Why has he violated the DMCA? Doesn't that require that he make, sell, or produce a technology or service that circumvents DRM? In fact, if you read the DMCA (crazy, I know), you'll find:
Section 1201 divides technolgical measures into two categories: measures that prevent unauthorized
access to a copyrighted work and measure that prevent unauthorized copying of a copyrighted work. Making or selling devices or services that are used to circumvent eith category of technological measure is prohibited in certain circumstances described below. As to the circumvention in itself, the provision prohibits circumventing the first category of technological measures, but not the second.
I know this guy thinks he's a hilarious supergenius, but:
you can't copyright silence, so this is moot.
you are allowed to circumvent DRM to copy copyrighted material that you own.
Seriously. I read this article and the comments and not one person has mentioned the quasi-hot "booth babes" at the FFXXXIIXIXIIX Party site. I present:
I hear what you're saying. I kind of got unimpressed with this whole thing a while ago. I remember when PC's went from 33MHz to 66 MHz--a FRIGGING 100% improvement! 1.42GHz from 1.25GHz is less than 14% better. Yawn.
Considering that EA wasn't really that big a deal back in 1991, how much effect did this man really have.
Perhaps you are forgetting something.... ONE ON ONE: DR J VS LARRY BIRD. Still the best sports title of all time (just barely squeaking by Tecmo Bowl and 8-bit NES Ice Hockey with Team 4-Fat-Guys). They also made M.U.L.E., Wasteland, Earl Weaver Baseball, Populous, The Bard's Tale. Just awesome. All this before Hawkins left, so I think he had a pretty big impact.
Is this the same bug that seems to hit Tom Tomorrow's website? At home, browsing with OS X Firefox 1.0, it sometimes it seems the page will be loading fine, then WHAMMO, only the blogad column is left and you can't reload to fix it. It's damn odd. (there's also a weird "wyciwyg://" URI invloved somehow. )
Hey BWJones, this is your forté, right? Isn't there some minimal power below which you can blink faster than the laser can deposit enough energy to damage the retina? I'm having some vague recollections from physics courses.
The story does matter--even if you don't think it does. Especially on quasi-immersive games like FPS. Is anyone still playing Serous Sam? That's the best frigging gameplay ever for an FPS--but now it's remembered for big open spaces and that headless screaming guy--no one's playing it. Marathon has a huge cult following. Have you seen the websites/blogs teasing out Marathon from Halo?Here. Here.Here.
But you are correct when you say the gameplay's important. Marathon was revelatory. I remember the first time I rocket-jumped (by accident--had a shield and survived the blast at my toes--then I realized I could get places!) It had a "third" dimension that made Doom pale in comparison. But, hey, even the guys writing Doom wanted there to be -some- story, hence the whole Hell on Mars thing. Marathon took that to another level--it wasn't a paragraph on the screen--it was a whole back story that we still don't know all of--ironically given out in bits and pieces by in-game paragraphs-on-screens. I remember the first time I saw a Compiler, just interfacing with the terminal--too distracted to notice me. That was disturbing--it gave the bad guys a life outside of KILL TEH URTHMAN!!11
I downloaded Aleph One and the new Eternity module last night. I'm looking forward to heading back in.
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that Google's version number there is 121004, not because they want it read as "one hundred twenty-one thousand and four", but rather as "December 10th, 2004". Don't panic if it rolls back to 011605 next month.
What I think is kind of odd is that CmdrTaco does something a little out-of-the-ordinary by helping host this Cthulu Comic, but doesn't help out hosting any of the Child's Play traffic?
I thought this was a requirement for pretty much any hardware review. I don't believe we should limit this to computer hardware either. My dishwasher currently has 0 fps. I'm looking to upgrade that for sure.
This is from the printer friendly version of the Bill. It's a temp file, so I can't link it directly. It's from the last version of the Bill posted here: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:H.R.239 1: Emphasis mine.
SEC. 212. EXEMPTION FROM INFRINGEMENT FOR SKIPPING AUDIO AND VIDEO CONTENT IN MOTION PICTURES.
(a) Short Title- This section may be cited as the `Family Movie Act of 2004'.
