BTW....is the internet a right or a privilege? Think about it...
I believe it should be a right. Access to information and the ability to disseminate information are both essential for a democracy to function, and the Internet provides one of the best means for doing both
You're thinking of COPPA (Children's Online *Privacy* Protection Act), which is related to the collection and storage of personal information from children under 13.
Plus, you don't pay to use Google, so people are more accepting of adverts. When you're paying anything up to £50 for a game, and in the case of MMOGs an additional ~£10/month, the fact they're throwing intrusive advertising on top to milk their profits is just a kick in the face.
Natwest do, because that's who I bank with. So do Lloyds and Barclays. The rollout of these devices is still in progress, they're trying to do it gradually from what I see - but they'll probably give you one if you ask for it.
A lot of banks in the UK now require card reading devices for use with online banking. It's been rolled out across the last couple of years, not sure what the situation is elsewhere in the world though
The Human Rights Act is flimsy at best though. The First Amendment to the US Constitution doesn't include a list of exceptions longer than the amendment itself, whereas the HRA states that freedom of expression may be curtailed "in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary". The fact it includes 'morals', which are entirely subjective, demonstrates just how flimsy it is.
I may be wrong, but when making a DMCA notice don't you have to swear under penalty of perjury that it's correct? Can you just 'apologise' when you get caught sending out bad ones? Or do CoreCodec potentially face legal action now?
Actually, UK law says that if it's sent to you unsolicited, it's yours unconditionally from when you receive it, and it's an offence to demand any form of payment for it or to threaten legal action. I think that this only applies if it's sent to an individual though, the law may be different if it's sent to a business. http://www.out-law.com/page-430#Inertia
Pssh, like that Romeo and Juliet! I was sitting down getting ready to enjoy it, and just as it was starting some guy came on stage and told me they both die at the end! Gutted.
Maybe the same board should rate video games and movies?
That's what happens in the UK (All films and some games are rated by the British Board of Film Classification). The BBFC outright refused to classify Manhunt 2 in it's current form, meaning it can't be sold in the UK.
Yes, but, Germany is a nation of industrious, hard working people. The Netherlands is a nation of stoners. Who's going to be watching more YouTube clips?:D
Or you could just watch The Daily Show International Edition. It's availiable in lots of countries, I know that it's on Free to Air TV in the UK, on MoreFour.
Politically, I'm closest to the LibDems, I think. I don't find them particularly inspiring, though. Lembit Opik's recent antics are an embarrassment.
What exactly is an embarrasment, and furthermore, what does his private life (which isn't even sordid compared to most politicians, for anyone not following the story, he's going out with a not very good Romanian popstar) have to do with his politics, or the politics of the party? This is what is wrong with modern politics, it's all tabloids and spin. It's a system that allows you to impeach a president for extramarital affairs, but not for sending thousands of men to their deaths fighting a war started on false premises.
So you'd be perfectly willing to spend hours upon hours burning and ripping tracks that you've already payed good money for? Might be fine for you, but some of us have lives to be getting on with. If we could afford to spend the hours you propose sitting at the computer, we wouldn't really need a portable music player would we? Anyway, ripping CDs is still illegal in the UK.
Am I missing something here?
How about after the irreplaceable battery inside the iPod dies, or the harddrive becomes irreversably corrupt, or the iPod stops functioning in some other way, you decide to go with another brand of player? You'll have to sacrifice any music you bought from the ITMS, which may be worth hundreds of euros. Not many people want to do that. If you use iPod/ITMS, you're locked in. That's the problem.
Go to a Star Trek convention. How many people there are smart? Quite a few.
Ha! This isn't true, at the last convention I went to most people didn't even know that in Episode #4F04 of TOS, if you freeze frame 16237 you can see some of the sound wiring from the set. How can any true fan not know basic knowledge like this?
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BTW....is the internet a right or a privilege? Think about it...
I believe it should be a right. Access to information and the ability to disseminate information are both essential for a democracy to function, and the Internet provides one of the best means for doing both
You're thinking of COPPA (Children's Online *Privacy* Protection Act), which is related to the collection and storage of personal information from children under 13.
