Contact the ICO and find out if your data was included in the sold information. Then sue T-Mobile for not protecting your personal data. Then after the court cases, sue the T-Mobile staff who stole the data, the brokers who sold the data, and the other network operators who bought the data.
T-Mobile customers could if they play this right make a tidy sum of money from sueing the people involved. Remember to get in early before the other customers and ex-customers clean up.
Of course the real way to handle this is to put a price (say, minimum annual contract price x number of customers) and then use **AA accounting methods and sue those involved for copyright infringement of the data:-)
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And the user can update their phone and remove the terrible branded user experience and replace it with one they like.
At least with Android the phone and OS is open enough for the user to do this if they want.
But who decides what is profit? A little creative accounting and suddenly they're supporting unprofitable parts of the organisation, increasing contributions into the pension scheme, etc.
A decent accountant can make any profitable company appear to post a loss. Most don't because the shareholders want to see profits.
The GPL protects you only is you use it to defend yourself. So if they are using GPL code without acknowledging the author & GPL status of the code then they are opening themselves up for a case against them.
How many people know that GPL software powers their HDTV? You'll be suprised how many Digital HDTV these days contain GPL code.
If the machine was malfunctioning then they should give the money back to every who has fed it - after all if its malfunctioning then no-one should win from the situation, so the tribe should pay back all the taking.
They were missing on a huge publicity coup though. Settle with the guy for something smaller, offer him a permanent suite in the hotel, etc - and then milk the publicity to get more punters in to play the slots there.
NASA started the designs for Prometheus for the JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter) mission, but then that got canned due to the cuts & re-prioritising of funding Bush II impemented. It was then suggested it be used as a delivery system touring the inner solar system dropping off & picking up cargo like a UPS van for the Moon & Mars (and other installations).
It wasn't illegal - it was just bypassing the university administration so they didn't syphon off a percentage of the money. Intel wanted their 'gifts' to go 100% to Sohi.
Many of the chipset SDK suppliers don't tell their customers of their obligations to provide the source when requested by a customer. So while the hardware manufacturer might be at fault, its the chipset maker who is more often the failure.
Cisco/Linksys using Broadcom chipsets. Did Broadcom tell them about using Linux & their obligation under the GPL to release the code. Humax with their PVR - now they're less reliant on the chipset as the Cisco situation so are more at fault for not releasing the code when asked.
If you have a TV card in your PC (or a USB stick in your laptop) you still have to pay for a TV license, even if you don't have a CRT in the corner of the room showing the channels.
The BBC are currently showing Heroes in HD. You can copy this off your HD recording box (PC with a satellite card in it) and watch it happily in HD on other devices. Why should I buy a Heroes box set if I've already got all the shows in HD from the broadcast streams?
Why then would content creators sell shows to the BBC if the BBC then don't protect the show, so the BBC lose out in content providers not selling them the shows. Its not the BBC original shows that are causing this push - its the stuff the BBC buys in from other channels.
At least it should be free to those tax payers in Oregon. Anyone outside Oregon who want copies (law students, legal offices, etc) should pay a nominal fee.
Cats Eyes in the road - the bloke didn't invent a mirror to reflect the light, or the rubber to mount them in. But he came up with the "obvious" idea of putting little mirrors down the lines in the road so you can see them better in the dark.
Just because its "obvious" AFTER its been invented doesn't mean that someone didn't put any effort into inventing it.
The Brits who made Thrust 2 (record 633MPH) & Thrust SSC (record MACH 1.070 763MPH) are doing it again - they're aiming for 1000MPH time with Bloodhound SSC
There is usually some suspension to iron out the bumps in the track - but its not there for comfort, just to lessen the impacts on the chassis, and who uses tyres on record runs these days? Everyone uses solid wheels as there is less to go wrong. Brakes however are a biggie - you need to stop quickly and precisely in order to arrive by your turnaround crew to get the car reprepped for the return run.
Developing a launcher - you mean like the Boeing developed Delta, the Lockheed developed Atlas.... The launches are currently handled by the United Space Alliance & United Launch Alliance - joint ventures between Boeing & Lockheed.
Like those companies which abuse the GPL and release media STB but not the source code for them? Oh, like Humax for their Foxsat-HDR box as (and I directly quote them) "the consumer can't update the firmware so there is no need to release the source code we use".
Thats just as much a breach of copyright as someone downloading a TV show off a torrent site. So will Mandelson remove their net connection
There were plans to send a craft out to Jupiter for a long mission around its icy moons.
JIMO - Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter. The plan was a nuclear fission reactor power plant to generate electricity to power the ion drive. Project Prometheus. It got canned in 2006 due to budget cutbacks and the concentration of resources on Constellation.
You mean Nokia (a cell phone company) sold cell phone technology.
ALL mobile cell tower systems have the ability to locate with a few blocks a cell phone which is switched on - which is a requirement . Why do you think US criminals & survivalists use disposable phones? So they can't be traced by the US government...
The US government is just annoyed that a European company got the contracts rather than a US company and so want a semi-legal reason to block those European companies from operating in the US.
It would be interesting to see how many cellphone operators use Nokia-Siemens equipement in the US.
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Contact the ICO and find out if your data was included in the sold information.
Then sue T-Mobile for not protecting your personal data.
Then after the court cases, sue the T-Mobile staff who stole the data, the brokers who sold the data, and the other network operators who bought the data.
T-Mobile customers could if they play this right make a tidy sum of money from sueing the people involved. Remember to get in early before the other customers and ex-customers clean up.
