>of course one might argue that the same principal underlying prescriptive easement might argue for the adoption of a similar approach in copyright law.
Agreed, but since easement by prescription is (as your link shows) something that's codified in statue, I think that a judge applying it to copyright law would be guilty of legislating from the bench.
Although in the beach access case, I wonder how "uninterrupted" would be applicable here. I suppose if you'd built a dock on your neighbor's property, that would count as uninterrupted use, but launching kayaks or swimming would not happen continuously.
The example I know of happens in the United States. It goes like this: A man owns a piece of land including a private beach. He does not fence, sign or otherwise make public the fact that it is private. His neighbours use the beach to bathe and launch boats off of regularly for several years. The man one day fences off the lot. The neighbours sue. The case is ruled in their favor because he had not, in all those years, defended his property
The term you're looking for is adverse possession, and the example you give would probably not be enough to make a claim under it (IANAL, of course). Furthermore, adverse possession is only a concept in real property law, not copyright law. In a sense, adverse possession applies to trademark law, but the rules are different.
I suspect they will be huge champions of privacy after this.
As much as I'd like to think so, I doubt this will be the case. I don't think the Republicans would like to be seen as doing anything that might appear to favor Foley. Plus they're just too committed to increasing surveillance of the general public. All in the name of terrorism, of course. Or protecting the children from the Foleys of the world. Or something.
No, "mesothelioma" is high-paying because it's only caused by exposure to asbestos. Therefore, plaintiff's lawyers have determined that anybody searching for it probably has the disease and therefore the ability to win a case against the asbestos manufacturers. The lawyer will, of course, get a nice cut of that (tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars). So the searchers and their clicks are very valuable to plaintiff's lawyers. One estimate I heard was that AdSense links for mesothelioma were going for about $50, if you wanted a decent position.
If you want to screw over some lawyers and Google, search for mesothelioma and click on the AdSense links.
What is interesting is that Walmart thrives on knocking down less competitive stores and becoming the only one in a twenty mile radius. They completely avoid more urban ares because they can't compete.
The Norwalk, Connecticut Wal-Mart is on Rt 1, the busiest road in the city and the main shopping destination. It's near Best Buy, Circuit City, Shop-Rite, Home Depot, etc. There is a Target about 7 miles away in Stamford. A similar situation applies in Albany, New York, with Wal-Mart's Crossgates Commons store. There is plenty of competition in both of these venues.
I've been to the nearest Walmart. If their produce is of the same quality as the one near you, and that is your best option, I truly pity you. I'm partial to whole foods whose quality is leaps and bounds beyond Walmart, for a miniscule amount more.
Yes, that's why Whole Foods has the nickname, "Whole Paycheck". OK, it's an exaggeration, but Whole Foods is not cheap for many items (though it is for some items).
Stick a Linux LiveCD with AVG for Linux on it in the PC.
A friend is having problems with viruses on her machine, and I'm trying to do this, but I have not found a LiveCD distribution with AVG. I've used Knoppix and Mepis, but they have ClamAV instead. I've seen some recommendations for LinuxDefender from bitdefender.com, but it looks like it was last updated in 2004. I'm probably going to use ClamAV from either Knoppix or Mepis, but I'm open to suggestions. Do you have any recommendations?
"Not disclosed" and "not detectable" are two different things. Plus, they probably had to track the satellite in order to do any damage (and to show that they could). China can't claim it's an accident if they keep the laser pointed at a moving object.
The earth has had some really hot periods - it has also had some really cold periods - all BEFORE mankind started to add their marginal extra amount of pollutants into the air.
Well, yes, but a) it took a lot longer and b) nobody cared because they lived in huts or caves. Nobody cared about sea levels, because they could move further inland without much of a problem. No cities had to be evacuated, for example.
So while the world will not end in 10 years, if the earth's temperature increase continues, it will be a real problem.
FGC's exclusive worldwide right is for all personal transportation uses under 15 KW drive systems (equivalent to 100 peak horse power)
15 kilowatts is about 20 horsepower, not 100. Or maybe the blog author was referring to continuous vs. peak power. In this case, switching methods and units of measurement at the same time is rather sloppy.
