Couldnt you simply block them from connecting to you. I would imagine that to do this effectively they would need to connect often, this would expose where they are connecting from. Assumming, they dont use different points each time, but in practice would be limited. Just need a host.deny type file for Gnapster, and they cant get access to your files.
The guy that reversed engineered the protocol said that you only need to change one bit. What is to stop, say something like Gnapster to just change one bit at the start and end randomly? Will this affect the song playability that much? This an example where open-source clients are going to be so much better, especially considering an move by Napster to do this would be against their case.
Did you notice it was Joe Gutnick who signed the document? Im assuming its the same guy who owns coal mines and also the Melbourne Demons Aussie Rules Club. The Demons lost the grand final last year, and it appears that they need to get some genes from tongan rugby players to be added to make a super footy player.
I'd also be interested in what jewish law states on something like this, Gutnick is a practicing rabbi.
Im with Bigpond cable, and the service is slow. Usually crawling at around 3-8Kb/s. I have problems with real audio timing out. I just hope telstra gets their butt into gear and connects to the new one. Chances are they wont cause its owned by Optus, which they dislike intensely. Normally its Optus borrowing Telstras network, now it might be the reverse.
Very true, i didnt see that angle on durable/non-durable goods. I reckon there is also the opportunity to raise prices one people are locked in. If anyone every needs to write a modern economics book on monopoly practices, microsoft is great example.
The worst problem I can see is that since consumers are locked in, the cost will appear cheap inially. But once everyone no longer has their old copies of MS Office, dont expect to see the price remain the same. They will slowly raise it claiming, "research and development costs", and begin extracting monopoly profit. Everyone is locked in, and will be helpless.
I really think that consumers will be apprehensive about this. Even though you dont own your software, you have a licence to run it. There still is the perception that you own it. I think it will be very difficult trying to overcome this. Especially if other services are like that as well When people start seeing they are paying $20 a month to run a computer they will get very annoyed, another bill (no pun!)that comes every month they will be happy to use an old version, if they dont have an old version, they'll swtich office programs. i mean how many extra features do you need to writeup a school assignment, or you resume for a job interview?
I wrote a letter to my local member of federal parliament in australia about DVD's and a similar law we have here. He took the time to forward on a one page letter to the Attorney-General expressing my concerns that corporations were using copyright laws to enable market monopolies. When you write a letter, you have to think on their wavelength. Dont send some "you guys are all stupid letter" explain in a economic rationalist framework, and they have to listen. Essentially I said that certain software is illegal, and it allows for a monopoly to be set up. Governments hate monopolies, they always want competition etc. So there is hope, and you will be listened too if you dont send some flame mail. To all you aussies it was Dr Brendan Nelson (member for Kur-ring-gai, Lib)
I think there should be a "thinking in linux" type of documentation thats installed on every distro, modified for each particular distro. just to give newbies enough information to begin to learn for themselves. the best thing about linux is that you become a really good researcher on the web looking for information you need.
I suggest you write a letter to your local member in Canberra. I wrote a email to my member about it, and he wrote a letter to the Attorney General on my behalf outlining my concerns that copyright is being used to create market monopolies. I was very impressed he took the time to write on my behalf. Also, check out on the federal govt website on the Digital Agenda Bill on Copyright, my feeling is that code such as decss should be ok in Australia since it can be used for fair dealings.
Does a satellite with a giant napster server or DeCSS source become under whose jurisdiction? It would be too costly for such a practice but makes me have another idea. Can people make floating servers on big ships and just sit outside the 200km sea limit?
When you are piloting these things and you die you get one of two messages:
1. You have performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown.
2. You see a blue screen, and CTRL-ALT-DEL does nothing.
Been training on a Playstation for three years? Have mastered flight simulators before you left high school. Your country needs you. The US Air Force needs screen jockey pilots to aid in the defense of this great country. All those hours your parents said were waste can now be turned into defending the land of the free. Please go to www.usaf.mil.gov or your local video arcade to see a recruitment specialist. All training is done in your own home, with free broadband connection provided.
It seems stupid that there needs to be all this argument over the names. Cant they just have heaps, why is there a need to limit the supply?
I dont think it matters what they use, you should be able to register every permutation of 3 letters.
I think there are other forces at work. Like the registrars not wanting supply to totally outstrip demand and plummet the price. Plus all the corporations couldnt keep up with lawsuits over somthing like www.nike.sux
Napster Client 2: What do you wish to bid for?
Consumer: Metallica Enter Sandman
Napster Client 2: What is your opening bid?
