In Australia the Australin Performing Rights Association (APRA) looks after some licencing (including collecting fees from business premises for the use of radio broadcasts) and at least one Australian based net-only radio station says it has arrangements for fees. Quantum Radio
I presume that if the RIAA deal gets off the ground they will pressure local licencing authorities around the world to match the fee structure.
If I read the act correctly I can copy up to $2000 retail a year. Thats as much as I'd spend anyway so instead of downloading heaps of everything I can find in search of new stuff and then buying the ones I like, I'd be mad now if I didn't ensure that the ones I download are the ones I used to buy.
Which is exactly what they don't want.
Why is it that so many people who write rules like this can't foresee the logical consequences of the structure they put in place.
The lying missile test. That would be the one where they tested guidance systems in a high speed interceptor missile by aiming at a target with an enhanced signature (given they weren't testing target acquisition systems that seems reasonable). And when the guidance system succeeded in following the target people complain that the test is rigged because you used the enhanced target.
Sorta like saying you wouldn't drive a Volvo because you've hardly ever seen their brakes stop the car before it hits the cement wall and kills those poor crash test dummies.
IANAL but in Australia at least squatters were people who occupy land that was not owned and was therefore Crown (Federal?) land.
Squatters hoped that governments won't evict them because they are doing something useful with otherwise unused land.
'True' cybersquatters aren't trying to use the domain name better than anyone else, merely looking to make money out of a situation that arises fortuitously. So you're right, it's not squatting...It's extortion.
Not here you don't. I hire good accountants who can use computers well but they are good accountants first. You can learn how to use most software quite fast if you understand the technical aspects of the subject.
But if you don't understand the technical side you can't really use the software anyway.
This means you need a general understanding of how computers work (which means understanding how software works in the operating system enviornment) but not to any great detailed level.
You can learn the detail in your chosen field.
Accountants don't need to be creative. They need to be analytical. Creatives become Merchant Bankers. Those who are good at neither are channeled into Economics or Politics depending on their personality.
Or, if we can eliminate many readers of this site there would be no need to protect the code from them and through circular logic, no need for copyright.
And it would make a much better movie. I hate courtroom dramas
I looked at the eula before it installed to see if it was adware (its not obvious) and saw just that same clause.
Will nullsoft now get into trouble because of all the adverse comments the plugin gets in the forums there. Many users don't like it at all it appears.
If they are gunning for NAT users because NAT users lose them money then for each NAT user who goes somewher else adds $x to their profit. ISP make money on the difference between the cost to them of data in GB from their upstream providers and the income from subscribers in time.
If they had only a bunch of subscribers who spent $25 a month and only used email they would be as happy as pigs in s**t. I think that's called AOL.
Alternatively if they had a sub base that was all high bandwitdth users the price isn't going to be $25 a month.
This is becoming abundantly clear in Australia where it seems to me that most of the ADSL providers are offering a monthly access charge and a per MB download cost on top. They have seen what happened when the two major Australian cable providers changed their AUP's to restrict downloads because of perceived abuse by subs.
At least in Australia a person who brings an action against someone who has defamed them does not have to prove the defamation is false. The person accused of defaming has to prove the statement was true to be able to rely on justification as a defense.
The defamed person has mainly to prove that they suffered a loss etc because of the defamatory statements.
end limited corporate liability and most economic activity would stop immeadiately. How much will you invest in a business where your ultimate liability depends on all of 10,000 workers doing it right every time.
I'd love to help. We Australians are always ready to lend a hand to our lesser well off friends from across the ocean.
You just need a cuppa tea, a bex and a good lie down.
You get confused often, don't you deary?
No wonder, In this particular case the answer is white ink on white paper. Except for the carbon copy the Minister keeps, That's black ink on black paper. Isn't that the whole point of the exercise?
Defamation is not censorship (though it could be used that way and I'm sure we could argue about that) and I suspect it's not covered by the law so I'd still maintain it's not a good example.
I see further into the site the notes about US and Australian currency relative values. Sometimes we of us what speak English good am pedantik about proper expression and are too quick to correct.
It' not obvious at all. I would have thought that finding predominantly child porn on 90 sites over a six month period is not very effective censorship. Any 10 year old computer literate could find that many in a night. I would have thought they were not releasing the names so they wouldn't have to justify not banning all the other porn sites.
The newspapers would have a field day. Imagine the headlines "The porn sites the Government think are OK for the kids to see"
That would explain the dismal ping times to US games servers.
If ISPs can't access a government-compiled list of what-is-banned, then to absolutely comply with the law they have to manually (ie. with a human) proxy every request from their customers, determine whether those requests will return HARMFUL MATTER, or expose themselves to possible prosecution.
Well yes, it is badly designed and for that reason alone should be shutdown.
