For a long time they have alienated the music consumers. Today almost all music consumers think that RIAA are evil. A lot of the music consumers are using this as a moral justification for copyright infringement: "They are evil, so it isn't that bad if I do something bad to them."
And a lot worse for RIAA is that artists are getting increasingly aware that they are being fucked by the big labels. More and more artists are distributing their music outside the established RIAA channels.
Probably this is what RIAA is most afraid of: If/when a significant number of artists start selling their music outside the traditional music industry, the traditional music industry will collapse as consumers and artists alike find out that they can do better without the outdated distribution and control models of the traditional music industry.
Civil disobedience is when somebody proudly breaks the law and publicly stands up to it, not when somebody tries to break the law and get away with it.
Still you have a point. Laws are meant to maintain and uphold the society. If they criminalize large portions of society, something is wrong with the law.
The United States of America actually forced legislation like this on Denmark. They used the WTO (implying the threat "if you don't comply, we start a trade war").
So now anybody with a copyright, patent or trademark can raid my private home without warning if they can show that it is probable that I have infringed on their rights to the "court".
I quote "court" because the "court" that the other part has to show a probable infringement to is lower than the lowest court in Denmark. This "court" has a role somewhat similar to "sherif" in the United States.
If US people have problems understanding why some foreigners don't like the US, please take this as an example. (Personally I dislike the US government because of it, not the US people.)
An Anton Piller order is a court order giving one party in an upcoming civil copyright/patent/trademark case the right to raid the other party without notice to look for evidence.
It is considered the "atomic bomb" of IP rights enforcement, and is quite old. Because the defendent is not heard before the raid, it was removed from most laws until the new wave of harsh IP enforcement.
In Denmark this was implemented a few years ago due to pressure from the United States. This is another reason I do not like the US government: Now anybody having copyright, patents or trademarks can raid my private home if they can prove that it is likely that their rights were infringed upon.
Or even better, look at your cooler full of beer, once again that is some old school phase change cooling.
Nothing like those Phase Change Cooled beers. Not matter how many fans I direct at my beer, they always are cooler when I get them from the fridge.
Yep, solid ice to liquid water is a phase change.
Yes, just try to melt crushed ice by adding salt. Don't be surprised to measure temperatures belov -50 degrees celcius. But too cold for a beer if you ask me, and colder than needed by a CPU.
I am danish and know the danish policy on this issue.
I can confirm that the danish minister of science Helge Sander is concerned about this.
Unfortunately he has no say in this matter, as patents are handled by the minister of economics and commerce Bendt Bendtsen (who has no education in economics or commerce). I do not think Bendt Bendtsen understands this issue at all, and it looks to me like he is simply relaying the viewpoint of the danish patent office.
Obviously are friends in Europe are just as controlled my multinational corps as the US is or are the citizens of the EU marching in the streets demanding software patents?
Citizens of the EU have been marching the streets several times in opposion of software patents.
Public hearings have been held by the European commission. 91% of all answers have been against legalizing software patents in Europe.
All national parliaments in the EU that have voted on the issue are against software patents.
All credible economic research (both theoretical and empirical) imply that software patents are hindering innovation.
Still the European Commission and the European Council (both non-elected bodies) are pushing to legalize software patents.
OK seriously enough of this tinfoil/conspiracy theorist crap.
I don't think that somebody deserves this label just because they are realizing that the interests of a government agency is different from the interests of the general public.
Think about the past of NSA.
They kept recommending DES until somebody else (amateurs in this regard) demonstrated that it was possible - and relatively cheap - to break DES by brute force.
And their intent to be able to eavesdrop was even more obvious with the Clipper chip.
What they are now recommending is believed to be state-of-the-art, and practically unbreakable.
If this really is the case, this would cause them problems eavesdropping.
So the question remains: Have they found a successful attach on ecliptic curves, or have they finally seen the light and realized that strong encryption is good for society?
Asked how the kernel extension is licensed, Dacosta said, "We'd be happy to provide it to anyone once we get it working, although I'd question its value without a full development environment, which we probably will not offer."
So according to the manufacturer, this stuff does not work...
The GPL clearly states that when code derived from GPL code or linked with GPL code is distributed, this code must be released under a GPL license. There is no exception for non-working code.
It looks to me like the manufacturer isn't willing to release their code under the GPL license.
The original translation was so horrible that I could almost not understand it although I fluently read both english and german. The translation you provided was readable, and the original german article was even better.
If/. is going to link to auto-translated articles, I would prefer that the Google translator is used. Both because it translates fine and because it contains a link to the original text for those who understand the original language.
I live in Denmark, just north of Germany, and would really like to see this in danish trains.
From time to time I travel on train for a few hours. On business class I can get an electric outlet for my laptop so it doesn't run out of power while I work. It is nice that I can get some work done in the train.
But it is really annoying to be disconnected from the net while I travel by train.
I wouldn't mind paying a bit extra for the ticket if I could have access to the net. (Well, I don't pay the ticket myself. But my company wouldn't mind paying either.)
According to the danish constitution the danish parliament cannot give the danish government binding orders on matters like this. But a majority of the danish parliament is behind the request, and the same majority could sack Minister Bendt Bendtsen if he doesn't do as he was requested.
Currently the European Patent Office is - illegally - issuing software patents. These patents cannot be enforced in court until the directive is passed.
