Isn't this part of what the DMCA was desinged to prevent. If a movie is show with edited scenes (from a non offical source)wouldn't the movie possibly be taken out of context.
Assume for a second that it was a biography, is that not slander?
One approach to abusive or unfair licensing practices would be to rescind the Recommendation. It's clear that having a W3C Recommendation that would require patented technology increases the value of the patent to the patent holder substantially. So, if the patent holder is not willing to license its patent in some terms (RF or RAND depending on the policy we adopt) then we should consider rescinding the Recommendation as it cannot promote interoperability. W3C is discussing a mechanism to do this.
How effective would it be to rescind a recomendation of a technology that has already been deployed/adopted? Am I missing something here? This seems like it had better be figured out before hand.
I have been using Windows XP with Office XP to do work, for the last few days. The upside is it is good for beginners while keeping the features of 2k. If one has never used an NT version of windows they are very likely to be impressed (and IMO rightly so).
On the flipside, it does seem to be a little slower than 2k, and somewhat buggy working with third party software (particularly games). Assumedly this will be working out in coming bug fixes witch MS solicits from you every time an application crashes.
In other words I would enthusiastically recommend it to a home windows user. In an office that already uses a version of NT on the other hand, the switch may not be necessarily.
My concern is when I have to rate my website or be effectively censored. The prospect of a portal operator, a school, or anyone telling me that I should have to rate my site is chilling.
The more people that go along and adopt this, the more of a "standard" it will become. I'm afraid other non compliant sights, will be forced to either rate themselves, or loss exposure.
It also concerns me as to what the cumulative effect on more risqué sites is, as they may try to tone down potentially objectionable content to pass through the filters
The could really be the cool part. I am no coder but think for a second about a gaming company that puts games out on windows. Maybe they would be the type of subscriber that would pay for extra votes.
This could work at more then one level. You could save the man power of porting your own game. This could be a winner for the company, the software firm, and the gaming community.
Think of writing you Rep as voting in the off season. Obviously people with more money time, etc...
The rule of thumb is 10 letters gets a staffer on the issue.
According to NYPIRG (when I worked there) there is an accepted rule of thumb for what the Rep thinks an issue letter equals in terms of voters. If anyone has these numbers it would be good to post them.
It would be cool if some people got together and set up a slash site discussing a course at MIT. Anyone could do it, and it would at least help add what is missing from not attending the actual class.
Of course one of the drawbacks could be the dissemination of misinformation. But I think that on the whole it could be a positive supplemental aid. Any thoughts?
When I was in college, my campus had an activist group for pretty much everything. Sometimes we worked together on issues, and other times we worked alone. IMO,/.ers that are currently in college should try and make inroads with other groups that would tend to support our goals.
I realize that there are a lot of barriers to entry, as far as explaining the ramifications of this act to non technical people. However, once some sort of awareness is achieved, I really believe that college students (specifically activists) would at least give some help to this cause. How about a postcard/fax drive, petition, informational meeting etc?
This is a great thing. The FTC protects people from fraud and other illegal business practices. That is what they are doing in this instance. The FCC regulates the airwaves, television, and so forth.
The government isn't "getting involved in the internet" in any new creative way. They are just protecting consumers (us) from fraudulent illegal business practices
Next time get the FCC FTC thing correct before you post, it completely changes the context of the article.
I understand the issues of building copy controls into hardware. Unfortunately my friends and family do not. Is it possible to explain this to someone in a non alarmist manner (not the MS/the Govt will control all your data)? The only way I can think to explain it is by giving an overview of low level languages, current copy protection schemes, etc.
Almost all of the spam I get has to do with someone trying to take money from me. Removing commercial spam would clear up almost all of the unsolicited mail I get.
Now if there was just a way to prosecute my friends for sending me those dumb online petitions, love polls, hoaxes, and badly written editorials.
What if you got an email address at say yahoo's UK site. You could read the TOS and I would imagine be subject to their laws. Even if you are technically ineligible due to U.S. residency, how is a spammer going to know that.
having.co.uk as a suffix could save you alot of hassel.
How many people (percentage wise) actually block ads do you think? I can't imagine that it is a significant part of the population. Any site owners care to comment?
Additionally, I noticed that the first paragraph of the story says this blocking adds insult to injury. I'm injuring someone by merely visiting their page?
It seems to me that its the music industry that is getting taken for a ride. This guy so much as said that it would be the record company's choice to sue a person circumventing their copy protection.
He does not seem to have a lot of faith in his own technology does he? Why no vigorously defend your protection scheme? It doesn't make sense to me.
