However, all DVD's are protected by CSS and ripping it circumvents that CSS and that is circumvention of a copy protection device, which is a felony under the DMCA, regardless of if the purpose you are circumventing the protection for is legal.
Um. Yeah, what he said. I guess I should have mentioned the CSS/DMCA problem in my original post, but this being/. I thought you'd figure that out on your own.
You expressly authorize Comcast and its suppliers to cooperate with (i) law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected legal violations, and (ii) and system administrators at other Internet service providers or other network or computing facilities
I fail to see how this clause is pertinent to this law suit in any way. The RIAA is neither an internet service provider, nor a law enforcement agency (no matter how much they want to be).
Older geeks from the Phoenix area should remember that Carl Hayden (referred to locally as CHHS) has a long history of 'geek' accomplishments. In the early 90's students from CHHS ran one of the largest free BBS systems in the region. I don't recall how many phone lines they had running at once there, but I do recall them having one of the best Trade Wars 2000 games. CHHS was a popular virtual hangout for computer geeks from throughout the Phoenix metro area. My wife and I (yes, some geeks get married) were both CHHS members and actually met at a weekly GT that was comprised largely of CHHS users.
Just like this story suggests the kids at CHHS that made the BBS go did so with limited funds, and little external support. It's ashame to see that little has changed for today's students.
Anyone else that remembers the CHHS BBS may want to drop by here: http://www.bbsmates.com/XQ/ASP/id.98859/QX/viewbbs.htm
He said quite clearly that he doesn't trust the feds and that he thinks that any power they get will be abused.
I think I've read some quotes from people who said similar things. Oh yeah, I remember who they were now. They were our "Founding Fathers"! You know, the guys that added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution because they were afraid that without it the power of the government might get out of hand. You know, the same Bill of Rights that the Patriot Act is doing its best to subvert?
Probably they can't understand it because it's directly at odds with all previous software this company has sold. Not just that, but it also contradicts the language in the EULA that the company itself (presumably) wrote. If your legal agreement states that ownership of the software can be transferred, then it should be technically possible to do so.
Currently, the only way to do it technically, is by transferring the username and password associated with that person's account. However, this is one thing that the EULA expressly prohibits. So what the EULA allows isn't technically possible, and what the EULA disallows is easy to do. And this makes sense to you how?
What in your mind was the cost of the wheel, the lightbulb, and antibiotics?
In order: urban sprawl, polution, and overpopulation
Not that I believe that, but there certainly are those out there that do.
The error in your argument comes from you not carefully reading the definition you yourself quoted "a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent"
Nothing is taken when someone infringes a copyright. It is by definition copied, not taken. Let's say I had technology that would let me make an exact copy of your car. If I use this, and then drive off in the copy, have I taken anything from you? Therefore, the very definition that you posted demonstrates that copyright infringement is not theft.
Actually, if you're a fan of the Fallout series, than you know what the SPECIAL system is. It doesn't have anything to do with Bethesda. If you're not a fan of the series, then why do you care about this story?
Any ways, SPECIAL is the name given to the game system than handles character creation, development, skill use, combat, and all the rest of that stuff in the Fallout games. It's an acronym of the seven stats used by characters:
Strength
Perception
Endurance
Charisma
Intelligence
Agility
Luck
The reason this is mentioned, is that there was some concern amongst the Die Hards that Fallout 3 might not even use the SPECIAL system, and instead would use some lame Elder Scrolls style thing.
I don't think DJ's at radio stations are free to play anything that isn't on the approved play list. I submit the following anectdote as my only evidence.
Here in Phoenix there was (and still is, though in a new form) a modern rock radio station called The Edge 106.3. The station was changed to a Spanish language format, but it was known that this was going to happen long before it actually did. The existing DJ's knew they weren't going to be around after the change. The afternoon drive DJ (I believe called Dead Air Dave) started playing the "What are they going to do, fire me?" song of the day every day at 5:15. It was basically just some song he likes that wasn't on the approved play list. Sometimes it would be a deep cut from an album they already played, sometimes a new local band he wanted to give some pub to, or something he heard on the internet and liked, or some old school band that didn't get played any more. Now I'm not one who usually listens to the radio much, I've got too much money in cds and mp3s. However, I always tuned in to hear the "What are they going to do, fire me" song of the day. Why? Because it was different! I was guaranteed to hear a decent song, that I probably hadn't heard before (or at least in a long time). I wouldn't always like the songs he picked, but at least it was something new. Kinda like eating a new dish at a favorite resturant. And I always *learned* something, becuase he'd explain why it was today's song.
