No - the question is, "I wonder how slow it runs?"
for when the site get /.ed
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Coding Fair Use
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· Score: 2, Redundant
Posted on Tue, Apr. 16, 2002
Can We Design Fair Use into Content?
Posted by Dan Gillmor
I'm at the
Computers Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco, attending a workshop on the topic of "fair use" -- a term that has many descriptions and applications.
There's a lot of law on the whiteboard, including a variety of doctrines that show up in black and white in copyright law -- Sections 107, 110, 108 and a host of other elements. The vocabulary often incorporates more than what many copyright lawyers tend to discuss.
Ann M. Bartow, assistant law professor at the Unviersity of South Carolina, argues that the law should ultimately incorporate what people do in real life -- and that we have to reduce the complexity inherent in today's statutes. Here's her presentation (PDF; 264 KB).
"Don't we deserver a copyright law we can understand and follow?" she asks.
Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is arguing for ambiguity. He thinks copyright law needs to leave room for innovation as new technologies come along.
An audience member asks if this ambiguity is what lets lawyers threaten people with lawsuits for non-infringing uses, intimidating them into taking down Web content that should remain public. We need a floor, von Lohmann says, not a ceiling on permissible activities.
The floor for the entertainment and other "content" industries is increasingly clear. They don't fundamentally believe in fair use, and they see technology as a way to turn everything into pay-per-view -- a system that would eliminate fair use almost completely.
Turn that around. Can fair use be turned into code? That is, can we use technology to ensure it, just as we can use technology to take it away?
Stefan Bechtold, from Stanford Law School, thinks it can -- at least in some circumstances. But the law is still going to be needed, he says.
He thinks digital rights management can be progressive, while law is conservative. The key word is "can" -- and the evidence is not behind him. Both, as currently established, are highly restrictive.
What's progressive is technology, which makes hash of attempts to control content. Any digital rights management system is going to be broken.
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"it will come with a 5800 Crusoe processor from Transmeta, a 10GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, connection ports for FireWire and USB (universal serial bus), and wireless networking connections through either WiFi or Bluetooth.'"
Ok then - why did the librarian give me that as an excuse last time I ordered a book. I pointed out that I could buy it for a quarter the library could!
Then again if you were a kid you might not have known what the last word was and just thought it must be a toy. I really must get myself a sense of humour - I hear they're *sooo* funny!
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However the article calls them "an independent, international body." - who are they referring to ICANN? lol
Yes to be grammatically correct it would be:
Oh boy, now they can port it to Linux even more easily!!!
I'd just like to point out that slashdot.com already redirects to slashdot.org here!
Yes but who decides what's porn and what's not? Can I have the job please? :o)
ORACLE= One Rich Angel Called Larry Ellison.
;o)
This post sponsered by Oracle.
No he's being humourous - as in "ha.. ha.. I haven't laughed this hard in ages."
No - the question is, "I wonder how slow it runs?"
Posted on Tue, Apr. 16, 2002 Can We Design Fair Use into Content? Posted by Dan Gillmor I'm at the Computers Freedom and Privacy conference in San Francisco, attending a workshop on the topic of "fair use" -- a term that has many descriptions and applications. There's a lot of law on the whiteboard, including a variety of doctrines that show up in black and white in copyright law -- Sections 107, 110, 108 and a host of other elements. The vocabulary often incorporates more than what many copyright lawyers tend to discuss. Ann M. Bartow, assistant law professor at the Unviersity of South Carolina, argues that the law should ultimately incorporate what people do in real life -- and that we have to reduce the complexity inherent in today's statutes. Here's her presentation (PDF; 264 KB). "Don't we deserver a copyright law we can understand and follow?" she asks. Fred von Lohmann, senior staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation, is arguing for ambiguity. He thinks copyright law needs to leave room for innovation as new technologies come along. An audience member asks if this ambiguity is what lets lawyers threaten people with lawsuits for non-infringing uses, intimidating them into taking down Web content that should remain public. We need a floor, von Lohmann says, not a ceiling on permissible activities. The floor for the entertainment and other "content" industries is increasingly clear. They don't fundamentally believe in fair use, and they see technology as a way to turn everything into pay-per-view -- a system that would eliminate fair use almost completely. Turn that around. Can fair use be turned into code? That is, can we use technology to ensure it, just as we can use technology to take it away? Stefan Bechtold, from Stanford Law School, thinks it can -- at least in some circumstances. But the law is still going to be needed, he says. He thinks digital rights management can be progressive, while law is conservative. The key word is "can" -- and the evidence is not behind him. Both, as currently established, are highly restrictive. What's progressive is technology, which makes hash of attempts to control content. Any digital rights management system is going to be broken.
Mind you - I'm sure there's some IE users who've never figured out what the buttons do yet! ;o)
" 'Using the Back Button in IE is dangerous'." - since when was using anything in IE safe? ;o)
Yes but on most Computer Science courses the male/female ratio is pretty screwed up!
Looks like SmarterChild isn't as smart as it's name would first suggest!
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Memo: must make flash anim of a ball of string. - j/k
Oh well... I can still have a discussion all by myself in here :)
:o)
- you're not the only one in here you know!
And as the site is currently under the strain of being /.ed here's the cached page :
Speak Freely
Yes bit transfer speeds over mobile phones (or cell phone - US translation) aren't good enough for games in general.
"it will come with a 5800 Crusoe processor from Transmeta, a 10GB hard drive, 256MB of memory, connection ports for FireWire and USB (universal serial bus), and wireless networking connections through either WiFi or Bluetooth.'"
;o)
Sheesh - you need all that just to run XP?
*What* *do* *you* *have* *against* *people* *who* *use* *asterisks*? j/k
What's to stop you just copying the original CDs? You seem to be going to an awful lot of trouble!
Yes - but who can read a Chinese spam e-mail? :o)
"When asked, most mumble something about a chemical spill."
:o)
Ah - that old government coverup line!
Ok then - why did the librarian give me that as an excuse last time I ordered a book. I pointed out that I could buy it for a quarter the library could!
Then again if you were a kid you might not have known what the last word was and just thought it must be a toy. I really must get myself a sense of humour - I hear they're *sooo* funny!
Is this the right link?