AFAIK, everyone can be considered a copyright holder, just by posting here, writing out a grocery list, writing in a journal, humming a random tune, doodling on a napkin.
If you were to put all the crap you make on a webpage like :www.mysecretpage.com/supersecreturl/DMCAviolato rs/cantreverseenginner.htm you could basically assume that some one had 'broken your security' and start searching p2p networks for anything called: index.html, picture.gif, song.mp3, ect.
Then D0S everyone you see. They all *could* have your files.
Yes, this is stupid. But that's what they want. Of course, it will be changed to 'Real' copyright owners (read XXAA) and exclude you, but hey, thats how Corporate Congress works.
The BBC bought 3-5 Mellotrons back in the day to use for sound effects for Dr. Who. Mellotrons are one of the first 'Samplers'; they used magnetic tape loop to store about 6-8 seconds of sound *for each key*. Each key had a rotating group of three of these tapes. You could change the sound my moving a knob, which would rotate the carriers and load new tapes. You can hear a Mellotron (sometimes known as a Chamberlain) on the Beatles 'Strawberry Fields Forever' song - its the flute sound playing in the beginning.
You might want to call or email this guy and let him know what you think, since by the link in the parent post, he's the one in charge of letting all these dumbasses patent their 'lawsuits':
a predator. Sure there is war and famine, but nothing would thin the herd like a Aliens type predator. Just think! No more lazy good-for-nothings! No more excess! The gene pool would be strong again, and the weak would be killed and used against us.
I guess I don't see how the industry can *stay* in business with such 'overhead'. Sure, charge what the market will bear, but the market isn't bearing it anymore. The record industry is no longer about records, it's about marketing.
I don't have anything against a business defending its income, but when it tries to regulate/legislate my life to make a profit - that's where I draw the line.
Just because the RIAA has honest to gosh people working for them means nothing to me. Any business has people. Not all of them are trying to screw me.
The fact she's been around long enough to win 9 Grammys AND afford to continue to write, record, and play means that she obviously has SOME business sense.
Why does she need to have a label to be taken seriously? It doesn't take an idiot to get screwed in the biz. The odds are so stacked in the industry's favor that you might as well be a farmer. She has managed to stay alive in a business that eats artists for lunch, and craps 'content' or product or whatever the flavor of the week is.
BTW... The Stones, Bowie, and McCartney are all examples of musicians who are excellent businessmen. I think they may have won a talent show award or something, too.
Minnesota (where I live) has a population of roughly 5 mil. What are they doing with the waste products of 40 million people? Burning? Ocean Dumping? Recycling?? MN has problems with pollution, and nowhere near 40 Million.
That's just too damn many people. Apparently, they can make those 40 dollar items by brute force. Hell, they could make diamonds by having everyone pile on a piece of coal.
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This might be more Believable from RMS if he actually used any modern media that this DRM ssytem want sto mange such as mp3 files, pdf files, and etc bvut we all know that RMS uses nothing commercial..
Thus it kind of kills RMS arguemnt on any grounds..
Let me paraphrase.
Since I'm not black, means I have no reason to be against slavery.
I'm not female, so I shouldn't care about pro-choice/life issues.
I think I've found a couple...Trusted:
Left-out Milk
Serial Killer
Steve Balmer's anti-persperant
Outlook Attachment
Full-Bladdered Dog
panhandlers
monopoly
little Brother/Sister
Moderation
Romulans
Slashdot the Grammar
Slahsdot Slpeeling
Slashdot Obituaries
Blind barbers
Stoned roommate & leftover pizza
Kazaa downloads
Fox news
Shadow Government
One calorie soda
Lite Beer
Heroin Junkie & nice sterio
Microsoft's User Testimonials
EULAs
Politicians
8 track Tapes
clean underwear
Transvestites
& blood transfusions in Hati.
Oh, I forgot Print Shop Gold, 3d Home Designer, Oregon Trail 3 and Destrution Derby.
I notice you didn't mention Adobe.
Seriously, if linux ran Photoshop, InDesign, ect. there'd be a hell of a lot more linux users. Which equals more drivers, more support, more usabillity, more eyes on code(bugfixes) and basically more software in general. Which equals better linux.
I could give a rat's ass, myself. What I have works. When I need to change (licencing, *forced upgrade*, end of support, blahblahblah) I will.
Until then ACs can offer these insightful comments, and linux will remain second bannana to Windows, OS X and whatever else that is usable to creative professionals. See Windows and OS X for color management, support for professional audio, and point-and-shoot printing.
Next was the license agreement. It was one of those (quickly-becoming typical) EULAS that mention the GPL stuff and then the proprietary stuff. Interesting about this license: There was no license to read BEFORE I opened the box, no shrink wrap or seal on the package, and yet the final paragraph of the EULA states that if I don't agree with the license and haven't broken the seal on the software I can return it for a refund. Oops! Too late. Of course, this is a review copy -- perhaps yours will be shrink-wrapped with a copy of the agreement on the outside.
