It is not this judges job to decide if the DMCA is good or bad or unconstitutional.
Careful. A judge can strike down a law as being unconstitutional.
Laws have been challenged directly in case law. (Roe vs. Wade
anyone?) The only time they can't declare a law unconstitutional is if
it's an amendment.
The problem is that you STILL have a LD carrier. When I tried to sign up with MCI's neighborhood plan, they wouldn't allow me to get the package without getting MCI as my LD plan. All they did was to put a "block" on the line to prevent LD calls. Stupid, eh? I Found AT&T's Local/Local Toll service to be the same price, and less restrictive than MCI's neighborhood plan.
BTW, looking for a new local carrier has been an eye opening experience. Now I know what a LATA is.
I got rid of my long distance carrier completey and saved all those FCC imposed taxes on my phone connection. I usually just email anyone who lives outside of my local calling area. If I ever do need to make a LD call, I just use my cell phone or a cheap calling card.
Can anyone think of one lawsuit by a company for a technology or product that was "stolen" by another company that ever panned out? The only one I can even think of getting close to a "success" was Stac vs. Microsoft. Even then, we all know who won out in the end.
They really gotta start building these shuttles a lot stronger. I mean, even the wimpiest kid doesn't flinch from getting hit in the head with a nerf ball.
Yeah, and I'm sure we won't be hated even more as a country that burns food rather than eating it. Etheopians will be screaming "Blood for corn!" instead of oil. Either way, the USA loses.
We don't live in a puely capitalistic society. If we did, there would be no need for a FDA since market forces would force food produces to ensure quality and safety. Obviously, we can't trust market forces only to bend to the will of the consumer, especially when all of the players band together.
WMD hunting
on
Secret Empire
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· Score: -1, Offtopic
Secret Empire also is relevant to the current situation, and Taubman touches on spying in the post-Cold War world. Washington eventually became too dependent on satellites and technological spying, at the expense of human agents who are much more effective against bands of terrorists.
That explains the USA's close alliance with the UK since 9/11/01.
England's "man in Iraq" gets the locations and the USA provides the satellite
pictures of said location. Now all they need to do is figure out a way to
release the information to everyone else without compromising their
sources. However, why the heck isn't there an outpouring of WMD sites now
that Iraq is in Allied control?
If he has no law degree and can't answer legal questions (especially those
that affect technology), then what business does he have teaching a class
called Information
Technology and the Law?
The problem with this system is that it disconnects piracy with this new "tax" on all consumers. For example, the actions of some 15 year old who downloads every mp3 in sight just to be "l33t" causes me to pay more for my Internet conenction.
Besides, I'd love to hear from the privacy experts how all this reporting is going to go on about what mp3s I like to play and still be 100% anonymous.
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It is not this judges job to decide if the DMCA is good or bad or unconstitutional.
Careful. A judge can strike down a law as being unconstitutional. Laws have been challenged directly in case law. (Roe vs. Wade anyone?) The only time they can't declare a law unconstitutional is if it's an amendment.
The problem is that you STILL have a LD carrier. When I tried to sign up with MCI's neighborhood plan, they wouldn't allow me to get the package without getting MCI as my LD plan. All they did was to put a "block" on the line to prevent LD calls. Stupid, eh? I Found AT&T's Local/Local Toll service to be the same price, and less restrictive than MCI's neighborhood plan.
BTW, looking for a new local carrier has been an eye opening experience. Now I know what a LATA is.
in Soviet Russia,... oh fuck it.
I got rid of my long distance carrier completey and saved all those FCC imposed taxes on my phone connection. I usually just email anyone who lives outside of my local calling area. If I ever do need to make a LD call, I just use my cell phone or a cheap calling card.
It just has a low metabolism.
I never liked tape. oh and FP!
Can anyone think of one lawsuit by a company for a technology or product that was "stolen" by another company that ever panned out? The only one I can even think of getting close to a "success" was Stac vs. Microsoft. Even then, we all know who won out in the end.
They really gotta start building these shuttles a lot stronger. I mean, even the wimpiest kid doesn't flinch from getting hit in the head with a nerf ball.
Wouldn't it just be easier to rewrite the tax law to get the deisred income without penalizing the biodiesel users?
Yeah, and I'm sure we won't be hated even more as a country that burns food rather than eating it. Etheopians will be screaming "Blood for corn!" instead of oil. Either way, the USA loses.
...in the Matrix!
Can we port MAME to it?
Apparently, you've never read the Big Book of British Smiles.
I can remember these! And FP!
We don't live in a puely capitalistic society. If we did, there would be no need for a FDA since market forces would force food produces to ensure quality and safety. Obviously, we can't trust market forces only to bend to the will of the consumer, especially when all of the players band together.
Why is it reasonable to have to pay for something that has no cost to provide? Because it can?
Yeah, but since it's the UK, I'll bet those are really crooked teeth.
My experiment was a success!
Secret Empire also is relevant to the current situation, and Taubman touches on spying in the post-Cold War world. Washington eventually became too dependent on satellites and technological spying, at the expense of human agents who are much more effective against bands of terrorists.
That explains the USA's close alliance with the UK since 9/11/01. England's "man in Iraq" gets the locations and the USA provides the satellite pictures of said location. Now all they need to do is figure out a way to release the information to everyone else without compromising their sources. However, why the heck isn't there an outpouring of WMD sites now that Iraq is in Allied control?
One megacorporation sues a mega-megacorporation. Boo hoo. In other news, the new Hulk trailer is coming out May 2nd! Now that's some real news!
What a waste. I actually read the article first before posting this time. I've learned my lesson.
Oh please, don't be silly. Would you rather have a law professor who is not an expert in information technology teach the course?
What I'd prefer is someone who knows both.
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Student #1: Dude! I got an A+ on the COS 491 exam!
Student #2: Geez, I only got a C. What did you write for the essay?
Student #1: You mean the one about violating the DMCA by detecting a stolen software algorithm inside an encrypted data stream?
Student #2: Yeah, that one. I wrote pages and pages of opinion and supposition based on all my research. What did you write?
Student #1: I just wrote: "This sounds like a likely DMCA violation, but you'll have to consult a lawyer to be sure." Pretty easy, eh?
Student #2: WHAT?!!!!
Does this mean that Slashdot can now sue trolls and crapflooders?
If he has no law degree and can't answer legal questions (especially those that affect technology), then what business does he have teaching a class called Information Technology and the Law?
The problem with this system is that it disconnects piracy with this new "tax" on all consumers. For example, the actions of some 15 year old who downloads every mp3 in sight just to be "l33t" causes me to pay more for my Internet conenction.
Besides, I'd love to hear from the privacy experts how all this reporting is going to go on about what mp3s I like to play and still be 100% anonymous.