Actually, in most US states, the age of consent is lower than 18, usually 16 or 17. See this table. In fact, many states have a range, based on the age of the other party.
Now many people think that 18 or 17 or what ever may be too high of "do not cross" line, but I think that everyone agrees that there should be some line. I mean, whatever your age, should there ever be a time when it is ok to have sex with a 9 year old? How about 10? Try coming up with an age that way, especially if you have a daughter, as most lawmakers do, and see what arbitrary age or range you come up with.
If by 'more sophisticated' you mean harder for the RIAA to shut down, I agree with you. But how many people think Napster would still be going strong if legal issues had not shut it down. I'm sure everyone remembers how easy it was to find any song in seconds in its heyday.
I just have to wonder what a person in the 70's would think about some things that we do have, such as this, and this. While these simple examples are clearly no HAL 9000, I think that a person back then might not be able to tell the difference.
Many different people have to decide this. That is how most crimes get prosecuted. Usually, but not all of the time, someone has to complain. If the theater had not complained, the kid would certainly not have been arrested.
Second, the police have to care enough to arrest you. The police have a lot of discretion as to whom they have to arrest. Most people on slashdot think this is a bad thing, but they need this discretion to do their job. Now perhaps in this case, the policeman was ordered to make the arrest, but in many other cases he might not have to. Say, a kid stealing a candy bar from a deli, or a fight in a bar were no one really gets hurt.
Next you have to get the prosecutor to take the case. Many cases where there are lawful arrests get dropped because the case has no merit. You might be legally arrested for spitting on the sidewalk in front of a cop, but that doesn't mean the prosecutor HAS to follow though with the case.
An finally we get to the Judge. There is a reason that there are ranges of sentences. That allows a judge to fairly weigh a punishment with a crime. maybe a year would be fair for a hardcore pirate that is working in a theater. this kid would never see a day in jail.
I remember using Logo in grade school. For our final project, I remember designing two custom cursors to look like a spaceship. The spaceship took off, and then flew around for a bit. Then the front cursor turned into an exploding fireball, with the back half of the spaceship tumbling back down to the ground, and blowing up. I'm pretty sure I got an A.
I wounder what teachers would do if they saw something like this today...
I know this is Slashdot, but try to RTFA before you start flaming. The article clearly states that the 'possible' sentence of life in prison only applies to the following:
Anyone using counterfeit products who "recklessly causes or attempts to cause death" can be imprisoned for life. During a conference call, Justice Department officials gave the example of a hospital using pirated software instead of paying for it.
i.e. manslaughter or attempted murder. Don't get me wrong, that is still tough, but its just the possible sentence. You are not going to get it for trying to burn Vista and failing.
IAAL, and I think you would get a much more useful (ie accurate) answer from a prosecutor. His only client is the government. A defense lawyer you may only tell you what you want to hear, so that you will pay him. Besides, a prosecutor can talk to you about building a case and what goes into it, where as a defense attorney normally only see a case after it has been developed, and then has to poke holes it it from there.
I think a lot of people here are missing the real point, and this is, Are camera phones getting to the point where they are good enough for the Average Joe to use instead of his camera?
I think everyone agrees that I am not going to get as good of a picture from my phone as some $1k Cannon, but for the rest of us that just carry around a 4 or 5 MP point & shoot, I think many people would be excited if those could now safely be left at home.
does open up some privacy ones as this would allow Time Warner to have a mountain of data about when people are on the internet (not necessarily where they go, but when and where they connected).
How is this any different from the data that they could be collecting on their customers right now?
I already have to play $29/month for internet on my phone (T-Mobile). On my last month's statement I used 25 megabytes. If that isn't the biggest rip-off, I don't know what is.
To be fair, I think that gives me access to T-Mobile hotspots, but I have no need for those.
You just reformat the MBR with a Windows boot disk to have it point back to the windows partition. Then you can always use something like partition magic to reclaim the space. Others have pointed you to a tutorial.
How are these still the #1 loss per incident crime? Have people really learned nothing, or are all of these crimes targeting new users of the internet.
I would say that auction fraud could happen to just about anyone.
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Actually, in most US states, the age of consent is lower than 18, usually 16 or 17. See this table. In fact, many states have a range, based on the age of the other party.
