Over $400, anyway. My TiVo puts out 480i to my 65 inch Sony projection screen, which is an HDTV. I will buy one of these to protect the investment in my TiVo, which will scale up to 1080i. Modded to 360+hrs and lifetime service for $250. Worth it to me.
"Do women know about shrinkage?" "What do you mean, like laundry?" "No..." "Like when a man goes swimming... Afterwards..." "It shrinks?" "Like a frightened turtle." "Why does it shrink?" "It just does." "I don't know how you guys walk around with those things." - George, Elaine and Jerry, in "The Hamptons"
12 bits ain't 16 any way you slice it. I ought to know, I'm not just an attorney, but I play one on TV. These guys keep me in business.
I bought a 10 gig IPod for 400 dollars at the LI NY Microcenter. I use Ephpod with unbelievable results. I threw 3 gig of tunes on it so fast I thought it was a mistake. I used playlists from Winamp to organize playback. The only downside was that if you unplug, you need to reboot to have the Ipod recognised with a drive letter again.
The case in question here is Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc. Justice Stevens wrote the opinion which looks at whether the rights of the copyright holder of the show that was taped was harmed, NOT THE NETWORK THAT BROADCAST IT.
The case relies on the codified version of the "Fair Use Doctrine" -- Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a "fair use," copyright owner does not possess exclusive right to such a use. 17 U.S.C.A. 106. As it was noted, you are making a copy of a show for your own personal veiwing after it has been broadcast. this is a fair use.
Notably, the Supreme Court further held that just because a machine could infringe on copyrights didn't make it's sale illegal if it had other uses, however small. "Accordingly, the sale of copying equipment, like the sale of other articles of commerce, does not constitute contributory infringement if the product is widely used for legitimate, unobjectionable purposes. Indeed, it need merely be capable of substantial noninfringing uses."
You can sue for anything you like, but if you sue me for not liking my name, I can counter sue for damages under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The rule says that you won't bring a frivilous lawsuit against me or I get money or sanctions against you. Quite handy, really.
and have enough power to run a small neon sign off a cowbell battery. Light up the fields at night to make for easier tipping. Better living through chemistry
They are being put out of business. At least the business of privacy invasion. I was one of the attorneys on the case and you hear people screaming "sue them all" then they all scream "the lawyers get 1.8 million!" [PS - I don't see much of that, I'm a small solo firm.]
First, this wouldn't happen if you had a street address that could be found by a reasonable search, say, in a phone book. A court would only allow service on an e-mail address if there was no other reasonable way to serve.
Second, default judgments are opened up as easily as a can o' spam. No judge wants to punish the innocent, the idea of service is fair play, to allow both parties the opportunity to be heard.
Third, show the judge that the plaintiffs engaged in spurious motion practice and counter-sue to sanction them. Judges don't like that fast and loose shit.
You don't need personal service. Showing "impossibility" of service is as simple as documenting several attempts.
"Nail and mail" service allows for affixing a copy of the summons and complaint to the physical address of the defendant and subsequently mailing to the same address.
The 9th Circuit followed that logic: if there is no physical address and defendant does business only on the Internet within the US, then service by e-mail is adequate.
I'm sure that you have to document your attempts before a Judge will allow this kind of service to give jurisdiction.
Those 2 attorneys had a lucky day when they got fired. But the acorn doesn't fall far from the oak; the kids father said they were restraining his right to defend himself. Sheesh. Nutjob.
... we already have these rights. From the website:
"Justice Sandra Day O'Connor writing for the Supreme Court in Feist Publications, Inc. v. Rural Telephone Service Co., 499 US 340,349. "The primary objective of copyright is not to reward the labor of authors, but '[t]o promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts.' To this end, copyright assures authors the right to their original expression, but encourages others to build freely upon the ideas and information conveyed by a work."
We don't need new laws. We need to enforce the current ones. That's the point. The fair use doctrine allows you to do all the things the "E Bill of Rights" purports to do. The lobbying group is what's important.
When members of Congress like Rep Boucher hear from constituants they are displeased with laws that cotton to the entertainment industry [with its own very wealthy lobby effort pouring millions to Senators] they love it. They know we vote. Let them know it. Help them help us.
I bought my first HP 2X cd reader for $999 at J&R Muci in NYC. It came with Compton's Encylopedia, which listed for $400 at the time. Sheesh. Still have that drive on a shelf.
Well, that's the basis for his over turning the default judgment against him. The US system of law is based on fair play and notice: you must know that you that you might be sued under certain laws. That is procedural matter jurisdiction.
But even more important is to know that you have been sued to give you a chance to fight. That's called subject matter jurisdiction and can only be conferred by good service of process [if they hand you a copy of the complaint, nail it to your door, etc.] He will argue that the company never served him. If he can show that, the original judgment against him is gone.
Of course none of this should be construed as creating a lawyer/client relationship and your mileage may vary.
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Over $400, anyway. My TiVo puts out 480i to my 65 inch Sony projection screen, which is an HDTV. I will buy one of these to protect the investment in my TiVo, which will scale up to 1080i. Modded to 360+hrs and lifetime service for $250. Worth it to me.
Linkage? Rhymes with ....
"Do women know about shrinkage?"
"What do you mean, like laundry?"
"No..."
"Like when a man goes swimming... Afterwards..."
