Not only did Vlassic go bankrupt for other reasons, the whole article is full of rubbish. Wal-Mart ASKED Vlassic for cheap pickles in a gallon jar and Vlassic wanted "to see what would happen" (!!!) if they sold them at a low price point (1-2 cents profit). The other example is Huffy: Huffy GAVE AWAY designs to other manufacturers to free up capacity, because they said they would supply Wal-Mart with AS MANY AS THEY CAN SELL of low-margin cheap bikes.
This just reiterates that stupid business practices are really what bankrupts these companies. "Let's see what happens...", "Let's give this away...", "Sure, I won't add supply limits to my contract..."
I always wanted the cop toys with the handcuffs. It was always fun convincing the girls they were the bad guys and that cops usually cuffed them to a pole...
I RTFA and it talks as if they have some kind of secret inside information. The Hotmail Plus link has been showing up on the Hotmail website for days now. And it clearly says you can PAY for 20MB attachments and a 2GB inbox. They also announced free calendars now that Sunbird is out. Free customers will get 250MB and 10MB attachments... eventually.
I've always wondered how often those systems are polled for OK status. If I were to find a house with an ADT sign out front, and I were to cut the phone line and then trip the mains, how much time do I have?
Thankfully this got modded so someone will see it. I'm so sick of people saying "you HAVE to write a letter or they're going to terminate your service."
Now if only people would realize that its not the downloaders that get in trouble, its ones who share.
This letter is just a notice. It informs the downloader (who by using BitTorrent is also uploading), that the works are copyrighted and should be removed (stop the BT). No letter or apology is required unless you believe it is your right to continue sharing the file.
Please people, READ the notice word for word. Oh wait, this is/.
I've seens posts saying they need to apologize, or they were JUST downloading, etc... Learn to read!
Sony Wegas and others have a 16x9 mode which compresses all 480 lines into the center for letterboxed input from anamorphic DVDs. I turn this mode on and set my DVD player for widescreen output and it looks fantastic. Its almost like having an HDTV (no progressive scan on mine), but a lot cheaper.
I live in a small Georgia town. As CD sales have dropped, the number of stations playing good music has gone up. I attribute this to a number of people returning to calling their radio station to request music.
We've complained about it for a long time, but now I'd rather contribute to the advertiser driven sales model of music. If the radio commercials are entertaining, I'll listen to them rather than illegally downloading music online. It's simply easier and safer for me.
Here's the one I got from Cox. It was spammed across all of my cox.net email addresses, none of which I check. My wife does however check one occasionally. It was dated 7 April, but we didn't see it until 17 April, long after I had removed the "infringing material."
I'm just glad it wasn't "Lesbian Bondage Queens -- Anal Style". That would have been an embarassing and privacy violating email sent to my wife and kids...
Dear Customer,
We are writing on behalf of Cox Communications to advise you that we have received a notification that you are using your Cox High Speed Internet service to post or transmit material that infringes the copyrights of a complainant's members. We have included a copy of the complaint letter. Pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), which is codified at 17 U.S.C. 512, upon receiving such notification, Cox is required to "act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to" the infringing material in order to avoid liability for any alleged copyright infringement. Accordingly, Cox will suspend your account and disable your connection to the Internet within 24 hours of your receipt of this email if the offending material is not removed.
Please be aware that the DMCA also provides procedures by which a subscriber accused of copyright violation can respond to the allegations of infringement and, under certain circumstances, cause his or her account to be reinstated. To do so, however, the response must meet certain criteria. Pursuant to section (g) of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. 512(g)), you have the right to submit to Cox a counter-notification which, to be effective, must include the following elements:
(a) a physical or electronic signature of the subscriber; (b) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled; (c) a statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled; (d) the subscriber's name, address, and telephone number and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located.
In the event that you submit to Cox a counter-notification that includes these elements, Cox will forward your counter notification to the complainant and advise them that Cox will cease disabling access to the allegedly infringing material in ten (10) business days. Unless the complainant notifies us that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity prior to the expiration of those ten (10) business days, Cox will reactivate your account.
Sincerely,
The Cox Abuse Team
[MPAA Email attached here] but/. Lameness filter said it was 'junk'
It's been my experience that the MPAA and RIAA aren't going after downloaders. They're going after the uploaders. Unfortunately, you can't use BitTorrent (unmodded) without uploading data.
They can see what you're sharing by opening the same.torrent you have, and looking at the status of every file and the IP that has it. That's how they got me on a couple Stargate season 7 episodes I downloaded with BT (of course I also BUY the DVD box sets of every season when they come out). The problem wasn't that I downloaded it (I could watch it on TV), but that I was also sharing it at the time (I'm also not allowed to run a TV broadcast station).
I'm sure there's a few programmers out there more than willing to take an open source file sharing system like BT and write a client that simply catalogs IPs and files shared.
What good would it have been to know the names of Timothy McVeigh, the Unabomber, or the DC snipers before they were arrested? Palestinian suicide bombers generally have no history of terrorism. The goal is here is to know someone's intentions, and their identity has very little to do with that.