Now many people think that 18 or 17 or what ever may be too high of "do not cross" line, but I think that everyone agrees that there should be some line. I mean, whatever your age, should there ever be a time when it is ok to have sex with a 9 year old? How about 10? Try coming up with an age that way, especially if you have a daughter, as most lawmakers do, and see what arbitrary age or range you come up with.
If by 'more sophisticated' you mean harder for the RIAA to shut down, I agree with you. But how many people think Napster would still be going strong if legal issues had not shut it down. I'm sure everyone remembers how easy it was to find any song in seconds in its heyday.
I just have to wonder what a person in the 70's would think about some things that we do have, such as this, and this. While these simple examples are clearly no HAL 9000, I think that a person back then might not be able to tell the difference.
Would you want to work in a skyscraper designed by the fools of the internet, or maybe engineers?
I have no problem with public comment and input, but why don't we leave the law writing to the lawyers.
Let me fix that for how it is for most people.. 1) Work 2) Try to break even.
I wonder what Ohio law has to say about this old common law idea.
I wonder how different this discussion would be if it was a small Mom and Pop shop instead of a big cooperation.
Is this a test to see how may people will blindly fill out a form that requests a person's name, DOB, and SSN?
Sounds like a pretty good use for RFID tags? Doesn't it?
If everyone is so worried about their privacy, then take the subway and pay for your card with cash.
Getting more people to take the subway is the main reason for the congestion plan in the first place.
Not really.
Many different people have to decide this. That is how most crimes get prosecuted. Usually, but not all of the time, someone has to complain. If the theater had not complained, the kid would certainly not have been arrested.
Second, the police have to care enough to arrest you. The police have a lot of discretion as to whom they have to arrest. Most people on slashdot think this is a bad thing, but they need this discretion to do their job. Now perhaps in this case, the policeman was ordered to make the arrest, but in many other cases he might not have to. Say, a kid stealing a candy bar from a deli, or a fight in a bar were no one really gets hurt.
Next you have to get the prosecutor to take the case. Many cases where there are lawful arrests get dropped because the case has no merit. You might be legally arrested for spitting on the sidewalk in front of a cop, but that doesn't mean the prosecutor HAS to follow though with the case.
An finally we get to the Judge. There is a reason that there are ranges of sentences. That allows a judge to fairly weigh a punishment with a crime. maybe a year would be fair for a hardcore pirate that is working in a theater. this kid would never see a day in jail.
Got to love Slashdot where an IANAL can tell the HARVARD (!) Law Review what is unconstitutional.
I walk into unlocked front doors everyday without explicit permission.
These places are called stores.
The sarcasm police called. You're under arrest.
I remember using Logo in grade school. For our final project, I remember designing two custom cursors to look like a spaceship. The spaceship took off, and then flew around for a bit. Then the front cursor turned into an exploding fireball, with the back half of the spaceship tumbling back down to the ground, and blowing up. I'm pretty sure I got an A.
I wounder what teachers would do if they saw something like this today...
Anyone using counterfeit products who "recklessly causes or attempts to cause death" can be imprisoned for life. During a conference call, Justice Department officials gave the example of a hospital using pirated software instead of paying for it.
i.e. manslaughter or attempted murder. Don't get me wrong, that is still tough, but its just the possible sentence. You are not going to get it for trying to burn Vista and failing.
IAAL, and I think you would get a much more useful (ie accurate) answer from a prosecutor. His only client is the government. A defense lawyer you may only tell you what you want to hear, so that you will pay him. Besides, a prosecutor can talk to you about building a case and what goes into it, where as a defense attorney normally only see a case after it has been developed, and then has to poke holes it it from there.
I think everyone agrees that I am not going to get as good of a picture from my phone as some $1k Cannon, but for the rest of us that just carry around a 4 or 5 MP point & shoot, I think many people would be excited if those could now safely be left at home.
How is this any different from the data that they could be collecting on their customers right now?
To be fair, I think that gives me access to T-Mobile hotspots, but I have no need for those.
You just reformat the MBR with a Windows boot disk to have it point back to the windows partition. Then you can always use something like partition magic to reclaim the space. Others have pointed you to a tutorial.
I would say that auction fraud could happen to just about anyone.
You know that the super hackers only hack the Gibson.