Although property does not enjoy a right to privacy or publicity that there are other bodies of the law that might prohibit or restrict the unauthorized use of a photograph containing property. These bodies of law may include among others contract, trademark, unfair competition, copyright and trespass law.
The guiding principle, that of course is muddled with exceptions, is that as long as a photograph of private property is taken while the photographer is on public property or on property that is open to the public then it is permissible to publish that photograph without permission from the owner of the property.
However, there are exceptions where it may be necessary or advisable to obtain permission from the owner of the property. These exceptions may include among others, a photograph of (i) artwork displayed in a museum, gallery or other location, (ii) a well-recognized product, such as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, where the manufacturer has been litigious with respect to commercial uses of photographs containing their product, (iii) a building where the building design is protected by a federal trademark registration - recently there was litigation involving a photograph of the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame, (iv) a "famous" pet such as Lassie, (v) interiors of private buildings and (vi) personal property, such as their clothing or jewelry, that could identify an individual.
Once upon a time Detroit didn't put any new safety features into it's cars because it would imply that their cars were unsafe or that the competion was safer. As a result metal "face breaking" dashboards, "scalping" metal glove compartment doors, and "chest puncturing" steering wheels killed and maimed thousands before Ralph Nader wrote "Unsafe at Any Speed!" and forced Detroit to admit they had a problem and take action to fix it.
Detroit tried to dismiss Ralph Nader as a fear monger, liar, etc.
So how much longer before a major IT crisis cripples a Fortune 500 company and puts thousands out of work. Remember that the Enron/Worldcom fiasco pretty much put Anderson out of business.
These are the same suits who claim that movies with $300 million gross box office actually lost money, and then tried to defraud Stan Lee out the royalties for Spiderman, X-Men, etc. If I could I would bypass Hollywood altogether and put the royalties directly into the bank accounts of the people who deserve it.
As you might expect, the DMV and security angle is just the main selling point. The rest of the act is really scary.
It gives the feds the ability to refuse entry to any federal facility if you don't have the card. That includes government buildings, federal courts, parks, etc. As far as the park thing goes, it means foreign tourists may not be able to visit the Washington Monument or Yellowstone National Park.
The Secretary of Homeland Defense can override ANY law short of the Constitution when it comes to building barriers at borders. Although it is aimed at overriding EPA restricts on a 3 mile long fence between San Diego & Mexico, it technically applies to the 7500 mile long border of the USA. Theoretically the secretary can suspend all your rights at the border, and you can be strip searched and held in secret if you leave the USA and fail to declare the gift you bought your children when you come back through customs. The act also means the Secretary's decisions can't be challenged in court. Go home, the courts are closed!
It sounds like he wants the kind of regulation they have in the transportation industry (airlines).
1. Your vehicle (computer/os) must meet certain regulatory requirements (type certs) and license to operate (in a defined area/zone). Must maintain maintenace/change logs. 2. The operator (user) must be licensed to operate the vehicle/computer (type cert rating), restrictions may apply (no surfing after sunset, no surf zones, etc.). Must maintain logs. 3. All maintenance and training must be performed by accreditied facilities/institution/persons. Must be fully documented.
Technically every computerized device stores data. If your email traffic went through a ethernet switch or router that performed store and forward operations, then it could be argued that the monitoring port was making a copy of the "stored" data and not the live data.
I guess it is time we incorporated ourselves and then sue any other corporation that uses are likeness and data for any purpose for which they haven't paid big bucks. If that doesn't work then sue the government under NAFTA for not protecting your corporate rights.
Microsoft has made PC hardware a commodity, and thus cheap for Open Source Software. IBM (360's, etc), Apple, HP (PA RISC), Sun have always had relativitly expensive proprietary hardware. Sure it would have happen eventally, but with copyrights & patents, IBM would probably might still be selling PC-DOS. Or doesn't anyone remember all the legal challenges over BIOS that someone had to fight.
