Does that mean corporations get data security and have the right to know everything about you and get to sell your data too? thats pretty good, kinda like extra rights for them to not abuse.
In order to be crap on purpose they would need to in fact be very smart, organised, efficient and motivated to get this cover-up working perfectly. Which means Bush would probably also have to be some sort of genius who can trick people into thinking he's a red neck hick?
Ok go China! but what I don't understand is why more manufactures don't make un-licensed DVD players? Just because something doesn't have the 'DVD' logo on the front doesn't mean people won't buy it, especially if their friends buy it and ok it and especially if it costs bloody 50% less than a normal player! Chinese manufacturers could wipe the market - at least in china, and the demand for these players everywhere else would be enormous - surely customs/governments could be COUGH persuaded into diverting attention eh? like they did with the DMCA. China makes just about everything so if the 3DICKS don't like it they can go to hell, I want my cheap DVD players!!
I don't think most people have RTFA, the FBI is basically doing this because their system is absolute crap and they just can't handle allot of searches. If someone asks for all documents containing the word "the" for example, the FBI just cant produce and then they get sued for withholding information. Obviously this is a giant PHB cock-up and the people in charge have no idea what's going on so they make some stupid suggestion to try and look like they do.
For a minute there I thought they were trying to store a large database by just forwarding all the little bits of it around the net constantly and then grabbing them when they came back around to save disk space.. but thats a thought!
This idea really doesn't seem that new though? its just real-time DSP on text-based data! with a front-end that pretends to be a database.
For Christ's sake won't you think of the children!? if your kids saw someone naked that could scar them for life.
What I don't understand is why we don't see the people in charge actually answering questions like this - why not!? Why is it that Michael Powell never seems to attend a press conference where someone asks "Mr. Powell, why is it that natural parts of the human body, even in non-sexual situations are off limits, where as extreme violence that often leaves even adult viewers speechless is ok?" and if someone did ask that, or any other 'bad' question they get marched out or the answer doesn't actually answer anything and often seems to be even more illogical.
The idea is they are selling consumer electronics, ie closed boxes - mp3 players, dvd players etc. If the system is closed and all interfaces are closed, and all interfacing systems made by other manufacturers are closed and the content never meets a PC except as an encrypted file downloaded from their shop, then your options are 1) analog recording (bad quality) 2) getting it before it hits the DAC (lossy when you re compress) or 3) getting the compressed stream just after its unencrypted which means reverse engineering quite a bit of kit and going in kung fu style with logic probes etc.
Yep its criminals like these we need to rid the world of, hang em from a tree I say! 5 years ain't enough! video cameras in cinemas can get you more than this! Im strongly for a Saudi Arabia type legal system where not only would they get prison and fines but they would also loose a hand!
Well its totally HPs right to do this, they are a business after all and they want to make money. However if they even fucking dare touch anyone who tries to break/disable the region encoding on their own personal printer or own cartridges there will be hell to pay, HP don't fucking bother trying any DMCA bullshit on us - my printer, my cartridge, my home, my choice, fucking period. Again, don't even think about trying to sue someone for 'talking' about breaking this system, its called freedom of speech so suck my cock. If however you have no intentions of pursuing people over this or if you want to try and argue the legality of companies selling your cartridges with the region code off then that's your business... carry on..
Actually I just realised that online everyone makes you click a EULA, but that should probably stand out more (people click ok to dialog boxes everyday) make the user actually write in a text box "I (name) have read the above contract and agree fully and understand that breaking the contract will result in (account termination/no refund/legal action/jail)."
In the UK you have to make it clear when someone purchases your product (not when they get it home and open the box) that there are conditions of ownership. AFAIK that means unless they actually tell you at the check-out, or make you sign the EULA on the spot or have a big unmissable sign on the box then the EULA is worth shit, and its basically an offence to misslead someone about their rights to get them to buy something - you can't call a white kettle black and expect the customer to return it if they didn't want that. anyone care to correct me? As nanny-nation as it seems i think its a good idea to make it hard for companies to sell restrictive things because consumers are sheep and i don't want the sheep masses doing stupid things like buying "PC only DRM'ed CD's" because they should be listening to me damnit.
Ah I hated all the bullshitting around episodes with scully in hospital etc it was the most depressing thing to watch and nothing ever happened. I thought the formula of 'something happens' - xfiles tune - 'mulder and scully turn up and walk under the police line' was totally flawless.
Id just like to point out to non UK readers that the Sun, is not a newspaper. Its more C list celebrity gossip trash meets hard left and hard right wing (don't ask) editorial bullshit rolled into one. I'm bemused as to how they got Duchovny and why they asked him about anything other than Gillian Andersons boobs...
