Computers are an exception to the AHRA. Funny isn't it. I can, in theory, patent a general purpose PC as an audio recording device but then we go to actual use of the PC and it suddenly isn't kosher. Legalities, legalities, legalities.
It's eminent domain. The cost of treating the victims and paying the drug companies is too high for Brazil. Paying massive fees to the drug companies will not make the country as productive as treating its citizens. This isn't a Gordian knot here. Treat your citizens first. Worry about the non-Brazilian drug companies later.
One may argue that this sets a bad precident but oh well. There are other first world countries which will front the costs for R&D. I don't see why this should bother Brazil's government at all. Hey, if there was a fatal disease that infected 25% of the American population and the only way to maintain it (not cure you, just keep you going) was a $1000/month treatment you know the first politician who ripped that patent out of some company's hands and developed a $10/month treatment would wind up President.
In Judge Jackson's finding of facts the one truly insightful thing he stated was that MS has created a positive feedback loop between its application and OS divisions.
What we need to re-establish competition is not a breakup but an opening of the file formats MS uses in its products. If KOffice, StarOffice, AbiWord, WordPerfect, etc. could take a Word doc and seemlessly import/export it between the other applications I would then have a true choice of what program I wished to use or deploy in a company. I could make a decision based on price and features instead of being locked into one choice of app and OS because I must have the ability to read MS's format.
At the moment, the cost is way too high to change office suites because successfully migrating the documents is a tedious and time consuming process. Lower that barrier and companies could explore alternative solutions.
Opening the formats would also speed up the time that competitors could create filters for those formats.
Yeah, it doesn't look to have as much as the $80 lart sized set that I've seen around but the price is much more attractive if you want to give the OS a spin. $25 makes for a much better impulse buy.
I remember reading that message when it was referenced at linuxtoday. The reason for it was to inform the KDE developers on how the deployment went and to let them know about various issues he encountered. Like scalability, control of desktop themes, etc.. You totally misconstrued why that post was made.
And I don't think that the rest of the articles make for a mutual admiration society. I can use information like this when I discuss things like licensing terms, alternative solutions to problems with my co-workers. These are pertinent stories that can be used to advocate linux.
Allan Adler, vice president for legal and governmental affairs at the Association of American Publishers, has an explanation. "There is no device that can distinguish between a fair use and a non-fair use,"
I beg to differ. I have the perfect device to distinguish fair use. It's called a brain. I have greater faith in its capability than in any access control scheme Big Media may come up with.
I just don't get these posts. I've been running Mozilla for a while now on a PPro200 at work and a PII-233 at home. Mozilla isn't that bad on either of these machines and only gets better.
I'm posting this from 9.3 now and quite honestly this version is about as responsive as Opera.But that's just my personal experience.
So what we're really saying here is the guy has no access to someone experienced in reading a traceroute.
What gets me is that these people think they can avoid problems that occasionally affect the Internet. Let's see what happens when a backhoe hits a fiber optic trunk or one of their BizNet COs misconfigure a router. And how come they're not pushing to get everyone onto IPv6? Some of their concerns are addressed by that migration. Is it the answer to every one of their problems? No. But it would be more cost effective than ripping out the whole Internet and starting from scratch.
The example I gave along with writing my congresscritters, protesting when I can, and using my money to support organizations like the EFF instead of going out to see a movie or buy a dvd are by far superior than what is being proposed in this thread. Shutting down the internet or being derelict in one's job only serves to give more fuel to the demonization of the hacker community and guarantees that more laws will be passed.
I'm sure the next time some nasty virus/worm/exploit comes down the pipe and I don't take care of it, the person who lost four months of research on a story will be more than receptive to hear "Free Dimitry!" as an excuse.
Sure. And if I still have my job after being remiss in my duties I can spend the next month or two cleaning up the network.
I'd rather explain to my boss that the distribution system we're considering purchasing may not be as secure as the vendor proposes because it is using Adobe's products to deliver the articles.Unfortunately, though I could, I won't get the program to test it because I would be violating the DMCA. As the vendor could have me arrested for proving their product isn't secure I won't take that risk. Not covered in my job description.
btw, that's a real world example and in my mind much more effective than some "Let's shut down the Internet" pipe dream.
"We" are not like the Christian Coalition which is united by a fundamental belief system (pardon the pun.) Most of my co-workers really don't know or care about this issue. When I mention things like the DMCA or Dimitry at lunch people treat it more philosophically than as an actual issue. And this is in an IT department for a newspaper.
