Yeah - the mirror is Akamai, I just use the mirror script as a counter.:)
Since Akamai caches for 1d (I've set it to do that), it pretty much ensures that it will stay up at least long enough for the site to recover from the slashdot effect.
What would you expect them to do? They should certainly not be delivering the money, since it is presumably illegial. What do you think they should do with it?
How about refund it? If it's illegal, they shouldn't have it anyway. Besides, it's not illegal - it's just against their ToS. If they aren't allowed to transfer the money to the recipient, why should they be allowed to just pocket it? Presumably, there is something of value being exchanged - if the item was shipped, the seller is out the money. If it wasn't, the buyer is out the money.
Either way, PayPal benefits, and someone else loses. Their ToS are subject to change, and frequently do. Why should they be able to go "well, we now don't like X, so we will freeze the account of anyone we know to do it, and take the money?" Isn't that a little too much power?
Banks, at least, have no incentive to do this. If there is a question of legality, they don't get to keep the money - it gives them little incentive to act without proof of wrongdoing.
Because when you've already paid for a license to a work, why should you have to pay every time you manage to do something else with it?
With my car, for example, I can use it to get from point A to point B. I can cut it up and call it art. I can use it as a door stop.
With a book - I can use it to make paper maché doodads. I can use it as a weapon in self defense. I can even tear out the pages and use it as toilet paper (I can think of a couple books that can justify it, too).
When you purchase something (Adobe vs. Softman - it's a Sale, not a License), you have the right to do almost whatever you want with it, with the exception (sometimes) of distributing copies, due to patent or copyright restrictions.
The creator of the work has been paid for said work. He has excercised his right of first sale. Beyond that, what happens to the work is not really any of his business. Just because it's IP, doesn't somehow give it a special exemption.
Furthermore, you should ask yourself "what is the purpose, the reason behind copyright?"
The answer to this question is contained in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..."
Stifling innovation through charging for any improvement or new use seems contrary to the very purpose of copyright in the first place.
The high UID is because I got tired of posting at -1 (too many troll/flamebait mods). As you can see, I'm rather blunt.
Anyhow, I really don't _care_ if you trust me or not. I could give you the email of my old paypal account - what good would it do?
Let's see - friend and client FastModz (sells modchips, http://www.fastmodz.com/us/) - lost nearly $5000, because apparently Mod Chips violate the ToS. Legal, or not, PayPal should not have just pocketed the money.
http://www.lowcostfurnishings.com/ - Lost hundreds of dollars because a client discovered a piece of furniture was too wide, and disputed it. PayPal reversed the funds, hit her with a chargeback (she finally managed to get it off), and she had to pay out of pocket to get the furniture shipped back. This was all part of PayPal's "protection" policy.
Perhaps, if it will make you feel better, I should use one ofmyother IDs, if it would make you feel better.
Really want to get to know me? Google is your friend. Yes, every single search resul tis about me.
The high UID is because I got tired of posting at -1 (too many troll/flamebait mods). As you can see, I'm rather blunt.
Anyhow, I really don't _care_ if you trust me or not. I could give you the email of my old paypal account - what good would it do?
Let's see - friend and client FastModz (sells modchips, http://www.fastmodz.com/us/) - lost nearly $5000, because apparently Mod Chips violate the ToS. Legal, or not, PayPal should not have just pocketed the money.
http://www.lowcostfurnishings.com/ of myother IDs, if it would make you feel better.
Really want to get to know me? Google is your friend. Yes, every single search resultis about me.
Well, I gave PayPal a call - I have cancelled all of my accounts. I currently run over $10,000 per year through there, totalling somewhere around $500 in fees (the occasional uncovered chargeback, and lots of small transactions).
I let them know I would not do business with them(I know several people personally who have had problems with them as well), and I am in the process of switching to YowCow.
Slight recommendation: don't use SolarPay. I ended up buying a re-branded version of their software, and it is backdoored. No, I won't tell you the backdoor - there are a number of sites still using it.
Macs are vulnerable to the so-called "hole" as well. In fact, _any_ html compliant email client with image support is.
For example, I wrote some software which takes your email address, and assigns a 5 letter id. The img tag loads an image with the url http://mailserver/get/yourid/image.gif
From this, it's possible to tell 1) If the email is valid, 2) If you click the image (the url contains your ID) 3) How long before you click 4) If you buy.