(b) Exemption From Copyright and Trademark Infringement for Skipping of Audio or Video Content of Motion Pictures- Section 110 of title 17, United States Code, is amended--
(1) in paragraph (9), by striking `and' after the semicolon at the end;
(2) in paragraph (10), by striking the period at the end and inserting `; and';
(3) by inserting after paragraph (10) the following:
`(11) the making imperceptible, by or at the direction of a member of a private household, of limited portions of audio or video content of a motion picture, during a performance in or transmitted to that household for private home viewing, from an authorized copy of the motion picture, or the creation or provision of a computer program or other technology that enables such making imperceptible and that is designed and marketed for such use at the direction of a member of a private household, if--
`(A) no fixed copy of the altered version of the motion picture is created by such computer program or other technology; and
`(B) no changes, deletions or additions are made by such computer program or other technology to commercial advertisements, or to network or station promotional announcements, that would otherwise be performed or displayed before, during or after the performance of the motion picture.'; and
(4) by adding at the end the following:
`For purposes of paragraph (11), the term `making imperceptible' does not include the addition of audio or video content that is performed or displayed over or in place of existing content in a motion picture.'.
(c) Exemption From Trademark Infringement- Section 32 of the Trademark Act of 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1114) is amended by adding at the end the following:
`(3)(A) Any person who engages in the conduct described in paragraph (11) of section 110 of title 17, United States Code, and who complies with the requirements set forth in that paragraph is not liable on account of such conduct for a violation of any right under this Act. This subparagraph does not preclude liability of a person for conduct not described in paragraph (11) of section 110 of title 17, United States Code, even if that person also engages in conduct described in paragraph (11) of section 110 of such title.
`(B) A manufacturer, licensee, or licensor of technology that enables the making of limited portions of audio or video content of a motion picture imperceptible as described in subparagraph (A) is not liable on account of such manufacture or license for a violation of any right under this Act, if such manufacturer, licensee, or licensor ensures that the technology provides a clear and conspicuous notice at the beginning of each performance that the performance of the motion picture is altered from the performance intended by the director or copyright holder of the motion picture. The limitations on liability in subparagraphs (A) and (B) shall not apply to a manufacturer, licensee, or licensor of technology that fails to comply with this paragraph.
`(C) The requirement under subparagraph (B) to provide notice shall apply only with respect to technology manufactured after the end of the 180-day period beginning on the date of the enactment of the Family Movie Act of 2004.'.
(d) Definition- In this section, the term `Trademark Act of 1946' means the Act entitled `An Act to provide for the registration and protection of trademarks used in commerce, to carry out the provisions of certain international conventions, and for other purposes', approved July 5, 1946 (15 U.S.C. 1051 et seq.).
I'll make it easy for you. If you live in the US, you can look up your ZIP+4 number at the USPS. You'll need that to find and write your Congressman found over here.
Here's the letter I wrote my rep:
Dear Representative Waxman,
Congratulations on your recent re-election, and thank you for your diligence regarding the disturbing trends coming out of Iraq contracts and their recipients. I wonder if you could turn your attention to another abuse of governmental power: the FCC. In response to a recent lawsuit questioning whether the FCC could regulate HDTV transmissions after their reception in a household, the agency responded with the letter linked here http://scrawford.net/courses/04-1037%20(Amer.Lib.) %20FCC%20Brief.pdf
You could probably find it another way, but that's how I saw it. To be frank, it is appalling. The FCC has decided they have the power to regulate: my television, my computer, my iPod, my cellphone, my telephone, and anything else that falls under this language: "'associated with the overall circuit of messages sent and received' via all interstate radio and wire communication."
With the recent election, it looks like we're going to head in a direction that says the government controls our bodies, can we do anything to keep them from controlling all of our stuff too?
Firefox actually did really well at http://popuptest.com/. In my settings, the only ones that got by were the "dropdown" popup and the "sticky" popup. Let me see, I have Javascript settings at: "Change Images" and "Disable or Replace Contextual Menus" allowed.
Of course, Adblock would stop them by wildcarding images from popuptest.com.
Any in recent history? Did their decisions stand the test of time? Was that their only experience?
Actually, Burger was named Chief Justice by Nixon, and he was never a judge (law professor, though). His Court made some decisions like Roe v. Wade and that Nixon shouldn't be able to keep his tapes. You might have heard of those.
Is there really such a thing in this day and age? That $24k has to go somewhere. Can't we just follow the money? It seems like this is the kind of thing that the feds would be all over. I see one of those huge multinational Interpol busts in about 5 weeks.
What's the deal with "Nipponese"?
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I've read most of your books, and in each of them (I believe) you refer to "Japan" as "Nippon" and "Japanese" as "Nipponese". Is this purely an affectation, or do you seriously walk around around day to day and say, "Dang, those Nipponese cars sure have swell handling." Do people look at you funny when you toss that around? Is it an icebreaker? What's the deal?
