You need credit and money for a checking account. Most people I've ever known in the hood use money orders and cash, unless they were attempting check fraud. They can't afford a bank or banking fees. She will be paying this off for a long time and the RIAA just made it harder for a 12 year old girl to eat and keep from being evicted. Bastards.
I found the act at a free speech site and this is the portion that I think you might be speaking of:
``(1) Prohibited conduct.--Whoever knowingly and with knowledge of the character of the material, in interstate or foreign commerce by means of the World Wide Web, makes any communication for commercial purposes that is available to any minor and that includes any material that is harmful to minors shall be fined not more than $50,000, imprisoned not more than 6 months, or both.
Now this begs the question: Could this be considered a commercial purpose or is it law enforcement? The RIAA, despite what they would hope, is not a law enforcement agency, but they are litigants. Does anyone here know enough to clarify this?
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor and retire to the Bahamas.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor and retire to the Bahamas and thank the RIAA for your new life.
Since Jim Henson's death, the fraggles have reverted to their natural form, known as Gremlins. Henson's work in domesticating these beasts and making them successful actors was frowned upon by many animal rights groups, but came as a blessing to many engineers. Though foul play has been disproven, many engineers and aircraft designers still suspect that Henson was killed by an unnamed frog hired by animal rights activists.
Microsoft, the leading necromancers of the software industry and ironically the most plagued by Gremlins, have been developing a strategy to ressurect Henson, but have been plagued by failed attempts to add new features. It is hoped that IBM will take up the task of ressurecting Henson in the future, as the gremlin epidemic grows out of control.
Nah, I would rather that they dropped the sophmoric attitude torward the human body and simply let it not be a big deal. Taboo is one of the best ways to popularize something.
A study in March by the General Accounting Office found that KaZaA would be effective for someone looking for child pornography. The agency searched for 12 terms associated with child pornography, such as "incest" and "underage." It did not actually download the files it found, but it determined that 42 percent of them had titles or descriptions associated with pornographic images of children.
The RIAA themselves aren't even gathering this data, they are quoting it. Of course, looking for the search terms listed on the internet (not just P2P) will find lots of stuff - most of which is older women dressed as younger women (no I don't look for child porn, but the regular porn sites constantly pull this - to them "teen" seems to mean 17-60).
Sorry, I didn't remember to quote the parent. I was trying to find a possible answer to this:
If you go into a record store, steal the CD, go outside the store with your laptop, and start burning free copies for people walking in, would you fine be nearly as high?
Or at least the steal the CD portion. I didn't find much, but I posted what I did find.
The article mentioned a mother who's high school child did the downloading. She stopped. She deleted the songs. She reprimanded her child. The RIAA still wants her money. The RIAA doesn't care whether they are on moral high ground anymore. This has become a possible revenue stream. This is the way of copyright litigation in the future. Even if you don't share music, the effects of this abuse of law will hit you unless the RIAA is forced to stop these extortion tactics. Some book publishers are talking about using similar tactics and they consider long quotes from literature to be a violation. The MPAA has already sued professors and students for using portions of movies in reports or lecture and have threatened people for merely quoting dialog, which is still legally fair use.
Ever get fined for quoting a source in a paper? Ever get threatened with legal action for it? Well, you may soon...
Worse, the amount of possible copyright violations in all of our lives is growing. There is even debate that linking to a copywritten site may be a copyright violation. Should that be judged true, do you really want the RIAA "skirt the law" tactics to be the standard? This isn't about who's right or wrong anymore, it's about how the legal precedents will be set.
Like the pre-existing state statutes, the new federal statute criminalizes the unauthorized manufacture, distribution or trafficking in sound recordings and music videos of "live" musical performances. However, the federal statute also provides for the seizure of bootleg recordings or music videos manufactured outside the United States by U.S. Customs at the point of importation. In effect, bootleg recordings are now subject to seizure and forfeiture in the same manner as other property in violation of customs laws. The maximum penalties for violating the new law are imprisonment up to 10 years and/or a fine of $250,000.
So... The penalties may seem bigger and this applies to bootleg live recordings, but this is a maximum penalty. That means that things like the $22.5 million total mentioned in the article wouldn't happen. The jail time would suck though.
I'm in. Show me an URL and how to contact you and I'll code some pages for it.
There should really be a second trade association for this too. The Independant Music Consortium or something. From what I have heard, the RIAA has a habit of stepping on and/or ignoring it's smaller members anyway.
That would just lead to the RIAA claiming that Linux is theirs and SCO claiming that music is theirs. Then again, if there's a way to get them to fight eachother...
Let's get a game! (Single invite only! Not all of slashdot!) I use Roger Wilco and usually only play with 2-6 people (about 40 bots for fodder though) so the team coordination actually does happen. Send an e-mail to games@networkoftheapes.net and I'll let you know when the server is up and what the password/port is.
As a long time 1942 fan (I can spend about an hour with 1 credit, longer on Galaga), I'd have to say that Battlefield 1942 is my new fix. Yes, it's more complicated than 1942 was, but it's addictive and fun especially once you get the hang of flying. I can run around bombing tanks, dogfighting, sinking ships and even landing without having to deal with all of the controls of a flight sim. The best part is that I can get out and just shoot at stuff too.
