why is this so bad? im a swf, 24... i don't have kids and even if i did, I wouldn't use it or any type of filtering software on the home computers (I'd expect them to hax0r it anyway) but this could really be a good thing.
I go to a lot of movies... because there's a certain entertainment value to movies that I cant get from TV. I like sex, drugs, and swearing. But unfortunatly, theres too many restrictions on suitable TV content. Now here comes the V-chip. Affordable, and maybe one day mainstream. This is good news... they can stop worrying about the content on TV... hollywood can go all out.. and those of us who are old enough to wipe our own butts can watch whatever we want to, because parents who dont want it in their homes shouldnt be subscribing to the channels to begin with, or should be using a chip. yay.
perhaps this is being too optimistic, relying on the governments to relax the "content" laws, but it's a step in the right direction to personal responsibility. We can't even say 'fuck' or 'shit' on the radio up here in canada. I want violent, filthy entertainment dangit.:)
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oh come on... you know theres a marginal cost of an airplane seat... thats the reason priceline.com exists. theres no marginal cost of an image file.
i'm not saying either is right but don't make silly comparisons
forget copyright...
counter-copyright "The idea surrounding the counter-copyright campaign is fairly easy to understand. If you place the [cc] icon at the end of your work, you signal to others that you are allowing them to use, modify, edit, adapt and redistribute the work that you created. "
The issue of whether or not Bush could enter Canada with his conviction is irrelevant to a lot of people. These are people who have been affected in one way or another by a drunk driver. I dont know the population of the US... what is it... 20 zillion or something? The point is that there are PLENTY of law abiding citizens who HAVEN'T driven drunk that could run for the position of president besides Bush. He shouldn't even be allowed to continue running. The position of President is an honor. It's a job that shouldn't even be open to people with previous convictions. Maybe this sounds a bit out to lunch but it doesn't to me when there are plenty of people that could be trusted with the job of making laws that obey them themselves. The ONLY reason Bush is running today instead of being behind bars for killing a family of four is because he got LUCKY. Lucky as in caught. ok and maybe because of his Daddy. This is not fair. It's not fair to people who's lives have been inconvenienced because of their drunk driving convictions, and it's not fair to people who have died or lost people to drunk drivers. It is NOT socially acceptable to drive drunk and in my opinion be led by someone who has. I don't care how many years ago it was. To quote a guy who phoned into an american radio station who was paralized by a drunk driver "I'll never vote for any son of a bitch like that"
As for his soberness... I have a lot of respect for recovered alcoholics. But do you really want a president that you can't sit down and have a beer with because if he has a sip he'll fall off the wagon? A guy that can't have a glass of wine with dinner?
Theres a lot of garbage attached to Bush... stuff he's done that he condems other for doing. He's a load of shit.
But im a canadian... I have a whole other election im supposed to be paying attention to...
thats true... a lot of people do trash telus for their big monopoly, but the truth is, Telus is the best thing we have in alberta. (I dont work for or profit from telus in any way... i pay them lots of money every month)
When you pay your telus bill... that money goes into making telco even better in the province... not into someone's fat pocket.
For instance... when you pay your telus mobility bill... that money goes towards more cell towers, better coverage. This is why telus has better cell coverage of any other company. (I dont use a cell phone but if I did, I'd be with telus)
I recently got switched over to ADSL. I was on cable. Careful of that cable contract.... if shaw doesnt like you they will say a "ping" is an attack attempt and take you down to china town. I wont get into how they're treating the people that make their jobs possible, but they wont be around for long unless they fsking straighten up their act.
I think my cable vs ADSL experiment has been extremely controlled. I unhooked a cable modem and hooked up ADSL. Same OS, same browsers, same web servers I hit everyday... and this ADSL absolutly blew my mind. Thank you Telus!
heh.. it's weird when slashdot comes home.
This is great. I already have broadband in Alberta (shaw sucks, telus ownz) but with all these smaller communities having access to broadband, the internet could really improve alberta's economy. Everything from websites for people in alberta and about alberta to the housewife living in some small town who makes really great jam.
