Too bad theyre probbly going to approach this like the mob (since thats better related to their business practices wrt their employees and customers).
They are going to burn down (sue) 2 or 3 (hundred) businesses (traders) in town. Then look at the rest of the business owners (traders) and tell them it would be in their best interest to do as they say.
What if they are downloading your copywritten material during their pursuit of their copywritten material, and are doing it against your terms of use on your share.
For example what if a local band put up some music on a P2P shared folder one of the songs happened to have a similar but not the same name as a more well known tune. The band being against all things RIAA since they are a small act and see them as locking out small artist in favor of the blockbuster which can generate substantial profits they put a license on their connection that their songs are for personal use only, no businesses may use them or download them for any purposes especially any one working for, contracted to, or in any way related to RIAA or its members.
If RIAA then downloads that song making a copy have they not violated the bands copyrights.
Following that to add insult to injury what if RIAA blanket sues the band for providing material on a P2P service, not realising the band was providing its own material.
At this point shouldn't the band have the right of countersuit.
Of course the RIAA is still in the much stronger position since the band not only would need to defend itself against a wrongful lawsuit, it would also have to pay the same or another lawyer to pursue a case against the very well funded RIAA that even though the band is in the right would likely end up a phyrric victory.
KAZAA There is no escape. Don't make me destroy you. You do not yet realize your importance. You have only begun to discover your power. Join me and I will complete your training. With our combined strength, we can end this destructive conflict and bring order to the galaxy.
Why bother? Unless they were lawyers they have nothing to do with the future business model of SCO.
Maybe they haven't been layed off yet for PR value, or to keep up appearances, or to provide some small revenues while the lawsuits get up and running but I don't think whether they actually work or not has much effect on the future of the company with its current direction.
more like a boxing match not round limited...either you overwhelm the opponent ending it quickly or its a battle of attrition slowly beating each other to a bloody pulp to the point where even when one side wins its a hard won and possibly pyrrhic victory.
When the federal government takes in less money, Oklahoma suffers more. Most people don't realize we are a subsidized state (as are most of the small populated mid-western/western states).
Heh. Isn't it ironic that most/all of those states are republican strongholds.
And hey, why do people buy IDE drives? Because they're cheaper than SCSI. And here's one reason why!
Most of the cost difference isn't in the level of quality control.
The additional host adaptor and possibly more importantly the additional testing required to perform quality control on it is a significant part of the cost difference.
Also SCSI being a niche market and lower volume adds a bit more.
Finally and more recently, likely partly because of reason two, the additional warranty time adds a bit more to the price (or decreases the price of an IDE a bit for not having the same level).
It would surprise me if the basic quality control on the platters in SCSI and IDE was different (possibly different for the higher speed SCSI drives for obvious reasons, with a possibility of higher reliability - or lower because of the increased mechanical stresses).
Also useful (particularly for the clubs mentioned in the lead-in) the strips also fluoresce under UV in different colors. From the Bureau of Engraving and Printing:
A security thread is a thin thread or ribbon running through a bank note substrate. All 1990 series and later notes, except the $1, include this feature. The note's denomination is printed on the thread. In addition, the threads of the new $5, $10, $20 and $50 notes have graphics in addition to the printed denomination. The denomination number appears in the star field of the flag printed on the thread. The thread in the new notes glows when held under a long-wave ultraviolet light. In the new $5 it glows blue, in the new $10 it glows orange, in the new $20 note it glows green, in the new $50 note it glows yellow, and in the new $100 note it glows red. Since it is visible in transmitted light, but not in reflected light, the thread is difficult to copy with a color copier which uses reflected light to generate an image. Using a unique thread position for each denomination guards against certain counterfeit techniques, such as bleaching ink off a lower denomination and using the paper to "reprint" the bill as a higher value note.
