Re:Rosy future taken for granted too soon
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I give money to the band or programer because I want them to continue working. I by CDs (from non RIAA labels) because I want the band to release another CD.
In your charity analogy I get nothing tangible out of giving money to the homeless, but if give money to a band I like I may get some more kick-ass music.
She makes a cooking related analogy herself at the begining. And closing with the cooking theme was propably the authers choice, doneto tiethe opening and closing together.
I think that this statement is actually incorrect. To my knowledge the GPL doesn't forbid the paying of royalties. However, I doubt that any code written directly from these standards could be licensed under the GPL.
It is my understanding that when Walmart first opens a store they sell at or below cost for the first six months. The large number of stores alow them to absorb any losses, but local "mom and pop" retailers can't.
However, this was several years ago, and they may no longer do this.
I swear that I shall do my best to prevent any code I write from being used to gather users information without their consent. And that if I do not comment my code in a clear and explict manner anyone who attempts to read my code has the duty to beat me for causing humanity to suffer.
The music industry is making a big mistake in trying to prevent people from downloading mp3s and such. If people are able to hear a couple songs from an album and they like it their probably more likely to buy it. Would you buy a book if all you know about it were the chapter titles? Or to carry the analogy to the extreme, would you buy a car without test driving it?
From the actual text of the bill: (3) DIGITAL MEDIA DEVICE. -- The term "digital media device" means any hardware or software that --
(A) reproduces copyrighted works in digital form;
(B) converts copyrighted works in digital form into a form whereby the images and sounds are visible or audible; or
(C) retrieves or accesses copyrighted works in digital form and transfers or makes available for transfer such works to hardware or software described in subparagraph (B).
Seems to me the only software that would be effected would be CD/DVD writers, media players, web/mail servers, ftp and napster like stuff, mails clients, web browsers, and possibly other stuff I'll think of once I hit the sumbit button.
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I've been courious about this myself, I've been using Mozilla 1.2 since it was released and have yet to have a problem.
I hope this gets Slashdotted.
Are you some kind of computer sadist?
I give money to the band or programer because I want them to continue working. I by CDs (from non RIAA labels) because I want the band to release another CD.
In your charity analogy I get nothing tangible out of giving money to the homeless, but if give money to a band I like I may get some more kick-ass music.
She makes a cooking related analogy herself at the begining. And closing with the cooking theme was propably the authers choice, doneto tiethe opening and closing together.
You're mistaken, the piece is copyrighted. The score itself isn't, but the recording of whatever ensemble was playing it is copyrighted.
Lance Bass, Bill Gates, John Ashcroft, and the PanIP bastard all have a meeting underneath it at launch time.
Personally, I be happy with just one of them.
Look on the bright side, it might just spread out the /. effect enough to keep all the linked sites on line.
What? The articles about propulsion and not some type of transporter-like thing. Damn misleading headlines.
I'm glad to see that the parent was modded as "informative." Just goes to show you how effective the moderation system is.
And you think we would care if something happened to the Olsen twins?
I think that this statement is actually incorrect. To my knowledge the GPL doesn't forbid the paying of royalties. However, I doubt that any code written directly from these standards could be licensed under the GPL.
Youmight want to try djgpp, a dos port of gcc and friends. Available at www.delorie.com
It certainly be cheaper, too.
That's correct, it's based on their 8.1 version. I haven't heard if they're planning to release another based on a more recent version.
Actually that stat was mentioned in Cnet's interveiw with Sorkin (see the /. front page). I am unsure of the original source, however.
For those interested the Morris, Thorne and Yurtsever paper is in the September 26, 1988 issue.
I agree completely. If it weren't for financial constrants I probably would have bought 30 - 40 CDs from artists that I discovered from file trading.
Salt water conducts electricity. So if you are in water struck by lightning, you might as well just be struct by the lightning directly.
It is my understanding that when Walmart first opens a store they sell at or below cost for the first six months. The large number of stores alow them to absorb any losses, but local "mom and pop" retailers can't.
However, this was several years ago, and they may no longer do this.
I swear that I shall do my best to prevent any code I write from being used to gather users information without their consent. And that if I do not comment my code in a clear and explict manner anyone who attempts to read my code has the duty to beat me for causing humanity to suffer.
And if anyone tries to inforce an unjust law the court is probably going to throw the damn thing out.
Gee, I thought people pitched AOL cds because the software sucks and the service is overpriced.
AOL delibertly killed Netscape. Why else would they bundle IE with their software?
The music industry is making a big mistake in trying to prevent people from downloading mp3s and such. If people are able to hear a couple songs from an album and they like it their probably more likely to buy it. Would you buy a book if all you know about it were the chapter titles? Or to carry the analogy to the extreme, would you buy a car without test driving it?
From the actual text of the bill:
(3) DIGITAL MEDIA DEVICE. -- The term "digital media device" means any hardware or software that -- (A) reproduces copyrighted works in digital form; (B) converts copyrighted works in digital form into a form whereby the images and sounds are visible or audible; or (C) retrieves or accesses copyrighted works in digital form and transfers or makes available for transfer such works to hardware or software described in subparagraph (B).
Seems to me the only software that would be effected would be CD/DVD writers, media players, web/mail servers, ftp and napster like stuff, mails clients, web browsers, and possibly other stuff I'll think of once I hit the sumbit button.