I can't believe Ralph had something to do with this but if he did, I have a totally different attitude of his premiership.
ok lets get people wiring their homes for the future! come on alberta!
I live in canada so I dont know if this is a case of culture difference.. perhaps not all democracies are alike but when I email my federal representative (my MP) I get a response. It might take a week or two but I get it. They work for you. If american politicians have lost that concept they should get out of office. I get the pleasure of seeing all the American political commercials and I gotta say your system is kinda funny. Grown men paying thousands of dollars to go on tv and bash their collegues. That dubbaya guy is even funnier because he's so 80's politician.
If your representative doesnt support electronic communication with his/her constituents, just think how they'll fuck up IT in office. It's a sign of technological ignorance if you ask me. Maybe they get email bombed or spammed or whatever... but they don't have first grabs at their snail mail either... someone is paid to filter through it and make sure important shit gets to Mr. politician. My email about the problems with copyright in canada got read by my politician and replied to me. Thats his job. If he didnt do his job no one would vote for him.
btw... I remember watching a story about Gore a couple years ago that was a "day in the life of the Vice President" type documentary.
This guy is wired. Maybe he spit out some dumb words about inventing the internet (like why the hell would you say something like that) but he knows his shit. If you guys want to evolve ya gotta go with this guy. And his "email reading" got a reasonable amount of his day. I couldn't care less if Ross Perot was running your country but american presidential campaigns are interesting none the less.
The day slashdot is censored... the day I don't have access to all posts regardless of moderation... is the day I stop coming here. And I dont think I'm alone.
That's talking about trashing the very principles slashdot was built on. The reason we're here... to get uncensored, unbiased, undeletable news and comments.
vinyl is not dead. It is very much alive. DJ's buy heaps of vinyl. I totally agree with everything you said except that. This is where the money for artists should come from. Vinyl bought by DJs and money from touring. Not from screwing us in HMV. I don't even know how much CDs are these days because I havent bought one since the day I bought my burner, but I assume they're robbery. I prove your point:) I don't use napster... I personally think it sucks, but Go Napster Go!:)
yep exactly.. All I have to say about this is... it's about time. The bottom line is... Bill Gates has no education. He got lucky. But when he got big, he should have done this a long time ago. I always laugh at the anti-trust stuff because I learned not to do what he did in my 3rd year of my bachelors degree. Anyone that thinks dropping out of college is a good idea is long term wrong. Now.... put a dude with a Bachelors degree and an MBA in there and it will start opertaing like 99% of companies operate in America. Again... it's about time.
LOL my thoughts exactly... only I have $92.58 in my account (enough to go buy my liquor and pay my portion of a hotel room with friends) and I owe 27 grand in student loans.
and yes... it has begun to go awry. I have cnn on behind me and headline news just reported 2000 some bank machines went down because they're starting to read it as 1900. (probably reading ahead... ex.. someone depositing money that they regularily cant get for 3 business days or something)
woohoo... this is going to be exciting happy new year slashdot:) I'm gone to party now...
there was a story back in October.. I'm sure it was linked from/.
You had to see this coming because if that Northern California woman won her suit... Case law will take it's course... and people will know that they have a chance to win their lawsuit as well.
well I'm all lawsuited out... lots of interesting stuff this morning.. I'm gonna go find someone to sue.
There are more than one reason to initiate a lawsuit. If Napster doesn't have the resources to fight a challenge by the RIAA, then the RIAA wins -- by default!
Since when does the balance of probabilities not exist? That is not how lawsuits work. It is actually the complete opposite.. and I'll explain it to you and the 5 people that gave you moderater points. When you file suit against someone, it is up to YOU to prove your case. And in civil suits, the balance of probabilities is 50% + 1 The Judge decides the matter on this balance of probabilities. (if the judge is 50/50 on a decision... the defendant wins)
All that napster needs is one lawyer. This is in the bag. They don't need the biggest, baddest, corporate lawyer in america to go up against the RIAA. It is the responsibility of the RIAA to prove that napster is doing wrong. And I can't see how the hell they're going to do this. Like everyone else has said... they better go after every maker of ftp apps as well. The RIAA doesnt walk into a courtroom with their pack of lawyers and the Judge says "oh... look at those lawyers... you win!" thats just not how it works... and in a real life situation... look at The Insider. that poor dude had to go up and defend himself against the meanest corporate lawyers in america. And look what happened:) The FACTS were laid out.. and the team of 25 lawyers with headseats connected to 40 more lawyers in another room didn't win. The little guy did.
