I don't have quite as much stake in copyright as you do, nor am I an expert, but I would say there is a lot of middle ground between the current extremely long copyright and a short copyright where Janis would have already lost the rights to At Seventeen. Like maybe "life of artist plus 10 years" or something like that. Though there are many people that would argue even life+10 is too short. I suppose Yoko Ono and Courtney Love would probably prefer life+50 or something.
Yep, you're a naysayer allright. A friend and I have often argued if there was such a thing as "too cynical" and if so, where the line was. You, dear puto, are too cynical. I don't think anyone writes an article for Performing Songwriter Magazine in an effort to "revitalize a fading almost carreer."
And thats an interesting choice of words there. Just how many albums or grammy nominations does one have to get to make it from "almost career" to actual career?
I think the point of all the lingo and technical details, like CVS and "cryptographic handshake" was to give the main character a voice and show us how he thinks. He thinks "0wn0red" and "fourbucks." And technical details are important to him, because he is an engineer. He wants to know how the key fob remote opens his door and so he thinks of it that way, instead of just "the clicker" or something like that. I'm a user, not a programmer, so I don't know what CVS is, but it didn't bother me, I assume it is a system for letting many people work on a project and combine their parts without overwriting each others work. I took it to mean he was doing things the "right" way as a matter of course, same as when he was documenting his code as he wrote it. Thats just the way his mind works. The 133t stuff may have been a little over-the-top, but it is forgivable.
Me: So you've got this new CD that can't be copied, but I guess it sounds as good as a regular CD, right? Them: Yes, thats right, just as good as a regular CD, but you can't read it without our special proprietary hardware/software that knows how to decrypt the special key and read the music. Its safe that way. And if they break it, we can change the key and update the players. Me: So I can't use the equipment I know and love to listen to your music? Them: Well, no, but our music... Me: Hey look over there, music that doesn't make me jump through hoops. Bye. Them: wait...
I've seen quite a few people posting in the opionion that Australia's census bureau should lighten up and not take this so seriously, or that the government shouldn't even be asking this question so it is okay to falsify data because its funny. I think we need to step back and get some perspective on this. Lets remove the whole Star Wars connection (even though that is the only reason this is reported) and realize that there was an organized campaign to get people to enter a particular thing on their census sheet. 70,000 people didn't spontaneously decide to enter "jedi", they were coaxed into it. Its pretty easy to see that it is (at least mostly) a false entry. Imagine I started a campaign to get people to say that they are left-handed-lesbian-albino-midget-eskimos on their census forms, because damn thats really funny. With an internet campaign and maybe a few morning dejays on my side, I could have a real impact on the census. Do you see why the census bureau would be upset about that, or any other falsehood? Do you see how that would be a waste of out tax money?
Census information is actually kinda important to some functions of government, so it isn't a proper forum for humor.
Plus, the humorous campaign is actually doing a disservice to anyone who is a true diciple of jedi beliefs.
To me, the most surprising part of the CIA report was this: In Florida, reknown for its elderly population, 18.5% of the population is over the age of 65. Italy as a whole will reach this same 18.5% in 2003, joined by Japan in 2005, and Germany in 2006. France follows in 2016, and the US as a whole reaches 18.5% in 2023. I assume a big reason for the US staying younger for longer will be immigration. I wonder when "white" people will no longer be more than 50% of the US.
Well, of course you and I, and most everyone who reads slashdot doesn't want anything to do with AOL. But you seem to have forgotten that they still have the most subscribers on the internet by a large margin. There must be something that people like about them. I reckon many of those people want to keep that something as they move over to high speed access.
The big problem I see with this plan is that if AOL is giving Comcast $38/mo for each subscriber, then AOL Broadband is probably going to be more than $50/mo (just my guess) At that price, it will be a significant premium over regular AT&T/Comcast broadband, or at least AT&T can undercut them and make it a significant premium. I wonder if all those people will think it is worth the extra money for the AOL experience. Will they spend $10/mo to hear "You've got mail." instead of a beep. AOL seems to be betting that the people wil pay. Then again, what choice to they have. People aren't going to stay on dialup forever and AT&T doesn't have any interest in leasing them access lines. This "HBO business model" may be their only choice.
