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I don't accept a EULA for web sites and no one owns the internet. Why isn't this hacking?
If you look at the bottom of sites, they generally have terms and conditions which you are following by using the website. Its not akin to someone looking into your house, its akin to the cashier person looking at your purchases at the supermarket and next time offering you something you might like. You're using their website/advertising service and they're seeing what works.
'Arts' get lost as progress happens. I'm sure most people don't know how to make a fire, because we don't need to anymore (not unless we like camping or whatever and don't carry matches).
I dunno, maybe in a few years' time, people who know how to read analogue will be the 'weirdos who hold onto outdated stuff', as opposed to 'everyone except these young 'uns'
My local greengrocer has used the term "apple" for many years, should he be allowed to sue Apple Inc for breach of tradermark?
Now I don't speak lawyer, but does it say anywhere that "DROPBOX" was a registered trademark anywhere? I can hardly understand the document, it does refer to it as a 'mark', but I'm not sure whether that's a trademark.
"FilesAnywhere has been using the term 'DROPBOX' since 2004 as part of its service"
"A dropbox is a secure container in a building's wall where items can be deposited."
Wow, I wonder where they got the idea to name it like that from. Using an existing word as a metaphor to your service should not be grounds for a lawsuit.
Copyright is automatic whenever you create some sort of work, be it art, software or whatever. Published or unpublished. It stops people copying your stuff and passing it off as their name. "Derived works" would include some sort of that work (copied code, your music or whatever) and is illegal unless its 'fair use'
Trademarks: A trademark is protecting a particular name to stop other people from naming their things similarly. For example, if I'm selling my "YouProduct" range, I don't want a competitor to sell "YouProduct2", because it might confuse my clients. Similarly I can't open a company called "Appell" which sells mp3 players called iiPods - even if they look totally different.
Patent: A patent needs to be obtained and protects an idea. If you protect an idea, NOBODY can make something which uses that idea. Software patents are respected in certain countries but others don't (like the EU).
To give an example:
I want to create a news aggregation website. I can't name it slashdotdot because of TRADEMARK. I can't look at slashdot's source code and copy most of it and use it for my own work because of COPYRIGHT. Now if/. copyrighted their moderation method algorithm, I can't use it in mine. REGARDLESS of whether I wrote the code independantly or whatever - this is due to PATENTS.
I'm not quite sure about 2 . Copyright is automatic on 'created works'. So what you're basically saying is that if I patent my mega-super algorithm, any works I have which use that won't be able to be protected by copyright? Similarly, if I use (say) a patented codec in my software, would this remove the protection copyright has on it? Could other people sell my product when the patent expires?
4 is a big problem too. Lets say I have an idea while walking down the street. Do you think I have the time/money/inclination to stay searching for prior art, and previous patents to see if something matches, and the degree of matching? I'm not a patent lawyer. Do I have to employ one?
What I would do is make patents protect against 'copying ideas'. If I come up of something independantly of you, then I shouldn't be blocked by a patent. There are billions of people in the world, there is sure to be a match somewhere. If of course they find out that its a rip off / plagerism, then yeah. Sue them.
Never? Going distributed is THE way of stopping people from shutting you down. So far only the tracker is fixed (and there are stuff in place to discover clients by seeing the others who you're connected to). So I'd say this is here to stay.
Well this is science. In science you can't deny anything that has evidence, otherwise you're in the wrong profession.
Now if you look at the definition:
"Noun
skeptic (plural skeptics)
Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim."
He is simply stating that there is not enough evidence. If the term was "denier" it'd mean "there's a ton of evidence but the guy is sticking his fingers in his ears and going 'la la la la' ".
Oh, you're one of those people who believe that everything is composed of black and white, with no neutral in between, and composed of discreet values.
Similarly, the opposite of rich is poor, so if you're not swimming in your private swimming pool on board your private jet, you're in the streets begging for money.
Slashdot Mirror
Can't be stupid as the summary makes you believe.
And its not. Seriously who summerised it?
Newsflash: Using open standards means your browser won't suck. Wow!
Up Next:
Radioactive Jellyfish spotted
Up Next after that:
Man stung by radioactive jellyfish, gains superpowers. New crime-fighting "Jellyman" reduces world crime considerably.
3) They're not made of money.
Doesn't apply to Facebook either, but would apply to startups in general.
How many bombs, IEDs and other dangerous items did he confiscate and sell online?
I'm sure there was a very good reason why he was touching people's luggage.
Sexual Activity: Active Vigorous Effort started 2pm. Duration 4 hours 15 minutes 347 Calories.
Looks like 'tracking' to me/
Here's what you agreed with when you used /.
http://geek.net/privacy-statement
http://geek.net/index.php/terms-of-use/
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People can't wiretap me without a warrant,
Not American eh?
I don't accept a EULA for web sites and no one owns the internet. Why isn't this hacking?