This is exactly like the etoys.com action against etoy.com this is nothing like that lawsuit.
Any deals with the RIAA means that RIAA wins, and everybody else loses. not this time... this time they're going after the wrong people. A Judge would be crazy to rule in favour of the RIAA. And I think it would be a high profile appeal if they did.
I think they might just find a loop out of this one. I havent cancelled my cable service just yet (altho it has crossed my mind.. all the channels I watch are right on there anyway.. plus any reason not to support cable companies is a plus)
But seriously... I think somewhere in that copyright it probably forgets to mention a very specific word. Internet broadcasting. (In fact it probably says something quite specific... and therefor, wont apply to the site)
Do you really think this guy would have shelled out the capital to start this site without consulting a couple lawyers first. I'm sure they went through the copyright papers carefully.. and planned their loopholes in advance.
Furthermore... the networks had to have seen this coming. They should have amended their copyright 3 years ago when it was clear this internet thing wasnt a passing phase.
I personally hope icravetv.com wins... the networks should have forseen this... and protected themselves. When they lose the lawsuit, they should then proceed to jump on the IP bandwagon. I'm sure they could find a way to secure their profits.
Yep.. here in Alberta I'm on cable. Unfortunatley, where I live, I can't use shaw (@home) A different cable company has jurisdiction where I live, so I'm forced to go with them and pay $40/month + $40/gig traffic whereas if I lived 2 blocks east of here... I could be on shaw and run free for my $40 a month.
It's absolutley insane! And I can't believe they're getting away with it. It's either this or dialup. They say it's so people arent running webservers off their cable modems. Couldn't they just port scan instead to see whos running web servers and whos not? Not to mention they advertise "Unlimited internet for $40/month" hmm thats funny... I see that and think unlimited bytes, not time.
I can't do anything I want to do. And it sucks. I'm constantly checking how many megs I've transferred in and out of here for the month. I fear for your future internet access Oz
I stopped reading when you said "As a business student" Then you SHOULDN'T have replied to something you didn't read.
dont get offtopic.. we're talking about Wieger. You could have made reference to what we're actually talking about
don't call me "man" or "buddy" or any other term that would imply you're replying to a male. Because you're not.
I'm not a first year "Arts" student. I don't know where the Arts faculty is in my school. I don't think it's anywhere near the labs. I don't plan on changing the world, fixing world hunger, or curing aids. I will have a degree. A specialization. And knowledge. (why are we all getting degrees? wow we must be stupid to just spend 50 grand like this for nothing.) Maybe we should all be cool like Bill and drop out of school then get screwed by the government down the road. oops.. should have stuck around for that monopoly/oligopoly lecture I guess Bill. Anyone that thinks education doesn't teach you anything is wrong. I'm a year away from my degree and even I know not to do what Bill did.
Talk is not cheap if you have anything important to say. Although I think I can understand why people have said this sentence to you.
I wont crash and burn waving the american flag because I'm not American... and if you would have read what I typed, you would have known that.
What I learn is real world stuff.
As soon as I read "AC" I stopped respecting. thats it... threshold back to normal... now I know why I don't change it.
well my threshold is set at 1.. so I had to click to read your response... I was expecting a simple "suck it" or something to read.. but ok.. I like your response.
