Well I don't know about your universe but I think it is called a "Caps lock" in mine. I will agree that it is almost unnecessary but it is kinda convential.
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Case Against MusicCity and Others
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Copyright Infringement Case Against Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster
Three leading organizations representing the music publishers, and record and motion picture companies, today filed a motion in a Los Angeles federal court asking for an expedited ruling in their ongoing copyright infringement case against the online file sharing services Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity.
After having gathered evidence for the last several months, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), moved for summary judgment in United States District Court for the Central District of California. The three organizations charge that the massive "vicarious and contributory copyright infringement" facilitated by the Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity services is abundantly clear and an accelerated ruling on the merits of the case is warranted. The initial lawsuit was filed last October.
In deference to the confidential evidence designated by defendants, the plaintiffs' summary judgment brief has been filed confidentially, under seal. The three organizations will seek to work out an appropriate process to unseal the briefs. In short, the motion claims that Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity:
built their networks to emulate Napster in almost every respect. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Having begun with Napster technology and a Napster business model, they have marketed their service to Napster users and argued the same legal defenses as Napster;
have built their networks into candy stores of infringement that allow a user to find the most popular music and movies of our time without paying any of the rights holders;
are earning millions of dollars from the service;
are acutely aware that the services are being used to facilitate copyright infringement on a massive scale for movies and music;
built and controlled the networks in a way that they could easily prevent the copyright infringements from occurring. The defendants' principal defense that they have no ability to control the network is belied by a myriad of facts, including the fact that Kazaa demonstrated its ability to turn off the Morpheus system at whim;
have been engaged in much more activity than merely distributing software as they claim. Rather, they were the genesis of and continue to be the sustainer of their networks.
Said Mark Litvack, MPAA Vice President and Director of Legal Affairs: "This is Cybernetic shoplifting. The Defendants have used the Internet to enrich themselves and deprive creators and copyright holders of their right to be compensated for their works, thereby perpetuating the false mentality that stealing is an acceptable form of behavior."
"The Defendants' business model is premised on legal theories that have been soundly rejected by both the Napster and Aimster courts." said Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. "This is a case about choice -- creators should not be forced to give away the results of their effort for free. They should have the choice of whether to give it away or sell it."
"These services were designed with one overriding purpose -- to exploit the value in copyrighted music for their own profit without compensating the creators," said Edward P. Murphy, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association. "That is the reality -- the defenses thrown up to disguise it cannot survive the cold light of day. We are confident that the court will protect the rights of the creators against such brazen predatory conduct."
Also included in the filing is the testimony of several expert witnesses, including Leonard Kleinrock, widely regarded as one of the original founders of the Internet. Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring.
# # # # #
About the National Music Publishers' Association:
The National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., founded in 1917, works to protect and advance the interests of the music publishing industry. With over 900 members, the NMPA represents the most important and influential music publishing firms throughout the United States.
The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct consumer industry and technical research; and monitor and review - - state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum(TM), and Diamond sales awards, Los Premios De Oro y Platino(TM), an award celebrating Latin music sales.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. On its board of directors are the Chairmen and Presidents of the seven major producers and distributors of motion picture and television programs in the United States. These members include: Walt Disney Company; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.;Universal Studios, Inc.; and Warner Bros.
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Case Against MusicCity and Others
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Copyright Infringement Case Against Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster
Three leading organizations representing the music publishers, and record and motion picture companies, today filed a motion in a Los Angeles federal court asking for an expedited ruling in their ongoing copyright infringement case against the online file sharing services Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity.
After having gathered evidence for the last several months, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), moved for summary judgment in United States District Court for the Central District of California. The three organizations charge that the massive "vicarious and contributory copyright infringement" facilitated by the Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity services is abundantly clear and an accelerated ruling on the merits of the case is warranted. The initial lawsuit was filed last October.
