When the next disruptive communications technology - the next worldwide web - is thought up, the lawyers and the logic of control will be much more evident. That is not a happy thought.
What are you joking? The lessons learned from the transition from radio to television, movie theaters to Betamax, CDs to MP3s......were nothing!! Every single disruption, the media industry says OH MY FREAKING G-D WE ARE DOOMED!!!
And then a few years later, they are making three times more money than they were before.
I think a lot of you missed the truck Jamie drove through Google's legal problems with this project.
Many of these responses try to dispel her position by stating that Google couldn't care less if you download the data. But that only further highlights the issue -- if Google loses control of the data that they do not own, they have very little legal basis to protect it.
And that is a very big problem when Google is arguing that a third party (Google) should be allowed to store vast libraries of complete copyrighted works that they do not own.
The owners of the copyrighted works cannot be forced into depending on the discretion of a third party to protect their works, regardless of Google's assurances, or whether the owner ever heard of the ability to opt-out or not.
My colleague Jamie wrote the following letter to Wired yesterday regarding Lawrence Lessig's column supporting Google Print.
I think she makes some compelling points about the problems with Google's plan...
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Lessig's Tough Call
In defending Google Print ("Google's Tough Call," issue 13.11), Lawrence Lessig and others overlook one thing. If the publishers and authors have no rights to prevent this, what rights does Google have to protect its own extensive efforts in creating this database? By their own arguments, the answer must be: none. Google does not own the raw data. In almost talking point fashion, Google, Lessig and others describe this as nothing more than a "card catalog." This description could come back to haunt Google, as the only thing they own is their original presentation of the data itself. And the image of a card catalog does not bring to mind "originality."
If the Google DRM is broken and I create my own "Jamie Print" index on the web... without Google's ads... what basis would Google have to argue? Google can scan a million books and by Lessig's arguments, that investment is irrelevant. If I find a way to download those million books from Google, store the data and use my own search engine, Google's supposed benevolence in creating this project will be hard to swallow amidst a flurry of lawsuits against my superior ad-free index. Google would have little basis to sue except under the DMCA, a statute whose very existence is vilified by Lessig and the very people defending Google Print as progress (and I don't care for it either).
If Google's investment in the project cannot be protected, they may have little incentive to create this and other projects. Isn't this much the same for the publishers and authors seeking protection for the right to control their work? Lessig defends Google Print in the name of progress, but progress is a careful balance of reward and public benefit. Google might not create Google Print if it cannot profit from the ads it inserts and publishers may lose out if they cannot choose how to profit from their properties.
It is almost inevitable that Google Print will be subverted and Google will seek the very same protections that it claims the publishers should not have.
FREEDOM to keep FAMILY VALUES that we approve of. They are all protecting YOU unless you are one of them. We decide if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from a little surveillance (unless you have something to fear) from your protectors. Next sunny morning, go outside, take a deep breath, and thank GOD(R) for your unalienable FREEDOM or else.
I see nothing positive about Snort being acquired by CheckPoint.
CheckPoint bought Zone Labs a couple of years ago and Zone Alarm went from being a rock solid firewall to an absolute mess. There are so many problems with the new version of Zone Alarm that their forums are filled with complaints.
The carbon units will now provide V'ger the required information. V'ger travels to the third planet to find the Creator. V'ger and the Creator will become One.
Boy, if that's something Google is counting on, they are in trouble.
Arriba did not offer or hold the actual photograph. These were thumbnail images that linked to the owner's work.
Google will not be providing a link - they will be storing the entirety of the author's work, even in many cases when that work did not already appear in electronic form. They will be offering a service based on that person's intellectual property. When authors agree to have their included in similar databases, they receive payment for their work.
What Google is doing isn't a thumbnail; it is not fair use.
The crowd is slamming resistance to Google when in fact Google has vastly overstepped its bounds.
They've told publishers and authors that they plan to scan every book - and if you don't like it, opt-out. Well, if you were an author or publisher, you'd be rightly pissed. The burden of having publishers list and input millions of titles in order to opt-out is absurd.
And Google will lose this fight in court when it gets there. They've gone from innovative ideas to almost a totalitarian approach to their projects. With this and their banning of CNET reporters because they offended the emperor, I mean, CEO of Google, we can see that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
So why the gobblygook? Look at that "PK" at the beginning of the string. That indicates that it is zipped. Rename the.sxw extension to.zip & throw it into whatever unzipper you wish to.
