I suspect this guy (if he plays his cards right and has a sharp lawyer on retainer) may never have to work another day in his life. Which is a good thing because his chances of finding a decent job after this are about nil. Newspaper headlines are big when they can shout "Evil child-molester caught!", not so much when they have to say "oops, our bad."
That was my suspicion. However, it would be interesting to see if one could acquire a large number of the demo CDs and use them (internet radio/club/etc.) without needing to pay any royalties. After all they were sent out under the assumption they would be played in public.
Good point. Though it might be interesting to use a small, seemingly important, bit of innocent assembly code to distract from something else. As you say, everyone will look at the assembly code first. Then they'll wonder what it really does once they work out what it is supposed to do.
So if there is a printed copyright notice on the disc stating "unauthorized reproduction, This is covered by copyright, not by physical ownership of the disc, so no.
distribution, As long as they are only distributing the original disc (one time only obviously), yes.
adaptation, Not sure about this one, however I'd speculate that as long as you stayed within fair use it doesn't matter much.
public performance is prohibited" This is the one I'm personally interested in. If they didn't want you to perform it in public then why send the disc to a radio station? It would be interesting to hear a lawyer's opinion on this point as it relates to the main article.
then obviously that is a contract to which the radio station owner is not bound according to this ruling because he received the phonorecord as a gift. Not so much a contract as a reminder of rights, legitimate or otherwise.
Does that suggest that the radio station owner obtains the intellectual property rights to the sound recording and the musical work, as well as all of the printed materials, including lyrics and images, not to mention the trademarks of the record company and the publisher which are imprinted on the disc? Admittedly, those are not "material assets," but they were technically included as an integral part of the gift, and ownership of the item was clearly transfered in whole not in part. No, you just get a free copy, though as I stated above the public performance angle might be interesting to pursue. IANAL, etc., etc.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Blackberries do support IMAP/SMTP (even with SSL). I have one. It supports it just fine. What were you trying to have it do that wasn't working?
If this actually happened (sometime back in 2006...) the manager could have been in trouble. Theft is theft. Even if it belonged to one of the admins and not the university, it obviously wasn't the manager's. He took it assuming that it wouldn't be noticed before he could return it (if ever), or that the admin wouldn't complain for fear of being fired for "stealing time", i.e. playing xbox while on the job.
As for the admin, it doesn't sound like he was the one who set this up, he was just the only one left who still knew what it did. Though since he was the one maintaining the software, he probably should have labeled it. The fact that he didn't doesn't excuse the manager's blatant misuse of university resources for personal gain.
If it was me I'd have fired the manager. I wouldn't be able to trust him any longer.
so maybe this is just another Eurocrat implementing a "bash America" strategy. You're mistaken. (I'm being generous.) There are plenty of us U.S. citizens who think it's crap as well. Don't drag misguided patriotism into this.
There's a reason why no one wants to volunteer when the phrases "Is there a Docter in the house/plane/etc?" or "Does anyone know CPR?" are uttered in movies and real life. It's a phenomenally good way to get sued.
Finally after 19 years of near flawless operation I decided that driving a twenty year old car was ridiculous even if it did still work. Why is it ridiculous? It worked near flawlessly (and I assume any loans were fully paid).
That is an interesting possibility. The "newer" version(s) playstation 2 do not have firewire ports, if I remember correctly. I wonder if this vulnerability had anything to do with the decision to remove them.
Not sure about a link farm list, but you might find the Day Old Bread list useful/interesting if you want to block domain tasters. I've never used it, so can't comment on its quality (or lack thereof). It appears to be intended for use by companies though.
In the U.S., a stolen property remains stolen property until it is returned to the original owner. Look at it this way:
1. B steals car from A. 2. A reports car stolen to law enforcement. 3. B sells stolen vehicle to C. 4. Police locate A's stolen car in C possession.
In the above scenario, B has wronged both A and C. A has had his car stolen. C has been defrauded because B cannot transfer title of the vehicle. The simplest solution is to return A's vehicle (to which he still has legal title). This reduces the number of victims from two to one. It doesn't make C any more of a victim than he already was. He was a victim from the moment he gave B the money for the car. In this car scenario there is only one "rightful owner". C merely thinks he's the rightful owner. A had nothing to do with the fraudulent transaction between B and C so if C wants his money back he will need to get it back from B.
I've enjoyed video game movies tho, like the resident evil series, i liked the first two (waiting to see the last one) The first two were good. The third one... not so much. I was rather disappointed with the third one. It seemed somehow incongruous with the rest of the movies. It was also somewhat light on plot compared to the previous two. (Which, if you think about it, is a pretty harsh criticism.)
I'd guess that it is trying to forward ports on the router. Every program I've ever seen that used UPnP used it to forward ports. (Does UPnP even have any other use? Serious question, btw.)
You're right, I'd forgotten about that. Probably too late once you'd started the recovery process.
The reason MS makes this so hard is DRM. It is all about preventing you from having more than one (functional) copy of your profile. This is why you can't copy your profile onto a memory card. It must be moved.
If you could copy your profile, you might be tempted to leave it on more than one Xbox and then your buddy could download and play all your purchased Xbox live arcade games and watch all your purchased videos/movies/etc for free. (And where would Microsoft be then?)
You do realize that you can just move your profile onto a memory card, right? It doesn't require any connections to Xbox Live. Sure it cost money (to buy a memory card), but it's a heck of a lot faster than recovering your profile via the Live service. That was painful even when the service was working properly. Granted this might not be much help now if the other Xbox is out of reach, but it is something to think about for the future.
