According to the very well written judgement he can only be extradited if there is a proportional offence in the UK.
107(2A) Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988: “A person who infringes copyright in a work by communicating the work in public (a) in the course of business, or (b) otherwise than in the course of business but to such an extent as to affect prejudicially the owner of the copyright commits an offence if he knows or has reason to believe that, by doing so he is infringing copyright in that work.
I think this stinks, but it seems perfectly legal.
You're looking at it wrongly. I recently had solar power installed because - long term - it pays off.
Let's say your numbers are correct. $30k to install. $150/month saved. That's similar to my situation in the UK.
Your payback period is about 17 years (although potentially longer if you had to take out a loan to pay for them).
Most solar panels are guaranteed for 25 years (or, rather, their operating performance won't drop by more than a certain percentage per year).
So, for the remaining 8 years, you're earning $150 per month - that's $14k. That's not a terrible ROI.
However! What if there's an energy crisis? All of a sudden, you're saving $300 per month. Or, depending on where you live, you can sell your excess electricity back into the grid for a profit.
Worse case scenario, the cost of electricity plummets and you're left with an overprices UPS on your roof.
... How many Post-It Notes can I steal before I'm fired? One? A pack? A crate?
Working overtime and not being paid is the equivalent of the company stealing your time.
Now, I'm a reasonable guy. I'll go home half an our late and not put in for overtime / TOIL. But you better believe that I'm taking some Post-Its with me.
The thing that stops me taking the Kindle is the huge upfront cost. I can buy 200 books for the price of one Kindle. Obviously, the Kindle has all sorts of advantages over regular books, but it's quite a steep cost.
I think Amazon should subsidise the books. Make the Kindle come with, say, $200 worth of vouchers redeemable in the Amazon store. Make it $100 worth of general vouchers and $100 worth of 2-for-1 deals. Anything to cut the apparent cost of the hardware.
Digital content has no intrinsic cost, so it's not much of a subsidy on their behalf.
The salient point is that Arkell's lawyers wrote to Private Eye saying "Our client's attitude to damages will depend on the nature of your reply". Private Eye's response was "We would be interested to know what your client's attitude to damages would be if the nature of our reply were as follows: Fuck off".
I recommend that people take this option more often. I *am* a lawyer - this is legal advice.
Qik - and other live streaming services - could be a very important part of our society. I dislike the idea of a panopticon - but I'd rather have one controlled by "us" rather than "them".
1) Want to make sure you're not disturbed once you've left work?
Options - Auto On/Off. Set the BlackBerry to switch itself off after 1830 and automatically on at 0830 (adjust for your work patterns).
2) Sick of getting Every. Single. Fricking. Email?
Mail - Options - Email Filters. My BlackBerry is set only to receive emails from my immediate boss, his boss, my wife, family, and anything with the subject "Urgent".
Sadly - you can't automatically switch them on/off. But at the weekend, you can go in and switch off the work filters. Hey presto, you'll only get the email you really care about at the weekend.
Nokia's N95 8GB comes with a TV-out cable in the box. Hook it up to a 42 inch plasma screen, pair a bluetooth keyboard with the phone and you're all set.
You can even play Quake on it.
Use the built in Webkit browser or install Opera.
It has full desktop-style office apps available. Out of the box it can read.doc and.ppt and a few others.
It has a media streamer (realplayer) so you can watch TV, listen to Internet radio, podcasts etc.
There's a mobile version of DivX which will play your "backups".
Want to go insane with yourbandwidth? Try the Bit Torrent client that's available - SymTorrent. Mind you, you're better off using the built in WiFi for that.
It's a slightly older game, but Star Wars - Galactic Battlegrounds is great in co-op. While you can't take over your partner's character, you can work together against the enemy/enemies, share your resources, patrol and protect your partner etc.
Good luck finding a cheap / pro bono lawyer who is prepared to fight the ten thousand lawyers that SuperMegaCorp will throw at you when you try to sue them for unfair dismissal AND win.
Even if you could go up against them, they can play the game until your resources are gone. I view my union dues like some people view legal insurance.
The UK has some very strong employee rights - but I would still recommend that anyone join a union.
I'm a member of Connect which is a specialist union for professionals in the Telecoms sector.
The way I look at it is like this: my employer has several floors of lawyers - how many do I have? I hope never to have to fight my employer for my rights (sick leave, working time directive, disciplinary etc) but if I do - I want a team of lawyers on my side.