The fact is, Big Media employs more people; is united; and has more political muscle than a heavily divided IT industry. I wish it wasn't so but it is. And politicians aren't listening to us as so depressingly pointed out in the Wired article.
I don't have an answer to this problem except to say that those who actually give a rip press on and hope enough people begin to care.
I thought about this and wondered if they considered what would happen if he went to the Russian embassy. It would still be difficult to get him back home but that's Russian soil for all practical purposes. The feds couldn't touch him without an international incident.
Does this guy know that when HDTV finally rolls out that there will be copy protection on the signal and did he make sure to check that his TV will be compatible with that proposed standard. Which iirc, no current HDTV is atm.
All that money, only to be spent on something that in a few years will probably be the biggest brick in his house. Reporting for the LA Times, I wonder if he'll get permission from the MPAA to complain about it.
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Adobe can't get Dimtry released. That is up to the government. If he isn't released by Wednesday, protest and include the fact that Adobe no longers wishes to prosecute when you talk to someone.
It makes the arguement for his release stronger.
The issue is with the DMCA. It allows for crap like this to happen. The more people who know the facts the better.
Nothing in my list is impossible and everything in my list is desirable. Products are being put out which allow mp3s to be played in a car stereo. I can play mp3s on linux. I can transfer mp3s from my PC to a laptop or an mp3 player. Hell, I can buy a CD/mp3 player to hook up to my stereo if I want.
If manufacturs pick up on it I'll be able to the same thing with ogg files. But I don't see the same convenience coming out of formats like wma, liquid audio and the like.
Sorry but something has got to give and as a consumer I'll expect it to come from the record companies.
My problem has always been that whatever they offer it had better be dirt cheap. I remember seeing some article about a site offering songs for $2.50US. BZZZT. Wrong answer. A dollar is too much. It's coming off of my bandwidth, stored on my hard drive and then if I want to make sure I can keep those files safe I have to purchase a CD-RW and discs.
Oh, and it isn't CD quality. That alone kills it. Whatever they charge must be lower than what a CD costs. Much lower.
And I want to know what their copy protection scheme is. I want to be able to download from my PC, transfer it to my laptop or.nap player, or burn it to my newly purchased CD-RW and eventually be able to play those files in my car during those long cross country trips when I pass through bum-f*** Kentucky and all I can get is Bluegrass stations and Baptist ministries.
And did I mention that I use linux as my desktop at home?
I buy CDs when I can. I used Napster to get maybe a handful of songs and wasn't enthused. If the record companies want to get a person like me to purchase songs off the Internet they must charge a reasonable price. And from where I'm sitting, even a buck is too much.
Welcome to the wonderful world of business model patents in America. See, if I take a general purpose computer and put a CD-RW device into it then add some software my PC becomes a POS device. Or a recording device or an encryption device or a... Well the list goes on and on.
How I see the patent from a similiar brain numbing fugue is it covers all downloads which involve some payment mechanism built into the transaction. I love how it says "material objects" which would cover anything from a HD to a zip disk but that just seems to be how patents are written.
I'm very surprised that a lot more companies aren't fighting this patent. Taken to an extreme any file you download and pay for, say music, a downloaded newspaper or e-book, any information really that would ultimately reside on a storage device could be pinched for a royalty payment. RIAA, newspapers, and publishers might have a reason for concern.
But that's my completely lay person's scope on the thing. Take it with a tub of salt.
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You used to have to reboot in NT also but that was resolved in SP3 iirc.
This is mentioned in the article.
Computers are an exception to the AHRA. Funny isn't it. I can, in theory, patent a general purpose PC as an audio recording device but then we go to actual use of the PC and it suddenly isn't kosher. Legalities, legalities, legalities.
One may argue that this sets a bad precident but oh well. There are other first world countries which will front the costs for R&D. I don't see why this should bother Brazil's government at all. Hey, if there was a fatal disease that infected 25% of the American population and the only way to maintain it (not cure you, just keep you going) was a $1000/month treatment you know the first politician who ripped that patent out of some company's hands and developed a $10/month treatment would wind up President.
What we need to re-establish competition is not a breakup but an opening of the file formats MS uses in its products. If KOffice, StarOffice, AbiWord, WordPerfect, etc. could take a Word doc and seemlessly import/export it between the other applications I would then have a true choice of what program I wished to use or deploy in a company. I could make a decision based on price and features instead of being locked into one choice of app and OS because I must have the ability to read MS's format.
