Photography is itself a creative process, and the law recognizes this. Whoever clicks the shutter automatically owns the copyright to the image. The only exception is work for hire where the contract specifies some other ownership of the copyright.
In other words, if I picked up your camera with your film in it and took The Greatest Picture Ever, it would legally be mine, not yours.
It's not in the Constitution. It's a fundamental human right, as acknowledged by the Declaration of Independence.
Similarly, the Constitution grants no rights to anyone. It merely acknowledges them, and strictly limits the government's authority to infringe upon them.
Word. Lincoln assraped states' rights like no other President before or since.
Fact: Lincoln's executive order declaring that the Confederate states didn't need readmitted to the Union, because they never seceded, because you can't secede, was completely un-Constitutional. Any individual or group is entitled to exercise their right of self-government and the Confederacy did so. Having never been formally readmitted, the statehood of the Confederate states remains illegitimate. The South is occupied Yankee territory!
"The reason for that seems to be Florida's long history and friendliness with dirty business from real estate speculation to the penny stock scammers."
...not to mention corrupt law enforcement, massive election fraud (1876, 2000, 2004), a large percentage of the nation's collection agencies, corrupt school board officials, Disneyland, you name it. Florida is a festering pot of swill that doesn't deserve to be a state in my Union. (And technically isn't.)
Most manufacturers have settled on the APS-C format, and they're producing shorter focal length lenses to give wide-angle coverage on the smaller sensors. Full-frame sensors are almost certainly going to remain an expensive niche product. Eventually, lenses that can cover a full-frame sensor without vignetting will become expensive niche items as well.
'Course, there's always eBay... I use old M42 lenses on my EOS bodies.:-)
Like software, a SLR camera does not stand on its own; it is part of a system. Considering that the D2X is Nikon's top professional model, it is likely that anyone who would consider buying one already has a large investment in the system. They are locked in just like those poor Windows saps.
The encryption of the white balance information is really pretty trivial; many people who use Photoshop's raw converter set it manually anyway.
What's scary is that if Nikon gets away with this, they might be emboldened and start encrypting more important data. I doubt they have any illusions that their own shitware could ever topple Photoshop from the image editing throne, but they might be thinking about revenue from licensing plugins.
Whoa, Open Source not conducive to protecting IP rights? Well, at least they're finally catching on. Maybe next they'll realize that IP isn't real property - it's a privelege granted for a limited time by the government.
What if they added bits and pieces of DNA to that of other animals, gradually creating a species that is more and more like a T-Rex? Eventually, they would have a creature that could carry a pure T-Rex embryo.
No, we should just give the patent office more resources to do their job properly.
It doesn't make sense to hold the patent office directly accountable, because it's a branch of the government, and (in theory at least) the government is us. If we fine them, we're just taxing ourselves.
There needs to be some sort of penalty for filing fraudulent patent applications like this, and it needs to be something more than financial. Microsoft should be prohibited filing patents for a period of time. Ten years sound reasonable?
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Kodak digital gear blows chunks. Kodak is banking on becoming a litigation company.
In other words, if I picked up your camera with your film in it and took The Greatest Picture Ever, it would legally be mine, not yours.
Consumers pay all corporate taxes and fees anyhow. Might as well make it explicit where their money is going.
The 1927 model 'T' Ford cost $3138.49 in 2005 dollars. Ponder that for a bit.
Stop trying to sound smart.
Is there a RSS feed where I can get this kind of news in a *timely* manner?
The poster looks very amateurish. Are you sure /thoughthieves is not just a msn.co.uk user?
I have a feeling this is a hoax. But it'll make people think...
Since the beginning of time. Just because an oppressive government denies your fundamental human rights doesn't mean they don't exist.
Similarly, the Constitution grants no rights to anyone. It merely acknowledges them, and strictly limits the government's authority to infringe upon them.
Fact: Lincoln's executive order declaring that the Confederate states didn't need readmitted to the Union, because they never seceded, because you can't secede, was completely un-Constitutional. Any individual or group is entitled to exercise their right of self-government and the Confederacy did so. Having never been formally readmitted, the statehood of the Confederate states remains illegitimate. The South is occupied Yankee territory!
Right... and the icon used in the exploit demo is the one in the software installation dialog. Are there other icons this exploit can target?
...not to mention corrupt law enforcement, massive election fraud (1876, 2000, 2004), a large percentage of the nation's collection agencies, corrupt school board officials, Disneyland, you name it. Florida is a festering pot of swill that doesn't deserve to be a state in my Union. (And technically isn't.)
As long as there aren't 25 of them in your front yard... ;-)
FORD = Found On Road Dead. Don't you remember that from grade school? It's been true for at least the last 45 years.
'Course, there's always eBay... I use old M42 lenses on my EOS bodies. :-)
Full-frame sensors are overrated.
The encryption of the white balance information is really pretty trivial; many people who use Photoshop's raw converter set it manually anyway. What's scary is that if Nikon gets away with this, they might be emboldened and start encrypting more important data. I doubt they have any illusions that their own shitware could ever topple Photoshop from the image editing throne, but they might be thinking about revenue from licensing plugins.
AbstinenceOnly.com Everybody link to it and push up its Google rating.
...for DMCA violations and acts of computer terruh. Right?
Quick, somebody put up a goatse mirror with that phrase in it.
Whoa, Open Source not conducive to protecting IP rights? Well, at least they're finally catching on. Maybe next they'll realize that IP isn't real property - it's a privelege granted for a limited time by the government.
What if they added bits and pieces of DNA to that of other animals, gradually creating a species that is more and more like a T-Rex? Eventually, they would have a creature that could carry a pure T-Rex embryo.
It doesn't make sense to hold the patent office directly accountable, because it's a branch of the government, and (in theory at least) the government is us. If we fine them, we're just taxing ourselves.
There needs to be some sort of penalty for filing fraudulent patent applications like this, and it needs to be something more than financial. Microsoft should be prohibited filing patents for a period of time. Ten years sound reasonable?