In never-neverland (which is where Hollings spends most of his time), this sort of DRM is just what the doctor ordered. You get a PPV movie, you watch it once, and you can never watch it again (unless you buy it again). Great - the content is protected.
Did you know that the movie industry tried this DVD format, that was pay-per-use (essentially), and that it flopped horribly? People that bought it didn't like it, and everyone who knew how bad it was stayed away. And now it is everyone's favorite movie codec, Divx!
Did you read the law? Here is where it describes how sites get added to the list:
1 MAKING THE CHALLENGE.
2 (E) APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO REMOVE OR DISABLE ITEMS.
...
9 AVAILABLE SHALL CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
10 (1) A STATEMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE APPLICANT TO
11 MAKE SUCH AN APPLICATION.
12 (2) A STATEMENT OF THE IDENTITY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE OR
13 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT HAS, IN THE OFFICIAL SCOPE OF
14 THAT OFFICER'S DUTIES, DISCOVERED THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
15 ITEMS.
16 (3) A STATEMENT BY THE INVESTIGATIVE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
17 OFFICER WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION JUSTIFYING
18 THE APPLICATION.
19 (4) THE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO
20 SUCH ITEMS.
21 (5) THE IDENTITY OF THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER USED
22 BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
23 (6) A SHOWING THAT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
24 THAT SUCH ITEMS CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6312
25 (RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN).
If enough people stop purchasing crippled music, wouldn't their voices become more relevant?
Greg
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Very true. I downloaded this version in an attempt to have a usable browser under OS X. Internet Explorer is very slow right now, especially with loading and scrolling. Unfortunately, this latest version of Mozilla seems to suffer similar problems. Maybe the problems are both related to Aqua?
That would be anticlimatic. With insanely powerful weapons comes instant destruction. What fun is there in that? Worringly powerful weapons only brings about detante. Haven't you seen that already in the past 50 years? A believable universe won't make a more interesting film.
Sure some of your suggestions are cool, and a couple have already been done. Not in the A++ title or the one thats got the big budget, but they are out there.
So, if the bill passes, we should see a giant upswing in the number of computers purchased. Then two years from that time, the number of computers purchased will have significantly dropped.
Fritz Hollings: "All your computer are belong to us"
You don't have to worry about an odd mix of hardware or bios problems that are responsible for a number of woes on x86.
Apparently Apple already does (though on PPC). Some people have sued Apple in a class action suit because Apple released in '98 a list of compatible systems and hardware, and when OS X was released in 2001, some of the systems or hardware listed weren't supported in full or at all.
My point is it wouldn't be a new phenomenon to deal with finicky x86 hardware, just different. Apple has had to deal with finicky PPC hardware already.
Besides, as far as I know, most drivers are not written by the OS company (in the case of Microsoft and Apple) but by the hardware developers themselves. I think the same would be true with OS X for x86.
As a Mac guy, you should know the main problem with ports and the Mac. It is not Direct3D. Mac porters know how to go from Direct3D to OpenGL or RAVE, etc. The problem lies with DirectPlay instead, and has caused many Mac ports to be network incompatible with their Windows counterparts. DirectPlay isn't very difficult to use on Windows, which is why it is widely used. And annoying for Mac gamers.
And as to your question about it being comparable to Wine (you mean Wine, and not VMWare right?), the answer is no, it isn't. It is source-code compatibility rather than binary compatibility. The code will need to be natively compiled to run on that platform. The only benefit is that you don't have to rewrite the 3D code because doesn't support Direct3D (only version 8). Wine uses the native Windows application.
You are thinking of trademarks. With trademarks, if you do not vigorously pursue infringing marks, then your trademark is no longer valid.
Patents do not work like this. They do not have to be actively defended to be kept valid. In this case, though, Prodigy has an even earlier prior art video which shows the technology BT is suing Prodigy for using. If the patent system were more effective in finding prior art, this hyperlinking technology patent would've never been awarded to BT in the first place.
What about software that comes preloaded on that new fangled computer you just bought? Sure the OS makes you click an "I agree to a bunch of legalese that means nothing to me" but not every app that is preloaded forces you to do the same.
I'm not sure my argument here will work with characters, but it will with items:
The difference is that you aren't creating. In Photoshop, yes you are using their tool, but you are creating the work. With DAoC, or any other PIG (persistent internet game) most of the actual work is done at the server, by Mythic. They create the item. Therefore it is theirs.
I agree with your paint brush and Photoshop analogies in principle. However, the difference here is you are running Photoshop at Adobe's office, or using the paint brush in that company's warehouse.
Even if you see a representation on the screen, the actual character data and items are not stored on your computer, but on Mythic's servers.
