It's not just in Canada. There are plenty of retailers selling the _latest_ cd's for $10 to $12. I always have to laugh at the morons going into the Mall record stores where the new releases are $16.95 or higher.
Don't get me wrong though, the Record Co's are definitely guilty of price fixing, that is pretty damn clear.
No. All the more reason to support your state government and boycott all record labels. I've already sent an e-mail to my State's Attorney General telling them that I would support them in joining this suit, but I will never support Napster.
I may be a little confused here, but I thought that the basis of the MPAA's crusade to block the distribution of DeCSS was based on the provision of the DMCA stating that technology designed to circumvent anti-piracy measures is illegal.
I'm afraid that these two issues are not the same thing. Then again I could just be confused.
What would happen if a leak like this got to say the New York Times, and they published it. Apple wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
Take magazines like Car & Driver or Motor Trend for example. Both magazines go out of their way to get advance information on new models from Auto manufacturers, and when they do they print it. _Most_ of the auto maufacturers accept this as simply part of the game. In fact, the maufacturers will do all kinds of crazy things to make the car look completely different during testing, in case a journalist's camera should spy the new car. In my eyes there is no difference between the two.
I think its about time that online magazines/newspapers are afforded the same protections as their offline cousins.
No one forces you to right closed source software either.
I'm sorry, but the GPL in and of itself is not Libertarian. IMHO, no license can be considered libertarian, because it is in its very nature restrictive. The GPL maybe restrictive for a very good reason, but it is restrictive none the less.
I'm not certain at what level you are at, or what the students are capable of, but developing a web site is only as difficult as you make it. You could start by keeping the site relatively static and with minimal graphics. Afterwards, you could introduce Perl, PHP, mySQL, more detail on Apache or Linux, introduce security to the students. Whats even better is that the project could be linked with other classes and activities. For example, the graphic arts classes could do the graphics for the page, and the school newspaper could provide some content. The possibilities are pretty limitless.
I think before this can happen again somebody has to be on the way down, or atleast their Unix flavor must be. SCO was very weak, and thus ripe for the taking. I think this is probably going to be the last we see of this for a while anyways.
The only _remote_ possibility I can see is if IBM all of a sudden decides to accelerate their support of Linux by opening up AIX and merging the code base with Linux. Which, I believe is about as plausible as MacOS merging with BeOS.
It's merely speculation on my part, but I would expect Caldera to do a couple of things.
1. I think its likely that the first thing Caldera is going to do is get the SCO customer database merged with their own. I would imagine, that those customers are probably going to start getting offers/solicitations to move to Linuz.
2. I am also pretty confident that SCO Unix will be opened up, if just to keep it alive long enough to pick it clean and incorporate whatever may be appropriate into Linux.
3. Try to win over the various SCO VAR's as well as some of the application vendors to Linux.
I would be very surprised if Caldera didn't do any of those three.
I don't know the particulars of this case May'be if you had read the article before posting you would know at least some of them. Easy Killer. I read the article too, and it was clearly devoid of any facts. The meat of the article was drawn from the complaint filed against Razorfish. Complaints are not usually written with objectivity in mind. Therefore, he is most certainly correct in stating that he doesn't know the particulars of this case. Besides, Razorfish's side of the story has not been heard. I think it's a bit premature to take the allegations made by IAM as fact.
I wonder if IAM's VC is running out and they need to generate some income or maybe they're looking for a free "do over".
As for the AOL 4.0 not working, that sounds like a blessing not a bug.
Seriously though,
I don't think I'd want to be the attorney for the plaintiff in this case. If there is one thing I've learned from working in a custom applications shop is that the developers usually cover their asses pretty well and keep all kinds of documentation.
My last company ran into a similar situation and de-railed it when the Project Manager went into the Client's "bitch session" with a notebook full of examples of the Client shooting themselves and the development cycle in the foot. The crown jewel was when he pulled out a record of every call he made to the client and how long they took to call him back. I wouldn't be surprised if Razorfish had some similar documentation.
