What do you think the DMCA, ACTA, COICA, etc are all for? Going after petty downloaders? No. The media companies already know that they can use the same laws passed under the guise of "combating piracy" to shut down and irreparably harm indie and upstart companies. "Whoops, we accidentally flagged your band's website for copyright violations on recordings we don't own the rights to. No problem, just submit an appeal to the Attorney General's office and it'll be removed in a few weeks/months/years. Oh you were actually making money? I'm sure we can work something out..."
With all this legislation pretty much working off the DMCA, there will be fuck all punishment for false allegations, thanks to our friend "in good faith" (in hastily-written antipiracy algorithms). You think the courts have been made a mockery of so far? You haven't seen anything yet.
With a teacher's help, students then calculate how "big a problem" songlifting isâ"by multiplying the total number of songs by $0.99.
So they're basically admitting that the actual damages are just $0.99 a song? Seems like a way to take the RIAA on under the 8th amendment using their own propaganda against them.
All it would prove to Joe Schmuck is that net neutrality is bad. We're relying on public awareness of net neutrality, and what better way to do it than to piss off a whole group of subscribers?
I just moved to a smaller town and have had problems with my T-mobile cellphone not getting reception in certain places. "Just switch to Cingular" people tell me, and I smile and keep it to myself, knowing I'll never willingly put my communication in the hands of such a company. My parents have been using AT&T and SBC (not like the distinction matters now) for phone and internet for years. I've been trying to get them to switch to FIOS and a VoIP solution. They won't listen to me when I tell them how much of a clusterfuck this company is, but I'm sure my stepdad will once his movie torrents start getting filtered.
Sure, AT&T might get better cellphone coverage in my area and maybe Verizon's customer service is a little shittier (I doubt it compared to AT&T) but at this point I'm willing to sacrifice a little quality and support of a service in order to deal with a company that won't sell and filter my information at the whim of whoever wants to pay for (MPAA) or incentivise (Baby bell merger, NSA).
I've been teaching my mother to use Windows for about 8-10 years now and most nights I still used to get cries of help from the other end of the house. The 2nd hard drive on her HP laptop was starting to go out and she wanted a new laptop. Well, we decided to try a MacBook and she could switch back to Windows if she didn't like OSX. Most nights I don't get the cry for help anymore (aside from network printing and various Office tricks) and she can actually figure out a lot more things by herself. It's definitely a lot more user-friendly and Apple tries to lock down the things they're mandated to do (ie iTunes) in a non-destructive way.
HIPAA = Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (of 1996)
HIPPA = Hippopotamus. With an A.
STOP SPELLING IT "HIPPA"!
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Heh, I think I know where that place is... looks like it's on that road heading into the toppling phone booths in Kingston... I've eaten at that place a couple of times but the shops in the background don't look right, but I haven't been there for a couple of years so who knows? It's possibly a chain, but the interior furnishings are exactly the same.
Mod me down, this comment is useless.
As an aside, doesn't the whole "tiered Internet" concept that the telco's are trying to float violate the concept of "common carrier"? Anyone know?
Networks not regulated as common carriers are referred to as Information Services or Enhanced Services, and are generally regulated under title I of the Communications Act. (Source)
Unauthorized copying is to the RIAA what "terrorism" is to the Bush Adminstration, namely, a scapegoat and a straw man argument with which to justify draconian legislation and to garner (barely) sufficient public support for any new legislation favoured by both institutions.
Actually, with the proposed Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006, wiretapping in copyright violation investigations will be legal. The previous domestic wiretapping scandal was argued for in the sense that not wiretapping "doesn't make sense in a post-911 world". While I won't go into the fact that the terrorists have indirectly (or directly) succeeded in removing civil rights, but the wiretapping was also justified to target terrorists.
I hardly think that downloading a song off the internet likens one to a terrorist, yet the government et. al want to use the same tools of investigation. This is just the first step of wiretapping justification and before you know it, we will be living in a police state, if not already.
"Sure you can burn it to CD, and then re-rip to mp3, but I think that's really missing the point. The vast majority of consumers just aren't going to go through all that hassle."
