Can you say "entrapment" boys and girls? I knew you could.
Maybe if they brought some kind of lawsuit about the movie you download from them. But what about the ones they find on your hard drive that you got someplace else? You downloaded the "helper" software, did you read the EULA? Maybe you "agreed" to let them look around, and guess what they found!
I just told all my friends about that site. Knew it was too good to be true.
You shouldn't be downloading "full movies" from these types of sites anyway. It's clearly illegal and only lets the MPAA say "See? These people are just common thieves like we've said all along". I mean, come on! You never bought a copy of the movie, so you can't be claiming "fair use, blah, blah, blah..." Good riddance to those who get busted, this may be dishonest of the MPAA, but it's also dishonest of you.
It's not about credit card fraud, it's about high interest rate credit card providers who use this information to offer you cards, and credit bureaus who profit from the ability to sell your private information.
TFA makes reference to the possibility that a certain author may have tipped off his company that he was hosting an "anti-Microsoft" website. I think this is unlikely. As he mentions himself, his website garnered a lot of attention not least of all on Slashdot. I think it is much more likely that Microsoft themselves contacted his employer. They must have known what was going on and this would be a relatively simple way to shut down the site. As his employer was a Microsoft partner, the result was predictable.
Another possibility is that they did detect his FTP use. It's well known that "Fortune Whatever" companies are paranoid about "industrial espionage. It's very possible that they are set up to automatically check outgoing FTP against a list of authorized targets, and they check up on those that don't match the list. It's a valid question to wonder who in you company and why are FTPing outside the walls...
Here in the Air Force, it took over two years to widely implement XP. A lot of testing goes on, both to insure that a new OS works with our many "lagacy" applications, but also there is security testing. I'm sure that all large US Governemt agencies do exactly the same. This "phone home" feature will not fly with us (USAF), and I suspect that other agencies will be the same.
They have a lot more to lose by making such a deal than what they would gain.
Do they really? You think so? Please give me an example. Boecause in the corporate world, the socialist idiology of the Free Software Movement is seen as silly, and it's not a factor. So, who drops Red Hat when they kiss up to Microsoft? Essentially, no one wo Red Hart cares about.
Their developers, most of whom are probably hobbyists.
Most of their developers are employees. And, guess what? Red Hat employees are responsible for *HUGE* amounts for contributions to both the kernal *and* many well used applications.
Guys Szulik basically gave no comment which has been interpreted as an affirmation. If he did 'talk' patents, he probably talked about how Microsoft's vaporpatents don't scare him. RH isn't going to make a deal like Novell did, period. You're way overreacting.
Red Hat is a publicly traded company whose primary stockholders and customers are corporate enterprise groups. They don't sell to "hobbyists". Based on their customer profile, who do you think they care most about?
The cost of doing that is FAR less than the cost of fixing the amount of bad publicity this will generate.
I disagree. I think that inside a week or two this will be forgotten. Seriously. And what of the publicity? People who want an XBox will buy one, and 99% will have zero problems. The people that would be influenced negatively by this already have issues with Microsoft. The rest will never hear / read the story.
But most magazines have the legal requirement to either mark that its an advertisement
Nonsense. No such "legal requirement" exists. It's an ethical requirement. Short of things like libel and sedition, you can print / say what you want, your motivations or who is paying you is not legally relevant.
The biggest difference between Google and Microsoft is that Google turns research ideas into products.
You may not like the few Microsoft products that you actually know about, but the idea that Google produce more products that hit the marketplace is simply fundamentally not true. Furthermore, while Microsoft's products may lack the "innovation" you're after, at least they have some that actually attempt to do useful things. Google, on the other hand, is focused on ways to monetize the Web through advertising. Very noble...
Here's the deal. Indians and Chinese will soon cost as much as Americans. Google is, contrary to what most Slashdot's with their rose colored glasses think, a BIG HUGE MEGA CORPORATION.
WHat's silly about this kind of "competition" is that you and I and everyone out there can offer a 100 million bucks to someone who can put a lander on the moon. Why? It's not going to happen. This sort of thing does not come out of garages or even small warehouses.
If Homeland Security has it's way, get ready for just about everything we consume, from produce to fast food, to home prices, everything will go sky-high. The fact is, there are a lot of things that we require for our "standard of living" that we Americans are not willing to do for what employers can pay.
Second issue: Do "illegals" really want to stay in this country? Here in Washington State, that's not the case. Many "illegals" make reasonably good money here for hard work, and send it home, where they will eventually retire, in a place where money is worth more than it is here. Not all "illegals" intend to stay, and very, very, very few take any jobs away from "Americans". When people talk about "immigration problems", most are not talking about High Tech jobs.
