They could have gone after the individual employees with threats of criminal prosecution (no, the "corporate veil" would not protect them) but that would not have gotten them any money.
Here's the thing, though. As I would never buy any of the products advertised on any of the sites I read unblocking the ads would still not help in the long run.
Fortunately, most people have more money than brains and buy lots of silly crap. Thanks.
Until the current "left wing" populist government falls will suffice. The "Right" will promptly bury him. Then when the revolution comes again the "Left" can dig him up and put him back on display, nicely (or nastily) mummified.
It is already firmly established in USA law that ineffectual DRM measures (such as pdf passwords) that can be trivially bypassed by methods such as using software that does not actively support the measure do not qualify as anticircumvention measures under the DMCA. Accessing a Web page which is "protected" only by JS and so can be accessed by Lynx or Firefox with NoScript does not violate the DMCA. Saying "Please don't copy this" is not DRM.
> And it can be argued that you accepted the license by > accessing the site and copying the data. Don't like the > license?
To bind me to a contract you must show me the contract and condition my receipt of the document on my acceptance of the license.
> Read, but you may not copy.
Fair use does not require the copyright owner's permission.
Horseshit. There has never been anything remotely resembling a free market associated with nuclear power. As for shortsightedness it is hard to imagine anything more shortsighted then the way governments have reacted to nuclear accidents.
If every Firefox user used them, a couple of politicians would get new yachts and vacation homes. If they posed a significant threat to the ad industry, they'd be gone.
Bullshit. Remember SOPA? The Do Not Call List?
> Big Money does not have to adapt. You do.
Bullshit. Votes are more important than campaign funds.
It's a useful technology. It can be used to prevent volunteer glyphosate-resistant corn from infesting a following glyphosate-resistant soybean crop. It can also be used to prevent the spread of "engineered" genes to wild plants and crops in nearby fields, and it can eliminate many plant-patent lawsuits.
It will have no negative impact on most farmers because most of those who plant commercial seed understand that bin-run seed does not reproduce itself well, has poor germination, and often contains weeds. There are many vendors of traditional/open-pollinating/heritage seeds out there. Buy from them if you like that sort of thing. You will then be able to replant your own seed to your heart's content.
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ROFL.
...always crap anyway, so why read them at all?
...for the owner of a piece of hardware to be able to reprogram it?
I suppose it is, when the owner is running Windows.
How about white (or pink) noise?
...with prison?
They could have gone after the individual employees with threats of criminal prosecution (no, the "corporate veil" would not protect them) but that would not have gotten them any money.
Surely you use Planck units.
Here's the thing, though. As I would never buy any of the products advertised on any of the sites I read unblocking the ads would still not help in the long run.
Fortunately, most people have more money than brains and buy lots of silly crap. Thanks.
Until the current "left wing" populist government falls will suffice. The "Right" will promptly bury him. Then when the revolution comes again the "Left" can dig him up and put him back on display, nicely (or nastily) mummified.
Perhaps they should build a pyramid...
And unnecessary. Get rid of it.
...when the malware hits these things.
It is already firmly established in USA law that ineffectual DRM measures (such as pdf passwords) that can be trivially bypassed by methods such as using software that does not actively support the measure do not qualify as anticircumvention measures under the DMCA. Accessing a Web page which is "protected" only by JS and so can be accessed by Lynx or Firefox with NoScript does not violate the DMCA. Saying "Please don't copy this" is not DRM.
> And it can be argued that you accepted the license by
> accessing the site and copying the data. Don't like the
> license?
To bind me to a contract you must show me the contract and condition my receipt of the document on my acceptance of the license.
> Read, but you may not copy.
Fair use does not require the copyright owner's permission.
So it knows when you are about to smash it?
n/t
So how about not running software vulnerable to malware?
When they program us to do so.
Horseshit. There has never been anything remotely resembling a free market associated with nuclear power. As for shortsightedness it is hard to imagine anything more shortsighted then the way governments have reacted to nuclear accidents.
As in false: not true. It isn't just distorted or exaggerated. It's wrong.
Mod parent up.
It's a neck, head, and jaws. Add some weight to the head and approporiate "musculature" to the neck and the machine could learn to gallop.
It still needs to learn how to stand dynamically without prancing, though.
I've always assumed that Winfrey's endorsement was for sale as well.
Don't we wish.
Bullshit. Remember SOPA? The Do Not Call List?
> Big Money does not have to adapt. You do.
Bullshit. Votes are more important than campaign funds.
...would be incorporating AdBlockPlus and NoScript and enabling both by default.
Do it.
You're free! Don't put your chains back on!
It's a useful technology. It can be used to prevent volunteer glyphosate-resistant corn from infesting a following glyphosate-resistant soybean crop. It can also be used to prevent the spread of "engineered" genes to wild plants and crops in nearby fields, and it can eliminate many plant-patent lawsuits.
It will have no negative impact on most farmers because most of those who plant commercial seed understand that bin-run seed does not reproduce itself well, has poor germination, and often contains weeds. There are many vendors of traditional/open-pollinating/heritage seeds out there. Buy from them if you like that sort of thing. You will then be able to replant your own seed to your heart's content.