At the moment, the cost is way too high to change office suites because successfully migrating the documents is a tedious and time consuming process. Lower that barrier and companies could explore alternative solutions.
Opening the formats would also speed up the time that competitors could create filters for those formats.
Yeah, it doesn't look to have as much as the $80 lart sized set that I've seen around but the price is much more attractive if you want to give the OS a spin. $25 makes for a much better impulse buy.
And I don't think that the rest of the articles make for a mutual admiration society. I can use information like this when I discuss things like licensing terms, alternative solutions to problems with my co-workers. These are pertinent stories that can be used to advocate linux.
I beg to differ. I have the perfect device to distinguish fair use. It's called a brain. I have greater faith in its capability than in any access control scheme Big Media may come up with.
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I'm posting this from 9.3 now and quite honestly this version is about as responsive as Opera.But that's just my personal experience.
The article was updated. The first one I saw only talked about the MS setback.
"foctothorpe and star" or just fock for short.
What gets me is that these people think they can avoid problems that occasionally affect the Internet. Let's see what happens when a backhoe hits a fiber optic trunk or one of their BizNet COs misconfigure a router. And how come they're not pushing to get everyone onto IPv6? Some of their concerns are addressed by that migration. Is it the answer to every one of their problems? No. But it would be more cost effective than ripping out the whole Internet and starting from scratch.
You're new here aren't you? Get a real ID and start posting under it. Once you pass 25 karma posts default to 2 with a checkbox to not use that bonus.
As I feel rather strongly about this issue I'm keeping my bonus. In this case, as it's off topic, I'm not.
There is a huge benefit in knowing how the system works.
I'm sure the next time some nasty virus/worm/exploit comes down the pipe and I don't take care of it, the person who lost four months of research on a story will be more than receptive to hear "Free Dimitry!" as an excuse.
Not.
And also passed by a Republican controlled Congress. Isn't bi-partisanship a wonderful thing?
I'd rather explain to my boss that the distribution system we're considering purchasing may not be as secure as the vendor proposes because it is using Adobe's products to deliver the articles.Unfortunately, though I could, I won't get the program to test it because I would be violating the DMCA. As the vendor could have me arrested for proving their product isn't secure I won't take that risk. Not covered in my job description.
btw, that's a real world example and in my mind much more effective than some "Let's shut down the Internet" pipe dream.
I'm constantly amazed at how willing some people are to cut off their nose to spite their face.
The fact is, Big Media employs more people; is united; and has more political muscle than a heavily divided IT industry. I wish it wasn't so but it is. And politicians aren't listening to us as so depressingly pointed out in the Wired article.
I don't have an answer to this problem except to say that those who actually give a rip press on and hope enough people begin to care.
Just musing...
All that money, only to be spent on something that in a few years will probably be the biggest brick in his house. Reporting for the LA Times, I wonder if he'll get permission from the MPAA to complain about it.
The issue is with the DMCA. It allows for crap like this to happen. The more people who know the facts the better.
If manufacturs pick up on it I'll be able to the same thing with ogg files. But I don't see the same convenience coming out of formats like wma, liquid audio and the like.
Sorry but something has got to give and as a consumer I'll expect it to come from the record companies.
Oh, and it isn't CD quality. That alone kills it. Whatever they charge must be lower than what a CD costs. Much lower.
And I want to know what their copy protection scheme is. I want to be able to download from my PC, transfer it to my laptop or .nap player, or burn it to my newly purchased CD-RW and eventually be able to play those files in my car during those long cross country trips when I pass through bum-f*** Kentucky and all I can get is Bluegrass stations and Baptist ministries.
And did I mention that I use linux as my desktop at home?
I buy CDs when I can. I used Napster to get maybe a handful of songs and wasn't enthused. If the record companies want to get a person like me to purchase songs off the Internet they must charge a reasonable price. And from where I'm sitting, even a buck is too much.
How I see the patent from a similiar brain numbing fugue is it covers all downloads which involve some payment mechanism built into the transaction. I love how it says "material objects" which would cover anything from a HD to a zip disk but that just seems to be how patents are written.
I'm very surprised that a lot more companies aren't fighting this patent. Taken to an extreme any file you download and pay for, say music, a downloaded newspaper or e-book, any information really that would ultimately reside on a storage device could be pinched for a royalty payment. RIAA, newspapers, and publishers might have a reason for concern.
But that's my completely lay person's scope on the thing. Take it with a tub of salt.