Theft is a particular crime defined in various ways depending on the jurisdiction, but it is not copyright infringement. Various people on this thread have attempted to distinguish the two and things have been muddled.
Theft is taking something (tangible) away. Copyright infringement is when you copy something where the government has given a monopoly right to sue those making copies.
Therefore, that statute as posted is inapplicable. I qualify this by saying I don't know how courts construe the terms in the statute; for all I know, theft is defined in New York courts in a broad sense including larceny and picking one's nose. This is an important part of who prevails in court that is often overlooked by amateurs.
Finally, consider that the RIAA has spent millions upon millions for ad campaigns trying to convince everyone in the world that copyright infringement is theft when, in fact and in law, it is not. Why have an ad campaign pointing out it's theft when it already is? Some reasons exist, but the reason in this case is because it is not theft.
Unfortunately, the courts haven't given us much for our "reasonable expectation of privacy".
For a better explanation than I could provide, look into this book: http://www.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Solov e-Digit al-Person.htm You might find it in your local library. It has better information on the legal side of privacy than you will ever find on slashdot, though that may not be saying much. He's also a good speaker. Wouldn't be a bad choice for an "Ask Slashdot".
UPDATE: this may be redundant, but the scientology tracts on this woman's website are publicly available court documents, known as the "Fishman Affadavit" because of a court case involving a former scientologist and his contention that he committed crimes because he was brainwashed.
The Church of Scientology doesn't really care much about image to the public at large. It preys upon the rich and brain-damaged, people who are so clueless that they will give money to a religion inspired by science fiction. As a result, absolutely any method that gets them their goal of information suppression is completely worth trying, since it can't hurt, and can help keep the rich and ignorant ignorant, and move towards removing their status and rich and replacing it with the status of a member of the Church of Scientology.
What makes you extend this to posting an entire album? What about fair use? Simply because the website posted portions of copyrighted material doesn't mean it's illegal. Also, another important thing is parody. I'm not familiar with the website, but if it could in any way be construed as a parody, it would be completely legit. We aren't against all copyrights (most of us anyways). We just don't like it when copyright owners try to make us use their information exactly as they wish and not to critique it with excerpts.
Does the DMCA prevent the circumvention of encryption schemes that even *might* reveal copyrighted information? If so, WASTE, simply by virtue of being encrypted, might be a legally impenetrable way of running file sharing. However, even if that is true, does the law provide any safeguard against people who are privy to copyrighted information who decrypt it and supply it to law enforcement agencies? If it does, well obviously you have to keep things closed off to the public, but on the (extremely unlikely) chance that it doesn't, one could create a program with a deliberately facile encryption feature and the info would be legally protected.
While it is true that practical experience is good at the implementation level, and when deadlines need to be met and products shipped and code written quickly and without philosophizing, it is also true that a good education can help in moments when one leasts expects it, or the lack thereof can rear its ugly head and create a massive mess of incomprehensible code that would be rendered obsolete by the understanding of an academic concept or the dim recollection of an algorithm. Yes, practical experience is a major plus. Yes, education is a major plus. Love and peace. Let's all get along.
The very idea of a mouse wheel becoming dirty as a common problem shocks me, for a very simple reason. I treat my peripherals like crap, because keyboards are cheap and plentiful, and my 1st gen logitech optical mouse has a 5-year warranty for another year and a half or so. In this 3.5 year period, I've gone through 3 or 4 keyboards due to spilling drinks and random gunk into them. I do wash my hands when I go to the bathroom, but beyond that I'm pretty unhygienic with regards to computer stuff. If this problem is common, then it is common for people to keep a scroll mouse for more than 3 years and spill drinks all over it and never wash their hands. Given how anal some (really lame) people are about their computer peripherals, I'm sure this is not common at all excepting in the environments mentioned by some individuals (auto mechanic shacks, etc.). These things are indeed cheap as was mentioned and one might just buy more. But given how much wear and tear these mice must be getting wherever you are, why not buy them with a nice warranty from logitech instead? It would almost certainly save you tons of cash, and your workers would have better mice in the meantime since you wouldn't be paying for replacement costs. Sounds like a plan to me....