In deference to the confidential evidence designated by defendants, the plaintiffs' summary judgment brief has been filed confidentially, under seal. The three organizations will seek to work out an appropriate process to unseal the briefs. In short, the motion claims that Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity:
built their networks to emulate Napster in almost every respect. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Having begun with Napster technology and a Napster business model, they have marketed their service to Napster users and argued the same legal defenses as Napster;
have built their networks into candy stores of infringement that allow a user to find the most popular music and movies of our time without paying any of the rights holders;
are earning millions of dollars from the service;
are acutely aware that the services are being used to facilitate copyright infringement on a massive scale for movies and music;
built and controlled the networks in a way that they could easily prevent the copyright infringements from occurring. The defendants' principal defense that they have no ability to control the network is belied by a myriad of facts, including the fact that Kazaa demonstrated its ability to turn off the Morpheus system at whim;
have been engaged in much more activity than merely distributing software as they claim. Rather, they were the genesis of and continue to be the sustainer of their networks.
Said Mark Litvack, MPAA Vice President and Director of Legal Affairs: "This is Cybernetic shoplifting. The Defendants have used the Internet to enrich themselves and deprive creators and copyright holders of their right to be compensated for their works, thereby perpetuating the false mentality that stealing is an acceptable form of behavior." "The Defendants' business model is premised on legal theories that have been soundly rejected by both the Napster and Aimster courts." said Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. "This is a case about choice -- creators should not be forced to give away the results of their effort for free. They should have the choice of whether to give it away or sell it."
"These services were designed with one overriding purpose -- to exploit the value in copyrighted music for their own profit without compensating the creators," said Edward P. Murphy, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association. "That is the reality -- the defenses thrown up to disguise it cannot survive the cold light of day. We are confident that the court will protect the rights of the creators against such brazen predatory conduct."
Also included in the filing is the testimony of several expert witnesses, including Leonard Kleinrock, widely regarded as one of the original founders of the Internet. Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring.
# # # # #
About the National Music Publishers' Association: The National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., founded in 1917, works to protect and advance the interests of the music publishing industry. With over 900 members, the NMPA represents the most important and influential music publishing firms throughout the United States.
The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct consumer industry and technical research; and monitor and review - - state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum(TM), and Diamond sales awards, Los Premios De Oro y Platino(TM), an award celebrating Latin music sales.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. On its board of directors are the Chairmen and Presidents of the seven major producers and distributors of motion picture and television programs in the United States. These members include: Walt Disney Company; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.;Universal Studios, Inc.; and Warner Bros.
Redacted Version of Summary Judgment Motion
Ok I'll be the first to say that I don't know anything about iBooks. But if it is straight pin A to socket A on USB, you could just hack off the connectors and solder it down real good. Yes google would be good with this but I'm at work now and can't justify more time on the net.
I have to admint that this is very nice. Some ideas on improvement. First on the velcro, plastic welding. Obviously once you get this finished od the welding. Hopefully it wouldn't completly trash everything. Second and previously mentioned the ugly USB cable. Yes soldering it to the MB would work. That should take care of that. Third, a paint job to get rid of those unsightly plazstic welds and make it less obvious on what you did. Totally useless but it would make it quasi-professional looking. Keep up the good work.
This gets a big ditto. This was the best first year programming assignment that I recieved. Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. Many a short night over this one. And you get something really cool to look at once you are done, if you do it right:)
Working at an Academic library I must say that this is very true. About half of the items that I see (being the cataloguer I see all of them) come in are from B&N, amazon, and other books sellers online. And if the item is more than a few years old or an esoteric (sp?) most of these are used. It has made the acquisitions department very happy these sites. And the directors too. Much more bang for thier ever shrinking buck.
Hate to say it dude-mar, saw a DVD/VHS unit in the ole wally-world yesterday. Not sure on the specs, or who made it, but for about $200 you could buy it.
I have to jump in on this being that this is my current profession. More than likely a custom made approach would work best here (Ofcourse GPL/BSDL the work). Try a *SQL database, with apache for the web (like you said). Use perl and cgi scripts to access and create your catalogue. Take a look at Endeavor . They are what alot of libraries use. It would be hard, not going to pull punches here, but it would garuntee contract work for life. Good luck with this and I know I'd like to keep up with how this pans out.