I don't know if 1942 and Battlefield 1942 are actually related branding wise, but BF1942 has definately carried on the 1942 tradition of simple, fast paced games for me. It's simple enough that my roommate was able to start playing right away and still have lots to explore play wise (he's learning to dive bomb and strafe now).
There's a few problems with the "scan a passport and compare" method. First, both forms of identification would be supplied by the person being screened (their face and their ID/Passport), which leaves wiggle room for tampering.
Second, some TSA lackey is going to get in the habit of passing IDs and passports under a scanner and looking for a result. They will think even less about comparing the face with the image for themselves. They will simply trust the computer. There's a great TSA article at Wired (Confessions of a Baggage Screener - Wired 11.09) that lays a lot of their habits bare.
Lastly, as someone already mentioned, the 9/11 attackers used their real names and real passports. Just because we are looking for terrorists, it doesn't mean we actually know who they are or what they look like.
I don't think that face recognition will help much but some department's budget and some politician's "knee-jerk" contribution efforts. Ok, this may prevent Osama from flying, but I don't think he'd assign himself to a suicide mission. It will always be some "volunteer" that we have very little record of.
Beleive it or not, the users did actually request all of these items. Even that !@#$ing office assistant. Of course, how MS implemented them or how many years it took to get them to market is a whole other story.
Since SCO and their damn GPL is invalid stuff, everything I look at becomes the Chewbacca Defense. I was at a show the other night and heard "ladies and gentlemen" and my mind finished up with "of this supposed jury". Damn it! Will reading the news or hearing announcements ever be the same again?
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Listen to more NPR and watch less FOX/CNN/ETC. NPR has had balanced coverage and entire shows dedicated to this very subject over the last four years.
You need credit and money for a checking account. Most people I've ever known in the hood use money orders and cash, unless they were attempting check fraud. They can't afford a bank or banking fees. She will be paying this off for a long time and the RIAA just made it harder for a 12 year old girl to eat and keep from being evicted. Bastards.
Tear out the 100 or so subscription inserts first and it's much better :)
The main reason I have a subscription is that dragging my monitor, keyboard and mouse into the bathroom was getting old :)
Run fast.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor and retire to the Bahamas.
Run fast dropping bits of cash to distract them as you go running to another country carrying armloads of CDs with MP3s on them to Asia where you become a successful black market music distributor and retire to the Bahamas and thank the RIAA for your new life.
Microsoft, the leading necromancers of the software industry and ironically the most plagued by Gremlins, have been developing a strategy to ressurect Henson, but have been plagued by failed attempts to add new features. It is hoped that IBM will take up the task of ressurecting Henson in the future, as the gremlin epidemic grows out of control.
Nah, I would rather that they dropped the sophmoric attitude torward the human body and simply let it not be a big deal. Taboo is one of the best ways to popularize something.
It would be seen as caving in. Linux is too high profile for them to absorb without a lot of PR fallout. They won't do it.
Ever get fined for quoting a source in a paper? Ever get threatened with legal action for it? Well, you may soon...
Worse, the amount of possible copyright violations in all of our lives is growing. There is even debate that linking to a copywritten site may be a copyright violation. Should that be judged true, do you really want the RIAA "skirt the law" tactics to be the standard? This isn't about who's right or wrong anymore, it's about how the legal precedents will be set.
There should really be a second trade association for this too. The Independant Music Consortium or something. From what I have heard, the RIAA has a habit of stepping on and/or ignoring it's smaller members anyway.
That would just lead to the RIAA claiming that Linux is theirs and SCO claiming that music is theirs. Then again, if there's a way to get them to fight eachother...
Let's get a game! (Single invite only! Not all of slashdot!) I use Roger Wilco and usually only play with 2-6 people (about 40 bots for fodder though) so the team coordination actually does happen. Send an e-mail to games@networkoftheapes.net and I'll let you know when the server is up and what the password/port is.
Or just use your Slashdot Journal and let Slashdot Slashdot itself.
I don't know if 1942 and Battlefield 1942 are actually related branding wise, but BF1942 has definately carried on the 1942 tradition of simple, fast paced games for me. It's simple enough that my roommate was able to start playing right away and still have lots to explore play wise (he's learning to dive bomb and strafe now).
Second, some TSA lackey is going to get in the habit of passing IDs and passports under a scanner and looking for a result. They will think even less about comparing the face with the image for themselves. They will simply trust the computer. There's a great TSA article at Wired (Confessions of a Baggage Screener - Wired 11.09) that lays a lot of their habits bare.
Lastly, as someone already mentioned, the 9/11 attackers used their real names and real passports. Just because we are looking for terrorists, it doesn't mean we actually know who they are or what they look like.
I don't think that face recognition will help much but some department's budget and some politician's "knee-jerk" contribution efforts. Ok, this may prevent Osama from flying, but I don't think he'd assign himself to a suicide mission. It will always be some "volunteer" that we have very little record of.
Beleive it or not, the users did actually request all of these items. Even that !@#$ing office assistant. Of course, how MS implemented them or how many years it took to get them to market is a whole other story.
Since SCO and their damn GPL is invalid stuff, everything I look at becomes the Chewbacca Defense. I was at a show the other night and heard "ladies and gentlemen" and my mind finished up with "of this supposed jury". Damn it! Will reading the news or hearing announcements ever be the same again?
Thanks!
Um, this is civil law. There is no Jury.