Berman has not introduced his bill yet, but his description says that it will immunize copyright holders from civil and criminal liability who use technological methods such as hacking to "prevent the unauthorized distribution of their copyrighted works via P2P networks."
How do they define "hacking"? Deleting a user's files? Reformating the user's hard drive?
A "Law of the Net" would be a Bad Thing. For example, if there is an international law regulating net speach, what standard is used? American? Saudi? The law applied must the law of the country in which the server is based.
Also, there are many more (and cheaper) options than a T1 for internet access now, many of which have laxer usage policies than your typical consumer-grade Cable Modem or DSL contract.
Really? Can you give a few examples. I'm sure that most of them have a "do not resell" clause.
The article says that there is a way to lock the networks down so unauthorized people can't use them. As a cable ISP user (Comcast), I would have no problem with them making users lock down their networks.
I fail to see how it is a good idea to ban the sales of copy protected CDs. The record comapnies are more than free to sell them as such, and I would hate to see the even more legislation from the government telling companies what they can and can't do, especialy when it is in a situation where no harm can come to the users of the products.
No harm? How about the loss of fair use rights? How about the CDs getting stuck in some computers? And as for the government telling companies what they can and can't do...how is that different from companies telling consumers what they can and can't do with products they buy? At least the government is theoreticaly under public supervision.
A Congressman who's not up for sale... Great! If you live in his district, vote for him! And wherever you live, be sure to write your Congressmen in support of his proposals.
They even have instructions on their helpdesk site on how to avoid this, like (still) "how to configure Napster without turning it into a server" - i.e. leech-only. I'd include a link, but the helpdesk site is blocked for the outside world.
Maybe you cound copy/paste the useful ones here...
Remember that the DMCA has provisions allowing exemptions for research related work. Serious papers, written by degreed and credentialed scientists and engineers, published in journals are very likely to qualify for the exemption.
Second, the Danish Newspaper Publisher's Association weren't concerned about search engines like Google or just a few deep links. Newsbooster did a systematic index and furthermore sold services for update-information whenever your predefined search words matched any news article.
But what's wrong with this? How is this substantially different from me telling a friend, "There's a great article on page C5 of the Journal."? Why would they put the material on the Web if they didn't want people to link to it?
As long as they have Web, E-mail, Word-processor, something to do Invite cards to parties and work with Digital cameras etc. they'll be perfectly happy.
Actually, I think they will notice that they can no longer trade MP3s.
You forgot "only 'Microsoft Approved' software being able to be used" Also, if you want to, say, copy media for personal use, you probably would not be able to do it. Is that really what you want?
It just so happens that DVDs won't let you make copies, but frankly few people ever make copies of movies (and the movie rental business has proven very successful).
Just wait until DVD burners/media is down to where CD burners/media is now. As for copy protection, DeCSS/player mods are redily available.
Bootlegs The Google Directory lists many sites that sell All-Region DVDs and VCDs. These are almost always bootlegs-and are almost always the better deal. If I have, say, $20 to spend on movies, I can buy one legit movie fot $20-or two bootlegs for $10 each. Although the sound and picture quality will be inferior, I would have ot prefer the legit version twice as much for that to be the better buy. And if I only want one movie, I can buy one $10 bootleg, and have $10 left over to spend on other things.
I am going to be taking come classes at a community college myself. Despite what some posters say about cc students, I am notdumb, lazy, etc. I am going to be a senior in high school in Sept, and want to get come credits now. However, there is no 4 year college within reasonable driving distance. The community college is the best option for me.
Companies like A.D. Vision (biggest North American animation distributor second only to Disney) and Bandai Entertainmet are full of sane geeks like us who despise legislation like CARP, the DMCA, and the various Hollings crapscrolls, and avoid using any content control methods whenever possible.
Last I checked, they region-coded their DVDs. That's a content control method. Do they use macrovision? That's a content control method.
Suncoast and Sam Goody have pretty good selections. For rentals, several people have mentioned online (eg, netflix http://www.netflix.com). Also, if you don't mind bootlegs, try buying All Region DVDs and VCDs online. (For retailers, try the Google Directory: http://directory.google.com). The quality can vary, but the price is right.
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If they got the patent "a few years ago", they should have started enforcing it "a few years ago".
How do they define "hacking"? Deleting a user's files? Reformating the user's hard drive?
A "Law of the Net" would be a Bad Thing. For example, if there is an international law regulating net speach, what standard is used? American? Saudi? The law applied must the law of the country in which the server is based.
VCDs work in most DVD players. They do not work in all DVD players. For a list of which players work and which don't, go to VCD Help.
This is why I don't have a UNIX system at home: (Though I do have a shell account)I want a computer, not a hobby.
Really? Can you give a few examples. I'm sure that most of them have a "do not resell" clause.
The article says that there is a way to lock the networks down so unauthorized people can't use them. As a cable ISP user (Comcast), I would have no problem with them making users lock down their networks.
Yes. I paid for a meal. The terms were "all you can eat". It says nothing about how I eat it, where I eat it, or with how many people I eat.
No harm? How about the loss of fair use rights? How about the CDs getting stuck in some computers?
And as for the government telling companies what they can and can't do...how is that different from companies telling consumers what they can and can't do with products they buy? At least the government is theoreticaly under public supervision.
A Congressman who's not up for sale...
Great! If you live in his district, vote for him! And wherever you live, be sure to write your Congressmen in support of his proposals.
Actually, this would not be such a bad idea. If it were run by a real bank, I would feel much more comfortable using Paypal than I do now.
Are there any clients that implement this, or are planning to?
Maybe you cound copy/paste the useful ones here...
Tell that to Skylov.
But what's wrong with this? How is this substantially different from me telling a friend, "There's a great article on page C5 of the Journal."? Why would they put the material on the Web if they didn't want people to link to it?
Actually, I think they will notice that they can no longer trade MP3s.
Nonsense. There is no reason why the average user can't use, say, PGP or GPG. These programs are easy to use, and, best yet, they are optional to use.
You forgot "only 'Microsoft Approved' software being able to be used" Also, if you want to, say, copy media for personal use, you probably would not be able to do it. Is that really what you want?
This was made in Japan...
Just wait until DVD burners/media is down to where CD burners/media is now. As for copy protection, DeCSS/player mods are redily available.
Bootlegs
The Google Directory lists many sites that sell All-Region DVDs and VCDs. These are almost always bootlegs-and are almost always the better deal. If I have, say, $20 to spend on movies, I can buy one legit movie fot $20-or two bootlegs for $10 each. Although the sound and picture quality will be inferior, I would have ot prefer the legit version twice as much for that to be the better buy. And if I only want one movie, I can buy one $10 bootleg, and have $10 left over to spend on other things.
The credit databases are run by private companies, not the government. There is a difference.
I am going to be taking come classes at a community college myself. Despite what some posters say about cc students, I am notdumb, lazy, etc. I am going to be a senior in high school in Sept, and want to get come credits now. However, there is no 4 year college within reasonable driving distance. The community college is the best option for me.
Last I checked, they region-coded their DVDs. That's a content control method. Do they use macrovision? That's a content control method.
Suncoast and Sam Goody have pretty good selections. For rentals, several people have mentioned online (eg, netflix http://www.netflix.com). Also, if you don't mind bootlegs, try buying All Region DVDs and VCDs online. (For retailers, try the Google Directory: http://directory.google.com). The quality can vary, but the price is right.