From your link: "As for Hummers, Spinella explains, the life of these cars averaged across various models is over 300,000 miles. By contrast, Prius' life - according to Toyota's own numbers - is 100,000 miles."
Toyota warrantees the batteries on a Prius for 8 years / 80,000 miles. Estimated life of the battery pack is 150,000. Plus, figuring on 300,000 miles on a Hummer is hilarious. I'd be willing to be you couldn't find one Hummer in the world with that mileage. I'd be 99% of them are in the scrap heap with half of that.
It's not difficult to show a lower cost per mile for the Hummer when you divide the cost by three times the mileage.
the brake and gas pedals are "by-wire" enhanced for easier and more precise control.
So I look forward to news reports in the future where they hack into the controls and "prove" that Priuses can suddenly accelerate. Maybe I shouldn't give them ideas.
If it was completely made up, it wouldn't rise in popularity. It's like stereotypes - you might not like them, but there's SOME basis in fact. Or else it would never catch on.
Actually, sometimes they are completely made up. Look up "Audi sudden acceleration CBS 60 Minutes" or "GM pickup rocket engine NBC Dateline" to see how respected news organizations do publicize non-existent product defects. In the Audi / CBS case, CBS used unverified anecdotes as the basis for hysterical reporting. Never mind that sudden acceleration of a modern automobile is impossible if the driver's foot is held firmly on the brake (unless the brakes were not working, which was not the case). In the GM pickup / NBC case, NBC wanted to show how a GM pickup could catch on fire, so it used a model rocket engine to start a fire after a planned crash.
Getting back to the Samsung case, if they sawed the phone almost in half, then videotaped a person breaking it with light finger pressure, I can see how this would become a popular video.
Have you ever done this on a windows machine for an extended period of time? I did it for about a week before I gave up. Some programs don't even run unless you are administrator.
Yep, do it all the time. Even taught the wife how to do it. See
http://blogs.msdn.com/aaron_margosis/archive/2005/ 03/11/394244.aspx for details, but the basic idea is to run a batch file when you want to be an admin. The batch file gives you admin privileges, starts a process (usually iexplore.exe file:///c:/ , which gives you a normal Windows Explorer), then takes away your admin privileges. Here's the file:
setlocal set _Admin_=%COMPUTERNAME%\Administrator set _Group_=Administrators set _Prog_="C:\Progra~1\Intern~1\iexplore.exe file:///c:/" set _User_=%USERDOMAIN%\%USERNAME%
if "%1"=="" ( runas/savecred/u:%_Admin_% "%~s0 %_User_%" if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo. && pause ) else ( echo Adding user %1 to group %_Group_%... net localgroup %_Group_% %1/ADD if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo. && pause echo. echo Starting program in new logon session... runas/savecred/u:%1 %_Prog_% if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo. && pause echo. echo Removing user %1 from group %_Group_%... net localgroup %_Group_% %1/DELETE if ERRORLEVEL 1 echo. && pause ) endlocal
Instead of iexplore.exe, you can use Quicken.exe, for example. The advantages of using iexplore.exe is that you can launch other processes, such as installation programs, easily. Don't forget PrivBar, either, to show you what your current privilege level is.
Public offices have minimum age requirements. For example, you can't be President unless you're at least 35 years old.
Yes, the three federal elected offices have a Constitutional minimum: President / Vice President (35, as stated), Senator (30), Representative (25). But only rich or famous or delusional people run for one of these as their first elected office. A much more rational idea for the younger politician is to run for a local or state office.
When you visit a Web page that uses a custom pop-up object, Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 closes unexpectedly and generates an error in the Mshtml.dll file. This problem occurs after you install security update 918899 on a Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2)-based or a Windows Server 2003 Service Pack 1 (SP1)-based computer. A hotfix is available if you are severely affected by this problem. Otherwise, we recommend that you wait for the next cumulative security update for Internet Explorer.
He is unemployed after being laid off by Lockheed Martin days after he posted the video. Lockheed said that the video did not influence the decision to lay off De Kort and that he had had been notified earlier this year that he would be out of a job.