the points I made that need to be done to start up a business are for starting a business that will prosper. That will not file for bankruptcy down the road. Yes any Joe Schmoe can start up a business. But will it be successful? Well.. apparently not. I know most people cannot afford to have a lawyer on hand. But if you're starting up a business... this is as important as buying your license. And if you can't afford the $200 to initially find one, well then I'm not sure you should be starting a business to begin with. Yes this is the land of the free... and Yes, it's wonderful that anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur can be one, but there are a few things you need to know. And indeed... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I'd rather pay up to $500 to find a lawyer before I even buy my domain than to run into trouble down the road and not have anything to turn to. Because if this was me... the second the FBI called... I would have been on the phone with my lawyer who knows me, and knows my business. People get scared very easily by the FBI. Now I'm not american, but in Canada, we have a constitution. This constitution doesnt protect me from my neighbor. It protects me from my government. My human rights legislation on the other hand protects me from my neighbor. Law enforcement screws up. They are not perfect. But people can't be ignorant to the law. You need to know what you're not allowed to do, and even better, what other people are not allowed to do to you. I understand your market fill statement. I guess that leads to a question of what kind of business you want to run. Theres a market share for lots of stuff, but I know I wouldn't want to spend my professional life looking over my shoulder.
There aren't very many sucessful professional athletes that don't know the rules of the game. Business is no different.
This has turned out to be a very interesting story. I read the initial/. article. I watched the video clip, and I read the wired article as well. And here's what I would like to add to your insightful comment.
I agreed with Weiger's comments on the wired article. He seems like an intellegent person. But running a business is another story. And as a business student, it seems to me that he has gotten what he deserved. The 2 most important things you do before setting up a business are: 1. take some sort of business class... you need to know more than how to balance a book, or advertise... you need to know ethics, and laws, and the whole 9 yards. 2. you find a lawyer! You don't find one when you need one. This is the single most important thing to do before setting up a business. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You don't go with the first lawyer you talk to... you interview many... because your lawyer is going to be your lifeline in a situation you least expect to happen. I happen to have a really excellent corporate law professor this semester so I feel empowered by my knowledge now. And if Weiger wouldn't have been so entreprenuer gung ho... he would have done things "right". He also would know that he's probably got a very good Defemation case against the FBI, depending on the events that took place. It's sad that he's not sophisticated enough to know this.
Now as for the video, if he had any business sense... he would have never put that on his servers to begin with. Have you seen this video? omg! You're damn right the FBI wanted that taken down. Now wait a second... I didn't say it shouldn't be on the web. This is what the web is all about. But if I was a web hosting business owner... there is no way in hell I'd allow that on my server. It looks like some kind of terrorist plot and to tell you the truth.. it sent chills up my spine. I'm not tempted to email his clients and flame them for his actions, I'm tempted to email them and tell them that their are better businesses out there. Run by people with education. I'm sorry... but he really did get what he deserved. If his business goes down because of all of this, well... Darwin lives again.
Hizonner I'm glad someone else saw this. It seems to me that a lot of people are getting all caught up in the "no censorship!" and "I have rights dammit" parts of this issue. I want to be a hippy as much as the next person, but look at this from an entrepreneur prespective. Now think about it.... there ya go.. yikes.. what was he thinking.
as funny as this is... I laughed my head off reading some of these... it's actually quite interesting to see the responses of companies through email.
Some of the companies had a personal email send right back.. obviously no matter how outlandish the initial mail... and some (Haagan-Dazs.com) just send back an auto-response type email.
It's one thing to "get on the web" but using the internet to improve your company, your PR, and your customer service is something completely different.
in all non seriousness though... quite halarious... I enjoyed these
I hope I'm not repeating.. from what I see. no one has mentioned the all time great hack by Samuel Morse. He hacked electricity by being the first person to send a message through a wire of course. Morse wouldn't know a computer if you dropped one on him, but he would recognize the logic of ASCII... seeing as it is a descendant of his Morse Code. He was the first person to send data using a series of timed on-and-off pulses of electricity. Exactly how we do today, only at a much faster rate. We owe everything to Morse. Including a spot in the top ten.
