Slanderous isn't being used as a legal term in this. Since it's not a legal document, it's reasonable to use slanderous simply as an adjective meaning lies with a harmful intent. In any case, as somebody else said, SCO has definetly done both.
What about running wine on a version of linux that's already been ported to mac? I'm not trying to be contradictory-I'm rather curious as to whether this would work.
I just don't get it....I sent my favorite artist a $2 coin in return for the music I'd been downloading and all I got back was an autographed photo of his middle finger.
Don't let that little company with its claims of intellectual property slow you down! MS Uber alles!
Wait a sec.../me takes off rant hat, puts on anti-MS hat
Go Burst!
Most spyware (see kazaa license agreement, for one) is, in fact, in the license agreement, and the user has allowed it to be on their computer. Is this sneaky and evil? yes. Is it still spyware? yes.
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And then after the xbox software library and legit customer base grow, Microsoft sells more units at a loss!
...I know, I know, it's all about market dominance for xbox 2, but it's a nice thought, no?
A number of Japanese games (including the ever-popular imported ddr games) are mostly in english. I've never understood quite why they do this, unless they just think it's cooler that way. In any case, the language barrier has been broken for you!
One fact strikes me here: the member companies of the RIAA own the exclusive distribution rights for music produced by the artists that sign with them. Since the RIAA isn't too likely to be taken with this idea, it means that virtually all popular music that currently exists will never be available on such a network. It would be restricted to indie artists, so the RIAA monopoly wouldn't be very much threatened.
My pads are ddrnation brand. They are the cheapest, most low end ones, but they're doing as well as my previous pad by cyphergames. Unfortunately, I can't really comment on the durability of these, as I've only had them a short time. As best I can tell, ignitions are the best, but really really expensive, followed by mymybox, cyphergames, and then ddrnation. Regardless of what brand your friend chooses, have him look on ebay first. It's invariably at least $20 cheaper than the companies themselves, often considerably more, and as long as you get a seller with a good rating, there should be no trouble.
It's a great game, but Redoctane pads from Redoctane? Those run for a minimum of $80 each. While they are the best pads, my current pair of pads was $50 including shipping off of ebay (yes, they're equivalent to Ignition 2.0s). Friends don't let friends pay THAT much to play ddr.
DDR is a great way to get excercise and I agree with it as a good concentration tool, BUT, I would strongly reccomend against getting one of the simulation programs-When you're playing ddr on a pad, you have a limit to how much you can play before you get exhausted. If you have the Playstation version, you're pretty much limited to using pads (yeah, you can use the controller, but it's not much fun and kinda a pain). When you have Stepmania et al, it's very, excruciatingly simple to pop open the program and play for hours on the keyboard. Without a possibility of exhaustion, it's mind candy. That said, Stepmania is brilliant, and an excellent game, just not a good study aid.
As it turns out, you're not entitled (at least according to the RIAA, though I don't know that this has ever been tried legally) to a cd-quality version of a song you own on vinyl. The claim is that since you're getting a better copy, this isn't fair use.
You're not a pirate for buying the cd used because somebody paid the royalties. When they sold the cd to the pawn shop, they gave up the cd, rather than copy/distributing it multiple times. The royalties have been paid.
An ADSL line is, essentially, a very nice phone line. Given that it's not the phone service that's expensive, but the line and the ADSL service, that doesn't make much sense. Cable makes only marginally more sense. The result is that while you can choose to get cable internet without cable TV, the price difference is marginal.
Is that legitimate? Yes.
Is that worth getting a lawsuit, having to pay a lawyer, lose a year of your life in court? Not unless you've got a whole lot more money and time on your hands than the average slashdotter.
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I salivate and fantasize over my jet engine driven bicycle spewing lightning bolts as I complete my newspaper route with unprecedented speed and precision....
If you can deliver newspapers to the right neighborhood on a jet engine driven bike, your control of the force is more impressive than I've ever seen
That would be extremely nice and entirely true IF everyone could afford a good lawyer who could prove you didn't use your smarcard programmer illegally (and yes, that's how civil suits work. DirecTV would have a much harder time pulling something like this pressing charges). So, as cynical as this might sound, the best action Joe Smartcard can take for his own interest is to fork out $3500 and hope somebody comes up with a decent class action suit.
To a certain extent, the adult industry, aside from being over leaders in adopting new technology, stand to gain from having some of their material distributed through p2p etc. Porn, unlike music, movies, and software has an intrinsic lack of reusability (there have been studies-we have specific memories for this and will remember porn months after seeing it). This creates a constant level of demand. The result is that even if you download some company's movies off of a bittorrent site, you eventually run out and, if the company did their marketing properly, you may well end up visiting their site and paying for a subscription.
This isn't as remote as you might think...neither card programmers nor cd burners are necessarily being used illegally BUT if you get a letter from DirecTV/RIAA demanding a few thousands in return for no lawsuit, in order to not simply pay the money, you must be able to prove that you only used this device legitimately. To do that, you need to be able to pay a lawyer for as long as the company is able to drag out the case. In other words, if you're not rich, you can't win the suit, so the RIAA/DirecTV can get away with this.
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Slanderous isn't being used as a legal term in this. Since it's not a legal document, it's reasonable to use slanderous simply as an adjective meaning lies with a harmful intent. In any case, as somebody else said, SCO has definetly done both.
What about running wine on a version of linux that's already been ported to mac? I'm not trying to be contradictory-I'm rather curious as to whether this would work.
