And it has always been that way, since the beginning of the homo sapiens. It is only due to the really few people who have the will and means to promote change that the human species has progressed (both socially and technologically).
You are wrong, there *are* takedown notices in Spain as well:
La Comisión de la Propiedad Intelectual, órgano creado por el Ministerio de Cultura, se dirigirá al responsable de la página web que considera que ha vulnerado los derechos de Propiedad Intelectual y le pedirá la retirada del contenido conflictivo. Si éste no es retirado después de que la comisión lo haya solicitado hasta en dos ocasiones, el denunciado podrá presentarle sus alegaciones
(too lazy to translate but Google is your friend)
However, it seems in Spain there is a special comission who is the one in charge of issuing the notices, thus you cannot send everyone you like such kind of notices (well, you can, but they wont care).
At least that is what I read from there, maybe a Spanish guy can shed more light?
So IIRC sites like Suprnova and other torrent *indexing* sites which are often attacked by the MAFIIAA should be safe in Spain after this judgement no?
I mean, Torrent sites are not even hosting a copy of the material (as Youtube does)!
Unfortunately this is a typical example of how justice only applies to big corporations while the small guy is always screwed. (well... I think in Spain are a better but still...)
And, especially don't copy any of the text on her website, because she's using a bit of javascript that will warn you 'Copyright Protect!' if you right click on a link."
mmm nope, it doesn't... OH you mean I have to disable my NoScript protection... *enables javascript in the infomercial page*
Aaaah, now I see... that kind of reminds me of Snopes... back before I discovered Firefox;)
By the way, loosing you phone does not loose your account, you will need to loose the password or some other secret as well. And even then you will have to need to trust the maintainers of the server.
There's a joke about setting your phone free, liberating your account and relaxing your password around there.
Other than that I like your idea of your 3 factor password, but ONLY if it could be used to login in to ALL internet services.
Actually that is something achievable with open source. If setup a "trusted server" server to which you can connect (using your 3 factor) and then that server automatically logs in/redirects you to all the services you use. That might be doable using VNC or the like... I only have to figure out scripts that log-you-in into Facebook,GoogleApps,Slashdot,HostelWorld,Etc... each time you log to your trusted server.
When you lose your phone (nowadays), the vast majority of thieves want to look at your pictures and videos to see if you have some interesting (aka pr0n) stuff there.
Some people are so stupid as to even use the phone (some of them actually buy a new chip!).
Believe me, I know the nature of these kind of thieves. During my high school I was friend with some of them.
Agreed. I fail to see how sensitive information being sent over the Internet could be more secure than keeping sensitive information stored on a computer that doesn't even have a network card installed.
Security and Availability go hand in hand. Security isn't just, NO ONE EVER GETS TO LOOK AT MY DATA. Security is also making sure that your data remains undamaged (integrity) and available to the people that you want to see it.
Uhhh, me thinks you are confusing privacy with security.
Data privacy is the one about
NO ONE EVER GETS TO LOOK AT MY DATA.
While data security is about
making sure that your data remains undamaged (integrity) and available to the people that you want to see it
Someone will leak the C code for a HDCP decryptor into pastebin (ala DeCSS) and everybody will be happy (except for intel and the copy providers).
Translating Intel press release: "So hmm yea, we really screwed when thinking that 40 keys would be enough for everybody, now that the world have seen how good a snake-oil we sold to the MMPAA guys, we will start litigation with all the world so that the MAFIAA does not sue our assess of the planet..."
Society is still not ready for this progressive thinking mentality.
The people currently working in the government grew in a time when media (or intelectual property as some want to call it) was a scare resource, thus they do not understand the current situation.
We need to wait some time, maybe one generation, when politicians, leaders, and in general other decision makers (e.g. grown people with some power) are individuals who grown understanding the nature of media; how it can be shared in a costless manner, and the advantage that such thing provides. We are still not ready, but we are getting there.
How do you know your friends aren't all laughing behind your back because you're the only sucker actually buying the game ?
