i think the point may not be that it's still only a fraction of what is traded "illegally," but that the growth rate of sales on ITMS is pretty darn good. kazaa didn't quite take off overnight either, but free trades will always outpace paid purchases if the products are the same.
I use the computer, surf tv and someone else is playing a video game on the tv's split screen, all at the same time. Why would I want to destroy that ability by putting everything in the same box??
how long it would take to be shut down. Imagine if someone released a free product called "Windows Light" that was just like M$ Windows but faster and hassle free. Microsoft would have them in court ASAP for all sorts of things.
Or perhaps something like UNIX Light...oh wait, BSD did that and they DID have a court battle:)
back in the day (97-98) I made a lot of money off typo domains, until my partner and I started being prosecuted!!! I don't see how this is any less illegal than what I was doing 5 years ago.
anything that can be done in flash can be done using javascript/dhtml. I made a webapp that completely acts like a windows desktop out of js/dhtml, and it works in any browser that supports the current standards. It would be nice to stop having to add hacks to support IE, maybe this will bring microsoft in line with the rest of the world. Also nice to get rid of all those macromedia junkies. "I use flash" should not be a job description, it's pathetic.
them: so, what do you do? me: i'm a programmer, how bout you? them: oh, i use macromedia products. me: wtf are you stupid?
people have been buying and selling used records, tapes, and cds since their respective inceptions. This shouldn't be any different. It's still for personal non-commercial use, especially since the proceeds are going to a charity.
if you're interested more, this case is the constitutional basis for the exclusionary rule, explain in brief here
again, IANAL I just like to read legal docs.
In a joint indictment the plaintiff in error, Gouled, one Vaughan, an officer of the United States Army, and a third, an attorney at law, were charged in the first count with being parties to a conspiracy to defraud the United States, in violation of section 37 of the federal Criminal Code ( Comp. St. 10201), and, in the second count, with having used the mails to [255 U.S. 298, 303] promote a scheme to defraud the United States, in violation of section 215 of that Code (section 10384). Vaughan pleaded guilty, the attorney was acquitted, and Gouled, whom we shall refer to as the defendant, was convicted, and thereupon prosecuted error to the Circuit Court of Appeals, which certifies to this court six questions which we are to consider.
This is similar to a U.S. Supreme Court case, Gouled vs. U.S. Army, from the 1921. Some dude went into Gouled's office and took some papers without asking. He turned them over to law enforcement, then criminal charges were made against Gouled based on the stolen documents. They were ruled inadmissable because the man who took them at the time was not acting as a government agent, but when he handed them over he became one. Gouled (my great uncle) was found not guilty.
IANAL but I'd say that RIAA, by the terms of the DCMA, becomes an agent of the government and therefore is violating the fourth amendment.
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also, postgresql has had support for adding third party languages for writing inline db functions for quite a while.
I always called it a recursive wget.
i think the point may not be that it's still only a fraction of what is traded "illegally," but that the growth rate of sales on ITMS is pretty darn good. kazaa didn't quite take off overnight either, but free trades will always outpace paid purchases if the products are the same.
I use the computer, surf tv and someone else is playing a video game on the tv's split screen, all at the same time. Why would I want to destroy that ability by putting everything in the same box??
If you can elicit an electrical response from your brain, someone with a probe stuck in your head can do the same thing.
It's easily tracked advertising. It will let them see what the users want, and perhaps sway the direction of artists they sign.
IANAL but I believe patents are applicable from invention date, not filing date.
their website says it's a configuration utility...not quite the same as having a replacement OS called windows lite
how long it would take to be shut down. Imagine if someone released a free product called "Windows Light" that was just like M$ Windows but faster and hassle free. Microsoft would have them in court ASAP for all sorts of things.
:)
Or perhaps something like UNIX Light...oh wait, BSD did that and they DID have a court battle
that's almost as standard as you can get.
I for one welcome our new adaptive overlords.
back in the day (97-98) I made a lot of money off typo domains, until my partner and I started being prosecuted!!! I don't see how this is any less illegal than what I was doing 5 years ago.
perhaps I should've gotten a patent...
some people can adapt to changes in the marketplace, others cannot. Deal with it. ;)
anything that can be done in flash can be done using javascript/dhtml. I made a webapp that completely acts like a windows desktop out of js/dhtml, and it works in any browser that supports the current standards. It would be nice to stop having to add hacks to support IE, maybe this will bring microsoft in line with the rest of the world. Also nice to get rid of all those macromedia junkies. "I use flash" should not be a job description, it's pathetic.
them: so, what do you do?
me: i'm a programmer, how bout you?
them: oh, i use macromedia products.
me: wtf are you stupid?
better pic of the first wooden mouse he made
amazing what google can pull up. here's a website about Engelbart's demo of the first mouse
Dr. Halo!! Boy does that bring back some memories...it came with our logitech handheld b&w scanner :)
for the letter. i'm sick of these spam bounce mails cluttering up my caughtspam folder.
which is useless without images...
people have been buying and selling used records, tapes, and cds since their respective inceptions. This shouldn't be any different. It's still for personal non-commercial use, especially since the proceeds are going to a charity.
if you're interested more, this case is the constitutional basis for the exclusionary rule, explain in brief here again, IANAL I just like to read legal docs.
I use a relational database.
This is similar to a U.S. Supreme Court case, Gouled vs. U.S. Army, from the 1921. Some dude went into Gouled's office and took some papers without asking. He turned them over to law enforcement, then criminal charges were made against Gouled based on the stolen documents. They were ruled inadmissable because the man who took them at the time was not acting as a government agent, but when he handed them over he became one. Gouled (my great uncle) was found not guilty.
IANAL but I'd say that RIAA, by the terms of the DCMA, becomes an agent of the government and therefore is violating the fourth amendment.
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