How can they even enforce this, with the exception of AU based companies, what will stop my Bank in Zimbabwae from using their "patented" e-Commerce thinga-mawhatsits?
Even worse, read the D.E. Technologies letter and try to imagine anyone doing any kind of business app on the Internet without violating that rubbish patent. "We displays stuff in yer language and currency, you selects stuff, we totals it, you give okay, we run the transaction, Bob's yer uncle!" People shouldn't be allowed to patent a common business transaction just because they added "computer", "internet" and "world-wide web" to the application. They matter as much as wearing clown suits.
Patent examiners need to be taught to use that big red rejection stamp "Fscking Obvious!" more often.
Hmm. Remember that for the longest time (in computer years) you couldn't buy an IBM computer. You leased it from them with a huge support contract. (The software too.)
It'd be interesting to see a break-down of the costs of setting up/operating an IBM mainframe. How much was actual hardware, and how much for the "IBM experience". Once you could yank a server out of a box and plug it into a standard wall socket, they had to re-Think their business model.
It would be strange too. Does Google even carry/archive the binaries newsgroups?
$cientology and SearchKing didn't have much luck, so watching the RIAA and every artist they claim to represent drop to the bottom of the pigeon ranking would be fun.
So you're saying that Microsoft's #1 Enemy is that everything is out to get them?:^P (Your post deserves a more serious answer, but I'm going to say the same things a few posts up. Might go for a walk first, nice day!)
I'm afraid that the FAQ about CD Levys page is very sloppy. He mentions subsection 1 which mentions where copying is allowed, but completely skips subsection 2 which says where it is not. Treat this page as a bit of crank page and handle with caution. See my post The Act in question for a look at subsection 2. 2(b) on distribution would seem to torpedo this idea, but hey, I could be wrong.
As usual, you have to boil a politician's words down. I don't think she said that the levy meant that distributing copies wasn't still illegal, did she?
Okay, so I actually did look (in case water did run uphill, you never know with government). I read the proper section of Private Copying.
At first glance subsection 1 seems to allow it, but don't stop there. Let's look at subsection 2 which has the Thou Shalt Nots:
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply if the act described in that subsection is done for the purpose of doing any of the following in relation to any of the things referred to in paragraphs (1)(a) to (c):
(a) selling or renting out, or by way of trade exposing or offering for sale or rental;
(b) distributing, whether or not for the purpose of trade;
(c) communicating to the public by telecommunication; or
(d) performing, or causing to be performed, in public.
(a) doesn't apply in this case unless you charge for it.
(b) might get sticky. You're not passing around copies, but distributing is definitely the purpose of passing the original around. A court might rule that passing the original around is moot. Might not. Until there's a solid case where both sides have the money to fight it out and establish case law, I wouldn't want to bet against the recording industry.
(c) probably nails p2p copyright violations.
(d) can we nail the people with Disaster Area class car stereos with this one?:^)
I think the people who trust that this allows endless copying also trust the magic phrase "Are you a cop?" too.
So? If they're online and easy to find, why don't you post a link to the Canadian government site with the relevant section?
And no, I won't go searching for references if someone tells me that water runs uphill either (except in a rigged situation). I will cheerfully eat crow if someone can point to an authoritative source for their claims that copyright laws can be violated by simply passing around originals and making endless copies.
IBM just needed a ice-water douche to remind them: "Hey, we're a services company. We've always been a services company, and we always will be." Now they can sell/customize/support something that they don't even have to write the core of, bonus!
Selling all that Big Iron just confused them for a while.
So true. Munich spent more for Linux, but for that money they got customization, training and support-- a hidden cost of going the Microsoft route. If there were no alternatives to Microsoft, the economic environment wouldn't matter much, would it?
I was calling bullshit on the idea that you could lend your CDs to a friend, the friend copies them, and gives your originals back. Even if you pay the "Blank Tax", you're still not allowed to do that in Canada. (Although some might feel morally justified.)
It depends on all the news servers in the !path back to where the post was injected. You have to trust all of them, otherwise the rest of the !path and the posting IP could be forged. Annd, using a proxy to post is trivial. I'd love to see the RIAA in court against someone who could afford the expert witnesses to tear the RIAA a few more. (On second thought, just give me the money.)
I'll have to call bullshit on this one. (Unless you can point to some convincing source other than "some guy...".) You can make copies, yes. For your friend, no.
Ah yes, I almost built a dual 6809 kit so that I could run that Unixish OS. Instead I built a Heath-Zenith Z150 PC clone. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened down that path of the trousers of time.
Just think of the damage this could do with a DDoS. Imagine a vast army of machines all mindlessly trying to access a single site at the same time... Hmmmmm, wait a minute...
the amber and green screens might make my eyes hurt
I suppose you could get those colours if you adjusted your termcaps/terminfo, or used a terminal on a serial port.:^P Coherent 4.2 was SysV compatable and while closed source, it was easy enough to port to.
