She seems surprised that ISPs couldn't negotiate an exception to the DRM bill. I can't imagine why. The reason for that refusal to compromise is pretty easy to deduce:
Money.
If the content industry can hold the ISPs liable for anything that crosses their network, they can shift the cost of enforcement onto the ISP, rather than having to pay for it themselves (and the cost of the enforcement is prohibitive, so the content providers can't pay it themselves). They can also try to shift the blame to the ISPs in the public's eye. But money - the cost of enforcement - is the real issue. If the ISP cancels the account, the ISP is the one who gets sued, not the content provider. No court battle is necessary to subpoena the user's identity, and the cost of researching that identity falls on the ISP, rather then the content provider.
It's all about money. It's always all about money.
But her interpretations of some her own data struck me as curious, an interpretation that I picked up in the title of the email she sent me "10.1% of 12-17s are actively downloading/not purchasing music". This implied to me this was a negative stat. Doesn't this also read 90% of teens are both downloading and buying?
No, it doesn't mean that at all. Most, I suspect are neither downloading nor buying. Mental's logic is worthy of the RIAA itself.
On a side note, RE: the article, I don't see how they can get someone beyond reasonable doubt
They don't need to. That is the standard for criminal conviction. The standard for civil cases is preponderance of evidence, which is to say, the side that presents the more convincing story. Much easier to meet. Especially when you can afford lots of lawyers and expert witnesses.
Al Queda set of an EMP bomb? Right. They couldn't keep a Leer jet flying for more than a month. These are people who bitch about having to take time out from studying the Koran to eat, sleep and shit. Most of 'em don't know how a door knob works.
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Imagine a bomb filled with filaments of graphite detonated in a special manner
Yeah, "special manner" being "with special effects by Industrial Light & Magic".
... first of all, map their individual home directory on the server as a permanent network connection, then set Office to defaulting to saving there.
Then, let them do whatever they want, and point out, when they lose data, and they will, that network policy is that it should have been saved on the server.
Our accounting people used to keep all their spreadsheets on floppies, despite a server with daily backups. Every single one of them learned to use the network the same way: Dead floppies.
Accountant: "I can't open this file."
Me: (after testing the disk): The floppy is worn out.
Accountant: "Can you save it?"
Me: "No, you'll have to recreate the last eight months of data entry. If you'd put it on the server, like I told you to, I could pull yesterday's copy in five minutes."
Haven't had that conversation twice with the same person yet.
Circuit courts cannot establish case law. Only appellate courts can, and only the state Supreme Court can establish case law that is binding on the whole state.
And there's plenty of of other case law that's gone the other way.
This needs to go to the California Supreme Court, and probably the US Supreme Court, too, because it's settled. In the meantime, this article is FUD worthy of Microsoft.
There's no technical reason they can't. But only an idiot would mine the moon, since there's nothing there that isn't available cheaper on Earth. If the entire space industry can't find a way to profit from going to the moon, neither can China.
But there's only one way to learn that lesson.
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Send it by registerd mail the first time, and if a single bill shows up after that, dispute the transaction as fraudulent. If you've got the documentation - proof of receipt - you'll win, and they'll have to pay a chargeback fee that's more than the monthly bill.
Does this include the royalties that, by law, go to the studio? IIRC, the copyright on a musical recording actually belongs to the studio, not the artist. I know that the majority of the royalties that are mandated by law do not go to the artist. Recording studios are not free, or even cheap, to operate.
Looks to me like a legally impossible plan, and a blatantly stupid on, at that. And USA Today should know better.
No shit. Only way it can be is with the active cooperation of each government. And the US has case law regarding this sort of nonsense. Good luck to 'em.
... since it's blatantly unconstitutional, and this will finally get it to the Supreme Court, where Congress can get bitch slapped yet again with the 1st Amendment.
As a major retailer of both electronics AND music, Best Buy could have a huge impact on the future format of music player hardware as well as software."
Yeah, they said that about proprietary DVD formats, too. How many people remember was DIVX used to be, and who financed its development?
Does a lawyer really spend 75 hours reading mailing list messages and thinking about them, that a normal person spends 15 minutes on?
Yes, actually, they do. Then they go do research, to dig out case law relevant to the case at hand, and then cross-reference all that to other case law, and so on. Also, you've got things like discovery and depositions, all of which cost money, money, money. Especially depositions, for which you have to hire a certified court reporter.
So far as I can tell, AOL's size limit on incoming attachments has a random number generator in it. I sell electronic books, and have sent files to customers at AOL on a regular basis. Sometimes, a 1 meg file will bounce to one address, but a 5 meg file will go through to another file minutes later. I have had far less than 1 meg attachments bounce.
Slashdot Mirror
. . . reports such as those in this Slashdot story . . . are exaggerated and ignore the facts. . .
On Slashdot? Say it ain't so!
She seems surprised that ISPs couldn't negotiate an exception to the DRM bill. I can't imagine why. The reason for that refusal to compromise is pretty easy to deduce:
Money.
If the content industry can hold the ISPs liable for anything that crosses their network, they can shift the cost of enforcement onto the ISP, rather than having to pay for it themselves (and the cost of the enforcement is prohibitive, so the content providers can't pay it themselves). They can also try to shift the blame to the ISPs in the public's eye. But money - the cost of enforcement - is the real issue. If the ISP cancels the account, the ISP is the one who gets sued, not the content provider. No court battle is necessary to subpoena the user's identity, and the cost of researching that identity falls on the ISP, rather then the content provider.
