that Amazon can see what I'm shopping for online and at what locations and adjust their pricing accordingly? For example, they can make me the highest possible counter-offer based on what other shops I've checked out, that is still equal or lower to the prices I'm already aware of. Totally sounds feasible to me, and totally anti-competitive as well...
Nokia has over 130,000 employees. Generally, layoffs are not a good sign for a company, however in this case they were expected since they are making major changes to their product line. Is there really a story here? Honest question.
Dear government. You provide the streets, therefore you are responsible for all crimes taking place on said streets. If you cannot stop all crimes on the streets you will face severe penalties.
Therefore, I conclude that this is fucking stupid.
But anyway, this wasn't really even about that obviously infringing software
Which is why I don't think the article was being misleading -- they just didn't focus on that aspect at all since it wasn't relevant to the story. In my view, it's the developer of the software who misled because he is the one who released it as "freeware" in the first place, not the poor bastard caught linking to it. Anyway, let's just agree to disagree...
Maybe parts of that software are infringing, but it was still released as freeware -- that's not misinformation on the article's part. It does look like it uses RealNetworks' dlls to play the video like I assumed, but even then -- what does RealNetworks hope to achieve by going after this obviously discontinued piece of software, especially when there are open source implementations that are real alternatives (har har)? Even their own open source Helix player is a Real Alternative alternative... Sounds like a RealNetworks lawyer got bored.
FYI, no mention of patents in TFA. They are complaining about trademarks and copyrights. Does RealNetworks own the word "Real"? Only as much as Facebook should own the word "Book", if you ask me. I would understand if RealNetworks had some patents that were violated by the freeware in question, but copyrights? Does the freeware actually use RealNetworks' original dlls to decode the video perhaps? Or is this some dickheaded anti-circumvention thing? Whatever the case, I think RealNetworks are being real assholes here.
Slashdot Mirror
(psst.. I was joking)
But but.. how are they going to find a judge who doesn't use wireless technology? The entire system is against them! Oh, the poor trolls!
Seriously though, maybe this one.
Smart businesses learn to respect their customers if they ever hope to have them back
ROFL. Smart businesses rape their customers and get away with it.
that Amazon can see what I'm shopping for online and at what locations and adjust their pricing accordingly? For example, they can make me the highest possible counter-offer based on what other shops I've checked out, that is still equal or lower to the prices I'm already aware of. Totally sounds feasible to me, and totally anti-competitive as well...
Maybe this is the first step towards targeted advertising technology for television...
Nokia has over 130,000 employees. Generally, layoffs are not a good sign for a company, however in this case they were expected since they are making major changes to their product line. Is there really a story here? Honest question.
Dear government. You provide the streets, therefore you are responsible for all crimes taking place on said streets. If you cannot stop all crimes on the streets you will face severe penalties.
Therefore, I conclude that this is fucking stupid.
The Galactic Empire called, they wanted to send that after George Lucas for his crimes against Star Wars.
Come on, admit it. The weirdest little world in this solar system is by far the one infected with humans.
A 26-year-old Massachusetts man with a physics degree
So, what was his Slashdot handle?
"Patent deform" perhaps?
They should hand it to George Lucas.
Clever girl...
Good thing for ILM too, because in 1992 rendering feathered dinosaurs would have taken ages! ;)
An unpopular agency that he helped create, which he now wants to distance himself from.
Yeah, as if anybody listens to what the devs think. It's corporate politics.
FYI, Intel owns McAfee now. This sounds like something between Trend ChipAwayVirus, a hardware debugger and draconian DRM.
No silly, corporations are immortal.
In fact, here in France, it is almost illegal to put "problem" and "nuclear" in the same sentence without any negation...
Is that one of Sarkozy's new policies, because I hear he really has issues with that "freedom" thing...?
But anyway, this wasn't really even about that obviously infringing software
Which is why I don't think the article was being misleading -- they just didn't focus on that aspect at all since it wasn't relevant to the story. In my view, it's the developer of the software who misled because he is the one who released it as "freeware" in the first place, not the poor bastard caught linking to it. Anyway, let's just agree to disagree...
Maybe parts of that software are infringing, but it was still released as freeware -- that's not misinformation on the article's part. It does look like it uses RealNetworks' dlls to play the video like I assumed, but even then -- what does RealNetworks hope to achieve by going after this obviously discontinued piece of software, especially when there are open source implementations that are real alternatives (har har)? Even their own open source Helix player is a Real Alternative alternative... Sounds like a RealNetworks lawyer got bored.
If in doubt, use booth.
FYI, no mention of patents in TFA. They are complaining about trademarks and copyrights. Does RealNetworks own the word "Real"? Only as much as Facebook should own the word "Book", if you ask me. I would understand if RealNetworks had some patents that were violated by the freeware in question, but copyrights? Does the freeware actually use RealNetworks' original dlls to decode the video perhaps? Or is this some dickheaded anti-circumvention thing? Whatever the case, I think RealNetworks are being real assholes here.
There was no point, just a question mark.
That's not what I said and that's not something I implied.