The DMCA is the local enactment of a WIPO treaty. WIPO is a Pro-Capitalist-Globalization group affiliated with the World Trade Organization that seeks to spread Capitalist ethos worldwide. When people march in the streets decrying the WTO for enacting one-sided Pro-Capitalist, Anti-Citizen(democracy/fairtrade) treaties, The DMCA (and many others) are EXACTLY what they are against. Treaties written (literally) by Capitalists in order to entrench their 'rights' without consultation or consideration of the rights of the World's Citizens.
MOST NATIONS are members of WIPO, from the faq at anti-dmca.org you find this:
Why did Congress pass the DMCA?
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) drafted an international treaty that requires signatory nations to enforce particular rights in their own National laws. Some believed further U.S. legislation was necessary to implement U.S. adherence to the treaty. The result was the DMCA. It is sometimes referred to as the WIPO Treaty Implementing Legislation.
Bottom Line: Capitalist Globalization brings undemocratic legislation Unless of course, it is blacklisted by the American Plutocracy (worldcourt (imperialists), kyoto(industrialists), anti-nuke treaties w/ russia (military-industrialists))...in which case (some) countries just withdraw...
just as a general note, NOT relating to China's government good or bad... but why be alarmed at the notion of co-operative efforts including The Government? most countries dont have such an adversarial/fearfull/resentfull opinion of its government. Most governments are much more representative and responsive...
America has a very negative relationship w/ its government... and it is mostly unique.
...using those closedsource binary decoders is out of necessity. Inventing a codec JUST so that you can implement it in proprietary software, and keep open-implementers at bay (in order to sell your dubious wares) is not exactly a moral victory.
Until the business model for Closed Media Formats disappears (by mplayer making making the decoder work everywhere (therefore no different than OPEN standards (so they loose the ability to differentiate))) im all for mplayer using those binary files.
foir instance: mp3 has no value, the more value fraunhoffer(sp?) asserts, the more appealing Ogg/Vorbis becomes...
..trouble is, 90% of people think they are of above average intelligence. So when you say "true intelligence is being able to recognize.." its only partially true. Real Wisdom is being able to accept when you are wrong, whatever the debated point may be, The Idea ITSELF is either true or untrue -- regardless of the source, or manner of presentation. Being able to abandon your ego and accept that you may NOT know-all is the real gift. IMHO..;)
Mr. de Raadt is no fan of the U.S. military at the moment. He calls the war in Iraq an oil grab. "It just sickens me."
IN other news, Theo de Raadt is held by the Department of Homeland Security in Seattle while attending an OpenBSD conference. Mr De Raadt, in the country to give a speech at the conference is whisked away by unknown persons in a black van. Other conference goers are later told by organizers that a quote by Mr. de Raadt is being held under the US PATRIOT Act for "'aiding and giving comfort to Evil Ones."
The Canadian high counsel in Washington lodges a formal condemnation of the act -- demanding that the Canadian Citizen be released. Washington replies "It is quite obvious that Canadians and The Canadian Regime has been overrun by The Evil Ones. Like Syria and Iran, Canada must learn that their Either With Us or Against Us." In Ottawa, American ambassador Cellucci says "yeah, what he said, Canadians baaaaad"
Republican Senator U.S. Nitwitt says "Why should righteous Americans be giving their defense funds to this communist^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorist? Its obvious he's a terrorist - at least. This is a threat to our security. The Department of Homeland Security may or may not be justified in siezing him if they did or didnt... uhm, filthy Un American... i hear he rides the bus!"
there was a case in canada where gen.modified seeds BLEW into (his argument) his fields. monsanto won a court order for him to destroy the fields.
they said he sowed (sp?) the seeds on purpose to flaunt their 'intellectual property rights' -- he said it was from a passing truck/neighbours field(?)... i dont recall the detail.
the point? the future is going to be one where farmers CANNOT grow without paying licensing for MegaSeedPod2022(Tm). the weeds and pests will be much more "robust" a threat to heritage seeds and organic farming (like non-industrial, non-polluting farming (like SUSTAINABLE farming)) that no one will be able to farm 'naturally' any longer... and we'll all be food-slaves to Monsanto.
Not only will our food-supply become the intellecutal property of Monsanto (and its ilk) but their SOLE purpose is profit. NOT increased food production... or reduced hunger or some other altruism. those (benefits) are "after effects" of their effort to make cash. this desire to make profit means that they WILL be (and monsanto is ALREADY known to have lied about asbestos and dtd to protect profit) dishonest.
if some future product happens to be BAD for your health, monsanto wont tell you. if it happens to be poison to some function or element of nature they wont tell us...
