Cool. Sometimes I wish I was a lawyer and knew where to find all that.
I think the important line is: In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $150,000.
$150K isn't much for some companies, but as pointed out in another reply to my comment, there are always punitive damages.
I like seeing the exemptions 2ci and 2cii. It's nice to see that non-profits get a little more safety in fair use.
Sorry, I when I wrote that, I forgot that most people here didn't know the difference between a GNU project and a GPL project. I just wanted to say that many GPL projects didn't fit the GNU coding guidelines, but I guess I said it in too few words.
Re:Have to side with the GNU folks here.
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Also from the article: "Valentine said his Segway was the only one in the Kent area and one of only a handful in King County, so after filing a theft report with Kent police, anybody seen riding one would be checked out in a hurry by officers."
Valentine seems to think it's possible to hotwire one, since he has the keys and thinks someone might be riding his.
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But, according to an article in the Toronto Star late last summer, eliminating the penny in North America would cost consumers $600 million.
That's probably just assuming all prices are rounded. The real world is a lot more complex than that. If merchants could just raise prices, they would do it already. For example, some merchants will change $9.99 to $9.95.
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From my rough calculations, we could go from 4.70 coins per transaction, to 2.70 coins by getting rid of those worthless pennies. That is certainly a lot easier than dividing by 18 and 29.
My math: 4.70 - (0+1+2+3+4)/5 = 2.70
(Probably close but wrong)
There's also a Goof-off-2, but it's getting pointless.
Smooth DVD movies
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There was a more recent review on Tom's Hardware. Your link from last July. The new M series boards play DVD and MPEG4 smoothly. I think this M-100 box is using an older model.
You are entire right about subpoenas and discovery, but those are normally parts of court cases. The RIAA hasn't filed suit:
Bates earlier ruled that the RIAA was able to subpoena the subscriber's information under existing copyright law, even without an open legal case. Verizon had contended that the trade group needed to file suit against the anonymous subscriber for a subpoena to be valid.
I'm not a lawyer, but I always thought discovery had to be part of a court case.
To me, the RIAA is trying to greatly expand its power here. If they really wanted to get this guy, they could file suit, subpoena the documents, and Verizon would just hand them over. What they want is open access to Verizon's documents without judicial oversight. Scary.
I don't know if anyone is still reading comments, but Uy won.
The judge disagreed, Uy said, ruling that Uy did not violate the state's harassment laws in part because he posted true information about Moore's business contact data on his site.
Re:Antiseptic surfaces, and sweat
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When clothes get covered in oils from sweat, it's well past time to wash them. You also need to wash off the dead bacteria for this to keep working. I assume these clothes are washable. The article didn't say (or I missed it).
Smut shops have always hung huge lit signs that say "News."
That's not intended to deceive. It's there, because "Nudes" would not be very tasteful and the city (usually) will not allow that. In some sense it's a well-known code, a euphemism, to say "News". If the sign said, "Beer" or worse "Candy", that would be a better analogy.
Before you attack me, I think any such law would be ruled too vague by the courts.
I read here: TFT is also known as active matrix display technology (and contrasts with "passive matrix" which does not have a transistor at each pixel).
My guess is that the transisters are in the black areas between the lighted parts. But that's just speculation. Before today, I thought they were transparent.
Well, I'm pretty sure that people like me aren't a big revenue source, but I overclock at home. At work, I always buy the most overclockable hardware, and then run it as spec speeds. This gives me great reliability. Our computers aren't always run in climate-controlled conditions, so I like having the extra margin.
I spend far more money on computers at work than I do at home, since the demands are so much higher.
The Anonymous "Reader" who sent this certainly had an axe to gride. Chapter 11 isn't "a goner". I'm sure someone will pick this stuff up. They get the Replay unit without the debt, nice deal. My biggest worry is they will settle the court case and I'll lose my automatic commercial skipping.
A Plan for the Improvement of English Spelling
by Mark Twain
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
It is pretty cool, but my first though was, "What's the dress code?" Notice that everything is gray. If someone had a red shirt on this system could get very confused.
Knifes are a gray area too, because is used by killers to stab people. But also they are used by surgeons, to save lives, and for everyone else to eat, cut things and so on... so, they must be forbidden or not?
The distinction here is consent.
If a surgeon cuts you without your consent, that's illegal. If you port scan me without my consent, that's no gray area.
To get even more legalistic, there is implied consent. If I'm dying and can't give consent, cut away. If you are my ISP, scan away.
Very true. People often forget that what is so bad about HIV/AIDS, is it's slow, quiet, and lethal. Good thing is hard to spread.
