Well, I'm not sure I'd call Amazon or Yahoo a "small store," but that wasn't the point of my post. I was talking about brick and mortar stores, not online ones. There are very few successful mom and pop stores around where I live. Maybe I'm just in an area different from most.
Sounds good to me. Then maybe the judge will believe me that I really didn't go through that red light, and that the cop was lying. Then maybe I can charge my state senators with speeding, which we all know they do just as much as I do. I may have something to hide, but I don't have anything more to hide than anyone else.
But no, I'd much rather have racist cops on every corner than cameras. I'd much rather have webcams that only corrupt politicians can view.
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." - Abraham Lincoln
Then maybe you can compete with stores on the web. I'd gladly shop at a mom and pop B&M if they had even slightly higher prices than stores on the web. But they never do.
The days of sitting back and watching profits pour in by setting your prices way to high and expecting people won't notice... Well, they're still here, but they belong to the megacorps, not the mom and pop shops.
And the fact that you and others don't see why this is a sad statement, is the reason the US is the way it is.
Why don't you explain it to us stupid Americans? The purpose of the law is to get people to do something they wouldn't ordinarily do. That's true in the United States or in any other country.
They're allowed to call you once. Then, when you tell them you have a cell phone and don't want to receive any more calls, they can't call you any more. Of course, you can do this with a land-line, but then you're just going to show up on a new list a day or two later. With cell phones, only the small number of people you have an existing business relationship with can call once.
In practice I've gotten two calls, from credit card companies, in the 3 years I've had my phone. Of course I've gotten two bank accounts rejected because they wouldn't accept a cell phone without a copy of my bill, and wouldn't accept a copy I printed myself (since I receive electronic-only bills).
Well, if you're going to use that argument, then they still didn't land in the U.S. every other time, since before the shuttle they didn't land at all.
"For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable."
Would the signing script be considered a script used to control compilation?
I've done a thorough check of google sites, and I've found that the average period of unemployment was 2.2 months, at which time the person started MAKING MONEY FAST with the brand new techniques he learned through a unique program he was able to find over the internet.
If this guy isn't hurting you, why do you care what he's doing? Are you concerned about the suckers buying the product? They're just going to waste their money on some other product. Are you concerned about lost sales? If you're concerned about lost sales, sue him. Is it a fame thing? Sue him and use the money to advertise yourself.
Otherwise, if he's not hurting you, and you don't care about the money, why not just ignore it?
Except in the sunniest areas with relatively low population density, solar power isn't going to cut it. So power distribution is the key, whether it's by wires (electricity), pipes (gas), trucks (oil, hydrogen, batteries), or the air (microwaves?).
Your "small clean power generators" idea requires fuel, and that fuel has to be distributed somehow. It seems to me that dedicated wires or pipes is bound to be more efficient than a fleet of trucks.
Sure, cause for people in your situation, corporations pay a lot more in taxes. You should really talk to a tax professional before setting up the corporation. A one-person software company is probably going to be considered a personal service corporation, unless you go as an S-corp, in which case it's exactly the same as not being a corporation in the first place.
"Subject to sections 107 through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:"
"(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;"
''Copies'' are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''copies'' includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed.
(a) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 106(3), the owner of a particular copy or phonorecord lawfully made under this title, or any person authorized by such owner, is entitled, without the authority of the copyright owner, to sell or otherwise dispose of the possession of that copy or phonorecord.
(b)(1)(A) Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a), unless authorized by the owners of copyright in the sound recording or the owner of copyright in a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), and in the case of a sound recording in the musical works embodied therein, neither the owner of a particular phonorecord nor any person in possession of a particular copy of a computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program), may, for the purposes of direct or indirect commercial advantage, dispose of, or authorize the disposal of, the possession of that phonorecord or computer program (including any tape, disk, or other medium embodying such program) by rental, lease, or lending, or by any other act or practice in the nature of rental, lease, or lending. Nothing in the preceding sentence shall apply to the rental, lease, or lending of a phonorecord for nonprofit purposes by a nonprofit library or nonprofit educational institution. The transfer of possession of a lawfully made copy of a computer program by a nonprofit educational institution to another nonprofit educational institution or to faculty, staff, and students does not constitute rental, lease, or lending for direct or indirect commercial purposes under this subsection.
(B) This subsection does not apply to -
(i) a computer program which is embodied in a machine or product and which cannot be copied during the ordinary operation or use of the machine or product; or
(ii) a computer program embodied in or used in conjunction with a limited purpose computer that is designed for playing video games and may be designed for other purposes.
In other words, you may not lend software without permission of the copyright owner, unless you are a nonprofit library or educational institution, the software is a video game for a video game system, or the software is embedded into the machine itself. I assume we weren't talking about GPLed X-Box games, right? HAND.
The law doesn't say that you can't distributes copies which you have made yourself. It says you can't distribute copies.
Look, if you were just being a literalist for the sake of your own amusement, you could have just said so.
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Copies'' are material objects, other than phonorecords, in which a work is fixed by any method now known or later developed, and from which the work can be perceived, reproduced, or otherwise communicated, either directly or with the aid of a machine or device. The term ''copies'' includes the material object, other than a phonorecord, in which the work is first fixed."