I'm not sure how we can both be flame bait but I suppose that is the moderator's prerogative.:)
My choice of words was poor. What I meant to say was that I am very impressed by the new Mandrake, and think it is very well suited to the desktop (especially those that don't like to configure much).
Mandrake is really a very impressive distribution. It really is easier to install then any Windows version I have tried (possibly excepting XP). They way they are going I would not be surprised to see Mandrake become the de facto standard for end user Linux (not just newbie).
As a resident of Brooklyn I can sympathize with your statement to a point. However, just because the police did a good job with this current tragedy does not mean that all their other behavior is acceptable. We still need to keep a close eye on those that are protecting us, as they have proven themselves in the past to be not responsible enough for us to ignore.
I caution you to avoid the urge to let things slide that should not. The police department may have acted well in this situation (and I assume they have), however very few residents will deny that their past abuses make them a completely trustworthy agency.
I urge you not to ignore the facts in the name of patritoism
I am not worried about law enforcement reading my email per se. What I'm concerned about is my competitor, enemy, or boss having access to my personal communications.
Making a deliberate flaw in a scheme makes this more possible as we all know.
I know exactly what you mean! Think about what we do here day in and day out. We talk about the incremental release of software as if it's the most important thing in the world.
We endlessly follow every possible civil liberties encroachment though/., mailing lists, Usenet, etc.
I read Slashdot compulsively. I also read Slate, Salon, and the NYT daily. Have I really learned anything important, or am I just wasting time? I tend to think more towards the later.
This is a timely topic in wake of the recent tragic events. I have been refreshing CNN and MSNBC's website obsessively searching for the latest (often wrongly reported) news.
OTOH what is the alternative? It seems today, it is important to process a lot of information quickly. I'm just not sure that I know what is important.
nah it happens all the time. I would probably do the same thing. It would be very hard to memorize a speech in the short of time. All it is is a aural telaprompter.
Yes the citizens are as innocent. Many people are starving to death, being confined to their homes, beaten by government officials, and denied basic human rights.
Most people would consider the plight of the Afghani people to be terribly sad. I do not think bombing a bunch of civilians would improve matters much (for them).
Are you trolling with this extremely hawkish angle or are you being genuine? Just asking I will continue to respond if you assure me that this isn't a joke.
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Isn't this part of what the DMCA was desinged to prevent. If a movie is show with edited scenes (from a non offical source)wouldn't the movie possibly be taken out of context.
Assume for a second that it was a biography, is that not slander?
what is a level one emergency? Is that a bigger or smaller emergency than level two? Anyone know about this sort of thing?
How effective would it be to rescind a recomendation of a technology that has already been deployed/adopted? Am I missing something here? This seems like it had better be figured out before hand.
I have been using Windows XP with Office XP to do work, for the last few days. The upside is it is good for beginners while keeping the features of 2k. If one has never used an NT version of windows they are very likely to be impressed (and IMO rightly so).
On the flipside, it does seem to be a little slower than 2k, and somewhat buggy working with third party software (particularly games). Assumedly this will be working out in coming bug fixes witch MS solicits from you every time an application crashes.
In other words I would enthusiastically recommend it to a home windows user. In an office that already uses a version of NT on the other hand, the switch may not be necessarily.
Limited sample size of two workstations, YMMV.
My concern is when I have to rate my website or be effectively censored. The prospect of a portal operator, a school, or anyone telling me that I should have to rate my site is chilling.
The more people that go along and adopt this, the more of a "standard" it will become. I'm afraid other non compliant sights, will be forced to either rate themselves, or loss exposure.
It also concerns me as to what the cumulative effect on more risqué sites is, as they may try to tone down potentially objectionable content to pass through the filters
The could really be the cool part. I am no coder but think for a second about a gaming company that puts games out on windows. Maybe they would be the type of subscriber that would pay for extra votes.
This could work at more then one level. You could save the man power of porting your own game. This could be a winner for the company, the software firm, and the gaming community.
Think of writing you Rep as voting in the off season. Obviously people with more money time, etc...
The rule of thumb is 10 letters gets a staffer on the issue.
According to NYPIRG (when I worked there) there is an accepted rule of thumb for what the Rep thinks an issue letter equals in terms of voters. If anyone has these numbers it would be good to post them.
It would be cool if some people got together and set up a slash site discussing a course at MIT. Anyone could do it, and it would at least help add what is missing from not attending the actual class.
Of course one of the drawbacks could be the dissemination of misinformation. But I think that on the whole it could be a positive supplemental aid. Any thoughts?
When I was in college, my campus had an activist group for pretty much everything. Sometimes we worked together on issues, and other times we worked alone. IMO, /.ers that are currently in college should try and make inroads with other groups that would tend to support our goals.
