To what end though? Do we need to go to Mars? It's essentially an illogical folly, so it we're going to do it, let's do it right and let astronauts get back to being explorers rather than truck drivers.
No, you're not. You're going to post something modded +1 funny on Slashdot about all the neat ways you could punish the FCC by abusing this, then you'll go back to masturbating over pictures of Jennifer Garner in your parents' basement.
If 1% of what was promised or threatened on Slashdot came to pass, we could change the world. If it wasn't for all those pictures of Jennifer Garner, eh?
(Actually question 3.9 for anyone following this). Wow, interesting stuff, thanks for the link. As usual, now that I know the correct google incantation ("typeface copyrightable"), the information flows out of the woodwork. As I understand it, US law seems to be the exception rather than the rule, and as the typefaces (see, I know the words now) were created in England, we're into the vagueries of the Berne Convention as to whether that's applicable in the US.
Sorry, I didn't have my slide rule to hand to work my way through the copy right maze.
Regarding fonts not having copy rights, can you cite references for this? It seems strange that they don't attract copy rights as images or even trade mark protection (yes, I know that's a separate issue). Does Paramount really not have any rights to the symbols making up the Klingon fonts, for example?
> taking your GPL source code, making a few changes, and selling that as a commerical closed source project. I don't think many OSS advocates would stand for that for very long,
Shut up, traitor! George Washington was elected by popular mandate! No, wait, he was appointed by God. Providence! Oh, this is too confusing. Is there any rasslin' on?
The FSF's crack legal eagle Eben Moglen hides behind his keyboard, firing off snippy articles saying that SCO allegedly smell of poo. Then disclaims them. Fucking pussweed.
Ahahoo ha ha, that's precious
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Here's a synopsis of the ideas that I've seen touted here over the years:
It should, like, just know who's a spammer and should totally stop them.
You should have to pay like 1 cent a message. And it should be collected by, uh, magic.
All email must be PGP signed! All of it! ALL OF IT!
We should cut off the niggers and chinks from the new system. Uh, and the Irish.
Whenever you send an email, you should get an auto reply to the return address, then you have to reply to that by hand before your email gets through. Uh, and you shouldn't be allowed to automate the confirmation. That would be, like, wrong.
I hav Consturtootnal Rites!
Free Dmitri Sklyarov.
We're a bunch of mediocre thinkers who sit around belching and farting and thinking that our opinions matter. They don't. What matters is that we get served ads in return for that belching and farting. But let's not get delusional and actually start believing that our opinions do matter, even here, and especially not in the real world.
Well, "we" as in "them". I also seem to recall similar shrieking about DeCSS, but I don't see the MPAA pursuing that any more. I guess if there wasn't a movie about it last summer, it's hard for them to remember it.
There's an indirect attribution, but no acknowledgement of rights or suggestion of a fair use defence. This is a copyright violation until shown otherwise. Whether it's morally wrong or not is quite another matter, but remember, under the current Disney regime, it's death plus ninety years. Your grandkids might be able to use Tengwar legally, but you won't.
And the definition of "property"? What's the property here? It can't be the physical medium. Is it the copy right? No, if you stole that, the rights owner wouldn't have it any more. It must be the information then. Does Georgia treat information as property?
Why would you want to reward the artist? Name me five RIAA artists that retain the copy rights on the work they record. The rights owners are the labels, they deserve any compensation that's due. Please don't advocate stealing from labels.
Quite right, everything that's against the law is wrong. If we don't nip this in the bud, then next thing you know, the niggers and Irish will be demanding the right to vote.
Oh, do fuck off. If KMart colluded with Gap to fix their at the same level, you'd have a comparison to make. As it is, you seem to be becoming incromprehensibubble in your eagerness to make your point.
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beates, Nick Drake, Green Day, Nirvana... The list goes on and on
Go on then. Keep naming them. For every one that you name, I'll name three single-led meat puppets. Britney Spears, Dumbitch Lopez, Sugababes, Linkin Park (yeah, fuck you, college boy rawkers), NSYNC (now that they're not underground), Backpassage Boys, B*Witched, Nelly, the slutty chick that Britney is trying to rip off now, Pink, The Cheeky Girls, Beyonce, Mis-Teeq, Mariah Carey, Justin "not a fucking virgin" Timberlake, S Club Whatever-they-are-this-week, that leathery skinned Canadian wailer (pick one), and I'm having Jennifer Lopez again, because she's so bad she counts twice.
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Explain how the Millennium Falcon made the Kessel Run in less than 12 parsecs then. ;-P
What would BSD get then? This rating goes to 11?
Parsecs are a unit of time, you fool!
...arian?