That's what it looks like to most PC users, the majority of whom can't understand why they can't open their MP3 files in Word.
[i]So why the gobblygook? Look at that "PK" at the beginning of the string. That indicates that it is zipped. Rename the.sxw extension to.zip & throw it into whatever unzipper you wish to.[/q] That's what it looks like to the most PC users, the majority of whom can't understand why they can't open their MP3 files in Word.
This film evokes emotions that are hard to put into words.
Simply put, it is truly astonishing and moving -- and leaves you with a feeling that stays with you long after you leave the theater. I guess that feeling is: life.
While this sounds pretty bad, it seems that this was nature's way of "terraforming" our planet. It seems these bacteria might be handy for naturally creating other worlds we can inhabit. After all, we already have organisms that breathe oxygen.
You can hire almost anyone and still create crap, just as Microsoft does.
Apple has good pull to get people, but even better management. There are tons of talented people - the whole superstar thing can be folly. It's about a culture that permits creativity and innovation.
When you've got people at Microsoft worrying about uttering the word podcast, you can see that they are losing their relevance by the moment. It has happened to many giant companies - as they phase from entrepreneurial and flexible - to arrogant and rigid.
Sure no one wanted them? They're hot items on eBay
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Not sure if posters can claim this product never made sense... when they are such hot sellers on eBay.
Well, actually... it will probably become even cooler now that they discontinued.
...with a little technical TLC every now-and-then. Like the Times article about how people buy new PCs because of spyware, most consumers cannot figure out the insanity of Windows. They certainly can't figure out that their new computer does almost nothing more for them then their old computer -- the only difference is that the old one "stopped working."
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When the next disruptive communications technology - the next worldwide web - is thought up, the lawyers and the logic of control will be much more evident. That is not a happy thought.
...were nothing!! Every single disruption, the media industry says OH MY FREAKING G-D WE ARE DOOMED!!!
What are you joking? The lessons learned from the transition from radio to television, movie theaters to Betamax, CDs to MP3s...
And then a few years later, they are making three times more money than they were before.
I think a lot of you missed the truck Jamie drove through Google's legal problems with this project.
Many of these responses try to dispel her position by stating that Google couldn't care less if you download the data. But that only further highlights the issue -- if Google loses control of the data that they do not own, they have very little legal basis to protect it.
And that is a very big problem when Google is arguing that a third party (Google) should be allowed to store vast libraries of complete copyrighted works that they do not own.
The owners of the copyrighted works cannot be forced into depending on the discretion of a third party to protect their works, regardless of Google's assurances, or whether the owner ever heard of the ability to opt-out or not.
My colleague Jamie wrote the following letter to Wired yesterday regarding Lawrence Lessig's column supporting Google Print.
I think she makes some compelling points about the problems with Google's plan...
-------------
Lessig's Tough Call
In defending Google Print ("Google's Tough Call," issue 13.11), Lawrence Lessig and others overlook one thing. If the publishers and authors have no rights to prevent this, what rights does Google have to protect its own extensive efforts in creating this database? By their own arguments, the answer must be: none. Google does not own the raw data. In almost talking point fashion, Google, Lessig and others describe this as nothing more than a "card catalog." This description could come back to haunt Google, as the only thing they own is their original presentation of the data itself. And the image of a card catalog does not bring to mind "originality."
If the Google DRM is broken and I create my own "Jamie Print" index on the web... without Google's ads... what basis would Google have to argue? Google can scan a million books and by Lessig's arguments, that investment is irrelevant. If I find a way to download those million books from Google, store the data and use my own search engine, Google's supposed benevolence in creating this project will be hard to swallow amidst a flurry of lawsuits against my superior ad-free index. Google would have little basis to sue except under the DMCA, a statute whose very existence is vilified by Lessig and the very people defending Google Print as progress (and I don't care for it either).
If Google's investment in the project cannot be protected, they may have little incentive to create this and other projects. Isn't this much the same for the publishers and authors seeking protection for the right to control their work? Lessig defends Google Print in the name of progress, but progress is a careful balance of reward and public benefit. Google might not create Google Print if it cannot profit from the ads it inserts and publishers may lose out if they cannot choose how to profit from their properties.
