I'm going to make some wild hand flapping arguments, which should be taken with bucket of salt, because IANAL.
Even if you buy a CD, according to copyright laws you are allowed to make one backup copy for archival purposes.
Do copyright laws actually specify only one backup? I, personally, have the original, an archival backup, and a travel backup of my CDs. I personally believe that is legal.
Even if you own the CD's, legal you can not download the MP3 from someone else.
I know it is illegal for you to provide MP3's/other access to work even when you know the other person owns the media. Copyright law restricts the right to distribute works, but does it explicitly prevent people from getting the work in another format from another person? Or is it just an accessory crime?
You rights are associated to your media
I'm pretty sure my rights are tied to the work, not the physical media, which is why I'm allowed to make copies and transfer into different formats. This makes the above question more interesting.
not only did he reneg on the iTunes sale (because the rights are associated to the iTunes file
Even if rights are tied to the physical media, there are a great deal of problems with associating rights with a particular file. This would seem to disallow the right to transfer to different formats for one, and what happens if a couple bits are corrupted? Do you lose all rights because you no longer have the same "file?"
Also, it is illegal to own or buy a slave.
I'm pretty sure that there is nothing in there that says that you may not sell yourself, other than laws governing the sale of human organs that is.
The grandparent's analogy isn't about whether it is illegal for you to try and sell yourself as a slave, but whether a contract in which you declare youself a slave in exchange for some goods or services is illegal. The broader point is that which (I think) you were attempting to address in your other post: there are many rights you cannot give up in a contract, and this ebay auction is interesting since it may determine if first sale is one such right, or if instead of purchasing a song, you are paying for an i-tunes service that allows you to listen to it (or some such DRM enforced nonsense).
I can't remember one statement (aside from obvious trolls) on Slashdot when the whole library-filtering software debate was a big as SCO now that said filtering software is wrong because it prevents people from looking at porn. The debate centered, and still centers, around two issues:
Is it really porn? Filtering programs are stupid, and will filter out info on breast cancer or Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) website. They can be unblocked manually, but you have to let the librarian know what you're looking at and wait for them. I wouldn't have been comfortable asking a crotchety old lady to unblock a site detailing human anatomy (with diagrams, not photos) I was using for my Human Development class when I was 13.
Filtering programs come with blacklists that are encrypted. (DMCA prevents cracking them, though that's a seperate issue) These blacklists can be used to push the agenda of the companies/sponsors of the software. Don't forget that the earliest filtering program were created with the help of very conservative groups, and certain well known sites that gave a liberal view of gay/lesbian issues or abortion were blocked. An anti-filtering software site was blocked for "hate speech."
I find your post disturbing, given your slashdot ID is lower than mine. Did you take a break, or were you just not paying attention during that time?
Not after he changed the BIOS to boot from CD first. Although, when he did, he had a Linux CD in the drive and the computer started booting windows. Nevertheless, the Dell EULA screen wsa bypassed.
You are responsible for what you willingly share on P2P networks. If you do not have permission from the copyright holder to share those works, you are in violation of copyright law.
In the case of downloading indie works (which I shall assume are freely distributable by decision of the copyright holders of those works) into the same directory as your personal collection (RIAA music, I assume)- the onus is on you to not share the work that is not freely distributable. It doesn't matter that KaZaa's sharing mechanism only works at the directory level; you cannot legally share the works you do not have permission to.
It also doesn't matter if the person has purchased the album/media before, and is just downloading it to put it in digital format. It is still illegal for you to share it; see RIAA vs. mp3.com. The actions of the person downloading may or may not be illegal, but your sharing of work that you do not have permission to distribute is illegal.
There are few people I know that lock up every door and window before they leave the house (I live in a small town). I've been to rural areas where people leave their keys in their cars. In both cases, there is no expectation of B&E or theft.
If a kid enters my house, finds a gun (that's even hidden in your example), and shoots themselves I am not liable. If someone steals my car I am not liable. Negligence is leaving a loaded gun on the front lawn. You cannot be negligent just because you didn't lock down everything you own with multiple locks, razor wire, bio-hazard signs, and 6 dozen pitbulls.