I realize that there are a lot of barriers to entry, as far as explaining the ramifications of this act to non technical people. However, once some sort of awareness is achieved, I really believe that college students (specifically activists) would at least give some help to this cause. How about a postcard/fax drive, petition, informational meeting etc?
College is an ideal place to act ideologically!
This is a great thing. The FTC protects people from fraud and other illegal business practices. That is what they are doing in this instance. The FCC regulates the airwaves, television, and so forth.
The government isn't "getting involved in the internet" in any new creative way. They are just protecting consumers (us) from fraudulent illegal business practices
Next time get the FCC FTC thing correct before you post, it completely changes the context of the article.
I understand the issues of building copy controls into hardware. Unfortunately my friends and family do not. Is it possible to explain this to someone in a non alarmist manner (not the MS/the Govt will control all your data)? The only way I can think to explain it is by giving an overview of low level languages, current copy protection schemes, etc.
How do you explain this to your Mom?
Almost all of the spam I get has to do with someone trying to take money from me. Removing commercial spam would clear up almost all of the unsolicited mail I get.
Now if there was just a way to prosecute my friends for sending me those dumb online petitions, love polls, hoaxes, and badly written editorials.
What if you got an email address at say yahoo's UK site. You could read the TOS and I would imagine be subject to their laws. Even if you are technically ineligible due to U.S. residency, how is a spammer going to know that.
.co.uk as a suffix could save you alot of hassel.
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Just a thought
I see no mention of this on Excite's home page and they have a news service. Take a look nothing there!
:)
I get all my news from one source
How many people (percentage wise) actually block ads do you think? I can't imagine that it is a significant part of the population. Any site owners care to comment?
Additionally, I noticed that the first paragraph of the story says this blocking adds insult to injury. I'm injuring someone by merely visiting their page?
It seems to me that its the music industry that is getting taken for a ride. This guy so much as said that it would be the record company's choice to sue a person circumventing their copy protection.
He does not seem to have a lot of faith in his own technology does he? Why no vigorously defend your protection scheme? It doesn't make sense to me.
I'm not sure how we can both be flame bait but I suppose that is the moderator's prerogative. :)
My choice of words was poor. What I meant to say was that I am very impressed by the new Mandrake, and think it is very well suited to the desktop (especially those that don't like to configure much).
Mandrake is really a very impressive distribution. It really is easier to install then any Windows version I have tried (possibly excepting XP). They way they are going I would not be surprised to see Mandrake become the de facto standard for end user Linux (not just newbie).
And that is without mentioning the new KDE!
As a resident of Brooklyn I can sympathize with your statement to a point. However, just because the police did a good job with this current tragedy does not mean that all their other behavior is acceptable. We still need to keep a close eye on those that are protecting us, as they have proven themselves in the past to be not responsible enough for us to ignore.
I caution you to avoid the urge to let things slide that should not. The police department may have acted well in this situation (and I assume they have), however very few residents will deny that their past abuses make them a completely trustworthy agency.
I urge you not to ignore the facts in the name of patritoism
I am not worried about law enforcement reading my email per se. What I'm concerned about is my competitor, enemy, or boss having access to my personal communications.
Making a deliberate flaw in a scheme makes this more possible as we all know.
I know exactly what you mean! Think about what we do here day in and day out. We talk about the incremental release of software as if it's the most important thing in the world.
/., mailing lists, Usenet, etc.
We endlessly follow every possible civil liberties encroachment though
I read Slashdot compulsively. I also read Slate, Salon, and the NYT daily. Have I really learned anything important, or am I just wasting time? I tend to think more towards the later.
This is a timely topic in wake of the recent tragic events. I have been refreshing CNN and MSNBC's website obsessively searching for the latest (often wrongly reported) news.
OTOH what is the alternative? It seems today, it is important to process a lot of information quickly. I'm just not sure that I know what is important.
not at all. I want to see what I want to see and don't want to see what i don't want to see.
I'm not averse to changing content per se. I just want to be the one changing it.
Would you like it if I patented a derivitive work of yours after I expressly forbid you to.
What they are doing is stealing code!
nah it happens all the time. I would probably do the same thing. It would be very hard to memorize a speech in the short of time. All it is is a aural telaprompter.
Yes the citizens are as innocent. Many people are starving to death, being confined to their homes, beaten by government officials, and denied basic human rights.
Most people would consider the plight of the Afghani people to be terribly sad. I do not think bombing a bunch of civilians would improve matters much (for them).
Are you trolling with this extremely hawkish angle or are you being genuine? Just asking I will continue to respond if you assure me that this isn't a joke.