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Well, I'm not sure I'd call Amazon or Yahoo a "small store," but that wasn't the point of my post. I was talking about brick and mortar stores, not online ones. There are very few successful mom and pop stores around where I live. Maybe I'm just in an area different from most.
Sounds good to me. Then maybe the judge will believe me that I really didn't go through that red light, and that the cop was lying. Then maybe I can charge my state senators with speeding, which we all know they do just as much as I do. I may have something to hide, but I don't have anything more to hide than anyone else.
But no, I'd much rather have racist cops on every corner than cameras. I'd much rather have webcams that only corrupt politicians can view.
"The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly." - Abraham Lincoln
Just make the reward smaller then (and contingent upon) the fines these people pay.
Yeah, cause if you use cameras for one thing, you're just bound to use them for a different thing. Ban all cameras! That's the solution!
Then maybe you can compete with stores on the web. I'd gladly shop at a mom and pop B&M if they had even slightly higher prices than stores on the web. But they never do.
The days of sitting back and watching profits pour in by setting your prices way to high and expecting people won't notice... Well, they're still here, but they belong to the megacorps, not the mom and pop shops.
And the fact that you and others don't see why this is a sad statement, is the reason the US is the way it is.
Why don't you explain it to us stupid Americans? The purpose of the law is to get people to do something they wouldn't ordinarily do. That's true in the United States or in any other country.
I can only START with myself, and once I am comfortable with myself I can try to get other people to change.
And one way to try to get others to change is to sue them.
Seriously, which is worse in this country, the annoying-ass advertisers/marketers or the legal system?
The annoying-ass advertisers/marketers.
If the guy is cold calling people, he doesn't have many scruples, and will get that $500 back somehow.
Nonsense. If the guy can "get that $500 back somehow," he would have gotten it regardless of whether or not he was sued.
We are ALL part of this society, and the only way to change it is by starting with yourself.
OK, now that I've started with myself, let me continue, with others.
If all you can change is yourself, why are you bothering to tell us all about it? Just change yourself.
They're allowed to call you once. Then, when you tell them you have a cell phone and don't want to receive any more calls, they can't call you any more. Of course, you can do this with a land-line, but then you're just going to show up on a new list a day or two later. With cell phones, only the small number of people you have an existing business relationship with can call once.
In practice I've gotten two calls, from credit card companies, in the 3 years I've had my phone. Of course I've gotten two bank accounts rejected because they wouldn't accept a cell phone without a copy of my bill, and wouldn't accept a copy I printed myself (since I receive electronic-only bills).
I imagine people who do this full time wouldn't be pleased when people, such as me, play stupid games to keep them on the phone.
You mean stupid games like telling me something's free and then asking for my credit card number?
Well, if you're going to use that argument, then they still didn't land in the U.S. every other time, since before the shuttle they didn't land at all.
"For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of the executable."
Would the signing script be considered a script used to control compilation?
Hey, why won't it let me post this anonymously?
No one cares about the right to privacy of cab drivers.
I've done a thorough check of google sites, and I've found that the average period of unemployment was 2.2 months, at which time the person started MAKING MONEY FAST with the brand new techniques he learned through a unique program he was able to find over the internet.
If this guy isn't hurting you, why do you care what he's doing? Are you concerned about the suckers buying the product? They're just going to waste their money on some other product. Are you concerned about lost sales? If you're concerned about lost sales, sue him. Is it a fame thing? Sue him and use the money to advertise yourself.
Otherwise, if he's not hurting you, and you don't care about the money, why not just ignore it?
Except in the sunniest areas with relatively low population density, solar power isn't going to cut it. So power distribution is the key, whether it's by wires (electricity), pipes (gas), trucks (oil, hydrogen, batteries), or the air (microwaves?).
Your "small clean power generators" idea requires fuel, and that fuel has to be distributed somehow. It seems to me that dedicated wires or pipes is bound to be more efficient than a fleet of trucks.
C'mon, Sim City has had this for years...
What does that have to do with anything?
Sure, cause for people in your situation, corporations pay a lot more in taxes. You should really talk to a tax professional before setting up the corporation. A one-person software company is probably going to be considered a personal service corporation, unless you go as an S-corp, in which case it's exactly the same as not being a corporation in the first place.
That's still not "however you like."
I see, is that what you were trying to say this whole time?
See my other post. I went through it nice and slowly for the reading impaired such as yourself.
Let me go through it for you nice and slowly, because you seem to have trouble reading it yourself.
Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 106:
"Subject to sections 107 through 121, the owner of copyright under this title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:"
"(3) to distribute copies or phonorecords of the copyrighted work to the public by sale or other transfer of ownership, or by rental, lease, or lending;"
Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 101:
Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 109:
In other words, you may not lend software without permission of the copyright owner, unless you are a nonprofit library or educational institution, the software is a video game for a video game system, or the software is embedded into the machine itself. I assume we weren't talking about GPLed X-Box games, right? HAND.
Bottom line is that copyright law says you cannot lend software. You can attack me personally however you want, but that is what the law says.
The law doesn't say that you can't distributes copies which you have made yourself. It says you can't distribute copies.
Look, if you were just being a literalist for the sake of your own amusement, you could have just said so.
HAND.