You can't cross from Washington, DC into Virginia without passing through the eyes of a camera. On the DC side of each bridge over the Potomac is a camera that takes your picture if you go too fast, or run the light at the end of the bridge (it might be on all the time, and only record your image, if you break the law). Also, if you are a pedestrian, and you take the Metro, there are cameras _everywhere_. Outside that, there are probably many, many cameras elsewhere in this city.
Is it better in the long run for this sort of case to be won in a lower court? Or, is it better for these sorts of cases to lose until they are brought before the Supreme Court, and the DMCA itself could be found unconstitutional? IANAL....
Now one of the top spam factories will finally die. Hopefully, any parts of it that continue under a different name will also open abuse departments. For a while now, the @home abuse department has been asleep at the wheel. Spamcop started sending complaints for abuse@home.net to/dev/null quite a while ago. This could definitely be a good thing.
They have no control over anything past the IP address that they assign to the outside interface on my firewall. With IPFilter and IPNAT, I can connect as many devices as I want, and they'll never know the difference.
If someone researcher at a university is being funded privately, there is no problem with the research and software staying closed. If public tax money is used, I think a BSD style license should be used. I do think there is a valid point in not using GPL in these cases and using a BSD style license.
It looks like Richard Stallman omitted question number 7. I wonder what that question was and why he did not answer it. I'm really curious as to why he removed it from his response completely?
Between this and the security hole that surfaced recently, the kernel has had some really scary problems. I'm wondering if this latest problem could have been avoided?
So, I wonder what nation will be the first to abuse this treaty to allow their companies access to our corporations files under the guise of "computer crime"? Even if there are checks in place to contain and review any "evidence" that is collected, what happens when a foreign nation uses this to harass a group in the US who is practicing their right to the freedom of speech? I'm sure there are many groups worldwide that would like to use this to quiet and harass Anti- activists here in the states.
At least the courts denied the French when they tried to exercise their laws in the US with regards to the Yahoo thing.
Even though this sort of curcumvention measure is illegal under the DMCA for a private citizen, the DMCA also includes language that makes law enforcement exempt from these very laws.
All we need is to see it in action, and soon thereafter Snort will be able to detect it. Once there is a Snort rule to detect it, all you need is Hogwash and it won't be able to get anywhere near you. Or, at least past your firewall. I believe IPFilter is working on a similar feature to Hogwash, which can block packets based on Snort rules.
Now, the call for prior art is a totally separate issue. Even though the PNG format is not threatened by the Apple patent, it would still be a good idea to come up with prior art and destroy the patent.
Its just leftover paranoia from the problem Unisys had with people using the GIF format. The PNG group seems to have a good understanding of the Apple patent, from what I read in the article.
In a stunning move to corner one of the oldest markets in networking, Microsoft has patented the concept of a broken packet. Many router manufacturers may come under litigation if they do not pay the licensing fees.
How can they do this and at the same time support Open Source projects like Darwin. Right hand is not talking to the left, and their left must like lawyers.
I'm not sure what vendor Dell had used to ship them, but we received 8 Dell workstations that were delivered in a truck with a huge gaping hole in the roof. Plus, it was raining that day. All the boxes were soaked, and many of the motherboards were damaged. A couple of the boxes were even crushed and the cases of the machines inside were bent. Unfortunately we needed the boxes immediately, so we signed for them and went through the task of getting Dell to come out and replace the broken stuff. My recommendation to anyone is to make sure the boxes are in good condition _before_ you sign for them (if you're buying something). If the box is even slightly abused, refuse it.
This really doesn't help if you are sending stuff to yourself...
George Orwell? What about J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO? I hope this sort of thing never happens again. I'm afraid that out legislators are allowing it to happen though. This is really sickening.
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You can't cross from Washington, DC into Virginia without passing through the eyes of a camera. On the DC side of each bridge over the Potomac is a camera that takes your picture if you go too fast, or run the light at the end of the bridge (it might be on all the time, and only record your image, if you break the law). Also, if you are a pedestrian, and you take the Metro, there are cameras _everywhere_. Outside that, there are probably many, many cameras elsewhere in this city.