It is almost inevitable that Google Print will be subverted and Google will seek the very same protections that it claims the publishers should not have.
Jamie Cole
New York, NY
Translated:
FREEDOM to keep FAMILY VALUES that we approve of. They are all protecting YOU unless you are one of them. We decide if you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear from a little surveillance (unless you have something to fear) from your protectors. Next sunny morning, go outside, take a deep breath, and thank GOD(R) for your unalienable FREEDOM or else.
I see nothing positive about Snort being acquired by CheckPoint.
CheckPoint bought Zone Labs a couple of years ago and Zone Alarm went from being a rock solid firewall to an absolute mess. There are so many problems with the new version of Zone Alarm that their forums are filled with complaints.
The carbon units will now provide V'ger the required information. V'ger travels to the third planet to find the Creator. V'ger and the Creator will become One.
Boy, if that's something Google is counting on, they are in trouble.
Arriba did not offer or hold the actual photograph. These were thumbnail images that linked to the owner's work.
Google will not be providing a link - they will be storing the entirety of the author's work, even in many cases when that work did not already appear in electronic form. They will be offering a service based on that person's intellectual property. When authors agree to have their included in similar databases, they receive payment for their work.
What Google is doing isn't a thumbnail; it is not fair use.
The crowd is slamming resistance to Google when in fact Google has vastly overstepped its bounds.
They've told publishers and authors that they plan to scan every book - and if you don't like it, opt-out. Well, if you were an author or publisher, you'd be rightly pissed. The burden of having publishers list and input millions of titles in order to opt-out is absurd.
And Google will lose this fight in court when it gets there. They've gone from innovative ideas to almost a totalitarian approach to their projects. With this and their banning of CNET reporters because they offended the emperor, I mean, CEO of Google, we can see that absolute power corrupts absolutely.
VOICE OF NARRATOR FROM SUPERFRIENDS
MEANWHILE, BACK AT ICANN HEADQUARTERS, THE ICANN STAFF DELIBERATES
MAN
When are we going to plan our next trip to an exotic city for another meeting?
WOMAN
Why does it have to be a exotic city? Can't it be an exotic village?
MAN
That's a good question. We should research this.
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So why the gobblygook? Look at that "PK" at the beginning of the string. That indicates that it is zipped. Rename the .sxw extension to .zip & throw it into whatever unzipper you wish to.
That's what it looks like to most PC users, the majority of whom can't understand why they can't open their MP3 files in Word.
[i]So why the gobblygook? Look at that "PK" at the beginning of the string. That indicates that it is zipped. Rename the .sxw extension to .zip & throw it into whatever unzipper you wish to.[/q]
That's what it looks like to the most PC users, the majority of whom can't understand why they can't open their MP3 files in Word.
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http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7421924/
So Acxiom lost 1.6 billion private records... what were they charged with for such shoddy security?
How much did they pay consumers for not protecting their data..?
What new standards did they have to agree to with the government..?
Try hitting different keys and numbers... lots of different variations built into his demo...
This film evokes emotions that are hard to put into words.
Simply put, it is truly astonishing and moving -- and leaves you with a feeling that stays with you long after you leave the theater. I guess that feeling is: life.
While this sounds pretty bad, it seems that this was nature's way of "terraforming" our planet. It seems these bacteria might be handy for naturally creating other worlds we can inhabit. After all, we already have organisms that breathe oxygen.
The infrastructure built by the Bells was heavily subsidized by... your tax dollars.
You can hire almost anyone and still create crap, just as Microsoft does.
Apple has good pull to get people, but even better management. There are tons of talented people - the whole superstar thing can be folly. It's about a culture that permits creativity and innovation.
When you've got people at Microsoft worrying about uttering the word podcast, you can see that they are losing their relevance by the moment. It has happened to many giant companies - as they phase from entrepreneurial and flexible - to arrogant and rigid.
Not sure if posters can claim this product never made sense... when they are such hot sellers on eBay.
Well, actually... it will probably become even cooler now that they discontinued.
Anyone know where I can buy 30 of these?
This was posted on Slashdot a few weeks ago.
And many posters (including me) pointed out that sun pipes have been around a long time.
Thumbs down, Firefox.
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