" Isn't there a more appropriate group to be handling this?" Maybe the ASPCA? On the other hand the FDA is involved because there is going to be a lot of pledges eating them next fall.
Bill and Ted? This is a little like asking if Alexander Graham Bell would use a cel phone or if Da Vinchi would use Photoshop. I think they would use the best tool for expressing their ideas. Some folks still paint with a brush. (savages)
Here's a story that relates to that very issue http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/200 From the article "...When a vulnerability is initially made public, things usually go one of two ways: if the vendor was notified first, that vendor typically tries to work with the researcher, and makes an effort to issue a coordinated release. Otherwise, if the vendor wasn't notified, the problem is disclosed to the public, and the community stands idly by, dumbfounded."
Now just imagine the smog in the cabin with 300 of thes things operating. Later we'll have to put catalytic(sp) converters on them. Then it will smell everyone on board ate hard boiled eggs for lunch.
"...let him take a 'recharge' of pure methanol onboard the plane." Just eat a can of beans before take off, then they might ask why are you getting an enima from your laptop.
It makes it (maybe only slightly in your case) more expensive? I vaguely remember reading a story about a group of people (ASCAP, RIAA?) that will accept (demand?) payment to publish on the web, even if you're not a member of either of these groups. Small payments to be sure, but payment none the less. It's these kind of things we must not tolerate.
You're absolutely right. Sorry for mis-stating... I do believe that copyright can and should be used to protect (as another poster said) - attribution. But the law is being abused so badly that it needs to be thuroughly(sp) rolled back. It's being used to completely cripple new truly empowering technologies for the benefit of a very few people. Mostly lawyers at this point. It's being used to stop taxi drivers and barber shops from playing the damn radio, and god forbid that you sing "Happy Birthday" in public. "Otherwise, independant work wouldn't even be an option, as the bigger companies could simply take what you made and replicate it infinitely beyond your capacity without your permission." There has been (and some ongoing) lawsuits over this very issue. Again, the lawyers are the real winners.
I do believe that copyright law was used to cripple consumer DAT and minidisc machines, so that if you wished to record digitally, you would have to buy the "professional" model. While still much cheaper than a "real" studio, it's still more expensive to aquire these machines with digital inputs. This is one example of what I meant by exclusive.
"Spoken like someone who has never created anything of worth in their life." I've created plenty of "worth", just not copyrightable. As stated before by many, people have created worth before there were copyrights. "Otherwise, everyone would be working 24x7 just to make ends meet." Jeez, I only work 5x6, and after all the bills are paid, I can still afford some pretty good weed. All without copyrights. It seems that our addiction to entertainment is what's causing this horrible mess. And copyright holders are just doing their best to exploit this. They operate like herion dealers. The first one is "free", but after you're hooked...well, you know the rest...
"Abolishing copyright will very likely reduce the amount of quality art available quite drastically..." That's a load of crap. Copyright only serves to restrict access. It's a method of exclusion. It keeps people out if they don't "play the game". It's censorship(-1, Redundant) Abolishing copyright will give us all access to more really horrible music, etc., but it won't reduce the amount of good music. On the contrary, it would allow more good musicians to get the their work out without having to go through a middleman. It would be easier to self publish, but this is something that powerful people don't want. These kind of people want to control what gets published, and copyright is(was?) the perfect way to do it
"...you can get any CD for 25 pesos (less than 0.25 USD)..." Actually, it's $2.50usd and here near Cancun we charge 50 pesos (40 if you bring your own CD).
" Maybe that price hike is going towards their free healthcare...." Damn, how do you guys do it??? I'm formulating a response, scroll down the page, and BAM there it is! I think my firewall isn't working. "At least we don't have this levy..." Not yet. We do have it on some blank media. "...and we're still allowed to own handguns." Not in Chicago...
"...Roughly 50 percent of the world's Internet traffic passes through Virginia..."
I know it's off topic, but I can't help myself. Doesn't it seem like some things are just a bit too concentrated(sp) in one place? If Virginia gets nuked, there goes half the internet? Ouch.
Back on topic (kind of) I really don't think people should be locked up for causing what is really an incovenience. It's too easy to put people in jail now. It won't help. It will just piss 'em off even more, and they will come out wanting to do some real harm.
At the risk of being redundant, At the risk of being redundant, here's the story http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200312101 63721614
I'm kind of surprised there aren't more comments about the fact that SCO is lying about this. Everything else seems irrelevent(sp) The guys at lwn made comments about checking the facts first before running with the story.
brain?...no...From the article:"...Microsoft has no current plans to enforce the patent." Uh huh...GIF...jpeg...FAT... I know...they're not all MS patents, but...
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" Isn't there a more appropriate group to be handling this?"
Maybe the ASPCA? On the other hand the FDA is involved because there is going to be a lot of pledges eating them next fall.
My question is this: What are all those lines and numbers for?
Bill and Ted?
This is a little like asking if Alexander Graham Bell would use a cel phone or if Da Vinchi would use Photoshop. I think they would use the best tool for expressing their ideas. Some folks still paint with a brush. (savages)
"...If the oil light comes on..."