Moron. The licence explicitly states that everything but the IBM JDK is under GPL or the relevant Linux licence (GPL). What the hell are you talking about it? Your post doesn't cite any specifics, and as such is just a baseless insult of SCOian dimensions.
Unfortunately, no matter what, influence and power in the real world will always have an impact on MMORPGS and MUDS. And I'm not talking about the obvious economic argument (that which can be sold by poor folk to rich folk in order to pay the DSL bill will be sold), but instead, consider even a situation where it is impossible to sell/trade items and characters in the MMORPG. Who has access to the funds necessary to play an MMORPG, and even more importantly the recreation time? Certainly someone working full-time at a minimum wage job to support their self and their box may be able to spend perhaps 80 hours a week playing, but generally the only ones who will be able to put in good, solid 16 hour days 7 days a week are children in suburbia in the summertime, and rich retirees (possibly the lucky few who sold before the crash and retained their status as internet millionaires). Even if one doesn't buy the particular time argument, the fact remains that the worlds aren't detached. For real escapism, one must completely eradicate the influence of the other people in society. Either read a book, or play some single-player game. The goal of a virtual world with a completely independent social hierarchy, while appealing and possible laudable, is as far as I can see unachievable. Though if you have an idea, do reply. Or just invent it and make yo' money.
Sorry buddy, but according to a page referenced above (http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/Biology Pages/M/Mosaics.html#TetragameticHuman), you aren't quite right and this is a possible way for a hermaphrodite to be born. However, you may be right about the majority of hermaphrodites. quote from page: In some cases, this mosaic pattern results in a hermaphrodite
Hmm, seems like prices have gone up a bit. According to his web site, the current exchange rate is about $16.50 per million gold, or 165$ per 10 million. Question: How long would it take someone playing UO to honestly (or sneakily, in the case of a rogue) earn a million gold? It would be interesting to know what the pay grade is for playing, vs. how much one pays per month in user fees. One could use such data to convince one's rents that it will pay for itself (though it probably won't, unless gold is horribly inflated).
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Theft is a particular crime defined in various ways depending on the jurisdiction, but it is not copyright infringement. Various people on this thread have attempted to distinguish the two and things have been muddled.
Theft is taking something (tangible) away.
Copyright infringement is when you copy something where the government has given a monopoly right to sue those making copies.
Therefore, that statute as posted is inapplicable. I qualify this by saying I don't know how courts construe the terms in the statute; for all I know, theft is defined in New York courts in a broad sense including larceny and picking one's nose. This is an important part of who prevails in court that is often overlooked by amateurs.
Finally, consider that the RIAA has spent millions upon millions for ad campaigns trying to convince everyone in the world that copyright infringement is theft when, in fact and in law, it is not. Why have an ad campaign pointing out it's theft when it already is? Some reasons exist, but the reason in this case is because it is not theft.
Unfortunately, the courts haven't given us much for our "reasonable expectation of privacy".
v e-Digit al-Person.htm
For a better explanation than I could provide, look into this book:
http://www.law.gwu.edu/facweb/dsolove/Solo
You might find it in your local library. It has better information on the legal side of privacy than you will ever find on slashdot, though that may not be saying much. He's also a good speaker. Wouldn't be a bad choice for an "Ask Slashdot".
Give me liberty or give me death.
Life and liberty can be given separately. Ergo, (1.) is invalid.
UPDATE: this may be redundant, but the scientology tracts on this woman's website are publicly available court documents, known as the "Fishman Affadavit" because of a court case involving a former scientologist and his contention that he committed crimes because he was brainwashed.
The Church of Scientology doesn't really care much about image to the public at large. It preys upon the rich and brain-damaged, people who are so clueless that they will give money to a religion inspired by science fiction.
As a result, absolutely any method that gets them their goal of information suppression is completely worth trying, since it can't hurt, and can help keep the rich and ignorant ignorant, and move towards removing their status and rich and replacing it with the status of a member of the Church of Scientology.
What makes you extend this to posting an entire album? What about fair use? Simply because the website posted portions of copyrighted material doesn't mean it's illegal. Also, another important thing is parody. I'm not familiar with the website, but if it could in any way be construed as a parody, it would be completely legit.
