Only if they don't index anything. How are they to magically know who owns copyright to every page on the web?
Take your post for example. How does anyone know you wrote it? So, if someone sends a DMCA complaint against it, then Google should not index it and Slashdot shouldn't publish it because no one can lie in your holy DMCA complaints?
Yes, then shortly after they introduce the backdoors, Russian and Chinese "hackers" will exploit them to steal everyone's credit card info, ssn, secret blueprints, celebrity nudes, and etc. But of course, no one in the media will make the connection between the backdoors and breakins.
Your post reeks of self-righteousness. Most anyone being accused of child porn would pay for charges to go away, whether they downloaded any or not. That is an extremely bad charge that could ruin a person's life even if they win the case.
There are also plenty of Nigerian scams which are not caused by fraud on the part of the victim. For example, one where the fraudster buys something from a victim and sends a fake check for more than the amount, and asks them to deposit it and send the difference back. Most people not knowing the scam will do it.
Me thinks the AC was making a sarcastic statement based on the fact many government agents or people speaking about government agents investigating a person will often say: "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide." Which obviously is wrong.
... What if I'm just lounging around the house and happen to have the television on or a song playing on the Nexus Q, am I going to be sued by Sony or making illegal copies of copyrighted material? Are they going to build in a kill switch for Google Glass controlled by your content-protected television?...
The big media companies already tried to pass a law requiring this. It was called the CBDTPA. It failed just as hard as SOPA, though some aspects of it have appeared in a certain company's OS in the form of "secure boot" and "trusted computing" and such.
Microsoft pulls some minor crap with web browsers, and they take notice. Yet, when a system is put in place which will make it difficult for someone to choose an alternate operating system, the government doesn't care. WTF? Microsoft's monopoly is based upon Operating Systems.
...that sending bot generated DMCA complaints and other fraudulent complaints of works they don't own is disrespectful to the copyright holder and the author's free speech.
Sugar coat it however you like... rationalize it, justify it, whatever you do... it's still a violation of the rights of the real author.
Same goes for questionable lawsuits against writers of communications software.
rsync.net seems to use standard protocols--in their FAQ it says "SSH and HTTPS (webDAVs)" (I've been thinking about using them for a while, just haven't made the plunge.)
It took me a minute to figure out what you meant by "ID." Then I remembered "Intelligent Design." My question is: they let a kook who thinks space aliens created life on Earth on CNN? Usually that is reserved for Coast to Coast AM.
Ask Darren Bousman. It looks like he just made a great movie funded by himself--The Devil's Carnival. Here is a sample. I haven't seen the movie yet (they are touring through the country, but no where near me), but it looks at least as good to me as any movie from a major studio.
Worse is how game console mfgs, Apple and others use Digital Restrictions Management to control what you can do with your computing devices. Microsoft is trying to get this on general purpose computers with their "Secure Boot" initiative. In the near future, you may not be able to buy a device which you can install the OS/software of your choice (or programs you write). You will only be able to run what the mfg allows.
CBDTPA and "Trusted Computing" are blueprints for how we are going to be controlled.
You are assuming computers have psychic mind powers to determine the intent of people using the service. The company was running a Bayesian phishing filter, but even this wasn't perfect. What do you expect them to do?
What "search"? Unless I misunderstood the story, the Feds contacted the site's registrar (GoDaddy) and asked for it to be shut down. The website's database was obviously hosted someplace else as the JotForm registered jotform.net and pointed it to their host, putting their entire database back online.
Yeah, right. The whole of Usenet receives far more than 200 posts/hour. That is why it is divided into newsgroups, so you don't have to drink from a firehose.
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Only if they don't index anything. How are they to magically know who owns copyright to every page on the web?
Take your post for example. How does anyone know you wrote it? So, if someone sends a DMCA complaint against it, then Google should not index it and Slashdot shouldn't publish it because no one can lie in your holy DMCA complaints?
