You'd run into copyright infringement issues - the signed code would be property of the copyright owner, and redistributing it would almost definitely be illegal.
What about something along the lines of Sega v. Accolade? Game company desires to publish software for the XBox without Microsoft involved in any way. Accolade was allowed to use copyrighted code so that their games would work on Sega's hardware - the rest of the code in the game was entirely new and property of Accolade. Accolade won. Is signed code any different? (I ask because I do not know)
I stuck with an AWFUL job for too many years because of a promise of 1/4 mil. in stock options. Salary was good, but the scent of options let me put up with entirely more bullsh*t than I would have otherwise. Hey, I was 22, whaddaya want. (no scathing retorts please)
The guy was selling used Macs at a markup to people who didn't know any better. He got taken by a guy who did the same thing - took advantage of someone who didn't know any better. I'd give this creep not a single drop of respect or even a thought of heroism for catching the guy who one-upped him. They're both made of the same stuff.
Plus, who's stupid enough to have their rent riding on a check from an eBay auction?
These sites are getting this infomation from people who are preparing the ads that haven't yet been released, all of whom are under non-disclosure agreements to not tell what's in the ads that they're working on.
If these sites post the same infomation once the ads ads published, they're in the clear. But again, these ads are at this moment trade secrets.
Okay - yes I can see how they can be considered trade secrets - that's a good point. But if you're protecting information via Trade Secret law then you cannot also claim it is protected by the DMCA. While I agree that you could consider the information a Trade Secret (indeed that is probably very accurate) I still do not think it can in any way be protected under the DMCA, let alone "conventional" copyright law.
I think we may see a lot more of this in the future, companies just figuring anything that needs to be protected electronically will fall under the DMCA. Happens a lot when statutes get ammended, right? There's a learning curve and envelope pushing, and 20 years later there's still no clear consensus on how to enforce the law. Welcome to America!
While we believe that sale prices are facts and can not be copyrighted, We have made the business decision to comply with the dmca notifications.
But then again, you have to realize that the first newspapers in this country were nothing more than prices of goods and services each day - they were called "price currents".
With that in mind, it's clearly not copyrightable.
Mr. Shatner,
It seems as if every few years technology we saw only in Star Trek suddenly becomes reality. (Those square wooden disks Spock had, or the tablet for Captain's type stuff that made it throughout just about every incarnation of Trek.) What do you think will be next?
In case of a small meteor (or space junk) strike, it has a better chance of stopping the material before reaching the crew's atmosphere than a single sheet of metal would.
Wow, that's fascinating. I can see that. Thanks for taking the time to reply!
I think after you guys moved servers the other day you broke the subscription stuff.
I am seeing ads on the homepage and I still have literally thousands of ad-free views left on my subscription.
Why am I seeing ads on the homepage?!
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Why am I seeing ads on the homepage?!
I subscribed and still have literally thousands of ad-free views left.
Maybe a little offtopic, but:
Labor lobbying is 94% slanted towards Democrats!
I'm surprised only because I always thought it was just a stereotype. Good article. Thanks for sharing:)
"The idea of Microsoft coming into a server, creates a potentially huge security risk," he says.
"Coming into a server"?! Come on, who did these people interview? I expected some INTELLIGENT commentary, not some corporate drivel from a PHB that has no idea what's involved.
In other words they want the above to be banned even before the trial.
NO - summary judgement simply means that the RIAA believes those other entities have violated existing statutory law by merit of the facts of the case and that no trial is necessary.
Now, whether or not that is true is another story.
In June, when the Los Angeles Times asked Powell what he considered his greatest accomplishment at the FCC, he responded, "I'm still here." It was a joke that could just as easily have been made by Paul O'Neill at Treasury, Harvey Pitt at the SEC, or Lawrence Lindsey in the White House. Powell is yet another Bush administration appointee who has not measured up to the daunting challenge of a downturn that has swept away many of the gains American industry made in the late '90s.
I always thought a "programmer" was a lackey that wrote Excel Macros or built spreadsheet formulas or made Access applications.
Maybe you want to hire a professional "Software Developer", somebody who knows not only what an algorithm is, but also how to select the appropriate ones and implement them.
