if this law is passed, the RIAA and MPAA will no longer go out of business. However their business will change, how you ask? Well large companies could pay the RIAA and MPAA to DOS people for them and claim, legally, that these people have copyrighted content. In other words the RIAA and MPAA will become corporations that do DOS attacks for money(all of this is discreet of course). This law will only help prove the(already proven) fact that big businesses are indeed above the law in the United States(unfortunately). Of course I don't think that there is a chance in hell this could ever get passed, but the odds are certaintly better than they should be.
It sounds like he was also selling pirated games. I wonder if they would ever have cracked down on him if all he had done was sell and install mod chips. The article seems to downplay the fact that he was selling pirated games as well.
I would have to agree with you that selling pirated games are illegal and he should be prosectued for it. However, the article is very vague as to the details of his guilty plea, and it is not clear if the actual charge of modifying a playstation is illegal or not. They only mention the following:
Robert Garby, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of copyright infringement and four counts of selling unauthorized computer equipment.
Now could that bolded text be referring to a modchip, or not? That, is the question.
I wonder if the outcome of this will be anything like what Fraunhofer(sp?) did with the mp3 codec?(And the subsequent development of an open standard, ogg vorbis)
Well if your only going to serve static content then I don't see what good enabling remote access services would do in the first place...in other words you would need physical access to the machine to actually do anything.
SSH Secure Shell for Windows Servers provides strong Secure Shell version 2 connectivity, encryption and authentication for servers running Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP.
Acclaim already backed down from the proposal as mentioned in this article.(Near the end)
The campaign was halted, according to the spokesman, when death struck the royal household.
gIt became inappropriate after the death of the Queen Mother,h he says. So, at least for the time being, we can all rest in peace.
How is _alienating_ viewers going to make more people watch? Maybe they should take a lesson from RIAA and actually care about their customers...hey, wait a sec...
I doubt they'll really care too much about Linux OpenGL (for now) because quite honestly it's not necessary to attack it on that front. That would be a little too obviously vindictive, even for Microsoft. I think the more likely conclusion is that they'll use it to leverage their stranglehold on the DirectX/Windows combo to make it not only the standard, but the only option. Once gaming on Windows is restricted to DirectX, then OpenGL will survive solely on Linux (if it survives at all).
I have to agree on this one, I bet their master plan is to make it so only DirectX can be used(as with Microsoft certified video drivers) so then games could be ported to xbox without any code modification{or vice-versa, xbox->PC}.
The music/movie industry executives actually believe that a lot of money is being lost, Bill Gates continues to seek more control over everything and aspect of your life. All it's about is greed and control. I think we are really looking at a major problem in society that has never been fully realised as it should be. Greed and the lust for Absolute Power are still very real things.
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Aha! so his legislating against copy protection to PROTECT the industry. Dammit when are we gonna get some politians who are on our side?
Well the truth is, large corporations do basically run everything, therefore the legislation has a much higher chance of success if he can convince people it is good for the corporations (When in fact, it is probably better for the people).
They are separate products, you know. One can be discontinued without the other.
Perhaps they are separate products in regards to how they are sold but with a little hacking one can keep any version of 2k updated so long as the server edition is supported.
There are commericial Japanese IME packages for linux that are supposed to be better then the free ones for serious usage. The ones I know of are: Atok X,Wnn7, and VJE-Delta. I have never actually used any of these however so I can't comment personally on them but they are supposed to be much better(then the free alternatives). Now considering that Linux is used much more widely in China and is supported by the government there, I would think there are some fairly competetive input systems available
First you must understand that under no conditions will users read the manual. Ever. Save yourself the cost and don't even bother printing one.
What's sad about that statement is that there are some(many) companies that are actually not printing manuals. And only offering versions on cd or online...and I think there are some people who read the manual and prefer it printed(myself included).
Most boards I have seen recently have a temperature warning setting in the BIOS that will automatically shut off the pc if it gets too hot, my board(KT7-RAID) also has a setting to not function if no fan is connected/if the fan dies. Of course this won't save you from all fire hazards, but it will lower the chances of anything happening.
Large P2P networks have people from all over the world, how would the US look if it was the only country to pass a law like this and ruin the p2p networks for the rest of the world?