I don't see how this is all that controversial. The people in question are using Mythic's servers for the data in question. They aren't clicking the menu option "New Item" to spawn the Zot-slaying Broadsword +12 (as opposed to clicking "New Image" in Photoshop). Mythic has a right to disallow the improper uses of its data.
Please don't think about what might happen if "farming" is actually a job. Who hired them, and who pays taxes???
And the answer to your trick question: You both own the copyright. Of two different things. He owns the copyright on the program, you own the copyright of the video (and NOT the program).
And the poster above you is still correct. The new G4 Towers come standard with the GeForce4MX, but the GeForce4 Ti can be used instead for an extra $250.
You'll notice at the end of the article that MGM did attempt to get New Line to change the title of "The Spy who Shagged Me" but dropped the request after an agreement was made with New Line.
Greg
Just so you know, the version of Windows used was Windows XP. Windows XP has been known that it can perform slower than Windows 2000 or 98 in tests.
(see The Register for an article discussing Win2k vs XP performance)
Also, since both OSes achieve framerates higher than 60, its not going to make much difference when actually playing the game.
A difference of only 7.5 fps is not insignificant, but its not very significant either. I am willing to believe that the same tests can be repeated by others, and get results that show the same, and the opposite from what The Register saw.
So what can you conclude from the Register article? That both systems play the game well.
I don't know about the other models, I was only saying the iMac doesn't come with a subwoofer. As far as I know, the 20th Anniversary Mac isn't an iMac.
No iMac has ever had a subwoofer. Not even the original model.
That's why Apple, or really Harmon-Kardon, sells a subwoofer called the iSub. The sound quality increases exponentially when you add one to an iMac. Its also probably as big as the new iMac. But at around $60 its not a bad pickup.
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What is funny about Apple using IE as the pre-loaded browser is that they default the homepage to apple.netscape.com!
Greg
Did you read the law? Here is where it describes how sites get added to the list:
...
1 MAKING THE CHALLENGE.
2 (E) APPLICATION FOR ORDER TO REMOVE OR DISABLE ITEMS.
9 AVAILABLE SHALL CONTAIN ALL OF THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
10 (1) A STATEMENT OF THE AUTHORITY OF THE APPLICANT TO
11 MAKE SUCH AN APPLICATION.
12 (2) A STATEMENT OF THE IDENTITY OF THE INVESTIGATIVE OR
13 LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER THAT HAS, IN THE OFFICIAL SCOPE OF
14 THAT OFFICER'S DUTIES, DISCOVERED THE CHILD PORNOGRAPHY
15 ITEMS.
16 (3) A STATEMENT BY THE INVESTIGATIVE OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
17 OFFICER WHO HAS KNOWLEDGE OF RELEVANT INFORMATION JUSTIFYING
18 THE APPLICATION.
19 (4) THE UNIFORM RESOURCE LOCATOR PROVIDING ACCESS TO
20 SUCH ITEMS.
21 (5) THE IDENTITY OF THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER USED
22 BY THE LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICER.
23 (6) A SHOWING THAT THERE IS PROBABLE CAUSE TO BELIEVE
24 THAT SUCH ITEMS CONSTITUTE A VIOLATION OF SECTION 6312
25 (RELATING TO SEXUAL ABUSE OF CHILDREN).
If enough people stop purchasing crippled music, wouldn't their voices become more relevant?
Greg
Very true. I downloaded this version in an attempt to have a usable browser under OS X. Internet Explorer is very slow right now, especially with loading and scrolling. Unfortunately, this latest version of Mozilla seems to suffer similar problems. Maybe the problems are both related to Aqua?
Greg
That would be anticlimatic. With insanely powerful weapons comes instant destruction. What fun is there in that? Worringly powerful weapons only brings about detante. Haven't you seen that already in the past 50 years? A believable universe won't make a more interesting film.
Sure some of your suggestions are cool, and a couple have already been done. Not in the A++ title or the one thats got the big budget, but they are out there.
Greg
So, if the bill passes, we should see a giant upswing in the number of computers purchased. Then two years from that time, the number of computers purchased will have significantly dropped.
Fritz Hollings: "All your computer are belong to us"
Although, according to Microsoft you CAN bring back the dead to promote your company when you can't find enough living people to do the job!
Greg
Apparently Apple already does (though on PPC). Some people have sued Apple in a class action suit because Apple released in '98 a list of compatible systems and hardware, and when OS X was released in 2001, some of the systems or hardware listed weren't supported in full or at all.
My point is it wouldn't be a new phenomenon to deal with finicky x86 hardware, just different. Apple has had to deal with finicky PPC hardware already.
