I don't see that there is really anything here to react to. What are the charges and from what kind od activity are they stemming from? There are big differences between the casual trading of a few songs and going into a CD distribution of entire collections. Having been a working musician I am against the duplication and mass distribution of someone's work but there is also a benefit at another level of getting a sampling of work into free distribution because it's great advertisement and public relations.
This Wired article says nothing other than 493 people have been sued for copyright infringement. There is nothing here to react to, from whatever side you are on regarding this issue, since there is no reference as to the extent of the charges.
Whoever scored this comment "flamebait" obviously knows nothing about the political orientation of La Repubblica. They are leftist and anti-Berlusconi in perspective and tend to make some decisions based on political views. Be fair and let's analyize the average (American) Linux user--especially those vocally active on Slashdot and compare. So don't get all Nationalistic on me because your last name ends in a vowel and you like pizza. You need to know what you're talking about before you off the wall moderate.
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The original Mac was actually 128KB and the 1st upgrade to that was 512KB. I still have mine. The LISA, as I recall, did come out initially with 1MB.
Maybe he knows where Bin Laden is.
I don't see that there is really anything here to react to. What are the charges and from what kind od activity are they stemming from? There are big differences between the casual trading of a few songs and going into a CD distribution of entire collections. Having been a working musician I am against the duplication and mass distribution of someone's work but there is also a benefit at another level of getting a sampling of work into free distribution because it's great advertisement and public relations. This Wired article says nothing other than 493 people have been sued for copyright infringement. There is nothing here to react to, from whatever side you are on regarding this issue, since there is no reference as to the extent of the charges.
Get with the program; it's Lsuits.
Jerry Lewis usage taxes AND we saved their asses taxes.
A little different but perhaps they'd like to discuss this with some of the 220 people who were dismissed from Corel a year or so ago.
Whoever scored this comment "flamebait" obviously knows nothing about the political orientation of La Repubblica. They are leftist and anti-Berlusconi in perspective and tend to make some decisions based on political views. Be fair and let's analyize the average (American) Linux user--especially those vocally active on Slashdot and compare. So don't get all Nationalistic on me because your last name ends in a vowel and you like pizza. You need to know what you're talking about before you off the wall moderate.
Dude, just ask for the cone of silence!
It's no surprise--they are Socialists. It's good PR.
You would think Hitachi could hire a photographer with just a tad of marketing skill.
There's a whole deeper almost satanic meaning if you listen to 'em backwards.