True. Depeding where the guy is located, if he is in say Mexico such thing is guaranteed. If you actually pay for the game your friends will mainly look you like you are crazy... unless you are in the 1% minority of Mexican population who have *a lot* of disposable income (e.g. eres fresa).
GoodOldGames has been *the posterchild* of "good example" for gaming distribution each time a story of DRM-something apears in slashdot!
Maybe what happened is just that they were not profitable... because you know... people copied the games instead of buying them.. hmmm how could they avoid that;-)
yeah yeah i know, mod down -1 sad reality and all that..
My first thought after reading this was... "sweet! now we will be able to buy $50 cheaper CPU's which we then can crack".
Really, after looking at the state of the most famous and famously cracked computer hardware (Wii, Xbox, Playstation) companies *still* continue to push these kind of locks...
Oh, and this also reminds me a story I heard about some hacker unlocking "hidden" cores of a multi-core CPU. IIRC the story was that when a core of a processor made by Intel/AMD does not pass quality checks, they only disable such core and sell the processor as a cheaper version (e.g., a core i7 with failed cores can become a i5) .
It's not that forks are bad... they can be really good (e.g. X.org, gcc/egcs). However, in the case of "desktop linux", people complain again and again on the lack of "standards" (e.g., each distribution has its own GUI for network config, control panel, etc ).
Regarding code reuse/sharing, that is something I have always wondered about desktop distros. We have YaST, mandriva control center and ubuntu control center (or however they are named); back when I used Mandrake, I always wondered why didn't the other distros just copied the code of the Mandrake config tools (as they were the most user friendly) and adapted them to the other distros...
It seems to me there is a lot of reinventing the wheel between desktop distributions.
I recall Mandrake/Mandriva as one of the most user friendly distros when I used it... (IIRC around version 7 or 8).
In my opinion it would be really great if instead of doing another fork the Mageia developers tried to merge all the good features of Mandriva into Ubuntu.
I understand that Mandriva uses RPM and has several differences compared to Ubuntu, however merging both software would really benefit Ubuntu or better yet, Kubuntu (the chance to make it not suck).
Ever had a lot of "shiny bicycles" that aren't so shiny after your wife and/or small kids get their hands on them? I don't want to keep repurchasing the same stuff over and over. If I can get it for free from my neighbor, the original bicycle can stay safely put away.
Look, I disagree with DRM and all its implications. But I cannot understand this justification done in slashdot a lot.
If you/your-kids/your-dog/your-wife do not know how to take care of your possessions, it is only your fault. I am very careful with stuff I *want* to last for a long time.
I think that in a world without Copyright (and the like) the only think we would not have is the crap copyrightable stuff (e.g., Britney Spears, Eminem, etc...) mainly because such media is only famous due to its heavy marketing and not its quality.
For example (borrowing from your analogy) how many really bad recipes do you know that are famous? I know none (except the ones for food I don't like) and I have lived in 3 countries, traveled to more than 12 and I like gastronomy.
The interesting thing is, I am sure in 200 years people we look back at our time and will see efforts like PirateBay, RlsLog, Gigapedia, the Scene, etc as the "good guys" who made a very strong effort to share our culture. In the same way we see Kings,Queens and Fathers of ancient empires who either wanted to have control of information or encouraged its dissemination.
Slashdot Mirror
And it has always been that way, since the beginning of the homo sapiens. It is only due to the really few people who have the will and means to promote change that the human species has progressed (both socially and technologically).
linky for the quote (slashdot ate my link in the previous post) in Spanish.
You are wrong, there *are* takedown notices in Spain as well:
La Comisión de la Propiedad Intelectual, órgano creado por el Ministerio de Cultura, se dirigirá al responsable de la página web que considera que ha vulnerado los derechos de Propiedad Intelectual y le pedirá la retirada del contenido conflictivo. Si éste no es retirado después de que la comisión lo haya solicitado hasta en dos ocasiones, el denunciado podrá presentarle sus alegaciones
(too lazy to translate but Google is your friend)
However, it seems in Spain there is a special comission who is the one in charge of issuing the notices, thus you cannot send everyone you like such kind of notices (well, you can, but they wont care).
