Ehhhh... if you choose to make a publication (which you have the rights to) available on the net, for example your dissertation, then you have given the permission for everyone (including us Swedes) to download it. Where did you get the notion that it is illegal to download your dissertation?/Skion
After talking to the person responsible at the Justide Department, this is also my impression. The gist of it: you are allowed to make a copy of a CD or DVD for personal use, for example making a copy of your ABBA CD to use in the car. But you are not allowed to break a anti-copying scheme to get your copy; in other words, it's up to the copyright holder to decide if you are allowed to copy the CD.
And as Leo describes - you are allowed to circumvent a technical protection if it prevents you from e.g. playing it on your Linux computer or if you have a DVD with North American region code which you wan't to play in Europe.
I'm not sure where the sum 4USD comes from, but to begin with it's absurd - a blank CDR costs anywhere from 6SKr to 10SKr (1USDâ9SKr) in Sweden...
I've actually gone to the source and talked to the justice department, and the current "levy" is 0.02SKr per minute - that would be something like 1.40SKr per CD. According to the person I spoke to, they are upping this slightly; to what level I'm not sure, but definitely not to 4USD!!!
It depends on if you are an American citizen or not:
"The program could be employed in support of lawful military operations outside the United States and lawful foreign intelligence operations conducted against non-U.S. citizens."
Then again, how do they know that you are an American citizen without reading your email and checking you up?
Never fear, we'll soon be trained into viewing commercials with filmbreaks as the rest of the world, thus restoring the order to the civilized world:-)
Ahum, I would be careful to draw thos conclusions based on the fact that IBM once supported OS/2...
We have big players supporting BT such as Nokia, Ericsson, Philips, Intel, 3Com and a bunch of japanese big-number consumerware companies.
BT has, has many pointed out, had some start up problems but has there been any major technology that hasn't?
BT is open to anyone who uphelds a bunch of simple rules (membership in the SIG, certification of software & hardware etc). No-one holds a license which you have to pay for; thus the comparison with Btamax/VHS is not completely accurate./Skion
There are a few companies already promising 5USD chip prices sort of (if you place an order for 1000000 units or more:-) but the keyword is chip prices. Above this comes software development/licenses, manufacturing etc etc, so in the end the price for end consumers will be probably 25-35USD for the BT part./Skion
Hmmm., please tell me more: I am by now way a legal expert, but if I understand you correctly a company can promise their customers almost anything concerning the handling of their customers information and data, but as soon as they go bankrupt they don't need to follow any agreements made with their customers?
Do you have any references to actual law or practicies in this case? Who decides that the "protected" data is an asset that may be sold - is the company or a legal institution? Is this specific for US law?
Basically, I am not surprised that these things happen - if a company can use a loophole in the laws and make money out of it they will. The only way to make them not do it is to make laws that regulate what companies can do and can not do.
I have never quite understood those opposing laws and regulations, claiming that "consumer power" and other public pressure will keep companies on the rug.
This is interesting: although the 2.4GHz band is "unlicensed" it doesn't mean there is no regulation. For example, in Europe all 2.4 GHz equipment has to fulfill certain regulations derived by ETSI (European Telecomunications Standards Institute):
ETS 300 328
ETS 300 826
The later standard is used for Bluetooth applications; from what I understand all equipment must abide to ETS 3090 328.
The fact that the Siemens Gigaset and X10 are noisy could be that the ETSI standards actually allows them to do prett much what they want to; it could also be the case of bad design of the X10 or Gigaset equipment. I have seen plenty of cases where equipment from wellknown manufacturers claims to be approved according to CE emissions standards (EN55022/23), but when measured up proves to be way of.
Regarding Bluetooth, it is my understanding (after working with it for one year from a hardware designer perspective) that BT is designed to work in "noisy" environments. BTs frequency jumping scheme is designed to make the most of the frequency band, even if there are cordless phones and wireless LANs using the spectrum also. Also, BT is a low power technique in contrast to IEE802.11 and possibly the cordless telephones. I have followed some threads regarding possible interference between IEEE802.11 and BT, and the latest information is that they do not interfere and thus can coexist.