Because the risks are so great, and the 'benefit' is not real (increased food production != less hunger (hunger is caused by economics, not supply of food)) Im not willing to allow Monsanto to take these risks with NO reward - the risks are far to great, and Monsanto (and its friends) are comprimised players (their exposure to capitalists).
If GM foods were intellectual-property free and universally available as a result of government/academic research (where the comprimised motivation is removed) i would trust the results of their efforts just a little more...
People also buy 'organic' becuse it is a more sustainable food production method. not that gen.eng foods are poision, that Industrial Farming (of gen.eng crops or not) is poison... for people, biodiversity in food stop, nature etc... organic foods are GROWN responsibly.
Huh? The "representatives" are Republicrats themselves(!), who take their marching orders from the party leadership. Simple... they do not 'invent' priority - they dance the jig the piper (GWB) plays. Do you *listen* to these people spew their Newspeak? its very obviously from the Ministry of Truth(TM)... they get their Talking Points up-to-the-minute im sure. How exactly do you think your "Democracy" in the US works...(????)
FURTHER, government agencies are a DIRECT result of presidential policy - from the directors and appointments to new high-profile hires to the lowliest of bureaucrat - they ALL enact the wishes of The GWB Regime. Feh? Feh is right pal.
FURTHER YET, even though the laws may have been around prior, it is EXCEEDINGLY obvious that loose interpretation of law is something that can be used to reach a goal. Case in Point: The fictional "non-combatant" never-never-land that GWB has invented to end-run Geneva conventions (care to debate this? its the opinion of 99% of non-americans worldwide, red cross, amnesty int., many american law professors etc etc etc). Case in Point: The interpretation of UNSC Res.1441, GWB says it is a sanction for war, but again, everyone outside of the GWB camp says "nope - try again." (this says nothing of sanction from EARLIER resolutions, none of which permit the magic "any necessary means"). This says nothing of a weak justice system to make things right wrt his lawbreaking.
Defending GWB as a 'cog' is just a little naive (though he is too stupid/ignorant to defend himself from the influence of the neocons around him...)
i completely agree with the idea in the article. More effort should (IMHO) be put into making each 'segment buster' application the best in all Computerdom (TM). For instance, look at the "diversity" of Instant messangers for GNU/Linux. There are millions (search for msn, icq, yahoo, jabber) on Sourceforge to see all these projects.
The "best" way (IMHO) for GNU/Linux to pull into the lead is to follow the 'apache' (gimp) (sorta) idea: central core builds versatile framework, places emphasis on extensability (to draw in help by plugin/module writers) and the synergy happens... because Apache is the 'leading' opensource app in its sphere A) people write the mods B) people deploy it so C) see A.
M$ is going to have a VERY hard time busting in the webserver market unless it employs some famous monopoly tricks (.net, passport renders 'webserver' un-usuable/un-necessary/???)
A good example is IMHO the tact taken by the KDE team with Kopete. Here we have the "official kde IM client". Developed with interoperation with KDE at its core. With extensability as a central design imperative. Ive actually spent time writting messages in the forums of freshmeat to 'competing' im clients asking to look at Kopete and implement their features THERE instead. I forsee Kopete becoming the best GNU/Linux IM client because of these design goals AND this 'official' status.
Im running a little here, but I cannot AGREE MORE with this article, its assumptions and the goals described. GNU/Linux needs to cast off some of the 'also rans' (not banish them--not tell them they arnt invited etc) but sorta "PICK A LEADER" and try and get people to rally around and run with it. Writing it from the 'ground up' to encourage this (facilitate quick uptake by new/passing developers) is necessary, but having projects like FSF picking Official GNU Applications, GNOME picking "official IM" or "official sound server"*, KDE picking "official IM"* only helps highlight and lend credibility (proving "staying power" (no one likes to see there work dumped - so people who fix bugs, add features would want to ADD them to something that has a future (...like apache modules ))).
I would like to see this meme develope into a War Cry for GNU/Linux.
I am as technical a user as they come (ok, im just making a point, dont accuse me of not being modest) and i LOVE eye candy.
This is the reason why geeks stare at demos, watch the intro to videogames (while nongeeks skip them) etc.
Im 100% behind the idea that GNU/Linux should become the most dazzling and impressive computer platform... when presented to people, they should be knocked over how 'cool' it behaves and looks.
ha! I clicked your goatse link - but the image was notfound - snuck it past me only to be foiled by anandtech's admins i bet... terrific! good work - but my eyes arent burning grub@grub.net
'more choices are good' is moot in this case... apples and oranges.