I've always been amazed at the number of viruses we catch and never even notice. Each one tinkers with your DNA. Some everyone catches. Some increase your cancer risk. Most we know nothing about.
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I think the important line is: In a case where the copyright owner sustains the burden of proving, and the court finds, that infringement was committed willfully, the court in its discretion may increase the award of statutory damages to a sum of not more than $150,000.
$150K isn't much for some companies, but as pointed out in another reply to my comment, there are always punitive damages.
I like seeing the exemptions 2ci and 2cii. It's nice to see that non-profits get a little more safety in fair use.
I'd call those big questions of damages. How much damage might be found to be zero. That could be bad news for GPL.
It's been done: Buffy the Vampire Layer
Sorry, I when I wrote that, I forgot that most people here didn't know the difference between a GNU project and a GPL project. I just wanted to say that many GPL projects didn't fit the GNU coding guidelines, but I guess I said it in too few words.
It starts, "A GNU program should not recommend use of any non-free program."
I've seen many GPL programs that don't live up to that rule.
Valentine seems to think it's possible to hotwire one, since he has the keys and thinks someone might be riding his.
That's probably just assuming all prices are rounded. The real world is a lot more complex than that. If merchants could just raise prices, they would do it already. For example, some merchants will change $9.99 to $9.95.
My math: 4.70 - (0+1+2+3+4)/5 = 2.70 (Probably close but wrong)
Goof-off has neither.
There's also a Goof-off-2, but it's getting pointless.
There was a more recent review on Tom's Hardware. Your link from last July. The new M series boards play DVD and MPEG4 smoothly. I think this M-100 box is using an older model.
Sorry I can't be more specific, I'll be installing RedHat 9.0 this weekend on an EPIA M9000, but I've only been doing research so far.
To me, the RIAA is trying to greatly expand its power here. If they really wanted to get this guy, they could file suit, subpoena the documents, and Verizon would just hand them over. What they want is open access to Verizon's documents without judicial oversight. Scary.
It's already been used. This is why many companies just make up new words.
The judge disagreed, Uy said, ruling that Uy did not violate the state's harassment laws in part because he posted true information about Moore's business contact data on his site.
When clothes get covered in oils from sweat, it's well past time to wash them. You also need to wash off the dead bacteria for this to keep working. I assume these clothes are washable. The article didn't say (or I missed it).
That's not intended to deceive. It's there, because "Nudes" would not be very tasteful and the city (usually) will not allow that. In some sense it's a well-known code, a euphemism, to say "News". If the sign said, "Beer" or worse "Candy", that would be a better analogy.
Before you attack me, I think any such law would be ruled too vague by the courts.
My guess is that the transisters are in the black areas between the lighted parts. But that's just speculation. Before today, I thought they were transparent.
I spend far more money on computers at work than I do at home, since the demands are so much higher.
It might even be they don't want to pay the cost.
The Anonymous "Reader" who sent this certainly had an axe to gride. Chapter 11 isn't "a goner". I'm sure someone will pick this stuff up. They get the Replay unit without the debt, nice deal. My biggest worry is they will settle the court case and I'll lose my automatic commercial skipping.
by Mark Twain
For example, in Year 1 that useless letter "c" would be dropped to be replased either by "k" or "s", and likewise "x" would no longer be part of the alphabet. The only kase in which "c" would be retained would be the "ch" formation, which will be dealt with later. Year 2 might reform "w" spelling, so that "which" and "one" would take the same konsonant, wile Year 3 might well abolish "y" replasing it with "i" and Iear 4 might fiks the "g/j" anomali wonse and for all. Jenerally, then, the improvement would kontinue iear bai iear with Iear 5 doing awai with useless double konsonants, and Iears 6-12 or so modifaiing vowlz and the rimeining voist and unvoist konsonants. Bai Iear 15 or sou, it wud fainali bi posibl tu meik ius ov thi ridandant letez "c", "y" and "x" -- bai now jast a memori in the maindz ov ould doderez -- tu riplais "ch", "sh", and "th" rispektivli. Fainali, xen, aafte sam 20 iers ov orxogrefkl riform, wi wud hev a lojikl, kohirnt speling in ius xrewawt xe Ingliy-spiking werld.
It is pretty cool, but my first though was, "What's the dress code?" Notice that everything is gray. If someone had a red shirt on this system could get very confused.
The distinction here is consent.
If a surgeon cuts you without your consent, that's illegal. If you port scan me without my consent, that's no gray area.
To get even more legalistic, there is implied consent. If I'm dying and can't give consent, cut away. If you are my ISP, scan away.
I've always been amazed at the number of viruses we catch and never even notice. Each one tinkers with your DNA. Some everyone catches. Some increase your cancer risk. Most we know nothing about.