... but can any of you ad pros share a hyperlink to more definitive all-time lists or surveys of commercials that should never have seen the light of day?
...A judge dismisses the case on a technicality, ruling, in essence, that as a state entity, the [California Milk Advisory Board] is free to deceive customers as much as it likes.
"Thank you again for buying a GM truck. We apologize for this recall notice, which affects all 1998 - 2001 models. You are urged to bring your truck to an authorized GM dealer at your earliest convenience, for replacement of the defective keyless entry system components. If this corrective action is not taken, your vehicle will be vulnerable to persons with a high level of technical expertise (GMC assumes no liability for any loss).
"By signing this authorization form, you are also agreeing to grant GMC full, complete and permanent access to your truck for the purposes of confirming the effectiveness of the keyless entry system component replacement and other enhancements which GMC believes are of benefit to the security and usefulness of your truck. GMC reserves the right to access the entire truck at any time (including the truck bed, undercarriage and glove compartment) and is under no obligation to inform the truck owner of the examination at any time. Attempts to prevent, hinder or frustrate GMC from exercising its freely granted rights to inspect or modify any part of your truck, or any attempts to remove enhancements or restore the truck to its previously unenhanced condition, will be subject to possible legal action. GMC is not responsible for any subsequent problems that are caused by future enhancements. All intended use of your GMC truck is subject to these conditions. Failing to sign and return this authorization form can result in your vehicle warranty being declared null and void."
Let's not forget their tendency to substantially change their own rules in midstream (and not honor individuals' requests to be removed from their databases)...
It is to be hoped that some parents there will hurry to inform and enlighten the school board, since the other adults involved are apparently substituting "authority" for prevention.
If you don't want to be tracked while on company time, quit your job. If you don't want to be tracked while on public transit, walk. If you don't want to be tracked in your residence, move out. If you don't want to be tracked at the food store, go out foraging for edible roots and leaves...
"Realize that it's a trade-off" ?
Fait accompli, eh?
Do you think ECHELON and TIA were tinfoil-hat fantasies?
"Just because they can, doesn't mean they will" is intrinsically no less true than "Just because they can, doesn't mean they will not."
I'm not sure why this is such a hard concept for many people to grasp... other than denial, and fear.
Spider Robinson surpasses him (though not in the Callahan series), and has also shown the humility to praise Heinlein's work at length, with a cheerfully admitted lack of objectivity.
Anyway, I think Spider is one of the most lucid and irritatingly brave writers alive today, in any genre. It's certainly not light, escapist reading.
If the authors find life more difficult in the information age, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
So much for incentive.
The copyright model is broken, and it will fade away... but at least it provides some recourse in theory.
I create stuff for money (and not very much money, either, unless one feels like pandering), but that's not my main worry. Entire copies of a song or article being shared, with attribution, are going to help me in the long run. A much bigger problem has been entire pieces being redistributed with someone else's name on the byline... or work that's excerpted or (worse) revised substantially, but not beyond recognition and not for a satirical purpose.
The failure to be able to "protect" the content, if not the integrity of my work is of more concern than the bucks. As lame the current system is, I'm not ready to trade it for pure anarchy just yet. YMMV.
In both cases, permission to use either information-collecting method has to be authorized first by a court-order.
True, in a better world than this. But...
"The FBI in congressional testimony last year stressed that it intercepts communications traveling over the Internet only when it has court orders permitting it to do so. FBI representatives added that there are rare 'emergency' cases where the system was used without such orders."
Slashdot Mirror
... sending out emails that no one reads.
Obviously false. That's the carrot at the end of the stick.
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Thank you so much for that last paragraph! Lest we forget...
...
"Backed by a legion of lawyers and empowered by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act, former FBI agents in the company's Office of Signal Integrity have staged raids against businesses that deal in piracy equipment, seizing customer lists and inventory with armed law enforcement officers as backup.
Targeting pirates for their piracy is difficult, if not impossible, since receiving DirecTV is a passive operation. So instead the company is going after people like Sosa, who have purchased hardware from one of the equipment vendors shut down in the DMCA raids. Critics say that approach is misguided, and is snaring innocent hobbyists and security researchers, some of whom have never even owned a satellite dish."
- Poulson's article
<grrr>
$7 is certainly not 'a little more' than $3.
I liked the usual "A Buena Vista representative declined to comment." So we're all deprived of seeing the desperate attempts to spin this baby.
<grrr>
(waiting for a self-destructing $50 movie player...)
I appreciate the depressing difference between a good commercial and a memorable one... but can any of you ad pros share a hyperlink to more definitive all-time lists or surveys of commercials that should never have seen the light of day?
