Go to your local courthouse and offer to defend someone accused of capital murder, pro bono. This course of action might not cure your electrical problem, but at least Slashdot readers will have no problem with it.
Yes, Advanced 2000 is a real hobbyist/wholesale store in Alexandria where you can actually buy stuff like motherboards and RAM and hard drives without the pretty CrapUSA packaging and markup. Now if only they could get some decent fast food and/or restaurants here in NoVa.
I've been with Sprint PCS for a few years now and I have to say the service works pretty well from coast to coast, incl all of the I-40 from Nashville to Barstow except (inexplicably) between Amarillo and Tucumcari. But they don't offer the latest phones. They only offer a very few dated models. I would love to be able to get a Kyocera 7135, and I may have to switch to Verizon to get it. Even better, I would like to see the FCC force these companies to accept any brand of PCS enabled phone (not just Sprint PCS Phones). It's like being back in the dark ages (1970s) when you had to use AT&T (Western Electric) landline phones.
The article doesn't address whether tall people like me will be able to spec the custom cars such that we will be able to fit in 'em. I've sat in every car at auto shows and found little satisfaction, even in super-expensive models like BMWs. With great difficulty, I can buy shoes -- not true of cars. I would love to be able to buy a car that fits me.
Oh, yeah, thanks. The original post wasn't legal advice. Home decorators, for some reason, don't seem to attract frivolous lawsuits from people who think that reading a/. post creates a decorator-client relationship.
Am I paying for the right to play that particular CD media? Yes, as long as you do not publicly perform or broadcast the copyrighted performance it contains.
Am I paying for right to listen to that particular recording without relying on mass media outlets that already paid RIAA copyright holders through ASCAP? Huh?
What happens if I own the same recording in multiple digital formats? The heavens fall. Just kidding.
What happens if a particular copyrighted material is on several of my media and comes from same master source? Hope you only paid once.
What if my media is damaged, should I not be able to request replacement? You can always ask for a replacement. However, you are unlikely to get one.
If I already own let's say Metallica S&M DVD set, am I legally allowed to borrow a friend's S&M CD set, since both media are mixed from the same source [and possibly covered by the same license]? Whether or not you already own a copy of the work is irrelevant to whether you may legally borrow your friend's. However, expect most judges to rule against you because of your shitty taste in music.
What are the quality tolerances and who sets them? Believe it or not, one function of the RIAA is to set these types of technical standards.
At which point is the original recording no longer subject to copy limitations? Depends on when it was copyrighted. Normally, the life of the author plus 50 years.
What happens if my used media is scratched? The record will skip, annoying the other people in your car.
I am inclined to believe that the acquiring party simply acquires a license for a particular recording. It is currently implied, at least in my understanding, that the license is perpetual and as such a license holder is entitled to the ability to use the licensed object perpetually, regardless of the media it was originally supplied on or the media player of choice at the moment. If my understanding is correct, and the content is licensed to the consumer, then where is the full license agreement? RTF copyright law.
By the [above] argument, should we not consider it to be a shrink-wrap and thus largely unenforceable EULA? No.
Is it not true that shrink-wrapped software is not returnable to the retailer but it is returnable to the manufacturer upon termination of license? Depends on the terms of the shrink wrap license and whether your state's law and/or courts uphold them.
Should not music be under the same category? Everything, including food, shelter, health care, and music, should be free, but society has yet to find a way to achieve this.
What exactly do the RIAA's customers actually pay for? Retail purchasers of music CDs get 1) The media. 2) A license to use the copyrighted work in accordance with copyright law. The RIAA's actual customers are the record companies who finance it, they pay for lobbying Congress and for 10,000 lawsuits.
Until this question is answered, how can we possibly hope to communicate with the organization unless we know our exact terms and conditions that accompany the entire term of the transaction? Look up the copyright law FAQ.
Why does Slashdot print inane questions like mine? No one knows.
This is the whole point of frequent flier miles, major-hassle mail-in rebates, etc. They are intended primarily as thinly disguised bribes or kickbacks for employees who spend company money. Every so often some government agency or megacorp tries to horn in on mileage or some similar premium. But the airlines won't go for it, they are quite adamant in insisting that the mileage belongs to the person who flew the metal, as they say on FlyerTalk.
One time Hunter S. Thompson was lecturing at my college campus (with John Belushi!) and I had the opportunity to ask him about his preferred method of preparation for a writing session.
1. Consult an attorney. 2. Sue for malicious prosecution
a) If you are a parent or other innocent party;
b) If you are a Verizon customer and you are being targeted based on RIAA's vendetta against Verizon (leaving AOL users alone). 3. Know that RIAA has royally pissed off the court clerks (who really run the courthouse) by making them issue 1000s of subpoenas, RIAA will reap what it has sown.
