I wonder when we will start seeing automated retaliatory attacks on DDos'ers and other hacking attempts... Just think: An automated scan of the remote hostile system(s) and then sending pre-programmed attacks to those computers determined by those port scans.
If the RIAA can get away with attacking servers who are sharing copyrighted content, then couldn't a company retaliate in the same way against machines who are attacking their servers?
There are many organisations/people (including myself) who simply cannot afford to use credit card acquirers, yet rely on credit card donations through the internet.
Whilst I have had no problems myself with paypal, these stories scare me. What other companies/options do people like myself have? Are we stuck with paypal?
Credit Lyonnas is definitely a saint. They've had online banking for a number of years on the net, and although they recommend IE, their site works in netscape and opera with no problems.
OT: I think they've had some sort of online service for about 20 years or so through minitel....
Is the company to blame if its employees are using P2P applications to share files? Whilst I can understand the $1m settlement won by the RIAA for the company allowing its employees to use their intranet to share copyrighted material, this letter is clearly aimed towards employees using their internet connection to trade peer to peer across the net.
My limited understanding of the law is that with P2P apps such as gnuttella, it is the end user who is at risk of prosecution, and not the organisation in charge of the network.
If companies are going to be sued for not firewalling P2P apps, then where is it going to end? Will the RIAA set its sights upon the ISP's? The backbone carriers?.... where will it end? *sigh*
So if I am reading this right, the ISP, not only will they charge for copyrighted content, but they also will be able to control what I am allowed to see, what I am allowed to listen to and what images I am allowed to view etc?
Where does this leave the independant artist? The person who wants nothing to do with the large monopolistic and greedy organisations?... the person who is quite happy controlling and distributing their art through the free medium of the internet? Will their unofficial works be barred from being distributed through the net?
but includes a EULA that 95% of users won't take the time to read
Thats a little optimistic? So you are saying that 5 in every 100 people will read the license in detail?
More like 99.9% of users....
One of the problems that many home musicians encounter is background noise. Most people I know just do not have the money/space to install a separate sound-proofed booth to record audio, and encasing a standard PC within a sealed soundproofed cabinet is dangerous (I know one person who's computer overheated due to this).
Off the shelf solutions for silent PC's are ridiculously expensive... Maybe this is the solution that many musicians have been waiting for.
.... through the links in the story, yet I can't seem to find PanIP talked about anywhere:)
Er, why not use HTML?
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Basically, blogs are just online diaries where people sprout off their random synapse charges... so why not just create it in html and upload it to a server....
I'm confused.
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This reminds me of Gibson's 'Black Ice'... :)
:-)
I wonder when we will start seeing automated retaliatory attacks on DDos'ers and other hacking attempts... Just think: An automated scan of the remote hostile system(s) and then sending pre-programmed attacks to those computers determined by those port scans.
If the RIAA can get away with attacking servers who are sharing copyrighted content, then couldn't a company retaliate in the same way against machines who are attacking their servers?
Could make for some interesting wars
There are many organisations/people (including myself) who simply cannot afford to use credit card acquirers, yet rely on credit card donations through the internet.
Whilst I have had no problems myself with paypal, these stories scare me. What other companies/options do people like myself have? Are we stuck with paypal?
Credit Lyonnas is definitely a saint. They've had online banking for a number of years on the net, and although they recommend IE, their site works in netscape and opera with no problems.
OT: I think they've had some sort of online service for about 20 years or so through minitel....
Then the RIAA in theory can sue the Tier3 ISP's... and then the Tier2 ISP's.... in fact anyone who purchases bandwidth from another company?
This will never end....
Yes it is corporate spying.
However, the laws do not matter if you are responsible for making the laws, and if you have friends (read senators) in high places.
Is the company to blame if its employees are using P2P applications to share files? Whilst I can understand the $1m settlement won by the RIAA for the company allowing its employees to use their intranet to share copyrighted material, this letter is clearly aimed towards employees using their internet connection to trade peer to peer across the net.
My limited understanding of the law is that with P2P apps such as gnuttella, it is the end user who is at risk of prosecution, and not the organisation in charge of the network.
If companies are going to be sued for not firewalling P2P apps, then where is it going to end? Will the RIAA set its sights upon the ISP's? The backbone carriers?.... where will it end? *sigh*
So if I am reading this right, the ISP, not only will they charge for copyrighted content, but they also will be able to control what I am allowed to see, what I am allowed to listen to and what images I am allowed to view etc?
Where does this leave the independant artist? The person who wants nothing to do with the large monopolistic and greedy organisations?... the person who is quite happy controlling and distributing their art through the free medium of the internet? Will their unofficial works be barred from being distributed through the net?
I seriously smell the RIAA behind this....:(
but includes a EULA that 95% of users won't take the time to read
Thats a little optimistic? So you are saying that 5 in every 100 people will read the license in detail?
More like 99.9% of users....
If it would load, I would.... Damn /. :)
One of the problems that many home musicians encounter is background noise. Most people I know just do not have the money/space to install a separate sound-proofed booth to record audio, and encasing a standard PC within a sealed soundproofed cabinet is dangerous (I know one person who's computer overheated due to this). Off the shelf solutions for silent PC's are ridiculously expensive... Maybe this is the solution that many musicians have been waiting for.
.... through the links in the story, yet I can't seem to find PanIP talked about anywhere :)
Basically, blogs are just online diaries where people sprout off their random synapse charges... so why not just create it in html and upload it to a server.... I'm confused.