Of course now that we have cheap hardware and open source we don't need Microsoft. For that matter we don't need Edison (mostly for popularising light bulbs, phonographs, etc.), Ford (didn't invest mass production, but popularized it) or Sony (didn't invent the transistor, but made handheld AM/FM radios and the Walkman) either.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote a book called Footfall back in '86.
Includes all the funs stuff like rods and gamma-ray lasers.
Brief synopsis: Space bad guys show up in orbit and use advance weaponry like rods to destroy tanks, drop meteors to destroy cities, etc. Lucky us they inherited the tech and aren't very imaginitive, so we strap nuclear bomb propulsion to a couple of shuttles and use nuclear powered gamma ray weapons to beat them into submission.
The concept of the Semantic Web is still in its infancy. Like many technologies before (XML, HTTP, Open Source, the "Internet", etc.) it will be a few more years before it becomes obvious.
The main difference between the semantic web and web pages with meta-tags is that the current approach gets you hundreds of useless hits on google. You should by able to say "I want to fly to Whistler" and not get references to zippers, paintings and insects. The semantic web will allow you to do that.
Canada developed a reactor called the SLOWPOKE. Three versions were developed from the 60's to the 80's, ranging from 20kW to 100MW. Its needs minimal maintenace, has natural convection cooling and is engineered to shutdown automatically in case of a failure (it is designed to have the nuclear reaction stop if it overheats).
It was intended to heat facilities and towns in the Canadian Arctic. Although the program was cancelled due to lack of interest, an number still exist in Canadian Universities for research and educational purposes.
The.NET Framework is a replace for the Win32 API. Microsoft realized that the Win32 API had a limited future. Above all Win32 was built on Win16, and still cares alot of baggage.
Microsoft then decided to build a new API from scratch, taking into account everything learned in the last few decades, including lessons learned from Java. Writing a full API from scratch is a big task, so much of the current.NET Framework is largely stubs for Win32, but overtime everything will be rewritten. This will also make the entire API portable (thanks to the CLR), and in time you will see Microsoft move beyond Intel processors.
Love it or hate it Microsoft is part of the real world just like Open Source, Apple, Sun, Oracle & IBM. I would much prefer undergrads get a balanced approach to IT. That way they can decide for themselves, and be able to see through the marketing when the actually have to work for someone else.
I don't think that it will fly, since business/commerce will never give up Office, and Visual Arts will never give up Macs.
MS has Unix Services for Unix. It is a set of server based utilities that allows a server to act as a gateway between both worlds. Best thing is you only install and configure the server. Supports NT Shares, NFS, & NIS. Also allows password changes to propogate back and forth.
The nice thing about XML is that it is fairly easy to derive the DTD or XSD from samples of the XML. XMLSpy will do it, and even MS Visual Studio will generate an XSD from a sample XML file.
Granted it doesn't help with embedded binary data 0x567f or tell you what GARF=5 means. But there is nothing to stop you from saving the text of your choice (with the attributes of your choice), and see what comes out. I believe in crypto-analysis this is called a plain text attack?
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The question is what is the legal status of "The Bean"?
Judge for yourself.
From http://www.publaw.com/photo.html/
Photographs of Property
Although property does not enjoy a right to privacy or publicity that there are other bodies of the law that might prohibit or restrict the unauthorized use of a photograph containing property. These bodies of law may include among others contract, trademark, unfair competition, copyright and trespass law.
The guiding principle, that of course is muddled with exceptions, is that as long as a photograph of private property is taken while the photographer is on public property or on property that is open to the public then it is permissible to publish that photograph without permission from the owner of the property.
However, there are exceptions where it may be necessary or advisable to obtain permission from the owner of the property. These exceptions may include among others, a photograph of (i) artwork displayed in a museum, gallery or other location, (ii) a well-recognized product, such as a Harley-Davidson motorcycle, where the manufacturer has been litigious with respect to commercial uses of photographs containing their product, (iii) a building where the building design is protected by a federal trademark registration - recently there was litigation involving a photograph of the Rock and Rock Hall of Fame, (iv) a "famous" pet such as Lassie, (v) interiors of private buildings and (vi) personal property, such as their clothing or jewelry, that could identify an individual.
