If he just wants "variety" in price and for consumers to set the price based on what they are willing to pay, then why didn't he suggest that some songs should cost less?
Because, in the US anyway, copyright lasts for 75 years past the death of the author. This was recently upgraded from 50 year, which was upgraded from 20 or 25 years past the death of the asuthor which was, I think upgraded from a fixed 20 years, independent of any particular death. My first comment was intended to be a joke because I took it for granted that people on slashdot knew, from birth what the current term of copyrights were and that chips implanted by the Department of Homeland Security were automatically updated to inform them of new extensions to the length of copyright
Dude, that's pretty vague.
If it is a quote, you should probably attribute it to someone, otherwise it could just be your quote, and nobody is interested in that.
There might be some simple (or complex) mechanism for locking the OS to the Apple/Intel system, but even if this is broken, who is going to write all of the drivers for that Dell that everyone keeps talking about?
The first thing that needs to be done is to pass a law preventing bills or acts from being given acronyms, or at least misleading ones.
I think most supporters of the act would mainly support it solely because it is titled the "PATRIOT" Act.
If it were called the SUPPRESSION Act, it wouldn't have had anywhere near as much support, because legislators would have been more inclined to read it before passing it.
Sure there is no law requiring you to show papers, but if people don't want to be identified, they will give false information, and then when this happens enough, the law will be changed to require that people can prove that they are who they say they are, and then this will lead to the issuing of a national id card that will have to be presented on demand.
The weirdness in my work project is that the documentation is missing.
I keep meaning to write a comment or two, but with 12000 lines now, I just never seem to get around to it.
And what about reasonable doubt? You have no way of knowing that he did plan anything worse, so he can't be found guilty of stuff that he hasn't done. We don't live in a world of minority report... yet. Remember that he is innocent until proven guilty.
And if it was deemed that the meaning of the ascii version was different to the binary version, then it would also be a precedent for allowing copying of digital stuff by "looking at it a different way".
In australia, all of our (2) cable companies have imposed limits on downloads now, varying from a massive 500MB per month all the way up to a "you KUST be breaking the law" 15GB...
It is only some ADSL companies that still allow unlimited downloads, with Dodo being a piece of crap at $64.90 per month and really bad tech support and Bigblue being $10 cheaper, but I don't have any direct experience dealing with them.
There are probably other companies out there doing unlimited downloads, but none that I know of.
You don't seem to understand... A better analogy is that you sold the orange for 20c, then after someone was locked into buying it, because they have already sold it to someone else, you tell them that the orange is only available for $1, because the orange you originally offered did not exist.
I watch Jerry Springer and Ricky Lake etc... A lot of 13 year old girls in the US could really use that information on contraceptives... Well if they could read, that is.
First of all, I saw porn from as early an age as 13, like either most boys did, or most boys wanted to... Sure it was nowhere near as explicit as the stuff available on the web today, but seriously, if people want to get porn, they will...
And besides, what about the responsibility of the parents? I tell you, parents in the US love overbearing legislation, cause it means that someone else can be blamed for their failures as parents.
And on a more constructive note:
Why not have a test, like at the start of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, where only people over the age of 18 should be able to know the questions (and the answer is usually D: Meet the Press)?
What you (the original poster) have said, is entirely reasonable, but you have to realise some things:
You didn't orinally say that it was a guy masterbating to kiddie porn and that the woman puked (understandable). All you said was that a woman saw some porn on a screen.
There is a lot of porn (most I would hope (and in an ideal world, all of it)) that is of consenting adults, not children.
And the guy was fucking wanking! That kind of changes the case a LOT!.
And still, none of this is all that related to censorship of the written word.
If you are worried about legalities, it is probably ok to strip out images, or to not display an article, but I would be VERY careful before changing a written piece and reattributing it to the original author...
Reconstructing sentences could be considered a violation of the DMCA.
The original author could sue for libel or just because they are pissed off because the new text could be saying things which were not originally intended.
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since I read an "All your base are belong to us."
And it actually seems apt in this case.
If he just wants "variety" in price and for consumers to set the price based on what they are willing to pay, then why didn't he suggest that some songs should cost less?
It sounds like they are trying to enforce international law (not that the U.S. sticks to it unless they feel like it), not U.S. law.
Actually, it varies in different countries.
In some, you must put a copyright note on the work, i.e © 2005 Bob Gelumph, whereas other countries require you to register the work for copyright protection, while some countries require you to do nothing, but prove it is your work if there is any contention.
So technically, depending on the country, I might be able to sue you for posting my grade 2 story.
