Well, here's the first draft. The article says they're nearing a final draft, so this one might not be right (anyone find a better one?)
a. the production, sale, procurement for use, import, distribution or otherwise making available of:
1. a device, including a computer program, designed or adapted [specifically] [primarily] [particularly] for the purpose of committing any of the offences established in accordance with Article 2 - 5;
2. a computer password, access code, or similar data by which the whole or any part of a computer system is capable of being accessed
with intent that it be used for the purpose of committing the offences established in Articles 2 - 5;
a. the possession of an item referred to in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) above, with intent that it be used for the purpose of committing the offenses established in Articles 2 - 5. A party may require by law that a number of such items be possessed before criminal liability attaches.
Sounds just like the DMCA's defintion about what a copyright infringement device is. So this type of law now will extend from only covering copyrights to covering anything that was intentionally locked. Which would probably cover the CueCat (keep those articles coming!)
(please note: offline lockpicks are not illegal. online ones will be illegal soon.) --
This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
I think that means: constitution first, state laws second, treaties third? That hurts my head to read. --
They story in your Slashdot link actually gives arguments against suspicions of NSA evildoing. AFAIR, the news died down because there were believable benign reasons that the particular text string was found in MS's software. --
Geeks use clear and concise language so that difficult concepts can be understood as easily as possible. JonKatz seems to want to use the biggest words possible so he can get just the right nuance across. I think most slashdotters don't finish reading his articles because they get lost in the flowery language and can't pick out the main point as easily as they could from a manual.
Now don't be elitist and say/.ers don't think enough. Yeah, articles about culture and such require the reader to think more, so maybe they should slow down. But I feel as if JonKatz might as well be writing in Old English... it annoys me so much. He's not writing in the common language of the general Slashdotter. If he's doing it on purpose, then I think he should join another community that uses that sort of language on a day-to-day basis. First rule of writing: know who your audience is. If it's only a very small subset of the Slashdot population, then I don't think he's very useful here.
I'm not opposed to having our language/culture change, but he's so far out there that I don't feel like I can relate at all. --
Yeah, but it can emulate virtually any chip that's five years behind. And if intel changes its architecture, Transmeta won't have to do as much to catch up...? --
It's not about being nice or retaliating, it's about spending enough time and thought looking at the case and deciding if this is something that should really be done. I'm in favor of breaking up Microsoft, but it's a huge decision, and I don't want future historians to possibly look back on this and wonder how we messed up so badly. This decision could affect the economy a fair amount too.
I don't know, JonKatz might not be weird/off-his-rocker/etc... but if you compare his subject material and his style of speaking and the types of words his uses, it doesn't seem like he fits in with the rest of the/. community. --
Any person who shall, without the consent of the registrant -
(a) use in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or
colorable imitation of a registered mark in connection with the
sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any
goods or services on or in connection with which such use is
likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive; or
(b) reproduce, counterfeit, copy, or colorably imitate a
registered mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy,
or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages,
wrappers, receptacles or advertisements intended to be used in
commerce upon or in connection with the sale, offering for sale,
distribution, or advertising of goods or services on or in
connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or
to cause mistake, or to deceive,
shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided.
It just seems like people are more likely to do deviant things out in the middle of the woods than in a parking garage where there's a greater chance of being seen.
Or maybe it's just Blair Witch that made me afraid of the outdoors.:) --
Those childish hackers... they broke DeCSS so they could pirate DVD's, now they're trying trying to be an anthill that's a constant nuisance to us too.
If you were a small company, would you want them stealing your IP and destroying any hope of profit? If they can walk all over us, they'll walk all over you.
The point isn't to prove it to yourself, it's to prove it to the advertisers who might want to put an ad on your site. You dolt. --
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IMHO, people buy small cell phones because they're easier to carry around with you. It's becoming practical/comfortable to carry the really small phones in your pocket. --
You certainly can't say that everything that was hailed as the "next best thing" failed...? Counterexamples, even though I don't think you really think that:
America/democracy/capitalism/freedom at the time of the revolutionary war.
Perl. *puts flamesuit on*
lots more...
Granted, modern corporations often put the absolute best spin on things and thus fall short of such claims. --
Yes, I agree that CueCat has nothing to do with Copyright, but that's not what the original author was talking about. S/he was wondering if unsolicited distribution via postal mail puts a copyrighted work into the public domain.
And no, I don't believe you're legally allowed to copy the AOL to a friend if AOL doesn't give you permission to.
See Infinity Broadcast v. Kirkwood. Kirkwood set up a service that allowed people to call in over a phone and listen to radio stations in the Kirkwood's area. Kirkwood got sued and lost (read the judge's opinion, it's weird). If you will, the radio broadcasts are unsolicited bulk distribution. Granted, the listener can choose to not listen to those transmissions (throw them away). The listener isn't allowed to record the broadcasts and retransmit them. --
File sharing is not and should not be illegal. There are many files that can be freely shared. Most significantly is the information in the public domain because of the constitution (to promote the science and the useful arts, authors have an exclusive right to their works for a limited time).
It's the users' fault for copyright infringement, not the protocol's. --
The speed problem is more about the cell towers than the actual protocol. The US lags behind Japan in this area, changing to I-Mode won't help.
Another thing, what's wrong with looking through a keyhole that makes everything look black and white? It's not quite as nice, but the palm pilot is exactly that: a trimmed-down, black and white way to do addresses, todo lists, and little notes. Yet people love it. It's certainly not a replacement for a desktop, but the portability makes it very useful. --
I think the intention of the postal law is that... if you're going to be obligated to send the CueCat back on the company's whim, then you should have to agree to that up front. If companies are allowed to obligate you to random things without first getting your permission, then life would unfairly suck.