Of course the real way to handle this is to put a price (say, minimum annual contract price x number of customers) and then use **AA accounting methods and sue those involved for copyright infringement of the data :-)
And the user can update their phone and remove the terrible branded user experience and replace it with one they like.
At least with Android the phone and OS is open enough for the user to do this if they want.
But who decides what is profit?
A little creative accounting and suddenly they're supporting unprofitable parts of the organisation, increasing contributions into the pension scheme, etc.
A decent accountant can make any profitable company appear to post a loss. Most don't because the shareholders want to see profits.
Those who don't abide by the GPL are committing copyright abuse - its all in the license :-)
So proper copyright use in both cases gives more to the public good.
The GPL protects you only is you use it to defend yourself.
So if they are using GPL code without acknowledging the author & GPL status of the code then they are opening themselves up for a case against them.
How many people know that GPL software powers their HDTV? You'll be suprised how many Digital HDTV these days contain GPL code.
If the machine was malfunctioning then they should give the money back to every who has fed it - after all if its malfunctioning then no-one should win from the situation, so the tribe should pay back all the taking.
They were missing on a huge publicity coup though. Settle with the guy for something smaller, offer him a permanent suite in the hotel, etc - and then milk the publicity to get more punters in to play the slots there.
NASA started the designs for Prometheus for the JIMO (Jupiter Icy Moon Orbiter) mission, but then that got canned due to the cuts & re-prioritising of funding Bush II impemented. It was then suggested it be used as a delivery system touring the inner solar system dropping off & picking up cargo like a UPS van for the Moon & Mars (and other installations).
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_Prometheus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jupiter_Icy_Moons_Orbiter
From a quick Google - its based on the ARM core (easily licensable cpu core)
It wasn't illegal - it was just bypassing the university administration so they didn't syphon off a percentage of the money. Intel wanted their 'gifts' to go 100% to Sohi.
Many of the chipset SDK suppliers don't tell their customers of their obligations to provide the source when requested by a customer.
So while the hardware manufacturer might be at fault, its the chipset maker who is more often the failure.
Cisco/Linksys using Broadcom chipsets. Did Broadcom tell them about using Linux & their obligation under the GPL to release the code.
Humax with their PVR - now they're less reliant on the chipset as the Cisco situation so are more at fault for not releasing the code when asked.
If you have a TV card in your PC (or a USB stick in your laptop) you still have to pay for a TV license, even if you don't have a CRT in the corner of the room showing the channels.
Someone has to grab the original broadcasts in the first place for them to be torrented.
The BBC are currently showing Heroes in HD. You can copy this off your HD recording box (PC with a satellite card in it) and watch it happily in HD on other devices. Why should I buy a Heroes box set if I've already got all the shows in HD from the broadcast streams?
Why then would content creators sell shows to the BBC if the BBC then don't protect the show, so the BBC lose out in content providers not selling them the shows. Its not the BBC original shows that are causing this push - its the stuff the BBC buys in from other channels.
At least it should be free to those tax payers in Oregon. Anyone outside Oregon who want copies (law students, legal offices, etc) should pay a nominal fee.
But Americans think that US law applies everywhere in the world.....
Cats Eyes in the road - the bloke didn't invent a mirror to reflect the light, or the rubber to mount them in. But he came up with the "obvious" idea of putting little mirrors down the lines in the road so you can see them better in the dark.
Just because its "obvious" AFTER its been invented doesn't mean that someone didn't put any effort into inventing it.
The Brits who made Thrust 2 (record 633MPH) & Thrust SSC (record MACH 1.070 763MPH) are doing it again - they're aiming for 1000MPH time with Bloodhound SSC
Its a gas in liquid form, and definately not gasoline. Similar liquid as in your gas BIC lighter.
There is usually some suspension to iron out the bumps in the track - but its not there for comfort, just to lessen the impacts on the chassis, and who uses tyres on record runs these days? Everyone uses solid wheels as there is less to go wrong. Brakes however are a biggie - you need to stop quickly and precisely in order to arrive by your turnaround crew to get the car reprepped for the return run.
NASA already outsources a lot of their stuff.....
Developing a launcher - you mean like the Boeing developed Delta, the Lockheed developed Atlas....
The launches are currently handled by the United Space Alliance & United Launch Alliance - joint ventures between Boeing & Lockheed.
Like those companies which abuse the GPL and release media STB but not the source code for them? Oh, like Humax for their Foxsat-HDR box as (and I directly quote them) "the consumer can't update the firmware so there is no need to release the source code we use".
Thats just as much a breach of copyright as someone downloading a TV show off a torrent site.
So will Mandelson remove their net connection
Actually - it appears they say that "ticketted fans" cannot Tweet.
So if you have a ticket and hate football, or don't have a ticket and are a fan then you can still tweet :-)
And this is useful knowledge because?
How about if the defense is a gram negative(*) - which attack vector do you use? At least this information can be used to save lives.
(*) Gram negative is a type of bacteria.
There were plans to send a craft out to Jupiter for a long mission around its icy moons.
JIMO - Jupiter Icy Moons Orbiter. The plan was a nuclear fission reactor power plant to generate electricity to power the ion drive. Project Prometheus. It got canned in 2006 due to budget cutbacks and the concentration of resources on Constellation.
You mean Nokia (a cell phone company) sold cell phone technology.
ALL mobile cell tower systems have the ability to locate with a few blocks a cell phone which is switched on - which is a requirement . Why do you think US criminals & survivalists use disposable phones? So they can't be traced by the US government...
The US government is just annoyed that a European company got the contracts rather than a US company and so want a semi-legal reason to block those European companies from operating in the US.
It would be interesting to see how many cellphone operators use Nokia-Siemens equipement in the US.