Pull my other one, it makes a sound! Does Lockheed Martin really expect people to believe them?
Seriously, this dude has some balls, if not much sense. Tip for all you would-be whistleblowers: make sure you have the facts, the media, and God (not necessarily) overwhelmingly on your side before you start. Otherwise, you're just screwed. I hope the guy can find another job, or get a book deal. De Kort, thanks for taking one for the team.
I think the statement, when read in the context of the article, meant "one bulb [in every one of the 110 million households in the US] is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads".
This is all going back to the dead horse "but people wouldn't have bought the package if it was too expensive" argument; figuring the losses as each unit sold being a loss is absurd.
What makes you think he was selling the software for dirt cheap? Maybe he was selling PhotoShop for $20 less than the legit resellers. After all, if you sell PhotoShop for $15, everyone's going to know it's pirated. But at $20 less than next guy, you're going to think it's just a good deal. If somebody's going to pay $479 for pirated software when the legit software costs $499, then I think you should count it as a loss.
Well, if MS has half a brain, they'll send the email from Microsoft's servers, and digitally sign it. So at least the police will know it came from Micrsoft's servers. This is not foolproof and won't prevent silly kids / stray cats / malicious worms from clicking the "Report Abuse" icon. Actually, TFA says nothing about the delivery mechanism: could be email, SOAP requests, snail mail, or a fax machine, for all we now.
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Agreed, but since easement by prescription is (as your link shows) something that's codified in statue, I think that a judge applying it to copyright law would be guilty of legislating from the bench.
Although in the beach access case, I wonder how "uninterrupted" would be applicable here. I suppose if you'd built a dock on your neighbor's property, that would count as uninterrupted use, but launching kayaks or swimming would not happen continuously.
My bad. I had google's ad server blocked in my host file. I guess they were serving some JavaScript that the rest of the page needed.
The Google homepage has a link to "Business Solutions" which has a JavaScript error and shows no content.
If you want to screw over some lawyers and Google, search for mesothelioma and click on the AdSense links.
"Not disclosed" and "not detectable" are two different things. Plus, they probably had to track the satellite in order to do any damage (and to show that they could). China can't claim it's an accident if they keep the laser pointed at a moving object.
So while the world will not end in 10 years, if the earth's temperature increase continues, it will be a real problem.
How did this get modded to 5?
Toyota warrantees the batteries on a Prius for 8 years / 80,000 miles. Estimated life of the battery pack is 150,000. Plus, figuring on 300,000 miles on a Hummer is hilarious. I'd be willing to be you couldn't find one Hummer in the world with that mileage. I'd be 99% of them are in the scrap heap with half of that.
It's not difficult to show a lower cost per mile for the Hummer when you divide the cost by three times the mileage.
Their spelling sucks? Just guessing.
Getting back to the Samsung case, if they sawed the phone almost in half, then videotaped a person breaking it with light finger pressure, I can see how this would become a popular video.
Yes, the three federal elected offices have a Constitutional minimum: President / Vice President (35, as stated), Senator (30), Representative (25). But only rich or famous or delusional people run for one of these as their first elected office. A much more rational idea for the younger politician is to run for a local or state office.
What should we do to prevent needing your services? Another way of putting this is, how do we avoid getting sued by the RIAA?
Seriously, this dude has some balls, if not much sense. Tip for all you would-be whistleblowers: make sure you have the facts, the media, and God (not necessarily) overwhelmingly on your side before you start. Otherwise, you're just screwed. I hope the guy can find another job, or get a book deal. De Kort, thanks for taking one for the team.
I think the statement, when read in the context of the article, meant "one bulb [in every one of the 110 million households in the US] is equivalent to taking 1.3 million cars off the roads".
Well, if MS has half a brain, they'll send the email from Microsoft's servers, and digitally sign it. So at least the police will know it came from Micrsoft's servers. This is not foolproof and won't prevent silly kids / stray cats / malicious worms from clicking the "Report Abuse" icon. Actually, TFA says nothing about the delivery mechanism: could be email, SOAP requests, snail mail, or a fax machine, for all we now.