It's already too late. Believe me, I know.
Here's a story that relates to that very issue0
http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/20
From the article
"...When a vulnerability is initially made public, things usually go one of two ways: if the vendor was notified first, that vendor typically tries to work with the researcher, and makes an effort to issue a coordinated release. Otherwise, if the vendor wasn't notified, the problem is disclosed to the public, and the community stands idly by, dumbfounded."
Now just imagine the smog in the cabin with 300 of thes things operating. Later we'll have to put catalytic(sp) converters on them. Then it will smell everyone on board ate hard boiled eggs for lunch.
"The fun will be when one day these battery packs explodes."
PDA: Mind if I smoke?
Me: Why, are you on fire?
"...let him take a 'recharge' of pure methanol onboard the plane."
Just eat a can of beans before take off, then they might ask why are you getting an enima from your laptop.
Beans, beans, the magical fruit...
I kind of interpret "activist" to mean that they are ...uhh..."active"? whether they are opposing or otherwise.
It makes it (maybe only slightly in your case) more expensive? I vaguely remember reading a story about a group of people (ASCAP, RIAA?) that will accept (demand?) payment to publish on the web, even if you're not a member of either of these groups. Small payments to be sure, but payment none the less. It's these kind of things we must not tolerate.
You're absolutely right. Sorry for mis-stating...
I do believe that copyright can and should be used to protect (as another poster said) - attribution.
But the law is being abused so badly that it needs to be thuroughly(sp) rolled back. It's being used to completely cripple new truly empowering technologies for the benefit of a very few people. Mostly lawyers at this point. It's being used to stop taxi drivers and barber shops from playing the damn radio, and god forbid that you sing "Happy Birthday" in public.
"Otherwise, independant work wouldn't even be an option, as the bigger companies could simply take what you made and replicate it infinitely beyond your capacity without your permission."
There has been (and some ongoing) lawsuits over this very issue. Again, the lawyers are the real winners.
I do believe that copyright law was used to cripple consumer DAT and minidisc machines, so that if you wished to record digitally, you would have to buy the "professional" model. While still much cheaper than a "real" studio, it's still more expensive to aquire these machines with digital inputs. This is one example of what I meant by exclusive.
"Spoken like someone who has never created anything of worth in their life."
I've created plenty of "worth", just not copyrightable. As stated before by many, people have created worth before there were copyrights.
"Otherwise, everyone would be working 24x7 just to make ends meet."
Jeez, I only work 5x6, and after all the bills are paid, I can still afford some pretty good weed. All without copyrights.
It seems that our addiction to entertainment is what's causing this horrible mess. And copyright holders are just doing their best to exploit this. They operate like herion dealers. The first one is "free", but after you're hooked...well, you know the rest...
Copyright has only one good purpose. That's prevent other people from claiming credit for your work. Everything else is just evil.(but profitable)
"Abolishing copyright will very likely reduce the amount of quality art available quite drastically..."
That's a load of crap. Copyright only serves to restrict access. It's a method of exclusion. It keeps people out if they don't "play the game". It's censorship(-1, Redundant) Abolishing copyright will give us all access to more really horrible music, etc., but it won't reduce the amount of good music. On the contrary, it would allow more good musicians to get the their work out without having to go through a middleman. It would be easier to self publish, but this is something that powerful people don't want. These kind of people want to control what gets published, and copyright is(was?) the perfect way to do it
"...you can get any CD for 25 pesos (less than 0.25 USD)..."
Actually, it's $2.50usd and here near Cancun we charge 50 pesos (40 if you bring your own CD).
" Maybe that price hike is going towards their free healthcare...."
Damn, how do you guys do it??? I'm formulating a response, scroll down the page, and BAM there it is! I think my firewall isn't working.
"At least we don't have this levy..."
Not yet. We do have it on some blank media.
"...and we're still allowed to own handguns."
Not in Chicago...
I think it would be cool if Diebold made the E-ZPass machines. Since they don't have printers, they could never send out the ticket.
"you'll end up with a beowulf cluster of bears."
Does that mean there would be a beowulf cluster of shit in the woods?
"...Roughly 50 percent of the world's Internet traffic passes through Virginia..."
I know it's off topic, but I can't help myself. Doesn't it seem like some things are just a bit too concentrated(sp) in one place? If Virginia gets nuked, there goes half the internet? Ouch.
Back on topic (kind of) I really don't think people should be locked up for causing what is really an incovenience. It's too easy to put people in jail now. It won't help. It will just piss 'em off even more, and they will come out wanting to do some real harm.
At the risk of being redundant, At the risk of being redundant, here's the story http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=200312101 63721614
I'm kind of surprised there aren't more comments about the fact that SCO is lying about this. Everything else seems irrelevent(sp) The guys at lwn made comments about checking the facts first before running with the story.
well...to paraphrase - you get what you vote for.
In these politically correct times the term "black" will now referred to as "reflectively challenged"
brain?...no...From the article:"...Microsoft has no current plans to enforce the patent."
Uh huh...GIF...jpeg...FAT... I know...they're not all MS patents, but...
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