Technically speaking, the copyright code does distinguish between distribution and copying. But both are illegal. Therefore, making a copy of anything copyrighted is against the law unless otherwise permitted (software and certain audio home recordings). You can make an argument that a copy personal use falls under fair use, but there is no guarantee that a court would agree.
Agreed. Those responses were incredibly lame. And in his advice to future lawyers, he should have at least mentioned that fact that there are certain requirements that need to be met to even be eligible to take the patent bar exam. (e.g., hold a bachelor's degree in a specified science or engineering field).
If you want a simple, one-word answer, then the answer is "No." The guy can't really be much of a lawyer if he can't answer that very simple question.
Reasons: 1) when you make a copy, you break CSS, a violation of the DMCA; 2) when you edit a copy, you make a derivative work, a violation of 17 USC 106.
The saddest part is that this money goes to lawyers and only lawyers, who'll just opt for the luxury version of their next car or shop for the more expensive waterfont summer property. Think if that money went anywhere else--charities, disaster funds, education, investment, open source funding--you name it.
How do you know where the money is going? Many lawyers do support charities, disaster funds, investments, etc.
Some people work at a ball game. You take potential clients to the ball game for entertainment, why not also bring a PDA to show how "sophisticated" you are and to finalize some deal you are working on.
If you file for divorce, you will get a lot of ads in the mail from divorce lawyers. If you buy a house, you get ads in the mail from mortgage brokers. If you buy a car, you get ads from the dealer you bought it at. Does this really deserve a/. story?
The 8GB hard drive they are using is now TINY comparatively.
It's practically impossible to find an 8 GB hard drive these days. Wouldn't it be cheaper for MS to just put in a 20 or 40 GB hard drive (because 8 GB hard drives have to be specially made for MS, instead of being off the shelf).
Attach the IE icon to it and voila... the users act as if there is no difference except it's massively faster, no popup's, no crashes, no freezes.I use Firefox 0.8 as my primary browser at work and Mozilla 1.5 as my primary browser at home. Firefox crashes on me about once a week. I have no problems with Mozilla 1.5.
Actually, the majority of "experts" believe that IE 4.0 was better than the equivalent netscape release and Netscape never caught up . . . until MS became complacent and Mozilla took over.
Saying 4 gigs isn't enough is a little dumb if you ask me.
4 gigs is enough for you. But everyone is different. I have about 25 GB MP3s on my hard drive and I have barely scratched the surface of transferring my CDs to MP3.
Actually you never said anything about people unwilling to do big things. And I'm not talking about giving up air conditioning. Moving your thermostat up one degree (or going to the library or mall instead of staying home on a hot day) will save you a lot more money than worrying about a 10 W drive.
You're starting to sound a bit like a trained monkey:
And you sound like a green idiot.
If you want to reduce power consumption, you start with the big things--refrigerators, driers, air conditioners, stoves. You don't start with a 10 W hard drive.
He's installing a hard drive, not an air conditioner. How much electricity does a hard drive use? A WD Raptor uses less than 10 W peak (see here). To be generous, assume it uses 10 W at all times. That is approximately 87.6 kW*hr for an entire year. According to this page, the avg residential price for electricity is 8.62 cents per kilowatt-hr.
He will use $7.55 of electricity for an entire year. I don't think that will break him.
Get yourself a bluetooth headset and you'll realize the usefulness of voice-dialing. I barely even dig up my phone from the pocket to dial anymore since it's so easy to just key the headset, speak the name and talk.
Sounds great. I'll do that. Wait a minute. Verizon doesn't sell Bluetooth phones.
That feature does sound pretty cool, but I just assign a speed dial button to the numbers. 1 to VM, 2 to home, 3 to work VM, etc.
You're right that Disney is more likely to register everything they produce. That is not the point. They are targeting relatively unknown works that can't be published because of copyright reasons. For example, many old movies are salvageable but are deteriorating. But one can't just make a DVD of the movie because they have to figure out exactly who owns each part of the movie. Or an old magazine with a bunch of different articles. One who wants to republish it currently has to go about finding out who exactly owns the copyright to the collection and to each of the stories. Or they could not republish it, which is what is happening today.
It's not just the traffic ticket, it's the raised insurance rates. Insurers will usuaully ignore your first ticket. But if you get a second one, then say goodbye to your "safe driver" discount.
"business traveller walks around with receipts for their laptops? "
Yes, I do, many of my friends do, etc.
I used to travel on business all the time and had to be issued a laptop. The company didn't give me a receipt for the laptop. My current company gave me a laptop as my daily user. They didn't give me a receipt.
I agree that it has no chance of catching on but not for your reasons. You imply that SACD and DVD-A are only for stronger DRM. That is false for one simple reason, there are no releases on SACD or DVD-A that aren't also available in CD format. The sole selling point of SACD and DVD-A is the superior sound quality. The reason it will fail is because CD quality is "good enough" for most people. Judging by the popularity of P2P, 128 kbps is "good enough" for a lot of people also.
I don't call Franklin one of America's Presidents because he never was one of America's Presidents.
If you meant to put in Washington or someone who actually was President, that is another thing entirely. US President is a historical position. But when you say Microsoft's Paul Allen, you imply that he is still associated with MSFT.