Not to mention that's also illegal, as per the RIAA's wishes in the form of the DMCA.
If anything, Slattery should be suing the RIAA for forcing Apple to DRM its music as part of the distribution deal. There's the RealPlayer fiasco from last year but once again, that was forced action by contract, as the music suppliers could have withdrawn their contract at any time. Apple's hands are ties when it comes to their DRM, unless they decide to license FairPlay.
It seems that Apple's recent surge in popularity with the iPod has spurred on a lot of "ok Apple is abig company lt's sue them" lawsuits which are, in my opinion, frivolous. I could go on for days over the headphones lawsuit but this is the wrong discussion.
It's not entrapment when a criminal is going to commit the crime anyway. If the person did't connect to the RIAA's servers, they would have just connected to another one and still commit the crime. Bait cars: A thief would have stolen a car if it was a bait car or not. If someone handed you a bag of pot (and you didn't actively seek it) then you were arrested for possession, that would be entrapment. These are stupid examples and I'm having a hard time getting the right point across, but oh well. Also, IANAL.
If I remember correctly, the site used to say something along the lines of "please use our trademark properly. The plural of Lego is Lego." or something like that.
See, they've come up with a solution to not being able to tap concert sales... bring in ClearChannel.
My dad is the production manager for a famous singer who shall be unnamed for now (he's had this job for over 20 years). He had some run-ins with his new manager a while back because, well, she doesn't know how to manage. She went and sold the entire tour to clearchannel. CC bought all the tickets upfront (for some stupid pric I can imagine) then resold them at a much higher price. This sucked because 1. I can't get comp tickets.... I'd have to buy them from CC even if I had a pass. 2. the singer loses all chances of revenue from further ticket sales.
While this model would work with a smaller band that wouldn't sell a lot of tickets, it's pointless doing this with a well-established band that is almost guaranteed to sell out. As part of the contract, CC got a cut of merchandise as well. Granted, the manager wa stupid to sign a contract with those provisions, but that's what you get for dealing with clearchannel (who subsequently tried firing my dad).
Of course, the supposed terrorist could always check:
a) Does the individual wear white tennis shoes (black socks and shorts optional)?
b) Speak in a loud and/or abrasive manner?
c) Stands to the left on an escalator (or any other cultural misqueue)
The problem is these RFIDs being used in automatic detonation devices. Like TFA mentioned, terrorists could make explosive devices that detonate when surrounded by say... 4 Americans.
If they decide to start filtering traffic, since SBC DSL uses regular ol' phone lines then they would lose their common carrier status, no? Then they would be liable for all kiddie porn, illegal music downloads, pro-michael moore material.
SBC sucks, anyway. Their upload speeds are never what they advertise and I've noticed that over the past year the cap on my download speed has got lower and lower. I'm just waiting until Verizon rolls out FIOS.
So the RIAA pitched to us last year that illegal music downloads were poorer-quality and that pirates faced "lots and lots" of viruses to wade through.
But now the legitimate users are getting rootkits installed while the pirates can download a DRM-free version of the album? I'd rather take the chance on an illegal download than put something in my computer that I know will install a rootkit on my system.
If Sony's DRM ever gets popular enough (and I hope to god it won't) then what's to stop virus makers using the cloaking abilities of a rootkit ALREADY INSTALLED for nefarious puposes? Sony is bound by their EULA not to collect information, although that EULA mentions nothing of removing the software. Hell, they could even claim under the "reverse engineering" clause of the DMCA that removing it requires disassembly and then sue you.
I really hope this goes to court and Sony gets handed their ass on a platter. Otherwise this will be a real blow to privacy and (even though corporations/government don't care about it any more), fair use.
I for one don't see the purpose of buying movies on UMD, especially since you can buy a full-size DVD and rip it to your PC to use on a memory stick. Much more versatile that way.
Also, Lik-Sang does sell a modification kit with a pure s-video out and PS2 controller port if you look around in TFA.
