if you ever hose some public official, you can spend years dreading the email summoning you to years of court-run hell because you hosted some Guess Who tracks in '02.
Statute of limitations is 3 years.
However, you still pain a grim picture. One thing I'm curious, though, is: Wouldn't the DOJ start up their own suits at their own pace? Not at the RIAA's pace? In other words, even though this has been the pet project of Scientology, that doens't mean the DOJ will suddenly start filing suits on behalf of the Scientologists, right?
My thoughts exactly. And already doing here at home when I switched to DSL. (They provided an integrated router/firewall/modem at this ISP, instead of just the modem)
I didn't like the features of their box, so I just sit behind my router like normal.
I don't understand. Do the villagers ring their bell so that everyone can jump on their laptop and read their email really really really quickly before the guy rides out of town?
Same with the slashdot article. So he brings WiFi... occasionally, and briefly. Does he ride around ALL DAY? I don't get it.
Hey, if the Space Shuttle can be still be powered by 1960's computers, then I say my 400Mhz AMD can still go against Apple's future G12/Intel's P9 anyday!
I've thought about the 2 interents, also. Basically if you get DRM into the routers, then there's only 1 internet. I don't know enough about the hardware running the internet, so don't even know if it's possible that all new hardware can be bought and replace what is running the internet.
I refuse to believe the nightmare scenario, also. But mostly due to China. I disagree that Academic institutions & business being our salvation.
Mostly due to financial & legal reasons. There are too many examples today showing that they can be bought.... teaching "What's the Dif" in Jr High, Penn State has Napster 2, huge student discounts to MS products, etc.
Does that mean you've boycotted Fox, its stations, and its contents (such as The Simpsons) because they were the studio that created the 2003 movie, "League of Extraordinary Gentlemen" ?
An honest question.
I agree with everything that you say about Disney. Its deplorable. However, this boycott thing is tough to swallow. Can I spite my neice who loves singing the songs to Alladin & Lion King, and watches them once a week? Do I boycott all Kraft products (and others if I did the research) because they're owned by Phillip Morris (Tobacco giant)
What happens when China is brow beaten into submission by U.S. Trade requirements like Australia was?
Actually I think China is going to be the next big economic threat for the US, and don't see this happening any time soon. They don't have oil either, so we'll have to come up with a different excuse to bomb them.
It's going to be a very long time time before they plug these holes and make DRM-only speakers, and there are a lot of smart people out there to keep up with this 'technology'. Your last paragraph is right on.
I agree with what you're trying to say. But I disagree that making future digital products extremely difficult to copy will decrease the rampant internet trading of digital files at all. The groups will continue to provide the digital data, and it's just as easy to copy once it's out there.
Of course they care. Because this is OBVIOUSLY lost revenue. If you weren't busy watching ExoSquad, you'd obviously be paying hard cash for other MGM releases instead.
Actually, wasn't it a search engine for ALL file types on campus? Documents, papers, etc. Don't get me wrong, wink wink, maybe the ulterior motive was for the purpose of mp3's, but I don't remember it being that way.
I thought the only reason Lycos got in trouble for being a search engine of mp3's was because it was touted as being a search engine of mp3's.
I completely agree, and this is my argument all the time. $150,000 per infringement is ridiculous. However, that being said, that kind of fine will really only be held up in a Criminal Case. And the DoJ interviews have shown that they are only looking at heavy commercial violators when it comes to Criminal Cases of that magnitude. Past incidents are monster factories in Mexico, etc.
However, THAT being said, that fine amount is being used to intimidate the civil suit defendants to force settlements, and that smacks of barratry or extortion to me. Come on... "We could sue you for 24 million dollars, or settle for 3 thousand". It's obvious the penalties are out of whack for the crime committed.
For all the speeding-analogy people out there. OK. Fine me $140 when I get caught trading a file and add 4 points to my interenet-driving record. 12 points and I'm suspended for 6 months and have to take a class to get my internet license back.
How about:
A company buys legislation that changes shoplifting to be $150,000 fine per incident. They file a civil suit against you, and will gladly settle for about $3,000 to $5,000 instead.
You're right. The parent poster should be boycotting an industry because it has been found guilty of price fixing (more than once) and has ripped off artists for almost a century.
