It's not their damn property! Did they rip the cd's and make the mp3's? Also, an mp3 is not a 1:1 copy. Let them go after the folks distributing 1:1 cd copies with bittorrent or the people ripping the cd's and making the mp3s. That is where copyright is being violated. How am I to know that some mp3 i'm downloading is copyrighted? How much random noise do I need to insert in an mp3 before it no longer resembles the original, before it's no longer considered a "copy"?
I know this is slightly off topic but please bear with me. I'm sure some of you have been wronged in someway by some pathetic person over the internet and wanted to get back at them without breaking the law. Recently a "friend" of mine managed to gain control of one of my online gaming accounts and drag my good name through the mud. The kind reps at Blizzard said there was nothing they could to about it and suggested I use some "frontier justice". So since I have my "friend's" email address I was thinking about signing him up for some spam. What would be the easiest way to get him signed up to receive tons of the stuff?
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a micro-engine that will allow people to charge mobile phones using lighter fluid AND power their computers with STEAM!!!
I received, or I should say my ISP received a C&D from the RIAA a couple of months ago for a single file that I had downloaded over eDonkey. They are certainly not just going after the "big fish".
All I'm saying is that hopefully this is a "real" standalone SMS client that is integrated well with the phone and not some sort of web based application that you access through the browser in the phone (something that the brilliant people at Sprint came up with. If you have Sprint you'd know what I mean).
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And if the penalties are reasonable I think people will take their chances...
I have never in my life seen a Copyright notice on an MP3 file...
Tell it to the judge...
It's not their damn property! Did they rip the cd's and make the mp3's? Also, an mp3 is not a 1:1 copy. Let them go after the folks distributing 1:1 cd copies with bittorrent or the people ripping the cd's and making the mp3s. That is where copyright is being violated. How am I to know that some mp3 i'm downloading is copyrighted? How much random noise do I need to insert in an mp3 before it no longer resembles the original, before it's no longer considered a "copy"?
Just don't leach from the RIAA/MPAA honeypot, dillh0les!
I know this is slightly off topic but please bear with me. I'm sure some of you have been wronged in someway by some pathetic person over the internet and wanted to get back at them without breaking the law. Recently a "friend" of mine managed to gain control of one of my online gaming accounts and drag my good name through the mud. The kind reps at Blizzard said there was nothing they could to about it and suggested I use some "frontier justice". So since I have my "friend's" email address I was thinking about signing him up for some spam. What would be the easiest way to get him signed up to receive tons of the stuff?
Researchers at the University of Birmingham have developed a micro-engine that will allow people to charge mobile phones using lighter fluid AND power their computers with STEAM!!!
in your spare time?
as of 20 June 2003, all Digital Cinema will be done using the animated GIF format...
I received, or I should say my ISP received a C&D from the RIAA a couple of months ago for a single file that I had downloaded over eDonkey. They are certainly not just going after the "big fish".
I had a similar experience with ASCII art and a 300 baud modem...
Last time I checked Godwin's Law applied to Usenet threads. Regardless, this thread has gone on long enough...
So was Hitler and look how far he got...
I bet you always use your turn signal, never go over the speed limit and keep those tags on your mattresses too, huh?
How about some flying pigs?
All I'm saying is that hopefully this is a "real" standalone SMS client that is integrated well with the phone and not some sort of web based application that you access through the browser in the phone (something that the brilliant people at Sprint came up with. If you have Sprint you'd know what I mean).
Hopefully this is not some sort of lame web based chat... Ya' know, the kind of thing that those geniouses over at Sprint PCS would cook up.
Ah, yes, lets take lessons about Equal Opportunity from South Africa... bwwwahhhhha ha ha!
Well, now they are going to have Spike Lee's lawyers after them.
That was damn inspiring... Mod parent up!!!
A slashdot reader/poster kicking someones ass... now this I gotta see! lol
Flamebait, eh? Truth hurts doesn't it....
Why on earth would you want to perpetuate the horror that is AIX...? You go SCO!! woot!!!
Hell, I think *this* geek is going to become a truck driver!
If you rode that thing in the neighborhood where I grew up you'd get your ass kicked every day!