I feel like a sheep. Like I'm just being sheparded around told what to like, how to like it, and how long to like it before have my hindquarters slapped over to the next pasture. "You're done enjoying that NFL game. Go watch this now." Everytime a company comes along and says "hey, we're not trying to screw you, do what you want," a thousand other companies come out of the woodwork to shout them down. This is just part-and-parcel with the following other travesties:
VoIP must be stopped! It lets people make phone calls without paying someone [other than the broadband provider]!
Making people pay [a fortune] for commercial television. I remember when people thought it was okay to pay for cable because you got things like HBO, which didn't have commercials. HBO still doesn't have commercials, but it's still an extra $12/mo on your $60 cable bill.
When did ease-of-use become piracy? I used to make mixtapes for girlfriends. I had the Jerky Boys calls on some umpteenth generation copy of a copy. I don't remember anyone up in arms about this--the Jerky Boys got a movie deal out of that underground phenomenon. Now that I can easily make a share a mix it's illegal?
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- you can't copyright silence, so this is moot.
- you are allowed to circumvent DRM to copy copyrighted material that you own.
Everyone's an expert. Read this: http://www.copyright.gov/legislation/dmca.pdf- One.
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- Three.
- Four.
Sometimes you have to do everything yourself.I hear what you're saying. I kind of got unimpressed with this whole thing a while ago. I remember when PC's went from 33MHz to 66 MHz--a FRIGGING 100% improvement! 1.42GHz from 1.25GHz is less than 14% better. Yawn.
Is this the same bug that seems to hit Tom Tomorrow's website? At home, browsing with OS X Firefox 1.0, it sometimes it seems the page will be loading fine, then WHAMMO, only the blogad column is left and you can't reload to fix it. It's damn odd. (there's also a weird "wyciwyg://" URI invloved somehow. )
Hey BWJones, this is your forté, right? Isn't there some minimal power below which you can blink faster than the laser can deposit enough energy to damage the retina? I'm having some vague recollections from physics courses.
...Nevermind the whole bungie.org phenomenon.
But you are correct when you say the gameplay's important. Marathon was revelatory. I remember the first time I rocket-jumped (by accident--had a shield and survived the blast at my toes--then I realized I could get places!) It had a "third" dimension that made Doom pale in comparison. But, hey, even the guys writing Doom wanted there to be -some- story, hence the whole Hell on Mars thing. Marathon took that to another level--it wasn't a paragraph on the screen--it was a whole back story that we still don't know all of--ironically given out in bits and pieces by in-game paragraphs-on-screens. I remember the first time I saw a Compiler, just interfacing with the terminal--too distracted to notice me. That was disturbing--it gave the bad guys a life outside of KILL TEH URTHMAN!!11
I downloaded Aleph One and the new Eternity module last night. I'm looking forward to heading back in.
What I think is kind of odd is that CmdrTaco does something a little out-of-the-ordinary by helping host this Cthulu Comic, but doesn't help out hosting any of the Child's Play traffic?
I thought this was a requirement for pretty much any hardware review. I don't believe we should limit this to computer hardware either. My dishwasher currently has 0 fps. I'm looking to upgrade that for sure.
Here's the letter I wrote my rep:
.Of course, Adblock would stop them by wildcarding images from popuptest.com.
Is there really such a thing in this day and age? That $24k has to go somewhere. Can't we just follow the money? It seems like this is the kind of thing that the feds would be all over. I see one of those huge multinational Interpol busts in about 5 weeks.
I've read most of your books, and in each of them (I believe) you refer to "Japan" as "Nippon" and "Japanese" as "Nipponese". Is this purely an affectation, or do you seriously walk around around day to day and say, "Dang, those Nipponese cars sure have swell handling." Do people look at you funny when you toss that around? Is it an icebreaker? What's the deal?
George Lucas:Good Director::Kevin Burns:Ken Burns
"Quebecians" is really cringeworthy.
Actually the word I've heard used to make the disctintion is "Amerindian" for those from North or South America.
- VoIP must be stopped! It lets people make phone calls without paying someone [other than the broadband provider]!
- Making people pay [a fortune] for commercial television. I remember when people thought it was okay to pay for cable because you got things like HBO, which didn't have commercials. HBO still doesn't have commercials, but it's still an extra $12/mo on your $60 cable bill.
- When did ease-of-use become piracy? I used to make mixtapes for girlfriends. I had the Jerky Boys calls on some umpteenth generation copy of a copy. I don't remember anyone up in arms about this--the Jerky Boys got a movie deal out of that underground phenomenon. Now that I can easily make a share a mix it's illegal?
Don't give up everyone. Write your Congressperson. Some of you live in Utah. Do something about it.Did you know that nearly 54% of statistics are made up on the spot?