I don't have to work as hard as the robots that drive their piggy SUVs. I love it! Bet that Land Rover isn't looking quite so trendy. Of course, with some of these people they're probably thinking, "hmmm...driving this big expensive SUV despite a gas crunch, people must think I'm really rich. Cool!"
_That_ information would be inadmissable, but it would still be grounds for a warrant.
Once the warrant is obtained however any further information gathered is admissable. This system could very easily be used as a fishing net for finding criminals.
Its a stretch, but the law enforcement official could make a claim of "Plain Sight" as the information/activity was in plain view of a legal surveilance/investigation. Its a stretch, but remotely plausible that a Judge could allow it, although I doubt it would hold up on an appeal, but you never know.
If the government has a technique that can decrease crime, prevent terrorism, and save lives, how can you be opposed to it? The road to hell (or a police state) is paved with good intentions. IMHO the system being described violates our rights as defined under Search & Seizure. Without this right, law enforcement agencies would have the ability to choose a home, individual, auto, computer, etc at random in a quest to find illegal materials. Imagine that your neighbor is an FBI agent and he doesn't like you very much. Now imagine that he could just walk right into your home without a warrant. Now think about the things in your home that may be illegal. An MP3, a dubbed VHS tape, a burned copy of a proprietary software cd, or even a cuban cigar. This may sound like a far fetched scenario to you, but this kind of stuff happened over two hundred years ago. British tax collectors would literally storm into homes to make sure that every bag of sugar or tea had the appropriate stamp on them. The only thing that keeps things like this from happening again are the Bill of Rights and the countless others who actually take them seriously and not for granted. It's not possible to analyze all the data they could potentially retrieve. They have their hands full with the data they mean to find. Maybe not right now, but oh the times they are a changing. I see no reason for unnecesary paranoia. I feel much safer already.
You'd probably be surprised. Most criminals can be pretty stupid. And if it has been used 100 times, than its safe to assume that those 100 were not using encryption. There are still people out there that think cell phones are completely secure.
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Ok I think thats enough, before I get completely out of control.
A) No, I don't think anyone does, but the odds are high that if you are being tapped, someone is going to come a knockin'. Otherwise, they discover it was a waste of their time and they throw the tapes in storage for a while just in case, and then they toss 'em after a couple of years.
B) Yes. In fact, if I really gave a damn I'd do the research and bring up the cases. I know there have been cases were it was discovered at trial that a tap was illegally obtained and after the case was thrown out the defendant sued for damages and one. It may come as a surprise, but most judges are really big on the Bill of Rights, and are not to keen on cops who decide to ignore it.
C) True, but law enforcement has the right to prove your guilt, so long as they act in accordance with the terms of search & seizure. Innocent until proven guilty, really only applies to the trial process, law enforcement is free to assume your guilty.
D) You are absolutely correct. And the reason why the system (as a whole) works. Occassionaly some in the process gets out of line, and someone some where else has to yank them back into place.
Your right, but his ramblings did make me think of economic espionage. Japan is pretty lax on what they consider "legal" business practices (yeah, even worse than here).
They don't have that power. They can only voice there concerns and make a recommendation. Of course, the real question is how much weight does the recommendation of the FBI carry in matters like these.
I may be mistaken, but this sounds a little scary. Are we going to see boxes always logged in as root/administrator like I see on way to many NT boxes? I wish I had a dime, I walked into a client's NT server room and found every machine logged in as administrator without the screen locked.
I hope Apple has/puts in a su/sudo facility so that lazy admins don't fall prey to this vile temptation.
I think if I had a nice G4 based system to be my server I'd be installing Yellow Dog instead of a schizo Mac. Oh well, that's just my personal preference. It definitely looks like a step in the right direction for Apple. I'm sure it'll be a hit.
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It's not just in Canada. There are plenty of retailers selling the _latest_ cd's for $10 to $12. I always have to laugh at the morons going into the Mall record stores where the new releases are $16.95 or higher.
Don't get me wrong though, the Record Co's are definitely guilty of price fixing, that is pretty damn clear.
The base Red Hat is $29.99US, as are almost all the other commercially available distros.