But those over 30000 illegally issued software patents give us an idea of the future.
They include basic user interface widgets like tabs (EP689133).
I wonder about the copyright to these images. Of course the copyright has expired on some images, but probably not all.
Is the reason that they can offer these images for download that painters and other picture artists don't have a extremist organization like RIAA or MPAA?
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Have you ever heard of fair use rights?
These beasts could be dangerous: As other comments have already pointed out they will most likely wander about and do upskirt photos.
Oh, wait... Shooting upskirt photos isn't forbidden under Asimov's laws, it it?
For a long time they have alienated the music consumers. Today almost all music consumers think that RIAA are evil. A lot of the music consumers are using this as a moral justification for copyright infringement: "They are evil, so it isn't that bad if I do something bad to them."
And a lot worse for RIAA is that artists are getting increasingly aware that they are being fucked by the big labels. More and more artists are distributing their music outside the established RIAA channels.
Probably this is what RIAA is most afraid of: If/when a significant number of artists start selling their music outside the traditional music industry, the traditional music industry will collapse as consumers and artists alike find out that they can do better without the outdated distribution and control models of the traditional music industry.
Civil disobedience is when somebody proudly breaks the law and publicly stands up to it, not when somebody tries to break the law and get away with it.
Still you have a point. Laws are meant to maintain and uphold the society. If they criminalize large portions of society, something is wrong with the law.
So now anybody with a copyright, patent or trademark can raid my private home without warning if they can show that it is probable that I have infringed on their rights to the "court".
I quote "court" because the "court" that the other part has to show a probable infringement to is lower than the lowest court in Denmark. This "court" has a role somewhat similar to "sherif" in the United States.
If US people have problems understanding why some foreigners don't like the US, please take this as an example. (Personally I dislike the US government because of it, not the US people.)
Here is the Wikipedia explanation
And here is how it is done in Australia
It is considered the "atomic bomb" of IP rights enforcement, and is quite old. Because the defendent is not heard before the raid, it was removed from most laws until the new wave of harsh IP enforcement.
In Denmark this was implemented a few years ago due to pressure from the United States. This is another reason I do not like the US government: Now anybody having copyright, patents or trademarks can raid my private home if they can prove that it is likely that their rights were infringed upon.
Trying to change the law is what we need to do.
I can confirm that the danish minister of science Helge Sander is concerned about this.
Unfortunately he has no say in this matter, as patents are handled by the minister of economics and commerce Bendt Bendtsen (who has no education in economics or commerce). I do not think Bendt Bendtsen understands this issue at all, and it looks to me like he is simply relaying the viewpoint of the danish patent office.
Citizens of the EU have been marching the streets several times in opposion of software patents.
Public hearings have been held by the European commission. 91% of all answers have been against legalizing software patents in Europe.
All national parliaments in the EU that have voted on the issue are against software patents.
All credible economic research (both theoretical and empirical) imply that software patents are hindering innovation.
Still the European Commission and the European Council (both non-elected bodies) are pushing to legalize software patents.
This is the most widespread method of cooling.
I don't think that somebody deserves this label just because they are realizing that the interests of a government agency is different from the interests of the general public.
Think about the past of NSA.
They kept recommending DES until somebody else (amateurs in this regard) demonstrated that it was possible - and relatively cheap - to break DES by brute force.
And their intent to be able to eavesdrop was even more obvious with the Clipper chip.
If this really is the case, this would cause them problems eavesdropping.
So the question remains: Have they found a successful attach on ecliptic curves, or have they finally seen the light and realized that strong encryption is good for society?
So according to the manufacturer, this stuff does not work...
The GPL clearly states that when code derived from GPL code or linked with GPL code is distributed, this code must be released under a GPL license. There is no exception for non-working code.
It looks to me like the manufacturer isn't willing to release their code under the GPL license.
Not that I really care.
But I do care that this AC has caused a loss of a valuable mod-point to moderate him back into the cellar where he belongs.
Probably we cannot avoid stuff like this. I just hope we can minimize it.
At least they have been shown to slightly disturb experiments at the CERN accelator ring.
If /. is going to link to auto-translated articles, I would prefer that the Google translator is used. Both because it translates fine and because it contains a link to the original text for those who understand the original language.
From time to time I travel on train for a few hours. On business class I can get an electric outlet for my laptop so it doesn't run out of power while I work. It is nice that I can get some work done in the train.
But it is really annoying to be disconnected from the net while I travel by train.
I wouldn't mind paying a bit extra for the ticket if I could have access to the net. (Well, I don't pay the ticket myself. But my company wouldn't mind paying either.)
These patents are illegal, so they cannot be enforced in a court of law.
The directive wants to force the EU countries to change their laws to make these - as well as future software patents - legal.
According to the danish constitution the danish parliament cannot give the danish government binding orders on matters like this. But a majority of the danish parliament is behind the request, and the same majority could sack Minister Bendt Bendtsen if he doesn't do as he was requested.
The proposed text of May 2004 is what the European Council wants to adopt monday without discussions or even a vote.
But those over 30000 illegally issued software patents give us an idea of the future.
They include basic user interface widgets like tabs (EP689133).
FFII has a list of the last 100 software patents they found.
Is the reason that they can offer these images for download that painters and other picture artists don't have a extremist organization like RIAA or MPAA?