So, if you're dumb enough to buy from spam you get on a sucker list.
Quit blaming MS - they are unfortunatly the ones who introduced HTML mail, but everyone else who follows suit has problems too.
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But the RIAA can't, and they are the ones you really want to avoid.
Getting a new ISP is easy (usually). Getting back the $30,000 in legal fees to the RIAA is a lot harder.
Re:Salon: News writen by Sophomores...
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The TOS can say you are liable for the use, BUT THAT DOES NOT MATTER TO THE COURTS. A contract you sign with a third party can only transfer from you to that party, or vice versa.
What it does mean is that if something bad happens, your ISP can terminate your connection, and you can't sue them over it. Something you sign with your ISP has nothing to do with what happens when the RIAA comes knocking.
You've still got plausable deniability with the RIAA case, and you're only out your net connection. Which would you rather risk?
I've been using RedHat for a while now, so I'm probably biased.
Personally, SuSE didn't seem quite so "Finished" to me. The installer wasn't as nice, and getting some third-party apps was significantly harder for me than it was under RedHat.
All in all, it's a nice distro, but it has some significant room for improvement.
"The original Astucia markers were glued onto the road surface. That left them vulnerable to snowplow blades and to constant pounding from car and truck tires.
Mr. Dicks wanted to put the markers into holes drilled into the road surface. The key, he said, was finding self-healing resins for the top lenses that would be flush with the surface and subjected to much wear and tear."
Slashdot Mirror
It's fast, it's friendly, and it's fun!
Mirror Here.
What's that? It's a Mirror!
Actually, I didn't - thanks for helping me improve my script.
At least now, it will cache things properly. Kudos.
Actually, the redirect is simply so I can keep a counter.
If you really want, you can Generate the URLs directly.
Mirrors:
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http://www.sba.muohio.edu/snavely/415/thunder.htm
http://www.hollywood.com/movies/detail/movie/4158
Based off prior experience, IMDB should be fine. I don't know about the other sites, though.
While I'm at it: Red Vs. Blue Ep33 HiRes.
Yeah - the mirror is Akamai, I just use the mirror script as a counter. :)
Since Akamai caches for 1d (I've set it to do that), it pretty much ensures that it will stay up at least long enough for the site to recover from the slashdot effect.
It's loading a little slow for me, so here's a mirror.
Mirror (faster) Here .
Site's a little slow -
Akamai Mirror.
Red vs. Blue E3 Video
What would you expect them to do? They should certainly not be delivering the money, since it is presumably illegial. What do you think they should do with it?
How about refund it? If it's illegal, they shouldn't have it anyway. Besides, it's not illegal - it's just against their ToS. If they aren't allowed to transfer the money to the recipient, why should they be allowed to just pocket it? Presumably, there is something of value being exchanged - if the item was shipped, the seller is out the money. If it wasn't, the buyer is out the money.
Either way, PayPal benefits, and someone else loses. Their ToS are subject to change, and frequently do. Why should they be able to go "well, we now don't like X, so we will freeze the account of anyone we know to do it, and take the money?" Isn't that a little too much power?
Banks, at least, have no incentive to do this. If there is a question of legality, they don't get to keep the money - it gives them little incentive to act without proof of wrongdoing.
Because when you've already paid for a license to a work, why should you have to pay every time you manage to do something else with it?
With my car, for example, I can use it to get from point A to point B. I can cut it up and call it art. I can use it as a door stop.
With a book - I can use it to make paper maché doodads. I can use it as a weapon in self defense. I can even tear out the pages and use it as toilet paper (I can think of a couple books that can justify it, too).
When you purchase something (Adobe vs. Softman - it's a Sale, not a License), you have the right to do almost whatever you want with it, with the exception (sometimes) of distributing copies, due to patent or copyright restrictions.
The creator of the work has been paid for said work. He has excercised his right of first sale. Beyond that, what happens to the work is not really any of his business. Just because it's IP, doesn't somehow give it a special exemption.
Furthermore, you should ask yourself "what is the purpose, the reason behind copyright?"
The answer to this question is contained in Article 1, Section 8 of the US Constitution:
"To promote the Progress of Science and useful Arts..."
Stifling innovation through charging for any improvement or new use seems contrary to the very purpose of copyright in the first place.
I always make it a habit to come home and download something else, something I wouldn't have bothered with before.