My point about Allen is that most of the bad things/. associates with MSFT was done after Allen left MSFT.
For those who don't know, Paul Allen co-founded MSFT with Bill Gates back in 1975. He left the company in 1983 due to health reasons (Hodgkins Disease), though he kept much of his stock holdings and a seat on the Board of Directors. He later became a "Senior Strategy Advisor" to MSFT after he left the Board, though it is not clear that he still has that position with MSFT.
While Paul Allen was an integral part of the formation of MSFT, he has had little say in the Windows era of the company and I don't think it is correct to say "Microsoft's Paul Allen".
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Technically speaking, the copyright code does distinguish between distribution and copying. But both are illegal. Therefore, making a copy of anything copyrighted is against the law unless otherwise permitted (software and certain audio home recordings). You can make an argument that a copy personal use falls under fair use, but there is no guarantee that a court would agree.
Agreed. Those responses were incredibly lame. And in his advice to future lawyers, he should have at least mentioned that fact that there are certain requirements that need to be met to even be eligible to take the patent bar exam. (e.g., hold a bachelor's degree in a specified science or engineering field).
Reasons: 1) when you make a copy, you break CSS, a violation of the DMCA; 2) when you edit a copy, you make a derivative work, a violation of 17 USC 106.
How do you know where the money is going? Many lawyers do support charities, disaster funds, investments, etc.
Some people work at a ball game. You take potential clients to the ball game for entertainment, why not also bring a PDA to show how "sophisticated" you are and to finalize some deal you are working on.
If you file for divorce, you will get a lot of ads in the mail from divorce lawyers. If you buy a house, you get ads in the mail from mortgage brokers. If you buy a car, you get ads from the dealer you bought it at. Does this really deserve a /. story?
It's practically impossible to find an 8 GB hard drive these days. Wouldn't it be cheaper for MS to just put in a 20 or 40 GB hard drive (because 8 GB hard drives have to be specially made for MS, instead of being off the shelf).
It's not a design patent. RTFA before you start talking about irrelevant stuff.
Attach the IE icon to it and voila... the users act as if there is no difference except it's massively faster, no popup's, no crashes, no freezes.I use Firefox 0.8 as my primary browser at work and Mozilla 1.5 as my primary browser at home. Firefox crashes on me about once a week. I have no problems with Mozilla 1.5.
1) You can connect an XBox or a PS2 to a 17" LCD. 2) an Xbox or PS2 is relatively close in size to a Shuttle PC.
So I'm right, but I'm wrong. Who wrote this, John Kerry?
Actually, the majority of "experts" believe that IE 4.0 was better than the equivalent netscape release and Netscape never caught up . . . until MS became complacent and Mozilla took over.
4 gigs is enough for you. But everyone is different. I have about 25 GB MP3s on my hard drive and I have barely scratched the surface of transferring my CDs to MP3.
Let's see if the EU fines Apple for not supporting Real.
Actually you never said anything about people unwilling to do big things. And I'm not talking about giving up air conditioning. Moving your thermostat up one degree (or going to the library or mall instead of staying home on a hot day) will save you a lot more money than worrying about a 10 W drive.
And you sound like a green idiot.
If you want to reduce power consumption, you start with the big things--refrigerators, driers, air conditioners, stoves. You don't start with a 10 W hard drive.
He will use $7.55 of electricity for an entire year. I don't think that will break him.
Sounds great. I'll do that. Wait a minute. Verizon doesn't sell Bluetooth phones.
That feature does sound pretty cool, but I just assign a speed dial button to the numbers. 1 to VM, 2 to home, 3 to work VM, etc.
You're right that Disney is more likely to register everything they produce. That is not the point. They are targeting relatively unknown works that can't be published because of copyright reasons. For example, many old movies are salvageable but are deteriorating. But one can't just make a DVD of the movie because they have to figure out exactly who owns each part of the movie. Or an old magazine with a bunch of different articles. One who wants to republish it currently has to go about finding out who exactly owns the copyright to the collection and to each of the stories. Or they could not republish it, which is what is happening today.
They're accused of putting Windows Media Player in Windows. Besides Real and Quicktime, who is actually harmed? Certainly not consumers.
It's not just the traffic ticket, it's the raised insurance rates. Insurers will usuaully ignore your first ticket. But if you get a second one, then say goodbye to your "safe driver" discount.
I used to travel on business all the time and had to be issued a laptop. The company didn't give me a receipt for the laptop. My current company gave me a laptop as my daily user. They didn't give me a receipt.
I agree that it has no chance of catching on but not for your reasons. You imply that SACD and DVD-A are only for stronger DRM. That is false for one simple reason, there are no releases on SACD or DVD-A that aren't also available in CD format. The sole selling point of SACD and DVD-A is the superior sound quality. The reason it will fail is because CD quality is "good enough" for most people. Judging by the popularity of P2P, 128 kbps is "good enough" for a lot of people also.
My point about Allen is that most of the bad things /. associates with MSFT was done after Allen left MSFT.
While Paul Allen was an integral part of the formation of MSFT, he has had little say in the Windows era of the company and I don't think it is correct to say "Microsoft's Paul Allen".