I have to agree, and one wonders if the attitude towards the music industry would be different today if they'd adopted this approach - speaking personally with the developer/music downloader instead of through a lawyer, and offering them the chance to simply stop rather than threatening costly penalties.
"The puppet on the left has some interesting views!"
"...The puppet on the right is more to my liking"
"Wait a minute, there's one guy holding both puppets!"
"Shut up! Go back to bed America, your government is in control."
I don't think it's possible though, otherwise we would probably be getting messages from the future, wouldn't we?
To do that, we need to build a receiver. If as soon as we switch the receiver we start getting messages, we know the tech works. Then we better get busy on making the transmitter, if we don't get that right it's another HEAD EXPLODES
But just what is illegal about vandalising something like Wikipedia, where all the text is freely editable as per the GNU FDL? Ah, you were joking... right?
Of course, the US government had a great opportunity to make spam a crime, but the opt-out nature of the legislation meant it was bit of a damp squib.
Come now, I don't think that's acceptable for any reasonable person not fully versed in IP law. Whether that's the truth or not, it's useful to look at what the average Joe would consider as the property they own. They bought the CD, they own the CD, they own the music. Now Big Media can try and re-define this status if they wish, but they cannot be surprised if they are met with reasonbale non-technologists who say, "wait, I DO own the music - there it is, right there on the CD"
Not to sound insensitive to those with disabilities
Bad luck, 'cos you did. Why should e.g. a blind person not be able to use e.g. Amazon? (picked at random but the regulations must apply to every seller) I mean, would you crow about the market if a shop decided to spend some money installing a wheelchair ramp? Or would you inisist that the physically-disabled open their own shop at ground level?
In the UK, we had a similar Act introduced last year. Everyone just got on with the necessary work ahead of time, without RTFA it seems that in the US everyone waits until somebody is sued. Why only now should developers start thinking about the disabled? I think the line taken by the Act was that web sites selling items are no different to a high street shop, and thus they should be subject to the same regulations. Seems fair.
Yeah it is, and it's a figure I've thought about a lot since I keep seeing it in the news. I don't believe it's the number of CCTV cameras covering public spaces, the traditional 'Big Brother' depiction. Just how many of this 4.2m are on private ground - in office buildings, pointing at warehouse entrances, in newsagents... not under the direct control of the police or the council. I think it's a fair proportion. Wish I could find some hard figures though.
but all I ever seen to see on UK tv is ads for car insurance and ring tones.
Outside of primetime this is correct. The reason is simple, not enough people watch TV outside of primetime any more to justify the spend by the big companies. The airtime is soaked up by these insurers & loan sharks who will spend the vast majority of their marketing budget on TV ads. Similarly, Channel Four is possibly the third most popular channel in the UK. They have always commanded smaller audiences than commercial rivals like ITV (however this is changing). I'm not sure we can draw such grand conclusions from this news. TV audiences have been dwindling in the UK for over 10 years. Partly due to fragmentation by satellite, partly to do with increased nighttime economy, partly to do with people surfing the net instead. But to hail it as a great day for Google is a bit much. There are many reasons why ad revenue is falling for UK TV stations.
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Where do they go? The bottom of my foot, normally, then straight into the bin after I let out a squeal of pain.
The idea of watching Star Wars kid, that nervous sports reporter and bored skateboarding teenagers on my PHONE is surely too good to resist.
I have to agree, and one wonders if the attitude towards the music industry would be different today if they'd adopted this approach - speaking personally with the developer/music downloader instead of through a lawyer, and offering them the chance to simply stop rather than threatening costly penalties.
How long has the MS Linux Lab been running now?
Well, that's different. If I wasn't so lazy I'd try and make a joke about Firefox memory leaks at this point.
"The puppet on the left has some interesting views!" "...The puppet on the right is more to my liking" "Wait a minute, there's one guy holding both puppets!" "Shut up! Go back to bed America, your government is in control."
The demand is there though - see this article about illegal video dens in Kenya. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/6152074.st m
Yeah - a chainsaw, a garbage compacter and a wood chipper. And a rocket to launch the fragments into space.
There, fixed the headline for you.
All you need to do is go Start | Run | sysedit, there's a 16-bit app right there.
torrent plz
And why couldn't someone sue the Mozilla Corporation and/or Foundation in the same circumstances?
This is why the social liberalism desired by the GP won't happen on a wide scale any time soon, being gay still prompts a joke.
But just what is illegal about vandalising something like Wikipedia, where all the text is freely editable as per the GNU FDL? Ah, you were joking... right?
Of course, the US government had a great opportunity to make spam a crime, but the opt-out nature of the legislation meant it was bit of a damp squib.
I was always led to believe that the IP on a spam is as worthless as the rest, since it's easily spoofed. Maybe I need to return to the textbooks.
My descendents were Neanderthals, you insensitive clod. -- A. European
Yes, VNC + SSH = free goodness
In the UK, we had a similar Act introduced last year. Everyone just got on with the necessary work ahead of time, without RTFA it seems that in the US everyone waits until somebody is sued. Why only now should developers start thinking about the disabled? I think the line taken by the Act was that web sites selling items are no different to a high street shop, and thus they should be subject to the same regulations. Seems fair.
Yeah it is, and it's a figure I've thought about a lot since I keep seeing it in the news. I don't believe it's the number of CCTV cameras covering public spaces, the traditional 'Big Brother' depiction. Just how many of this 4.2m are on private ground - in office buildings, pointing at warehouse entrances, in newsagents... not under the direct control of the police or the council. I think it's a fair proportion. Wish I could find some hard figures though.
Hey man, since you're an expert in the field, perhaps you'd consider bringing the Wikipedia article up to date.