Slashdot Mirror
All it did was run an FTP server for years.
LOL, sorry but I have to ask. Did you install it?
Yes, but they need to know they should ask for it.
That was my suspicion. However, it would be interesting to see if one could acquire a large number of the demo CDs and use them (internet radio/club/etc.) without needing to pay any royalties. After all they were sent out under the assumption they would be played in public.
Good point. Though it might be interesting to use a small, seemingly important, bit of innocent assembly code to distract from something else. As you say, everyone will look at the assembly code first. Then they'll wonder what it really does once they work out what it is supposed to do.
distribution, As long as they are only distributing the original disc (one time only obviously), yes.
adaptation, Not sure about this one, however I'd speculate that as long as you stayed within fair use it doesn't matter much.
public performance is prohibited" This is the one I'm personally interested in. If they didn't want you to perform it in public then why send the disc to a radio station? It would be interesting to hear a lawyer's opinion on this point as it relates to the main article.
then obviously that is a contract to which the radio station owner is not bound according to this ruling because he received the phonorecord as a gift. Not so much a contract as a reminder of rights, legitimate or otherwise. Does that suggest that the radio station owner obtains the intellectual property rights to the sound recording and the musical work, as well as all of the printed materials, including lyrics and images, not to mention the trademarks of the record company and the publisher which are imprinted on the disc? Admittedly, those are not "material assets," but they were technically included as an integral part of the gift, and ownership of the item was clearly transfered in whole not in part. No, you just get a free copy, though as I stated above the public performance angle might be interesting to pursue.
IANAL, etc., etc.
I'm not sure what you mean by this. Blackberries do support IMAP/SMTP (even with SSL). I have one. It supports it just fine. What were you trying to have it do that wasn't working?
If this actually happened (sometime back in 2006...) the manager could have been in trouble. Theft is theft. Even if it belonged to one of the admins and not the university, it obviously wasn't the manager's. He took it assuming that it wouldn't be noticed before he could return it (if ever), or that the admin wouldn't complain for fear of being fired for "stealing time", i.e. playing xbox while on the job.
As for the admin, it doesn't sound like he was the one who set this up, he was just the only one left who still knew what it did. Though since he was the one maintaining the software, he probably should have labeled it. The fact that he didn't doesn't excuse the manager's blatant misuse of university resources for personal gain.
If it was me I'd have fired the manager. I wouldn't be able to trust him any longer.
1 in 133,225?
I'm stunned you actually believe that.
There's a reason why no one wants to volunteer when the phrases "Is there a Docter in the house/plane/etc?" or "Does anyone know CPR?" are uttered in movies and real life. It's a phenomenally good way to get sued.
PS: Be Shocked.
You're absolutely correct. People (including content producers) need to realize the world does not owe them a living. I'm glad we agree on this.
I would argue that BluRay accounted for 0% of total dvd sales.
Discretion isn't hard. It just doesn't get them reelected. The whole point is to attract media attention.
I see... So you're suggesting that it is OK to utterly destroy one innocent life if it might potentially save another?
The implication being that someone gets to pick who is more "worthy". Yeah, that's a terrific idea, no room for abuse there.
Yes, that would make a bit of a difference. :-)
That is an interesting possibility. The "newer" version(s) playstation 2 do not have firewire ports, if I remember correctly. I wonder if this vulnerability had anything to do with the decision to remove them.
Another page you might want to check out is Spam Links' page of DNS blacklists. (Sorry, forgot to include this in my previous post.)
Not sure about a link farm list, but you might find the Day Old Bread list useful/interesting if you want to block domain tasters. I've never used it, so can't comment on its quality (or lack thereof). It appears to be intended for use by companies though.
In the U.S., a stolen property remains stolen property until it is returned to the original owner. Look at it this way:
1. B steals car from A.
2. A reports car stolen to law enforcement.
3. B sells stolen vehicle to C.
4. Police locate A's stolen car in C possession.
In the above scenario, B has wronged both A and C. A has had his car stolen. C has been defrauded because B cannot transfer title of the vehicle.
The simplest solution is to return A's vehicle (to which he still has legal title). This reduces the number of victims from two to one. It doesn't make C any more of a victim than he already was. He was a victim from the moment he gave B the money for the car. In this car scenario there is only one "rightful owner". C merely thinks he's the rightful owner. A had nothing to do with the fraudulent transaction between B and C so if C wants his money back he will need to get it back from B.
I'd guess that it is trying to forward ports on the router. Every program I've ever seen that used UPnP used it to forward ports. (Does UPnP even have any other use? Serious question, btw.)
You're right, I'd forgotten about that. Probably too late once you'd started the recovery process.
The reason MS makes this so hard is DRM. It is all about preventing you from having more than one (functional) copy of your profile. This is why you can't copy your profile onto a memory card. It must be moved.
If you could copy your profile, you might be tempted to leave it on more than one Xbox and then your buddy could download and play all your purchased Xbox live arcade games and watch all your purchased videos/movies/etc for free. (And where would Microsoft be then?)
You do realize that you can just move your profile onto a memory card, right? It doesn't require any connections to Xbox Live. Sure it cost money (to buy a memory card), but it's a heck of a lot faster than recovering your profile via the Live service. That was painful even when the service was working properly. Granted this might not be much help now if the other Xbox is out of reach, but it is something to think about for the future.