moderate that above comment up! I've been watching the comments on CTV... this is truly the most interesting experiment ever done. these 2 people didnt even know each other. all they have is a computer and 20 grand on a credit card... no food, nothing. can you say pizza73.com check it out.. it's going to be an interesting week.. one day and they've already spent almost 4 grand.. wow. the web cam was a nice touch.. way to go CTV:)
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why is this so bad? im a swf, 24... i don't have kids and even if i did, I wouldn't use it or any type of filtering software on the home computers (I'd expect them to hax0r it anyway) but this could really be a good thing. :)
I go to a lot of movies... because there's a certain entertainment value to movies that I cant get from TV. I like sex, drugs, and swearing. But unfortunatly, theres too many restrictions on suitable TV content. Now here comes the V-chip. Affordable, and maybe one day mainstream. This is good news... they can stop worrying about the content on TV... hollywood can go all out.. and those of us who are old enough to wipe our own butts can watch whatever we want to, because parents who dont want it in their homes shouldnt be subscribing to the channels to begin with, or should be using a chip. yay.
perhaps this is being too optimistic, relying on the governments to relax the "content" laws, but it's a step in the right direction to personal responsibility. We can't even say 'fuck' or 'shit' on the radio up here in canada. I want violent, filthy entertainment dangit.
oh come on... you know theres a marginal cost of an airplane seat... thats the reason priceline.com exists. theres no marginal cost of an image file.
i'm not saying either is right but don't make silly comparisons
forget copyright...
counter-copyright
"The idea surrounding the counter-copyright campaign is fairly easy to understand. If you place the [cc] icon at the end of your work, you signal to others that you are allowing them to use, modify, edit, adapt and redistribute the work that you created. "
The issue of whether or not Bush could enter Canada with his conviction is irrelevant to a lot of people. These are people who have been affected in one way or another by a drunk driver. I dont know the population of the US... what is it... 20 zillion or something? The point is that there are PLENTY of law abiding citizens who HAVEN'T driven drunk that could run for the position of president besides Bush. He shouldn't even be allowed to continue running. The position of President is an honor. It's a job that shouldn't even be open to people with previous convictions. Maybe this sounds a bit out to lunch but it doesn't to me when there are plenty of people that could be trusted with the job of making laws that obey them themselves. The ONLY reason Bush is running today instead of being behind bars for killing a family of four is because he got LUCKY. Lucky as in caught. ok and maybe because of his Daddy. This is not fair. It's not fair to people who's lives have been inconvenienced because of their drunk driving convictions, and it's not fair to people who have died or lost people to drunk drivers. It is NOT socially acceptable to drive drunk and in my opinion be led by someone who has. I don't care how many years ago it was. To quote a guy who phoned into an american radio station who was paralized by a drunk driver "I'll never vote for any son of a bitch like that"
As for his soberness... I have a lot of respect for recovered alcoholics. But do you really want a president that you can't sit down and have a beer with because if he has a sip he'll fall off the wagon? A guy that can't have a glass of wine with dinner?
Theres a lot of garbage attached to Bush... stuff he's done that he condems other for doing. He's a load of shit.
But im a canadian... I have a whole other election im supposed to be paying attention to...
thats true... a lot of people do trash telus for their big monopoly, but the truth is, Telus is the best thing we have in alberta. (I dont work for or profit from telus in any way... i pay them lots of money every month)
When you pay your telus bill... that money goes into making telco even better in the province... not into someone's fat pocket.
For instance... when you pay your telus mobility bill... that money goes towards more cell towers, better coverage. This is why telus has better cell coverage of any other company. (I dont use a cell phone but if I did, I'd be with telus)
I recently got switched over to ADSL. I was on cable. Careful of that cable contract.... if shaw doesnt like you they will say a "ping" is an attack attempt and take you down to china town. I wont get into how they're treating the people that make their jobs possible, but they wont be around for long unless they fsking straighten up their act.
I think my cable vs ADSL experiment has been extremely controlled. I unhooked a cable modem and hooked up ADSL. Same OS, same browsers, same web servers I hit everyday... and this ADSL absolutly blew my mind. Thank you Telus!
heh.. it's weird when slashdot comes home.
This is great. I already have broadband in Alberta (shaw sucks, telus ownz) but with all these smaller communities having access to broadband, the internet could really improve alberta's economy. Everything from websites for people in alberta and about alberta to the housewife living in some small town who makes really great jam.
I can't believe Ralph had something to do with this but if he did, I have a totally different attitude of his premiership.
ok lets get people wiring their homes for the future! come on alberta!
call me canadian... but why aren't these other guys invited to the debates we get on 7 farkin channels up here?
