Just about every emulator of a computing platform requires a file containing the system ROM. Connectix won the lawsuit Sony filed because they copied the Playstation BIOS for the purposes of figuring out how it worked so they could make their own, compatable version. If you're running, say, an Apple IIe emulator, you're by necesity using a copy of the Apple IIe ROM. Sony v Connectix logic only applies if you're doing it long enough to make your own, compatible version, then tossing out the Apple ROM.
I think the "trademark reproduction" argument is BS, though.
He's talking about a per-directory umask, not a periodic permissions update. The periodic chmod -R is only safe if it adds permissions rather than taking them away (i.e. your super-secret file had better start out as 600, not 644 until the script happens to run). Plus, you have to run a script every so often, which is wasteful since most of the time it won't have anything to do.
Personally I like Netware's system; inhereited rights filters kick ass.
actually, in the mac implementation, there IS NO EXTERNAL DATABASE.
The Desktop Database is the external database, and if it gets corrupted, then applications lose their icons and documents forget which applications they should open under. Unlike the registry, it can be rebuilt with no loss of data by scanning every application on the drive (or at least those with BNDL resources)
Correlation is not Causation; even They Might Be Giants can tell you that. Jamie's argument, obvious satire aside, is that Not-Correlation DOES imply Not-Causation; It's not very likely to be the case that an increase in A causes an increase in B if A has increased and B has in fact decreased.
We haven't found ways around physical laws. We have found physical laws that we hadn't previously known of.
There's a dangerous equivocation here going on, between "physical laws" and "those things which we currently believe to be physical laws". The statement that "physical laws can never be violated" cannot be applied consistently to anything which we currently believe to be physical law without proof that the physical law is correct. Mankind has a pretty poor track record with that sort of thing. (Of course, in the past, our scientific beliefs were just plain ridiculous, whereas now they're obviously correct, right?)
I never agreed to any license terms; I received the software in exchange for money, fixing the terms of the contract at that point. If they want to ammend the contract at a later point, they can do so by offering me valid consideration in exchange for terms, and getting my explicit agreement.
Rob, if you have a platform which can play Diablo 2, then you have a platform which can view QuickTime. If you don't -want- to watch QT, then just say that instead of pretending you -can't-.
You don't have to run their proxy; it just lets you access http://mojonation.net/dinode/ style URLs. If you want to, you could set up your apache/junkbuster/whatever proxy to do the mapping instead. Access the conf/broker/intropage.html file with your browser if you don't want to use the proxy. You just lose the ability to access other peoples' hyperlinked references to mojo content.
In that case, then all that's needed is to have the output intensity of the projection device be a non-linear function of the stored intensity values--a gamma curve.
As long as there is sufficient dynamic range in the linear quantization, it doesn't matter that it's linear; it's just a less efficient as a perceptual coding method.
Ack! Macrovision level two makes annoying blue streaks on the left of the screen on some TVs, even from DVD output. I had to get a "color corrector" just to watch movies without the obnoxious interference. Macrovision can be quite intrusive.
The difference is the DMCA. It does not apply in the PlayStation case, it does apply in the DeCSS case. The MPAA case against DeCSS has nothing to do with reverse-engineering, and everything to do with DMCA anti-circumvention provisions. You may be thinking of the DVD-CCA case against DeCSS which was trade-secret related, and at least marginally relevant here.
This isn't really an obscure point of law; if I mail you something without asking, you shouldn't be under any obligation to keep it for me until I decide to ask for it back. The point isn't just that DC didn't attach the requisite notice. It's that in addition to not having a notice that the item is a gift they include a DIFFERENT notice (EULA) which asserts that the item is their property and must be surrendered at their request.
If that were kosher, then why pay for self-storage? Just ship your stuff to Bill Gates' house at which point he's obligated to keep it in good condition (since it's your property) or else pay to have it shipped back.
Not policing used to be the safe thing to do. Now, though, networks only qualify for DMCA "safe harbor" status if they have procedures in place for investigating allegations of copyright infringment.
I think they're less concerned about/. hackers than people who sell barcode systems which interface to commercial barcode scanners. Next revision, they can advertise "Compatability with Radio Shack's Free Barcode Scanner", so people go to RS to get the scanner and don't use it for DC's intended purpose.
Not sayin it justifies their actions, just explains them.
What they're doing is perfectly legal in Canada. The whole point of this is to try to lock out non-Canadian viewers, so they don't get sued by US TV broadcasters.
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Just about every emulator of a computing platform requires a file containing the system ROM. Connectix won the lawsuit Sony filed because they copied the Playstation BIOS for the purposes of figuring out how it worked so they could make their own, compatable version. If you're running, say, an Apple IIe emulator, you're by necesity using a copy of the Apple IIe ROM. Sony v Connectix logic only applies if you're doing it long enough to make your own, compatible version, then tossing out the Apple ROM.