Actually, I will. Who is your ISP? I need to send them a takedown notice and a request for your personal details. (In case you people can't tell (which from the replies to my last response, you couldn't) I am JOKING).
Because, in the US anyway, copyright lasts for 75 years past the death of the author. This was recently upgraded from 50 year, which was upgraded from 20 or 25 years past the death of the asuthor which was, I think upgraded from a fixed 20 years, independent of any particular death.
My first comment was intended to be a joke because I took it for granted that people on slashdot knew, from birth what the current term of copyrights were and that chips implanted by the Department of Homeland Security were automatically updated to inform them of new extensions to the length of copyright
He hasn't been dead for 50 years, let alone 75!
Aren't they violating copyright by posting images of his work?
Or is this another one of those wacky European loopholes?
Dude, that's pretty vague.
If it is a quote, you should probably attribute it to someone, otherwise it could just be your quote, and nobody is interested in that.
There might be some simple (or complex) mechanism for locking the OS to the Apple/Intel system, but even if this is broken, who is going to write all of the drivers for that Dell that everyone keeps talking about?
The first thing that needs to be done is to pass a law preventing bills or acts from being given acronyms, or at least misleading ones.
I think most supporters of the act would mainly support it solely because it is titled the "PATRIOT" Act.
If it were called the SUPPRESSION Act, it wouldn't have had anywhere near as much support, because legislators would have been more inclined to read it before passing it.
Couldn't it just be a red light district? Even the most remote hell-hole needs hookers.
So, has anyone heard of brendan keillor? That's with two ls
-- Subject to sections 107 through 122 Have you read what is in those sections?
Contact them about this.
Submit it as a feature request or bug report or something. That is the purpose of this beta testing
Reloading has worked for me every time.
This is with Firefox 1.0.0 and the previous version
There is that sugar company who's boss is friends with John Howard that got laws passed imposing a high tariff on ethanol imports from south america
Sure there is no law requiring you to show papers, but if people don't want to be identified, they will give false information, and then when this happens enough, the law will be changed to require that people can prove that they are who they say they are, and then this will lead to the issuing of a national id card that will have to be presented on demand.
The weirdness in my work project is that the documentation is missing. I keep meaning to write a comment or two, but with 12000 lines now, I just never seem to get around to it.
And what about reasonable doubt?
You have no way of knowing that he did plan anything worse, so he can't be found guilty of stuff that he hasn't done.
We don't live in a world of minority report... yet.
Remember that he is innocent until proven guilty.
That is a great idea :)
And if it was deemed that the meaning of the ascii version was different to the binary version, then it would also be a precedent for allowing copying of digital stuff by "looking at it a different way".
In australia, all of our (2) cable companies have imposed limits on downloads now, varying from a massive 500MB per month all the way up to a "you KUST be breaking the law" 15GB... It is only some ADSL companies that still allow unlimited downloads, with Dodo being a piece of crap at $64.90 per month and really bad tech support and Bigblue being $10 cheaper, but I don't have any direct experience dealing with them. There are probably other companies out there doing unlimited downloads, but none that I know of.
You don't seem to understand...
A better analogy is that you sold the orange for 20c, then after someone was locked into buying it, because they have already sold it to someone else, you tell them that the orange is only available for $1, because the orange you originally offered did not exist.
If someone turns off JavaScript, can they get sued for circumventing a technological blah-di-blah under the DMCA?
I watch Jerry Springer and Ricky Lake etc...
A lot of 13 year old girls in the US could really use that information on contraceptives... Well if they could read, that is.
First of all, I saw porn from as early an age as 13, like either most boys did, or most boys wanted to... Sure it was nowhere near as explicit as the stuff available on the web today, but seriously, if people want to get porn, they will...
And besides, what about the responsibility of the parents? I tell you, parents in the US love overbearing legislation, cause it means that someone else can be blamed for their failures as parents.
And on a more constructive note: Why not have a test, like at the start of Leisure Suit Larry in the Land of the Lounge Lizards, where only people over the age of 18 should be able to know the questions (and the answer is usually D: Meet the Press)?
- You didn't orinally say that it was a guy masterbating to kiddie porn and that the woman puked (understandable). All you said was that a woman saw some porn on a screen.
- There is a lot of porn (most I would hope (and in an ideal world, all of it)) that is of consenting adults, not children.
- And the guy was fucking wanking! That kind of changes the case a LOT!.
And still, none of this is all that related to censorship of the written word. If you are worried about legalities, it is probably ok to strip out images, or to not display an article, but I would be VERY careful before changing a written piece and reattributing it to the original author...