The relevant characteristics of software (for example) are stability, speed and size (whatever) but the LICENSE terms instantly changes the items available for choosing. You cannot consider App A and App B available for the same choice if A comes w/ GPL and B w/ a boilerplate M$-TOS. The things you SACRIFICE by accpeting an industry-standard license greatly reduces the attractiveness of the sw.
In the end, you are forced to NOT compare the two pcs on purely technical merit alone. The GPL is so attractive that there are very few proprietary apps that overcome its weighty TOS.
So to say "choice is good" is only so right, in fact, GPL software cannot be considered an "alternative" at all - it requires that you comprimise your moral, social and legal position if you DONT use GPL. Something that is a much bigger consideration than 'which pc of software' runs faster, more stable or is-smaller... apples and oranges.
make rigid intellectual property licensing choices
Yes they should! Have you *READ* the GPL? We are not talking about abstract whishywashy pieinthesky pseudo stuff here. When you PURCHASE MS Products (spending tax $), you are volunteering to comprimise your position. You place yourself in a position of servitude. When you choose to use GPL software you retain -- you provide a GREATER PUBLIC SERVICE -- because you keep the public free from being beholden to the ominious TOS M$ subjects you to.
I implore my government's public servents to be weary of the position you place ME in. The public service ESPECIALLY needs to use GPL software for the reasons SPECIFICALLY stated in the GPL itself... i cant state it any better.
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The DMCA is the local enactment of a WIPO treaty. WIPO is a Pro-Capitalist-Globalization group affiliated with the World Trade Organization that seeks to spread Capitalist ethos worldwide. When people march in the streets decrying the WTO for enacting one-sided Pro-Capitalist, Anti-Citizen(democracy/fairtrade) treaties, The DMCA (and many others) are EXACTLY what they are against. Treaties written (literally) by Capitalists in order to entrench their 'rights' without consultation or consideration of the rights of the World's Citizens.
MOST NATIONS are members of WIPO, from the faq at anti-dmca.org you find this:
Why did Congress pass the DMCA?
The World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO) drafted an international treaty that requires signatory nations to enforce particular rights in their own National laws. Some believed further U.S. legislation was necessary to implement U.S. adherence to the treaty. The result was the DMCA. It is sometimes referred to as the WIPO Treaty Implementing Legislation.
Bottom Line: Capitalist Globalization brings undemocratic legislation Unless of course, it is blacklisted by the American Plutocracy (worldcourt (imperialists), kyoto(industrialists), anti-nuke treaties w/ russia (military-industrialists))...in which case (some) countries just withdraw...
Keanu-Voice(TM): Whooaa dude - your, like, a movie expert.. duuuude that ROCKS! Thanks for the, umm, compliment too! (insert-bill/ted-headnod)
consumerism bankrupt Russia before it did the USA. USA-style FreeMarket(TM) capitalism just hasnt quite collapsed in America yet...
just as a general note, NOT relating to China's government good or bad... but why be alarmed at the notion of co-operative efforts including The Government? most countries dont have such an adversarial/fearfull/resentfull opinion of its government. Most governments are much more representative and responsive...
America has a very negative relationship w/ its government... and it is mostly unique.
...using those closedsource binary decoders is out of necessity. Inventing a codec JUST so that you can implement it in proprietary software, and keep open-implementers at bay (in order to sell your dubious wares) is not exactly a moral victory.
Until the business model for Closed Media Formats disappears (by mplayer making making the decoder work everywhere (therefore no different than OPEN standards (so they loose the ability to differentiate))) im all for mplayer using those binary files.
foir instance: mp3 has no value, the more value fraunhoffer(sp?) asserts, the more appealing Ogg/Vorbis becomes...
..trouble is, 90% of people think they are of above average intelligence. So when you say "true intelligence is being able to recognize.." its only partially true. Real Wisdom is being able to accept when you are wrong, whatever the debated point may be, The Idea ITSELF is either true or untrue -- regardless of the source, or manner of presentation. Being able to abandon your ego and accept that you may NOT know-all is the real gift. IMHO.. ;)
Mr. de Raadt is no fan of the U.S. military at the moment. He calls the war in Iraq an oil grab. "It just sickens me."
IN other news, Theo de Raadt is held by the Department of Homeland Security in Seattle while attending an OpenBSD conference. Mr De Raadt, in the country to give a speech at the conference is whisked away by unknown persons in a black van. Other conference goers are later told by organizers that a quote by Mr. de Raadt is being held under the US PATRIOT Act for "'aiding and giving comfort to Evil Ones."
