Loaning a otherwise legal copy via CD or DVD is illegal distribution. Not that it's likely to be enforced, but strictly speaking the law is quite clear.
Wrong. NZ's Copyright Act (Section 9) states:
References in this Act to the issue of copies of a work to the public mean the act of putting into circulation copies not previously put into circulation; and do not include the acts of— (a) subsequent distribution or sale of those copies; or (b) subject to subsections (2) and (3), subsequent hiring or loan of those copies
(subsection 2 regards software, subsection 3 refers to rentals, neither of which are relevant here)
Translated into English, in New Zealand loaning, hiring or reselling an existing, authorised copy is specifically excluded from illegal distribution. That doesn't mean loaning is legal (other sections of the act may apply), just that the particular argument you're using is incorrect.
It's no different than a doctor playing a CD to the visitors in the clinic, that is also illegal distribution.
Wrong again. Handing out burned copies of the CD is illegal distribution, playing the CD is definitely an unauthorised public performance, the two are different sections of copyright law.
Adjusted for inflation, that cartoon cost roughly $750,000 to produce, so it's no surprise it looks that good. These days you'd be lucky to get $50,000 for an entire short; the problem is CGI doesn't deliver 15 times the artistry per dollar.
From my soon-to-be-published book "Dick: An Owner's Manual"
About time there was a Dick manual, we've had Jane's guides for years (and before anyone says they've got nothing to do with women, my last girlfriend was ocean-going and had a gross displacement of around 10,000 tons).
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I notice Microsoft wasn't on your list, not that I'm reading anything into that particular omission...
...treating Wall Street as Vegas with nicer clothes.
The mind boggles.
Here you go.
Ah, so that's why people say "come again" when they didn't get the message the first time.
I would use GoatseOffice.
I wouldn't...it'd be like an echo chamber in there.
Meanwhile, sales of adult hardcover books have dropped 43%
I've heard of adult books with crusty pages, but never one with a hardcover.
Loaning a otherwise legal copy via CD or DVD is illegal distribution. Not that it's likely to be enforced, but strictly speaking the law is quite clear.
Wrong. NZ's Copyright Act (Section 9) states:
(subsection 2 regards software, subsection 3 refers to rentals, neither of which are relevant here)
Translated into English, in New Zealand loaning, hiring or reselling an existing, authorised copy is specifically excluded from illegal distribution. That doesn't mean loaning is legal (other sections of the act may apply), just that the particular argument you're using is incorrect.
It's no different than a doctor playing a CD to the visitors in the clinic, that is also illegal distribution.
Wrong again. Handing out burned copies of the CD is illegal distribution, playing the CD is definitely an unauthorised public performance, the two are different sections of copyright law.
Probably because there's a difference between removing a document (movie, etc) from public view and putting it on the public record as evidence.
Transferring MS Word documents is not, and has never been, cool.
So I guess we should thank Mark Zuckerberg for cutting out the deadwood.
What's really scary is that I remember it!
No, that's just mildly depressing. Scary is when you have an old receipt for one but you don't remember it.
You forgot goggles. But all these things are optional, being an affront to the laws of man and god is the important thing.
Are you confusing law enforcement with biological reality?
That's the difference between science and mad science.
Artist's impression of predicted Pacific rim seismic activity.
To be fair, this is pretty fast by /. standards (though I expect a dupe next week).
Translate that into an Astroboy reference and I'll be...quite impressed, actually.
Who said anything about gender...you think bisexuals don't have fantasies?
Good touch or bad touch?
Adjusted for inflation, that cartoon cost roughly $750,000 to produce, so it's no surprise it looks that good. These days you'd be lucky to get $50,000 for an entire short; the problem is CGI doesn't deliver 15 times the artistry per dollar.
Perhaps in hindsight, but it's kind of difficult to caricature someone 5 years before they're born...
Walt Disney, villain from Superman. I think they look quite similar, but maybe it's just the pure malevolence...
Fleisher Studios was a direct competitor with Disney, and even created a Superman villain that looked suspiciously like Walt.
Revenge is a dish best served cold.
From my soon-to-be-published book "Dick: An Owner's Manual"
About time there was a Dick manual, we've had Jane's guides for years (and before anyone says they've got nothing to do with women, my last girlfriend was ocean-going and had a gross displacement of around 10,000 tons).
Amazing what difference a few years can make.
I'm feckless...oh, feck :(