It seems very unfair.
I live in canada so I dont know if this is a case of culture difference.. perhaps not all democracies are alike but when I email my federal representative (my MP) I get a response. It might take a week or two but I get it. They work for you. If american politicians have lost that concept they should get out of office. I get the pleasure of seeing all the American political commercials and I gotta say your system is kinda funny. Grown men paying thousands of dollars to go on tv and bash their collegues. That dubbaya guy is even funnier because he's so 80's politician.
If your representative doesnt support electronic communication with his/her constituents, just think how they'll fuck up IT in office. It's a sign of technological ignorance if you ask me. Maybe they get email bombed or spammed or whatever... but they don't have first grabs at their snail mail either... someone is paid to filter through it and make sure important shit gets to Mr. politician. My email about the problems with copyright in canada got read by my politician and replied to me. Thats his job. If he didnt do his job no one would vote for him.
btw... I remember watching a story about Gore a couple years ago that was a "day in the life of the Vice President" type documentary.
This guy is wired. Maybe he spit out some dumb words about inventing the internet (like why the hell would you say something like that) but he knows his shit. If you guys want to evolve ya gotta go with this guy. And his "email reading" got a reasonable amount of his day. I couldn't care less if Ross Perot was running your country but american presidential campaigns are interesting none the less.
that is cool
truely a work of art
The day slashdot is censored... the day I don't have access to all posts regardless of moderation... is the day I stop coming here. And I dont think I'm alone.
That's talking about trashing the very principles slashdot was built on. The reason we're here... to get uncensored, unbiased, undeletable news and comments.
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vinyl is not dead. It is very much alive. DJ's buy heaps of vinyl. :) :)
I totally agree with everything you said except that. This is where the money for artists should come from. Vinyl bought by DJs and money from touring. Not from screwing us in HMV. I don't even know how much CDs are these days because I havent bought one since the day I bought my burner, but I assume they're robbery. I prove your point
I don't use napster... I personally think it sucks, but Go Napster Go!
yep exactly..
All I have to say about this is... it's about time. The bottom line is... Bill Gates has no education. He got lucky. But when he got big, he should have done this a long time ago. I always laugh at the anti-trust stuff because I learned not to do what he did in my 3rd year of my bachelors degree. Anyone that thinks dropping out of college is a good idea is long term wrong. Now.... put a dude with a Bachelors degree and an MBA in there and it will start opertaing like 99% of companies operate in America. Again... it's about time.
LOL my thoughts exactly... only I have $92.58 in my account (enough to go buy my liquor and pay my portion of a hotel room with friends) and I owe 27 grand in student loans.
:) I'm gone to party now...
and yes... it has begun to go awry. I have cnn on behind me and headline news just reported 2000 some bank machines went down because they're starting to read it as 1900. (probably reading ahead... ex.. someone depositing money that they regularily cant get for 3 business days or something)
woohoo... this is going to be exciting
happy new year slashdot
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there was a story back in October.. I'm sure it was linked from /.
You had to see this coming because if that Northern California woman won her suit... Case law will take it's course... and people will know that they have a chance to win their lawsuit as well.
well I'm all lawsuited out... lots of interesting stuff this morning.. I'm gonna go find someone to sue.
There are more than one reason to initiate a lawsuit. If Napster doesn't have the resources to fight a challenge by the RIAA, then the RIAA wins -- by default!
:) The FACTS were laid out.. and the team of 25 lawyers with headseats connected to 40 more lawyers in another room didn't win. The little guy did.
Since when does the balance of probabilities not exist?
That is not how lawsuits work. It is actually the complete opposite.. and I'll explain it to you and the 5 people that gave you moderater points.
When you file suit against someone, it is up to YOU to prove your case. And in civil suits, the balance of probabilities is 50% + 1
The Judge decides the matter on this balance of probabilities. (if the judge is 50/50 on a decision... the defendant wins)
All that napster needs is one lawyer. This is in the bag. They don't need the biggest, baddest, corporate lawyer in america to go up against the RIAA. It is the responsibility of the RIAA to prove that napster is doing wrong. And I can't see how the hell they're going to do this. Like everyone else has said... they better go after every maker of ftp apps as well.