So far, I'm up to 22 downloads, just because of that "copying a movie is like stealing a candy bar" commercial.
The high UID is because I got tired of posting at -1 (too many troll/flamebait mods). As you can see, I'm rather blunt.
Anyhow, I really don't _care_ if you trust me or not. I could give you the email of my old paypal account - what good would it do?
Let's see - friend and client FastModz (sells modchips, http://www.fastmodz.com/us/) - lost nearly $5000, because apparently Mod Chips violate the ToS. Legal, or not, PayPal should not have just pocketed the money.
http://www.lowcostfurnishings.com/ - Lost hundreds of dollars because a client discovered a piece of furniture was too wide, and disputed it. PayPal reversed the funds, hit her with a chargeback (she finally managed to get it off), and she had to pay out of pocket to get the furniture shipped back. This was all part of PayPal's "protection" policy.
Perhaps, if it will make you feel better, I should use one of my other IDs, if it would make you feel better.
Really want to get to know me? Google is your friend. Yes, every single search resul tis about me.
So, screw you. Who needs karma anyway?
The high UID is because I got tired of posting at -1 (too many troll/flamebait mods). As you can see, I'm rather blunt.
Anyhow, I really don't _care_ if you trust me or not. I could give you the email of my old paypal account - what good would it do?
Let's see - friend and client FastModz (sells modchips, http://www.fastmodz.com/us/) - lost nearly $5000, because apparently Mod Chips violate the ToS. Legal, or not, PayPal should not have just pocketed the money.
http://www.lowcostfurnishings.com/ of my other IDs, if it would make you feel better.
Really want to get to know me? Google is your friend. Yes, every single search resultis about me.
So, screw you. Who needs karma anyway?
Well, I gave PayPal a call - I have cancelled all of my accounts. I currently run over $10,000 per year through there, totalling somewhere around $500 in fees (the occasional uncovered chargeback, and lots of small transactions).
I let them know I would not do business with them(I know several people personally who have had problems with them as well), and I am in the process of switching to YowCow.
Slight recommendation: don't use SolarPay. I ended up buying a re-branded version of their software, and it is backdoored. No, I won't tell you the backdoor - there are a number of sites still using it.
Macs are vulnerable to the so-called "hole" as well. In fact, _any_ html compliant email client with image support is.
For example, I wrote some software which takes your email address, and assigns a 5 letter id. The img tag loads an image with the url http://mailserver/get/yourid/image.gif
From this, it's possible to tell 1) If the email is valid, 2) If you click the image (the url contains your ID) 3) How long before you click 4) If you buy.
So, if you're dumb enough to buy from spam you get on a sucker list.
Quit blaming MS - they are unfortunatly the ones who introduced HTML mail, but everyone else who follows suit has problems too.
But the RIAA can't, and they are the ones you really want to avoid.
Getting a new ISP is easy (usually). Getting back the $30,000 in legal fees to the RIAA is a lot harder.
The TOS can say you are liable for the use, BUT THAT DOES NOT MATTER TO THE COURTS. A contract you sign with a third party can only transfer from you to that party, or vice versa.
What it does mean is that if something bad happens, your ISP can terminate your connection, and you can't sue them over it. Something you sign with your ISP has nothing to do with what happens when the RIAA comes knocking.
You've still got plausable deniability with the RIAA case, and you're only out your net connection. Which would you rather risk?
I don't think the government has a problem with you paying $2000 worth of tax on a $10 item. It's the other way around they don't seem to like.
...until the reader itself gets stolen.
I've been using RedHat for a while now, so I'm probably biased.
Personally, SuSE didn't seem quite so "Finished" to me. The installer wasn't as nice, and getting some third-party apps was significantly harder for me than it was under RedHat.
All in all, it's a nice distro, but it has some significant room for improvement.
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Nigritude and Ultramarine
Doh! Slashdot does not show sigs to non-logged in users.
Thanks.
Blah, Blah, Blah - RTFA.
"The original Astucia markers were glued onto the road surface. That left them vulnerable to snowplow blades and to constant pounding from car and truck tires.
Mr. Dicks wanted to put the markers into holes drilled into the road surface. The key, he said, was finding self-healing resins for the top lenses that would be flush with the surface and subjected to much wear and tear."
Apparently, they are now doing full page hijacking ads.
Reg-Free, Straight to the page without hijacking link.