I think the "trademark reproduction" argument is BS, though.
He's talking about a per-directory umask, not a periodic permissions update. The periodic chmod -R is only safe if it adds permissions rather than taking them away (i.e. your super-secret file had better start out as 600, not 644 until the script happens to run). Plus, you have to run a script every so often, which is wasteful since most of the time it won't have anything to do.
Personally I like Netware's system; inhereited rights filters kick ass.
The Desktop Database is the external database, and if it gets corrupted, then applications lose their icons and documents forget which applications they should open under. Unlike the registry, it can be rebuilt with no loss of data by scanning every application on the drive (or at least those with BNDL resources)
Sure, and it doesn't collapse as long as economic growth doesn't exceed the birth rate...
Correlation is not Causation; even They Might Be Giants can tell you that. Jamie's argument, obvious satire aside, is that Not-Correlation DOES imply Not-Causation; It's not very likely to be the case that an increase in A causes an increase in B if A has increased and B has in fact decreased.
And as long as the formal system in which they're expressed is consistent.
There's a dangerous equivocation here going on, between "physical laws" and "those things which we currently believe to be physical laws". The statement that "physical laws can never be violated" cannot be applied consistently to anything which we currently believe to be physical law without proof that the physical law is correct. Mankind has a pretty poor track record with that sort of thing. (Of course, in the past, our scientific beliefs were just plain ridiculous, whereas now they're obviously correct, right?)
I never agreed to any license terms; I received the software in exchange for money, fixing the terms of the contract at that point. If they want to ammend the contract at a later point, they can do so by offering me valid consideration in exchange for terms, and getting my explicit agreement.
Rob, if you have a platform which can play Diablo 2, then you have a platform which can view QuickTime. If you don't -want- to watch QT, then just say that instead of pretending you -can't-.
You don't have to run their proxy; it just lets you access http://mojonation.net/dinode/ style URLs. If you want to, you could set up your apache/junkbuster/whatever proxy to do the mapping instead. Access the conf/broker/intropage.html file with your browser if you don't want to use the proxy. You just lose the ability to access other peoples' hyperlinked references to mojo content.
In that case, then all that's needed is to have the output intensity of the projection device be a non-linear function of the stored intensity values--a gamma curve.
Don't like either Lazio or Clinton? Then vote Ficus 2000.
As long as there is sufficient dynamic range in the linear quantization, it doesn't matter that it's linear; it's just a less efficient as a perceptual coding method.
I use ext2 on a 40G drive, and if it has to fsck it takes long enough that the screen blanker kicks in. It's a royal PITA.
I'll grant you that Napster is a business, but how are they profiting? Do they even have a revenue stream?
Ack! Macrovision level two makes annoying blue streaks on the left of the screen on some TVs, even from DVD output. I had to get a "color corrector" just to watch movies without the obnoxious interference. Macrovision can be quite intrusive.
The difference is the DMCA. It does not apply in the PlayStation case, it does apply in the DeCSS case. The MPAA case against DeCSS has nothing to do with reverse-engineering, and everything to do with DMCA anti-circumvention provisions. You may be thinking of the DVD-CCA case against DeCSS which was trade-secret related, and at least marginally relevant here.
You need an imaginary friend to feel better, and HE's weak?
Please don't treat me the way you want to be treated unless you're sufficiently similar to me as to not have the things you like piss me off.
This isn't really an obscure point of law; if I mail you something without asking, you shouldn't be under any obligation to keep it for me until I decide to ask for it back. The point isn't just that DC didn't attach the requisite notice. It's that in addition to not having a notice that the item is a gift they include a DIFFERENT notice (EULA) which asserts that the item is their property and must be surrendered at their request.
If that were kosher, then why pay for self-storage? Just ship your stuff to Bill Gates' house at which point he's obligated to keep it in good condition (since it's your property) or else pay to have it shipped back.
You don't need to pay any attention to a EULA unless you're in a UCITA state. http://cr.yp.to/softwarelaw.html
Power, ground, data, clock, what more do you need?
Not policing used to be the safe thing to do. Now, though, networks only qualify for DMCA "safe harbor" status if they have procedures in place for investigating allegations of copyright infringment.
I think they're less concerned about /. hackers than people who sell barcode systems which interface to commercial barcode scanners. Next revision, they can advertise "Compatability with Radio Shack's Free Barcode Scanner", so people go to RS to get the scanner and don't use it for DC's intended purpose.
Not sayin it justifies their actions, just explains them.
What they're doing is perfectly legal in Canada. The whole point of this is to try to lock out non-Canadian viewers, so they don't get sued by US TV broadcasters.