I realise that the situation in the USA is different - the corruption and ties to organised crime that you see doesn't seem to have affected unions over here.
It's important to draw a distinction between "You can't do that - it's not your job" unions and "You can't do that to me - it's illegal" unions. The former are usually found with low-paying, blue collar works who have a vested interest in protecting their job at the expense of all else - including the company. The latter are usually composed of professional members who own shares in their employer and who want reassurance that should the worst happen, they're legally protected.
I view my union dues (less than £10 per month) on the same level as life assurance, building insurance etc. I don't want to pay them - but I realise it's probably a good idea. In fact, as well as all the legal help, my union also provide me with sickness and death benefit as well as good deals on general insurance etc.
Basically, if you think your employer is perfect and would never shit on you from a great height - don't join a union. If you live in the real world - sign up.
Really? The Wii is limited to 480p - so that's a rubbish picture for those of us in PAL territories. The sound is limited to stereo - so no DD or DTS. Considering an £20 DVD will have digital sound and better quality - why bother using the Wii in that way?
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You can you watch a video of the talk on YouTube - or read the slides at BlackHat.
Fairly interesting to see how buffer-overflows can occur in the most unlikely places.
According to the very well written judgement he can only be extradited if there is a proportional offence in the UK.
I think this stinks, but it seems perfectly legal.
You're looking at it wrongly. I recently had solar power installed because - long term - it pays off.
Let's say your numbers are correct. $30k to install. $150/month saved. That's similar to my situation in the UK.
Your payback period is about 17 years (although potentially longer if you had to take out a loan to pay for them).
Most solar panels are guaranteed for 25 years (or, rather, their operating performance won't drop by more than a certain percentage per year).
So, for the remaining 8 years, you're earning $150 per month - that's $14k. That's not a terrible ROI.
However! What if there's an energy crisis? All of a sudden, you're saving $300 per month. Or, depending on where you live, you can sell your excess electricity back into the grid for a profit.
Worse case scenario, the cost of electricity plummets and you're left with an overprices UPS on your roof.
I say go for it!
http://shkspr.mobi/blog/index.php/2010/08/ebook-libraries-and-drm/
I wrote about this a few weeks ago.
It works in Linux if you can get Adobe Digital Editions to run under WINE.
But the whole concept of "borrowing" a digital file is nonsense.
The system for borrowing music is run on Overdrive Media Console. Linux unfriendly - but works on Android.... Go figure.
Nokia sell over 20 different models in the USA with built in FM - http://www.nokiausa.com/find-products/phones
The BBC's news is legally obliged to be impartial. You can argue how successful it has been and how much more work it needs to do. But given that the right-wing parties say it has a liberal bias and the left-wing parties say it is too conservative; I'd say it is probably doing a good job of staying neutral.
... How many Post-It Notes can I steal before I'm fired?
One? A pack? A crate?
Working overtime and not being paid is the equivalent of the company stealing your time.
Now, I'm a reasonable guy. I'll go home half an our late and not put in for overtime / TOIL. But you better believe that I'm taking some Post-Its with me.
The thing that stops me taking the Kindle is the huge upfront cost. I can buy 200 books for the price of one Kindle. Obviously, the Kindle has all sorts of advantages over regular books, but it's quite a steep cost.
I think Amazon should subsidise the books. Make the Kindle come with, say, $200 worth of vouchers redeemable in the Amazon store. Make it $100 worth of general vouchers and $100 worth of 2-for-1 deals. Anything to cut the apparent cost of the hardware.
Digital content has no intrinsic cost, so it's not much of a subsidy on their behalf.
What's odd is that Android not only allows the playing of .ogg files, all of the included ringtones are in the .ogg format.
http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Android+ogg
...well, actually, Robert Llewellyn (Kryten) announced it on Llewtube quite some time ago.
You can also get regular updates from him by following @bobbyllew on twitter.
He's a really good user of social media - he's very active on YouTube and twitter.
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The case to which you are referring is Arkell vs Pressdram.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arkell_vs_Pressdram#Litigation
The salient point is that Arkell's lawyers wrote to Private Eye saying "Our client's attitude to damages will depend on the nature of your reply". Private Eye's response was "We would be interested to know what your client's attitude to damages would be if the nature of our reply were as follows: Fuck off".
I recommend that people take this option more often. I *am* a lawyer - this is legal advice.