Other than that, Amen!
No. All the more reason to support your state government and boycott all record labels. I've already sent an e-mail to my State's Attorney General telling them that I would support them in joining this suit, but I will never support Napster.
What constitutes a trade secret? (I really want to know)
Is the publishing of generic information in an online magazine considered a misappropriation of trade secrets or journalism?
I lean towards journalism, but then again I don't make the laws.
I may be a little confused here, but I thought that the basis of the MPAA's crusade to block the distribution of DeCSS was based on the provision of the DMCA stating that technology designed to circumvent anti-piracy measures is illegal.
I'm afraid that these two issues are not the same thing. Then again I could just be confused.
What would happen if a leak like this got to say the New York Times, and they published it. Apple wouldn't have a leg to stand on.
Take magazines like Car & Driver or Motor Trend for example. Both magazines go out of their way to get advance information on new models from Auto manufacturers, and when they do they print it. _Most_ of the auto maufacturers accept this as simply part of the game. In fact, the maufacturers will do all kinds of crazy things to make the car look completely different during testing, in case a journalist's camera should spy the new car. In my eyes there is no difference between the two.
I think its about time that online magazines/newspapers are afforded the same protections as their offline cousins.
No one forces you to right closed source software either.
I'm sorry, but the GPL in and of itself is not Libertarian. IMHO, no license can be considered libertarian, because it is in its very nature restrictive. The GPL maybe restrictive for a very good reason, but it is restrictive none the less.
Mozilla could use some help.
How about making a web site for the school?
I'm not certain at what level you are at, or what the students are capable of, but developing a web site is only as difficult as you make it. You could start by keeping the site relatively static and with minimal graphics. Afterwards, you could introduce Perl, PHP, mySQL, more detail on Apache or Linux, introduce security to the students. Whats even better is that the project could be linked with other classes and activities. For example, the graphic arts classes could do the graphics for the page, and the school newspaper could provide some content. The possibilities are pretty limitless.
I think before this can happen again somebody has to be on the way down, or atleast their Unix flavor must be. SCO was very weak, and thus ripe for the taking. I think this is probably going to be the last we see of this for a while anyways.
The only _remote_ possibility I can see is if IBM all of a sudden decides to accelerate their support of Linux by opening up AIX and merging the code base with Linux. Which, I believe is about as plausible as MacOS merging with BeOS.
It's merely speculation on my part, but I would expect Caldera to do a couple of things.
1. I think its likely that the first thing Caldera is going to do is get the SCO customer database merged with their own. I would imagine, that those customers are probably going to start getting offers/solicitations to move to Linuz.
2. I am also pretty confident that SCO Unix will be opened up, if just to keep it alive long enough to pick it clean and incorporate whatever may be appropriate into Linux.
3. Try to win over the various SCO VAR's as well as some of the application vendors to Linux.
I would be very surprised if Caldera didn't do any of those three.
I don't know the particulars of this case
May'be if you had read the article before posting you would know at least some of them.
Easy Killer. I read the article too, and it was clearly devoid of any facts. The meat of the article was drawn from the complaint filed against Razorfish. Complaints are not usually written with objectivity in mind. Therefore, he is most certainly correct in stating that he doesn't know the particulars of this case. Besides, Razorfish's side of the story has not been heard. I think it's a bit premature to take the allegations made by IAM as fact.
I wonder if IAM's VC is running out and they need to generate some income or maybe they're looking for a free "do over".
As for the AOL 4.0 not working, that sounds like a blessing not a bug.
Seriously though,
I don't think I'd want to be the attorney for the plaintiff in this case. If there is one thing I've learned from working in a custom applications shop is that the developers usually cover their asses pretty well and keep all kinds of documentation.
My last company ran into a similar situation and de-railed it when the Project Manager went into the Client's "bitch session" with a notebook full of examples of the Client shooting themselves and the development cycle in the foot. The crown jewel was when he pulled out a record of every call he made to the client and how long they took to call him back. I wouldn't be surprised if Razorfish had some similar documentation.
