Read this for an overview of the database protection act in the UK. There are also a few case studies of when the act was invoked.
The interesting and slightly worrying part is that even if the data is available to the public online, either in part or in full, it is still protected.
The judge rejected these arguments, ruling that to extract merely meant to transfer to another medium and dismissing as irrelevant the availability of the data via the BHB web site. (My emphasis)
Texas law allows one -- or even both -- of a couple to be absent from the ceremony as long as the proper affidavits are filed, said Ft. Bend County Clerk Dianne Wilson, who issued the marriage license.
Ah, another sailor, I've was wondering if there were any others on/.
I've been sailing for over 1/2 my life now, started playing volleyball about 8 months ago, and occasionally spend a few hours on one paper mache sculpture or other.
Not many 'never goes out of his room' geeks here, interesting.
Four planes are hijacked and crashed in the history of flying, and you refuse to fly anymore?
I'd say it's a case of common sense outweighing hysteria.
It was the first thing I thought of when I read the topic. I have a few sites where people submit images, and at the moment, if they are gifs, GD can do nothing with them - and it seems a limitation of the site, not the format.
Slashdot Mirror
Someone remind me, is the p800 waterproof? ;)
Now that is bad timing.
Pretend the UBB tags are actually html...
Unlike something like a trademark, (I think it's trademarks) there is no reason they have to sue [i]everyone[/i] for copyright infringment.
They are perfectly within their rights to pick and choose who to sue.
Read this for an overview of the database protection act in the UK. There are also a few case studies of when the act was invoked.
The interesting and slightly worrying part is that even if the data is available to the public online, either in part or in full, it is still protected.
No, not at all. He is saying that there is no legitimate use of CSS, not DeCSS.
He is talking about the legitimacy of the encryption, rather than the decryption.
Ah, another sailor, I've was wondering if there were any others on /.
I've been sailing for over 1/2 my life now, started playing volleyball about 8 months ago, and occasionally spend a few hours on one paper mache sculpture or other.
Not many 'never goes out of his room' geeks here, interesting.
Isn't this where Jabber can help?
The company can set up their own server, meaning that all messages stay inside the company network.
IIRC it also encrypts the messages betweeen clients.
I thought shared software was what Microsoft called their version of open source.
None of these - or any similar system - will do anything with my digital Nova-t card.
Seems the one time I look to the future, I get slammed in the present, espcially as the Hauppauge software is so bad
Maritime Accident Reporting Scheme
Various shipping companies ban them.
Four planes are hijacked and crashed in the history of flying, and you refuse to fly anymore? I'd say it's a case of common sense outweighing hysteria.
Ah, worth a look, thanks.
I hope they keep PNG, and bring back GIF.
It was the first thing I thought of when I read the topic. I have a few sites where people submit images, and at the moment, if they are gifs, GD can do nothing with them - and it seems a limitation of the site, not the format.
GIF does still have a place.