Accepting a "donation" in exchange for using Windows is a conflict of interest. The job of the faculty and administration is to choose the best educational tools. You are right that good progamming principles are platform/OS independent, but that does not preclude the possibility that one platform/OS facilitates education better than others. I am not making the case that Windows is an inferior tool here, as it would likely be a long and controversial argument; however, I will say that accepting money in this way prevents the school from deciding which is the best choice.
A better analogy for your point would be that I should expect to be able to walk through a crime ridden neighborhood at 1am without being mugged. The response is then that everybody would *expect* to get mugged if they walked through a crime ridden neighborhood at at 1am, so while being mugged isn't your fault per se, and you aren't any less of a victim, it isn't a big surprise.
However, given the number of women that dress provacatively that don't get raped, and the number of women who dress more conservatively and get raped anyway, makes me doubt the strength of a casual relationship between how a woman dresses and the likelihood of rape. Also, a woman dressing provacatively doesn't fear impending rape, while most people probably would fear impending assualt while walking through a crime ridden neighborhood.
Anyway, the point is this: the internet is a crime ridden neighborhood after dark right now. That's not the way it should be, and not the way it will always be, but for the forseeable future your only real security will come from your ability to protect yourself.
From what I remember, the checksum and table of contents methods are in the hardware of the CD/DVD ROM drives, which makes low-level reads equally ineffective. Safedisc is a popular copy protection method for CDs, though it has been awhile since I googled it.
I'm not sure how DVD rippers get around the protection. It's been posted in the comments for this story that the various ripping programs out there don't use DeCSS, and are much more efficient than if they did use DeCSS.
Moroever, if you look at the drive in your directory and try to copy the files you see there, they all copy just fine to the harddrive. but you cant play them using the DVD player. Why? if its a copy of the disk why cant the DVD player play the files succesfully? it will try to play them. they just come out scrambled and useless.
My guess is it was a normal copy, not a bit-by-bit copy. Sort of like copying a boot disk; you need to use rawwrite to copy the image instead of just copying because it need each sector and track to be exactly the same. A normal copy doesn't ensure that; it just places the data on the disk.
Furthermore, various forms of CD/DVD copy protection entail putting necessary data on the media that violates checksums or table of contents information, so your CDROM drive will "correct" those errors, leaving you with a bad "copy".
finally is it the drive or the DVD player that is decoding the CSS? if its the player, why cant it play the files you copied to the disk. if its the drive, then why cant I use DeCSS (DVD backup) directly on the files without first running the player to authenticate the drive?
It is the player, since this whole DeCSS controversy arose because the Norweigian kid wanted a DVD player for Linux when there were none commercially available, so wrote one himself.
To put it in simpler terms, I can copy coded/Chinese text by hand without ever knowing what it says. DeCSS is a codebook or Chinese-English dictionary. Dictionaries don't help you copy stuff.
Don't forget outlawing a particular prime number, and stopping people from singing along to the DeCSS songs, and keeping people from distributing a gif of the mona lisa with the code padded into it.
Damnit, that strategy was crucial to my company's business model. By publishing my company's business model, you have stolen my trade secrets, and infringed upon my right to make a profit! Expect to hear from my lawyer.
Granted, a lot of people who shouldn't be working in IT see those commercials and flock to DeVry with high hopes, but I worked with people my senior year in college had obviously not coded in their first three years there. There are a lot of stupid people in IT.
The eskimo had older people in thier societies as well. When they got to an age where thier wisdom, skills, etc were of no value to the society, it was understood that the older person would take a walk on the ice and go to sleep, and not wake up.
I would imagine living in arctic tundra imposes a higher degree of resource contraints than normal, causing instincts placing the value of the lives of your offspring higher than your own life to kick in. Therefore, you "talk a walk" to increase your children's odds of survival.
In most cases, even including retirement home and medical costs, if an elderly person decides to do themselves in early it doesn't really increase their offspring's odds of survival; it just gives them more money. I can understand perfectly the instictive desire to prolong your own life, as well as the fear of what, if anything, lies after.
