Realize that it isn't the DMCA where this comes from
I said "similar to" not "derived from"
Actually, I don't have a problem with the WIPO article. It says Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection...against the circumvention of effective technological measures...that restrict acts...not...permitted by law.
Permitted by law - that's the catch. It's impossible to construct DRM that allows full legal use of the material, and still stop illegal copying. The problem is that the EUCD forbids circumvention even in cases when it's for legal purposes.
The MPAA recently filed a comment on the danish implementation of the European Copyright Directive. The directive demands that "circumvention of effective technological measures" be made illegal in a way similar to the US DMCA
The interesting part says:
the legal protection in Section 75c should not be interpreted to the effect that a technological measure must be unhackable. All technological measures can be hacked. It is for this reason that the WIPO Copyright Treaties and the Copyright Directive have introduced legal protection for such measures.
(Emphasis mine)
The comment was submitted, because MPAA fears that only truly "effective" technological measures would be legally protected.
What good is
it to sue "WzDood345" for pirating $500 worth
of music, if it costs $500,000 in legal fees
and he/she just files for bankruptcy anyway?
It would probably make other people think twice before sharing stuff on Gnutella (though not on Freenet). That, in turn, would make the few remaining non-leeches stand out even more, making them likely targets of court action etc.
If it costs you $500,000 to sue one person, and that makes 50,000 people stop filesharing, it comes at a cost of $10 per filesharer. Besides, once p2p networks lose sharers they rapidly lose attractiveness, leading to "disaster".
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From the Sharp announcement: Noting the importance of battery life, the Zaurus SL-5600 includes a 1700 mAh high capacity battery, the largest standard rechargeable battery capacity currently on the market.
A proposal I would like to see is that government heavily subsidizes the research, but all the profits from products that come from the research are plowed right back into universities general funds, paying for more research as well as lower tuitions, and more outright scholarships.
Yes, and then the universities will focus solely on applied research, and use the patents to stifle competing innovations from other universities. That is surely the free academic spirit that has brought us such great rewards over the centuries, or is it?
Here's the argument: Tens of thousands of people were involved in the Apollo program. There were thousands of them who would unavoidably know if the moon landings were faked. Several thousand people can't keep a secret for over 30 years.
I believe these people is the best argument FOR the reality of the moon landing. I know people involved in Mars exploration, and they would certainly not stop short of getting there for real. I know the same desire for space exploration from myself.
NO WAY would hundreds or thousands of people like these allow the alledged cover-up.
"Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
...
O. Take any action that will or could impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our site infrastructure.
Timothy, take down that link!
Now if only the EU could do this with Microsoft
The aredoing this to Microsoft
"Microsoft as well as interested third parties will have the opportunity to present their positions at a formal hearing," Monti told reporters.
Does anyone know where "Interested third parties" can get involved?
The project from what I see [sourceforge.net] is mostly (if not all) done by non-Americans. So the DMCA does not apply to these people, nor to more than 99% of the countries in the world.
Yup, but some of the developers are in Europe, and the european version of DMCA is on its way.
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I'm writing an open source DVD Player for my project at university (I'll post the code up somewhere sometime in the future)
Post it NOW!
- you really don't have much time before the EUCD does in Europe what the DMCA has done in USA (The cases you're referring to)
It kinda hurts the credibility when the top of the rediff.com frontpage says "Channels: Astrology"?
Realize that it isn't the DMCA where this comes from
I said "similar to" not "derived from"
Actually, I don't have a problem with the WIPO article. It says
Contracting Parties shall provide adequate legal protection...against the circumvention of effective technological measures...that restrict acts...not...permitted by law.
Permitted by law - that's the catch. It's impossible to construct DRM that allows full legal use of the material, and still stop illegal copying. The problem is that the EUCD forbids circumvention even in cases when it's for legal purposes.
The MPAA recently filed a comment on the danish implementation of the European Copyright Directive. The directive demands that "circumvention of effective technological measures" be made illegal in a way similar to the US DMCA The interesting part says:
the legal protection in Section 75c should not be interpreted to the effect that a technological measure must be unhackable. All technological measures can be hacked. It is for this reason that the WIPO Copyright Treaties and the Copyright Directive have introduced legal protection for such measures. (Emphasis mine)
The comment was submitted, because MPAA fears that only truly "effective" technological measures would be legally protected.
"Corporations are like cockroaches. They'll survive everything," Lucas said
Certain companies are more like cockroaches in that the instant you turn on the light, they take to the nearest hole...
What good is it to sue "WzDood345" for pirating $500 worth of music, if it costs $500,000 in legal fees and he/she just files for bankruptcy anyway?
It would probably make other people think twice before sharing stuff on Gnutella (though not on Freenet). That, in turn, would make the few remaining non-leeches stand out even more, making them likely targets of court action etc.
If it costs you $500,000 to sue one person, and that makes 50,000 people stop filesharing, it comes at a cost of $10 per filesharer. Besides, once p2p networks lose sharers they rapidly lose attractiveness, leading to "disaster".
Latest mirror from the Internet Archive.
Now if you're the type who can't help un-suspending your disbelief
I am not able to flatly deny that I couldn't be the type of person that isn't completely excluded from that set of people. Are you?
From the Sharp announcement:
Noting the importance of battery life, the Zaurus SL-5600 includes a 1700 mAh high capacity battery, the largest standard rechargeable battery capacity currently on the market.
Perhaps they meant "Mega" here as well?
Linux, the free source operating system (OS) that has evolved over the years, owes allegiance to none
"Free Source"? - Perhaps that's what we should call it to end the Great War? Hmmm, on second thought, Stallmann would never approve it.
A proposal I would like to see is that government heavily subsidizes the research, but all the profits from products that come from the research are plowed right back into universities general funds, paying for more research as well as lower tuitions, and more outright scholarships.
Yes, and then the universities will focus solely on applied research, and use the patents to stifle competing innovations from other universities. That is surely the free academic spirit that has brought us such great rewards over the centuries, or is it?
Here's the argument: Tens of thousands of people were involved in the Apollo program. There were thousands of them who would unavoidably know if the moon landings were faked. Several thousand people can't keep a secret for over 30 years.
I believe these people is the best argument FOR the reality of the moon landing. I know people involved in Mars exploration, and they would certainly not stop short of getting there for real. I know the same desire for space exploration from myself.
NO WAY would hundreds or thousands of people like these allow the alledged cover-up.
"Misuse" includes, but is not limited to, using the Site to do any of the following:
...
O. Take any action that will or could impose an unreasonable or disproportionately large load on our site infrastructure.
Timothy, take down that link!
Now if only the EU could do this with Microsoft
They are doing this to Microsoft
"Microsoft as well as interested third parties will have the opportunity to present their positions at a formal hearing," Monti told reporters.
Does anyone know where "Interested third parties" can get involved?
Now if only the EU could do this with Microsoft The are doing this to Microsoft "Microsoft as well as interested third parties will have the opportunity to present their positions at a formal hearing," Monti told reporters.
Does anyone know where "Interested third parties" can get involved?
Yup, but some of the developers are in Europe, and the european version of DMCA is on its way.