The ironic part is that after the station closed most of the staff reformed The Edge as a truly independant radio station on another channel. That DJ continued the "What are they going to do" bit for a few months after. They don't do that any longer, but the station itself is pretty decent. The even stream their broadcast on the Web, which few stations seems to do these days.
You can read about the station and find the stream at: www.theedge1039.com
Those "Divine Rights" you're talking about are the rights to Life, Liberty, and Property (substitute happiness if the right to Property sounds to greedy for you). They are the basic human rights that America was founded on, and that our Constitution and Bill of Rights were designed to protect.
Note that these rights are not granted by these documents. Nothing should be able to "grant" you Life or Freedom because if they granted you those rights that would imply that they could be taken away. Libertatians simply believe that these rights are inhernant to all people. Governement then, should be designed to protect these rights for as many people as possible, and in that order (Life, then Liberty, then Property).
As to why the Libertarian's view of what rights are inherant to all people should take precident over, let's say the Anarchists or the Marxists, well this country was founded under Libertarian principals. They're right there at the front and center of all of our most important documents.
I have altered the dashboard, pray I don't alter it any further.
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That's the kind of mentality that keeps us from making any progress away from fossil fuels in this country.
You don't worry about how many regulators or regulations they have at FF plants? Why? Do fewer people die in accidents at FF plants? No. Do they pose less risk to the enviornment? No. Heck, coal fired plants even release more radiation into the enviornment than a Nuke plant does, but no one notices that.
Even for non-nuclear alternative fuel plants we can't get past these irrational fears. We can't build geothermal plants because we can't get transmision lines built due to all the regulation.
China might actually be able to pull something like this off at a reasonable price. In the U.S. this would never get done. Between the "not in my backyard" protests, and over-regulation, the time and cost would simply be too great.
Not that I like China's government, but there are certain advantages to their style.
Earlier reports that cyber-terrorists would be bringing down the internet today have now been denounced as "Slashdot editors complete lack of common sense or fact checking".
So it's okay to break a clause in your contract, as long as you contend that the other person probably didn't thoroughly read the contract?
I know you can't be bothered with actually READING the ruling you're commenting on. If you did, you might not be able to get the +5 Insightful first post.
However, if you HAD bothered to read the ruling, you'd find that the judge ruled based on precident that a general policy statement does not constitute a contract. Therefore, there was no contractual obligation to maintain the users privacy.
From the ruling:
The usual rule in contract cases is that "general statements of policy are not
contractual." Martens, 616 N.W.2d at 741 (quotations omitted). In the employment context,
the Minnesota Supreme Court has found that statements in an employee handbook as specific
as "[a] person is not dismissed without cause, and it is customary to give a warning and an
opportunity to 'make good' before final dismissal" did not create an employment contract that
altered the presumed at-will employment relationship. Cederstrand v. Lutheran Bhd., 117
N.W.2d 213, 215-16 (Minn. 1962). The court characterized the statement as a "general
polic[y], not an offer of contractual character." Id. at 222.
The privacy statement on Northwest's website did not constitute a unilateral contract.
The language used vests discretion in Northwest to determine when the information is
"relevant" and which "third parties" might need that information.
As an added bonus, I don't think you'll find a more succinct (and utterly British) answer to overpopulation objections to life extension than the one at the end of this article!
I don't suppose this solution has anything to do with the boiling and eating of small Irish children does it?
How did this get modded +1 Informative? Probably because there's no -1 Clueless. If you'd ever seen a craps wheel, you'd know there are usually 38 spots on the wheel. 18 Red, 18 Black, and 2 Green. Your chance of winning by betting red or black is 18/38, or roughly 47.4% Substantially less that 50%. You think they built those Billion dollar casinos just getting lucky on 50/50 bets?