"not one that really has much of an impact on Toyota or Nissan"
Here is a list of things that belie your assertion, Mugen, TRD, Ford Racing, Mazdaspeed, Nissan SE-R Spec V, Focus, Vibe/Matrix, Protege5...and I could go on. These are all things that these large companies are doing to respond to the desires of the import tuners or "rice boys" They are designing cars specifically for this "niche market" which is large enough that one could argue it isn't a niche at all, but a proper market segment.
Sony and Phillips already get fees for every CD sold. Does that stop you from making CDs of your garage band music? Of course not. Sure, right now the SACD recording process is probably pretty expensive, and there are only 2 machines in the world that can stamp out the hybrid SACD/CD discs, but it won't stay that way. Sony and Phillips must make it cheap to produce SACDs or else it will go the way of mini-disks.
Frankly, I think this is the "right" way for Sony to try and improve security on the music. Its not a law. Its not a digital water mark or cactus crap that reduces the music fidelity. The format offers something extra, but doesn't allow you to copy it. I don't see any difference between this and DVD-pre-deCSS. All the people who buy DVDs but don't copy them will see this as pretty much the same kind of thing. Yes, we won't have the technological means to make a our fair use backup, but I can't backup my LP's either.
If the artists get together and quit the record labels, cutting out the middle men, and start selling ogg vorbis tracks, well that would be really cool, but if the record companies are going to control music distribution, then they might as well give us better sound. I don't see technological measures to stop fair use as being more morally wrong than file sharing.
I feel so much better. The scene in Cast Away where he first climbs to the top and looks down on the coastline and sees steep waves in every direction was really eye-popping. But I just couldn't shake the feeling that it didn't look right. The clarity was so high that I convinced myself it must be real film, but it turns out I should trust my feelings.
"But [EGL]
said it is impossible to distinguish LifeGem synthetic diamonds
from other synthetic diamonds."
The real question, which I imagine DeBeers makes sure never gets answered, is: Can the EGL distinguish "synthetic" diamonds from the "real thing." I'm guessing they can't, other than from the tatoo DeBeers puts on theirs.
Um, it might be a little bit late for him to be gaining any weight. (hint: but she will probably be able to afford getting him made into a diamond after the INHERITENCE dispute is finally through the appeals processes.)
On second thought, it sounds like Verizon won't turn over the info unless the material is hosted on a Verizon server, which probably means that the issuer of the subpoena has to point out specific files and sign an affidavit (sp?) that asserts that they hold the copyrights. I still think its a really, really bad law though. But I let my imagination wander a little to far there, sorry.
The significance didn't sink in the first time I read it. : "permits a copyright owner to send a subpoena ordering a 'service provider' to turn over information about a subscriber. It is not necessary to file a lawsuit to take advantage of the DMCA's expedited subpoena process.
"
I wonder what the requirements are to use this expedited subpoena. I suppose it is written so that only large corporations may take advantage of it. But if it isn't, imagine being able to go to an ISP and say "I think this guy at your IP address is breaking my copyright and I need to know who he is." the next time some llama stabs you in the back or rips you off in Everquest or whatever. Boy, that is a law that sure is written to be abused.
I decided to test it today after reading these posts. I'm transferring a domain that expires next February to a new registrar and renewing for another year. I have a deep dark sense of forboding about it because the new registrar made it clear that Verisign might just deny the transfer and there would be nothing they could do about it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and knocking on wood.
From the bit on the anti-piracy warning:"These are people's livelihoods at stake. It's not just a bunch of fat-cat Hollywood people," Well it is fat-cats, but it isn't JUST fat-cats.
On a different note, I'm kinda sad the RIAA dropped it's suit against the ISPs. I was looking forward to finding out if AT&T would fight the RIAA if they thought they had to protect their common carrier status, and if the RIAA had bitten off more than it could chew. It could have been interesting. Then again, its more likely that AT&T would have just settled quietly, and that would have been sad.
I would say that VeriSign should not be held in strict liability, where everything that goes wrong is their fault. However, I do think they should be liable for negligence. They should be held up to standards the same way that banks or real estate escrow companies are.