Ok, I must first say that I am not in the military but I've had my fair share of MRE's. Best friend in the Army that's why I got them, he thinks they taste like shit. He lives on Copenhagen, Red Man and Mt. Dew in the field. I'm actually looking forward to these. I camp alot and these thing would be great for avid hikers/campers that want to eat on the go and don't want to spend $5 a pop for some high energy bar. Not to mention these would also be good for humanatarian missions where we (USA) drops in food rations to the locals.
Just my $.02(non refundable) on this one.
I was specifically speaking about if the maching in question with the spyware is a *inx, or *BSD machine, for the reference to ipchains, etc. But you have an excellent point. Sending spyware data out over https/443 would be the way to go. Thinking about it even further they could use any high numbered port that isn't reserved, or if this is a windows world grab a low numbered port on boot, and send data over this encrypted and the server that the spys are listening on decrypt there. This would be an waste of CPU cycles but if you are writing sypware you really don't care about who's cycles you are wasting, as long as they aren't yours.
jayers has and excellent point here. I'm running zonealarm . One of the free personal editions, and it has worked wonders on letting me know who is trying to get out of my system. And we'll just say that this is a good thing(tm). I sure don't want MS to know what I really use media player for:). Also you could set up ipchains or whatever the *BSD variant is, it slips my mind at the moment, and only allow through what you allow through, and most of everything that tries to connect over no standard port will be stoped. If you set it up that way.
I did a quick search and didn't find this listed anywhere but hey I'll put it out there anyways Cryptome has what appears to be the text of the legislation that was submitted.
strange.........
on
Dior iPod case
·
· Score: 1, Insightful
First I have to say "where is the hole for your ear buds?" Second it looks like fucking pleathor. I'd go for one that is simple black leather with a belt clip. Slip it in with an open top. Nice functional and to the point. But hell, I don't work for Dior so mine would cost a whole lot less.
No seriously. Will universites be taxed now for software research? Or will they tax the individual writers of the code? I'm sure that will go over well with them. Maybe some of the Universities/Colleges in the area should look into this as well. If their weight is behind it there should be no way in hell this will pass.
You could in theory document how to completely create the execl FILES. Even build a extremely basic template for the file and sell that to individal bingo halls. Write the documentation in a plain text file with no formatting. I'd like to see them claim a plain text file is "software." Of course you couldn't sell it for near as much but you also could package your services to install the template and customize it for a specific hall.
Just a thought there.
I forgot to mention that mine are not the gold plated ones and they appear to work fine. Like I said earlier I had to go with the cheaper cableing so I could get the 4 port model.
OK so that may have been a bit confusing. I bought 3 seperate cables, 1 VGA 2xPS/2. Then used cable ties to bundle them. (This was when I was in college and dirt poor so I couldn't afford the nice 3 cables molded into one). I'd reccomend actually the more that I think about it the 3 bundle method b/c if one blows then you only have to replace one cable (PS/2 or VGA) instead of a more expensive 3 cable in one job.
Slashdot Mirror
Well I don't know about your universe but I think it is called a "Caps lock" in mine. I will agree that it is almost unnecessary but it is kinda convential.
Speak for yourself there buddy! That is a bit faster than my p2 266. Plus the quarter might just buy me another one!
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Case Against MusicCity and Others
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Copyright Infringement Case Against Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster
Three leading organizations representing the music publishers, and record and motion picture companies, today filed a motion in a Los Angeles federal court asking for an expedited ruling in their ongoing copyright infringement case against the online file sharing services Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity.
After having gathered evidence for the last several months, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), moved for summary judgment in United States District Court for the Central District of California. The three organizations charge that the massive "vicarious and contributory copyright infringement" facilitated by the Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity services is abundantly clear and an accelerated ruling on the merits of the case is warranted. The initial lawsuit was filed last October.