Once tenured, there is undoubtedly a relaxation, but if the granting faculty have done their job, they selected someone who will continue on at a strong pace. Although my experience is clearly limited, I know of no cases where a tenured professor has relaxed to the point where he has become a burden on the institution. That, dear reader, does not mean it does not happen, just that my experiences at research universities has been otherwise.
Then of course follows the Emeritus stage which they relax further, but still tend not to be a burden on the institution since they generally have very modest needs at that point;).
Actually the grandmother hypothesis of why humans are the only primates where women live a significant period of time following menopause give other reasons for women to survive following their reproductive period.[1 (PDF)(Google PDFtoHTML)]
In a nutshell the grandmother can provide additional food resources to the weaned children of her child or her childrens mates (to increase their fertility) since she no longer has to provide those resources to her direct children and can produce excess to what she consumes.
Thus there is an evolutionary advantage to women surviving following their fertile years, and this advantage likely continues in different ways now.
You apparently can't read a table so theres not much point in further discussion. The points based only on black population only are the most recent points. All however are based on self identification of literacy hence may underreport due to the stigma attached. Points based on the total reporting population in the decennial census do go up to the 1940s however, perhaps following that the percentage of white responents fell below the table's significant figures.
Additionally you still have not quoted a source for your assertion which seems heartfelt if lacking any backing in reality.
So what has Apple, the customer, the original musician, or the distributor really gained then from Apples use of DRM.
If its so easy to defeat (Final line of defense: burn everything you buy to CD-DA CD-Rs) then it isn't effective and theres no point in having it at all.
Thus what is the reason for implementing a very weak and ineffective DRM scheme by Apple?
This ineffectiveness will eventually lead to an escalation to harsher protection measures supported by the technology (eg. the escalation of software protection measures in the 80s).
I don't think the current model by Apple is terrible, but its not really effective at preventing what they say they are trying to prevent. It also is a step in the wrong direction toward a new copy protection escalation which will just serve to alienate their customers.
Another problem is that corporate officers and employees are shielded from civil action brought against a company because of the way corporations are set up. Thus the officers directing the company in a lawsuit against an individual in many ways have less to lose personally than an equally funded individual does in directing or defending a similar lawsuit.
of course once you get a stable high quality office suite, then you can start developing automation for office tasks on it that are specific to each company.
Copyrights do neither. Copyrights are mearly the exclusive control over the reproduction of a creative work.
They don't protect the work and they aren't inherent authors rights (in the US, other countries do grant the author more rights than US copyright does).
They simply allow the creator or the current copyright holder to sue to stop reproductions of the work by a non holder of the copyright, and possibly damages resulting from that reproduction (depending somewhat on whether the copyright is registered with the copyright office). Recently there is a possibility that criminal action can be taken by the gov't if the number of copies exceeds 10 and the value is over $2500 (IIRC the amount and number). Also encryption of the work now adds another layer of protection for the creator through the DMCA.
However none of this grants the creative work as a property to the creator, only an exclusive right to reproduce the work for a limited time and some mechanisms to enforce that right.
Democratic rule doesn't require a winner takes all system, and in fact those systems tend to be tyranies of the majority. Because of the ethnic divisions of Iraq a strong constitution balancing the power of the majority with the rights of the minority will likely be needed to create a sustainable government.
Will this happen? I dont know.
Is this what the US leadership and the people on the ground are trying to create? Again I dont know, but hope that this is what they are trying to foster - a government controlled by the people of Iraq, but with protection for the minorities viewpoints.
Is this the best solution? Well for some in Iraq it is, for others it isn't - but if it works and is designed in this way it would provide a framework for protecting dissenting views while allowing substantial majority power to make most decisions but limiting that power.
How long will this take? Likely much longer than anyone would like.
nice city hall, so instead of increasing their tax base by adding a small business (properly incorporated) to the tax roles -- they run it out of business over a very small technicality, since you weren't doing anything that would obviously change your zoning status (ie no customer traffic, car traffic, storefront, employees(?), etc.) and having large costs involved with a small business (which if it had a chance to grow might have moved to office space eventually when it grew enough to have employees and customer traffic etc. and would have become a bigger revenue source). Seems pretty stupid.