Consumer: zero cents
Napster Client 2: Going once, going twice, going three times. sold to user xxxx from user yyyy
Consumer recieves one Metallica enter sandman.
As peoples beliefs change through time the intent of the electoral system is blurred. Im sure that considering the state would have been the all-powerful government back when the US constitution was written, the system was designed to take into account the wishes of small states. However as US politicans, esp in federal arena, beat their chest in the last hundred years about "democracy", the original intent is forgotten. The system has preserved states rights and thus ensures that the federation of states continues.
I cant wait for the Princeton technical report. I would imagine it would be made public, thus displaying the fact they cracked the SDMI. Now seeing that they were allowed to crack it, and will presumably release the method, what does that mean for the "effective" part of the DMCA???
The reality is that the USA will lean heavily upon these "rogue" countries with economic sanctions. This will force them to accept the "need" for copyright despite the fact the concept of copyright may not be culturally acceptable. I remember studying Nigeria at school, and their culture was based upon giving. (at least tribal culture). If you gave something, you never expected something in return. Something like copyright would be totally abhorrent to this practice.
What is stupid is the overuse of "My blahblah"
On the Start bar, there are about 5 of them.
Would be simpler without the "My blahblah". As if I dont know its mine!
Expect to see old bearded men from uni hanging around who always used to tell you: "When I learnt about computers, we had one computer under the library, it filled the two rooms, and we hard punch cards. Now let me tell you about punch cards........."
**snore**
When they have a subscription on, where is the incentive to help the record companies make money?
If the model doesnt allow for people who provide their bandwidth and time to receive some compensation, its totally unfair. All the record companies have to do now is check the mailbox once a week to get their paycheck.
I think MojoNation might win out in the end.
I reckon it would be worth using it just so I can sit back on the lounge and surf the web. Maybe even if it had ssh, so I can work from the lounge too, and have it all up on my big TV.
I was just looking at what we have done here in Australia, and it appears that a circumvention device is legal providing it is to be used for permitted purposes, which include interoperability, and non copyright infringing acts.
see here
It also allows for people to make copies for backups, and allows libraries to store electronic material and make copies.
Slashdot Mirror
Couldnt you simply block them from connecting to you. I would imagine that to do this effectively they would need to connect often, this would expose where they are connecting from. Assumming, they dont use different points each time, but in practice would be limited. Just need a host.deny type file for Gnapster, and they cant get access to your files.
The guy that reversed engineered the protocol said that you only need to change one bit. What is to stop, say something like Gnapster to just change one bit at the start and end randomly? Will this affect the song playability that much? This an example where open-source clients are going to be so much better, especially considering an move by Napster to do this would be against their case.
Did you notice it was Joe Gutnick who signed the document? Im assuming its the same guy who owns coal mines and also the Melbourne Demons Aussie Rules Club. The Demons lost the grand final last year, and it appears that they need to get some genes from tongan rugby players to be added to make a super footy player. I'd also be interested in what jewish law states on something like this, Gutnick is a practicing rabbi.
Heres another article at Telstra.com, from Reuters. Seems it is affecting 33 countries, and will take a few days to fix.
Im with Bigpond cable, and the service is slow. Usually crawling at around 3-8Kb/s. I have problems with real audio timing out. I just hope telstra gets their butt into gear and connects to the new one. Chances are they wont cause its owned by Optus, which they dislike intensely. Normally its Optus borrowing Telstras network, now it might be the reverse.
Very true, i didnt see that angle on durable/non-durable goods. I reckon there is also the opportunity to raise prices one people are locked in. If anyone every needs to write a modern economics book on monopoly practices, microsoft is great example.
The worst problem I can see is that since consumers are locked in, the cost will appear cheap inially. But once everyone no longer has their old copies of MS Office, dont expect to see the price remain the same. They will slowly raise it claiming, "research and development costs", and begin extracting monopoly profit. Everyone is locked in, and will be helpless.
I really think that consumers will be apprehensive about this. Even though you dont own your software, you have a licence to run it. There still is the perception that you own it. I think it will be very difficult trying to overcome this. Especially if other services are like that as well When people start seeing they are paying $20 a month to run a computer they will get very annoyed, another bill (no pun!)that comes every month they will be happy to use an old version, if they dont have an old version, they'll swtich office programs. i mean how many extra features do you need to writeup a school assignment, or you resume for a job interview?