TiA
<grrr>
...A judge dismisses the case on a technicality, ruling, in essence, that as a state entity, the [California Milk Advisory Board] is free to deceive customers as much as it likes.
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<grrr>
"Thank you again for buying a GM truck. We apologize for this recall notice, which affects all 1998 - 2001 models. You are urged to bring your truck to an authorized GM dealer at your earliest convenience, for replacement of the defective keyless entry system components. If this corrective action is not taken, your vehicle will be vulnerable to persons with a high level of technical expertise (GMC assumes no liability for any loss).
"By signing this authorization form, you are also agreeing to grant GMC full, complete and permanent access to your truck for the purposes of confirming the effectiveness of the keyless entry system component replacement and other enhancements which GMC believes are of benefit to the security and usefulness of your truck. GMC reserves the right to access the entire truck at any time (including the truck bed, undercarriage and glove compartment) and is under no obligation to inform the truck owner of the examination at any time. Attempts to prevent, hinder or frustrate GMC from exercising its freely granted rights to inspect or modify any part of your truck, or any attempts to remove enhancements or restore the truck to its previously unenhanced condition, will be subject to possible legal action. GMC is not responsible for any subsequent problems that are caused by future enhancements. All intended use of your GMC truck is subject to these conditions. Failing to sign and return this authorization form can result in your vehicle warranty being declared null and void."
( props to commondreams.org, for inspiration)
<grrr>
'We wanted to do this in a way that's going to foster his interest in technology'.
...
Naaaaaah, too easy.
<grrr>
When society differs from Wal-Mart I'll call them evil.
Are they disparate, where you live?
Until then, it's status quo.
<grrr>
If only they'd accept Flooz...
<grrr>
Let's not forget their tendency to substantially change their own rules in midstream (and not honor individuals' requests to be removed from their databases)...
<grrr>
Ah, yes... Security through obscurity...
<grrr>That's the ticket.
...but Voyager was a step in the WRONG DIRECTION.
<p>More spirit-animal guides and holodeck malfunctions! Yeah, that's the ticket...</p>
<grrr>
There's the obvious joke lurking here about "internet time" being faster than real time, just biding its time...
lt;grrrgt;
It is to be hoped that some parents there will hurry to inform and enlighten the school board, since the other adults involved are apparently substituting "authority" for prevention.
<grrr>
If you don't want to be tracked while on company time, quit your job. If you don't want to be tracked while on public transit, walk. If you don't want to be tracked in your residence, move out. If you don't want to be tracked at the food store, go out foraging for edible roots and leaves...
"Realize that it's a trade-off" ?
Fait accompli, eh?
Do you think ECHELON and TIA were tinfoil-hat fantasies?
<grrr>What a great rant. Thank you.
"Just because they can, doesn't mean they will" is intrinsically no less true than "Just because they can, doesn't mean they will not."
<grrr>I'm not sure why this is such a hard concept for many people to grasp... other than denial, and fear.
Spider Robinson surpasses him (though not in the Callahan series), and has also shown the humility to praise Heinlein's work at length, with a cheerfully admitted lack of objectivity.
<grrr>Anyway, I think Spider is one of the most lucid and irritatingly brave writers alive today, in any genre. It's certainly not light, escapist reading.
If the authors find life more difficult in the information age, that's the way the cookie crumbles.
So much for incentive.
< grrr >The copyright model is broken, and it will fade away... but at least it provides some recourse in theory.
I create stuff for money (and not very much money, either, unless one feels like pandering), but that's not my main worry. Entire copies of a song or article being shared, with attribution, are going to help me in the long run. A much bigger problem has been entire pieces being redistributed with someone else's name on the byline... or work that's excerpted or (worse) revised substantially, but not beyond recognition and not for a satirical purpose.
The failure to be able to "protect" the content, if not the integrity of my work is of more concern than the bucks. As lame the current system is, I'm not ready to trade it for pure anarchy just yet. YMMV.
Google sez Napoleon Bonaparte said it first...
How about Googling next time, instead of butchering the spelling of the poor guy's name ?
Nah. Nearly every skydive is a win. ;)
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The perversely curious can find USA stats on www.uspa.org
How long did they stand in front of the entrance doors, until someone else happened to open it and let them in?
Realistic speakers? There's an unlikely web search...
In both cases, permission to use either information-collecting method has to be authorized first by a court-order.
True, in a better world than this. But...
"The FBI in congressional testimony last year stressed that it intercepts communications traveling over the Internet only when it has court orders permitting it to do so. FBI representatives added that there are rare 'emergency' cases where the system was used without such orders."
- from an InfoWorld article (emphasis added)