This happened to me.
I was stopped & searched by the police on the London Transport System. I streamed it live to Qik via an N95 8GB.
It was very interesting to see how quickly the video spread around.
Qik - and other live streaming services - could be a very important part of our society. I dislike the idea of a panopticon - but I'd rather have one controlled by "us" rather than "them".
Two Top Tips to Improve your Work/Life Balance.
1) Want to make sure you're not disturbed once you've left work?
Options - Auto On/Off. Set the BlackBerry to switch itself off after 1830 and automatically on at 0830 (adjust for your work patterns).
2) Sick of getting Every. Single. Fricking. Email?
Mail - Options - Email Filters.
My BlackBerry is set only to receive emails from my immediate boss, his boss, my wife, family, and anything with the subject "Urgent".
Sadly - you can't automatically switch them on/off. But at the weekend, you can go in and switch off the work filters. Hey presto, you'll only get the email you really care about at the weekend.
T
You can.
Nokia's N95 8GB comes with a TV-out cable in the box. Hook it up to a 42 inch plasma screen, pair a bluetooth keyboard with the phone and you're all set.
You can even play Quake on it.
Use the built in Webkit browser or install Opera.
It has full desktop-style office apps available. Out of the box it can read .doc and .ppt and a few others.
It has a media streamer (realplayer) so you can watch TV, listen to Internet radio, podcasts etc.
There's a mobile version of DivX which will play your "backups".
Want to go insane with yourbandwidth? Try the Bit Torrent client that's available - SymTorrent. Mind you, you're better off using the built in WiFi for that.
Better keep a charger nearby!
It's a slightly older game, but Star Wars - Galactic Battlegrounds is great in co-op. While you can't take over your partner's character, you can work together against the enemy/enemies, share your resources, patrol and protect your partner etc.
The Nokia N95 - and othe N-Series devices - has a built in PDF reader. Works very well.
Most modern BlackBerrys can also read PDFs.
As an aside, the N95 can play MP4, DivX (with a plugin), 3GP etc video files.
It also has (limited) support for flash and flash lite. You can watch YouTube videos straight from the browser.
Co-Ops - or Workers' Cooperative. One of the largest retailers in the UK is a Co-Op.
If you work there as a janitor - you own part of the company and thus get a vote. It's working well for them.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worker_cooperative
Most Vodafone USB HSDPA sticks work under Linux and are actively supported.
Good luck finding a cheap / pro bono lawyer who is prepared to fight the ten thousand lawyers that SuperMegaCorp will throw at you when you try to sue them for unfair dismissal AND win.
Even if you could go up against them, they can play the game until your resources are gone. I view my union dues like some people view legal insurance.
The UK has some very strong employee rights - but I would still recommend that anyone join a union.
I'm a member of Connect which is a specialist union for professionals in the Telecoms sector.
The way I look at it is like this: my employer has several floors of lawyers - how many do I have? I hope never to have to fight my employer for my rights (sick leave, working time directive, disciplinary etc) but if I do - I want a team of lawyers on my side.
I realise that the situation in the USA is different - the corruption and ties to organised crime that you see doesn't seem to have affected unions over here.
It's important to draw a distinction between "You can't do that - it's not your job" unions and "You can't do that to me - it's illegal" unions. The former are usually found with low-paying, blue collar works who have a vested interest in protecting their job at the expense of all else - including the company. The latter are usually composed of professional members who own shares in their employer and who want reassurance that should the worst happen, they're legally protected.
I view my union dues (less than £10 per month) on the same level as life assurance, building insurance etc. I don't want to pay them - but I realise it's probably a good idea. In fact, as well as all the legal help, my union also provide me with sickness and death benefit as well as good deals on general insurance etc.
Basically, if you think your employer is perfect and would never shit on you from a great height - don't join a union. If you live in the real world - sign up.
T
Photosynth started out as Photo Tourism on Linux. Guess that puts to rest the "fact" that Microsoft innovates and OSS steals.
Read The Light of Other Days by Arthur C Clarke.
Really? The Wii is limited to 480p - so that's a rubbish picture for those of us in PAL territories. The sound is limited to stereo - so no DD or DTS. Considering an £20 DVD will have digital sound and better quality - why bother using the Wii in that way?
If you're in the UK, you can use Write To Them to email all you MEPs at once.
I've done it and had two positive responses so far.
Flix has a very good summary of the AS 7007 incident.