I'd just like to point out that GOOGLE is not a source. Heck, the INTERNET is not a source.
As inconvienent for you as it is, if you're going to try to convince (or just piss off) other people it's your job to back up your claims, not their job to research them for you.
Slashdot Mirror
However, all DVD's are protected by CSS and ripping it circumvents that CSS and that is circumvention of a copy protection device, which is a felony under the DMCA, regardless of if the purpose you are circumventing the protection for is legal.
/. I thought you'd figure that out on your own.
Um. Yeah, what he said. I guess I should have mentioned the CSS/DMCA problem in my original post, but this being
And I can find a legal-in-the-USofA way to do this where?
Liar! I just tried to log into your account here and the password isn't 'slashdot' or any common variation thereof.
This is going to get passed.
http://creativecommons.org/projects/founderscopyri ght/
Sice the OP didn't reply, I took 30 seconds to do a Google search for you using the terms 'Clark' 'Badnarik' 'Arrested'.
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http://www.theplainsman.com/vnews/display.v/ART/2
Auto spacing breaks the link. Take out the space in the middle of '20 04'.
I have heard of LSB
Leisure Suit Bill...(Larry's Cousin)
Wasn't he President a few years back?
You expressly authorize Comcast and its suppliers to cooperate with (i) law enforcement authorities in the investigation of suspected legal violations, and (ii) and system administrators at other Internet service providers or other network or computing facilities I fail to see how this clause is pertinent to this law suit in any way. The RIAA is neither an internet service provider, nor a law enforcement agency (no matter how much they want to be).
Older geeks from the Phoenix area should remember that Carl Hayden (referred to locally as CHHS) has a long history of 'geek' accomplishments. In the early 90's students from CHHS ran one of the largest free BBS systems in the region. I don't recall how many phone lines they had running at once there, but I do recall them having one of the best Trade Wars 2000 games. CHHS was a popular virtual hangout for computer geeks from throughout the Phoenix metro area. My wife and I (yes, some geeks get married) were both CHHS members and actually met at a weekly GT that was comprised largely of CHHS users.
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Just like this story suggests the kids at CHHS that made the BBS go did so with limited funds, and little external support. It's ashame to see that little has changed for today's students. Anyone else that remembers the CHHS BBS may want to drop by here: http://www.bbsmates.com/XQ/ASP/id.98859/QX/viewbb
He said quite clearly that he doesn't trust the feds and that he thinks that any power they get will be abused. I think I've read some quotes from people who said similar things. Oh yeah, I remember who they were now. They were our "Founding Fathers"! You know, the guys that added the Bill of Rights to the Constitution because they were afraid that without it the power of the government might get out of hand. You know, the same Bill of Rights that the Patriot Act is doing its best to subvert?
Probably they can't understand it because it's directly at odds with all previous software this company has sold. Not just that, but it also contradicts the language in the EULA that the company itself (presumably) wrote. If your legal agreement states that ownership of the software can be transferred, then it should be technically possible to do so.
Currently, the only way to do it technically, is by transferring the username and password associated with that person's account. However, this is one thing that the EULA expressly prohibits. So what the EULA allows isn't technically possible, and what the EULA disallows is easy to do. And this makes sense to you how?
What in your mind was the cost of the wheel, the lightbulb, and antibiotics?
In order: urban sprawl, polution, and overpopulation Not that I believe that, but there certainly are those out there that do.
The error in your argument comes from you not carefully reading the definition you yourself quoted
"a criminal taking of the property or services of another without consent"
Nothing is taken when someone infringes a copyright. It is by definition copied, not taken. Let's say I had technology that would let me make an exact copy of your car. If I use this, and then drive off in the copy, have I taken anything from you? Therefore, the very definition that you posted demonstrates that copyright infringement is not theft.
Actually, if you're a fan of the Fallout series, than you know what the SPECIAL system is. It doesn't have anything to do with Bethesda. If you're not a fan of the series, then why do you care about this story?
Any ways, SPECIAL is the name given to the game system than handles character creation, development, skill use, combat, and all the rest of that stuff in the Fallout games. It's an acronym of the seven stats used by characters:
Strength
Perception
Endurance
Charisma
Intelligence
Agility
Luck
The reason this is mentioned, is that there was some concern amongst the Die Hards that Fallout 3 might not even use the SPECIAL system, and instead would use some lame Elder Scrolls style thing.
