The requirements are that the infringement is for profit and the retail value of the goods distributed are over a specific value. Both are true in this case.
That would depend on the method of distribution. A cracked game is an Unauthorized derivative work. But the crack itself, if distributed separately, represents a separate work that falls under normal copyright laws. In that case, a cracked copy is an unauthorized derivative work of both the game and the crack.
Yes writing a crack is a crime under the DMCA. It is even if it is only to restore to the user his fair use and personal backup rights. But it isn't copyright infringement.
Violating the DMCA to crack DRM is a separate offense and not a copyright violation in itself.
The game and the crack are separate copyrighted entities. The idea isn't absurd. But it may depend on just how the crack was distributed. Was the crack distributed separate from the game? If no, then you might be able to argue that the crack as it exists is a derivative work. If yes, then you can not make that argument.
It does not matter. All published works are copyrighted automatically. It is illegal for anyone other than the original authors/owning corporation to distribute for at least 70 years.
This is large scale commercial piracy. This is exactly the kind of thing that copyright laws are supposed to protect against. It is very very illegal. This isn't just a civil crime, but the kind of thing that could involve federal prosecution as well.
This satellite is in geosynchronous orbit. A shuttle mission is not an option, the orbit is to high. Retasking an ICBM or other missile to intercept is not an option, the orbit is to high.
Lasers could be an option, if one existed with the right power and accuracy. This thing is thousands of miles farther than any destructive laser has ever been targeted. Then you have to deal with not just a meandering satellite but possibly a cloud of debris capable of knocking out other satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
One of the two things keeping me using my windows partition is games.
With good titles like these coming to linux, the only remaining factor is my desire to keep my.NET skills sharp in case I need to find a new job quickly.
I've seen some of the code produced at big shops like that. Not Halliburton, but Northrop Grumman started the project I am currently working on. After they lost their last round of bidding, my employers company picked it up. They lost for very good reasons. We inherited unbelievably bad and broken code.
My curiosity was there as well. I checked it out a few days ago from home. It is essentially a site mirror of xkcd with the addition of goatse. You can actually read xkcd comics there, plus view the bottomless hole.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
There is no stronger language in the constitution than SHALL MAKE NO LAW. Just because the specific words "separation of church and state" are not specifically spelled out does not mean that they are not expressed. It is entirely inappropriate for state organizations to forbid, coerce or lead a prayer in any capacity. It doesn't matter if it is to Jerry Fallwell, Christ, Allah, Yahweh, the reptilian space pope or the flying spaghetti monster.
This is incorrect With meta materials you can get around the issue of directionality of light. With meta materials you can create a spherical receptor several meters in diameter that takes in light from every direction and guides it on to a single solar cell the size of a postage stamp. To do the same thing with a parabolic reflector would still require guidance.
In some states premarital sex, sex in a position other than missionary and/or sex outside of your bed are also considered sodomy.
In Mississippi, any house with more than 6 unmarried adult women living there was legally a whore house. It prevented the forming for sororities in the state for a long time.
right. Atmospheric water vapor is hundreds of times more effective as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Fortunately it generally precipitates in an average of a few days, however CO2 takes decades on average to be drawn out of the atmosphere.
I would point out that this technique is launching cool particulate water, not warm vapor. So it likely would not have much affect on the greenhouse effect directly.
No. Healthcare is considered a right in most of Europe. One of the big pushes has been to provide healthcare for everyone.
The military healthcare system for veterans and their families is an absolute necessity. Soldiers get payed crap, they deal with a job that curtails their constitutional freedoms, a job where they have to deal with the trauma of violence, death, killing and risk being killed/maimed themselves.
You want to cut the military pay roll? Fine. Reduce recruiting, let old soldiers retire. But each and every one of them needs what little help and compensation they do get and deserves more.
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There are criminal copyright charges.
The requirements are that the infringement is for profit and the retail value of the goods distributed are over a specific value. Both are true in this case.
http://www.copyright.gov/title17/92chap5.html#506
Funny thing is. That joke works for every base.
There are 10 states in base 10.
There are 10 states in base 2.
There are 10 states in base 367.
That would depend on the method of distribution. A cracked game is an Unauthorized derivative work. But the crack itself, if distributed separately, represents a separate work that falls under normal copyright laws. In that case, a cracked copy is an unauthorized derivative work of both the game and the crack.
Yes writing a crack is a crime under the DMCA.