I also remember seeing one in my chemistry book last year... it was in france or somewhere (theoretically temperatures could get high enough to ignite something with a low flashpoint like wood or paper). The mythbusters' argument was that copper wasn't shiny enough and that even with mirrors, the soldiers wouldn't have enough precision to focus on a point for long enough.
Browsers, by design, have virtually no integration with the rest of the OS.
You've obviously never had any experience with getting rid of internet explorer, then.
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What do you think the DMCA, ACTA, COICA, etc are all for? Going after petty downloaders? No. The media companies already know that they can use the same laws passed under the guise of "combating piracy" to shut down and irreparably harm indie and upstart companies. "Whoops, we accidentally flagged your band's website for copyright violations on recordings we don't own the rights to. No problem, just submit an appeal to the Attorney General's office and it'll be removed in a few weeks/months/years. Oh you were actually making money? I'm sure we can work something out..." With all this legislation pretty much working off the DMCA, there will be fuck all punishment for false allegations, thanks to our friend "in good faith" (in hastily-written antipiracy algorithms). You think the courts have been made a mockery of so far? You haven't seen anything yet.
There's actually an answer to this: Become a Banknote Equipment Manufacturer
With a teacher's help, students then calculate how "big a problem" songlifting isâ"by multiplying the total number of songs by $0.99.
So they're basically admitting that the actual damages are just $0.99 a song? Seems like a way to take the RIAA on under the 8th amendment using their own propaganda against them.
All it would prove to Joe Schmuck is that net neutrality is bad. We're relying on public awareness of net neutrality, and what better way to do it than to piss off a whole group of subscribers?
More like ICANT
they pull the same thing on the RIAA for abusing the legal system?
I just moved to a smaller town and have had problems with my T-mobile cellphone not getting reception in certain places. "Just switch to Cingular" people tell me, and I smile and keep it to myself, knowing I'll never willingly put my communication in the hands of such a company. My parents have been using AT&T and SBC (not like the distinction matters now) for phone and internet for years. I've been trying to get them to switch to FIOS and a VoIP solution. They won't listen to me when I tell them how much of a clusterfuck this company is, but I'm sure my stepdad will once his movie torrents start getting filtered. Sure, AT&T might get better cellphone coverage in my area and maybe Verizon's customer service is a little shittier (I doubt it compared to AT&T) but at this point I'm willing to sacrifice a little quality and support of a service in order to deal with a company that won't sell and filter my information at the whim of whoever wants to pay for (MPAA) or incentivise (Baby bell merger, NSA).
I've been teaching my mother to use Windows for about 8-10 years now and most nights I still used to get cries of help from the other end of the house. The 2nd hard drive on her HP laptop was starting to go out and she wanted a new laptop. Well, we decided to try a MacBook and she could switch back to Windows if she didn't like OSX. Most nights I don't get the cry for help anymore (aside from network printing and various Office tricks) and she can actually figure out a lot more things by herself. It's definitely a lot more user-friendly and Apple tries to lock down the things they're mandated to do (ie iTunes) in a non-destructive way.
HIPPA = Hippopotamus. With an A.
STOP SPELLING IT "HIPPA"!
Heh, I think I know where that place is... looks like it's on that road heading into the toppling phone booths in Kingston... I've eaten at that place a couple of times but the shops in the background don't look right, but I haven't been there for a couple of years so who knows? It's possibly a chain, but the interior furnishings are exactly the same. Mod me down, this comment is useless.
Networks not regulated as common carriers are referred to as Information Services or Enhanced Services, and are generally regulated under title I of the Communications Act. (Source)
Actually, with the proposed Intellectual Property Protection Act of 2006, wiretapping in copyright violation investigations will be legal. The previous domestic wiretapping scandal was argued for in the sense that not wiretapping "doesn't make sense in a post-911 world". While I won't go into the fact that the terrorists have indirectly (or directly) succeeded in removing civil rights, but the wiretapping was also justified to target terrorists.
I hardly think that downloading a song off the internet likens one to a terrorist, yet the government et. al want to use the same tools of investigation. This is just the first step of wiretapping justification and before you know it, we will be living in a police state, if not already.
Not to mention that's also illegal, as per the RIAA's wishes in the form of the DMCA.