I wrote a letter to my local member of federal parliament in australia about DVD's and a similar law we have here. He took the time to forward on a one page letter to the Attorney-General expressing my concerns that corporations were using copyright laws to enable market monopolies. When you write a letter, you have to think on their wavelength. Dont send some "you guys are all stupid letter" explain in a economic rationalist framework, and they have to listen. Essentially I said that certain software is illegal, and it allows for a monopoly to be set up. Governments hate monopolies, they always want competition etc. So there is hope, and you will be listened too if you dont send some flame mail. To all you aussies it was Dr Brendan Nelson (member for Kur-ring-gai, Lib)
I think there should be a "thinking in linux" type of documentation thats installed on every distro, modified for each particular distro. just to give newbies enough information to begin to learn for themselves. the best thing about linux is that you become a really good researcher on the web looking for information you need.
I suggest you write a letter to your local member in Canberra. I wrote a email to my member about it, and he wrote a letter to the Attorney General on my behalf outlining my concerns that copyright is being used to create market monopolies. I was very impressed he took the time to write on my behalf.
Also, check out on the federal govt website on the Digital Agenda Bill on Copyright, my feeling is that code such as decss should be ok in Australia since it can be used for fair dealings.
Does a satellite with a giant napster server or DeCSS source become under whose jurisdiction? It would be too costly for such a practice but makes me have another idea. Can people make floating servers on big ships and just sit outside the 200km sea limit?
When you are piloting these things and you die you get one of two messages:
1. You have performed an illegal operation and will be shutdown.
2. You see a blue screen, and CTRL-ALT-DEL does nothing.
Been training on a Playstation for three years? Have mastered flight simulators before you left high school. Your country needs you. The US Air Force needs screen jockey pilots to aid in the defense of this great country. All those hours your parents said were waste can now be turned into defending the land of the free. Please go to www.usaf.mil.gov or your local video arcade to see a recruitment specialist. All training is done in your own home, with free broadband connection provided.
It seems stupid that there needs to be all this argument over the names. Cant they just have heaps, why is there a need to limit the supply? I dont think it matters what they use, you should be able to register every permutation of 3 letters. I think there are other forces at work. Like the registrars not wanting supply to totally outstrip demand and plummet the price. Plus all the corporations couldnt keep up with lawsuits over somthing like www.nike.sux
Napster Client 2: What do you wish to bid for?
Consumer: Metallica Enter Sandman
Napster Client 2: What is your opening bid?
Consumer: zero cents
Napster Client 2: Going once, going twice, going three times. sold to user xxxx from user yyyy
Consumer recieves one Metallica enter sandman.
As peoples beliefs change through time the intent of the electoral system is blurred. Im sure that considering the state would have been the all-powerful government back when the US constitution was written, the system was designed to take into account the wishes of small states. However as US politicans, esp in federal arena, beat their chest in the last hundred years about "democracy", the original intent is forgotten. The system has preserved states rights and thus ensures that the federation of states continues.
I cant wait for the Princeton technical report. I would imagine it would be made public, thus displaying the fact they cracked the SDMI. Now seeing that they were allowed to crack it, and will presumably release the method, what does that mean for the "effective" part of the DMCA???
The reality is that the USA will lean heavily upon these "rogue" countries with economic sanctions. This will force them to accept the "need" for copyright despite the fact the concept of copyright may not be culturally acceptable. I remember studying Nigeria at school, and their culture was based upon giving. (at least tribal culture). If you gave something, you never expected something in return. Something like copyright would be totally abhorrent to this practice.
What is stupid is the overuse of "My blahblah" On the Start bar, there are about 5 of them. Would be simpler without the "My blahblah". As if I dont know its mine!
Expect to see old bearded men from uni hanging around who always used to tell you:
"When I learnt about computers, we had one computer under the library, it filled the two rooms, and we hard punch cards. Now let me tell you about punch cards........."
**snore**
When they have a subscription on, where is the incentive to help the record companies make money? If the model doesnt allow for people who provide their bandwidth and time to receive some compensation, its totally unfair. All the record companies have to do now is check the mailbox once a week to get their paycheck. I think MojoNation might win out in the end.
also www.slahsdot.com
I reckon it would be worth using it just so I can sit back on the lounge and surf the web. Maybe even if it had ssh, so I can work from the lounge too, and have it all up on my big TV.
I was just looking at what we have done here in Australia, and it appears that a circumvention device is legal providing it is to be used for permitted purposes, which include interoperability, and non copyright infringing acts. see here
It also allows for people to make copies for backups, and allows libraries to store electronic material and make copies.