A couple of years ago, pointy-haired boxing promoter Don King tried the flame-thrower lawsuit schtick against hundreds of small taverns that (he alleged) showed his boxing matches on the bar's TV sets, either live or on tape. King's lawyers then tried to shake down the bar owners for quick settlements... but he targeted defendants who, like these parents, are completely innocent. King ultimately had his head handed to him by the federal courts. The harder they come, the harder they fall.
The above advice is incrediable coming from a lawyer. People who get sued need to file and serve the other party with responsive papers immediately so they don't lose by default.
The papers have to be done exactly the right way or 1) the court clerk won't file them or 2) you could inadvertently waive the right to raise certain legal arguments. It's not all that easy to file responsive pleadings as a lawyer, let alone someone who is under the stress of a lawsuit filed by a big law firm and who is attempting to act as his or her own lawyer.
If you get sued, call a lawyer and make an appointment. We don't bite and usually there is only a small or no charge for an initial consultation.
If somebody showed up in my office with one of these, I would look at ways to possibly countersue RIAA or whomever and make some money on the deal for both of us.
IAAAL. This post is not legal advice for your specific situation or jurisdiction, and it is not a solicitation for legal services.
>>Who's thinking that the families of the deceased* won't slap the mother of all class-action suits against, >>among others, the licensing body?
>Two words: sovereign immunity. You can't sue the king except under certain limited circumstances >where the king agrees to let you sue him.
Public entities get sued all the time for various reasons, and there are exceptions to sovereign immunity and various other immunities. The most obvious cases are those where the action of the public entity increases the danger to the victim. Examples: 1) The DMV licenses some obviously blind, senile driver who runs over the victim. 2) The cops bust Uncle Ernie for DUI, leaving Aunt Maude standing by the side of a dark freeway with no transportation where she gets hit by a car.
All the delivery services (UPS, Fedex) do this. It's called ring-and-run. Probably they time these guys with stopwatches and if they actually wait for someone to answer the door they lose points.
Every Jan 1 at 8:00 AM Seiko would always page its subscribers Happy New Year. When I woke up the 2nd time I eventually talked myself out of throwing it off an overpass.
1. Sell the judgment to a collection agency or to someone who went to Dave Del Dotto's get-rich seminar.
2. Find out how to fill out the forms and collect it yourself, say by a) going to the courthouse law library and look it up, or b) reading Collect Your Judgment by Nolo Press (which is based on California law but the principles are probably basically the same).
3. (2) presupposes the judgment debtor has a paycheck, bank account, job or real or personal property you can get at. Sometimes if all else fails you can file the judgment as a lien with the county and get paid, with interest, years later when they die or sell their house.
1. If you are going to put your newspaper on the net for free, make it really free.
2. I don't want your Javascript, cookies, or ActiveX.
3. I don't want more than one pop-up ad.
4. I don't want to ^&%&# register. Your registration process is cumbersome and doesn't work correctly. Besides, you as a corporate newspaper have the heavy burden of persuading me that you are not merely the propaganda-outlet of some part of some vast corporate conspiracy. Tracking what stories I read adds to my distrust and suspicion of your news reporting.
5. I don't want to have to view message source to read articles. Lose the fancy web stuff and publish your news in HTML.
"Then the pump will have to be changed so that it will give the user a different price depending on if he has a device or not."
That's a bit easier in Oregon than you might think. Oregon gas stations are all full service. You do not pump your own gas there. Anywhere in the whole State.
Self-serve gas is against the law in both Oregon and New Jersey. I thought Oregonians had too much pride to be associated with a place like New Jersey.
Under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) a buyer can revoke his acceptance of purchased goods if there is an undiscovered inherent defect that significantly impairs the value. (Google "UCC revocation acceptance" for more info.) Then, write to the mfr. and/or retailer citing the UCC and stating that you are hereby revoking your acceptance of the TV set, and you are hereby requesting a full refund and a prepaid RMA number. If after receiving the letter they do not accept return of the goods, take them to small claims court.
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Go to your local courthouse and offer to defend someone accused of capital murder, pro bono. This course of action might not cure your electrical problem, but at least Slashdot readers will have no problem with it.
would they be calling it HarborFreewaium?
>> How do I clean mouse rollers?
The same way you clean the heads on your tape deck. Rubbing alcohol and Q-tips.