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Ehhhh... if you choose to make a publication (which you have the rights to) available on the net, for example your dissertation, then you have given the permission for everyone (including us Swedes) to download it. Where did you get the notion that it is illegal to download your dissertation? /Skion
0.025 SEK per *minute* not MB => 70 minutes x 0.025 = 1.7SEK per CD /Skion
After talking to the person responsible at the Justide Department, this is also my impression. The gist of it:
you are allowed to make a copy of a CD or DVD for personal use, for example making a copy of your ABBA CD to use in the car. But you are not allowed to break a anti-copying scheme to get your copy; in other words, it's up to the copyright holder to decide if you are allowed to copy the CD.
And as Leo describes - you are allowed to circumvent a technical protection if it prevents you from e.g. playing it on your Linux computer or if you have a DVD with North American region code which you wan't to play in Europe.
Skion
Before everyone goes higgedly piggedly over this:
I'm not sure where the sum 4USD comes from, but to begin with it's absurd - a blank CDR costs anywhere from 6SKr to 10SKr (1USDâ9SKr) in Sweden...
I've actually gone to the source and talked to the justice department, and the current "levy" is 0.02SKr per minute - that would be something like 1.40SKr per CD. According to the person I spoke to, they are upping this slightly; to what level I'm not sure, but definitely not to 4USD!!!
Noter: IAAROS (I Am A Resident Of Sweden)
It depends on if you are an American citizen or not:
"The program could be employed in support of lawful military operations outside the United States and lawful foreign intelligence operations conducted against non-U.S. citizens."
Then again, how do they know that you are an American citizen without reading your email and checking you up?
Never fear, we'll soon be trained into viewing commercials with filmbreaks as the rest of the world, thus restoring the order to the civilized world :-)
Ahum, I would be careful to draw thos conclusions based on the fact that IBM once supported OS/2... We have big players supporting BT such as Nokia, Ericsson, Philips, Intel, 3Com and a bunch of japanese big-number consumerware companies. BT has, has many pointed out, had some start up problems but has there been any major technology that hasn't? BT is open to anyone who uphelds a bunch of simple rules (membership in the SIG, certification of software & hardware etc). No-one holds a license which you have to pay for; thus the comparison with Btamax/VHS is not completely accurate. /Skion
There are a few companies already promising 5USD chip prices sort of (if you place an order for 1000000 units or more :-) but the keyword is chip prices. Above this comes software development/licenses, manufacturing etc etc, so in the end the price for end consumers will be probably 25-35USD for the BT part. /Skion
Hmmm., please tell me more:
I am by now way a legal expert, but if I understand you correctly a company can promise their customers almost anything concerning the handling of their customers information and data, but as soon as they go bankrupt they don't need to follow any agreements made with their customers?
Do you have any references to actual law or practicies in this case? Who decides that the "protected" data is an asset that may be sold - is the company or a legal institution? Is this specific for US law?
Basically, I am not surprised that these things happen - if a company can use a loophole in the laws and make money out of it they will. The only way to make them not do it is to make laws that regulate what companies can do and can not do.
I have never quite understood those opposing laws and regulations, claiming that "consumer power" and other public pressure will keep companies on the rug.
- ETS 300 328
- ETS 300 826
The later standard is used for Bluetooth applications; from what I understand all equipment must abide to ETS 3090 328.The fact that the Siemens Gigaset and X10 are noisy could be that the ETSI standards actually allows them to do prett much what they want to; it could also be the case of bad design of the X10 or Gigaset equipment. I have seen plenty of cases where equipment from wellknown manufacturers claims to be approved according to CE emissions standards (EN55022/23), but when measured up proves to be way of.
Regarding Bluetooth, it is my understanding (after working with it for one year from a hardware designer perspective) that BT is designed to work in "noisy" environments. BTs frequency jumping scheme is designed to make the most of the frequency band, even if there are cordless phones and wireless LANs using the spectrum also.
Also, BT is a low power technique in contrast to IEE802.11 and possibly the cordless telephones.
I have followed some threads regarding possible interference between IEEE802.11 and BT, and the latest information is that they do not interfere and thus can coexist.
Standard disclaimer: I may be wrong