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Even worse, read the D.E. Technologies letter and try to imagine anyone doing any kind of business app on the Internet without violating that rubbish patent. "We displays stuff in yer language and currency, you selects stuff, we totals it, you give okay, we run the transaction, Bob's yer uncle!" People shouldn't be allowed to patent a common business transaction just because they added "computer", "internet" and "world-wide web" to the application. They matter as much as wearing clown suits.
Patent examiners need to be taught to use that big red rejection stamp "Fscking Obvious!" more often.
It'd be interesting to see a break-down of the costs of setting up/operating an IBM mainframe. How much was actual hardware, and how much for the "IBM experience". Once you could yank a server out of a box and plug it into a standard wall socket, they had to re-Think their business model.
$cientology and SearchKing didn't have much luck, so watching the RIAA and every artist they claim to represent drop to the bottom of the pigeon ranking would be fun.
So you're saying that Microsoft's #1 Enemy is that everything is out to get them? :^P (Your post deserves a more serious answer, but I'm going to say the same things a few posts up. Might go for a walk first, nice day!)
As usual, you have to boil a politician's words down. I don't think she said that the levy meant that distributing copies wasn't still illegal, did she?
At first glance subsection 1 seems to allow it, but don't stop there. Let's look at subsection 2 which has the Thou Shalt Nots:
(a) doesn't apply in this case unless you charge for it.(b) might get sticky. You're not passing around copies, but distributing is definitely the purpose of passing the original around. A court might rule that passing the original around is moot. Might not. Until there's a solid case where both sides have the money to fight it out and establish case law, I wouldn't want to bet against the recording industry.
(c) probably nails p2p copyright violations.
(d) can we nail the people with Disaster Area class car stereos with this one?
I think the people who trust that this allows endless copying also trust the magic phrase "Are you a cop?" too.
And no, I won't go searching for references if someone tells me that water runs uphill either (except in a rigged situation). I will cheerfully eat crow if someone can point to an authoritative source for their claims that copyright laws can be violated by simply passing around originals and making endless copies.
IBM just needed a ice-water douche to remind them: "Hey, we're a services company. We've always been a services company, and we always will be." Now they can sell/customize/support something that they don't even have to write the core of, bonus!
Selling all that Big Iron just confused them for a while.
"Dancing Steve" Ballmer has to be on that list somewhere. What's his number?
Watch what comes up with, say, an article about spam. Slashdot has been tailoring ad placement for some time. (Not that that's a bad thing.)
So true. Munich spent more for Linux, but for that money they got customization, training and support-- a hidden cost of going the Microsoft route. If there were no alternatives to Microsoft, the economic environment wouldn't matter much, would it?
When facing a large evil cult^w corporation in court, how much justice can you afford?
I was calling bullshit on the idea that you could lend your CDs to a friend, the friend copies them, and gives your originals back. Even if you pay the "Blank Tax", you're still not allowed to do that in Canada. (Although some might feel morally justified.)
It depends on all the news servers in the !path back to where the post was injected. You have to trust all of them, otherwise the rest of the !path and the posting IP could be forged. Annd, using a proxy to post is trivial. I'd love to see the RIAA in court against someone who could afford the expert witnesses to tear the RIAA a few more. (On second thought, just give me the money.)
I'll have to call bullshit on this one. (Unless you can point to some convincing source other than "some guy...".) You can make copies, yes. For your friend, no.
Justice is a vending machine that only takes $10,000 coins, usually a lot of them. And sometimes the chocolate bar still gets stuck.
Don't worry, they'll think it's that GoogleGroups web page thing. And I'm not joking.
Especially if it came in iFridge colours. (The transparent case would be a very bad idea however, at least for my fridge!)
The artist known as "BT"? Who he? (Hmm, Googled this) Wait, Body Thetan Masters! Was it $cientology? :^P
Does anyone know who hit them with the cease and desist? (Be nice if their site said who it was. They can't sue you for just saying their name.)
Ah yes, I almost built a dual 6809 kit so that I could run that Unixish OS. Instead I built a Heath-Zenith Z150 PC clone. Sometimes I wonder what would have happened down that path of the trousers of time.
Just think of the damage this could do with a DDoS. Imagine a vast army of machines all mindlessly trying to access a single site at the same time ... Hmmmmm, wait a minute...
Blipverts for whales. The Japanese (ZikZak) were trying to make popcorn sushi.
I suppose you could get those colours if you adjusted your termcaps/terminfo, or used a terminal on a serial port. :^P Coherent 4.2 was SysV compatable and while closed source, it was easy enough to port to.
Just don't enter Climax (Sask) illegally with pigeons