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Wow, how long have you been saving that link for an opportunity to get a +5 funny?
That's actually funny...the only time I was distracted from the story was when Liv Tyler makes her first appearance, accompanied by the whole bright shiny look-at-me aura thing. I remember thinking, and I quote:
Gillette's trial, which started in January, was due to continue throughout 2004. It wanted to evaluate RFID technology for monitoring products from manufacturer to retailer. Many of its products disappear before ever being stacked on shop shelves.
Good point, I use no CD cracks for every game I own, just because 1)I don't like switching CD's, 2) I don't want my mini vacuum cleaner ruining my experience listening to the sound, and 3) hard disk access is faster, and I have plenty of space.
Someone needs to inform the copy-protection drones at video game companies requiring a CD does nothing, since popular games (those most prone to piracy) are cracked in such a hurry. All requiring a CD does is make the game less enjoyable.
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Do copyright laws actually specify only one backup? I, personally, have the original, an archival backup, and a travel backup of my CDs. I personally believe that is legal.
I know it is illegal for you to provide MP3's/other access to work even when you know the other person owns the media. Copyright law restricts the right to distribute works, but does it explicitly prevent people from getting the work in another format from another person? Or is it just an accessory crime?
I'm pretty sure my rights are tied to the work, not the physical media, which is why I'm allowed to make copies and transfer into different formats. This makes the above question more interesting.
Even if rights are tied to the physical media, there are a great deal of problems with associating rights with a particular file. This would seem to disallow the right to transfer to different formats for one, and what happens if a couple bits are corrupted? Do you lose all rights because you no longer have the same "file?"
Probably a little late for that now.
Then the computer was all like beep beep boop
Booooooooooooooooooooommmmmmm!!!!!!
and then my testicles were, like, gone.
The computer blew up my testicles.
I liked my testicles
They were really good testicles.
- Is it really porn? Filtering programs are stupid, and will filter out info on breast cancer or Chuck Grassley's (R-IA) website. They can be unblocked manually, but you have to let the librarian know what you're looking at and wait for them. I wouldn't have been comfortable asking a crotchety old lady to unblock a site detailing human anatomy (with diagrams, not photos) I was using for my Human Development class when I was 13.
- Filtering programs come with blacklists that are encrypted. (DMCA prevents cracking them, though that's a seperate issue) These blacklists can be used to push the agenda of the companies/sponsors of the software. Don't forget that the earliest filtering program were created with the help of very conservative groups, and certain well known sites that gave a liberal view of gay/lesbian issues or abortion were blocked. An anti-filtering software site was blocked for "hate speech."
I find your post disturbing, given your slashdot ID is lower than mine. Did you take a break, or were you just not paying attention during that time?It only started to boot Windows. They panicked and shut if off before it completed.
Not after he changed the BIOS to boot from CD first. Although, when he did, he had a Linux CD in the drive and the computer started booting windows. Nevertheless, the Dell EULA screen wsa bypassed.
You are responsible for what you willingly share on P2P networks. If you do not have permission from the copyright holder to share those works, you are in violation of copyright law.
In the case of downloading indie works (which I shall assume are freely distributable by decision of the copyright holders of those works) into the same directory as your personal collection (RIAA music, I assume)- the onus is on you to not share the work that is not freely distributable. It doesn't matter that KaZaa's sharing mechanism only works at the directory level; you cannot legally share the works you do not have permission to.
It also doesn't matter if the person has purchased the album/media before, and is just downloading it to put it in digital format. It is still illegal for you to share it; see RIAA vs. mp3.com. The actions of the person downloading may or may not be illegal, but your sharing of work that you do not have permission to distribute is illegal.
What are you on?
There are few people I know that lock up every door and window before they leave the house (I live in a small town). I've been to rural areas where people leave their keys in their cars. In both cases, there is no expectation of B&E or theft.