As it is now, you have almost no recourse, and they have little incentive to perform. I had a heck of a time getting a domain moved to a new host last year. Their system wasn't working for me and there was no other way to contact them. They were ignoring faxes and they don't have a customer service phone number.
"AynRand.org [aynrand.org] does not specifiy that it is non-profit. Simply because it is an organization created to spread Objectivism, and which collects contributions to that end, does not classify it as non-profit."
True, but the fact that ARI is tax exempt,and accepts "charitable donations" which would also reduce your tax burden leads me to believe that they are, in fact, a non-profit organization. Do you have another explanation?
I could hardly believe it when the author listed out several times that the DMCA has been used to sue people, or cited in threats to sue people which allegedly won't hold up in court, but then blames the EFF for the chilling effect! As if publicising these actions is the Bad Thing(tm) here. After all, Thomas Greene and the VP of a publishing company say the EFF is just scare mongering, and those two surely have the legal and social expertese to render important comment on the DMCA.[/sarcasm]
I dunno about you, but if I couldn't gauge the danger of the DMCA myself and had to choose whose opinion to trust, I'd favor the folks who might actually defend me in court, and have some firsthad legal experience with the DMCA.
It seems far more expedient to just "accidently spill" your drink on the person. Its probably even more effective than trying to take their phone away, plus you aren't in as much risk if the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, or is a tae-kwon-do black belt.
Now what makes you think that AT&T, Sprint, and Worldcom have any interest in making sure you can get to music4ever? They are in the business of business. I'm sure they are generally in favor of anything that increases the demand for internet access, but if the RIAA makes it more expensive to fight than to settle (without setting precedent) you can bet they won't stand on any larger priciple.
Ha. Now if you were advertising on music4ever, and the RIAA came sniffing around asking you where you send your checks, wouldn't you be likely to reply with something like "go pound sand."
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She doesn't have to believe, she has personally observed empirical data.
I don't have quite as much stake in copyright as you do, nor am I an expert, but I would say there is a lot of middle ground between the current extremely long copyright and a short copyright where Janis would have already lost the rights to At Seventeen. Like maybe "life of artist plus 10 years" or something like that. Though there are many people that would argue even life+10 is too short. I suppose Yoko Ono and Courtney Love would probably prefer life+50 or something.
Yep, you're a naysayer allright. A friend and I have often argued if there was such a thing as "too cynical" and if so, where the line was. You, dear puto, are too cynical. I don't think anyone writes an article for Performing Songwriter Magazine in an effort to "revitalize a fading almost carreer."
And thats an interesting choice of words there. Just how many albums or grammy nominations does one have to get to make it from "almost career" to actual career?
I think "less promoted" is a more accurate description, and is also part of the answer.
I think the point of all the lingo and technical details, like CVS and "cryptographic handshake" was to give the main character a voice and show us how he thinks. He thinks "0wn0red" and "fourbucks." And technical details are important to him, because he is an engineer. He wants to know how the key fob remote opens his door and so he thinks of it that way, instead of just "the clicker" or something like that. I'm a user, not a programmer, so I don't know what CVS is, but it didn't bother me, I assume it is a system for letting many people work on a project and combine their parts without overwriting each others work. I took it to mean he was doing things the "right" way as a matter of course, same as when he was documenting his code as he wrote it. Thats just the way his mind works. The 133t stuff may have been a little over-the-top, but it is forgivable.
Me: So you've got this new CD that can't be copied, but I guess it sounds as good as a regular CD, right?
Them: Yes, thats right, just as good as a regular CD, but you can't read it without our special proprietary hardware/software that knows how to decrypt the special key and read the music. Its safe that way. And if they break it, we can change the key and update the players.
Me: So I can't use the equipment I know and love to listen to your music?
Them: Well, no, but our music...
Me: Hey look over there, music that doesn't make me jump through hoops. Bye.
Them: wait...