To what end though? Do we need to go to Mars? It's essentially an illogical folly, so it we're going to do it, let's do it right and let astronauts get back to being explorers rather than truck drivers.
Yeah, that would have been a lot funnier without the typo, but kudos on being only the tenth of a metric assload of people to make that joke.
>notable Martian craft go plunging into the ground at around 300 mph
mph? What's that in bushels per hectare? How ironic that you sneer at impacting craft when you can't even be bothered to write metres per second.
No, you're not. You're going to post something modded +1 funny on Slashdot about all the neat ways you could punish the FCC by abusing this, then you'll go back to masturbating over pictures of Jennifer Garner in your parents' basement.
If 1% of what was promised or threatened on Slashdot came to pass, we could change the world. If it wasn't for all those pictures of Jennifer Garner, eh?
Troll? Yes, he is.
(Actually question 3.9 for anyone following this). Wow, interesting stuff, thanks for the link. As usual, now that I know the correct google incantation ("typeface copyrightable"), the information flows out of the woodwork. As I understand it, US law seems to be the exception rather than the rule, and as the typefaces (see, I know the words now) were created in England, we're into the vagueries of the Berne Convention as to whether that's applicable in the US.
Fascinating subject, thanks.
Sorry, I didn't have my slide rule to hand to work my way through the copy right maze.
Regarding fonts not having copy rights, can you cite references for this? It seems strange that they don't attract copy rights as images or even trade mark protection (yes, I know that's a separate issue). Does Paramount really not have any rights to the symbols making up the Klingon fonts, for example?
> taking your GPL source code, making a few changes, and selling that as a commerical closed source project. I don't think many OSS advocates would stand for that for very long,
Yeah, who's be crazy enough to do that?
Shut up, traitor! George Washington was elected by popular mandate! No, wait, he was appointed by God. Providence! Oh, this is too confusing. Is there any rasslin' on?
The FSF's crack legal eagle Eben Moglen hides behind his keyboard, firing off snippy articles saying that SCO allegedly smell of poo. Then disclaims them. Fucking pussweed.
Here's a synopsis of the ideas that I've seen touted here over the years:
We're a bunch of mediocre thinkers who sit around belching and farting and thinking that our opinions matter. They don't. What matters is that we get served ads in return for that belching and farting. But let's not get delusional and actually start believing that our opinions do matter, even here, and especially not in the real world.
Fair enough. Tell you what, our great grandkids can argue over whether it's wrong to allow Steamboat Willy to enter the public domain after 200 years.
Well, "we" as in "them". I also seem to recall similar shrieking about DeCSS, but I don't see the MPAA pursuing that any more. I guess if there wasn't a movie about it last summer, it's hard for them to remember it.
There's an indirect attribution, but no acknowledgement of rights or suggestion of a fair use defence. This is a copyright violation until shown otherwise. Whether it's morally wrong or not is quite another matter, but remember, under the current Disney regime, it's death plus ninety years. Your grandkids might be able to use Tengwar legally, but you won't.
And the definition of "property"? What's the property here? It can't be the physical medium. Is it the copy right? No, if you stole that, the rights owner wouldn't have it any more. It must be the information then. Does Georgia treat information as property?
Why would you want to reward the artist? Name me five RIAA artists that retain the copy rights on the work they record. The rights owners are the labels, they deserve any compensation that's due. Please don't advocate stealing from labels.
Quite right, everything that's against the law is wrong. If we don't nip this in the bud, then next thing you know, the niggers and Irish will be demanding the right to vote.
Oh, do fuck off. If KMart colluded with Gap to fix their at the same level, you'd have a comparison to make. As it is, you seem to be becoming incromprehensibubble in your eagerness to make your point.
Yeah, that $10 for Linkin Park will really wean them off of the label's money teat.
Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin, The Beates, Nick Drake, Green Day, Nirvana... The list goes on and on
Go on then. Keep naming them. For every one that you name, I'll name three single-led meat puppets. Britney Spears, Dumbitch Lopez, Sugababes, Linkin Park (yeah, fuck you, college boy rawkers), NSYNC (now that they're not underground), Backpassage Boys, B*Witched, Nelly, the slutty chick that Britney is trying to rip off now, Pink, The Cheeky Girls, Beyonce, Mis-Teeq, Mariah Carey, Justin "not a fucking virgin" Timberlake, S Club Whatever-they-are-this-week, that leathery skinned Canadian wailer (pick one), and I'm having Jennifer Lopez again, because she's so bad she counts twice.
Bring them on.
>MTV stopped showing videos a few years ago
Not entirely true. You can catch Beavis and Butthead re-runs complete with music videos at 3am. Uhhuhuhu, change it, Beavis.