In deference to the confidential evidence designated by defendants, the plaintiffs' summary judgment brief has been filed confidentially, under seal. The three organizations will seek to work out an appropriate process to unseal the briefs. In short, the motion claims that Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity:
built their networks to emulate Napster in almost every respect. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Having begun with Napster technology and a Napster business model, they have marketed their service to Napster users and argued the same legal defenses as Napster;
have built their networks into candy stores of infringement that allow a user to find the most popular music and movies of our time without paying any of the rights holders;
are earning millions of dollars from the service;
are acutely aware that the services are being used to facilitate copyright infringement on a massive scale for movies and music;
built and controlled the networks in a way that they could easily prevent the copyright infringements from occurring. The defendants' principal defense that they have no ability to control the network is belied by a myriad of facts, including the fact that Kazaa demonstrated its ability to turn off the Morpheus system at whim;
have been engaged in much more activity than merely distributing software as they claim. Rather, they were the genesis of and continue to be the sustainer of their networks.
Said Mark Litvack, MPAA Vice President and Director of Legal Affairs: "This is Cybernetic shoplifting. The Defendants have used the Internet to enrich themselves and deprive creators and copyright holders of their right to be compensated for their works, thereby perpetuating the false mentality that stealing is an acceptable form of behavior." "The Defendants' business model is premised on legal theories that have been soundly rejected by both the Napster and Aimster courts." said Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. "This is a case about choice -- creators should not be forced to give away the results of their effort for free. They should have the choice of whether to give it away or sell it."
"These services were designed with one overriding purpose -- to exploit the value in copyrighted music for their own profit without compensating the creators," said Edward P. Murphy, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association. "That is the reality -- the defenses thrown up to disguise it cannot survive the cold light of day. We are confident that the court will protect the rights of the creators against such brazen predatory conduct."
Also included in the filing is the testimony of several expert witnesses, including Leonard Kleinrock, widely regarded as one of the original founders of the Internet. Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring.
# # # # #
About the National Music Publishers' Association: The National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., founded in 1917, works to protect and advance the interests of the music publishing industry. With over 900 members, the NMPA represents the most important and influential music publishing firms throughout the United States.
The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct consumer industry and technical research; and monitor and review - - state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum(TM), and Diamond sales awards, Los Premios De Oro y Platino(TM), an award celebrating Latin music sales.
The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. On its board of directors are the Chairmen and Presidents of the seven major producers and distributors of motion picture and television programs in the United States. These members include: Walt Disney Company; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.;Universal Studios, Inc.; and Warner Bros.
Redacted Version of Summary Judgment Motion
Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Case Against MusicCity and Others Music and Motion Picture Groups Move For Ruling In Copyright Infringement Case Against Kazaa, MusicCity and Grokster Three leading organizations representing the music publishers, and record and motion picture companies, today filed a motion in a Los Angeles federal court asking for an expedited ruling in their ongoing copyright infringement case against the online file sharing services Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity. After having gathered evidence for the last several months, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) and National Music Publishers Association (NMPA), moved for summary judgment in United States District Court for the Central District of California. The three organizations charge that the massive "vicarious and contributory copyright infringement" facilitated by the Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity services is abundantly clear and an accelerated ruling on the merits of the case is warranted. The initial lawsuit was filed last October. In deference to the confidential evidence designated by defendants, the plaintiffs' summary judgment brief has been filed confidentially, under seal. The three organizations will seek to work out an appropriate process to unseal the briefs. In short, the motion claims that Kazaa, Grokster and MusicCity: built their networks to emulate Napster in almost every respect. They succeeded beyond their wildest dreams. Having begun with Napster technology and a Napster business model, they have marketed their service to Napster users and argued the same legal defenses as Napster; have built their networks into candy stores of infringement that allow a user to find the most