There is no such thing... the copyright is protected by itself and the use as such, is covered by the fair use and other similar rules around the world to protect re-use for academic and investigation and the like...
"prosecuting someone for building a structure in a manner that infringes on an architect's copyright."
1. Structures don't have copyright. If they have any inovative technic that have at the most a patent. And only for the processes of employing that technic in that way as described by the patent.
2. Buildings can have at some very special cases copyright (as a work of art). But they must be unique, stand off the others.
The only time when it really matters that the public don't understand the jargon is when they are trying to buy a computer.
Not so...
It's because of that mindset that there is today a DMCA and software patents. IF people knowed the implications of those, there wasn't either of them today! BUT tech related laws are writen with so much legalise and techie jargons that nobody trully understands them (not even the proponents of those laws).
Well... I've been using Mozilla mail since version.9ish and never had a problem with the mail... (even if i'd a problem that lead to some twinkage and copy past of the mail folder and bookmarks from a corrupted profile to a new one)...
... people registered trademarks for their products... actually, a trademark isn't required, but... it is usefull, because it established a "link" between a brand and a business area, will, if not trademarked, the link isn't established...
BUT does both parties have trademarks for the same class???
If they have, then... ***BOOMMM*** (someone goofed hehehehe)...
Linux computers come with all sorts of programming languages and environments...
Windows machines will be shipped soon with the.NET platform, which will come with a compiler (ok... it won'y ship an IDE, but... you can program with a.NET windows out of the box... or will... depends on when there will be such thing... - for now is just vapourware on steroids).
The USPTO only accepts prior art from US and no other countries. So a very common "invention" made in a "foreigner" country is patented in US, the patent is valid.
If they are ISP they can't do any kind of sniffing. Sniffing the packets means that they get knowledge of the content of the packet, so they stop to be carriers and will be prossecuted for all unlawfull content that passes the pipe!
They can only do the network stuff needed to pass the packets arround... they can't act any thing more then that on the content of the packets.
That is why they are carriers and are protected by the law for that...
News Flash: GW was sued today by the department of commerce for breach of leal concurrency after a claim of refusing to supply a retailer.
[this can really happen because there is laws that must be meet to be allowed to market things - i would imagine that they are more interested in killing its retailer network then anything else - are they position themselfs for a takeover? One must ask this questions because it isn't normal for a company to shot at it's foot!]
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Not patentable...
It uses an already published features only... in a way that brokens DNS as we know it...
The code is dead... the company is dead... prolly wasn't that a good code nowadays (you now program much better... and would do it much diferently)...
.Net platform appeared... your skill improved over time...
;)
In the last 3 years, many things happened... Java evolved to a more rubust fase,
My suggestion:
do a list of the program ideas/specifications and redo it from that list... place the code in the trash can... it's dead code anyway...
But IANAL mind...
If it weren't for copyright issues
There is no such thing... the copyright is protected by itself and the use as such, is covered by the fair use and other similar rules around the world to protect re-use for academic and investigation and the like...
Keeping logs of all activities, means to register the header of the packets, and who-where-to that packet gone...
That is impossible unless someone invents quantic hard disks with loads of space! (and they must work real fast also)...
BTW... IANAL... ;)
But that wasn't also legal counseling... lol
"prosecuting someone for building a structure in a manner that infringes on an architect's copyright."
1. Structures don't have copyright. If they have any inovative technic that have at the most a patent. And only for the processes of employing that technic in that way as described by the patent.
2. Buildings can have at some very special cases copyright (as a work of art). But they must be unique, stand off the others.
Cheers,
Who cares???
Just don't sign NDA's and you will be ok...
1. Why do you think my brain is a property of someone but me?
The only time when it really matters that the public don't understand the jargon is when they are trying to buy a computer.
Not so...
It's because of that mindset that there is today a DMCA and software patents. IF people knowed the implications of those, there wasn't either of them today! BUT tech related laws are writen with so much legalise and techie jargons that nobody trully understands them (not even the proponents of those laws).
In the end, the bigger pocket wins...
Well... I've been using Mozilla mail since version .9ish and never had a problem with the mail... (even if i'd a problem that lead to some twinkage and copy past of the mail folder and bookmarks from a corrupted profile to a new one)...
So... Mozilla Mail, yup... pretty usable IMHO...
Sorry to say... but this is... OBVIOUS!!!
Hmmm...
The vendor doesn't sell the software, but the service to compile the package.
And when someone buy a server, they buy the hardware and the service rendered for configure it...
Where is the software beign sold here to be bound by any business law? Nowhere the be found...
There are only services, and for those services the parties can sue and bitch all they like!
The liabilities are delivered to the hands of the end supliers and the end consumers...
... people registered trademarks for their products... actually, a trademark isn't required, but... it is usefull, because it established a "link" between a brand and a business area, will, if not trademarked, the link isn't established...
BUT does both parties have trademarks for the same class???
If they have, then... ***BOOMMM*** (someone goofed hehehehe)...
Bah!
Why would the internet be diferent?
Get real and do real laws, not laws of no significance...
Linux computers come with all sorts of programming languages and environments...
.NET platform, which will come with a compiler (ok... it won'y ship an IDE, but... you can program with a .NET windows out of the box... or will... depends on when there will be such thing... - for now is just vapourware on steroids).
Windows machines will be shipped soon with the
BECAUSE...
The USPTO only accepts prior art from US and no other countries. So a very common "invention" made in a "foreigner" country is patented in US, the patent is valid.
Welcome to US!
If they are ISP they can't do any kind of sniffing. Sniffing the packets means that they get knowledge of the content of the packet, so they stop to be carriers and will be prossecuted for all unlawfull content that passes the pipe!
They can only do the network stuff needed to pass the packets arround... they can't act any thing more then that on the content of the packets.
That is why they are carriers and are protected by the law for that...
TCP/IP is a wanderfull thing, but there is only so much that one can do with it.
BSD has a way to avoid that kind of detection already...
News Flash: GW was sued today by the department of commerce for breach of leal concurrency after a claim of refusing to supply a retailer.
[this can really happen because there is laws that must be meet to be allowed to market things - i would imagine that they are more interested in killing its retailer network then anything else - are they position themselfs for a takeover? One must ask this questions because it isn't normal for a company to shot at it's foot!]
And shelf space is controled by the big guys...
Hard to fake... easy to intercept and copy...
Then... you have to have your eyes replaced or become a sinless citizen... sorry... non-citizen!
And i'm publishing a study that states that money donations to me are generally accepted!
It says all in there!
[no warranties of service whatsoever...]
In a real world you pay the local tax.
I already pay my local tax when buying from amazon... So... where is the news???