Scientology documents have marketable value; ie they were made available to high level members who pay money to achieve that high a level in the Scientology organisation. It is therefore possible to argue that the Scientology documents lose value as a tool to encourage members to progess within the organisation (and get access to thee documents) if made publicly available.
Used to be a problem in UK with street 'surveys' that ask opinion questions initially that eventually evolve into a sales pitch. It is called 'sugging', and is now unlawful in UK.
It's quite a clever technique firstly because people are often happy to provide survey data, and secondly when they discover it's a pitch don't want to be rude on the street.
..."to organizations like this I often wonder" if the supporters' names go into FBI files and are targets for CAPPS II etc. That chills me more than parting with the money.
At the end of the article, it states that in law a subpoena cannot be used to access a journo's notes.
Therefore a communication from FBI or other agency threatening legal action to obtain those notes, and criminal action if thwarted to get those notes is unjustified harassment.
That's the point.
(subtext: if you don't hand them over, we suspect you are aiding a terrorist - and the Patriot act gives agencies heavy powers after that assessment)
..starting with paedophiles (Megan's law in USA, and tagging in UK) exposing these specific groups after they have served their sentence. Next it will be all released sex offenders, then violent criminals, and finally those with misdemeanors. A little at a time, soon all 'potential criminals' will be tracked, just like 'potential terrorists' are starting to be tracked now.
Vodaphone used to advertise as covering 98% of the population, which is an interesting piece of deception. Do you care if someone lives nearby when you use your dog and bone? Wonder what the statistic is for surface area of UK covered by basestations...
1. Your ISP will fine you for using the word 'penis' in an email to a friend without the appropriate header.
2. Your ISP will fine you for sending a joke to 10 friends (unsolicited? - yes. bulk? - yes.)
3. The law remains impotent 'cos the spammer is in a different country or can be PROVED to be so.
Think 1. and 2. are daft? Well, your credit card company and bank fine you for transiently exceeding their limits, even though they want you to do so so they can charge you interest.
The law is a step in the wrong direction - namely limiting what U.S. citizens can do on the Internet, whilst making no difference to the whole.
I think you miss the point. Your PiP didn't offer a refund when you first used the product. Win XP does, as part of the EULA agreement which the user is forced to otherwise agree to.
The report was chaired by Dominic McGonigal, who said in 199 "It is a great honour for me to represent the music industry...". So who who is surprised that the conclusion is to support DRM. Link and text below...
Culture Secretary Chris Smith today welcomed Dominic McGonigal as Music Industry Adviser to the Department for culture Media and Sport.
Mr McGonigal is joining on secondment from the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), where he is Head of Member Services. He will work as a link between the music industry and the Government.
Mr Smith said:
"I am delighted Dominic has joined us to help us work more closely with the music industry and understand its needs. The industry is important to Britain, both economically and culturally.
"Our Creative Industries Task Force revealed that the music industry contributes about #2.6 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Music is an area where we are a world leader, with overseas earnings of #1.2 billion - twice as much as our expenditure on music imports.
"With new technology opening up new possibilities for music, we want to ensure that we do all we can to keep our music industry in good shape."
Mr McGonigal said:
"It is a great honour for me to represent the music industry in this way. There is much that Government and the industry can do together, and I am looking forward to playing my part in that co-operation."
Biographical note
Dominic McGonigal is Head of Member Services at MCPS where he looks after the 13,000 composer and publisher members. He previously worked at the Incorporated Society of Musicians, advising performers and composers. Since graduating in music from King's College, Cambridge, he has worked in a number of capacities within the commercial and subsidised music sectors. He has served on the boards of the Educational Recording Agency and the National Federation of Music Societies. He has acted as an adviser to Jazz Services and has represented the views of the music industry to Government.
Notes to Editors
1. The post of Music Industry Adviser was created by Chris Smith 18 months ago. It is funded equally by British Music Rights, the British Phonographic Society and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Dominic McGonigal takes over from Sara John, who is taking maternity leave before returning later in the year.
2. MCPS is the collecting society licensing the "mechanical" right in CDs, television programmes, videos, multimedia products etc. In alliance with the Performing Right Society (PRS), they have a combined royalty turnover of #400 million. British Music Rights represents the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the Music Publishers Association, the MCPS and the PRS. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the trade body for record companies.
A web bug (and related cookie) is a normal practice (in the sense it uses standard html), and it doesn't modify the user's computer. It just identifies it.
That's not the same as installing software without consent, or executing a java/ActiveX nasty that modifies the user's computer in some way (eg change home page, as trivial example). Even those... what is the $ value of the damage?
Supermarket newspaper stuffers like the RiteAid ones are often just lists of products and prices. That's it. No claims of being cheapest, nor claims that the products are the best.
The new car ads are typically quite different, along the lines you mention.
I thought plaintiff has to prove a harm with money value. What is that for clicking a diversion site? Different if the diversion instantly installs nasty-ware without further confirmation, but I don't think that's the case.
Hold on. Your early post claimed "all advertising is fraudulent". Now you claim honest ads are "practically nonexistant", ie some exist. Make your mind up! Or perhaps all your first posts are inaccurate...
