Even if you are the rightful descendant/heir to some great artist, I don't, in my opinion, think you have the slightest shred of 'rights' to that work
Hell, even if you are the artist, you don't. Just ask Paul McCartney about who owns the rights to the Beatles works. (Hint, it ain't McCartney nor Ringo... It's Michael Jackson).
No, because encrypted data is supposed to have no patterns (i.e. appear random). Therefore there is no redundant information to compress out.
Try this:
dd if=/dev/random of=/tmp/somefile bs=1 count=100000 ls -l/tmp/somefile gzip -v -9/tmp/somefile ls -l/tmp/somefile.gz
You will get essentially 0 compression. Now try it with a GPG'ed file. Make sure you use a long enough key, and the file is also in the vicinity of 100K. You should also see close to 0 compression.
Difference being, it was drilled into us to do that, because if the facility had too many security violations, we could lose our DoD clearance, and essentially we'd be out of business. It's amazing how conscientious you can be about something when your paycheck depends on it...
What people actually install RealAudio on their machine?
Oh, those people... Don't they deserve to be spammed until they learn??
Those who have some need to view Real media? (Someone mentioned NPR above...) Or how about... my daughter was in a video for Amnesty International, but the online version was Real only.
Oh no! I just had a new door put in. Because there is no direct access to the garage from the house, they put in an external emergency release. I put the key into this lock, and pull on it, and it triggers the opener's manual release.
1. Did anyone outside the media industry realize that the CTEA was coming in '95 2. See #1 3. See #1, but good point. 4. Irrelevant to copyright. Goes directly to corruption of Congress. However, it would invalidate #3.
The scary thing behind what was posted to Bugtraq is that it explicitly states that all digital media on the system is cataloged, and the list is sent to the RIAA.
Well, since the claim has been made that lists of facts are copyrighted and actionable under the DMCA (see FatWallet), it seems to me that then you have reason (under the not-yet-approved Berman Bill) to go hack the RIAA to see if they have your (copyrighted) list of MP3 files!
Sue SUN and IBM to enforce IP claims of Unix Solaris or AIX forcing SUN and IBM to fully embrace al Linux distributions except United Linux and SCO's Linux..
I think Sun *HAS* a license to anything in SVR4. They codeveloped it with AT&T, which caused the whole UI/OSF split back in the early '90s.
OK, I figured out the rubber hose and the lubricant. But the yak? WTF were you going to do with the yak????
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Yes, they have a right to say things, but they don't have a right to force me to hear them.
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Does anyone know if TaxCut has an activation scheme? I saw TaxCut Platinum on sale yesterday at Office Depot for $29.95.
If you read the article, you'd see that it doesn't. For $29.95, I'd snag it. Accordign to the article, the Platinum edition is "single owner/multiple computer" licensed. I.e. You can install it on multiple computers you own. So grab it now.
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Even if you are the rightful descendant/heir to some great artist, I don't, in my opinion, think you have the slightest shred of 'rights' to that work
Hell, even if you are the artist, you don't. Just ask Paul McCartney about who owns the rights to the Beatles works. (Hint, it ain't McCartney nor Ringo... It's Michael Jackson).
I live in LA. I read the original deadtree article. My only comment is...
IN MY OPINION The LA Times is, has been, and probably always will be a Hollywood whore. What do you expect? Hollywood is in their backyard.
The only 15 letter word that can be spelled without repeating a letter is uncopyrightable. It may soon be, however.
"Uncopyrightable". That word has no meaning. Just as Lexmark or the garage door opener guys.
No, because encrypted data is supposed to have no patterns (i.e. appear random). Therefore there is no redundant information to compress out.
/tmp/somefile /tmp/somefile /tmp/somefile.gz
Try this:
dd if=/dev/random of=/tmp/somefile bs=1 count=100000
ls -l
gzip -v -9
ls -l
You will get essentially 0 compression. Now try it with a GPG'ed file. Make sure you use a long enough key, and the file is also in the vicinity of 100K. You should also see close to 0 compression.
Difference being, it was drilled into us to do that, because if the facility had too many security violations, we could lose our DoD clearance, and essentially we'd be out of business. It's amazing how conscientious you can be about something when your paycheck depends on it...
What people actually install RealAudio on their machine?
Oh, those people...
Don't they deserve to be spammed until they learn??
Those who have some need to view Real media? (Someone mentioned NPR above...) Or how about... my daughter was in a video for Amnesty International, but the online version was Real only.
So, I guess its back to "Open, Sesame" now.
Sorry, Disney owns that phrase. They used it in "Aladdin and the King of Thieves".
Please wait where you are while the copyright police come for you.
Unless you work in a classified area. Then nobody, but NOBODY gets in without authorization.
Friend of mine "carded" the president of the company at one point, and got commended.
Oh no! I just had a new door put in. Because there is no direct access to the garage from the house, they put in an external emergency release. I put the key into this lock, and pull on it, and it triggers the opener's manual release.
Am I now violating the DMCA?
Shouldn't the compatibility clause apply to the Lexmark case as well?
1. Did anyone outside the media industry realize that the CTEA was coming in '95
2. See #1
3. See #1, but good point.
4. Irrelevant to copyright. Goes directly to corruption of Congress. However, it would invalidate #3.
Courtesy of Lessig:
Majority opinion by Ginsburg
Dissent by Stevens
Dissent by Breyer
Melancholy Elephants.
The scary thing behind what was posted to Bugtraq is that it explicitly states that all digital media on the system is cataloged, and the list is sent to the RIAA.
Well, since the claim has been made that lists of facts are copyrighted and actionable under the DMCA (see FatWallet), it seems to me that then you have reason (under the not-yet-approved Berman Bill) to go hack the RIAA to see if they have your (copyrighted) list of MP3 files!
BZZZT! And thank you for playing. Here's your lovely parting gift.
Don't have any Britney MP3s. My daughters have some CDs, but have (thankfully) outgrown them. She's a no-talent with a lousy voice, IMNSHO.
Come on, we all know that trees cause more air pollution than cars! Reagan said so!
Sue SUN and IBM to enforce IP claims of Unix Solaris or AIX forcing SUN and IBM to fully embrace al Linux distributions except United Linux and SCO's Linux..
I think Sun *HAS* a license to anything in SVR4. They codeveloped it with AT&T, which caused the whole UI/OSF split back in the early '90s.
(Hides rubber hose, lubricant, and yak.)
OK, I figured out the rubber hose and the lubricant. But the yak? WTF were you going to do with the yak????
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No, that's SVR4. SysV had been around for several years before that.
I suspect the author was looking at Caldera...
Re 1st Am issues...
Yes, they have a right to say things, but they don't have a right to force me to hear them.
Does anyone know if TaxCut has an activation scheme? I saw TaxCut Platinum on sale yesterday at Office Depot for $29.95.
If you read the article, you'd see that it doesn't. For $29.95, I'd snag it. Accordign to the article, the Platinum edition is "single owner/multiple computer" licensed. I.e. You can install it on multiple computers you own. So grab it now.
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