Plus, you don't pay to use Google, so people are more accepting of adverts. When you're paying anything up to £50 for a game, and in the case of MMOGs an additional ~£10/month, the fact they're throwing intrusive advertising on top to milk their profits is just a kick in the face.
Natwest do, because that's who I bank with. So do Lloyds and Barclays. The rollout of these devices is still in progress, they're trying to do it gradually from what I see - but they'll probably give you one if you ask for it.
A lot of banks in the UK now require card reading devices for use with online banking. It's been rolled out across the last couple of years, not sure what the situation is elsewhere in the world though
Oh thanks, you just gave them reason to cavity search all geeks.
The Human Rights Act is flimsy at best though. The First Amendment to the US Constitution doesn't include a list of exceptions longer than the amendment itself, whereas the HRA states that freedom of expression may be curtailed "in the interests of national security, territorial integrity or public safety, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, for the protection of the reputation or rights of others, for preventing the disclosure of information received in confidence, or for maintaining the authority and impartiality of the judiciary". The fact it includes 'morals', which are entirely subjective, demonstrates just how flimsy it is.
I may be wrong, but when making a DMCA notice don't you have to swear under penalty of perjury that it's correct? Can you just 'apologise' when you get caught sending out bad ones? Or do CoreCodec potentially face legal action now?
Yeah, a study showed that obese people and smokers generally cost less in lifetime health care because the diseases killed them younger.
Actually, UK law says that if it's sent to you unsolicited, it's yours unconditionally from when you receive it, and it's an offence to demand any form of payment for it or to threaten legal action. I think that this only applies if it's sent to an individual though, the law may be different if it's sent to a business. http://www.out-law.com/page-430#Inertia
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Not funny if you have to describe it. Anyone who doesn't get it shouldn't be on slashdot anyway
Pssh, like that Romeo and Juliet! I was sitting down getting ready to enjoy it, and just as it was starting some guy came on stage and told me they both die at the end! Gutted.
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Maybe the same board should rate video games and movies?
That's what happens in the UK (All films and some games are rated by the British Board of Film Classification). The BBFC outright refused to classify Manhunt 2 in it's current form, meaning it can't be sold in the UK.
Yes, but, Germany is a nation of industrious, hard working people. The Netherlands is a nation of stoners. Who's going to be watching more YouTube clips? :D
The UK's copyright law doesn't provide exceptions for parody (afaik, iAnal)
How long is a piece of string ? ;)
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Or you could just watch The Daily Show International Edition. It's availiable in lots of countries, I know that it's on Free to Air TV in the UK, on MoreFour.
Politically, I'm closest to the LibDems, I think. I don't find them particularly inspiring, though. Lembit Opik's recent antics are an embarrassment.
What exactly is an embarrasment, and furthermore, what does his private life (which isn't even sordid compared to most politicians, for anyone not following the story, he's going out with a not very good Romanian popstar) have to do with his politics, or the politics of the party? This is what is wrong with modern politics, it's all tabloids and spin. It's a system that allows you to impeach a president for extramarital affairs, but not for sending thousands of men to their deaths fighting a war started on false premises.
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So you'd be perfectly willing to spend hours upon hours burning and ripping tracks that you've already payed good money for? Might be fine for you, but some of us have lives to be getting on with. If we could afford to spend the hours you propose sitting at the computer, we wouldn't really need a portable music player would we? Anyway, ripping CDs is still illegal in the UK.
Am I missing something here?
How about after the irreplaceable battery inside the iPod dies, or the harddrive becomes irreversably corrupt, or the iPod stops functioning in some other way, you decide to go with another brand of player? You'll have to sacrifice any music you bought from the ITMS, which may be worth hundreds of euros. Not many people want to do that. If you use iPod/ITMS, you're locked in. That's the problem.
Go to a Star Trek convention. How many people there are smart? Quite a few.
Ha! This isn't true, at the last convention I went to most people didn't even know that in Episode #4F04 of TOS, if you freeze frame 16237 you can see some of the sound wiring from the set. How can any true fan not know basic knowledge like this?