Walk out the door; you've bought or stolen them at that point, black and white. Starts to become grey (intent to steal etc) if you bypass the checkout and hang around between them and the door.
Sure, you were right. I thought my post was clearly trying to kill the myth you complained about...
I think I understand now how the current statute was used to pursue Jesse Jordan and friends for their college P2P network. If the traffic was provably more than $1k value of music going from licencee to non-licencee, then they were liable under this criminal statute. Hence they caved in.
Gross copyright violation becomes criminal. This means either selling the result, or copying a lot. And 'a lot' is more than 50 CDs every 6 months. An interesting loophole is the 'retail value' test; if a recoring is no longer commercially available, does it have no 'retail value' anymore because it is not available retail? Or does the last available RRP hold?
" Criminal Infringement. - Any person who infringes a copyright willfully either - (1) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or (2) by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000,
shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, United States Code. For purposes of this subsection, evidence of reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself, shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement."
Theft is a criminal offence. Copyright violation is a civil offence. That is a very big difference, and one the media don't seem to have noticed. Wonder why the word 'piracy' is used? Because theft is implied but not stated.
C'mon, Microsoft hardly killed innovation. Both Linux stuff and MS stuff are very innovative, just in different arenas. Linux innovative, IMHO, is largely spent in catch-up for mainstream apps, while MS is trying to dominate think-ahead markets like all internet commercial activity (DRM, P3P, proprietary streaming formats) and home interconnectivity. The problem with MS innovation is that it generally doesn't appear to be ever in the consumers' interest except very short term 'gosh, new feature!'.
Absolutely. Paint Shop Pro does exactly what you want, AND you can turn off the 'colours/layers not supported in this format' nags. I know PSP is not a WP; just pointing out that the UI you want (and I want too) exists in another common prog.
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Scientology documents have marketable value; ie they were made available to high level members who pay money to achieve that high a level in the Scientology organisation. It is therefore possible to argue that the Scientology documents lose value as a tool to encourage members to progess within the organisation (and get access to thee documents) if made publicly available.
So there is a difference between these cases.
Used to be a problem in UK with street 'surveys' that ask opinion questions initially that eventually evolve into a sales pitch. It is called 'sugging', and is now unlawful in UK.
It's quite a clever technique firstly because people are often happy to provide survey data, and secondly when they discover it's a pitch don't want to be rude on the street.
..."to organizations like this I often wonder" if the supporters' names go into FBI files and are targets for CAPPS II etc. That chills me more than parting with the money.
At the end of the article, it states that in law a subpoena cannot be used to access a journo's notes.
Therefore a communication from FBI or other agency threatening legal action to obtain those notes, and criminal action if thwarted to get those notes is unjustified harassment.
That's the point.
(subtext: if you don't hand them over, we suspect you are aiding a terrorist - and the Patriot act gives agencies heavy powers after that assessment)
The DRM doesn't forbid you from copying. It merely prevents you from using the techniques to do so that you used before.
..starting with paedophiles (Megan's law in USA, and tagging in UK) exposing these specific groups after they have served their sentence. Next it will be all released sex offenders, then violent criminals, and finally those with misdemeanors. A little at a time, soon all 'potential criminals' will be tracked, just like 'potential terrorists' are starting to be tracked now.
... as the only opinion (!).
And Nasdaq doesn't even have one broker prepared to issue a recommendation.
The court of financial advice appears to have a verdict here.
No, the fix for SP2 largely involves telling ZoneAlarm (free) not to give the system process SVCHOST.EXE access to the internet. ZA is a 4M download.
Vodaphone used to advertise as covering 98% of the population, which is an interesting piece of deception. Do you care if someone lives nearby when you use your dog and bone? Wonder what the statistic is for surface area of UK covered by basestations...
..is:
1. Your ISP will fine you for using the word 'penis' in an email to a friend without the appropriate header.
2. Your ISP will fine you for sending a joke to 10 friends (unsolicited? - yes. bulk? - yes.)
3. The law remains impotent 'cos the spammer is in a different country or can be PROVED to be so.
Think 1. and 2. are daft? Well, your credit card company and bank fine you for transiently exceeding their limits, even though they want you to do so so they can charge you interest.
The law is a step in the wrong direction - namely limiting what U.S. citizens can do on the Internet, whilst making no difference to the whole.
I think you miss the point. Your PiP didn't offer a refund when you first used the product. Win XP does, as part of the EULA agreement which the user is forced to otherwise agree to.
The report was chaired by Dominic McGonigal, who said in 199 "It is a great honour for me to represent the music industry...". So who who is surprised that the conclusion is to support DRM.
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Link and text below...
http://213.38.88.195/coi/coipress.nsf/0/f9ef682
DCMS 50/99 2 March 1999
DOMINIC McGONIGAL BECOMES MUSIC INDUSTRY ADVISER
Culture Secretary Chris Smith today welcomed Dominic McGonigal as Music Industry Adviser to the Department for culture Media and Sport.