I just don't get it....I sent my favorite artist a $2 coin in return for the music I'd been downloading and all I got back was an autographed photo of his middle finger.
Don't let that little company with its claims of intellectual property slow you down! MS Uber alles! /me takes off rant hat, puts on anti-MS hat
Wait a sec...
Go Burst!
But there's also Abort and Retry!
Just what sort of tea is it that you're drinking? I don't think Douglas Adams would approve.
Most spyware (see kazaa license agreement, for one) is, in fact, in the license agreement, and the user has allowed it to be on their computer. Is this sneaky and evil? yes. Is it still spyware? yes.
"In a World..."
Where trolls have taken control.
Where flamewars are the only choice.
One geek and his computer embark on an epic journey. A journey to change the internet.
SLASHDOT
And then after the xbox software library and legit customer base grow, Microsoft sells more units at a loss!
...I know, I know, it's all about market dominance for xbox 2, but it's a nice thought, no?
A number of Japanese games (including the ever-popular imported ddr games) are mostly in english. I've never understood quite why they do this, unless they just think it's cooler that way. In any case, the language barrier has been broken for you!
I won't be content until we have robots to protect us from the TERRIBLE SECRET OF SPACE! *ahem*.../me goes down the stairs
One fact strikes me here: the member companies of the RIAA own the exclusive distribution rights for music produced by the artists that sign with them. Since the RIAA isn't too likely to be taken with this idea, it means that virtually all popular music that currently exists will never be available on such a network. It would be restricted to indie artists, so the RIAA monopoly wouldn't be very much threatened.
My pads are ddrnation brand. They are the cheapest, most low end ones, but they're doing as well as my previous pad by cyphergames. Unfortunately, I can't really comment on the durability of these, as I've only had them a short time. As best I can tell, ignitions are the best, but really really expensive, followed by mymybox, cyphergames, and then ddrnation. Regardless of what brand your friend chooses, have him look on ebay first. It's invariably at least $20 cheaper than the companies themselves, often considerably more, and as long as you get a seller with a good rating, there should be no trouble.
It's a great game, but Redoctane pads from Redoctane? Those run for a minimum of $80 each. While they are the best pads, my current pair of pads was $50 including shipping off of ebay (yes, they're equivalent to Ignition 2.0s). Friends don't let friends pay THAT much to play ddr.
DDR is a great way to get excercise and I agree with it as a good concentration tool, BUT, I would strongly reccomend against getting one of the simulation programs-When you're playing ddr on a pad, you have a limit to how much you can play before you get exhausted. If you have the Playstation version, you're pretty much limited to using pads (yeah, you can use the controller, but it's not much fun and kinda a pain). When you have Stepmania et al, it's very, excruciatingly simple to pop open the program and play for hours on the keyboard. Without a possibility of exhaustion, it's mind candy. That said, Stepmania is brilliant, and an excellent game, just not a good study aid.
Yes, but I'd be a bit frightened if the same thing happened when I opened up a Coke.
As it turns out, you're not entitled (at least according to the RIAA, though I don't know that this has ever been tried legally) to a cd-quality version of a song you own on vinyl. The claim is that since you're getting a better copy, this isn't fair use. You're not a pirate for buying the cd used because somebody paid the royalties. When they sold the cd to the pawn shop, they gave up the cd, rather than copy/distributing it multiple times. The royalties have been paid.
It's farked!
I see you're attempting to take over my job of interfering with others' writing. Can I help you with that?
An ADSL line is, essentially, a very nice phone line. Given that it's not the phone service that's expensive, but the line and the ADSL service, that doesn't make much sense. Cable makes only marginally more sense. The result is that while you can choose to get cable internet without cable TV, the price difference is marginal.
Is that legitimate? Yes.
Is that worth getting a lawsuit, having to pay a lawyer, lose a year of your life in court? Not unless you've got a whole lot more money and time on your hands than the average slashdotter.
I salivate and fantasize over my jet engine driven bicycle spewing lightning bolts as I complete my newspaper route with unprecedented speed and precision....
If you can deliver newspapers to the right neighborhood on a jet engine driven bike, your control of the force is more impressive than I've ever seen
That would be extremely nice and entirely true IF everyone could afford a good lawyer who could prove you didn't use your smarcard programmer illegally (and yes, that's how civil suits work. DirecTV would have a much harder time pulling something like this pressing charges). So, as cynical as this might sound, the best action Joe Smartcard can take for his own interest is to fork out $3500 and hope somebody comes up with a decent class action suit.
To a certain extent, the adult industry, aside from being over leaders in adopting new technology, stand to gain from having some of their material distributed through p2p etc. Porn, unlike music, movies, and software has an intrinsic lack of reusability (there have been studies-we have specific memories for this and will remember porn months after seeing it). This creates a constant level of demand. The result is that even if you download some company's movies off of a bittorrent site, you eventually run out and, if the company did their marketing properly, you may well end up visiting their site and paying for a subscription.
This isn't as remote as you might think...neither card programmers nor cd burners are necessarily being used illegally BUT if you get a letter from DirecTV/RIAA demanding a few thousands in return for no lawsuit, in order to not simply pay the money, you must be able to prove that you only used this device legitimately. To do that, you need to be able to pay a lawyer for as long as the company is able to drag out the case. In other words, if you're not rich, you can't win the suit, so the RIAA/DirecTV can get away with this.