Exactly, so this really means (hopefully) that to break the law *you* would have to place the song in someone else's shared folder (i.e. physically give it to them).
So, someone, somewhere (gee, didn't this already occur in Russia) should set up a "for pay" P2P network with some nominal fee, and start paying to the RIAA. Send them checks. Similar to the broadcast license now charged for any restaurant etc to replay music publicly.
This kind of existed back during the incubation days of Napster, and the RIAA (or members of) got it shut down.
The author is right that:
... unlike cable TV, no one is selling the content that gets shared on P2P services. This difference distinguishes P2P sharing. We should find a way to protect artists while permitting this sharing to survive.
... but there exists more irony in the crushing of mp3.com (which matches his paid piracy example) than there is with comparing the industry's history to modern file sharing systems (though the former probably contributed in part to the proliferation of the latter).
No sense beating a dead horse over how poorly the RIAA has reacted to emerging technologies I guess.
It is in fact retro-active, so much so that my company has set up a service division to provide compliance guidance. We are in the Oil and Gas software and services business, meaning that we deal with a lot of databased info on a daily basis (both public and proprietary data). Some of this information (which for years has been distributed with little thought), is now regulated by the new law.
Failure to comply is a serious issue and may result in (now stealing from our website):
- Legal liability
- Industry and government sanctions
- Charges of deceptive business practice
- Fines and criminal records for your employees
- Severe damage to your reputation and brand
- Damage to your key business relationships
- Loss of business, financial penalties
- Customer and employee distrust.
I do believe this is a good piece of legislation. I look forward to seeing it applied and tested over the next year or two. Then we'll know if it's actually an affective piece of legislation.
Don't you understand this shocking-devastating news. I mean, it just devestating. And though they state they have no wish to sensationalize, it's clearly shockingly devistating.
I for one am shocked but mostly devestated that you could imply that this is not a reputable news source.
I use to love Opera, used it for a couple of years, then they release Opera 7. What the hell happened? I had to keep 6.5 around because the improved version rendered pages about as well as my old Navigator 3.11 install. After a couple of 7.x iterations I just totally gave up and went straight to Mozilla/FireBird (err, Fox that is).
Was it just me? I just couldn't justify Swedish Chefifying MSN as a reason to keep Opera around.
I read a post on/. a while back. It was pretty simple: Analogies suck.
*ANALOGIES SUCK*
Often they seem insightful on the surface, but they are rarely accurate. Generally we don't put enough thought into our analogies to make them meaningful.
Thank you for exposing the flaws of the preceding example. Rather than pointing out inconsistencies with the typical unrealistic extension, I would suggest that we respond to any post using a bad analogy with one simple line:
*AS*
(Ok this isn't the best abbreviation, but the obvious one would have gotten me modded down for sure.)
Anyway, to some up (and get back on topic) - P2P file sharing is nothing like an alley full of drug dealers. P2P file sharing is kind of like P2P file sharing.
Actually, it's going to be a hell of a lot more work for me launch this thing across the room in frustration after the 50th failed attempt at Peak 3's (SSX3) Slopestyle run.
Oh man, now video games are too strenuous as well. Time for the old stand by: cross-stitching.
"Maglev offers the prospect of first-class style for a lower cost than economy air travel," explains Robert Budell of Transrapid, "there will be less need to pack you in like sardines".
Yeah, that's what's going to happen. I guess he did say *prospect*.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the government's press conference:
Hu Jintao: Now I'm here to answer any questions you may have about the maglev train.
Reporter: Can it outrun the flash?
Hu Jintao: You bet.
Reporter: Can superman outrun the flash?
Hu Jintao: Eh, sure, why not.
...or perhaps they wanted credit for the attack. Hacking is often about glory (not revenge, not money). Whoever it was probably just wanted to be sure everyone knew it was for real.