Yes, people forget they can stick you in a cell for 24 hours on a whim without even showing you a lawyer. Police used this as a fear tactic on protesters of the RNC in New York last year and got away with even over 24 hours! Of course we don't call that 'terrorism' because that wouldnt be proper now would it?
I doubt it applies to front-page (i don't know much about that?) but more to dynamic websites such as blogs and slashdot where the html is mostly done by hand. Its trivial to add the code.
Well the difference is that in the physical world, property theft can be clearly defined. If you put a 1-digit lock on your bike and you catch someone going through the numbers, AFAIK they are tampering with your property with the intent to steal it. Its pretty clear where the line is drawn, although im sure there are some laws governing how much security you need for something.
It just never happens that someone else's bike legally turns up in your house with a 1-digit lock and you then try and open it only do discover that you have committed a crime, that would just be an insanely stupid concept, but the entertainment industry wants us to accept this very concept!
If something is your property and on your property then really you have every right to do anything you want to it, period. Now if someone wants to sell you something but under the specific contract that when you buy it, its not entirely your property then that contract should be CLEARLY given when you pay for your CD etc.
AFAIK under UK consumer rights law: "You can expect to own outright the goods that you purchase. Any legal restriction on the ownership or use should be fully and clearly explained before the sale." and importantly: "Traders cannot exclude, restrict or modify your statutory rights in any way. They risk legal action if they do so or even attempt to mislead you about your legal rights."
Im not sure about other countries but I think the EU would probably have similar laws, but it would seem that unless i've been clearly told that I can't copy my DVDs then the MPAA etc can suck my balls or give me my money back.
Recording Industry: Employing world experts to create super secure DRM technology, working so hard to make sure DRM doesnt prevent people enjoying music.
Hackers: Evil villans who have the ability, like wizards, to do anything they want with computers, they are so so evil we must stop them now because they can hack into your bank and steal all your money! burn them all!
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I know this is OT but i just heard that there is a pig flying around the sky and the christian right are trying to shoot it down!
Does that mean corporations get data security and have the right to know everything about you and get to sell your data too? thats pretty good, kinda like extra rights for them to not abuse.
I wonder if those contracts were fairly open to the public or another one of Bush's private 'suck my dick under the desk' deals.
Which is why you have the data protection act.. oh.. whats that? you don't have a data protection act? oh dear.
In order to be crap on purpose they would need to in fact be very smart, organised, efficient and motivated to get this cover-up working perfectly. Which means Bush would probably also have to be some sort of genius who can trick people into thinking he's a red neck hick?
Ok go China! but what I don't understand is why more manufactures don't make un-licensed DVD players? Just because something doesn't have the 'DVD' logo on the front doesn't mean people won't buy it, especially if their friends buy it and ok it and especially if it costs bloody 50% less than a normal player! Chinese manufacturers could wipe the market - at least in china, and the demand for these players everywhere else would be enormous - surely customs/governments could be COUGH persuaded into diverting attention eh? like they did with the DMCA. China makes just about everything so if the 3DICKS don't like it they can go to hell, I want my cheap DVD players!!
Its called sexing-up for the masses...
I don't think most people have RTFA, the FBI is basically doing this because their system is absolute crap and they just can't handle allot of searches. If someone asks for all documents containing the word "the" for example, the FBI just cant produce and then they get sued for withholding information. Obviously this is a giant PHB cock-up and the people in charge have no idea what's going on so they make some stupid suggestion to try and look like they do.
For a minute there I thought they were trying to store a large database by just forwarding all the little bits of it around the net constantly and then grabbing them when they came back around to save disk space.. but thats a thought!
This idea really doesn't seem that new though? its just real-time DSP on text-based data! with a front-end that pretends to be a database.
For Christ's sake won't you think of the children!? if your kids saw someone naked that could scar them for life.
What I don't understand is why we don't see the people in charge actually answering questions like this - why not!? Why is it that Michael Powell never seems to attend a press conference where someone asks "Mr. Powell, why is it that natural parts of the human body, even in non-sexual situations are off limits, where as extreme violence that often leaves even adult viewers speechless is ok?" and if someone did ask that, or any other 'bad' question they get marched out or the answer doesn't actually answer anything and often seems to be even more illogical.
The idea is they are selling consumer electronics, ie closed boxes - mp3 players, dvd players etc. If the system is closed and all interfaces are closed, and all interfacing systems made by other manufacturers are closed and the content never meets a PC except as an encrypted file downloaded from their shop, then your options are 1) analog recording (bad quality) 2) getting it before it hits the DAC (lossy when you re compress) or 3) getting the compressed stream just after its unencrypted which means reverse engineering quite a bit of kit and going in kung fu style with logic probes etc.