popular music and movies of our time without paying any of the rights holders; are earning millions of dollars from the service; are acutely aware that the services are being used to facilitate copyright infringement on a massive scale for movies and music; built and controlled the networks in a way that they could easily prevent the copyright infringements from occurring. The defendants' principal defense that they have no ability to control the network is belied by a myriad of facts, including the fact that Kazaa demonstrated its ability to turn off the Morpheus system at whim; have been engaged in much more activity than merely distributing software as they claim. Rather, they were the genesis of and continue to be the sustainer of their networks. Said Mark Litvack, MPAA Vice President and Director of Legal Affairs: "This is Cybernetic shoplifting. The Defendants have used the Internet to enrich themselves and deprive creators and copyright holders of their right to be compensated for their works, thereby perpetuating the false mentality that stealing is an acceptable form of behavior." "The Defendants' business model is premised on legal theories that have been soundly rejected by both the Napster and Aimster courts." said Matt Oppenheim, Senior Vice President, Business and Legal Affairs. "This is a case about choice -- creators should not be forced to give away the results of their effort for free. They should have the choice of whether to give it away or sell it." "These services were designed with one overriding purpose -- to exploit the value in copyrighted music for their own profit without compensating the creators," said Edward P. Murphy, President & CEO of the National Music Publishers' Association. "That is the reality -- the defenses thrown up to disguise it cannot survive the cold light of day. We are confident that the court will protect the rights of the creators against such brazen predatory conduct." Also included in the filing is the testimony of several expert witnesses, including Leonard Kleinrock, widely regarded as one of the original founders of the Internet. Kleinrock describes how the defendant's file sharing system works and how they could easily control and prevent the massive copyright infringement from occurring. # # # # # About the National Music Publishers' Association: The National Music Publishers' Association, Inc., founded in 1917, works to protect and advance the interests of the music publishing industry. With over 900 members, the NMPA represents the most important and influential music publishing firms throughout the United States. The Recording Industry Association of America is the trade group that represents the U.S. recording industry. Its mission is to foster a business and legal climate that supports and promotes our members' creative and financial vitality. Its members are the record companies that comprise the most vibrant national music industry in the world. RIAA® members create, manufacture and/or distribute approximately 90% of all legitimate sound recordings produced and sold in the United States. In support of this mission, the RIAA works to protect intellectual property rights worldwide and the First Amendment rights of artists; conduct consumer industry and technical research; and monitor and review - - state and federal laws, regulations and policies. The RIAA® also certifies Gold®, Platinum®, Multi-Platinum(TM), and Diamond sales awards, Los Premios De Oro y Platino(TM), an award celebrating Latin music sales. The Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) serves as the voice and advocate of the American motion picture, home video and television industries from its offices in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. On its board of directors are the Chairmen and Presidents of the seven major producers and distributors of motion picture and television programs in the United States. These members include: Walt Disney Company; Sony Pictures Entertainment, Inc.; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc.; Paramount Pictures Corporation; Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp.;Universal Studios, Inc.; and Warner Bros. Redacted Version of Summary Judgment Motion
Ok I'll be the first to say that I don't know anything about iBooks. But if it is straight pin A to socket A on USB, you could just hack off the connectors and solder it down real good. Yes google would be good with this but I'm at work now and can't justify more time on the net.
I have to admint that this is very nice. Some ideas on improvement. First on the velcro, plastic welding. Obviously once you get this finished od the welding. Hopefully it wouldn't completly trash everything. Second and previously mentioned the ugly USB cable. Yes soldering it to the MB would work. That should take care of that. Third, a paint job to get rid of those unsightly plazstic welds and make it less obvious on what you did. Totally useless but it would make it quasi-professional looking. Keep up the good work.
This gets a big ditto. This was the best first year programming assignment that I recieved. Fun, fun, fun, fun, fun. Many a short night over this one. And you get something really cool to look at once you are done, if you do it right :)
Working at an Academic library I must say that this is very true. About half of the items that I see (being the cataloguer I see all of them) come in are from B&N, amazon, and other books sellers online. And if the item is more than a few years old or an esoteric (sp?) most of these are used. It has made the acquisitions department very happy these sites. And the directors too. Much more bang for thier ever shrinking buck.
