Yep--Google's complying with the law, and giving the "rights" holder the finger by providing a copy of the C&D letter that contains more than enough information to find the "content" on a P2P network.
I feel that JA should not be involved with a class that teaches incorrect values where Copyright law is concerned. The RIAA and the MPAA would have you believe that using any copyrighted material on an "unapproved" system or in an "unapproved" format is illegal. It's not. JA would be better off choosing to teach children about "fair use" than the twisted interpretation of Copyright that the media corporations would have you believe.
Nice to see the Junior Achievement, of which I had fond memories, acting as a shill for the copyright cartel. Are non-profits really that desperate for money now?
All those alternatives are often blocked by firewalls. One of AIM's "features" is firewall circumvention--and once that's done, it's nice to be able to use the link to transfer files and all that.
Don't you see? All the taxes paid by the sudden increase in revenue that will result when everyone currently using Warez buys the $1,000 copies of Photoshop, $500 MS Office, and five/six figure 3D design systems will make this sweep pay for itself, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and still have plenty of money left over to root out and hunt down consumers of porn!
That would be useful on an individual basis, but I can't envision a way that certificates could be used at an SMTP server level to decided to accept or reject email in the absence of some kind of centralized authority. And I'd rather deal with spam with other tools (stopping the flow of money by denying merchant accounts to companies who advertise with spam, for example) than to do something that would inevitable result in "postage" for email.
PKI? You're kidding, right? I am most decidedly not interested in paying a tithe (either directly, or via my ISP) to RSA, Verisign, Microsoft, or whoever the root CA would be in order to send email. I doubt too many other people are, either.
By tying regulation of spam to the content, government is establishing a back door (no pun intended) that could be used to regulate other online speech. The mortgage spams are just as bad as the bestiality ones, and should be persued with the same vigor without regard for content.
The message below answers the question in the affirmative, with lots of PR-flowery wiggle language.
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Assuming an average of 10 songs per CD, that's an average of 250,000 CDs per week. They need to add that into their figures and republish, or have the EFF do it for them.
That's because GCHQ takes care of spying on the Americans for the NSA, and the NSA takes care of spying on the Britons for the GCHQ. That way, no laws are broken.
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in other countries some Excel features are disabled to comply with weird rules, so your XLS files won't open in those countries if they used the forbidden features...
I (and I imagine, others) would be intersted in some examples of functions that fall into that category.
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Cut him a break. He's posting from his TI calculator, and it can't display very many columns of text at once.
Note that they used the word "allow," not the word "require."
Thanks :).
But that would make a lousy filename in just about any operating system :).
The iPod contains the encryption keys when the DRMd files are copied to it with iTunes.
I doubt that'd fly. But I'm sure it's been tried. And to whoever modded me down--bring it on. I have plenty of karma.
Yep--Google's complying with the law, and giving the "rights" holder the finger by providing a copy of the C&D letter that contains more than enough information to find the "content" on a P2P network.
I feel that JA should not be involved with a class that teaches incorrect values where Copyright law is concerned. The RIAA and the MPAA would have you believe that using any copyrighted material on an "unapproved" system or in an "unapproved" format is illegal. It's not. JA would be better off choosing to teach children about "fair use" than the twisted interpretation of Copyright that the media corporations would have you believe.
Nice to see the Junior Achievement, of which I had fond memories, acting as a shill for the copyright cartel. Are non-profits really that desperate for money now?
Or just use an OS that doesn't attract worms, viruses, and spyware applications that call home. Tough decision, that is.
All those alternatives are often blocked by firewalls. One of AIM's "features" is firewall circumvention--and once that's done, it's nice to be able to use the link to transfer files and all that.
Try it again--and leave it running for awhile. You might find yourself surprised.
Don't you see? All the taxes paid by the sudden increase in revenue that will result when everyone currently using Warez buys the $1,000 copies of Photoshop, $500 MS Office, and five/six figure 3D design systems will make this sweep pay for itself, clothe the naked, feed the hungry, and still have plenty of money left over to root out and hunt down consumers of porn!
Bullshit. You can call it theft, but it's not. And the idea that someone deserves jail time for copyright infringement is just insane.
That would be useful on an individual basis, but I can't envision a way that certificates could be used at an SMTP server level to decided to accept or reject email in the absence of some kind of centralized authority. And I'd rather deal with spam with other tools (stopping the flow of money by denying merchant accounts to companies who advertise with spam, for example) than to do something that would inevitable result in "postage" for email.
PKI? You're kidding, right? I am most decidedly not interested in paying a tithe (either directly, or via my ISP) to RSA, Verisign, Microsoft, or whoever the root CA would be in order to send email. I doubt too many other people are, either.
Cough, Cisco.
By tying regulation of spam to the content, government is establishing a back door (no pun intended) that could be used to regulate other online speech. The mortgage spams are just as bad as the bestiality ones, and should be persued with the same vigor without regard for content.
The message below answers the question in the affirmative, with lots of PR-flowery wiggle language.
Hello
Thanks for your inquiry.
SBC Communications employs nearly 170,000 people across our 13
states. We're proud to be a major employer in many of the areas in
which we operate. We're proud of our longstanding cooperative
relationship with the unions that represent a majority of our
employees. And we're proud to play a role as a leading corporate
citizen in the communities in which we live and work.
In this very competitive time for the telecommunications industry,
we're taking whatever steps we can to contain costs.
Like many large employers, we outsource some of our work in order to
best serve our customers and our shareholders and to maintain the
company's ongoing viability. In some cases our suppliers place this
work in other countries. Ultimately, this process allows us to
remain competitive, continue to provide our customers quality
service, and still protect our existing employee base.
Your SBC Online Service Representative
Hours of operation: 8 am to 5 pm CST Monday-Friday
Whoops--mean to reply to the parent; sorry.
Per week. Times the number of weeks iTunes have been in existence.
Assuming an average of 10 songs per CD, that's an average of 250,000 CDs per week. They need to add that into their figures and republish, or have the EFF do it for them.
That's because GCHQ takes care of spying on the Americans for the NSA, and the NSA takes care of spying on the Britons for the GCHQ. That way, no laws are broken.
Send via SBC's web form: I read the following comment on a weblog. As a technical worker, an American, and an SBC customer, these charges concern me. Is SBC actively outsourcing SBC jobs and engaging in the duplicity the quoted paragraph below describes? (followed by the text of your comment) I'll note here in the unlikely event I receive a reply
Summed up nicely right here.
I (and I imagine, others) would be intersted in some examples of functions that fall into that category.