If identity is so unimportant, than why are we checking IDs? Why does it matter if they are forged?
Taking a camcorder into a theater is breaking the law.
Simply taking a camcorder into a theather should not be breaking the law, just as having a car capable of going faster than the speed limit is not illegal. However, if you use that camcorder to record the movie, THEN you're breaking the law.
Your statement has made the same incorrect assumption as all the anti-fair-use laws have--that capability is the same as intent.
The article says sales were down to $32 billion, it doesn't ever say that 7.6% less CDs were sold. If you charge 7.6% less for the same number of CDs, then YES, your revenue will fall.
What about the price fixing settlement? What about the fact that CDs only have 10 tracks, of which only 1 or 2 are any good? I've noticed a trend towards $9.99 CDs with 10 tracks and away from CDs with 20 tracks selling for $17.99.
This is another distortion of the FACTs brought on by the Press and Corporate America. I am so tired of information being used incorrectly.
Until they can tell me that 135 million fewer CDs were sold, then its all crap. I still buy CDs... WHEN THEY'RE $10... NOT WHEN THEY'RE $20. I just think more and more people are realizing this--with, or without online music.
Its like the Mafia complaining that "protection money" income is down. No kidding!
The slashdot post and the second half of the article point out the complaint that Google has the capability to link all your past searches to the email you input to be kept informed of GMail developments. This would be something that is happening NOW, not later.
While I optimistically doubt Google will ever do anything heinous by linking my searches for "home construction photos" and "windows 2000 webdav locks up" to my email account, I recognize that some people don't want their searches for "cat snuff films" and "dog attacks cat" linked to their email, catlover@mail.com.
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Not only did Vlassic go bankrupt for other reasons, the whole article is full of rubbish. Wal-Mart ASKED Vlassic for cheap pickles in a gallon jar and Vlassic wanted "to see what would happen" (!!!) if they sold them at a low price point (1-2 cents profit). The other example is Huffy: Huffy GAVE AWAY designs to other manufacturers to free up capacity, because they said they would supply Wal-Mart with AS MANY AS THEY CAN SELL of low-margin cheap bikes.
This just reiterates that stupid business practices are really what bankrupts these companies. "Let's see what happens...", "Let's give this away...", "Sure, I won't add supply limits to my contract..."
I always wanted the cop toys with the handcuffs. It was always fun convincing the girls they were the bad guys and that cops usually cuffed them to a pole...
It's sad when a company has to buy the "krogers" domain name because so many people incorrectly add the "s".
Type that ass...
What are these people wearing? T-shirt and shorts?
Many workplaces require slacks and a collared shirt. Add an undershirt and I'm good for 70F.
We had an issue with our AC for a while and had to deal with 80F temps. We complained and complained to get it to 70-72F.
Isn't "room temp" 72F/22C ??
How come I never have mod points when I need them?
How about 120 minutes, run at 1/3 speed for 6 hours?
And aren't you a bit late to be pushing Beta over VHS?
It's a secret.
Finally, someone actually looks at the facts.
I RTFA and it talks as if they have some kind of secret inside information. The Hotmail Plus link has been showing up on the Hotmail website for days now. And it clearly says you can PAY for 20MB attachments and a 2GB inbox. They also announced free calendars now that Sunbird is out. Free customers will get 250MB and 10MB attachments... eventually.
I've always wondered how often those systems are polled for OK status. If I were to find a house with an ADT sign out front, and I were to cut the phone line and then trip the mains, how much time do I have?
It's my girlfriend lying in bed, wirelessy sending email, leaving me to watch TV since she's got the laptop.
Thankfully this got modded so someone will see it. I'm so sick of people saying "you HAVE to write a letter or they're going to terminate your service."
Now if only people would realize that its not the downloaders that get in trouble, its ones who share.
this is for DOWNLOADING, not SHARING
Umm, no. The offender was using BitTorrent, which we all know shares data as it downloads.
This letter is just a notice. It informs the downloader (who by using BitTorrent is also uploading), that the works are copyrighted and should be removed (stop the BT). No letter or apology is required unless you believe it is your right to continue sharing the file.
/.
Please people, READ the notice word for word. Oh wait, this is
I've seens posts saying they need to apologize, or they were JUST downloading, etc... Learn to read!
Sony Wegas and others have a 16x9 mode which compresses all 480 lines into the center for letterboxed input from anamorphic DVDs. I turn this mode on and set my DVD player for widescreen output and it looks fantastic. Its almost like having an HDTV (no progressive scan on mine), but a lot cheaper.
I live in a small Georgia town. As CD sales have dropped, the number of stations playing good music has gone up. I attribute this to a number of people returning to calling their radio station to request music.
We've complained about it for a long time, but now I'd rather contribute to the advertiser driven sales model of music. If the radio commercials are entertaining, I'll listen to them rather than illegally downloading music online. It's simply easier and safer for me.
I didn't see an exercise room with a stationary bike... just in case the power grid is down, its raining outside, and your hydrogen tank is empty.