Mr McGonigal is joining on secondment from the Mechanical-Copyright Protection Society (MCPS), where he is Head of Member Services. He will work as a link between the music industry and the Government.
Mr Smith said:
"I am delighted Dominic has joined us to help us work more closely with the music industry and understand its needs. The industry is important to Britain, both economically and culturally.
"Our Creative Industries Task Force revealed that the music industry contributes about #2.6 billion to the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). Music is an area where we are a world leader, with overseas earnings of #1.2 billion - twice as much as our expenditure on music imports.
"With new technology opening up new possibilities for music, we want to ensure that we do all we can to keep our music industry in good shape."
Mr McGonigal said:
"It is a great honour for me to represent the music industry in this way. There is much that Government and the industry can do together, and I am looking forward to playing my part in that co-operation."
Biographical note
Dominic McGonigal is Head of Member Services at MCPS where he looks after the 13,000 composer and publisher members. He previously worked at the Incorporated Society of Musicians, advising performers and composers. Since graduating in music from King's College, Cambridge, he has worked in a number of capacities within the commercial and subsidised music sectors. He has served on the boards of the Educational Recording Agency and the National Federation of Music Societies. He has acted as an adviser to Jazz Services and has represented the views of the music industry to Government.
Notes to Editors
1. The post of Music Industry Adviser was created by Chris Smith 18 months ago. It is funded equally by British Music Rights, the British Phonographic Society and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. Dominic McGonigal takes over from Sara John, who is taking maternity leave before returning later in the year.
2. MCPS is the collecting society licensing the "mechanical" right in CDs, television programmes, videos, multimedia products etc. In alliance with the Performing Right Society (PRS), they have a combined royalty turnover of #400 million. British Music Rights represents the British Academy of Composers and Songwriters, the Music Publishers Association, the MCPS and the PRS. The British Phonographic Industry (BPI) is the trade body for record companies.
A web bug (and related cookie) is a normal practice (in the sense it uses standard html), and it doesn't modify the user's computer. It just identifies it.
That's not the same as installing software without consent, or executing a java/ActiveX nasty that modifies the user's computer in some way (eg change home page, as trivial example). Even those... what is the $ value of the damage?
Supermarket newspaper stuffers like the RiteAid ones are often just lists of products and prices. That's it. No claims of being cheapest, nor claims that the products are the best.
The new car ads are typically quite different, along the lines you mention.
I thought plaintiff has to prove a harm with money value. What is that for clicking a diversion site? Different if the diversion instantly installs nasty-ware without further confirmation, but I don't think that's the case.
Hold on. Your early post claimed "all advertising is fraudulent". Now you claim honest ads are "practically nonexistant", ie some exist. Make your mind up! Or perhaps all your first posts are inaccurate...
Walk out the door; you've bought or stolen them at that point, black and white. Starts to become grey (intent to steal etc) if you bypass the checkout and hang around between them and the door.
Sure, you were right. I thought my post was clearly trying to kill the myth you complained about...
I think I understand now how the current statute was used to pursue Jesse Jordan and friends for their college P2P network. If the traffic was provably more than $1k value of music going from licencee to non-licencee, then they were liable under this criminal statute. Hence they caved in.
Gross copyright violation becomes criminal. This means either selling the result, or copying a lot. And 'a lot' is more than 50 CDs every 6 months. An interesting loophole is the 'retail value' test; if a recoring is no longer commercially available, does it have no 'retail value' anymore because it is not available retail? Or does the last available RRP hold?
" Criminal Infringement. - Any person who infringes a copyright willfully either -
(1) for purposes of commercial advantage or private financial gain, or
(2) by the reproduction or distribution, including by electronic means, during any 180-day period, of 1 or more copies or phonorecords of 1 or more copyrighted works, which have a total retail value of more than $1,000,
shall be punished as provided under section 2319 of title 18, United States Code. For purposes of this subsection, evidence of reproduction or distribution of a copyrighted work, by itself, shall not be sufficient to establish willful infringement."
Theft is a criminal offence. Copyright violation is a civil offence. That is a very big difference, and one the media don't seem to have noticed. Wonder why the word 'piracy' is used? Because theft is implied but not stated.
Paint Shop Pro defaults to its native PSP format too, and the pref to change it is not too obviously named ('Remember last format used', I think)
C'mon, Microsoft hardly killed innovation. Both Linux stuff and MS stuff are very innovative, just in different arenas. Linux innovative, IMHO, is largely spent in catch-up for mainstream apps, while MS is trying to dominate think-ahead markets like all internet commercial activity (DRM, P3P, proprietary streaming formats) and home interconnectivity. The problem with MS innovation is that it generally doesn't appear to be ever in the consumers' interest except very short term 'gosh, new feature!'.
No, IANAMSE (I am not a Microsoft employee)!
IBM has eng/mfg sites in many countries. Its stock ownership is so dilute (because of its age since IPO) that it may not even be majority US-owned.
...but are you Australian?
Absolutely. Paint Shop Pro does exactly what you want, AND you can turn off the 'colours/layers not supported in this format' nags. I know PSP is not a WP; just pointing out that the UI you want (and I want too) exists in another common prog.