It's all about money. It's always all about money.
So now it's not politically correct for the police to keep databases on possible criminal activity they're investigating?
Read the article, retard. They're not investigating criminal activity. They're investigating being non-white. And nothing else.
'nuff said.
Diamonds are semi-precious stones.
Sounds just like him.
But her interpretations of some her own data struck me as curious, an interpretation that I picked up in the title of the email she sent me "10.1% of 12-17s are actively downloading/not purchasing music". This implied to me this was a negative stat. Doesn't this also read 90% of teens are both downloading and buying?
No, it doesn't mean that at all. Most, I suspect are neither downloading nor buying. Mental's logic is worthy of the RIAA itself.
The article says that the Russians are hoping to work closely with the European Space Agency and/or NASA.
Translation: They need someone else to pay for it.
On a side note, RE: the article, I don't see how they can get someone beyond reasonable doubt
They don't need to. That is the standard for criminal conviction. The standard for civil cases is preponderance of evidence, which is to say, the side that presents the more convincing story. Much easier to meet. Especially when you can afford lots of lawyers and expert witnesses.
Al Queda set of an EMP bomb? Right. They couldn't keep a Leer jet flying for more than a month. These are people who bitch about having to take time out from studying the Koran to eat, sleep and shit. Most of 'em don't know how a door knob works.
Imagine a bomb filled with filaments of graphite detonated in a special manner
Yeah, "special manner" being "with special effects by Industrial Light & Magic".
You're an idiot.
'round(82.845)' returns '82.84' instead of '82.85')
This isn't a bug. It is the "even/odd" rule, long established in formal math, not commonly used in Real Life.
... first of all, map their individual home directory on the server as a permanent network connection, then set Office to defaulting to saving there.
Then, let them do whatever they want, and point out, when they lose data, and they will, that network policy is that it should have been saved on the server.
Our accounting people used to keep all their spreadsheets on floppies, despite a server with daily backups. Every single one of them learned to use the network the same way: Dead floppies.
Accountant: "I can't open this file."
Me: (after testing the disk): The floppy is worn out.
Accountant: "Can you save it?"
Me: "No, you'll have to recreate the last eight months of data entry. If you'd put it on the server, like I told you to, I could pull yesterday's copy in five minutes."
Haven't had that conversation twice with the same person yet.
Circuit courts cannot establish case law. Only appellate courts can, and only the state Supreme Court can establish case law that is binding on the whole state.
And there's plenty of of other case law that's gone the other way.
This needs to go to the California Supreme Court, and probably the US Supreme Court, too, because it's settled. In the meantime, this article is FUD worthy of Microsoft.
Please draw distinctions between webpages with news, mindless link propagation, discussion sites, personal diaries or journals, etc.
So, which category does Slashdot fall into?
(Although I kind of wonder whether an EULA like that is really enforceable in Germany.)
It's not in the US.
There's no technical reason they can't. But only an idiot would mine the moon, since there's nothing there that isn't available cheaper on Earth. If the entire space industry can't find a way to profit from going to the moon, neither can China.
But there's only one way to learn that lesson.
Send it by registerd mail the first time, and if a single bill shows up after that, dispute the transaction as fraudulent. If you've got the documentation - proof of receipt - you'll win, and they'll have to pay a chargeback fee that's more than the monthly bill.
Royalties would be payed to artists directly...
Does this include the royalties that, by law, go to the studio? IIRC, the copyright on a musical recording actually belongs to the studio, not the artist. I know that the majority of the royalties that are mandated by law do not go to the artist. Recording studios are not free, or even cheap, to operate.
Looks to me like a legally impossible plan, and a blatantly stupid on, at that. And USA Today should know better.
No details on how this will be enforced.
No shit. Only way it can be is with the active cooperation of each government. And the US has case law regarding this sort of nonsense. Good luck to 'em.
... since it's blatantly unconstitutional, and this will finally get it to the Supreme Court, where Congress can get bitch slapped yet again with the 1st Amendment.
As a major retailer of both electronics AND music, Best Buy could have a huge impact on the future format of music player hardware as well as software."
Yeah, they said that about proprietary DVD formats, too. How many people remember was DIVX used to be, and who financed its development?
And that represents less than 1/100th of 1 percent of auctions.
And this must be the end of the world.
Does a lawyer really spend 75 hours reading mailing list messages and thinking about them, that a normal person spends 15 minutes on?
Yes, actually, they do. Then they go do research, to dig out case law relevant to the case at hand, and then cross-reference all that to other case law, and so on. Also, you've got things like discovery and depositions, all of which cost money, money, money. Especially depositions, for which you have to hire a certified court reporter.
If so, then lawyers are overpaid
Can't argue with that.
Anybody who gets one of these in the mail should take it to their local post office and file a complaint for mail fraud.
So far as I can tell, AOL's size limit on incoming attachments has a random number generator in it. I sell electronic books, and have sent files to customers at AOL on a regular basis. Sometimes, a 1 meg file will bounce to one address, but a 5 meg file will go through to another file minutes later. I have had far less than 1 meg attachments bounce.