If a kid enters my house, finds a gun (that's even hidden in your example), and shoots themselves I am not liable. If someone steals my car I am not liable. Negligence is leaving a loaded gun on the front lawn. You cannot be negligent just because you didn't lock down everything you own with multiple locks, razor wire, bio-hazard signs, and 6 dozen pitbulls.
Accepting a "donation" in exchange for using Windows is a conflict of interest. The job of the faculty and administration is to choose the best educational tools. You are right that good progamming principles are platform/OS independent, but that does not preclude the possibility that one platform/OS facilitates education better than others. I am not making the case that Windows is an inferior tool here, as it would likely be a long and controversial argument; however, I will say that accepting money in this way prevents the school from deciding which is the best choice.
A better analogy for your point would be that I should expect to be able to walk through a crime ridden neighborhood at 1am without being mugged. The response is then that everybody would *expect* to get mugged if they walked through a crime ridden neighborhood at at 1am, so while being mugged isn't your fault per se, and you aren't any less of a victim, it isn't a big surprise.
However, given the number of women that dress provacatively that don't get raped, and the number of women who dress more conservatively and get raped anyway, makes me doubt the strength of a casual relationship between how a woman dresses and the likelihood of rape. Also, a woman dressing provacatively doesn't fear impending rape, while most people probably would fear impending assualt while walking through a crime ridden neighborhood.
Anyway, the point is this: the internet is a crime ridden neighborhood after dark right now. That's not the way it should be, and not the way it will always be, but for the forseeable future your only real security will come from your ability to protect yourself.
From what I remember, the checksum and table of contents methods are in the hardware of the CD/DVD ROM drives, which makes low-level reads equally ineffective. Safedisc is a popular copy protection method for CDs, though it has been awhile since I googled it.
I'm not sure how DVD rippers get around the protection. It's been posted in the comments for this story that the various ripping programs out there don't use DeCSS, and are much more efficient than if they did use DeCSS.
The MPAA makes money liscencing the decryption algorithm to people who make players, and uses region encoding to charge Europeans more.
int donor=MPAA;
if(this->invalidatesBusinessModel(donor))
{
Collect(donor);
Illegalize(this);
Prosecute(this->maker);
}
Furthermore, various forms of CD/DVD copy protection entail putting necessary data on the media that violates checksums or table of contents information, so your CDROM drive will "correct" those errors, leaving you with a bad "copy". It is the player, since this whole DeCSS controversy arose because the Norweigian kid wanted a DVD player for Linux when there were none commercially available, so wrote one himself.
To put it in simpler terms, I can copy coded/Chinese text by hand without ever knowing what it says. DeCSS is a codebook or Chinese-English dictionary. Dictionaries don't help you copy stuff.
Don't forget outlawing a particular prime number, and stopping people from singing along to the DeCSS songs, and keeping people from distributing a gif of the mona lisa with the code padded into it.
Damnit, that strategy was crucial to my company's business model. By publishing my company's business model, you have stolen my trade secrets, and infringed upon my right to make a profit! Expect to hear from my lawyer.
Granted, a lot of people who shouldn't be working in IT see those commercials and flock to DeVry with high hopes, but I worked with people my senior year in college had obviously not coded in their first three years there. There are a lot of stupid people in IT.
I went to the University of California, Davis and paid the ~$4000 tuition and ~$1500 with loans. Help me get back at them by slashdotting the site!
In most cases, even including retirement home and medical costs, if an elderly person decides to do themselves in early it doesn't really increase their offspring's odds of survival; it just gives them more money. I can understand perfectly the instictive desire to prolong your own life, as well as the fear of what, if anything, lies after.
Wow, how long have you been saving that link for an opportunity to get a +5 funny?
To each thier own, though.
You're new here, aren't you?
Good point, I use no CD cracks for every game I own, just because 1)I don't like switching CD's, 2) I don't want my mini vacuum cleaner ruining my experience listening to the sound, and 3) hard disk access is faster, and I have plenty of space.
Someone needs to inform the copy-protection drones at video game companies requiring a CD does nothing, since popular games (those most prone to piracy) are cracked in such a hurry. All requiring a CD does is make the game less enjoyable.