Adverse possession is the term for the situation. It's entirely up to the decision of the courts, but a few things they take into account are:
1. The encroachment must be open and known to both parties. 2. Intent of the original deed does hold weight 3. Platted land (i.e. lots) is almost never subject to adverse possession - boundaries were set forth in the original plat, (you'll see your deed most likely referring to lot #x of So-and-so's subdivision in Plat Book y) 4. Who pays taxes has little if not nothing to do with deciding the argument. The auditor is not the recorder. Auditor's map boundaries ALWAYS close, even if they have to force it, they are not always precise to the recorded legal description of a parcel. 5. The time period for adverse possession is usually 50 years.
I love the speculation in the last paragraphs of the Wired article "The Omarama attempt may also yield new scientific information. . . " Reminds me a great deal of the stories about John Glenn's "mission" on the space shuttle, and all the "science" they would gather from sending an older man into space.
I think it'd be a blast to ride the glider, and if I had the money and the skill I'd try it too, but to sell one man's stratospheric ego trip as an important mission of science is just silly.
Oh - it's theft, I will agree to that 100%. My argument in this single case is that if I was unable to obtain a piratedcopy, I would not use the programs at all. I am not costing Autodesk a penny. If there comes a point in time where it behooves me to use Autodesk's products for anything other than "dicking around" I would purchace a license.
Is it legally theft? Yes. Do I consider it morally wrong? No. It is a crime when I smoke pot, it is a crime if I solicit a whore, it is a crime if I perform oral sex in many states. Is there a victim in these illegal acts? No, and so I feel free to do them, and free of any moral stain.
The article mentions 3 groups, as you say, but I consider myself part of a large, if not huge, subset of the middle group.
I sleep easy every night with my cracked versions of Autocad LDD, Survey, CAD Overlay, and TGO.
Why? I only use this software for dicking around and training. I also have full registered seats of Microstation and Eaglepoint on my other computer that I gladly paid for, because that is my production machine. I use that software to make money and feel it would be wrong not to pay for it.
If I had purchaced the Autodesk products, I would have been unable to afford all of the ones I play with, missed 6 mortgage payments last year, eaten even more beans and rice, and not been convinced that maybe it is time to switch to their product line.
Noncommercial, noninstitutional use of Autocad is not their target market. Someone using their software in such a way is not damaging their bottom line, and I believe should feel no obligation to pay for the software.
Is it me or do most of the above messages deal with one of the most oft'n discused threads here on/. ? That of intellectual property vs. real property.
The DMCA is just another step in that nazi march to making intellectual property equivalent to real property. Now, I'm a surveyor by trade and training, and deal with real property every day. Farmer Joe owning 640 acres does nothing to stifle either the American economy, or my creativity. (even if he decides to turn it into a automotive junk yard.) This DMCA thinge is stupid but simple. Yes - you can pick that Master Lock of yours all you want (but why? a little bit of social engineering (Hello, I'm Xxxx Xxxxxx, Principal of Xxxxxx middle school, we need the new combination index. . . ) can get you their serial# refrenced combo manual.) ((besides their dial padlocks are simple - gate 1+3 are multiples of 4 and gate 2 = gate 1or3 MOD2)) ANYWAY - back to the point - Yes - you can pick that Master Lock of yours all you want - but you can't pick that digital equivalent or you're going to jail.
Counter-intuitive? Yes. Real? Yes.
Fucking sucks to be you/me/us.
I can not comment on Texas, but . . . here in Ohio - and I believe most other states - a pick set is in no way, shape, or form, illegal in it's self. You will be charged with posession of criminal tools if the prosecutor believes said pick set was, or would be, used in a criminal way. If I was stopped for speeding with a pickset on my lap, no charges would follow.
Sony seems scared of their movie studio and record label brothers. This is what happens when a company has their fingers in to many pies. At least Phillips is hinting that it is going to refuse to play this game
Come on, how is it news that cryptography was broken? It's not hard! All it takes is time. . .
You are correct in that all it takes is time, but isn't that all you are trying to buy? No system to secure data is bulletproof. (and never will be) The goal of security is to increase the cost of obtaining that which you are securing.
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Let a surveyor (try to) clear this one up.