Besides, as far as I know, most drivers are not written by the OS company (in the case of Microsoft and Apple) but by the hardware developers themselves. I think the same would be true with OS X for x86.
Greg
He should've posted it, then immediately have gone to her place. Tell her to load up /., she'll see it, then he's right there with the ring.
Greg
This sentence:
The only benefit is that you don't have to rewrite the 3D code because doesn't support Direct3D (only version 8).
Should be:
The only benefit is that you don't have to rewrite the 3D code because (platform of your choice) doesn't support Direct3D (only version 8).
Slashcode doesnt like greater than and less than tags even with plaintext!
Greg
As a Mac guy, you should know the main problem with ports and the Mac. It is not Direct3D. Mac porters know how to go from Direct3D to OpenGL or RAVE, etc. The problem lies with DirectPlay instead, and has caused many Mac ports to be network incompatible with their Windows counterparts. DirectPlay isn't very difficult to use on Windows, which is why it is widely used. And annoying for Mac gamers.
And as to your question about it being comparable to Wine (you mean Wine, and not VMWare right?), the answer is no, it isn't. It is source-code compatibility rather than binary compatibility. The code will need to be natively compiled to run on that platform. The only benefit is that you don't have to rewrite the 3D code because doesn't support Direct3D (only version 8). Wine uses the native Windows application.
Greg
You are thinking of trademarks. With trademarks, if you do not vigorously pursue infringing marks, then your trademark is no longer valid.
Patents do not work like this. They do not have to be actively defended to be kept valid. In this case, though, Prodigy has an even earlier prior art video which shows the technology BT is suing Prodigy for using. If the patent system were more effective in finding prior art, this hyperlinking technology patent would've never been awarded to BT in the first place.
Greg
What about software that comes preloaded on that new fangled computer you just bought? Sure the OS makes you click an "I agree to a bunch of legalese that means nothing to me" but not every app that is preloaded forces you to do the same.
Greg
I'm not sure my argument here will work with characters, but it will with items:
The difference is that you aren't creating. In Photoshop, yes you are using their tool, but you are creating the work. With DAoC, or any other PIG (persistent internet game) most of the actual work is done at the server, by Mythic. They create the item. Therefore it is theirs.
Told you it wouldn't work with characters...
Greg
I agree with your paint brush and Photoshop analogies in principle. However, the difference here is you are running Photoshop at Adobe's office, or using the paint brush in that company's warehouse.
Even if you see a representation on the screen, the actual character data and items are not stored on your computer, but on Mythic's servers.
I don't see how this is all that controversial. The people in question are using Mythic's servers for the data in question. They aren't clicking the menu option "New Item" to spawn the Zot-slaying Broadsword +12 (as opposed to clicking "New Image" in Photoshop). Mythic has a right to disallow the improper uses of its data.
Please don't think about what might happen if "farming" is actually a job. Who hired them, and who pays taxes???
And the answer to your trick question: You both own the copyright. Of two different things. He owns the copyright on the program, you own the copyright of the video (and NOT the program).
Greg
And the poster above you is still correct. The new G4 Towers come standard with the GeForce4MX, but the GeForce4 Ti can be used instead for an extra $250.
Greg
You'll notice at the end of the article that MGM did attempt to get New Line to change the title of "The Spy who Shagged Me" but dropped the request after an agreement was made with New Line. Greg
You mean Comcast won't install or support networks, but if I pony up $49 they will install it?
Greg
Just so you know, the version of Windows used was Windows XP. Windows XP has been known that it can perform slower than Windows 2000 or 98 in tests.
(see The Register for an article discussing Win2k vs XP performance)
Also, since both OSes achieve framerates higher than 60, its not going to make much difference when actually playing the game.
A difference of only 7.5 fps is not insignificant, but its not very significant either. I am willing to believe that the same tests can be repeated by others, and get results that show the same, and the opposite from what The Register saw.
So what can you conclude from the Register article? That both systems play the game well.
Greg
My bad, I hadn't thought of it that way. Does the player use any GPL code?
Greg
If they are using LAME as part of their encoder, aren't they required to release the full source of their encoder, since LAME is GPL?
Greg
I don't know about the other models, I was only saying the iMac doesn't come with a subwoofer. As far as I know, the 20th Anniversary Mac isn't an iMac.
Greg
No iMac has ever had a subwoofer. Not even the original model.
That's why Apple, or really Harmon-Kardon, sells a subwoofer called the iSub. The sound quality increases exponentially when you add one to an iMac. Its also probably as big as the new iMac. But at around $60 its not a bad pickup.
Greg
Did't they just copy the Java license?
Greg