I've seen quite a few people posting in the opionion that Australia's census bureau should lighten up and not take this so seriously, or that the government shouldn't even be asking this question so it is okay to falsify data because its funny. I think we need to step back and get some perspective on this. Lets remove the whole Star Wars connection (even though that is the only reason this is reported) and realize that there was an organized campaign to get people to enter a particular thing on their census sheet. 70,000 people didn't spontaneously decide to enter "jedi", they were coaxed into it. Its pretty easy to see that it is (at least mostly) a false entry. Imagine I started a campaign to get people to say that they are left-handed-lesbian-albino-midget-eskimos on their census forms, because damn thats really funny. With an internet campaign and maybe a few morning dejays on my side, I could have a real impact on the census. Do you see why the census bureau would be upset about that, or any other falsehood? Do you see how that would be a waste of out tax money?
Census information is actually kinda important to some functions of government, so it isn't a proper forum for humor.
Plus, the humorous campaign is actually doing a disservice to anyone who is a true diciple of jedi beliefs.
To me, the most surprising part of the CIA report was this: In Florida, reknown for its elderly population, 18.5% of the population is over the age of 65. Italy as a whole will reach this same 18.5% in 2003, joined by Japan in 2005, and Germany in 2006. France follows in 2016, and the US as a whole reaches 18.5% in 2023. I assume a big reason for the US staying younger for longer will be immigration. I wonder when "white" people will no longer be more than 50% of the US.
Well, of course you and I, and most everyone who reads slashdot doesn't want anything to do with AOL. But you seem to have forgotten that they still have the most subscribers on the internet by a large margin. There must be something that people like about them. I reckon many of those people want to keep that something as they move over to high speed access.
The big problem I see with this plan is that if AOL is giving Comcast $38/mo for each subscriber, then AOL Broadband is probably going to be more than $50/mo (just my guess) At that price, it will be a significant premium over regular AT&T/Comcast broadband, or at least AT&T can undercut them and make it a significant premium. I wonder if all those people will think it is worth the extra money for the AOL experience. Will they spend $10/mo to hear "You've got mail." instead of a beep. AOL seems to be betting that the people wil pay. Then again, what choice to they have. People aren't going to stay on dialup forever and AT&T doesn't have any interest in leasing them access lines. This "HBO business model" may be their only choice.
"not one that really has much of an impact on Toyota or Nissan"
Here is a list of things that belie your assertion, Mugen, TRD, Ford Racing, Mazdaspeed, Nissan SE-R Spec V, Focus, Vibe/Matrix, Protege5...and I could go on. These are all things that these large companies are doing to respond to the desires of the import tuners or "rice boys" They are designing cars specifically for this "niche market" which is large enough that one could argue it isn't a niche at all, but a proper market segment.
Sony and Phillips already get fees for every CD sold. Does that stop you from making CDs of your garage band music? Of course not.
Sure, right now the SACD recording process is probably pretty expensive, and there are only 2 machines in the world that can stamp out the hybrid SACD/CD discs, but it won't stay that way. Sony and Phillips must make it cheap to produce SACDs or else it will go the way of mini-disks.
Frankly, I think this is the "right" way for Sony to try and improve security on the music. Its not a law. Its not a digital water mark or cactus crap that reduces the music fidelity. The format offers something extra, but doesn't allow you to copy it. I don't see any difference between this and DVD-pre-deCSS. All the people who buy DVDs but don't copy them will see this as pretty much the same kind of thing. Yes, we won't have the technological means to make a our fair use backup, but I can't backup my LP's either.
If the artists get together and quit the record labels, cutting out the middle men, and start selling ogg vorbis tracks, well that would be really cool, but if the record companies are going to control music distribution, then they might as well give us better sound. I don't see technological measures to stop fair use as being more morally wrong than file sharing.
I feel so much better. The scene in Cast Away where he first climbs to the top and looks down on the coastline and sees steep waves in every direction was really eye-popping. But I just couldn't shake the feeling that it didn't look right. The clarity was so high that I convinced myself it must be real film, but it turns out I should trust my feelings.
Thanks for the info.
hmmm...wouldn't that be a good thing? Would they be more brilliant/glowing? An improvement rather than a flaw?
"But [EGL] said it is impossible to distinguish LifeGem synthetic diamonds from other synthetic diamonds."