I don't have to work as hard as the robots that drive their piggy SUVs.
I love it! Bet that Land Rover isn't looking quite so trendy. Of course, with some of these people they're probably thinking, "hmmm...driving this big expensive SUV despite a gas crunch, people must think I'm really rich. Cool!"
_That_ information would be inadmissable, but it would still be grounds for a warrant.
Once the warrant is obtained however any further information gathered is admissable. This system could very easily be used as a fishing net for finding criminals.
Its a stretch, but the law enforcement official could make a claim of "Plain Sight" as the information/activity was in plain view of a legal surveilance/investigation. Its a stretch, but remotely plausible that a Judge could allow it, although I doubt it would hold up on an appeal, but you never know.
If the government has a technique that can decrease crime, prevent terrorism, and save lives, how can you be opposed to it?
The road to hell (or a police state) is paved with good intentions. IMHO the system being described violates our rights as defined under Search & Seizure. Without this right, law enforcement agencies would have the ability to choose a home, individual, auto, computer, etc at random in a quest to find illegal materials.
Imagine that your neighbor is an FBI agent and he doesn't like you very much. Now imagine that he could just walk right into your home without a warrant. Now think about the things in your home that may be illegal. An MP3, a dubbed VHS tape, a burned copy of a proprietary software cd, or even a cuban cigar. This may sound like a far fetched scenario to you, but this kind of stuff happened over two hundred years ago. British tax collectors would literally storm into homes to make sure that every bag of sugar or tea had the appropriate stamp on them. The only thing that keeps things like this from happening again are the Bill of Rights and the countless others who actually take them seriously and not for granted.
It's not possible to analyze all the data they could potentially retrieve. They have their hands full with the data they mean to find.
Maybe not right now, but oh the times they are a changing.
I see no reason for unnecesary paranoia.
I feel much safer already.
You'd probably be surprised. Most criminals can be pretty stupid. And if it has been used 100 times, than its safe to assume that those 100 were not using encryption. There are still people out there that think cell phones are completely secure.
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Ok I think thats enough, before I get completely out of control.
That's actually kind of fun.
A little naive, but not as much as you think.
A) No, I don't think anyone does, but the odds are high that if you are being tapped, someone is going to come a knockin'. Otherwise, they discover it was a waste of their time and they throw the tapes in storage for a while just in case, and then they toss 'em after a couple of years.
B) Yes. In fact, if I really gave a damn I'd do the research and bring up the cases. I know there have been cases were it was discovered at trial that a tap was illegally obtained and after the case was thrown out the defendant sued for damages and one. It may come as a surprise, but most judges are really big on the Bill of Rights, and are not to keen on cops who decide to ignore it.
C) True, but law enforcement has the right to prove your guilt, so long as they act in accordance with the terms of search & seizure. Innocent until proven guilty, really only applies to the trial process, law enforcement is free to assume your guilty.
D) You are absolutely correct. And the reason why the system (as a whole) works. Occassionaly some in the process gets out of line, and someone some where else has to yank them back into place.
Your right, but his ramblings did make me think of economic espionage. Japan is pretty lax on what they consider "legal" business practices (yeah, even worse than here).
Just a thought.
They don't have that power. They can only voice there concerns and make a recommendation. Of course, the real question is how much weight does the recommendation of the FBI carry in matters like these.
I may be mistaken, but this sounds a little scary.
Are we going to see boxes always logged in as root/administrator like I see on way to many NT boxes? I wish I had a dime, I walked into a client's NT server room and found every machine logged in as administrator without the screen locked.
I hope Apple has/puts in a su/sudo facility so that lazy admins don't fall prey to this vile temptation.
I may not have facial hair, but I've still got my soul :)
I think if I had a nice G4 based system to be my server I'd be installing Yellow Dog instead of a schizo Mac. Oh well, that's just my personal preference. It definitely looks like a step in the right direction for Apple. I'm sure it'll be a hit.
OH MY GOD! I'm doomed! They're probably going to downsize me any minute.
I'm losing weight and I can't even grow an anemic looking goatee! Maybe I should become an NT Admin.