Your day will come. And when it does, the RIAA will subpoena Slashdot's records to see what IP ( and account info, if you are actually logged in and only just checked the AC box on the input form ) is associated with your "Anonymous Coward"
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If so many states now oppose Real ID, how is it that it passed into law in the first place?
Well, what did we all think would happen when H1B visas became an "issue"? In today's economy, if we can't bring them here, we'll go there.
Actually, that was Clinton.
So, in other words, it smokes the weed...
Maybe if they brought some kind of lawsuit about the movie you download from them. But what about the ones they find on your hard drive that you got someplace else? You downloaded the "helper" software, did you read the EULA? Maybe you "agreed" to let them look around, and guess what they found!
What of it? This is your justification? It's still dishonest. And still against the law.
You shouldn't be downloading "full movies" from these types of sites anyway. It's clearly illegal and only lets the MPAA say "See? These people are just common thieves like we've said all along". I mean, come on! You never bought a copy of the movie, so you can't be claiming "fair use, blah, blah, blah..." Good riddance to those who get busted, this may be dishonest of the MPAA, but it's also dishonest of you.
It's not about credit card fraud, it's about high interest rate credit card providers who use this information to offer you cards, and credit bureaus who profit from the ability to sell your private information.
You could have thrown it back at your employer "If you had bought me an adequate laptop, I wouldn't have needed this Apple..."
Interesting. Even Microsoft owns racks of Apple boxes for "testing" and such....
Another possibility is that they did detect his FTP use. It's well known that "Fortune Whatever" companies are paranoid about "industrial espionage. It's very possible that they are set up to automatically check outgoing FTP against a list of authorized targets, and they check up on those that don't match the list. It's a valid question to wonder who in you company and why are FTPing outside the walls...
Here in the Air Force, it took over two years to widely implement XP. A lot of testing goes on, both to insure that a new OS works with our many "lagacy" applications, but also there is security testing. I'm sure that all large US Governemt agencies do exactly the same. This "phone home" feature will not fly with us (USAF), and I suspect that other agencies will be the same.
Do they really? You think so? Please give me an example. Boecause in the corporate world, the socialist idiology of the Free Software Movement is seen as silly, and it's not a factor. So, who drops Red Hat when they kiss up to Microsoft? Essentially, no one wo Red Hart cares about.
Red Hat is a publicly traded company whose primary stockholders and customers are corporate enterprise groups. They don't sell to "hobbyists". Based on their customer profile, who do you think they care most about?
* Didn't actually work like they said
* Wanted to make some cash-ola on the "sploit"
Big Corporate Illuminati paid them off.
* Found dead after listening Cowboy Neal drone on and on and on and on...
Your choice.
I disagree. I think that inside a week or two this will be forgotten. Seriously. And what of the publicity? People who want an XBox will buy one, and 99% will have zero problems. The people that would be influenced negatively by this already have issues with Microsoft. The rest will never hear / read the story.
Nonsense. No such "legal requirement" exists. It's an ethical requirement. Short of things like libel and sedition, you can print / say what you want, your motivations or who is paying you is not legally relevant.
You may not like the few Microsoft products that you actually know about, but the idea that Google produce more products that hit the marketplace is simply fundamentally not true. Furthermore, while Microsoft's products may lack the "innovation" you're after, at least they have some that actually attempt to do useful things. Google, on the other hand, is focused on ways to monetize the Web through advertising. Very noble...
Here's the deal. Indians and Chinese will soon cost as much as Americans. Google is, contrary to what most Slashdot's with their rose colored glasses think, a BIG HUGE MEGA CORPORATION.
WHat's silly about this kind of "competition" is that you and I and everyone out there can offer a 100 million bucks to someone who can put a lander on the moon. Why? It's not going to happen. This sort of thing does not come out of garages or even small warehouses.
Second issue: Do "illegals" really want to stay in this country? Here in Washington State, that's not the case. Many "illegals" make reasonably good money here for hard work, and send it home, where they will eventually retire, in a place where money is worth more than it is here. Not all "illegals" intend to stay, and very, very, very few take any jobs away from "Americans". When people talk about "immigration problems", most are not talking about High Tech jobs.
Yes, and your IP? Slashdot's servers know all about you.
Your day will come. And when it does, the RIAA will subpoena Slashdot's records to see what IP ( and account info, if you are actually logged in and only just checked the AC box on the input form ) is associated with your "Anonymous Coward"