The RIAA doesnt walk into a courtroom with their pack of lawyers and the Judge says "oh... look at those lawyers... you win!" thats just not how it works... and in a real life situation... look at The Insider. that poor dude had to go up and defend himself against the meanest corporate lawyers in america. And look what happened
This is exactly like the etoys.com action against etoy.com
this is nothing like that lawsuit.
Any deals with the RIAA means that RIAA wins, and everybody else loses.
not this time... this time they're going after the wrong people. A Judge would be crazy to rule in favour of the RIAA. And I think it would be a high profile appeal if they did.
I think they might just find a loop out of this one. I havent cancelled my cable service just yet (altho it has crossed my mind.. all the channels I watch are right on there anyway.. plus any reason not to support cable companies is a plus)
But seriously... I think somewhere in that copyright it probably forgets to mention a very specific word. Internet broadcasting. (In fact it probably says something quite specific... and therefor, wont apply to the site)
Do you really think this guy would have shelled out the capital to start this site without consulting a couple lawyers first. I'm sure they went through the copyright papers carefully.. and planned their loopholes in advance.
Furthermore... the networks had to have seen this coming. They should have amended their copyright 3 years ago when it was clear this internet thing wasnt a passing phase.
I personally hope icravetv.com wins... the networks should have forseen this... and protected themselves. When they lose the lawsuit, they should then proceed to jump on the IP bandwagon. I'm sure they could find a way to secure their profits.
Yep.. here in Alberta I'm on cable. Unfortunatley, where I live, I can't use shaw (@home) A different cable company has jurisdiction where I live, so I'm forced to go with them and pay $40/month + $40/gig traffic whereas if I lived 2 blocks east of here... I could be on shaw and run free for my $40 a month.
It's absolutley insane! And I can't believe they're getting away with it. It's either this or dialup. They say it's so people arent running webservers off their cable modems. Couldn't they just port scan instead to see whos running web servers and whos not? Not to mention they advertise "Unlimited internet for $40/month" hmm thats funny... I see that and think unlimited bytes, not time.
I can't do anything I want to do. And it sucks. I'm constantly checking how many megs I've transferred in and out of here for the month.
I fear for your future internet access Oz
I stopped reading when you said "As a business student"
Then you SHOULDN'T have replied to something you didn't read.
dont get offtopic.. we're talking about Wieger. You could have made reference to what we're actually talking about
don't call me "man" or "buddy" or any other term that would imply you're replying to a male. Because you're not.
I'm not a first year "Arts" student. I don't know where the Arts faculty is in my school. I don't think it's anywhere near the labs. I don't plan on changing the world, fixing world hunger, or curing aids. I will have a degree. A specialization. And knowledge. (why are we all getting degrees? wow we must be stupid to just spend 50 grand like this for nothing.) Maybe we should all be cool like Bill and drop out of school then get screwed by the government down the road. oops.. should have stuck around for that monopoly/oligopoly lecture I guess Bill. Anyone that thinks education doesn't teach you anything is wrong. I'm a year away from my degree and even I know not to do what Bill did.
Talk is not cheap if you have anything important to say. Although I think I can understand why people have said this sentence to you.
I wont crash and burn waving the american flag because I'm not American... and if you would have read what I typed, you would have known that.
What I learn is real world stuff.
As soon as I read "AC" I stopped respecting.
thats it... threshold back to normal... now I know why I don't change it.
well my threshold is set at 1.. so I had to click to read your response... I was expecting a simple "suck it" or something to read.. but ok.. I like your response.
the points I made that need to be done to start up a business are for starting a business that will prosper. That will not file for bankruptcy down the road.
