I think our friend the anonymous coward meant it sarcastically. Washington's actions seem to say "We are so lame, we think other OS's need our help when competing against M$!" Linux will achieve total world dominations, without Congress's help.
If email virii would kill off gullible fools, the virii would have no means by which to replicate, and the problem would be solved. Virus writers could then turn to more intellectually challenging activities, such as writing improved kernels.
There is are only two reasons to play games (and only two kinds of games):
1.) The addictive massive rush of adrenaline (as Kintanon mentions regarding Q3:A)
2.) Curiosity. Hmmmm. Should I drink that pink potion? What happens if I dip my dagger in it? What does this scroll do...Oops. Cursed gloves of fumbling!
The case is not necessary. When constructing a new brick residence, simply embed the components into the brick. The components are powered by the house's internal wiring. If your wall gets stolen, you can claim both computer theft and vandalism of your residence.
In one of the first criminal prosecutions of its kind, an exchange student was arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for violating the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The student (name withheld) is the inventor of a specialized lockpick that allows users to open the small padlock that comes with modern books.
The small padlock restricts the way a purchaser of an book can use it - including restricting reselling, photocopying, and reprinting - rights
traditionally given to the purchaser of older books under the First Sale and Fair Use legal doctrines. By opening the padlock, the lockpick allows users to do all of these things to the book.
The student is being charged with one count of trafficking in tools to circumvent copyrightable materials and one count of aiding and abetting such trafficking.
Although the student is a Russian citizen and his company is based in Moscow, the sales of the product took place partly in the United States. Irish Brewing,one of the assistant United States attorneys who is handling the case, said that despite the borderless nature of the student exchange program, "the question of jurisdiction was not particularly in contest in this case."
Ted T. Tool, a cryptographer who has written a popular textbook on the subject,
agreed. "Trying to secure books this way is like trying to make water not wet,"
he said. "Printed letters are photocopyable by definition."
Nevertheless, companies are determined to protect their products and are looking to the copyright act for help. "No lock on the market is 100 percent secure to determined burglars," said Jane Tabman Flattendane, vice president for cross-media publishing at a large book company. "We're confident that we are taking all of the right steps on an ongoing basis to incorporate the most sophisticated technologies available."
The student faces a fine of half a million dollars and 10 years in the slammer.
Copyright 2001 readme
(http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/AB/readme/)
This text was published upside down. Possession of tools capable of changing its orientation and allowing readable photocopying is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Was there actually an arrest?
I sent an email already, but then it hit me to check the source of this news. So far I've only seen it on eplanet, but cannot find out more with Google or Nevada ACLU. Can anybody show other (eplanet-independent) sources about this arrest? Does the national ACLU mention it? Other Nevada news sources? It would make me feel better that I'm not bellowing Wolf!
At any rate, this will get Adobe's attention.
I've done my duty and emailed Adobe politely about this abuse of a bad law. Perhaps at the next DefCon, presentations on how to circumvent this Adobe flaw will be distributed to the public as encrypted PDF's, so that DCMA supporters will not have access to content they find objectionable.
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No. I'd like to see DDR bundled with my P4 or Athlon anyday!
I think our friend the anonymous coward meant it sarcastically. Washington's actions seem to say "We are so lame, we think other OS's need our help when competing against M$!" Linux will achieve total world dominations, without Congress's help.
If email virii would kill off gullible fools, the virii would have no means by which to replicate, and the problem would be solved. Virus writers could then turn to more intellectually challenging activities, such as writing improved kernels.
Many lusers are dumb enough to run viruses they can read with Notepad.
And incompetent users are the jelly. Really. People who refuse to learn deserve an "OS" like XP.
There is are only two reasons to play games (and only two kinds of games):
1.) The addictive massive rush of adrenaline (as Kintanon mentions regarding Q3:A)
2.) Curiosity. Hmmmm. Should I drink that pink potion? What happens if I dip my dagger in it? What does this scroll do...Oops. Cursed gloves of fumbling!
The case is not necessary. When constructing a new brick residence, simply embed the components into the brick. The components are powered by the house's internal wiring. If your wall gets stolen, you can claim both computer theft and vandalism of your residence.
In one of the first criminal prosecutions of its kind, an exchange student was arrested by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation for violating the terms of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA).
The student (name withheld) is the inventor of a specialized lockpick that allows users to open the small padlock that comes with modern books.
The small padlock restricts the way a purchaser of an book can use it - including restricting reselling, photocopying, and reprinting - rights traditionally given to the purchaser of older books under the First Sale and Fair Use legal doctrines. By opening the padlock, the lockpick allows users to do all of these things to the book.
The student is being charged with one count of trafficking in tools to circumvent copyrightable materials and one count of aiding and abetting such trafficking.
Although the student is a Russian citizen and his company is based in Moscow, the sales of the product took place partly in the United States. Irish Brewing,one of the assistant United States attorneys who is handling the case, said that despite the borderless nature of the student exchange program, "the question of jurisdiction was not particularly in contest in this case."
Ted T. Tool, a cryptographer who has written a popular textbook on the subject, agreed. "Trying to secure books this way is like trying to make water not wet," he said. "Printed letters are photocopyable by definition."
Nevertheless, companies are determined to protect their products and are looking to the copyright act for help. "No lock on the market is 100 percent secure to determined burglars," said Jane Tabman Flattendane, vice president for cross-media publishing at a large book company. "We're confident that we are taking all of the right steps on an ongoing basis to incorporate the most sophisticated technologies available."
The student faces a fine of half a million dollars and 10 years in the slammer.
Copyright 2001 readme (http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/org/AB/readme/) This text was published upside down. Possession of tools capable of changing its orientation and allowing readable photocopying is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act.
Grooooooooooooan. Die, ubiquitous meme, die!
Was there actually an arrest? I sent an email already, but then it hit me to check the source of this news. So far I've only seen it on eplanet, but cannot find out more with Google or Nevada ACLU. Can anybody show other (eplanet-independent) sources about this arrest? Does the national ACLU mention it? Other Nevada news sources? It would make me feel better that I'm not bellowing Wolf! At any rate, this will get Adobe's attention.
I've done my duty and emailed Adobe politely about this abuse of a bad law. Perhaps at the next DefCon, presentations on how to circumvent this Adobe flaw will be distributed to the public as encrypted PDF's, so that DCMA supporters will not have access to content they find objectionable.