I don't know if this is true or not, but assume that it was. They assumed that he stole a copy of the score, not that he produced his own copy from memory. I don't know what copyright law was like in those days, so I don't know if what he did was considered illegal. Breaking in and stealing a physical copy was certainly illegal.
I'm no expert on the brain or on memory, but I beleive that our brain stores every sight, sound, smell, taste or feeling that we ever experience. We just don't know how to access those memories as fully as we would like. So, if I'm right, everytime we experience a song, book or movie, we make a copy in our head. Just don't tell the RIAA or the MPAA.
Badware Behavior Installs additional software without disclosure (Deceptive installation) Forces users to take an action (Interferes with computer use) Adds AOL toolbar in Internet Explorer (Makes changes to other software without disclosure) Adds additional icons to default Internet Explorer toolbar (Makes changes to other software without disclosure) Adds to "Favorites" in Internet Explorer (Modifies other software without disclosure) Adds AOL Deskbar to the user's taskbar (Modifies other software without disclosure) Updates software automatically (Deceptive installation) Fails to uninstall software completely (Unacceptable unistallation)
Except that you would get to pay for your defense, and depending on where the suit takes place, there my be no grounds to countersue. In short, even if you win, it still costs you a small fortune.
They can ask for anything they want. It doesn't mean you are required to give in. It is their private property and they can ask you to leave. Refusal would be tresspassing. They can only detain you if they suspect you committed a crime. When the police arrive if there is probabal cause THEN the cops can search you.
This is exactly what I love about Thunderbird. I only have 7 different pop accounts, but I LOVE having different inboxes, trash cans, rulesets, etc. for each account.
It may be too much work for you, but what is wrong is creating filters to dump you messages into a common local folder?
I use both QuarkXpress and PageMaker daily (on both Mac and Windows). Trust me, killing the PageMaker sale was the right thing to do. That program has sucked for about 5 years now.
Warez fascinates me I guess, because people that wouldn't steal anything material - ie wouldn't walk into a shop and steal one of these games, feel totally justified in downloading them.
I heard from a few people I know who download warez. Their contention is that they don't download anything they would actually buy, therefore they aren't causing a loss of revenue to the company. Many of them spend a lot of money buying software that they want if they think it's reasonably priced. Then they turn around and DL stuff that they want if they can't justify spending the money. I even know of a few who went and purchased copies of software they had downloaded because they felt it was worth having the full package with books, support, etc.
As far as walking into a shop and shoplifting, that is much different (in their minds). There is media, books and stuff - actually physical property that would otherwise be sold for profit.
If nothing physical is taken, and no revenue is lost, these people seem to be OK with it. It just doesn't sound quite right to me, but these otherwise model citizens have no trouble sleeping at night.
I contend that the reader that I have is mine, base on the following reasons. When I went to Radio Shack and asked the manager if they were giving away free bar code readers, he said "yes". I repeated "Are they free"? And again he said "yes". He even gave me a reciept for the reader and the catalog with the price of $0.00 listed for each item. I kept the reciept, and consider it to be my proof of ownership.
I have not opened the software, I have not read the agreement, I did not break a seal indicating that I had accepted an agreement.
My only agreement is with the manager of the Radio Shack. And twice he told me it was free. Free has very a special meaning, it means FREE.
Thus far I have not used it because I don't have any software that I feel comfortable using.
I am hoping that some kind soul will get around to making some nice windows software that will allow me to use it without having my surfing and shopping habbits tracked.
I went to Radio Shack Friday and requested one of these things. It always makes me nervous when they ask me my name when you buy something there, but I told him anyway. He promptly gave me a reader, their new catalog and a reciept. On the reciept was my name, address and home phone number. I don't remember giving them that info, but it's possible that I did long ago. They also scanned the bar code from the CueCat. Which I guess was to tie my info with the scanner so they could track my use of it.
So now I have this thing, but I have not installed it yet. I'm a little concerned about installing the software and becoming bound to some software agreement, then having them build a database of every item I scan. Has anyone found a way to use this software and block any spyware that may be installed with it? I have a major problem with people tracking my surfing habbits. I delete cookies on contact, and run the Ad Blocking freature on NIS, so the last thing I want to do is to start adding data to a database with my personal info attatched to it.
Does anyone know for sure (they have to be) if they are collecting information on the users of these things? And if so, how is the info being sent back to the mothership. I would like to use this thing, but not at the price they are asking.
Please don't moderate this Offtopic. I know it's borderline. But this is related and kinda important.
If the movie studios want to make it illegal to copy DVDs, or illegal to view them on Linux, then that's their right. They own the movies, and they have a right to license them as they see fit. I disagree with their choice, but I don't think we should legislate against it.
I just checked about half of my DVD collection, none of them have a license that says I can't veiw them on Linux. The only two things that are forbidden is copying and public performance. I have no intention of putting them on public display, and if I had a means of copying them, I could legally make one back-up copy.
The only thing that I feel should be illegal is the ACTUAL ACT of copying for piracy. Any software written, any codes broken, and links put on the net, should not be an issue.
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I don't know if this is true or not, but assume that it was. They assumed that he stole a copy of the score, not that he produced his own copy from memory. I don't know what copyright law was like in those days, so I don't know if what he did was considered illegal. Breaking in and stealing a physical copy was certainly illegal.
I'm no expert on the brain or on memory, but I beleive that our brain stores every sight, sound, smell, taste or feeling that we ever experience. We just don't know how to access those memories as fully as we would like. So, if I'm right, everytime we experience a song, book or movie, we make a copy in our head. Just don't tell the RIAA or the MPAA.