A poor example though of sites that have been closed down given that I (in Australia) clicked on the included link and was surprised just how fast it loaded for a banned underground site.
And if the Government has banned the books in question, how come I can buy them from an Australian address. (GST is an Australian tax and only payable on sales made in Australia)
The best bit about the site is the pricing. "All prices are in Australia or USA Currency" ie You can pay the price or double the price.
The purpose of censoring something is that it not be seen.
It seems a poor kind of censorship that says "You are not allowed to see XXX, and by the way here's XXX so you can see exactly what it is you can't see. Please don't look at it"
Australian bureaucrats are dumb but not that dumb.
I don't understand how they could comply with the request anyway. If they put a takedown notice on the URL and it's taken down or (more likely) moved to an offshore server it doesn't exist anymore. A real live case of "Move along people, there's nothing here to see".
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I presume that if the RIAA deal gets off the ground they will pressure local licencing authorities around the world to match the fee structure.
Which is exactly what they don't want.
Why is it that so many people who write rules like this can't foresee the logical consequences of the structure they put in place.
I've not seen a post so suited to the name of the poster in all my days of /.ing.
Sorta like saying you wouldn't drive a Volvo because you've hardly ever seen their brakes stop the car before it hits the cement wall and kills those poor crash test dummies.
fish can't file in any US court that I know of.
Squatters hoped that governments won't evict them because they are doing something useful with otherwise unused land.
'True' cybersquatters aren't trying to use the domain name better than anyone else, merely looking to make money out of a situation that arises fortuitously. So you're right, it's not squatting...It's extortion.
I have no sympathy for them.
So if you search flowers - ads. If you search International Criminal Court - no ads.
This could also explain why my dog hates Charlie Pride.
But if you don't understand the technical side you can't really use the software anyway.
This means you need a general understanding of how computers work (which means understanding how software works in the operating system enviornment) but not to any great detailed level.
You can learn the detail in your chosen field.
Accountants don't need to be creative. They need to be analytical. Creatives become Merchant Bankers. Those who are good at neither are channeled into Economics or Politics depending on their personality.
And it would make a much better movie. I hate courtroom dramas
Three was a case in the UK (maybe Scotland?) between two newspapers where this came up first I think.
I looked at the eula before it installed to see if it was adware (its not obvious) and saw just that same clause. Will nullsoft now get into trouble because of all the adverse comments the plugin gets in the forums there. Many users don't like it at all it appears.
Alternatively if they had a sub base that was all high bandwitdth users the price isn't going to be $25 a month.
This is becoming abundantly clear in Australia where it seems to me that most of the ADSL providers are offering a monthly access charge and a per MB download cost on top. They have seen what happened when the two major Australian cable providers changed their AUP's to restrict downloads because of perceived abuse by subs.
The defamed person has mainly to prove that they suffered a loss etc because of the defamatory statements.
Next topic please. This ones done.
end limited corporate liability and most economic activity would stop immeadiately. How much will you invest in a business where your ultimate liability depends on all of 10,000 workers doing it right every time.
Do not blame us for bloody Stephen King. Maybe he should have a sign on the front door "I'm not dead. I'm just a very heavy sleeper."
Go to a public library. Try to go to family.org [family.org]. Thank you, the door is to the left.
You get confused often, don't you deary?
No wonder, In this particular case the answer is white ink on white paper. Except for the carbon copy the Minister keeps, That's black ink on black paper. Isn't that the whole point of the exercise?
I see further into the site the notes about US and Australian currency relative values. Sometimes we of us what speak English good am pedantik about proper expression and are too quick to correct.
The newspapers would have a field day. Imagine the headlines "The porn sites the Government think are OK for the kids to see"
Score:5 Funny? Please Explain unless it's the spelling
If ISPs can't access a government-compiled list of what-is-banned, then to absolutely comply with the law they have to manually (ie. with a human) proxy every request from their customers, determine whether those requests will return HARMFUL MATTER, or expose themselves to possible prosecution.
A poor example though of sites that have been closed down given that I (in Australia) clicked on the included link and was surprised just how fast it loaded for a banned underground site.
And if the Government has banned the books in question, how come I can buy them from an Australian address. (GST is an Australian tax and only payable on sales made in Australia)
The best bit about the site is the pricing. "All prices are in Australia or USA Currency" ie You can pay the price or double the price.
It seems a poor kind of censorship that says "You are not allowed to see XXX, and by the way here's XXX so you can see exactly what it is you can't see. Please don't look at it"
Australian bureaucrats are dumb but not that dumb.
I don't understand how they could comply with the request anyway. If they put a takedown notice on the URL and it's taken down or (more likely) moved to an offshore server it doesn't exist anymore. A real live case of "Move along people, there's nothing here to see".