Yes, Advanced 2000 is a real hobbyist/wholesale store in Alexandria where you can actually buy stuff like motherboards and RAM and hard drives without the pretty CrapUSA packaging and markup. Now if only they could get some decent fast food and/or restaurants here in NoVa.
I've been with Sprint PCS for a few years now and I have to say the service works pretty well from coast to coast, incl all of the I-40 from Nashville to Barstow except (inexplicably) between Amarillo and Tucumcari. But they don't offer the latest phones. They only offer a very few dated models. I would love to be able to get a Kyocera 7135, and I may have to switch to Verizon to get it. Even better, I would like to see the FCC force these companies to accept any brand of PCS enabled phone (not just Sprint PCS Phones). It's like being back in the dark ages (1970s) when you had to use AT&T (Western Electric) landline phones.
The article doesn't address whether tall people like me will be able to spec the custom cars such that we will be able to fit in 'em. I've sat in every car at auto shows and found little satisfaction, even in super-expensive models like BMWs. With great difficulty, I can buy shoes -- not true of cars. I would love to be able to buy a car that fits me.
Oh, yeah, thanks. The original post wasn't legal advice. Home decorators, for some reason, don't seem to attract frivolous lawsuits from people who think that reading a /. post creates a decorator-client relationship.
Oh, please.
Am I paying for the CD media itself? Yes.
Am I paying for the right to play that particular CD media? Yes, as long as you do not publicly perform or broadcast the copyrighted performance it contains.
Am I paying for right to listen to that particular recording without relying on mass media outlets that already paid RIAA copyright holders through ASCAP? Huh?
What happens if I own the same recording in multiple digital formats? The heavens fall. Just kidding.
What happens if a particular copyrighted material is on several of my media and comes from same master source? Hope you only paid once.
What if my media is damaged, should I not be able to request replacement? You can always ask for a replacement. However, you are unlikely to get one.
If I already own let's say Metallica S&M DVD set, am I legally allowed to borrow a friend's S&M CD set, since both media are mixed from the same source [and possibly covered by the same license]? Whether or not you already own a copy of the work is irrelevant to whether you may legally borrow your friend's. However, expect most judges to rule against you because of your shitty taste in music.
What are the quality tolerances and who sets them? Believe it or not, one function of the RIAA is to set these types of technical standards.
At which point is the original recording no longer subject to copy limitations? Depends on when it was copyrighted. Normally, the life of the author plus 50 years.
What happens if my used media is scratched? The record will skip, annoying the other people in your car.
I am inclined to believe that the acquiring party simply acquires a license for a particular recording. It is currently implied, at least in my understanding, that the license is perpetual and as such a license holder is entitled to the ability to use the licensed object perpetually, regardless of the media it was originally supplied on or the media player of choice at the moment. If my understanding is correct, and the content is licensed to the consumer, then where is the full license agreement? RTF copyright law.
By the [above] argument, should we not consider it to be a shrink-wrap and thus largely unenforceable EULA? No.
Is it not true that shrink-wrapped software is not returnable to the retailer but it is returnable to the manufacturer upon termination of license? Depends on the terms of the shrink wrap license and whether your state's law and/or courts uphold them.
Should not music be under the same category? Everything, including food, shelter, health care, and music, should be free, but society has yet to find a way to achieve this.
What exactly do the RIAA's customers actually pay for? Retail purchasers of music CDs get 1) The media. 2) A license to use the copyrighted work in accordance with copyright law. The RIAA's actual customers are the record companies who finance it, they pay for lobbying Congress and for 10,000 lawsuits.
Until this question is answered, how can we possibly hope to communicate with the organization unless we know our exact terms and conditions that accompany the entire term of the transaction? Look up the copyright law FAQ.
Why does Slashdot print inane questions like mine? No one knows.
IAAL.
This is the whole point of frequent flier miles, major-hassle mail-in rebates, etc. They are intended primarily as thinly disguised bribes or kickbacks for employees who spend company money. Every so often some government agency or megacorp tries to horn in on mileage or some similar premium. But the airlines won't go for it, they are quite adamant in insisting that the mileage belongs to the person who flew the metal, as they say on FlyerTalk.
One time Hunter S. Thompson was lecturing at my college campus (with John Belushi!) and I had the opportunity to ask him about his preferred method of preparation for a writing session.
Thompson's complete answer: "Booze and speed."
1. Consult an attorney.
2. Sue for malicious prosecution
a) If you are a parent or other innocent party;
b) If you are a Verizon customer and you are being targeted based on RIAA's vendetta against Verizon (leaving AOL users alone).
3. Know that RIAA has royally pissed off the court clerks (who really run the courthouse) by making them issue 1000s of subpoenas, RIAA will reap what it has sown.