I don't think DJ's at radio stations are free to play anything that isn't on the approved play list. I submit the following anectdote as my only evidence. Here in Phoenix there was (and still is, though in a new form) a modern rock radio station called The Edge 106.3. The station was changed to a Spanish language format, but it was known that this was going to happen long before it actually did. The existing DJ's knew they weren't going to be around after the change. The afternoon drive DJ (I believe called Dead Air Dave) started playing the "What are they going to do, fire me?" song of the day every day at 5:15. It was basically just some song he likes that wasn't on the approved play list. Sometimes it would be a deep cut from an album they already played, sometimes a new local band he wanted to give some pub to, or something he heard on the internet and liked, or some old school band that didn't get played any more. Now I'm not one who usually listens to the radio much, I've got too much money in cds and mp3s. However, I always tuned in to hear the "What are they going to do, fire me" song of the day. Why? Because it was different! I was guaranteed to hear a decent song, that I probably hadn't heard before (or at least in a long time). I wouldn't always like the songs he picked, but at least it was something new. Kinda like eating a new dish at a favorite resturant. And I always *learned* something, becuase he'd explain why it was today's song. The ironic part is that after the station closed most of the staff reformed The Edge as a truly independant radio station on another channel. That DJ continued the "What are they going to do" bit for a few months after. They don't do that any longer, but the station itself is pretty decent. The even stream their broadcast on the Web, which few stations seems to do these days. You can read about the station and find the stream at: www.theedge1039.com
Those "Divine Rights" you're talking about are the rights to Life, Liberty, and Property (substitute happiness if the right to Property sounds to greedy for you). They are the basic human rights that America was founded on, and that our Constitution and Bill of Rights were designed to protect. Note that these rights are not granted by these documents. Nothing should be able to "grant" you Life or Freedom because if they granted you those rights that would imply that they could be taken away. Libertatians simply believe that these rights are inhernant to all people. Governement then, should be designed to protect these rights for as many people as possible, and in that order (Life, then Liberty, then Property). As to why the Libertarian's view of what rights are inherant to all people should take precident over, let's say the Anarchists or the Marxists, well this country was founded under Libertarian principals. They're right there at the front and center of all of our most important documents.
I have altered the dashboard, pray I don't alter it any further.
That's the kind of mentality that keeps us from making any progress away from fossil fuels in this country. You don't worry about how many regulators or regulations they have at FF plants? Why? Do fewer people die in accidents at FF plants? No. Do they pose less risk to the enviornment? No. Heck, coal fired plants even release more radiation into the enviornment than a Nuke plant does, but no one notices that. Even for non-nuclear alternative fuel plants we can't get past these irrational fears. We can't build geothermal plants because we can't get transmision lines built due to all the regulation.
China might actually be able to pull something like this off at a reasonable price. In the U.S. this would never get done. Between the "not in my backyard" protests, and over-regulation, the time and cost would simply be too great. Not that I like China's government, but there are certain advantages to their style.
Earlier reports that cyber-terrorists would be bringing down the internet today have now been denounced as "Slashdot editors complete lack of common sense or fact checking".
As an added bonus, I don't think you'll find a more succinct (and utterly British) answer to overpopulation objections to life extension than the one at the end of this article!
I don't suppose this solution has anything to do with the boiling and eating of small Irish children does it?
The one time this month I read an intelligent post on /. that still at +1 and I have no mod points. Well said anyways.
Uh...mod parent up.
How did this get modded +1 Informative? Probably because there's no -1 Clueless. If you'd ever seen a craps wheel, you'd know there are usually 38 spots on the wheel. 18 Red, 18 Black, and 2 Green. Your chance of winning by betting red or black is 18/38, or roughly 47.4% Substantially less that 50%. You think they built those Billion dollar casinos just getting lucky on 50/50 bets?
I'd just like to point out that GOOGLE is not a source. Heck, the INTERNET is not a source. As inconvienent for you as it is, if you're going to try to convince (or just piss off) other people it's your job to back up your claims, not their job to research them for you.