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Too bad theyre probbly going to approach this like the mob (since thats better related to their business practices wrt their employees and customers).
They are going to burn down (sue) 2 or 3 (hundred) businesses (traders) in town. Then look at the rest of the business owners (traders) and tell them it would be in their best interest to do as they say.
What if they are downloading your copywritten material during their pursuit of their copywritten material, and are doing it against your terms of use on your share.
For example what if a local band put up some music on a P2P shared folder one of the songs happened to have a similar but not the same name as a more well known tune. The band being against all things RIAA since they are a small act and see them as locking out small artist in favor of the blockbuster which can generate substantial profits they put a license on their connection that their songs are for personal use only, no businesses may use them or download them for any purposes especially any one working for, contracted to, or in any way related to RIAA or its members.
If RIAA then downloads that song making a copy have they not violated the bands copyrights.
Following that to add insult to injury what if RIAA blanket sues the band for providing material on a P2P service, not realising the band was providing its own material.
At this point shouldn't the band have the right of countersuit.
Of course the RIAA is still in the much stronger position since the band not only would need to defend itself against a wrongful lawsuit, it would also have to pay the same or another lawyer to pursue a case against the very well funded RIAA that even though the band is in the right would likely end up a phyrric victory.
Maybe they could blame 'The crater formerly known as Canada'
KAZAA
There is no escape. Don't make
me destroy you. You do not yet
realize your importance. You
have only begun to discover your
power. Join me and I will complete
your training. With our combined
strength, we can end this destructive
conflict and bring order to the
galaxy.
RIAA/MPAA
I'll never join you!
Why bother? Unless they were lawyers they have nothing to do with the future business model of SCO.
Maybe they haven't been layed off yet for PR value, or to keep up appearances, or to provide some small revenues while the lawsuits get up and running but I don't think whether they actually work or not has much effect on the future of the company with its current direction.
more like a boxing match not round limited...either you overwhelm the opponent ending it quickly or its a battle of attrition slowly beating each other to a bloody pulp to the point where even when one side wins its a hard won and possibly pyrrhic victory.
In the US anyway wholesale sales are not usually taxed.
Here's one source explaining this for California, other states are left as an exercise for the reader.
When the federal government takes in less money, Oklahoma suffers more. Most people don't realize we are a subsidized state (as are most of the small populated mid-western/western states).
Heh. Isn't it ironic that most/all of those states are republican strongholds.
And hey, why do people buy IDE drives? Because they're cheaper than SCSI. And here's one reason why!
Most of the cost difference isn't in the level of quality control.
The additional host adaptor and possibly more importantly the additional testing required to perform quality control on it is a significant part of the cost difference.
Also SCSI being a niche market and lower volume adds a bit more.
Finally and more recently, likely partly because of reason two, the additional warranty time adds a bit more to the price (or decreases the price of an IDE a bit for not having the same level).
It would surprise me if the basic quality control on the platters in SCSI and IDE was different (possibly different for the higher speed SCSI drives for obvious reasons, with a possibility of higher reliability - or lower because of the increased mechanical stresses).
and fusion power is 40 years away from commercial practicality...
Once tenured, there is undoubtedly a relaxation, but if the granting faculty have done their job, they selected someone who will continue on at a strong pace. Although my experience is clearly limited, I know of no cases where a tenured professor has relaxed to the point where he has become a burden on the institution. That, dear reader, does not mean it does not happen, just that my experiences at research universities has been otherwise.
;).
Then of course follows the Emeritus stage which they relax further, but still tend not to be a burden on the institution since they generally have very modest needs at that point
In a nutshell the grandmother can provide additional food resources to the weaned children of her child or her childrens mates (to increase their fertility) since she no longer has to provide those resources to her direct children and can produce excess to what she consumes.
