Even if the Texas law isn't as bad, and I'll wait for an EFF lawyer before making that decision, the law getting passed in Texas could contribute to a snowball effect for other states. An MPAA lobbyist could easily argue "We've had no serious issues in all these other states; its no big deal, just an update to existing laws." Protecting Texas from this bill can protect other states in the future, and perhaps the nation as a whole. How many times have you read about a bill before Congress, in an article that included the phrase "27 of the 50 states have already passed versions of the bill..."
After getting the form at this link, page 53 (see above), here are the fields to fill out. The field names are in bold, your response is in italics.
Committee On:Criminal Justice Hearing Site:E1.106 Date05/06/2003 I do not wish to testify but wish to register as indicated(check this box) against(check this box) Subject MatterSB 1116 NameYour Name Occupation, Profession, or BusinessYour Job, the More IT sounding the better Address FieldsYour Address (TX preferrable, not required) In appearing before this committee I represent:check myself, unless you're filing on behalf on an organization
Then, sign your name on the signature of witness line, and fax to 512-475-3737.
If you can't make it to Austin, you can fill out a Witness Affirmation Form and fax it the subcommittee (fax:512-475-3737). The form can be filled downloaded from this PDF, on page 53. This form states for the committee your opinion on the bill at hand. You can testify against SB 1116 without speaking before the committee. This lets the subcommittee know your opinion on the matter without having to appear in person. One final note, this is an old version of the witness affirmation form; however its close enough to the current version that I think it should be acceptable.
Stage 1: Create an atmosphere of distrust in the global community so you can be the only one to have to split the spoils with.
Stage 2: Immediately declare the war already over, then invade. Ruthlessly crush your enemy using your advanced weapons technology while holding press conferences warning of the enemy's really big, scary weapons.
Stage 3: Threaten all of the neighbors of the country in an attempt to spread the war without having to go through all the nasty 'diplomacy' this one took.
Stage 4: Capture Iraqi cities, stage the toppling of previous ruler's statue using paid Iraqi stooges.
Stage 5: Capture Iraqi cities, occupy them, set up roadblocks.
Stage 6: Shoot anyone who approaches roadblocks without stopping, just in case they're a suicide bomber.
Stage 7: Declare war over from the USS Abraham Lincoln, again, even while grenade attacks and suicide bombings continue.
Stage 8: ?????
Stage 9: Profit!
Stage 6: Contain protests by shooting into the crowds 3 times in two weeks.
The best way to get anything to the public at large is to sell it at Walmart. Does Walmart have any plans to sell Lindows machines in stores, or will it stay on the website?
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DRM doesn't have to be evil, its just that many of the proposals for its implementation don't always have the user/consumer in mind. However, the basic idea of protecting copyrighted works is such an integral part of the American system that its written into the Constitution, Article I, Section 8:
The Congress shall have Power . . . To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts, by securing for limited Times to Authors and Inventors the exclusive Right to their respective Writings and Discoveries.
Granted, abuse of copyrights is a huge issue right now, but the basic concept of securing them in a digital age isn't the devil incarnate.
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Hmm, you learn something every day. Beatrice Hall actually said it in her book The Friends of Voltaire that she wrote under the pseudonym S.G. Tallentyre.
The page linked above had another good quote:
I may disagree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to mis-attribute this quote to Voltaire.
As the friend of 4 or 5 teachers, this is mainly bad for teachers, too. Many schools publish teachers email addresses on the web, or allow them to contact them through something like this. This has dramatically increased the number of insane parents who insist on looking in and checking on their kids via email several times a day, or even every day of the week. Sometimes this isn't a problem, but a number of parents think that if they just pester the teacher enough (now that they have all this data) everything can be made all better.
Personally, I think that with all of the new non-teaching responsibilities that teachers have now, every group of 4 or 5 teachers should have an admin assistant to handle this kind of stuff, as well as filing lesson plans, etc. However thats just one more expense in the days that California and a few other states are actually having to let teachers go because they can't afford to pay them.
In the past, librarians and booksellers have always been willing to assist law enforcement officials when the courts deemed their assistance necessary. But until recently, the government could not go on fishing expeditions by sifting through the borrowing records of libraries. Formerly, an FBI agent was required to provide specific evidence to show "probable cause" in justifying why a search warrant was needed for a criminal investigation.
Under the PATRIOT Act, an agent must explain only why he or she believes that the records "may" be related to an ongoing terrorism or intelligence investigation before being allowed to get a search warrant. This significantly curtails privacy protections, for it dramatically lowers the threshold, from requiring evidence to merely stating a personal belief. - CommonDreams.org
For more on precedent, here's a cut from an article on Gigalaw:
A more current example, of exactly the same kind of conduct and speech, occurred during the impeachment hearings against President Clinton. Alec Baldwin, appearing on the David Letterman show, made an impassioned harangue against the House committee conducting the hearings and Chairman Hyde in particular. Baldwin's outburst called for the audience to "go down to Washington and kill Henry Hyde and the whole damn committee! Kill 'em all." Without asking a particular person to perform the killings, or stating that he would specifically go do it himself, this invective becomes unbelievable and, for that reason, is protected speech. In this situation as with the Watts case there is not the kind of immediacy that the finding of a "true threat" seems to require.