Adverse possession is the term for the situation. It's entirely up to the decision of the courts, but a few things they take into account are:
1. The encroachment must be open and known to both parties.
2. Intent of the original deed does hold weight
3. Platted land (i.e. lots) is almost never subject to adverse possession - boundaries were set forth in the original plat, (you'll see your deed most likely referring to lot #x of So-and-so's subdivision in Plat Book y)
4. Who pays taxes has little if not nothing to do with deciding the argument. The auditor is not the recorder. Auditor's map boundaries ALWAYS close, even if they have to force it, they are not always precise to the recorded legal description of a parcel.
5. The time period for adverse possession is usually 50 years.
I love the speculation in the last paragraphs of the Wired article "The Omarama attempt may also yield new scientific information. . . " Reminds me a great deal of the stories about John Glenn's "mission" on the space shuttle, and all the "science" they would gather from sending an older man into space.
I think it'd be a blast to ride the glider, and if I had the money and the skill I'd try it too, but to sell one man's stratospheric ego trip as an important mission of science is just silly.
Oh - it's theft, I will agree to that 100%. My argument in this single case is that if I was unable to obtain a piratedcopy, I would not use the programs at all. I am not costing Autodesk a penny. If there comes a point in time where it behooves me to use Autodesk's products for anything other than "dicking around" I would purchace a license.
Is it legally theft? Yes. Do I consider it morally wrong? No. It is a crime when I smoke pot, it is a crime if I solicit a whore, it is a crime if I perform oral sex in many states. Is there a victim in these illegal acts? No, and so I feel free to do them, and free of any moral stain.
The article mentions 3 groups, as you say, but I consider myself part of a large, if not huge, subset of the middle group.
I sleep easy every night with my cracked versions of Autocad LDD, Survey, CAD Overlay, and TGO.
Why? I only use this software for dicking around and training. I also have full registered seats of Microstation and Eaglepoint on my other computer that I gladly paid for, because that is my production machine. I use that software to make money and feel it would be wrong not to pay for it.
If I had purchaced the Autodesk products, I would have been unable to afford all of the ones I play with, missed 6 mortgage payments last year, eaten even more beans and rice, and not been convinced that maybe it is time to switch to their product line.
Noncommercial, noninstitutional use of Autocad is not their target market. Someone using their software in such a way is not damaging their bottom line, and I believe should feel no obligation to pay for the software.
Is it me or do most of the above messages deal with one of the most oft'n discused threads here on /. ? That of intellectual property vs. real property.
The DMCA is just another step in that nazi march to making intellectual property equivalent to real property. Now, I'm a surveyor by trade and training, and deal with real property every day. Farmer Joe owning 640 acres does nothing to stifle either the American economy, or my creativity. (even if he decides to turn it into a automotive junk yard.) This DMCA thinge is stupid but simple. Yes - you can pick that Master Lock of yours all you want (but why? a little bit of social engineering (Hello, I'm Xxxx Xxxxxx, Principal of Xxxxxx middle school, we need the new combination index. . . ) can get you their serial# refrenced combo manual.) ((besides their dial padlocks are simple - gate 1+3 are multiples of 4 and gate 2 = gate 1or3 MOD2)) ANYWAY - back to the point - Yes - you can pick that Master Lock of yours all you want - but you can't pick that digital equivalent or you're going to jail.
Counter-intuitive? Yes. Real? Yes.
Fucking sucks to be you/me/us.
I can not comment on Texas, but . . . here in Ohio - and I believe most other states - a pick set is in no way, shape, or form, illegal in it's self. You will be charged with posession of criminal tools if the prosecutor believes said pick set was, or would be, used in a criminal way. If I was stopped for speeding with a pickset on my lap, no charges would follow.
http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns9 99 91783
Conclusion: We know the guy is an idiot... what would happen if a SMART person tried this?
If a SMART person tried this, we wouldn't be having this conversation because we would never know why the plane crashed.
Come on, how is it news that cryptography was broken? It's not hard! All it takes is time. . .
You are correct in that all it takes is time, but isn't that all you are trying to buy? No system to secure data is bulletproof. (and never will be) The goal of security is to increase the cost of obtaining that which you are securing.