Everyone who is getting their knickers in a twist over how wrong it is to apply the DMCA to telling people that the shift key disables auto-run is missing the point
He's not telling us that the shift key disables auto-run. That's common knowledge. He's telling us that disabling auto-run makes the copy-protection on this CD ineffective. There's a big difference. That wasn't common knowledge, and he was the first person to publish it.
I'm not saying that he should be sued, or that the copy-protection scheme is a good thing or anything like that. Just that the premise behind the lawsuit isn't as stupid and trivial as some people would have you believe.
I'm dead again CD copy protection; there's currently a CD I'd love to buy but am unable to due to my unwillingness to buy CDs that contain DRM etc.
To extend your analogy further however, if you were to add a motorbike engine to your bike and ride it in your own home, that's fine.
As soon as you take it on a public road, it's illegal. You need a license, and probably the bike needs certifying by some external safety organization. (I've never built a kit car, so I don't know).
The same is true for using modified hardware on the XBox Live network.
My current Nokia DVB-T set-top box is fine. I think Nokia make pretty good DTT receivers. How they fare at making a PVR however may be a different matter - this is up against the Sky plus system which is pretty stiff competition; most UK digital satellite consumers are in the Sun readership bracket which means they'll buy whatever the bloke in Currys tells them to buy.
I was quite pleased when I read about it on the beeb this morning, so I visited the site to see if was workable. I'd quite like to be able to legally buy music since the security loopholes enabling my Kazaa usage have been closed down at work recently, and the piece of wet string that connects me to the internet from my home in the English countryside isn't up to the job of downloading music.
Could I find any music I wanted to buy. No. And when I did a search for a song I'd heard on the radio this morning - typical impulse buy mentality, I was told I couldn't buy it because of my location. WTF!
And they'll still have to send in the SAS for the dirtiest jobs when they can't rely on the tech.
Seriously, although technology advancement is to be encouraged for this kind of thing, and, I hope will eventually reduce the problems still present in today's wars (friendly-fire, civilian casualties etc.) I worry that over-reliance on technology by soldiers will result in the basic survival skills they are currently taught being lost.
Always assume that anyone driving a motorcycle is one or more of:
Irresponsible
Reckless
Stupid
I'm sorry, but why do motorcyclists (and I acknowlegdge that I am generalising here and that there are responsible motorcyclists as well as irresponsible motorists - but I am always much more aware of the bikers) treat themselves as above the law. The highway code (I am in the UK here) and speed limits apply to bikes as much as cars. Just because you are able to drive at high speed and weave between traffic doesn't mean that it is safe to - I lose count of the number of near misses that I have noticed where motorcyclists undertake at high speed on dual carriageway roads, but it's usually the motorist that gets the blame when there is an accident.
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Erm, he does...
To be more up-to-date now, shouldn't that be anti-Windows capabilities?
Everyone who is getting their knickers in a twist over how wrong it is to apply the DMCA to telling people that the shift key disables auto-run is missing the point
He's not telling us that the shift key disables auto-run. That's common knowledge. He's telling us that disabling auto-run makes the copy-protection on this CD ineffective. There's a big difference. That wasn't common knowledge, and he was the first person to publish it.
I'm not saying that he should be sued, or that the copy-protection scheme is a good thing or anything like that. Just that the premise behind the lawsuit isn't as stupid and trivial as some people would have you believe.
I'm dead again CD copy protection; there's currently a CD I'd love to buy but am unable to due to my unwillingness to buy CDs that contain DRM etc.
I want the one that transforms into Optimus Prime.
Does this technology scale down? Could it provide a solution to e-books that provide as enjoyable an experience as dead trees?
Disclaimer: I haven't RTFA'd yet. Better go do that now.
To extend your analogy further however, if you were to add a motorbike engine to your bike and ride it in your own home, that's fine.
As soon as you take it on a public road, it's illegal. You need a license, and probably the bike needs certifying by some external safety organization. (I've never built a kit car, so I don't know).
The same is true for using modified hardware on the XBox Live network.
My current Nokia DVB-T set-top box is fine. I think Nokia make pretty good DTT receivers. How they fare at making a PVR however may be a different matter - this is up against the Sky plus system which is pretty stiff competition; most UK digital satellite consumers are in the Sun readership bracket which means they'll buy whatever the bloke in Currys tells them to buy.
Sorry...
Is that pictures of men with pipes?
No, don't tell me, I don't want to think about it. It could involve builder's cleavage and everything.
I was quite pleased when I read about it on the beeb this morning, so I visited the site to see if was workable. I'd quite like to be able to legally buy music since the security loopholes enabling my Kazaa usage have been closed down at work recently, and the piece of wet string that connects me to the internet from my home in the English countryside isn't up to the job of downloading music.
Could I find any music I wanted to buy. No. And when I did a search for a song I'd heard on the radio this morning - typical impulse buy mentality, I was told I couldn't buy it because of my location. WTF!
How long before machines with Genuine People Personalities.
Just think. Depressed vending machines.
I've bought 80 quid box sets from Play, and not been done for the VAT, but maybe I've just been lucky.
Damn, hope my cheap source of DVDs doesn't suddenly get more expensive - I dismissed this when I read it on the beeb as not being relevant.
And they'll still have to send in the SAS for the dirtiest jobs when they can't rely on the tech. Seriously, although technology advancement is to be encouraged for this kind of thing, and, I hope will eventually reduce the problems still present in today's wars (friendly-fire, civilian casualties etc.) I worry that over-reliance on technology by soldiers will result in the basic survival skills they are currently taught being lost.
We're off to see the wizard.....
Important Safety Rule for Motorists.
Always assume that anyone driving a motorcycle is one or more of:
- Irresponsible
- Reckless
- Stupid
I'm sorry, but why do motorcyclists (and I acknowlegdge that I am generalising here and that there are responsible motorcyclists as well as irresponsible motorists - but I am always much more aware of the bikers) treat themselves as above the law. The highway code (I am in the UK here) and speed limits apply to bikes as much as cars. Just because you are able to drive at high speed and weave between traffic doesn't mean that it is safe to - I lose count of the number of near misses that I have noticed where motorcyclists undertake at high speed on dual carriageway roads, but it's usually the motorist that gets the blame when there is an accident.