Hate to say it dude-mar, saw a DVD/VHS unit in the ole wally-world yesterday. Not sure on the specs, or who made it, but for about $200 you could buy it.
I have to jump in on this being that this is my current profession. More than likely a custom made approach would work best here (Ofcourse GPL/BSDL the work). Try a *SQL database, with apache for the web (like you said). Use perl and cgi scripts to access and create your catalogue. Take a look at Endeavor . They are what alot of libraries use. It would be hard, not going to pull punches here, but it would garuntee contract work for life. Good luck with this and I know I'd like to keep up with how this pans out.
ok links Thank you Google!
Ok, I must first say that I am not in the military but I've had my fair share of MRE's. Best friend in the Army that's why I got them, he thinks they taste like shit. He lives on Copenhagen, Red Man and Mt. Dew in the field. I'm actually looking forward to these. I camp alot and these thing would be great for avid hikers/campers that want to eat on the go and don't want to spend $5 a pop for some high energy bar. Not to mention these would also be good for humanatarian missions where we (USA) drops in food rations to the locals. Just my $.02(non refundable) on this one.
I was specifically speaking about if the maching in question with the spyware is a *inx, or *BSD machine, for the reference to ipchains, etc. But you have an excellent point. Sending spyware data out over https/443 would be the way to go. Thinking about it even further they could use any high numbered port that isn't reserved, or if this is a windows world grab a low numbered port on boot, and send data over this encrypted and the server that the spys are listening on decrypt there. This would be an waste of CPU cycles but if you are writing sypware you really don't care about who's cycles you are wasting, as long as they aren't yours.
jayers has and excellent point here. I'm running zonealarm . One of the free personal editions, and it has worked wonders on letting me know who is trying to get out of my system. And we'll just say that this is a good thing(tm). I sure don't want MS to know what I really use media player for :). Also you could set up ipchains or whatever the *BSD variant is, it slips my mind at the moment, and only allow through what you allow through, and most of everything that tries to connect over no standard port will be stoped. If you set it up that way.
I did a quick search and didn't find this listed anywhere but hey I'll put it out there anyways Cryptome has what appears to be the text of the legislation that was submitted.
First I have to say "where is the hole for your ear buds?" Second it looks like fucking pleathor. I'd go for one that is simple black leather with a belt clip. Slip it in with an open top. Nice functional and to the point. But hell, I don't work for Dior so mine would cost a whole lot less.
No seriously. Will universites be taxed now for software research? Or will they tax the individual writers of the code? I'm sure that will go over well with them. Maybe some of the Universities/Colleges in the area should look into this as well. If their weight is behind it there should be no way in hell this will pass.
incase of /. effect
Zdnet . And this one is a little, emphsis on a little, bit more techincal. Cause cnet is for the mindless sometimes.
I'll be damned it did work with mine to. I guess they used something other than IE6. Oh well. Still sucks for them if they have to use it.
Love the ~doesn't work with MS Internet Explorer~ part. Atleast one college kid has it right!
try slashcode!
You could in theory document how to completely create the execl FILES. Even build a extremely basic template for the file and sell that to individal bingo halls. Write the documentation in a plain text file with no formatting. I'd like to see them claim a plain text file is "software." Of course you couldn't sell it for near as much but you also could package your services to install the template and customize it for a specific hall. Just a thought there.
So does this mean that they will be using old code for the security. Because if they do it will be a sure fire cluster fuck on M$'s part.
I forgot to mention that mine are not the gold plated ones and they appear to work fine. Like I said earlier I had to go with the cheaper cableing so I could get the 4 port model.
OK so that may have been a bit confusing. I bought 3 seperate cables, 1 VGA 2xPS/2. Then used cable ties to bundle them. (This was when I was in college and dirt poor so I couldn't afford the nice 3 cables molded into one). I'd reccomend actually the more that I think about it the 3 bundle method b/c if one blows then you only have to replace one cable (PS/2 or VGA) instead of a more expensive 3 cable in one job.
M