Looks like it was astroturf censorship to me, too. Please not the original poster is Darth Cider. Go ahead and mod me down if it makes you feel better--I can post it again.
Three days ago I was
modded down to Troll simply for posting this list of Miscrosoft's DRM subscribers. The topic was convergence, how devices are all going to work together, so it seemed important to point out that MS DRM is already widely adopted.
* Content companies America Online Inc., The Disney Co. and OD2
* Service providers CinemaNow Inc., Movielink LLC, MusicNow LLC, Napster LLC,
VirginMega France and Yacast
* Consumer electronic device manufacturers Archos SA, Creative, Dell Inc., Digital
5 Inc., iRiver International, PRISMIQ Inc., PURE Digital, Rio, Samsung Electronics
Company Ltd., SimpleDevices Inc. and 2Wire Inc.
* Chip makers BridgeCo AG, Equator Technologies Inc., Imagination Technologies,
Micronas, Motorola Inc., Sigma Designs Inc. and SigmaTel Inc. * HP
Do you propose to eliminate compulsory public education and have feral children wandering the streets during the day, or do you have an alternate plan to describe?
What if the OS is stuck in a tight loop with interrupts turned off? To a user, that's still a crash, and it would make the CPU nice and toasty. Software control of CPU cooling by the OS is plain moronic.
Perhaps they have the only copy? If they broadcast it, they shouldn't be able to hold on to a public domain work--allowing them do so grants an effective eternal copyright. (Not that copyright terms aren't ridiculously long already.)
The closest I've been able to come is a court case--Ohio v. Carroll, in which a judge ruled that payment in pennies was an "unreasonable" tender and did not have to be accepted in payment of a debt. IANAL, so I don't know how far this extends in terms of precedent.
On another note, the CODE that runs the car IS copyrighted material. It's code-just like a game ROM. I'm not sure I see how XBOX modders are being punished but the "speed chip" industry isn't. Maybe that's another discussion.
That's an easy one--the XBOX modders shouldn't be punished easy. Once something is purchased, it belongs to the buyer, not the seller. Perhaps it might be possible to enforce some restrictions on leased or even financed vehicles, but I'll be buggered if I ever "license" a car.
So what's the plan when the NCA has broken down and CINCEUR ABNCP has been blown out of the sky? That we just let the $ENEMY don their suits and march onto charred American soil? There's got to be a way to get off a retailiatory strike without direct orders from the NCA. A no doubt highly classified way, but a way.
The classification by the USB folks is irrelevant--they input data into the computer, and thus are input devices. Nice attempt to bait me with the "you should be able to grasp this, though." That's why you have such a following:).
Spamcop puts a list of IP ranges and abuse addresses on their front page, along with an annoncement that they are not allowed by court order to send complaints to these addresses about these ranges. They can also provide a cut and paste ability for people to send reports outside of SpamCop for these providers.
Too late--they already do it. It's called the Compact Disc. The chances of a DRM-crippled CD format catching on, without illegal collusion (that they've already had their collective dick slapped for) is approximately zero.
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Do you propose to eliminate compulsory public education and have feral children wandering the streets during the day, or do you have an alternate plan to describe?
What if the OS is stuck in a tight loop with interrupts turned off? To a user, that's still a crash, and it would make the CPU nice and toasty. Software control of CPU cooling by the OS is plain moronic.
Perhaps they have the only copy? If they broadcast it, they shouldn't be able to hold on to a public domain work--allowing them do so grants an effective eternal copyright. (Not that copyright terms aren't ridiculously long already.)
There will be an umlaut in him later!
Or "erect" memory modules, as they're no doubt at least subconsciously thought of in those circles.
The closest I've been able to come is a court case--Ohio v. Carroll, in which a judge ruled that payment in pennies was an "unreasonable" tender and did not have to be accepted in payment of a debt. IANAL, so I don't know how far this extends in terms of precedent.
Could you point to a citation for the $1 limit? I'm aware of it in the U.S., though I had heard of a similar law in Canada.
The music is licensed only to you. It may not be sold, inherited, or otherwise transferred. Similar to the iTunes Music Store contract.
Nice one :).
That's an easy one--the XBOX modders shouldn't be punished easy. Once something is purchased, it belongs to the buyer, not the seller. Perhaps it might be possible to enforce some restrictions on leased or even financed vehicles, but I'll be buggered if I ever "license" a car.
Hear Hear!
So what's the plan when the NCA has broken down and CINCEUR ABNCP has been blown out of the sky? That we just let the $ENEMY don their suits and march onto charred American soil? There's got to be a way to get off a retailiatory strike without direct orders from the NCA. A no doubt highly classified way, but a way.
The classification by the USB folks is irrelevant--they input data into the computer, and thus are input devices. Nice attempt to bait me with the "you should be able to grasp this, though." That's why you have such a following :).
So how does that make a scanner not an input device? You've stated it's not an HID device, and I agree, but it's still an input device.
It would be if he still worked on his share of large-scale pipe- and cable-laying projects at that porn site!
Spamcop puts a list of IP ranges and abuse addresses on their front page, along with an annoncement that they are not allowed by court order to send complaints to these addresses about these ranges. They can also provide a cut and paste ability for people to send reports outside of SpamCop for these providers.
Expect the DRM lockdown initiative to be back with a new name, probably not long after some virus or worm scare that captures vast attention.
For 80 hours a week? I don't think I spent 80 hours in aggregate on my term papers as an undergrad.
The music isn't licensed to be heard at work. That requires a special "corporate" license negotiated separately through ASCAP.
Too late--they already do it. It's called the Compact Disc. The chances of a DRM-crippled CD format catching on, without illegal collusion (that they've already had their collective dick slapped for) is approximately zero.
. . . this service pack set the faithful back? $129 again, or a bit more this time?
Thanks for the tip--just put in the interlibrary loan request.
How would they know which were sold?
Hell yes. Prison time for copying a movie. Let he who is without sin cast the first stone.