Sure the Mac OS theme is intriguing, but I can get my mac jollies out using Basillisk. And 99 bucks for what? Lindows with a different name? Let me download it, and we'll see. Frankly, I'm happy with my win98. When I can run Adobe software, Acid & Soundforge on linux, I'll switch. Until then, OpenBeos gets my vote for 'alternative OS'.
Here is the link to the FAQ on Google's Toolbar which works on the folding@home problem. I guess this is old news, but I woke up the other day to find a new button on the toolbar. Clicking on that let me turn it on or leave it alone. Apparently, it is not on everyone's pc (my puter upstairs did not get the 'new!' button)
Later, when folding@home has folded, the distributed power of the toolbar may be used to make a 'Super-Google' of sorts. (is that a pun?)
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Don't drink the water, they said. Sure, whatever, I said.
I drank the water.
Too much acid! Don't take the brown acid! Ahhhhhh! Save us Ellen Feiss save us!
If you were to put all the crap you make on a webpage likeo rs/cantreverseenginner.htm
:www.mysecretpage.com/supersecreturl/DMCAviolat
you could basically assume that some one had 'broken your security' and start searching p2p networks for anything called: index.html, picture.gif, song.mp3, ect.
Then D0S everyone you see. They all *could* have your files.
Yes, this is stupid. But that's what they want. Of course, it will be changed to 'Real' copyright owners (read XXAA) and exclude you, but hey, thats how Corporate Congress works.
OT as hell, but interesting nontheless.
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Best sig ever - lol!
I have to use a super-mega-ultra-fine tipped Sharpie.
Can you see my house from there?
Obese Slashdotters Use 83% Of Earth's Surface.
Just like nature intended.
Sally Struthers is responsible just for that!
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Can I photocopy the paper to make my own?
I don't have anything against a business defending its income, but when it tries to regulate/legislate my life to make a profit - that's where I draw the line.
Just because the RIAA has honest to gosh people working for them means nothing to me. Any business has people. Not all of them are trying to screw me.
Janis Ian's solution.
Now, they are just plain bastards, for sure.
Why does she need to have a label to be taken seriously? It doesn't take an idiot to get screwed in the biz. The odds are so stacked in the industry's favor that you might as well be a farmer. She has managed to stay alive in a business that eats artists for lunch, and craps 'content' or product or whatever the flavor of the week is.
BTW... The Stones, Bowie, and McCartney are all examples of musicians who are excellent businessmen. I think they may have won a talent show award or something, too.
That's just too damn many people. Apparently, they can make those 40 dollar items by brute force. Hell, they could make diamonds by having everyone pile on a piece of coal.
Study and learning skills. The Study Technology, a breakthrough which eradicates barriers to study and learning, developed by humanitarian and educator L. Ron Hubbard, is utilized to enable the youth to learn any subject. The student is able to overcome the primary barriers to learning. He learns how to learn. Effective communication skills are also part of this procedure.
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Let me paraphrase. Since I'm not black, means I have no reason to be against slavery.
I'm not female, so I shouldn't care about pro-choice/life issues.
I think I got it.
I think I've found a couple...Trusted:
Left-out Milk
Serial Killer
Steve Balmer's anti-persperant
Outlook Attachment
Full-Bladdered Dog
panhandlers
monopoly
little Brother/Sister
Moderation
Romulans
Slashdot the Grammar
Slahsdot Slpeeling
Slashdot Obituaries
Blind barbers
Stoned roommate & leftover pizza
Kazaa downloads
Fox news
Shadow Government
One calorie soda
Lite Beer
Heroin Junkie & nice sterio
Microsoft's User Testimonials
EULAs
Politicians
8 track Tapes
clean underwear
Transvestites
& blood transfusions in Hati.
Thanks, I'll be here all week.
I notice you didn't mention Adobe.
Seriously, if linux ran Photoshop, InDesign, ect. there'd be a hell of a lot more linux users. Which equals more drivers, more support, more usabillity, more eyes on code(bugfixes) and basically more software in general. Which equals better linux.
I could give a rat's ass, myself. What I have works. When I need to change (licencing, *forced upgrade*, end of support, blahblahblah) I will.
Until then ACs can offer these insightful comments, and linux will remain second bannana to Windows, OS X and whatever else that is usable to creative professionals. See Windows and OS X for color management, support for professional audio, and point-and-shoot printing.
What a predicament, indeed.
Next was the license agreement. It was one of those (quickly-becoming typical) EULAS that mention the GPL stuff and then the proprietary stuff. Interesting about this license: There was no license to read BEFORE I opened the box, no shrink wrap or seal on the package, and yet the final paragraph of the EULA states that if I don't agree with the license and haven't broken the seal on the software I can return it for a refund. Oops! Too late. Of course, this is a review copy -- perhaps yours will be shrink-wrapped with a copy of the agreement on the outside.
Sure the Mac OS theme is intriguing, but I can get my mac jollies out using Basillisk. And 99 bucks for what? Lindows with a different name? Let me download it, and we'll see. Frankly, I'm happy with my win98. When I can run Adobe software, Acid & Soundforge on linux, I'll switch. Until then, OpenBeos gets my vote for 'alternative OS'.
Later, when folding@home has folded, the distributed power of the toolbar may be used to make a 'Super-Google' of sorts. (is that a pun?)