It is even if it is only to restore to the user his fair use and personal backup rights.
But it isn't copyright infringement.
Fair use has nothing to do with this.
Violating the DMCA to crack DRM is a separate offense and not a copyright violation in itself.
The game and the crack are separate copyrighted entities. The idea isn't absurd. But it may depend on just how the crack was distributed. Was the crack distributed separate from the game? If no, then you might be able to argue that the crack as it exists is a derivative work. If yes, then you can not make that argument.
For your first question... Yes, everything is automatically copyrighted when it is first published.
For your second? Probably not, but it may not matter for charges to be pressed.
That may quash a civil suit, but it won't matter if there is a criminal charge (and in this case, criminal charges may be warranted).
It does not matter. All published works are copyrighted automatically. It is illegal for anyone other than the original authors/owning corporation to distribute for at least 70 years.
This is large scale commercial piracy. This is exactly the kind of thing that copyright laws are supposed to protect against. It is very very illegal. This isn't just a civil crime, but the kind of thing that could involve federal prosecution as well.
Long answer? No. And this is why.
This satellite is in geosynchronous orbit. A shuttle mission is not an option, the orbit is to high. Retasking an ICBM or other missile to intercept is not an option, the orbit is to high.
Lasers could be an option, if one existed with the right power and accuracy. This thing is thousands of miles farther than any destructive laser has ever been targeted. Then you have to deal with not just a meandering satellite but possibly a cloud of debris capable of knocking out other satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
We don't need new laws.
It is already illegal advertise features that you later remove.
Yes it does.
One of the two things keeping me using my windows partition is games.
With good titles like these coming to linux, the only remaining factor is my desire to keep my .NET skills sharp in case I need to find a new job quickly.
I've seen some of the code produced at big shops like that. Not Halliburton, but Northrop Grumman started the project I am currently working on. After they lost their last round of bidding, my employers company picked it up. They lost for very good reasons. We inherited unbelievably bad and broken code.
Seriously. WTF. How can anyone ask that question and expect to not be laughed at.
It isn't about looks. It is about operation. You use the trackpoint more like a clit.
My curiosity was there as well. I checked it out a few days ago from home. It is essentially a site mirror of xkcd with the addition of goatse. You can actually read xkcd comics there, plus view the bottomless hole.
"Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;"
There is no stronger language in the constitution than SHALL MAKE NO LAW. Just because the specific words "separation of church and state" are not specifically spelled out does not mean that they are not expressed. It is entirely inappropriate for state organizations to forbid, coerce or lead a prayer in any capacity. It doesn't matter if it is to Jerry Fallwell, Christ, Allah, Yahweh, the reptilian space pope or the flying spaghetti monster.
Sure there is. It is called intimidation.
This is incorrect With meta materials you can get around the issue of directionality of light. With meta materials you can create a spherical receptor several meters in diameter that takes in light from every direction and guides it on to a single solar cell the size of a postage stamp. To do the same thing with a parabolic reflector would still require guidance.
In some states premarital sex, sex in a position other than missionary and/or sex outside of your bed are also considered sodomy.
In Mississippi, any house with more than 6 unmarried adult women living there was legally a whore house. It prevented the forming for sororities in the state for a long time.
Salt rain is acid rain, it is just that it also contains a balanced molarity of base.
I just blew a seal...
...700 feet into the air
Welcome to the club.
note: in context, the above sentence contains a 1/2 joke to word ratio.
right. Atmospheric water vapor is hundreds of times more effective as a greenhouse gas than CO2. Fortunately it generally precipitates in an average of a few days, however CO2 takes decades on average to be drawn out of the atmosphere.
I would point out that this technique is launching cool particulate water, not warm vapor. So it likely would not have much affect on the greenhouse effect directly.
I have always pronounced vi as (Vv eye). So i would pronounce vim as Vyme (Vv eye mm). like vine, but with an m.
No. Healthcare is considered a right in most of Europe. One of the big pushes has been to provide healthcare for everyone.
The military healthcare system for veterans and their families is an absolute necessity. Soldiers get payed crap, they deal with a job that curtails their constitutional freedoms, a job where they have to deal with the trauma of violence, death, killing and risk being killed/maimed themselves.
You want to cut the military pay roll? Fine. Reduce recruiting, let old soldiers retire. But each and every one of them needs what little help and compensation they do get and deserves more.