Badware Behavior
Installs additional software without disclosure (Deceptive installation)
Forces users to take an action (Interferes with computer use)
Adds AOL toolbar in Internet Explorer (Makes changes to other software without disclosure)
Adds additional icons to default Internet Explorer toolbar (Makes changes to other software without disclosure)
Adds to "Favorites" in Internet Explorer (Modifies other software without disclosure)
Adds AOL Deskbar to the user's taskbar (Modifies other software without disclosure)
Updates software automatically (Deceptive installation)
Fails to uninstall software completely (Unacceptable unistallation)
More importently, why would any one want to listen unless they were up to no good?
Except that you would get to pay for your defense, and depending on where the suit takes place, there my be no grounds to countersue. In short, even if you win, it still costs you a small fortune.
They can ask for anything they want. It doesn't mean you are required to give in. It is their private property and they can ask you to leave. Refusal would be tresspassing. They can only detain you if they suspect you committed a crime. When the police arrive if there is probabal cause THEN the cops can search you.
Fruit from the posion tree.
Don't you watch Law and Order?
AVG Anti-Virus by Grissoft. Google it.
This is exactly what I love about Thunderbird. I only have 7 different pop accounts, but I LOVE having different inboxes, trash cans, rulesets, etc. for each account.
It may be too much work for you, but what is wrong is creating filters to dump you messages into a common local folder?
The size of this thing is designed to limit it's use to women. What about women that actually have arms, shoulders and (gasp) breasts?
I use both QuarkXpress and PageMaker daily (on both Mac and Windows). Trust me, killing the PageMaker sale was the right thing to do. That program has sucked for about 5 years now.
Also try Prose Edda of Snorri Sturluson : Tales from Norse Mythology ISBN: 0-520-01232-1
Amazon has it with sample pages and the complete index.
You'll see where a lot of the names came from, including Gandalf and most all of the dwarves from The Hobbit.
Warez fascinates me I guess, because people that wouldn't steal anything material - ie wouldn't walk into a shop and steal one of these games, feel totally justified in downloading them.
I heard from a few people I know who download warez. Their contention is that they don't download anything they would actually buy, therefore they aren't causing a loss of revenue to the company. Many of them spend a lot of money buying software that they want if they think it's reasonably priced. Then they turn around and DL stuff that they want if they can't justify spending the money. I even know of a few who went and purchased copies of software they had downloaded because they felt it was worth having the full package with books, support, etc.
As far as walking into a shop and shoplifting, that is much different (in their minds). There is media, books and stuff - actually physical property that would otherwise be sold for profit.
If nothing physical is taken, and no revenue is lost, these people seem to be OK with it. It just doesn't sound quite right to me, but these otherwise model citizens have no trouble sleeping at night.
I contend that the reader that I have is mine, base on the following reasons. When I went to Radio Shack and asked the manager if they were giving away free bar code readers, he said "yes". I repeated "Are they free"? And again he said "yes". He even gave me a reciept for the reader and the catalog with the price of $0.00 listed for each item. I kept the reciept, and consider it to be my proof of ownership.
I have not opened the software, I have not read the agreement, I did not break a seal indicating that I had accepted an agreement.
My only agreement is with the manager of the Radio Shack. And twice he told me it was free. Free has very a special meaning, it means FREE.
Thus far I have not used it because I don't have any software that I feel comfortable using.
I am hoping that some kind soul will get around to making some nice windows software that will allow me to use it without having my surfing and shopping habbits tracked.
Had I known I was already in the database, I would have. I guess I'll have to pick a name from the phonebook and go get another one.
And thanks for being so understanding...
At least I didn't USE the damn thing.
I went to Radio Shack Friday and requested one of these things. It always makes me nervous when they ask me my name when you buy something there, but I told him anyway. He promptly gave me a reader, their new catalog and a reciept. On the reciept was my name, address and home phone number. I don't remember giving them that info, but it's possible that I did long ago. They also scanned the bar code from the CueCat. Which I guess was to tie my info with the scanner so they could track my use of it.
So now I have this thing, but I have not installed it yet. I'm a little concerned about installing the software and becoming bound to some software agreement, then having them build a database of every item I scan. Has anyone found a way to use this software and block any spyware that may be installed with it? I have a major problem with people tracking my surfing habbits. I delete cookies on contact, and run the Ad Blocking freature on NIS, so the last thing I want to do is to start adding data to a database with my personal info attatched to it.
Does anyone know for sure (they have to be) if they are collecting information on the users of these things? And if so, how is the info being sent back to the mothership. I would like to use this thing, but not at the price they are asking.
Please don't moderate this Offtopic. I know it's borderline. But this is related and kinda important.
If the movie studios want to make it illegal to copy DVDs, or illegal to view them on Linux, then that's their right. They own the movies, and they have a right to license them as they see fit. I disagree with their choice, but I don't think we should legislate against it.
I just checked about half of my DVD collection, none of them have a license that says I can't veiw them on Linux. The only two things that are forbidden is copying and public performance. I have no intention of putting them on public display, and if I had a means of copying them, I could legally make one back-up copy.
The only thing that I feel should be illegal is the ACTUAL ACT of copying for piracy. Any software written, any codes broken, and links put on the net, should not be an issue.
If anyone knows were I can get a device like this, please let me know. I've been searching for one for quite a while.
Exactly, telemarketing is a much bigger issue than handguns on a bedside table.