Is it better in the long run for this sort of case to be won in a lower court? Or, is it better for these sorts of cases to lose until they are brought before the Supreme Court, and the DMCA itself could be found unconstitutional? IANAL....
I wonder how this affects the EFF's Kesler vs. Doe case?
Now one of the top spam factories will finally die. Hopefully, any parts of it that continue under a different name will also open abuse departments. For a while now, the @home abuse department has been asleep at the wheel. Spamcop started sending complaints for abuse@home.net to /dev/null quite a while ago. This could definitely be a good thing.
They have no control over anything past the IP address that they assign to the outside interface on my firewall. With IPFilter and IPNAT, I can connect as many devices as I want, and they'll never know the difference.
If someone researcher at a university is being funded privately, there is no problem with the research and software staying closed. If public tax money is used, I think a BSD style license should be used. I do think there is a valid point in not using GPL in these cases and using a BSD style license.
It looks like Richard Stallman omitted question number 7. I wonder what that question was and why he did not answer it. I'm really curious as to why he removed it from his response completely?
How much mass would need to be stripped away from the Moon to accelerate its fall to the Earth?
Between this and the security hole that surfaced recently, the kernel has had some really scary problems. I'm wondering if this latest problem could have been avoided?
Slashdot mangled my comment. It was supposed to say "Anti-[fill in the blank] activists".
So, I wonder what nation will be the first to abuse this treaty to allow their companies access to our corporations files under the guise of "computer crime"? Even if there are checks in place to contain and review any "evidence" that is collected, what happens when a foreign nation uses this to harass a group in the US who is practicing their right to the freedom of speech? I'm sure there are many groups worldwide that would like to use this to quiet and harass Anti- activists here in the states.
At least the courts denied the French when they tried to exercise their laws in the US with regards to the Yahoo thing.
I want an Aluminum Foil Deflector Beanie.
Even though this sort of curcumvention measure is illegal under the DMCA for a private citizen, the DMCA also includes language that makes law enforcement exempt from these very laws.
All we need is to see it in action, and soon thereafter Snort will be able to detect it. Once there is a Snort rule to detect it, all you need is Hogwash and it won't be able to get anywhere near you. Or, at least past your firewall. I believe IPFilter is working on a similar feature to Hogwash, which can block packets based on Snort rules.
Here is an article about this issue on LinuxToday.
Now, the call for prior art is a totally separate issue. Even though the PNG format is not threatened by the Apple patent, it would still be a good idea to come up with prior art and destroy the patent.
Its just leftover paranoia from the problem Unisys had with people using the GIF format. The PNG group seems to have a good understanding of the Apple patent, from what I read in the article.
Intel has a page about this Concept PC. It is not slashdoted like the main link :)
In a stunning move to corner one of the oldest markets in networking, Microsoft has patented the concept of a broken packet. Many router manufacturers may come under litigation if they do not pay the licensing fees.
Since In-Q-Tel's website seems to be having problems at the moment, here is the Google cache of their about page.
Isn't it funny that one of Safeweb's main investors is a company controlled by the CIA called In-Q-Tel. Here is Safeweb's investors page.
How can they do this and at the same time support Open Source projects like Darwin. Right hand is not talking to the left, and their left must like lawyers.
I'm not sure what vendor Dell had used to ship them, but we received 8 Dell workstations that were delivered in a truck with a huge gaping hole in the roof. Plus, it was raining that day. All the boxes were soaked, and many of the motherboards were damaged. A couple of the boxes were even crushed and the cases of the machines inside were bent. Unfortunately we needed the boxes immediately, so we signed for them and went through the task of getting Dell to come out and replace the broken stuff. My recommendation to anyone is to make sure the boxes are in good condition _before_ you sign for them (if you're buying something). If the box is even slightly abused, refuse it.
This really doesn't help if you are sending stuff to yourself...
It won't be long before we're living in some hell out of Nick Zedd's brain. Specifically Police State.
George Orwell? What about J. Edgar Hoover's COINTELPRO? I hope this sort of thing never happens again. I'm afraid that out legislators are allowing it to happen though. This is really sickening.