If you look at the bottom of sites, they generally have terms and conditions which you are following by using the website. Its not akin to someone looking into your house, its akin to the cashier person looking at your purchases at the supermarket and next time offering you something you might like. You're using their website/advertising service and they're seeing what works.
'Arts' get lost as progress happens. I'm sure most people don't know how to make a fire, because we don't need to anymore (not unless we like camping or whatever and don't carry matches).
I dunno, maybe in a few years' time, people who know how to read analogue will be the 'weirdos who hold onto outdated stuff', as opposed to 'everyone except these young 'uns'
The direction the loading spinner goes.
"Digital Generation Rediscovers Analog Wristwatches"
It was on my wrist this whole time!
Not the same thing.
My local greengrocer has used the term "apple" for many years, should he be allowed to sue Apple Inc for breach of tradermark?
Now I don't speak lawyer, but does it say anywhere that "DROPBOX" was a registered trademark anywhere? I can hardly understand the document, it does refer to it as a 'mark', but I'm not sure whether that's a trademark.
"FilesAnywhere has been using the term 'DROPBOX' since 2004 as part of its service"
"A dropbox is a secure container in a building's wall where items can be deposited."
Wow, I wonder where they got the idea to name it like that from. Using an existing word as a metaphor to your service should not be grounds for a lawsuit.
Penultimate sentence should be "If /. patented*"
sorry.
IP 101 -
Copyright is automatic whenever you create some sort of work, be it art, software or whatever. Published or unpublished. It stops people copying your stuff and passing it off as their name. "Derived works" would include some sort of that work (copied code, your music or whatever) and is illegal unless its 'fair use'
Trademarks: A trademark is protecting a particular name to stop other people from naming their things similarly. For example, if I'm selling my "YouProduct" range, I don't want a competitor to sell "YouProduct2", because it might confuse my clients. Similarly I can't open a company called "Appell" which sells mp3 players called iiPods - even if they look totally different.
Patent: A patent needs to be obtained and protects an idea. If you protect an idea, NOBODY can make something which uses that idea. Software patents are respected in certain countries but others don't (like the EU).
To give an example:
I want to create a news aggregation website. I can't name it slashdotdot because of TRADEMARK. I can't look at slashdot's source code and copy most of it and use it for my own work because of COPYRIGHT. Now if /. copyrighted their moderation method algorithm, I can't use it in mine. REGARDLESS of whether I wrote the code independantly or whatever - this is due to PATENTS.
There.
I'm not quite sure about 2 . Copyright is automatic on 'created works'. So what you're basically saying is that if I patent my mega-super algorithm, any works I have which use that won't be able to be protected by copyright? Similarly, if I use (say) a patented codec in my software, would this remove the protection copyright has on it? Could other people sell my product when the patent expires?
4 is a big problem too. Lets say I have an idea while walking down the street. Do you think I have the time/money/inclination to stay searching for prior art, and previous patents to see if something matches, and the degree of matching? I'm not a patent lawyer. Do I have to employ one?
What I would do is make patents protect against 'copying ideas'. If I come up of something independantly of you, then I shouldn't be blocked by a patent. There are billions of people in the world, there is sure to be a match somewhere. If of course they find out that its a rip off / plagerism, then yeah. Sue them.
Dave...where are you putting that thing?
I find the "Lets make a fake facebook wall" means of communicating to be incredibly tacky and not at all funny or smart,
You're still reading a ton of text anyway.
Your laptop doesn't have a numberpad?
I fail to see how anyone noticed. This is about as correct as Fox's other news.
Google has a tendancy to create awesome stuff and has the money to back it up.
Hopefully it'll wake up a few competitors who might just want to try something better.
Or they could end up squabbling over patents. Whatever works.
Golden would be if Apple continued successfully while also becoming more open source/IP-free
Never going to happen. Apple is all about control. Tight control over what you can do, tight control over what you can use with their items.
"Just when will it be replaced?"
Never? Going distributed is THE way of stopping people from shutting you down. So far only the tracker is fixed (and there are stuff in place to discover clients by seeing the others who you're connected to). So I'd say this is here to stay.
Well this is science. In science you can't deny anything that has evidence, otherwise you're in the wrong profession.
Now if you look at the definition:
"Noun
skeptic (plural skeptics)
Someone who habitually doubts beliefs and claims presented as accepted by others, requiring strong evidence before accepting any belief or claim."
He is simply stating that there is not enough evidence. If the term was "denier" it'd mean "there's a ton of evidence but the guy is sticking his fingers in his ears and going 'la la la la' ".
Oh, you're one of those people who believe that everything is composed of black and white, with no neutral in between, and composed of discreet values.
Similarly, the opposite of rich is poor, so if you're not swimming in your private swimming pool on board your private jet, you're in the streets begging for money.
To be honest I used to think that, but when you have a very old RSS field with 1000+ entries stored as bookmarks, its rather irritating.
Now with thunderbird its rather like receiving an email. In fact, RSS basically replaces the "sending newsletter by email", so its also more natural.