I know it was touched on in the article, but this is a 360 that makes my neck ache (full text from 2001):
The RIAA clearly has work to do inside the Republican Party, traditionally the protectors of property rights. Among the biggest public critics of the record companies' actions has been Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-Utah). On the floor of the Senate earlier this month, he said the federal appeals court decision against Napster was "shortsighted from a policy perspective" and called again for the record companies to strike deals with online rivals.
Racicot acknowledged that Hatch and other Republicans will be targets of the "education" effort.
"He's one of the American citizens we hope to be able to talk to and educate on this issue," Racicot said.
Hatch has not yet moved for new legislation, saying that he still hopes online companies and copyright holders can reach their own agreements. RIAA executives said they would not press for new laws either.
"Right now I think the market has the tools in the music space it needs," Rosen said. "What we have to do is a significant education effort.
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<snip>
Distance from Impact: 0.00 km = 0.00 miles
Projectile Diameter: 0.02 m = 0.07 ft = 0.00 miles
Projectile Density: 8000 kg/m3
Impact Velocity: 0.03 km/s = 0.02 miles/s
Impact Angle: 90 degrees
Target Density: 1500 kg/m3
Target Type: Competent Rock or saturated soil
This projectile is too small to traverse the atmosphere intact; it does not form a crater on the surface.
</snip>
So on the upside, this proves that dropping a quarter from the top of a high-rise poses no threat whatsoever. Once again, my parents lied to me.
Exactly, so this really means (hopefully) that to break the law *you* would have to place the song in someone else's shared folder (i.e. physically give it to them).
This kind of existed back during the incubation days of Napster, and the RIAA (or members of) got it shut down.
The author is right that:
No sense beating a dead horse over how poorly the RIAA has reacted to emerging technologies I guess.
Failure to comply is a serious issue and may result in (now stealing from our website):
- Legal liability
- Industry and government sanctions
- Charges of deceptive business practice
- Fines and criminal records for your employees
- Severe damage to your reputation and brand
- Damage to your key business relationships
- Loss of business, financial penalties
- Customer and employee distrust.
I do believe this is a good piece of legislation. I look forward to seeing it applied and tested over the next year or two. Then we'll know if it's actually an affective piece of legislation.
I for one am shocked but mostly devestated that you could imply that this is not a reputable news source.
Shocked, shocked, shocked.
I'm not that dumb dammit. http://www.opera.com/pressreleases/en/2003/02/14/
Was it just me? I just couldn't justify Swedish Chefifying MSN as a reason to keep Opera around.
I read a post on /. a while back. It was pretty simple: Analogies suck.
*ANALOGIES SUCK*
Often they seem insightful on the surface, but they are rarely accurate. Generally we don't put enough thought into our analogies to make them meaningful.
Thank you for exposing the flaws of the preceding example. Rather than pointing out inconsistencies with the typical unrealistic extension, I would suggest that we respond to any post using a bad analogy with one simple line:
*AS*
(Ok this isn't the best abbreviation, but the obvious one would have gotten me modded down for sure.)
Anyway, to some up (and get back on topic) - P2P file sharing is nothing like an alley full of drug dealers. P2P file sharing is kind of like P2P file sharing.
Actually, it's going to be a hell of a lot more work for me launch this thing across the room in frustration after the 50th failed attempt at Peak 3's (SSX3) Slopestyle run.
Oh man, now video games are too strenuous as well. Time for the old stand by: cross-stitching.
"Maglev offers the prospect of first-class style for a lower cost than economy air travel," explains Robert Budell of Transrapid, "there will be less need to pack you in like sardines".
Yeah, that's what's going to happen. I guess he did say *prospect*.
Personally, I'm looking forward to the government's press conference:
Hu Jintao: Now I'm here to answer any questions you may have about the maglev train.
Reporter: Can it outrun the flash?
Hu Jintao: You bet.
Reporter: Can superman outrun the flash?
Hu Jintao: Eh, sure, why not.
Hey, what happened to SCO's Greek Font Cryptographic Provider?!?
...or perhaps they wanted credit for the attack. Hacking is often about glory (not revenge, not money). Whoever it was probably just wanted to be sure everyone knew it was for real.