When you signed up for Forbes/Wired, all you agreed to was to pay for the magazine. --
Ahem. "little loopholes in some law"? Such as, for instance, the CueCat hardware EULA that attempts to restrict your rights by saying that it was given to you on loan?
EULAs/contracts are generally okay, but when they try override federal law, then I get worried. --
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a. the production, sale, procurement for use, import, distribution or otherwise making available of:
1. a device, including a computer program, designed or adapted [specifically] [primarily] [particularly] for the purpose of committing any of the offences established in accordance with Article 2 - 5;
2. a computer password, access code, or similar data by which the whole or any part of a computer system is capable of being accessed with intent that it be used for the purpose of committing the offences established in Articles 2 - 5;
a. the possession of an item referred to in paragraphs (a)(1) and (2) above, with intent that it be used for the purpose of committing the offenses established in Articles 2 - 5. A party may require by law that a number of such items be possessed before criminal liability attaches.
Sounds just like the DMCA's defintion about what a copyright infringement device is. So this type of law now will extend from only covering copyrights to covering anything that was intentionally locked. Which would probably cover the CueCat (keep those articles coming!)
(please note: offline lockpicks are not illegal. online ones will be illegal soon.)
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- This Constitution, and the laws of the United States which shall be made in pursuance thereof; and all treaties made, or which shall be made, under the authority of the United States, shall be the supreme law of the land; and the judges in every state shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or laws of any State to the contrary notwithstanding.
I think that means: constitution first, state laws second, treaties third? That hurts my head to read.--
This law is like saying "it's illegal to posess any object that could possibly be used to kill someone".
Hint: that's very different from saying "It's illegal to kill someone".
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Or brains?
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leCmdr must have fixed it, I'm going back down. *grin*
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They story in your Slashdot link actually gives arguments against suspicions of NSA evildoing. AFAIR, the news died down because there were believable benign reasons that the particular text string was found in MS's software.
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You don't think their home-cooked solutions wouldn't have their own backdoors in them?
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Geeks use clear and concise language so that difficult concepts can be understood as easily as possible. JonKatz seems to want to use the biggest words possible so he can get just the right nuance across. I think most slashdotters don't finish reading his articles because they get lost in the flowery language and can't pick out the main point as easily as they could from a manual.
Now don't be elitist and say /.ers don't think enough. Yeah, articles about culture and such require the reader to think more, so maybe they should slow down. But I feel as if JonKatz might as well be writing in Old English... it annoys me so much. He's not writing in the common language of the general Slashdotter. If he's doing it on purpose, then I think he should join another community that uses that sort of language on a day-to-day basis. First rule of writing: know who your audience is. If it's only a very small subset of the Slashdot population, then I don't think he's very useful here.
I'm not opposed to having our language/culture change, but he's so far out there that I don't feel like I can relate at all.
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Yeah, but it can emulate virtually any chip that's five years behind. And if intel changes its architecture, Transmeta won't have to do as much to catch up...?
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If we're gonna do it, let's do it right.
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I don't know, JonKatz might not be weird/off-his-rocker/etc... but if you compare his subject material and his style of speaking and the types of words his uses, it doesn't seem like he fits in with the rest of the /. community.
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(a) use in commerce any reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation of a registered mark in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of any goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive; or
(b) reproduce, counterfeit, copy, or colorably imitate a registered mark and apply such reproduction, counterfeit, copy, or colorable imitation to labels, signs, prints, packages, wrappers, receptacles or advertisements intended to be used in commerce upon or in connection with the sale, offering for sale, distribution, or advertising of goods or services on or in connection with which such use is likely to cause confusion, or to cause mistake, or to deceive,
shall be liable in a civil action by the registrant for the remedies hereinafter provided.
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Or maybe it's just Blair Witch that made me afraid of the outdoors. :)
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Also, a C&D letter doesn't absolutely confirm that the sender is a bunghole, but it's at least a heads up that they might be.
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Linux Kernel mailing list archive, with 133 messages from Jeff V. Merkey in the last 26 days, including his posts about Microsoft.
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The point isn't to prove it to yourself, it's to prove it to the advertisers who might want to put an ad on your site. You dolt.
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IMHO, people buy small cell phones because they're easier to carry around with you. It's becoming practical/comfortable to carry the really small phones in your pocket.
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- America/democracy/capitalism/freedom at the time of the revolutionary war.
Granted, modern corporations often put the absolute best spin on things and thus fall short of such claims.Perl. *puts flamesuit on*
lots more...
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over the pasty year
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And no, I don't believe you're legally allowed to copy the AOL to a friend if AOL doesn't give you permission to.
See Infinity Broadcast v. Kirkwood. Kirkwood set up a service that allowed people to call in over a phone and listen to radio stations in the Kirkwood's area. Kirkwood got sued and lost (read the judge's opinion, it's weird). If you will, the radio broadcasts are unsolicited bulk distribution. Granted, the listener can choose to not listen to those transmissions (throw them away). The listener isn't allowed to record the broadcasts and retransmit them.
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It's the users' fault for copyright infringement, not the protocol's.
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Another thing, what's wrong with looking through a keyhole that makes everything look black and white? It's not quite as nice, but the palm pilot is exactly that: a trimmed-down, black and white way to do addresses, todo lists, and little notes. Yet people love it. It's certainly not a replacement for a desktop, but the portability makes it very useful.
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When you signed up for Forbes/Wired, all you agreed to was to pay for the magazine.
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EULAs/contracts are generally okay, but when they try override federal law, then I get worried.
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