Yes any Joe Schmoe can start up a business. But will it be successful? Well.. apparently not. I know most people cannot afford to have a lawyer on hand. But if you're starting up a business... this is as important as buying your license. And if you can't afford the $200 to initially find one, well then I'm not sure you should be starting a business to begin with. Yes this is the land of the free... and Yes, it's wonderful that anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur can be one, but there are a few things you need to know. And indeed... an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. I'd rather pay up to $500 to find a lawyer before I even buy my domain than to run into trouble down the road and not have anything to turn to. Because if this was me... the second the FBI called... I would have been on the phone with my lawyer who knows me, and knows my business. People get scared very easily by the FBI. Now I'm not american, but in Canada, we have a constitution. This constitution doesnt protect me from my neighbor. It protects me from my government. My human rights legislation on the other hand protects me from my neighbor. Law enforcement screws up. They are not perfect. But people can't be ignorant to the law. You need to know what you're not allowed to do, and even better, what other people are not allowed to do to you.
I understand your market fill statement. I guess that leads to a question of what kind of business you want to run. Theres a market share for lots of stuff, but I know I wouldn't want to spend my professional life looking over my shoulder.
There aren't very many sucessful professional athletes that don't know the rules of the game. Business is no different.
Exactly!
/. article. I watched the video clip, and I read the wired article as well. And here's what I would like to add to your insightful comment.
This has turned out to be a very interesting story. I read the initial
I agreed with Weiger's comments on the wired article. He seems like an intellegent person. But running a business is another story. And as a business student, it seems to me that he has gotten what he deserved. The 2 most important things you do before setting up a business are:
1. take some sort of business class... you need to know more than how to balance a book, or advertise... you need to know ethics, and laws, and the whole 9 yards.
2. you find a lawyer! You don't find one when you need one. This is the single most important thing to do before setting up a business. An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. You don't go with the first lawyer you talk to... you interview many... because your lawyer is going to be your lifeline in a situation you least expect to happen.
I happen to have a really excellent corporate law professor this semester so I feel empowered by my knowledge now. And if Weiger wouldn't have been so entreprenuer gung ho... he would have done things "right". He also would know that he's probably got a very good Defemation case against the FBI, depending on the events that took place. It's sad that he's not sophisticated enough to know this.
Now as for the video, if he had any business sense... he would have never put that on his servers to begin with. Have you seen this video? omg! You're damn right the FBI wanted that taken down. Now wait a second... I didn't say it shouldn't be on the web. This is what the web is all about. But if I was a web hosting business owner... there is no way in hell I'd allow that on my server. It looks like some kind of terrorist plot and to tell you the truth.. it sent chills up my spine. I'm not tempted to email his clients and flame them for his actions, I'm tempted to email them and tell them that their are better businesses out there. Run by people with education. I'm sorry... but he really did get what he deserved. If his business goes down because of all of this, well... Darwin lives again.
Hizonner I'm glad someone else saw this. It seems to me that a lot of people are getting all caught up in the "no censorship!" and "I have rights dammit" parts of this issue. I want to be a hippy as much as the next person, but look at this from an entrepreneur prespective. Now think about it.... there ya go.. yikes.. what was he thinking.
as funny as this is... I laughed my head off reading some of these... it's actually quite interesting to see the responses of companies through email.
Some of the companies had a personal email send right back.. obviously no matter how outlandish the initial mail... and some (Haagan-Dazs.com) just send back an auto-response type email.
It's one thing to "get on the web" but using the internet to improve your company, your PR, and your customer service is something completely different.
in all non seriousness though... quite halarious... I enjoyed these
I hope I'm not repeating.. from what I see. no one has mentioned the all time great hack by Samuel Morse.
He hacked electricity by being the first person to send a message through a wire of course.
Morse wouldn't know a computer if you dropped one on him, but he would recognize the logic of ASCII... seeing as it is a descendant of his Morse Code.
He was the first person to send data using a series of timed on-and-off pulses of electricity. Exactly how we do today, only at a much faster rate.
We owe everything to Morse. Including a spot in the top ten.
moderate that above comment up! :)
I've been watching the comments on CTV... this is truly the most interesting experiment ever done. these 2 people didnt even know each other. all they have is a computer and 20 grand on a credit card... no food, nothing.
can you say pizza73.com
check it out.. it's going to be an interesting week.. one day and they've already spent almost 4 grand.. wow. the web cam was a nice touch.. way to go CTV