Thus there is an evolutionary advantage to women surviving following their fertile years, and this advantage likely continues in different ways now.
You apparently can't read a table so theres not much point in further discussion. The points based only on black population only are the most recent points. All however are based on self identification of literacy hence may underreport due to the stigma attached. Points based on the total reporting population in the decennial census do go up to the 1940s however, perhaps following that the percentage of white responents fell below the table's significant figures.
Additionally you still have not quoted a source for your assertion which seems heartfelt if lacking any backing in reality.
Here's a quick search for stats to refute your claim - National Assessment of Adult Literacy
Care to back up your claim with a reference?
Privatizing public education or moving towards home school is not the answer to our fiscal problems.
Sure it is if we want to return to a 19th century agrarian society rather than a 21st century technological society.
So what has Apple, the customer, the original musician, or the distributor really gained then from Apples use of DRM.
If its so easy to defeat (Final line of defense: burn everything you buy to CD-DA CD-Rs) then it isn't effective and theres no point in having it at all.
Thus what is the reason for implementing a very weak and ineffective DRM scheme by Apple?
This ineffectiveness will eventually lead to an escalation to harsher protection measures supported by the technology (eg. the escalation of software protection measures in the 80s).
I don't think the current model by Apple is terrible, but its not really effective at preventing what they say they are trying to prevent. It also is a step in the wrong direction toward a new copy protection escalation which will just serve to alienate their customers.
Another problem is that corporate officers and employees are shielded from civil action brought against a company because of the way corporations are set up. Thus the officers directing the company in a lawsuit against an individual in many ways have less to lose personally than an equally funded individual does in directing or defending a similar lawsuit.
of course once you get a stable high quality office suite, then you can start developing automation for office tasks on it that are specific to each company.
Copyrights protect works, not abstract ideas.
Copyrights do neither. Copyrights are mearly the exclusive control over the reproduction of a creative work.
They don't protect the work and they aren't inherent authors rights (in the US, other countries do grant the author more rights than US copyright does).
They simply allow the creator or the current copyright holder to sue to stop reproductions of the work by a non holder of the copyright, and possibly damages resulting from that reproduction (depending somewhat on whether the copyright is registered with the copyright office). Recently there is a possibility that criminal action can be taken by the gov't if the number of copies exceeds 10 and the value is over $2500 (IIRC the amount and number). Also encryption of the work now adds another layer of protection for the creator through the DMCA.
However none of this grants the creative work as a property to the creator, only an exclusive right to reproduce the work for a limited time and some mechanisms to enforce that right.
Democratic rule doesn't require a winner takes all system, and in fact those systems tend to be tyranies of the majority. Because of the ethnic divisions of Iraq a strong constitution balancing the power of the majority with the rights of the minority will likely be needed to create a sustainable government.
Will this happen? I dont know.
Is this what the US leadership and the people on the ground are trying to create? Again I dont know, but hope that this is what they are trying to foster - a government controlled by the people of Iraq, but with protection for the minorities viewpoints.
Is this the best solution? Well for some in Iraq it is, for others it isn't - but if it works and is designed in this way it would provide a framework for protecting dissenting views while allowing substantial majority power to make most decisions but limiting that power.
How long will this take? Likely much longer than anyone would like.
yep, and with the recent supreme court case (the victoria's secret, victors secret one) the trademark case is probably weakened considerably as well.
you forgot banking
nice city hall, so instead of increasing their tax base by adding a small business (properly incorporated) to the tax roles -- they run it out of business over a very small technicality, since you weren't doing anything that would obviously change your zoning status (ie no customer traffic, car traffic, storefront, employees(?), etc.) and having large costs involved with a small business (which if it had a chance to grow might have moved to office space eventually when it grew enough to have employees and customer traffic etc. and would have become a bigger revenue source). Seems pretty stupid.
bah, you don't even need to file 1099's for less than $600. What a jerk.