Though you'll probably be found guilty of violating the DMCA if it's brought up to trial (since you won't have the money for lawyers to truly challenge it), you (as an individual) can easily get away with decrypting and copying a DVD for personal use. Face it, the MPAA, or whoever else, isn't going to waste their time to prosecute you for copying a few DVDs for yourself, or even a friend. It's those who rip the chapters, send them out on the Internet, or create massive numbers to distribute that they want to stop.
Except that Yahoo! is based in Sunnyvale, CA, obviously under the jurisdiction of the United States. Elcomsoft, with servers in the US, and currency being exchanged to and from entities inside of US boarders, also falls under its jurisdiction.
Yahoo! France did have to comply, if you remember.
AFAIK, Galileo (the EU version of GPS) will be compatable with the existing GPS system.
There are a few articles on the BBC about it. "It will be a rival to the existing Global Positioning System (GPS) run by the United States, although the EU says the two networks will be compatible." -BBC "Green Light for Galileo project"
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I think you would have to prove that he or she was committing some crime, not faithfully trying to execute their oath of office, or in some way was blatantly being corrupted by outside influence that was working against the best interests of his or her constituents.
I don't believe you can do that with Mr. Hollings.
Announcer: Senator Hollings! You just completely destroyed the entire consumer electronics market with a single bill. What are you going to do now? Sen.Hollings: I'm going to Disney World!
Yes, makes sense. Only, most e-mail is sent cleartext between SMTP servers. Well, I think it's always done as cleartext and only encrypted by way of PGP or some other messaged based encryption system.
So if I sell my piece of free software, whoever buys it is explicitly allowed to redistribute it unmodified. Which means I can sell a few copies, everybody else then can/will get it for free (as is beer) from who bought it from me. How is this economically viable for me?
(This is meant to be a serious questions - I don't get it)
Honestly, I think the GPL relies on the fact that most humans are lazy. Seriously. I buy a GPL'ed program and install it. I could rip the CD and put the ISO online, but I'd have to take time to do that. Even if I do, you have to download it, burn it to a CD and use it. It's much easier to just fork over the $15, or however much it is, and get the CD yourself.
Linux is a perfect example of this. I can download Red Hat or Mandrake or whatever distro I want, burn it to a bunch of CDs, and install it on my computer. But it's so much easier to go to the store, buy the box, and use those CDs.
You may not agree, but I think that's at least one reason it works.
I'm not sure if you realize this, but all "child porn", or the sexual explotation of children, is illegal in almost ever nation on the planet.
It would be difficult to argue to the judge, "No! See, I was sending it over a P2P network and blah blah blah..." Maybe a stupid law, but definetly redundant.;)
One difference is I don't run the entire WWW on my computer.
It goes deeper than that, though. He isn't even doing a fair comparison. He's taking software features and comparing them to information storage. Of course we all want as much information as we can get. But software isn't a book or the Internet. The Internet is built by software to store stuff.
I feel it would be akin to saying that little used features of cars, perhaps the tape-deck, should be removed and you reply by saying that we should get rid of the truck or make it tiny. The two aren't related in any way.
No, it does say that:
"[It is hard] to believe that 500 million billion tonnes of ice sheet has disintegrated in less than a month."
It's the 5th paragraph, just above the sub-section titled, "Faster flow"
If there is a cap on the price it is only a "gentlemen's agreement" because it's not in the GPL. It's just one of the things he was talking about when he said that the GPL is vague in some areas.
I don't know. Linux is still maturing. That's not to say that Windows is wonderful, but Linux isn't either. I think the bottom line is that all operating systems suck.;)
Not everyone votes for the main parties, but it is rare that an independent receives enough votes to win. Because of this, many people feel that voting for a 3rd party candidate is equivalent to throwing their vote away.
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Though you'll probably be found guilty of violating the DMCA if it's brought up to trial (since you won't have the money for lawyers to truly challenge it), you (as an individual) can easily get away with decrypting and copying a DVD for personal use. Face it, the MPAA, or whoever else, isn't going to waste their time to prosecute you for copying a few DVDs for yourself, or even a friend. It's those who rip the chapters, send them out on the Internet, or create massive numbers to distribute that they want to stop.