"It shrinks?"
"Like a frightened turtle."
"Why does it shrink?"
"It just does."
"I don't know how you guys walk around with those things."
- George, Elaine and Jerry, in "The Hamptons"
12 bits ain't 16 any way you slice it. I ought to know, I'm not just an attorney, but I play one on TV. These guys keep me in business.
Well, that's not true. Gitmo is US soil, just like an embassy or a US flag ship. Doesn't matter that it is in Cuba. Interesting idea, though.
I bought a 10 gig IPod for 400 dollars at the LI NY Microcenter. I use Ephpod with unbelievable results. I threw 3 gig of tunes on it so fast I thought it was a mistake. I used playlists from Winamp to organize playback. The only downside was that if you unplug, you need to reboot to have the Ipod recognised with a drive letter again.
The case in question here is Sony Corp. of America v. Universal City Studios, Inc.
Justice Stevens wrote the opinion which looks at whether the rights of the copyright holder of the show that was taped was harmed, NOT THE NETWORK THAT BROADCAST IT.
The case relies on the codified version of the "Fair Use Doctrine" -- Any individual may reproduce a copyrighted work for a "fair use," copyright owner does not possess exclusive right to such a use. 17 U.S.C.A. 106. As it was noted, you are making a copy of a show for your own personal veiwing after it has been broadcast. this is a fair use.
Notably, the Supreme Court further held that just because a machine could infringe on copyrights didn't make it's sale illegal if it had other uses, however small. "Accordingly, the sale of copying equipment, like the sale of other articles of commerce, does not constitute contributory infringement if the product is widely used for legitimate, unobjectionable purposes. Indeed, it need merely be capable of substantial noninfringing uses."
No One is taking your TiVo just yet.
hehehe
Scientists have used the sequenced geonome to find the gene for an overblown ego.
You can sue for anything you like, but if you sue me for not liking my name, I can counter sue for damages under Rule 11 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
The rule says that you won't bring a frivilous lawsuit against me or I get money or sanctions against you. Quite handy, really.
and have enough power to run a small neon sign off a cowbell battery. Light up the fields at night to make for easier tipping. Better living through chemistry
They are being put out of business. At least the business of privacy invasion. I was one of the attorneys on the case and you hear people screaming "sue them all" then they all scream "the lawyers get 1.8 million!" [PS - I don't see much of that, I'm a small solo firm.]
as noted here, why would Be want to hold onto an OS it doesn't want to sell? It will become as irrelevant eventually as Dr. DOS
[no troll, here, kids. Just my 2 cents.]You presume users to be buyers....
for a mod to put my Sims on the Myst island.
- http://www.chillingeffects.org/
is a great site meant to stop cease and desist terrorists.First, this wouldn't happen if you had a street address that could be found by a reasonable search, say, in a phone book. A court would only allow service on an e-mail address if there was no other reasonable way to serve.
Second, default judgments are opened up as easily as a can o' spam. No judge wants to punish the innocent, the idea of service is fair play, to allow both parties the opportunity to be heard.
Third, show the judge that the plaintiffs engaged in spurious motion practice and counter-sue to sanction them. Judges don't like that fast and loose shit.
You don't need personal service. Showing "impossibility" of service is as simple as documenting several attempts.
"Nail and mail" service allows for affixing a copy of the summons and complaint to the physical address of the defendant and subsequently mailing to the same address.
The 9th Circuit followed that logic: if there is no physical address and defendant does business only on the Internet within the US, then service by e-mail is adequate.
I'm sure that you have to document your attempts before a Judge will allow this kind of service to give jurisdiction.
Yes, and bluetooth apparently will interfere with my current 802.11 network. It's an either or situation. 802.11 got to my network first.
I am having a bad day. Sorry to annoy you all.
to make this a useable virtual touchpad as well.
Those 2 attorneys had a lucky day when they got fired. But the acorn doesn't fall far from the oak; the kids father said they were restraining his right to defend himself. Sheesh. Nutjob.
When members of Congress like Rep Boucher hear from constituants they are displeased with laws that cotton to the entertainment industry [with its own very wealthy lobby effort pouring millions to Senators] they love it. They know we vote. Let them know it. Help them help us.
"cmdrtaco is in this, talking about free software while lounging on an inflatable sofa"
If you look carefully, you will see this is NOT AN INFLATABLE SOFA but intead its Stallman's INFLATABLE DATE.
OK. Mod me down. It was worth it. Watch where you sit, Taco my boy.
I bought my first HP 2X cd reader for $999 at J&R Muci in NYC. It came with Compton's Encylopedia, which listed for $400 at the time. Sheesh. Still have that drive on a shelf.
Is that on the menu? Doesn't sound tasty. Those Mexican restaurants will serve anything.
Well, that's the basis for his over turning the default judgment against him. The US system of law is based on fair play and notice: you must know that you that you might be sued under certain laws. That is procedural matter jurisdiction.
But even more important is to know that you have been sued to give you a chance to fight. That's called subject matter jurisdiction and can only be conferred by good service of process [if they hand you a copy of the complaint, nail it to your door, etc.] He will argue that the company never served him. If he can show that, the original judgment against him is gone.
Of course none of this should be construed as creating a lawyer/client relationship and your mileage may vary.
you must have played the game.
The Tron Arcade Game.