It is compatible, but does not prevent copying
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How can this possibly be claimed to work with standard drives?
It may be compatible with standard drives - meaning you can read data from them (and copy them as well). BUT in order to enforce the encryption you need either a new drive, new firmware, or a new driver. It cannot enforce it's "lock" on current standard drives. To claim to do so is a blatant lie. There would need to be a globally unique serial number on every CD/DVD drive on the planet - AND it would need to be transmitted to the last track of the disc every time it is inserted into a drive. Standard drives do not do this.
What I have increasingly seen in the last year, both in North America and Europe, is that IT has ceased to be a valid way to spend corporate money.
Companies are spending money - but they are being very conservative about it. There are many "everday" tasks and projects that are, of course, going to continue to be there. I saw one comment posted here about the market being saturated with less-than-qualified people a year ago because there were big salaries in it. This is true to an extent, and if you are one of those people, then sure, maybe IT/tech/whatever just isn't for you.
Guess what : the money is still there, there is still work to be done, there is just a lot less of it to go around. It's still the same routine though. Companies still need IT stuff to get done - they just want guaranteed results (or damn close to).
Those certifications people love to mock (whether it be Cicso, Sun, MS, or whatever) combined with years of ACTUAL experience are big decision factors. It reduces risk. Personally, I am completing my Master's of Software Engineering - a few more months of work and hopefully a lot less worrying about the collective budgets of the IT industry.
There will be work. I will find it. I can deliver results.
Even better would be to violate the DMCA, and then invite hundreds of people from the crowd to come up on stage and violate it as well. Picture that on the world news : hundreds of computer users arrested for talking about DVD Region Coding.
One person thrown in jail = terrible shame. Hundreds of people thrown in jail = message gets across.
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I don't suppose this violates SearchKing's Terms of Use?
I typed in: "moby, beck, daft punk" and it recommended "Birds". Maybe it works better (or at all) for other people?
You'd run into copyright infringement issues - the signed code would be property of the copyright owner, and redistributing it would almost definitely be illegal.
What about something along the lines of Sega v. Accolade ? Game company desires to publish software for the XBox without Microsoft involved in any way. Accolade was allowed to use copyrighted code so that their games would work on Sega's hardware - the rest of the code in the game was entirely new and property of Accolade. Accolade won. Is signed code any different? (I ask because I do not know)
..not to mention the Bush economic "stimulus" package:
1. Cut taxes on the wealthy
2. ?
3. Economy magically rebounds!
I stuck with an AWFUL job for too many years because of a promise of 1/4 mil. in stock options. Salary was good, but the scent of options let me put up with entirely more bullsh*t than I would have otherwise. Hey, I was 22, whaddaya want. (no scathing retorts please)
The guy was selling used Macs at a markup to people who didn't know any better. He got taken by a guy who did the same thing - took advantage of someone who didn't know any better. I'd give this creep not a single drop of respect or even a thought of heroism for catching the guy who one-upped him. They're both made of the same stuff.
Plus, who's stupid enough to have their rent riding on a check from an eBay auction?
I don't get it, the "end of life" dates :
Windows 2000 Professional : March 31, 2008
Windows XP Home Edition : December 31, 2007
That's about how long I'll be using Win2k too.
These sites are getting this infomation from people who are preparing the ads that haven't yet been released, all of whom are under non-disclosure agreements to not tell what's in the ads that they're working on. If these sites post the same infomation once the ads ads published, they're in the clear. But again, these ads are at this moment trade secrets.
Okay - yes I can see how they can be considered trade secrets - that's a good point. But if you're protecting information via Trade Secret law then you cannot also claim it is protected by the DMCA. While I agree that you could consider the information a Trade Secret (indeed that is probably very accurate) I still do not think it can in any way be protected under the DMCA, let alone "conventional" copyright law.
I think we may see a lot more of this in the future, companies just figuring anything that needs to be protected electronically will fall under the DMCA. Happens a lot when statutes get ammended, right? There's a learning curve and envelope pushing, and 20 years later there's still no clear consensus on how to enforce the law. Welcome to America!
But then again, you have to realize that the first newspapers in this country were nothing more than prices of goods and services each day - they were called "price currents".