Your motherboard is a Multiple, Independant Rentry Vehicle?
Except that Yahoo! is based in Sunnyvale, CA, obviously under the jurisdiction of the United States. Elcomsoft, with servers in the US, and currency being exchanged to and from entities inside of US boarders, also falls under its jurisdiction.
Yahoo! France did have to comply, if you remember.
AFAIK, Galileo (the EU version of GPS) will be compatable with the existing GPS system.
There are a few articles on the BBC about it.
"It will be a rival to the existing Global Positioning System (GPS) run by the United States, although the EU says the two networks will be compatible." -BBC "Green Light for Galileo project"
No, there is a discount ($100) that the PC maker pays for the Windows license. This saves them money.
Then there is a $10, lets say, "rebate" for each installation of Windows to pay for marketing.
Yes, it's only $10, but imagine selling thousands of computers a year. That's a big chunk of change.
Get it?
Tired of those tired old fire eaters? No excitement watching trapeze artists? See the amazing Samba development team fly through but rings of proprietary code! This and lots more at Ringling Brothers and Barnum & Bailey Circus!
I think you would have to prove that he or she was committing some crime, not faithfully trying to execute their oath of office, or in some way was blatantly being corrupted by outside influence that was working against the best interests of his or her constituents.
I don't believe you can do that with Mr. Hollings.
Announcer: Senator Hollings! You just completely destroyed the entire consumer electronics market with a single bill. What are you going to do now?
Sen.Hollings: I'm going to Disney World!
Yes, makes sense. Only, most e-mail is sent cleartext between SMTP servers. Well, I think it's always done as cleartext and only encrypted by way of PGP or some other messaged based encryption system.
That's what I meant about cleartext comment.
Cheers
-Nikki
Just so I understand, you use encrypted http requests to get mail on the road, so it will be secure.
;)
But, the mail that you're retrieving was itself sent as cleartext(?) just minutes before.
Perhaps I'm missing something.
So if I sell my piece of free software, whoever buys it is explicitly allowed to redistribute it unmodified. Which means I can sell a few copies, everybody else then can/will get it for free (as is beer) from who bought it from me. How is this economically viable for me?
(This is meant to be a serious questions - I don't get it)
Honestly, I think the GPL relies on the fact that most humans are lazy. Seriously. I buy a GPL'ed program and install it. I could rip the CD and put the ISO online, but I'd have to take time to do that. Even if I do, you have to download it, burn it to a CD and use it. It's much easier to just fork over the $15, or however much it is, and get the CD yourself.
Linux is a perfect example of this. I can download Red Hat or Mandrake or whatever distro I want, burn it to a bunch of CDs, and install it on my computer. But it's so much easier to go to the store, buy the box, and use those CDs.
You may not agree, but I think that's at least one reason it works.
I'm not sure if you realize this, but all "child porn", or the sexual explotation of children, is illegal in almost ever nation on the planet.
;)
It would be difficult to argue to the judge, "No! See, I was sending it over a P2P network and blah blah blah..." Maybe a stupid law, but definetly redundant.
One difference is I don't run the entire WWW on my computer.
It goes deeper than that, though. He isn't even doing a fair comparison. He's taking software features and comparing them to information storage. Of course we all want as much information as we can get. But software isn't a book or the Internet. The Internet is built by software to store stuff.
I feel it would be akin to saying that little used features of cars, perhaps the tape-deck, should be removed and you reply by saying that we should get rid of the truck or make it tiny. The two aren't related in any way.
No, it does say that: "[It is hard] to believe that 500 million billion tonnes of ice sheet has disintegrated in less than a month." It's the 5th paragraph, just above the sub-section titled, "Faster flow"
If there is a cap on the price it is only a "gentlemen's agreement" because it's not in the GPL. It's just one of the things he was talking about when he said that the GPL is vague in some areas.
I don't know. Linux is still maturing. That's not to say that Windows is wonderful, but Linux isn't either. I think the bottom line is that all operating systems suck. ;)
Not everyone votes for the main parties, but it is rare that an independent receives enough votes to win. Because of this, many people feel that voting for a 3rd party candidate is equivalent to throwing their vote away.