Here's the one I got from Cox. It was spammed across all of my cox.net email addresses, none of which I check. My wife does however check one occasionally. It was dated 7 April, but we didn't see it until 17 April, long after I had removed the "infringing material."
/. Lameness filter said it was 'junk'
I'm just glad it wasn't "Lesbian Bondage Queens -- Anal Style". That would have been an embarassing and privacy violating email sent to my wife and kids...
Dear Customer,
We are writing on behalf of Cox Communications to advise you that we have received a notification that you are using your Cox High Speed Internet service to post or transmit material that infringes the copyrights of a complainant's members. We have included a copy of the complaint letter. Pursuant to the provisions of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), which is codified at 17 U.S.C. 512, upon receiving such notification, Cox is required to "act expeditiously to remove, or disable access to" the infringing material in order to avoid liability for any alleged copyright infringement. Accordingly, Cox will suspend your account and disable your connection to the Internet within 24 hours of your receipt of this email if the offending material is not removed.
Please be aware that the DMCA also provides procedures by which a subscriber accused of copyright violation can respond to the allegations of infringement and, under certain circumstances, cause his or her account to be reinstated. To do so, however, the response must meet certain criteria. Pursuant to section (g) of the DMCA (17 U.S.C. 512(g)), you have the right to submit to Cox a counter-notification which, to be effective, must include the following elements:
(a) a physical or electronic signature of the subscriber;
(b) identification of the material that has been removed or to which access has been disabled and the location at which the material appeared before it was removed or disabled;
(c) a statement under penalty of perjury that the subscriber has a good faith belief that the material was removed or disabled as a result of mistake or misidentification of the material to be removed or disabled;
(d) the subscriber's name, address, and telephone number and a statement that the subscriber consents to the jurisdiction of the Federal District Court for the judicial district in which the address is located.
In the event that you submit to Cox a counter-notification that includes these elements, Cox will forward your counter notification to the complainant and advise them that Cox will cease disabling access to the allegedly infringing material in ten (10) business days. Unless the complainant notifies us that it has filed an action seeking a court order to restrain you from engaging in the allegedly infringing activity prior to the expiration of those ten (10) business days, Cox will reactivate your account.
Sincerely,
The Cox Abuse Team
[MPAA Email attached here] but
It's been my experience that the MPAA and RIAA aren't going after downloaders. They're going after the uploaders. Unfortunately, you can't use BitTorrent (unmodded) without uploading data.
.torrent you have, and looking at the status of every file and the IP that has it. That's how they got me on a couple Stargate season 7 episodes I downloaded with BT (of course I also BUY the DVD box sets of every season when they come out). The problem wasn't that I downloaded it (I could watch it on TV), but that I was also sharing it at the time (I'm also not allowed to run a TV broadcast station).
They can see what you're sharing by opening the same
I'm sure there's a few programmers out there more than willing to take an open source file sharing system like BT and write a client that simply catalogs IPs and files shared.
Jay Maynard's cool TRON costume
How do you honestly say that as a cohesive thought?
What good would it have been to know the names of Timothy McVeigh, the Unabomber, or the DC snipers before they were arrested? Palestinian suicide bombers generally have no history of terrorism. The goal is here is to know someone's intentions, and their identity has very little to do with that.
If identity is so unimportant, than why are we checking IDs? Why does it matter if they are forged?
Yanking a license because someone has parking tickets or back taxes owed has nothing to do with their ability to drive safely.
So criminals should be allowed to drive too?
Taking a camcorder into a theater is breaking the law.
Simply taking a camcorder into a theather should not be breaking the law, just as having a car capable of going faster than the speed limit is not illegal. However, if you use that camcorder to record the movie, THEN you're breaking the law.
Your statement has made the same incorrect assumption as all the anti-fair-use laws have--that capability is the same as intent.
The article says sales were down to $32 billion, it doesn't ever say that 7.6% less CDs were sold. If you charge 7.6% less for the same number of CDs, then YES, your revenue will fall.
What about the price fixing settlement? What about the fact that CDs only have 10 tracks, of which only 1 or 2 are any good? I've noticed a trend towards $9.99 CDs with 10 tracks and away from CDs with 20 tracks selling for $17.99.
This is another distortion of the FACTs brought on by the Press and Corporate America. I am so tired of information being used incorrectly.
Until they can tell me that 135 million fewer CDs were sold, then its all crap. I still buy CDs... WHEN THEY'RE $10... NOT WHEN THEY'RE $20. I just think more and more people are realizing this--with, or without online music.
Its like the Mafia complaining that "protection money" income is down. No kidding!
The slashdot post and the second half of the article point out the complaint that Google has the capability to link all your past searches to the email you input to be kept informed of GMail developments. This would be something that is happening NOW, not later.
While I optimistically doubt Google will ever do anything heinous by linking my searches for "home construction photos" and "windows 2000 webdav locks up" to my email account, I recognize that some people don't want their searches for "cat snuff films" and "dog attacks cat" linked to their email, catlover@mail.com.