"Systems that limit what people can do with the files they download are known as Digital Rights Management systems."
I love the BBC
Yep its criminals like these we need to rid the world of, hang em from a tree I say! 5 years ain't enough! video cameras in cinemas can get you more than this! Im strongly for a Saudi Arabia type legal system where not only would they get prison and fines but they would also loose a hand!
Well its totally HPs right to do this, they are a business after all and they want to make money. However if they even fucking dare touch anyone who tries to break/disable the region encoding on their own personal printer or own cartridges there will be hell to pay, HP don't fucking bother trying any DMCA bullshit on us - my printer, my cartridge, my home, my choice, fucking period. Again, don't even think about trying to sue someone for 'talking' about breaking this system, its called freedom of speech so suck my cock. If however you have no intentions of pursuing people over this or if you want to try and argue the legality of companies selling your cartridges with the region code off then that's your business... carry on..
Actually I just realised that online everyone makes you click a EULA, but that should probably stand out more (people click ok to dialog boxes everyday) make the user actually write in a text box "I (name) have read the above contract and agree fully and understand that breaking the contract will result in (account termination/no refund/legal action/jail)."
In the UK you have to make it clear when someone purchases your product (not when they get it home and open the box) that there are conditions of ownership. AFAIK that means unless they actually tell you at the check-out, or make you sign the EULA on the spot or have a big unmissable sign on the box then the EULA is worth shit, and its basically an offence to misslead someone about their rights to get them to buy something - you can't call a white kettle black and expect the customer to return it if they didn't want that. anyone care to correct me? As nanny-nation as it seems i think its a good idea to make it hard for companies to sell restrictive things because consumers are sheep and i don't want the sheep masses doing stupid things like buying "PC only DRM'ed CD's" because they should be listening to me damnit.
Ah I hated all the bullshitting around episodes with scully in hospital etc it was the most depressing thing to watch and nothing ever happened. I thought the formula of 'something happens' - xfiles tune - 'mulder and scully turn up and walk under the police line' was totally flawless.
Id just like to point out to non UK readers that the Sun, is not a newspaper. Its more C list celebrity gossip trash meets hard left and hard right wing (don't ask) editorial bullshit rolled into one. I'm bemused as to how they got Duchovny and why they asked him about anything other than Gillian Andersons boobs...
Yes, people forget they can stick you in a cell for 24 hours on a whim without even showing you a lawyer. Police used this as a fear tactic on protesters of the RNC in New York last year and got away with even over 24 hours! Of course we don't call that 'terrorism' because that wouldnt be proper now would it?
I doubt it applies to front-page (i don't know much about that?) but more to dynamic websites such as blogs and slashdot where the html is mostly done by hand. Its trivial to add the code.
yes
Well the difference is that in the physical world, property theft can be clearly defined. If you put a 1-digit lock on your bike and you catch someone going through the numbers, AFAIK they are tampering with your property with the intent to steal it. Its pretty clear where the line is drawn, although im sure there are some laws governing how much security you need for something.
It just never happens that someone else's bike legally turns up in your house with a 1-digit lock and you then try and open it only do discover that you have committed a crime, that would just be an insanely stupid concept, but the entertainment industry wants us to accept this very concept!
If something is your property and on your property then really you have every right to do anything you want to it, period. Now if someone wants to sell you something but under the specific contract that when you buy it, its not entirely your property then that contract should be CLEARLY given when you pay for your CD etc.
AFAIK under UK consumer rights law:
"You can expect to own outright the goods that you purchase. Any legal restriction on the ownership or use should be fully and clearly explained before the sale."
and importantly:
"Traders cannot exclude, restrict or modify your statutory rights in any way. They risk legal action if they do so or even attempt to mislead you about your legal rights."
Im not sure about other countries but I think the EU would probably have similar laws, but it would seem that unless i've been clearly told that I can't copy my DVDs then the MPAA etc can suck my balls or give me my money back.
Look:
Recording Industry: Employing world experts to create super secure DRM technology, working so hard to make sure DRM doesnt prevent people enjoying music.
Hackers: Evil villans who have the ability, like wizards, to do anything they want with computers, they are so so evil we must stop them now because they can hack into your bank and steal all your money! burn them all!
I just watched a guy make a sandwich and then go to bed on Big Brother, I agree...
They're still showing everyone asleep! this goes on for an hour!? nothings happening!
TV is for cutting out the boring bits.
Once again.. capitalism and peoples lives, don't mix.