If anything, Slattery should be suing the RIAA for forcing Apple to DRM its music as part of the distribution deal. There's the RealPlayer fiasco from last year but once again, that was forced action by contract, as the music suppliers could have withdrawn their contract at any time. Apple's hands are ties when it comes to their DRM, unless they decide to license FairPlay.
It seems that Apple's recent surge in popularity with the iPod has spurred on a lot of "ok Apple is abig company lt's sue them" lawsuits which are, in my opinion, frivolous. I could go on for days over the headphones lawsuit but this is the wrong discussion.
It's not entrapment when a criminal is going to commit the crime anyway. If the person did't connect to the RIAA's servers, they would have just connected to another one and still commit the crime. Bait cars: A thief would have stolen a car if it was a bait car or not. If someone handed you a bag of pot (and you didn't actively seek it) then you were arrested for possession, that would be entrapment. These are stupid examples and I'm having a hard time getting the right point across, but oh well. Also, IANAL.
I think this official website disagrees with you there.
If I remember correctly, the site used to say something along the lines of "please use our trademark properly. The plural of Lego is Lego." or something like that.
See, they've come up with a solution to not being able to tap concert sales... bring in ClearChannel. My dad is the production manager for a famous singer who shall be unnamed for now (he's had this job for over 20 years). He had some run-ins with his new manager a while back because, well, she doesn't know how to manage. She went and sold the entire tour to clearchannel. CC bought all the tickets upfront (for some stupid pric I can imagine) then resold them at a much higher price. This sucked because 1. I can't get comp tickets.... I'd have to buy them from CC even if I had a pass. 2. the singer loses all chances of revenue from further ticket sales. While this model would work with a smaller band that wouldn't sell a lot of tickets, it's pointless doing this with a well-established band that is almost guaranteed to sell out. As part of the contract, CC got a cut of merchandise as well. Granted, the manager wa stupid to sign a contract with those provisions, but that's what you get for dealing with clearchannel (who subsequently tried firing my dad).
Where's the '-1 fanboy' option?
a) Does the individual wear white tennis shoes (black socks and shorts optional)?
b) Speak in a loud and/or abrasive manner?
c) Stands to the left on an escalator (or any other cultural misqueue)
The problem is these RFIDs being used in automatic detonation devices. Like TFA mentioned, terrorists could make explosive devices that detonate when surrounded by say... 4 Americans.
Now I'm not going to make myself liable by putting their phone number on the internet but I think the poster above me knows where to find it...
Until the MPAA rams the "analog hole" bill through congress.
SBC sucks, anyway. Their upload speeds are never what they advertise and I've noticed that over the past year the cap on my download speed has got lower and lower. I'm just waiting until Verizon rolls out FIOS.
But now the legitimate users are getting rootkits installed while the pirates can download a DRM-free version of the album? I'd rather take the chance on an illegal download than put something in my computer that I know will install a rootkit on my system.
If Sony's DRM ever gets popular enough (and I hope to god it won't) then what's to stop virus makers using the cloaking abilities of a rootkit ALREADY INSTALLED for nefarious puposes? Sony is bound by their EULA not to collect information, although that EULA mentions nothing of removing the software. Hell, they could even claim under the "reverse engineering" clause of the DMCA that removing it requires disassembly and then sue you.
I really hope this goes to court and Sony gets handed their ass on a platter. Otherwise this will be a real blow to privacy and (even though corporations/government don't care about it any more), fair use.
Stay away from this Sony crap.
Also, Lik-Sang does sell a modification kit with a pure s-video out and PS2 controller port if you look around in TFA.
Solar Death Ray
Looks like the renewable energy people are in on it, too
I also remember seeing one in my chemistry book last year... it was in france or somewhere (theoretically temperatures could get high enough to ignite something with a low flashpoint like wood or paper). The mythbusters' argument was that copper wasn't shiny enough and that even with mirrors, the soldiers wouldn't have enough precision to focus on a point for long enough.
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Browsers, by design, have virtually no integration with the rest of the OS. You've obviously never had any experience with getting rid of internet explorer, then.