The real question, which I imagine DeBeers makes sure never gets answered, is: Can the EGL distinguish "synthetic" diamonds from the "real thing." I'm guessing they can't, other than from the tatoo DeBeers puts on theirs.
Um, it might be a little bit late for him to be gaining any weight. (hint: but she will probably be able to afford getting him made into a diamond after the INHERITENCE dispute is finally through the appeals processes.)
On second thought, it sounds like Verizon won't turn over the info unless the material is hosted on a Verizon server, which probably means that the issuer of the subpoena has to point out specific files and sign an affidavit (sp?) that asserts that they hold the copyrights. I still think its a really, really bad law though. But I let my imagination wander a little to far there, sorry.
The significance didn't sink in the first time I read it. : "permits a copyright owner to send a subpoena ordering a 'service provider' to turn over information about a subscriber. It is not necessary to file a lawsuit to take advantage of the DMCA's expedited subpoena process. "
I wonder what the requirements are to use this expedited subpoena. I suppose it is written so that only large corporations may take advantage of it. But if it isn't, imagine being able to go to an ISP and say "I think this guy at your IP address is breaking my copyright and I need to know who he is." the next time some llama stabs you in the back or rips you off in Everquest or whatever. Boy, that is a law that sure is written to be abused.
I decided to test it today after reading these posts. I'm transferring a domain that expires next February to a new registrar and renewing for another year. I have a deep dark sense of forboding about it because the new registrar made it clear that Verisign might just deny the transfer and there would be nothing they could do about it. I'm keeping my fingers crossed and knocking on wood.
From the bit on the anti-piracy warning:"These are people's livelihoods at stake. It's not just a bunch of fat-cat Hollywood people," Well it is fat-cats, but it isn't JUST fat-cats.
On a different note, I'm kinda sad the RIAA dropped it's suit against the ISPs. I was looking forward to finding out if AT&T would fight the RIAA if they thought they had to protect their common carrier status, and if the RIAA had bitten off more than it could chew. It could have been interesting. Then again, its more likely that AT&T would have just settled quietly, and that would have been sad.
I would say that VeriSign should not be held in strict liability, where everything that goes wrong is their fault. However, I do think they should be liable for negligence. They should be held up to standards the same way that banks or real estate escrow companies are.
As it is now, you have almost no recourse, and they have little incentive to perform. I had a heck of a time getting a domain moved to a new host last year. Their system wasn't working for me and there was no other way to contact them. They were ignoring faxes and they don't have a customer service phone number.
"AynRand.org [aynrand.org] does not specifiy that it is non-profit. Simply because it is an organization created to spread Objectivism, and which collects contributions to that end, does not classify it as non-profit."
True, but the fact that ARI is tax exempt,and accepts "charitable donations" which would also reduce your tax burden leads me to believe that they are, in fact, a non-profit organization. Do you have another explanation?
I could hardly believe it when the author listed out several times that the DMCA has been used to sue people, or cited in threats to sue people which allegedly won't hold up in court, but then blames the EFF for the chilling effect! As if publicising these actions is the Bad Thing(tm) here. After all, Thomas Greene and the VP of a publishing company say the EFF is just scare mongering, and those two surely have the legal and social expertese to render important comment on the DMCA.[/sarcasm]
I dunno about you, but if I couldn't gauge the danger of the DMCA myself and had to choose whose opinion to trust, I'd favor the folks who might actually defend me in court, and have some firsthad legal experience with the DMCA.
It seems far more expedient to just "accidently spill" your drink on the person. Its probably even more effective than trying to take their phone away, plus you aren't in as much risk if the person has a permit to carry a concealed weapon, or is a tae-kwon-do black belt.
Now what makes you think that AT&T, Sprint, and Worldcom have any interest in making sure you can get to music4ever? They are in the business of business. I'm sure they are generally in favor of anything that increases the demand for internet access, but if the RIAA makes it more expensive to fight than to settle (without setting precedent) you can bet they won't stand on any larger priciple.
Ha. Now if you were advertising on music4ever, and the RIAA came sniffing around asking you where you send your checks, wouldn't you be likely to reply with something like "go pound sand."