The Canadian high counsel in Washington lodges a formal condemnation of the act -- demanding that the Canadian Citizen be released. Washington replies "It is quite obvious that Canadians and The Canadian Regime has been overrun by The Evil Ones. Like Syria and Iran, Canada must learn that their Either With Us or Against Us." In Ottawa, American ambassador Cellucci says "yeah, what he said, Canadians baaaaad"
Republican Senator U.S. Nitwitt says "Why should righteous Americans be giving their defense funds to this communist^H^H^H^H^H^Hterrorist? Its obvious he's a terrorist - at least. This is a threat to our security. The Department of Homeland Security may or may not be justified in siezing him if they did or didnt... uhm, filthy Un American... i hear he rides the bus!"
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have you ever read 1984? please do... then listen to mp3 linked in my
Silent Spring is a landmark work - very moving, it shows the shock and horror of the (then) infant environmentalism. MUST READ!
there was a case in canada where gen.modified seeds BLEW into (his argument) his fields. monsanto won a court order for him to destroy the fields.
they said he sowed (sp?) the seeds on purpose to flaunt their 'intellectual property rights' -- he said it was from a passing truck/neighbours field(?)... i dont recall the detail.
the point? the future is going to be one where farmers CANNOT grow without paying licensing for MegaSeedPod2022(Tm). the weeds and pests will be much more "robust" a threat to heritage seeds and organic farming (like non-industrial, non-polluting farming (like SUSTAINABLE farming)) that no one will be able to farm 'naturally' any longer... and we'll all be food-slaves to Monsanto.
Not only will our food-supply become the intellecutal property of Monsanto (and its ilk) but their SOLE purpose is profit. NOT increased food production... or reduced hunger or some other altruism. those (benefits) are "after effects" of their effort to make cash. this desire to make profit means that they WILL be (and monsanto is ALREADY known to have lied about asbestos and dtd to protect profit) dishonest.
if some future product happens to be BAD for your health, monsanto wont tell you. if it happens to be poison to some function or element of nature they wont tell us...
Because the risks are so great, and the 'benefit' is not real (increased food production != less hunger (hunger is caused by economics, not supply of food)) Im not willing to allow Monsanto to take these risks with NO reward - the risks are far to great, and Monsanto (and its friends) are comprimised players (their exposure to capitalists).
If GM foods were intellectual-property free and universally available as a result of government/academic research (where the comprimised motivation is removed) i would trust the results of their efforts just a little more...
People also buy 'organic' becuse it is a more sustainable food production method. not that gen.eng foods are poision, that Industrial Farming (of gen.eng crops or not) is poison... for people, biodiversity in food stop, nature etc... organic foods are GROWN responsibly.
Huh? The "representatives" are Republicrats themselves(!), who take their marching orders from the party leadership. Simple... they do not 'invent' priority - they dance the jig the piper (GWB) plays. Do you *listen* to these people spew their Newspeak? its very obviously from the Ministry of Truth(TM)... they get their Talking Points up-to-the-minute im sure. How exactly do you think your "Democracy" in the US works...(????)
FURTHER, government agencies are a DIRECT result of presidential policy - from the directors and appointments to new high-profile hires to the lowliest of bureaucrat - they ALL enact the wishes of The GWB Regime. Feh? Feh is right pal.
FURTHER YET, even though the laws may have been around prior, it is EXCEEDINGLY obvious that loose interpretation of law is something that can be used to reach a goal. Case in Point: The fictional "non-combatant" never-never-land that GWB has invented to end-run Geneva conventions (care to debate this? its the opinion of 99% of non-americans worldwide, red cross, amnesty int., many american law professors etc etc etc). Case in Point: The interpretation of UNSC Res.1441, GWB says it is a sanction for war, but again, everyone outside of the GWB camp says "nope - try again." (this says nothing of sanction from EARLIER resolutions, none of which permit the magic "any necessary means"). This says nothing of a weak justice system to make things right wrt his lawbreaking.
Defending GWB as a 'cog' is just a little naive (though he is too stupid/ignorant to defend himself from the influence of the neocons around him...)
i completely agree with the idea in the article. More effort should (IMHO) be put into making each 'segment buster' application the best in all Computerdom (TM). For instance, look at the "diversity" of Instant messangers for GNU/Linux. There are millions (search for msn, icq, yahoo, jabber) on Sourceforge to see all these projects.
;)
The "best" way (IMHO) for GNU/Linux to pull into the lead is to follow the 'apache' (gimp) (sorta) idea: central core builds versatile framework, places emphasis on extensability (to draw in help by plugin/module writers) and the synergy happens... because Apache is the 'leading' opensource app in its sphere A) people write the mods B) people deploy it so C) see A.
