Isn't it time we give him a chance to explain himself, since he's been featured on/. about a dozen times, and he has been called every possible kind of idiot by us?
I thought Sim Life was better than Sim Earth. In Sim Life, you release plants and animals into an ecosystem, and they try to find food and water and reproduce. Each individual has a detailed genome, and traits can be passed to their descendents. Very, very cool game. I'd love to see that one updated!
I don't think it is a problem that the industry can sell a new CD to a willing buyer at a price the buyer is wiling to pay, and that part of that price compensates the copyright holders.
A less extreme plan is buy everything you want used, like on half.com. The Industry doesn't get any of your money that way.
Did you know the Industry once tried to purchase legislation that would let them tax the sales of used media? The law now (and then) is that once a copy of a medium is sold, it can be resold without any obligation to the copyright holder (because he got paid from the first sale, "exhausting" his rights in that copy). The Industry failed at that, for some reason.
Will the Senator from Disney please call his office!
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I hate to read articles about legal issues on Slashdot, because they often show no understanding of the issues at all. Really, you should stick to technical and pop cultural issues.
As the parent correctly states, the court did not say FAQs are not copyrightable, it said there was no copyright infringment in this case. Here is the gist of the article (pasted):
According to the court, "when the two works are compared side-by-side, similarities are evident." That is because "both web pages utilize the Frequently Asked Questions format," "both web pages use common words to begin each question, such as 'how,' 'can,' 'is,' 'what,' and 'will,'" and because "both web pages focus on a spray-on form of sunless tanning" and "provide similar information."
Notwithstanding the foregoing similarities, the court held that "these superficial similarities fall short of proving copying" because they are not the equivalent of copying constituent elements of the work that are original. According to the court and prior case law, regardless of the "original authorship" contained in a work, "the facts and ideas it exposes are free for the taking."
I read the Librarian of Congress's order, and it doesn't say WHY the CARP recommendation was rejected. Nor could I find a press release explaining the decision, although there might be one forthcoming.
You're all assuming that the LoC wants Internet radio to be free, or cheaper than CARP wanted, but that might not be the case! Maybe the LoC wants HIGHER royalty rates!
>Don't present your ideas to yahoo as a small startup and expect they will abide by an NDA.
You need to have filed a patent application before you talk to Yahoo. That's what patents are for. But I forgot, you people understand patents very well, and hate them.
> I can sign up for a new account and within hours, I'm receiving spam.
I'm trying an experiment right now... I created a hotmail account with a totally unguessable, random username. It hasn't gotten spammed yet, and it's been a couple of days.
So maybe Microshaft isn't selling new names to spammers? That sounds like something they WOULD do, of course. But another explanation is that spammers are constructing email addresses, taking usernames from other addresses and adding hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc.
It would really be a hoot if the judge ordered Verisign to contact everyone they sent the fraudulent renewal notices to, and tell them that (1) Verisign is not their registrar, (2) they do not need to renew with Verisign. That would cost Verisign money, and would further depress their reputation among customers.
The Financial Times link in the parent reports that the company would need a miracle to avoid Chapter 7 bankruptcy (i.e., liquidation). That's the real story here... it it's just a possibility that Napster will go away for good, it's virtually certain.
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Isn't it time we give him a chance to explain himself, since he's been featured on /. about a dozen times, and he has been called every possible kind of idiot by us?
I thought Sim Life was better than Sim Earth. In Sim Life, you release plants and animals into an ecosystem, and they try to find food and water and reproduce. Each individual has a detailed genome, and traits can be passed to their descendents. Very, very cool game. I'd love to see that one updated!
I find your ideas intriguing, and I would like to subscribe to your newsletter.
I don't think it is a problem that the industry can sell a new CD to a willing buyer at a price the buyer is wiling to pay, and that part of that price compensates the copyright holders.
A less extreme plan is buy everything you want used, like on half.com. The Industry doesn't get any of your money that way.
Did you know the Industry once tried to purchase legislation that would let them tax the sales of used media? The law now (and then) is that once a copy of a medium is sold, it can be resold without any obligation to the copyright holder (because he got paid from the first sale, "exhausting" his rights in that copy). The Industry failed at that, for some reason.
Explain?
Shut up, Eccles!
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Will the Senator from Disney please call his office!
I hate to read articles about legal issues on Slashdot, because they often show no understanding of the issues at all. Really, you should stick to technical and pop cultural issues.
As the parent correctly states, the court did not say FAQs are not copyrightable, it said there was no copyright infringment in this case. Here is the gist of the article (pasted):
According to the court, "when the two works are compared side-by-side, similarities are evident." That is because "both web pages utilize the Frequently Asked Questions format," "both web pages use common words to begin each question, such as 'how,' 'can,' 'is,' 'what,' and 'will,'" and because "both web pages focus on a spray-on form of sunless tanning" and "provide similar information."
Notwithstanding the foregoing similarities, the court held that "these superficial similarities fall short of proving copying" because they are not the equivalent of copying constituent elements of the work that are original. According to the court and prior case law, regardless of the "original authorship" contained in a work, "the facts and ideas it exposes are free for the taking."
Right, and does the LoC want lower rates, or higher rates?
I read the Librarian of Congress's order, and it doesn't say WHY the CARP recommendation was rejected. Nor could I find a press release explaining the decision, although there might be one forthcoming.
You're all assuming that the LoC wants Internet radio to be free, or cheaper than CARP wanted, but that might not be the case! Maybe the LoC wants HIGHER royalty rates!
>Don't present your ideas to yahoo as a small startup and expect they will abide by an NDA.
You need to have filed a patent application before you talk to Yahoo. That's what patents are for. But I forgot, you people understand patents very well, and hate them.
> I can sign up for a new account and within hours, I'm receiving spam.
I'm trying an experiment right now... I created a hotmail account with a totally unguessable, random username. It hasn't gotten spammed yet, and it's been a couple of days.
So maybe Microshaft isn't selling new names to spammers? That sounds like something they WOULD do, of course. But another explanation is that spammers are constructing email addresses, taking usernames from other addresses and adding hotmail.com, yahoo.com, etc.
Oh, this is easy. Just follow the following steps.
1) Look at your bank account.
2) Make an airplane.
3) Look at your bank account again. The difference is what it cost to make the airplane.
It would really be a hoot if the judge ordered Verisign to contact everyone they sent the fraudulent renewal notices to, and tell them that (1) Verisign is not their registrar, (2) they do not need to renew with Verisign. That would cost Verisign money, and would further depress their reputation among customers.
Yeah. Great idea, Einstein.
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The Financial Times link in the parent reports that the company would need a miracle to avoid Chapter 7 bankruptcy (i.e., liquidation). That's the real story here... it it's just a possibility that Napster will go away for good, it's virtually certain.
Linux developers, totally unlike Microsoft, are in no position to punish anyone, much less Microsoft itself.
Slashtard bingo!
>then Lucas would loose all those kids
Lose. Not loose.
Damn. I was fixin to send him a bunch, too. Thanks for the warning.
A little warning if you want to use TivoWeb: it made my Tivo lock up periodically, I eventually quit running it. YMMV.
How did that blackout thing go, by the way?