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if this law is passed, the RIAA and MPAA will no longer go out of business. However their business will change, how you ask? Well large companies could pay the RIAA and MPAA to DOS people for them and claim, legally, that these people have copyrighted content. In other words the RIAA and MPAA will become corporations that do DOS attacks for money(all of this is discreet of course). This law will only help prove the(already proven) fact that big businesses are indeed above the law in the United States(unfortunately). Of course I don't think that there is a chance in hell this could ever get passed, but the odds are certaintly better than they should be.
I would have to agree with you that selling pirated games are illegal and he should be prosectued for it. However, the article is very vague as to the details of his guilty plea, and it is not clear if the actual charge of modifying a playstation is illegal or not. They only mention the following:
Robert Garby, 38, pleaded guilty to two counts of copyright infringement and four counts of selling unauthorized computer equipment.
Now could that bolded text be referring to a modchip, or not? That, is the question.
I wonder if the outcome of this will be anything like what Fraunhofer(sp?) did with the mp3 codec?(And the subsequent development of an open standard, ogg vorbis)
We all know microsoft's motto, don't even go approaching .NET at all unless you plan on using only microsoft products.
Well if your only going to serve static content then I don't see what good enabling remote access services would do in the first place...in other words you would need physical access to the machine to actually do anything.
The real question is: Who do you trust more, the chinese government or microsoft?
According the the link provided:
SSH Secure Shell for Windows Servers provides strong Secure Shell version 2 connectivity, encryption and authentication for servers running Windows NT 4.0, 2000 and XP.
Why can't you just use the already provided NSA guidelines to secure your windows machine.
I wonder if this well help spread the use of PNG compression, and maybe get internet explorer to support it correctly too.
The campaign was halted, according to the spokesman, when death struck the royal household. gIt became inappropriate after the death of the Queen Mother,h he says. So, at least for the time being, we can all rest in peace.
How is _alienating_ viewers going to make more people watch? Maybe they should take a lesson from RIAA and actually care about their customers...hey, wait a sec...
What if I record something off TV and post it on the internet yet still get bitched at by the MPAA, where do my legal rights stand?
So for something like Windows 2000 is that a long time?
I doubt they'll really care too much about Linux OpenGL (for now) because quite honestly it's not necessary to attack it on that front. That would be a little too obviously vindictive, even for Microsoft. I think the more likely conclusion is that they'll use it to leverage their stranglehold on the DirectX/Windows combo to make it not only the standard, but the only option. Once gaming on Windows is restricted to DirectX, then OpenGL will survive solely on Linux (if it survives at all). I have to agree on this one, I bet their master plan is to make it so only DirectX can be used(as with Microsoft certified video drivers) so then games could be ported to xbox without any code modification{or vice-versa, xbox->PC}.
Lord Acton, in a letter to Bishop Mandell Creighton, 1887. "Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely."
Well the truth is, large corporations do basically run everything, therefore the legislation has a much higher chance of success if he can convince people it is good for the corporations (When in fact, it is probably better for the people).
Perhaps they are separate products in regards to how they are sold but with a little hacking one can keep any version of 2k updated so long as the server edition is supported.
It is already legal to record anything shown on TV for personal use so I don't see how this extra 'bit flag' could become a reality...
There are commericial Japanese IME packages for linux that are supposed to be better then the free ones for serious usage. The ones I know of are: Atok X,Wnn7, and VJE-Delta. I have never actually used any of these however so I can't comment personally on them but they are supposed to be much better(then the free alternatives). Now considering that Linux is used much more widely in China and is supported by the government there, I would think there are some fairly competetive input systems available
What's sad about that statement is that there are some(many) companies that are actually not printing manuals. And only offering versions on cd or online...and I think there are some people who read the manual and prefer it printed(myself included).
However, putting images that are hosted on someone elses server without permission on your site I could see as being wrong...
I would assume they are talking about places like China where censorship of groups like Falun Gong(sp?) is common practice.
Most boards I have seen recently have a temperature warning setting in the BIOS that will automatically shut off the pc if it gets too hot, my board(KT7-RAID) also has a setting to not function if no fan is connected/if the fan dies. Of course this won't save you from all fire hazards, but it will lower the chances of anything happening.
as with most internet things these days, you're best bet is just staying away from countries that have strict laws on these things.
Large P2P networks have people from all over the world, how would the US look if it was the only country to pass a law like this and ruin the p2p networks for the rest of the world?