With that in mind, it's clearly not copyrightable.
Mr. Shatner, It seems as if every few years technology we saw only in Star Trek suddenly becomes reality. (Those square wooden disks Spock had, or the tablet for Captain's type stuff that made it throughout just about every incarnation of Trek.) What do you think will be next?
In case of a small meteor (or space junk) strike, it has a better chance of stopping the material before reaching the crew's atmosphere than a single sheet of metal would.
Wow, that's fascinating. I can see that. Thanks for taking the time to reply!
I think after you guys moved servers the other day you broke the subscription stuff. I am seeing ads on the homepage and I still have literally thousands of ad-free views left on my subscription.
Why am I seeing ads on the homepage?! I subscribed and still have literally thousands of ad-free views left.
Maybe a little offtopic, but: :)
Labor lobbying is 94% slanted towards Democrats!
I'm surprised only because I always thought it was just a stereotype. Good article. Thanks for sharing
I know we have some NASA types around here - please explain to me the virtues of an inflatable space station.
"The idea of Microsoft coming into a server, creates a potentially huge security risk," he says.
"Coming into a server"?! Come on, who did these people interview? I expected some INTELLIGENT commentary, not some corporate drivel from a PHB that has no idea what's involved.
In other words they want the above to be banned even before the trial.
NO - summary judgement simply means that the RIAA believes those other entities have violated existing statutory law by merit of the facts of the case and that no trial is necessary.
Now, whether or not that is true is another story.
Surely someone eons ago with a typewriter had stumbled upon this sequence of characters.
In June, when the Los Angeles Times asked Powell what he considered his greatest accomplishment at the FCC, he responded, "I'm still here." It was a joke that could just as easily have been made by Paul O'Neill at Treasury, Harvey Pitt at the SEC, or Lawrence Lindsey in the White House. Powell is yet another Bush administration appointee who has not measured up to the daunting challenge of a downturn that has swept away many of the gains American industry made in the late '90s.
Is it 2004 yet?! Worst. President. Ever.
I always thought a "programmer" was a lackey that wrote Excel Macros or built spreadsheet formulas or made Access applications.
Maybe you want to hire a professional "Software Developer", somebody who knows not only what an algorithm is, but also how to select the appropriate ones and implement them.
How can this possibly be claimed to work with standard drives?
It may be compatible with standard drives - meaning you can read data from them (and copy them as well). BUT in order to enforce the encryption you need either a new drive, new firmware, or a new driver. It cannot enforce it's "lock" on current standard drives. To claim to do so is a blatant lie. There would need to be a globally unique serial number on every CD/DVD drive on the planet - AND it would need to be transmitted to the last track of the disc every time it is inserted into a drive. Standard drives do not do this.
Companies are spending money - but they are being very conservative about it. There are many "everday" tasks and projects that are, of course, going to continue to be there. I saw one comment posted here about the market being saturated with less-than-qualified people a year ago because there were big salaries in it. This is true to an extent, and if you are one of those people, then sure, maybe IT/tech/whatever just isn't for you.
Guess what : the money is still there, there is still work to be done, there is just a lot less of it to go around. It's still the same routine though. Companies still need IT stuff to get done - they just want guaranteed results (or damn close to).
Those certifications people love to mock (whether it be Cicso, Sun, MS, or whatever) combined with years of ACTUAL experience are big decision factors. It reduces risk. Personally, I am completing my Master's of Software Engineering - a few more months of work and hopefully a lot less worrying about the collective budgets of the IT industry.
There will be work. I will find it. I can deliver results.MySQL 4 - Is it Stable?
Better question is: "Is it ANSI SQL-92 compliant?"
No. It is not. MySQL does not conform to even a 10 year old SQL standard.
The people caught in the middle simply want to know where they'll send their kids for school.
Send 'em where you always sent 'em before.
It's like when the electricity goes out and the traffic lights stop working - don't panic, it's not the end of the world.
Even better would be to violate the DMCA, and then invite hundreds of people from the crowd to come up on stage and violate it as well.
Picture that on the world news : hundreds of computer users arrested for talking about DVD Region Coding.
One person thrown in jail = terrible shame.
Hundreds of people thrown in jail = message gets across.