M$ is going to have a VERY hard time busting in the webserver market unless it employs some famous monopoly tricks (.net, passport renders 'webserver' un-usuable/un-necessary/???)
A good example is IMHO the tact taken by the KDE team with Kopete. Here we have the "official kde IM client". Developed with interoperation with KDE at its core. With extensability as a central design imperative. Ive actually spent time writting messages in the forums of freshmeat to 'competing' im clients asking to look at Kopete and implement their features THERE instead. I forsee Kopete becoming the best GNU/Linux IM client because of these design goals AND this 'official' status.
Im running a little here, but I cannot AGREE MORE with this article, its assumptions and the goals described. GNU/Linux needs to cast off some of the 'also rans' (not banish them--not tell them they arnt invited etc) but sorta "PICK A LEADER" and try and get people to rally around and run with it. Writing it from the 'ground up' to encourage this (facilitate quick uptake by new/passing developers) is necessary, but having projects like FSF picking Official GNU Applications, GNOME picking "official IM" or "official sound server"*, KDE picking "official IM"* only helps highlight and lend credibility (proving "staying power" (no one likes to see there work dumped - so people who fix bugs, add features would want to ADD them to something that has a future (...like apache modules ))).
I would like to see this meme develope into a War Cry for GNU/Linux.
*only until GNOME/KDE merge.
incident where the US threatened to walk out of the WIPO meeting
That is the bottom line for current american diplomatic efforts... not getting your way? drop out like a baby.
this is ABSOLUTELY on-topic and relevant... how can the world "negotiate" with a nation that acts like this????
I am as technical a user as they come (ok, im just making a point, dont accuse me of not being modest) and i LOVE eye candy.
This is the reason why geeks stare at demos, watch the intro to videogames (while nongeeks skip them) etc.
Im 100% behind the idea that GNU/Linux should become the most dazzling and impressive computer platform... when presented to people, they should be knocked over how 'cool' it behaves and looks.
The replay's are hardcoded to specific addresses/phone
You mean hardcoded in EEPROM? no one would be stupid enough to do that (i hope..)
no, but it *is* IEEE1394 compliant.
damned babysitter admins - sitting in a chair somewhere watching bandwidth monitors:
GOTO THE CAMPUS PUMP AND STOP HARRASSING PEOPLE JUST CAUSE YOU GOT BEAT UP IN GYMCLASS!
There, maybe he'll stop.
Ive got ONE WORD: superhypgermegaglobalmedia
ha! I clicked your goatse link - but the image was notfound - snuck it past me only to be foiled by anandtech's admins i bet... terrific! good work - but my eyes arent burning grub@grub.net
One problem: The Gaming industry relies on upstream bandwidth - and its an even BIGGER industry than movies/music.
While i dont doubt that riaa/mpaa would LOVE what you suggest, i think the game publishers might not like that...
'more choices are good' is moot in this case... apples and oranges.
The relevant characteristics of software (for example) are stability, speed and size (whatever) but the LICENSE terms instantly changes the items available for choosing. You cannot consider App A and App B available for the same choice if A comes w/ GPL and B w/ a boilerplate M$-TOS. The things you SACRIFICE by accpeting an industry-standard license greatly reduces the attractiveness of the sw.
In the end, you are forced to NOT compare the two pcs on purely technical merit alone. The GPL is so attractive that there are very few proprietary apps that overcome its weighty TOS.
So to say "choice is good" is only so right, in fact, GPL software cannot be considered an "alternative" at all - it requires that you comprimise your moral, social and legal position if you DONT use GPL. Something that is a much bigger consideration than 'which pc of software' runs faster, more stable or is-smaller... apples and oranges.
make rigid intellectual property licensing choices
Yes they should! Have you *READ* the GPL? We are not talking about abstract whishywashy pieinthesky pseudo stuff here. When you PURCHASE MS Products (spending tax $), you are volunteering to comprimise your position. You place yourself in a position of servitude. When you choose to use GPL software you retain -- you provide a GREATER PUBLIC SERVICE -- because you keep the public free from being beholden to the ominious TOS M$ subjects you to.
I implore my government's public servents to be weary of the position you place ME in. The public service ESPECIALLY needs to use GPL software for the reasons SPECIFICALLY stated in the GPL itself... i cant state it any better.
Interesting, speaking of Disney, have a look down Jerry Beck's website, and you'll find this link.
Timely, relevant and ontopic. not just a little f'ing scary! oh no!!