Once upon a time Detroit didn't put any new safety features into it's cars because it would imply that their cars were unsafe or that the competion was safer. As a result metal "face breaking" dashboards, "scalping" metal glove compartment doors, and "chest puncturing" steering wheels killed and maimed thousands before Ralph Nader wrote "Unsafe at Any Speed!" and forced Detroit to admit they had a problem and take action to fix it.
Detroit tried to dismiss Ralph Nader as a fear monger, liar, etc.
So how much longer before a major IT crisis cripples a Fortune 500 company and puts thousands out of work. Remember that the Enron/Worldcom fiasco pretty much put Anderson out of business.
These are the same suits who claim that movies with $300 million gross box office actually lost money, and then tried to defraud Stan Lee out the royalties for Spiderman, X-Men, etc. If I could I would bypass Hollywood altogether and put the royalties directly into the bank accounts of the people who deserve it.
As you might expect, the DMV and security angle is just the main selling point. The rest of the act is really scary.
It gives the feds the ability to refuse entry to any federal facility if you don't have the card. That includes government buildings, federal courts, parks, etc. As far as the park thing goes, it means foreign tourists may not be able to visit the Washington Monument or Yellowstone National Park.
The Secretary of Homeland Defense can override ANY law short of the Constitution when it comes to building barriers at borders. Although it is aimed at overriding EPA restricts on a 3 mile long fence between San Diego & Mexico, it technically applies to the 7500 mile long border of the USA. Theoretically the secretary can suspend all your rights at the border, and you can be strip searched and held in secret if you leave the USA and fail to declare the gift you bought your children when you come back through customs. The act also means the Secretary's decisions can't be challenged in court. Go home, the courts are closed!
What does this mean for people with H1B visas?
According to the article switch time is approximately a tenth of a second, or 10Hz.
The Bourne Convention automatically copyrights everything that is published.
Therefore everything published/posted on the Internet is copyright by someone.
Therefore all external links are by default links to a site with copyright materials on it.
Therefore every publisher of a web page with external links is quilty of copyright infringement by linking to a copyrighted work.
Therefore every publisher of a web page can sue for copyright infringement unless they have licensed the work to the other party.
The publisher establishes the fee schedule for the licensing of the work.
So who gets rich?
It sounds like he wants the kind of regulation they have in the transportation industry (airlines).
1. Your vehicle (computer/os) must meet certain regulatory requirements (type certs) and license to operate (in a defined area/zone). Must maintain maintenace/change logs.
2. The operator (user) must be licensed to operate the vehicle/computer (type cert rating), restrictions may apply (no surfing after sunset, no surf zones, etc.). Must maintain logs.
3. All maintenance and training must be performed by accreditied facilities/institution/persons. Must be fully documented.
Have you considered appearing on Enterprise as a character other that Wesley Crusher? An alien with plenty of makeup. Klingon anyone.
Looks like a 21st century transputer.
Technically every computerized device stores data. If your email traffic went through a ethernet switch or router that performed store and forward operations, then it could be argued that the monitoring port was making a copy of the "stored" data and not the live data.
Since the quality of the copy is irrelevant, that would mean that all of these are infringers:
Photocopiers (books, etc.),
Cameras (everything you see),
Computers (floppies, CDs, DVDs, CPU copy instructions, etc.),
Pencils and Pens (you can copy copyrighted text long hand you know)
The Human Brain (you didn't retain a copy of Harry Potter in memory did you?)
I guess it is time we incorporated ourselves and then sue any other corporation that uses are likeness and data for any purpose for which they haven't paid big bucks. If that doesn't work then sue the government under NAFTA for not protecting your corporate rights.