The obvious lobbying, purchasing of legislation, barratry, privacy invasion, erosion of fair use, and the death of future public domain should be just icing on the cake.
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You are incorrect about the USPS not getting a dime of funding. They get tax breaks, zoning, special laws, cheap materials.
Depends on your occupation!
if you ever hose some public official, you can spend years dreading the email summoning you to years of court-run hell because you hosted some Guess Who tracks in '02. Statute of limitations is 3 years. However, you still pain a grim picture. One thing I'm curious, though, is: Wouldn't the DOJ start up their own suits at their own pace? Not at the RIAA's pace? In other words, even though this has been the pet project of Scientology, that doens't mean the DOJ will suddenly start filing suits on behalf of the Scientologists, right?
Hey, you're the idiot that claimed patriothood just by following "all" the laws of the land, and calling anyone else a criminal for jaywalking.
There is no law saying I can't xerox my book.
So, the air on my planet, is smoggy, just like yours.
I didn't like the features of their box, so I just sit behind my router like normal.
Same with the slashdot article. So he brings WiFi... occasionally, and briefly. Does he ride around ALL DAY? I don't get it.
Why isn't microsoft jumping on the DMCA wagon, and making it illegal to reverse engineer their protocol?
I thought that WAS the goal of microsoft's DRM to begin with? Secure connections and all that.
Hey, if the Space Shuttle can be still be powered by 1960's computers, then I say my 400Mhz AMD can still go against Apple's future G12/Intel's P9 anyday!
But I don't see DRM working unless it IS permeated to all aspects of computers/hardware.
I've thought about the 2 interents, also. Basically if you get DRM into the routers, then there's only 1 internet. I don't know enough about the hardware running the internet, so don't even know if it's possible that all new hardware can be bought and replace what is running the internet.
Mostly due to financial & legal reasons. There are too many examples today showing that they can be bought.... teaching "What's the Dif" in Jr High, Penn State has Napster 2, huge student discounts to MS products, etc.
An honest question.
I agree with everything that you say about Disney. Its deplorable. However, this boycott thing is tough to swallow. Can I spite my neice who loves singing the songs to Alladin & Lion King, and watches them once a week? Do I boycott all Kraft products (and others if I did the research) because they're owned by Phillip Morris (Tobacco giant)
Actually I think China is going to be the next big economic threat for the US, and don't see this happening any time soon. They don't have oil either, so we'll have to come up with a different excuse to bomb them.
It's going to be a very long time time before they plug these holes and make DRM-only speakers, and there are a lot of smart people out there to keep up with this 'technology'. Your last paragraph is right on.
I agree with what you're trying to say. But I disagree that making future digital products extremely difficult to copy will decrease the rampant internet trading of digital files at all. The groups will continue to provide the digital data, and it's just as easy to copy once it's out there.
They'd still call you a pirate while fining you up to $150,000 per incident.
Of course they care. Because this is OBVIOUSLY lost revenue. If you weren't busy watching ExoSquad, you'd obviously be paying hard cash for other MGM releases instead.
That's pretty hilarious in light of the recent announcements the BPI has been making.
Not true.
Sadly, this is illegal. Although I doubt you have anything to worry about.
I thought the only reason Lycos got in trouble for being a search engine of mp3's was because it was touted as being a search engine of mp3's.
However, THAT being said, that fine amount is being used to intimidate the civil suit defendants to force settlements, and that smacks of barratry or extortion to me. Come on... "We could sue you for 24 million dollars, or settle for 3 thousand". It's obvious the penalties are out of whack for the crime committed.
For all the speeding-analogy people out there. OK. Fine me $140 when I get caught trading a file and add 4 points to my interenet-driving record. 12 points and I'm suspended for 6 months and have to take a class to get my internet license back.
Money can buy you a LOT of Justice, Laws, etc.
Four Letters: RIAA.
Their money has ALREADY bought a lot of justice, laws, etc.
How about:
A company buys legislation that changes shoplifting to be $150,000 fine per incident. They file a civil suit against you, and will gladly settle for about $3,000 to $5,000 instead.
The obvious lobbying, purchasing of legislation, barratry, privacy invasion, erosion of fair use, and the death of future public domain should be just icing on the cake.