At least that is what I read from there, maybe a Spanish guy can shed more light?
So IIRC sites like Suprnova and other torrent *indexing* sites which are often attacked by the MAFIIAA should be safe in Spain after this judgement no?
I mean, Torrent sites are not even hosting a copy of the material (as Youtube does)!
Unfortunately this is a typical example of how justice only applies to big corporations while the small guy is always screwed. (well... I think in Spain are a better but still...)
Hery trhe Navgatror, a Portugese prirnce, was in lrge partr resposible for Portugese effortrs durirng the age of explorartion.
Wait just a second! you cannot go changing the subject suddenly like that... focus!, we are talking about Portrugese here!
I know you are joking, but I guess in reality when people look at the floor in such airplanes the only thing they will see is their luggage...
Now, that might be a good idea so that you can check that the airline is (or is not...) uploading your luggage before take off.
And, especially don't copy any of the text on her website, because she's using a bit of javascript that will warn you 'Copyright Protect!' if you right click on a link."
mmm nope, it doesn't... OH you mean I have to disable my NoScript protection...
*enables javascript in the infomercial page*
Aaaah, now I see... that kind of reminds me of Snopes... back before I discovered Firefox ;)
By the way, loosing you phone does not loose your account, you will need to loose the password or some other secret as well. And even then you will have to need to trust the maintainers of the server.
There's a joke about setting your phone free, liberating your account and relaxing your password around there.
Other than that I like your idea of your 3 factor password, but ONLY if it could be used to login in to ALL internet services.
Actually that is something achievable with open source. If setup a "trusted server" server to which you can connect (using your 3 factor) and then that server automatically logs in/redirects you to all the services you use. That might be doable using VNC or the like... I only have to figure out scripts that log-you-in into Facebook,GoogleApps,Slashdot,HostelWorld,Etc... each time you log to your trusted server.
Nope...
When you lose your phone (nowadays), the vast majority of thieves want to look at your pictures and videos to see if you have some interesting (aka pr0n) stuff there.
Some people are so stupid as to even use the phone (some of them actually buy a new chip!).
Believe me, I know the nature of these kind of thieves. During my high school I was friend with some of them.
Agreed. I fail to see how sensitive information being sent over the Internet could be more secure than keeping sensitive information stored on a computer that doesn't even have a network card installed.
Security and Availability go hand in hand. Security isn't just, NO ONE EVER GETS TO LOOK AT MY DATA. Security is also making sure that your data remains undamaged (integrity) and available to the people that you want to see it.
Uhhh, me thinks you are confusing privacy with security.
Data privacy is the one about
NO ONE EVER GETS TO LOOK AT MY DATA.
While data security is about
making sure that your data remains undamaged (integrity) and available to the people that you want to see it
My prediction:
Someone will leak the C code for a HDCP decryptor into pastebin (ala DeCSS) and everybody will be happy (except for intel and the copy providers).
Translating Intel press release: "So hmm yea, we really screwed when thinking that 40 keys would be enough for everybody, now that the world have seen how good a snake-oil we sold to the MMPAA guys, we will start litigation with all the world so that the MAFIAA does not sue our assess of the planet..."
Society is still not ready for this progressive thinking mentality.
The people currently working in the government grew in a time when media (or intelectual property as some want to call it) was a scare resource, thus they do not understand the current situation.
We need to wait some time, maybe one generation, when politicians, leaders, and in general other decision makers (e.g. grown people with some power) are individuals who grown understanding the nature of media; how it can be shared in a costless manner, and the advantage that such thing provides. We are still not ready, but we are getting there.
How do you know your friends aren't all laughing behind your back because you're the only sucker actually buying the game ?
True. Depeding where the guy is located, if he is in say Mexico such thing is guaranteed. If you actually pay for the game your friends will mainly look you like you are crazy... unless you are in the 1% minority of Mexican population who have *a lot* of disposable income (e.g. eres fresa).