We aren't against all copyrights (most of us anyways). We just don't like it when copyright owners try to make us use their information exactly as they wish and not to critique it with excerpts.
Does the DMCA prevent the circumvention of encryption schemes that even *might* reveal copyrighted information?
If so, WASTE, simply by virtue of being encrypted, might be a legally impenetrable way of running file sharing.
However, even if that is true, does the law provide any safeguard against people who are privy to copyrighted information who decrypt it and supply it to law enforcement agencies? If it does, well obviously you have to keep things closed off to the public, but on the (extremely unlikely) chance that it doesn't, one could create a program with a deliberately facile encryption feature and the info would be legally protected.
While it is true that practical experience is good at the implementation level, and when deadlines need to be met and products shipped and code written quickly and without philosophizing, it is also true that a good education can help in moments when one leasts expects it, or the lack thereof can rear its ugly head and create a massive mess of incomprehensible code that would be rendered obsolete by the understanding of an academic concept or the dim recollection of an algorithm. Yes, practical experience is a major plus. Yes, education is a major plus. Love and peace. Let's all get along.
The very idea of a mouse wheel becoming dirty as a common problem shocks me, for a very simple reason.
I treat my peripherals like crap, because keyboards are cheap and plentiful, and my 1st gen logitech optical mouse has a 5-year warranty for another year and a half or so. In this 3.5 year period, I've gone through 3 or 4 keyboards due to spilling drinks and random gunk into them. I do wash my hands when I go to the bathroom, but beyond that I'm pretty unhygienic with regards to computer stuff.
If this problem is common, then it is common for people to keep a scroll mouse for more than 3 years and spill drinks all over it and never wash their hands. Given how anal some (really lame) people are about their computer peripherals, I'm sure this is not common at all excepting in the environments mentioned by some individuals (auto mechanic shacks, etc.). These things are indeed cheap as was mentioned and one might just buy more. But given how much wear and tear these mice must be getting wherever you are, why not buy them with a nice warranty from logitech instead? It would almost certainly save you tons of cash, and your workers would have better mice in the meantime since you wouldn't be paying for replacement costs. Sounds like a plan to me....
Moron.
The licence explicitly states that everything but the IBM JDK is under GPL or the relevant Linux licence (GPL).
What the hell are you talking about it?
Your post doesn't cite any specifics, and as such is just a baseless insult of SCOian dimensions.
Unfortunately, no matter what, influence and power in the real world will always have an impact on MMORPGS and MUDS. And I'm not talking about the obvious economic argument (that which can be sold by poor folk to rich folk in order to pay the DSL bill will be sold), but instead, consider even a situation where it is impossible to sell/trade items and characters in the MMORPG.
Who has access to the funds necessary to play an MMORPG, and even more importantly the recreation time? Certainly someone working full-time at a minimum wage job to support their self and their box may be able to spend perhaps 80 hours a week playing, but generally the only ones who will be able to put in good, solid 16 hour days 7 days a week are children in suburbia in the summertime, and rich retirees (possibly the lucky few who sold before the crash and retained their status as internet millionaires).
Even if one doesn't buy the particular time argument, the fact remains that the worlds aren't detached. For real escapism, one must completely eradicate the influence of the other people in society. Either read a book, or play some single-player game. The goal of a virtual world with a completely independent social hierarchy, while appealing and possible laudable, is as far as I can see unachievable. Though if you have an idea, do reply. Or just invent it and make yo' money.
Sorry buddy, but according to a page referenced above (http://users.rcn.com/jkimball.ma.ultranet/Biology Pages/M/Mosaics.html#TetragameticHuman), you aren't quite right and this is a possible way for a hermaphrodite to be born. However, you may be right about the majority of hermaphrodites.
quote from page:
In some cases, this mosaic pattern results in a hermaphrodite
Hmm, seems like prices have gone up a bit.
According to his web site, the current exchange rate is about $16.50 per million gold, or 165$ per 10 million.
Question:
How long would it take someone playing UO to honestly (or sneakily, in the case of a rogue) earn a million gold? It would be interesting to know what the pay grade is for playing, vs. how much one pays per month in user fees. One could use such data to convince one's rents that it will pay for itself (though it probably won't, unless gold is horribly inflated).