A couple of years ago, pointy-haired boxing promoter Don King tried the flame-thrower lawsuit schtick against hundreds of small taverns that (he alleged) showed his boxing matches on the bar's TV sets, either live or on tape. King's lawyers then tried to shake down the bar owners for quick settlements... but he targeted defendants who, like these parents, are completely innocent. King ultimately had his head handed to him by the federal courts. The harder they come, the harder they fall.
It would REALLY be exciting news if TWA started videotaping their passengers, since they've been out of business for over a year now.
The above advice is incrediable coming from a lawyer. People who get sued need to file and serve the other party with responsive papers immediately so they don't lose by default.
The papers have to be done exactly the right way or 1) the court clerk won't file them or 2) you could inadvertently waive the right to raise certain legal arguments. It's not all that easy to file responsive pleadings as a lawyer, let alone someone who is under the stress of a lawsuit filed by a big law firm and who is attempting to act as his or her own lawyer.
If you get sued, call a lawyer and make an appointment. We don't bite and usually there is only a small or no charge for an initial consultation.
If somebody showed up in my office with one of these, I would look at ways to possibly countersue RIAA or whomever and make some money on the deal for both of us.
IAAAL. This post is not legal advice for your specific situation or jurisdiction, and it is not a solicitation for legal services.
>>Who's thinking that the families of the deceased* won't slap the mother of all class-action suits against,
>>among others, the licensing body?
>Two words: sovereign immunity. You can't sue the king except under certain limited circumstances
>where the king agrees to let you sue him.
Public entities get sued all the time for various reasons, and there are exceptions to sovereign immunity and various other immunities. The most obvious cases are those where the action of the public entity increases the danger to the victim. Examples: 1) The DMV licenses some obviously blind, senile driver who runs over the victim. 2) The cops bust Uncle Ernie for DUI, leaving Aunt Maude standing by the side of a dark freeway with no transportation where she gets hit by a car.
All the delivery services (UPS, Fedex) do this. It's called ring-and-run. Probably they time these guys with stopwatches and if they actually wait for someone to answer the door they lose points.
I notice the 6th is a Sunday. It would have to be, so all the children can [deface web sites] without missing school.
You mean, missing summer school.
How come PDF links suck? They always have. Adobe and/or MS could easily address the problem.
Does this mean I get to use the carpool lane of the information superhighway?
Every Jan 1 at 8:00 AM Seiko would always page its subscribers Happy New Year. When I woke up the 2nd time I eventually talked myself out of throwing it off an overpass.
Also, read your contract and maybe it provides for attorney fees! If so, see an attorney!
1. Sell the judgment to a collection agency or to someone who went to Dave Del Dotto's get-rich seminar.
2. Find out how to fill out the forms and collect it yourself, say by a) going to the courthouse law library and look it up, or b) reading Collect Your Judgment by Nolo Press (which is based on California law but the principles are probably basically the same).
3. (2) presupposes the judgment debtor has a paycheck, bank account, job or real or personal property you can get at. Sometimes if all else fails you can file the judgment as a lien with the county and get paid, with interest, years later when they die or sell their house.
1. If you are going to put your newspaper on the net for free, make it really free.
2. I don't want your Javascript, cookies, or ActiveX.
3. I don't want more than one pop-up ad.
4. I don't want to ^&%&# register. Your registration process is cumbersome and doesn't work correctly. Besides, you as a corporate newspaper have the heavy burden of persuading me that you are not merely the propaganda-outlet of some part of some vast corporate conspiracy. Tracking what stories I read adds to my distrust and suspicion of your news reporting.
5. I don't want to have to view message source to read articles. Lose the fancy web stuff and publish your news in HTML.
Does this mean tobacco chewers won't just spit, now they'll foam at the mouth, too?
"Then the pump will have to be changed so that it will give the user a different price depending on if he has a device or not."
That's a bit easier in Oregon than you might think. Oregon gas stations are all full service. You do not pump your own gas there. Anywhere in the whole State.
Self-serve gas is against the law in both Oregon and New Jersey. I thought Oregonians had too much pride to be associated with a place like New Jersey.
Under the Uniform Commercial Code (UCC) a buyer can revoke his acceptance of purchased goods if there is an undiscovered inherent defect that significantly impairs the value. (Google "UCC revocation acceptance" for more info.) Then, write to the mfr. and/or retailer citing the UCC and stating that you are hereby revoking your acceptance of the TV set, and you are hereby requesting a full refund and a prepaid RMA number. If after receiving the letter they do not accept return of the goods, take them to small claims court.