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) filed a friend of the court brief in support of the First Amendment rights of the ACLA. In the brief, the ACLU argued that the established Ninth Circuit test for a threat was whether "that threat was intended to directly threaten a person." This standard is more difficult to prove than the one applied by the trial judge. In addition the ACLU argued that the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which hears cases in New York, Vermont and Connecticut, has adopted a stricter standard, which the ACLU believes is more appropriate to the Nuremberg Files case. The Second Circuit standard is that speech is outside the bounds of the First Amendment if the threat is in words that are "unequivocal, unconditional, immediate, and specific" and that express a "gravity of purpose and imminent prospect" of violence.
The second court(NY, VT, CT), like the fourth, doesn't apply to this case.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals let the The Nuremburg Files website stay online, which depicts pictures of aborted fetuses and had a "hit list" of abortion doctors. Even though at least one doctor on the list had been murdered, and his name was crossed out on the list, the Court still saw that this was free speech. If that could stand, surely this website is well within the bounds of the law
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Even if the Texas law isn't as bad, and I'll wait for an EFF lawyer before making that decision, the law getting passed in Texas could contribute to a snowball effect for other states. An MPAA lobbyist could easily argue "We've had no serious issues in all these other states; its no big deal, just an update to existing laws." Protecting Texas from this bill can protect other states in the future, and perhaps the nation as a whole. How many times have you read about a bill before Congress, in an article that included the phrase "27 of the 50 states have already passed versions of the bill..."
Committee On: Criminal Justice
Hearing Site: E1.106
Date 05/06/2003
I do not wish to testify but wish to register as indicated (check this box)
against (check this box)
Subject Matter SB 1116
Name Your Name
Occupation, Profession, or Business Your Job, the More IT sounding the better
Address Fields Your Address (TX preferrable, not required)
In appearing before this committee I represent: check myself, unless you're filing on behalf on an organization
Then, sign your name on the signature of witness line, and fax to 512-475-3737.
If you can't make it to Austin, you can fill out a Witness Affirmation Form and fax it the subcommittee (fax:512-475-3737). The form can be filled downloaded from this PDF, on page 53. This form states for the committee your opinion on the bill at hand. You can testify against SB 1116 without speaking before the committee. This lets the subcommittee know your opinion on the matter without having to appear in person. One final note, this is an old version of the witness affirmation form; however its close enough to the current version that I think it should be acceptable.
Stage 1: Create an atmosphere of distrust in the global community so you can be the only one to have to split the spoils with.
Stage 2: Immediately declare the war already over, then invade. Ruthlessly crush your enemy using your advanced weapons technology while holding press conferences warning of the enemy's really big, scary weapons.
Stage 3: Threaten all of the neighbors of the country in an attempt to spread the war without having to go through all the nasty 'diplomacy' this one took.
Stage 4: Capture Iraqi cities, stage the toppling of previous ruler's statue using paid Iraqi stooges.
Stage 5: Capture Iraqi cities, occupy them, set up roadblocks.
Stage 6: Shoot anyone who approaches roadblocks without stopping, just in case they're a suicide bomber.
Stage 7: Declare war over from the USS Abraham Lincoln, again, even while grenade attacks and suicide bombings continue.
Stage 8: ?????
Stage 9: Profit! Stage 6: Contain protests by shooting into the crowds 3 times in two weeks.
The best way to get anything to the public at large is to sell it at Walmart. Does Walmart have any plans to sell Lindows machines in stores, or will it stay on the website?
Granted, abuse of copyrights is a huge issue right now, but the basic concept of securing them in a digital age isn't the devil incarnate.
The page linked above had another good quote:
---- Avram Grumer, rec.arts.sf.written, May 2000Now that's a good ROI...
If only the Whiz Kids had won that battle... Too many servers these days are high on meth...
If only the the Whiz Kids had won that battle... Too many servers these days are high on meth.
...I doubt this will get much coverage on Fox News.
Considering... of course? Singularity.
No word yet if they'll have a simulated Duma suddenly cut the simulated exploration budget half way through the simulated mission.
the largest record company (LA Times) and a member of the RIAA, therefore are they the largest member of the RIAA?
Personally, I think that with all of the new non-teaching responsibilities that teachers have now, every group of 4 or 5 teachers should have an admin assistant to handle this kind of stuff, as well as filing lesson plans, etc. However thats just one more expense in the days that California and a few other states are actually having to let teachers go because they can't afford to pay them.
The American Academy of Pediatrics is recommending that parents and schools keep potassium iodine on hand, just in case.
Under the PATRIOT Act, an agent must explain only why he or she believes that the records "may" be related to an ongoing terrorism or intelligence investigation before being allowed to get a search warrant. This significantly curtails privacy protections, for it dramatically lowers the threshold, from requiring evidence to merely stating a personal belief. - CommonDreams.org
That's why.
They'll just be imbedding them in customers.
For more on precedent, here's a cut from an article on Gigalaw:
The second court(NY, VT, CT), like the fourth, doesn't apply to this case.
The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals let the The Nuremburg Files website stay online, which depicts pictures of aborted fetuses and had a "hit list" of abortion doctors. Even though at least one doctor on the list had been murdered, and his name was crossed out on the list, the Court still saw that this was free speech. If that could stand, surely this website is well within the bounds of the law
Someone's been reading too much US patent number 4,666,425.
They didn't only not bother reading the Patriot Act before passing it, they weren't even allowed to discuss before voting on it!
The NY Post was the first and earliest mainstream newspaper to cover the Wachovia-Prudential brokerage operations merger.
Here's more from Microsoft. Here are the requirements to be certified.