Yes, then shortly after they introduce the backdoors, Russian and Chinese "hackers" will exploit them to steal everyone's credit card info, ssn, secret blueprints, celebrity nudes, and etc. But of course, no one in the media will make the connection between the backdoors and breakins.
And this is news....how? This is the same government which brought the TSA, and they are certainly useless.
That didn't work because Microsoft decided Netscape was a threat to their OS monopoly, so MS made their own browser and gave it away for free.
I would mod you up if I had points.
Off topic? I don't know. I think the poster's genius just went over the moderator's head.
Sex = killing babies. Here's how it works:
There you have it. Sex = killing babies
So...you are saying staring at a light bulb all day is good for your eyes. Good to know.
Microsoft was invited to the party? I didn't know they were around in 1913.
Your post reeks of self-righteousness. Most anyone being accused of child porn would pay for charges to go away, whether they downloaded any or not. That is an extremely bad charge that could ruin a person's life even if they win the case.
There are also plenty of Nigerian scams which are not caused by fraud on the part of the victim. For example, one where the fraudster buys something from a victim and sends a fake check for more than the amount, and asks them to deposit it and send the difference back. Most people not knowing the scam will do it.
Me thinks the AC was making a sarcastic statement based on the fact many government agents or people speaking about government agents investigating a person will often say: "if you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to hide." Which obviously is wrong.
The big media companies already tried to pass a law requiring this. It was called the CBDTPA. It failed just as hard as SOPA, though some aspects of it have appeared in a certain company's OS in the form of "secure boot" and "trusted computing" and such.
Microsoft pulls some minor crap with web browsers, and they take notice. Yet, when a system is put in place which will make it difficult for someone to choose an alternate operating system, the government doesn't care. WTF? Microsoft's monopoly is based upon Operating Systems.
...that sending bot generated DMCA complaints and other fraudulent complaints of works they don't own is disrespectful to the copyright holder and the author's free speech.
Sugar coat it however you like... rationalize it, justify it, whatever you do... it's still a violation of the rights of the real author.
Same goes for questionable lawsuits against writers of communications software.
What are the potential health effects of having implants like these?
When "Trusted Computing" is fully implemented, expect to pay for software by the hour. That is why Microsoft is so hot for it.
rsync.net seems to use standard protocols--in their FAQ it says "SSH and HTTPS (webDAVs)" (I've been thinking about using them for a while, just haven't made the plunge.)
It took me a minute to figure out what you meant by "ID." Then I remembered "Intelligent Design." My question is: they let a kook who thinks space aliens created life on Earth on CNN? Usually that is reserved for Coast to Coast AM.
Ask Darren Bousman. It looks like he just made a great movie funded by himself--The Devil's Carnival. Here is a sample. I haven't seen the movie yet (they are touring through the country, but no where near me), but it looks at least as good to me as any movie from a major studio.
If they wanted to protect users from malware, why would they make a feature where the user could inadvertently run remote code from a link?
Worse is how game console mfgs, Apple and others use Digital Restrictions Management to control what you can do with your computing devices. Microsoft is trying to get this on general purpose computers with their "Secure Boot" initiative. In the near future, you may not be able to buy a device which you can install the OS/software of your choice (or programs you write). You will only be able to run what the mfg allows.
CBDTPA and "Trusted Computing" are blueprints for how we are going to be controlled.
Well, at least you can still download 3.6.x from releases.mozilla.org. Though I hear they will stop updating 3.6 soon...
You are assuming computers have psychic mind powers to determine the intent of people using the service. The company was running a Bayesian phishing filter, but even this wasn't perfect. What do you expect them to do?
What "search"? Unless I misunderstood the story, the Feds contacted the site's registrar (GoDaddy) and asked for it to be shut down. The website's database was obviously hosted someplace else as the JotForm registered jotform.net and pointed it to their host, putting their entire database back online.
Yeah, right. The whole of Usenet receives far more than 200 posts/hour. That is why it is divided into newsgroups, so you don't have to drink from a firehose.