Howdy cow.. you do not enter slashdot a lot uh?
GoodOldGames has been *the posterchild* of "good example" for gaming distribution each time a story of DRM-something apears in slashdot!
Maybe what happened is just that they were not profitable... because you know... people copied the games instead of buying them .. hmmm how could they avoid that ;-)
yeah yeah i know, mod down -1 sad reality and all that..
Hehe, just what I thought...
My first thought after reading this was ... "sweet! now we will be able to buy $50 cheaper CPU's which we then can crack".
Really, after looking at the state of the most famous and famously cracked computer hardware (Wii, Xbox, Playstation) companies *still* continue to push these kind of locks...
Oh, and this also reminds me a story I heard about some hacker unlocking "hidden" cores of a multi-core CPU. IIRC the story was that when a core of a processor made by Intel/AMD does not pass quality checks, they only disable such core and sell the processor as a cheaper version (e.g., a core i7 with failed cores can become a i5)
.
It's not that forks are bad... they can be really good (e.g. X.org, gcc/egcs). However, in the case of "desktop linux", people complain again and again on the lack of "standards" (e.g., each distribution has its own GUI for network config, control panel, etc ).
Regarding code reuse/sharing, that is something I have always wondered about desktop distros. We have YaST, mandriva control center and ubuntu control center (or however they are named); back when I used Mandrake, I always wondered why didn't the other distros just copied the code of the Mandrake config tools (as they were the most user friendly) and adapted them to the other distros...
It seems to me there is a lot of reinventing the wheel between desktop distributions.
Ahh open source... divide and conquer.
I recall Mandrake/Mandriva as one of the most user friendly distros when I used it... (IIRC around version 7 or 8).
In my opinion it would be really great if instead of doing another fork the Mageia developers tried to merge all the good features of Mandriva into Ubuntu.
I understand that Mandriva uses RPM and has several differences compared to Ubuntu, however merging both software would really benefit Ubuntu or better yet, Kubuntu (the chance to make it not suck).
I've got an Atari 2600 from around 1980 and is still working. I specially like playing "Warlords" game with other people.
The quality of today's consoles suck (except Nintendo, I've got a "release day" Wii which is quite solid).
Thanks for the video, it is really nice.
My argument was not to compare stealing a bicycle with copying but more on how irrational is for people to justify doing something illegal.
Ever had a lot of "shiny bicycles" that aren't so shiny after your wife and/or small kids get their hands on them? I don't want to keep repurchasing the same stuff over and over. If I can get it for free from my neighbor, the original bicycle can stay safely put away.
Look, I disagree with DRM and all its implications. But I cannot understand this justification done in slashdot a lot.
If you/your-kids/your-dog/your-wife do not know how to take care of your possessions, it is only your fault. I am very careful with stuff I *want* to last for a long time.
I think that in a world without Copyright (and the like) the only think we would not have is the crap copyrightable stuff (e.g., Britney Spears, Eminem, etc...) mainly because such media is only famous due to its heavy marketing and not its quality.
For example (borrowing from your analogy) how many really bad recipes do you know that are famous? I know none (except the ones for food I don't like) and I have lived in 3 countries, traveled to more than 12 and I like gastronomy.
The interesting thing is, I am sure in 200 years people we look back at our time and will see efforts like PirateBay, RlsLog, Gigapedia, the Scene, etc as the "good guys" who made a very strong effort to share our culture. In the same way we see Kings,Queens and Fathers of ancient empires who either wanted to have control of information or encouraged its dissemination.
Haha no, it doesn't even have an X server
And that is bad because...?
I bet they're lousy for gaming.
Well... it depends on the type of games you actually play.
I'm sorry but non-adults don't have rights.
Wow, the USA must be a pretty scary place to be a kid!
Mhmmm, we had something similar in Mexico around 1980s too, where people will call a number to choose one of the 2 or 3 ends of the story...
Later there was something called "Telegana" in which you got a "remote control" which you had to use (also in the telephone) to choose.