Microsoft has made PC hardware a commodity, and thus cheap for Open Source Software. IBM (360's, etc), Apple, HP (PA RISC), Sun have always had relativitly expensive proprietary hardware. Sure it would have happen eventally, but with copyrights & patents, IBM would probably might still be selling PC-DOS. Or doesn't anyone remember all the legal challenges over BIOS that someone had to fight.
Of course now that we have cheap hardware and open source we don't need Microsoft. For that matter we don't need Edison (mostly for popularising light bulbs, phonographs, etc.), Ford (didn't invest mass production, but popularized it) or Sony (didn't invent the transistor, but made handheld AM/FM radios and the Walkman) either.
Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle wrote a book called Footfall back in '86.
Includes all the funs stuff like rods and gamma-ray lasers.
Brief synopsis: Space bad guys show up in orbit and use advance weaponry like rods to destroy tanks, drop meteors to destroy cities, etc. Lucky us they inherited the tech and aren't very imaginitive, so we strap nuclear bomb propulsion to a couple of shuttles and use nuclear powered gamma ray weapons to beat them into submission.
The concept of the Semantic Web is still in its infancy. Like many technologies before (XML, HTTP, Open Source, the "Internet", etc.) it will be a few more years before it becomes obvious.
The main difference between the semantic web and web pages with meta-tags is that the current approach gets you hundreds of useless hits on google. You should by able to say "I want to fly to Whistler" and not get references to zippers, paintings and insects. The semantic web will allow you to do that.
Sounds like M$ patented their Windows Scripting House file format.
Canada developed a reactor called the SLOWPOKE. Three versions were developed from the 60's to the 80's, ranging from 20kW to 100MW. Its needs minimal maintenace, has natural convection cooling and is engineered to shutdown automatically in case of a failure (it is designed to have the nuclear reaction stop if it overheats).
It was intended to heat facilities and towns in the Canadian Arctic. Although the program was cancelled due to lack of interest, an number still exist in Canadian Universities for research and educational purposes.
What next, patenting the use of ICMP packets to verify the existence of machines with a DNS entry?
The .NET Framework is a replace for the Win32 API. Microsoft realized that the Win32 API had a limited future. Above all Win32 was built on Win16, and still cares alot of baggage.
.NET Framework is largely stubs for Win32, but overtime everything will be rewritten. This will also make the entire API portable (thanks to the CLR), and in time you will see Microsoft move beyond Intel processors.
Microsoft then decided to build a new API from scratch, taking into account everything learned in the last few decades, including lessons learned from Java. Writing a full API from scratch is a big task, so much of the current
Bad idea.
Love it or hate it Microsoft is part of the real world just like Open Source, Apple, Sun, Oracle & IBM. I would much prefer undergrads get a balanced approach to IT. That way they can decide for themselves, and be able to see through the marketing when the actually have to work for someone else.
I don't think that it will fly, since business/commerce will never give up Office, and Visual Arts will never give up Macs.
The same NCD terminals can also be used as Windows Terminal Services clients.
The article should have compared Unix/Linux & Windows thin client solutions, as well as full clients. Not mixing and matching.
Will there be specs and/or drivers to access the functionality of the BIOS and TPM?
If the TPM can generate keys and execute crypto algorithms, can it also be used to speed up SSL, etc?
Will there be specs and/or drivers to access the functionality of the BIOS and TPM.
Basically if the TPM can process generate keys and execute crypto algorithms, can it also be used to speed up SSL, etc?
MS has Unix Services for Unix. It is a set of server based utilities that allows a server to act as a gateway between both worlds. Best thing is you only install and configure the server. Supports NT Shares, NFS, & NIS. Also allows password changes to propogate back and forth.
The nice thing about XML is that it is fairly easy to derive the DTD or XSD from samples of the XML. XMLSpy will do it, and even MS Visual Studio will generate an XSD from a sample XML file.
Granted it doesn't help with embedded binary data 0x567f or tell you what GARF=5 means. But there is nothing to stop you from saving the text of your choice (with the attributes of your choice), and see what comes out. I believe in crypto-analysis this is called a plain text attack?