First of all, I don't think they need to prove that the file sharing happened as long as they can prove that it was enabled -- A guy who has drugs for sale on the street is guilty of distribution even if he hasn't had a customer. He only has to offer it and most P2P clients will offer any file in your download folder as an available file to any other P2P user.
Actually, i think both of your examples are negligence on your part -- the first, not protecting your personal property from theft (however you are not responsible for what the thief does with the property) and the second, once again, you gave your friend access to far more than you needed to in order to achieve your goal. The problem with P2P is that many of the clients, when you install them, by default will open your download folder up as a shared folder with anyone else on the network. So, basically you are saying "Hey, anyone can come make copies of anything I have in this folder" by installing the software.
I get what RIAA and MPAA are going for, but at the same time I think they've gone way overboard on this and we all know the reason they are doing it is because they are getting away with it. They'd still be going after the clients if they hadn't realized how much time & money they were losing.
What I'd like to see is the court to ask the artists themselves to testify. I know they don't hold the copyright but that's bullshit anyway. I bet if you actually asked the artists, the percentage of those who care and those who don't might be closer to 50/50.
He stole a key to the school and used it to enter unlawfully more than once. Does that count? (Hence the burlary charges)
Also to the GGP, if his grades were so bad that he had to break in to fix them, where do you think his life is really going anyway? He's not going to get into a college with those marks and you don't get a "good" tech job without a degree.
I wish more parents would think that way. Children are so babied nowadays (or even 10 years ago when I was that age) that when they grow up they think there are no consequences at all.
Well, it's 38 years combined for all the charges, but they probably will only continue trying him until they get one to stick.
It's like charging a serial killer... you hit him with as many as you have to in order to get him off the streets, then you don't bother trying the rest because what's the point? He can't spend 140 years in prison when he's only going to live to 70 or 80 anyway.
It's for marketing. I kind of thought that was obvious but in any case it was a good way for them to raise awareness that the new version was being released. It's a bit cheesy but really it's a good marketing scheme which you don't see too often from OSS because they are usually too busy whining about Microsoft.
Grats to FireFox for finding ways to be competitive!
You really think losing a couple of nerd/geek votes from the slashdot crowd is going to get anyone voted out? Sorry, I don't think the slashdot effect works on a political level, especially federal politics.
Banks certainly do send email, especially with the paperless statement systems which have become common practice lately.
The difference is they don't encode the URL in %20%32 type encoding. They tend to say "go to our site and sign in and do something" rather than "click here and give us your user info" so that you have to actually type in www.mybank.com in your address bar.
You're right though, phishing scams are largely made possible by ID:10T errors.
I think your definition of "soon" is off. You forgot to mention that you're referring to the top 5% and bottom 5% and the 90% in the middle is MS still. Also, it sounds like you're expecting mid-range purchasers to either give up functionality or give up a lot of extra dollars to move to either that top or bottom part. Good luck with that. Linux isn't going to get those users until the developers stop giving them what they want to give them and start giving them what the buyers really want -- lots of flashy lights & sounds, little or no required keyboard use, etc.
"EEE PC already has enough horsepower to play movies and music"... come on, an iPod can do that.
- Your friendly neighborhood troll, who is sick of linux nerds claiming to have won the battle that they haven't even started fighting yet.
I tend to agree. Particularly in video games, it is often desirable and even necessary to be able to look one way while aiming another. If the cursor moves whenever you move your eyes, you could be in all kinds of trouble.
It turns out the mouse is actually very good at its job. Why do people keep trying to replace it?
Um... Cars cost tens of thousands of dollars... xbox is a couple hundred. Also ripping out the engine means the car no longer functions. The xbox was repaired and functioned properly afterward. It's more like they replaced the body without telling you, which is completely unrealistic.
Yeah, it sucks that this guy wasted so much of his life getting these signatures & artwork on his video game system and then it was lost during a repair job... but is this really newsworthy?
It seems we've clipped a mountain. My fault, my fault. Free drinks for everyone -- hurry! For those of you on the right side of the plane who have been shafted the whole flight, you can now see the right wing out the left side of the plane. We know you have a choice when travelling, and, well, you picked wrong.
(Bob & Tom bit, for those who are in the dark. I forget the name of the comedian.)
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First of all, I don't think they need to prove that the file sharing happened as long as they can prove that it was enabled -- A guy who has drugs for sale on the street is guilty of distribution even if he hasn't had a customer. He only has to offer it and most P2P clients will offer any file in your download folder as an available file to any other P2P user.
Actually, i think both of your examples are negligence on your part -- the first, not protecting your personal property from theft (however you are not responsible for what the thief does with the property) and the second, once again, you gave your friend access to far more than you needed to in order to achieve your goal. The problem with P2P is that many of the clients, when you install them, by default will open your download folder up as a shared folder with anyone else on the network. So, basically you are saying "Hey, anyone can come make copies of anything I have in this folder" by installing the software.
I get what RIAA and MPAA are going for, but at the same time I think they've gone way overboard on this and we all know the reason they are doing it is because they are getting away with it. They'd still be going after the clients if they hadn't realized how much time & money they were losing.
What I'd like to see is the court to ask the artists themselves to testify. I know they don't hold the copyright but that's bullshit anyway. I bet if you actually asked the artists, the percentage of those who care and those who don't might be closer to 50/50.
I don't know, it seems like it worked to me...
He stole a key to the school and used it to enter unlawfully more than once. Does that count? (Hence the burlary charges)
Also to the GGP, if his grades were so bad that he had to break in to fix them, where do you think his life is really going anyway? He's not going to get into a college with those marks and you don't get a "good" tech job without a degree.
I wish more parents would think that way. Children are so babied nowadays (or even 10 years ago when I was that age) that when they grow up they think there are no consequences at all.
Well, it's 38 years combined for all the charges, but they probably will only continue trying him until they get one to stick.
It's like charging a serial killer... you hit him with as many as you have to in order to get him off the streets, then you don't bother trying the rest because what's the point? He can't spend 140 years in prison when he's only going to live to 70 or 80 anyway.
I guess the school faced the Wrath of Khan...
15 yr release cycles, 2 of them, so 30 years.
It's for marketing. I kind of thought that was obvious but in any case it was a good way for them to raise awareness that the new version was being released. It's a bit cheesy but really it's a good marketing scheme which you don't see too often from OSS because they are usually too busy whining about Microsoft.
Grats to FireFox for finding ways to be competitive!
Jeez, and I thought monster cables were expensive...
Seems like monitoring would either cause an additional choke point or add more traffic. Neither option seems like it helps...
You really think losing a couple of nerd/geek votes from the slashdot crowd is going to get anyone voted out? Sorry, I don't think the slashdot effect works on a political level, especially federal politics.
Same here. I wonder if they'll combine them both and go for the world record most-god-damn-annoying-toolbar-ever.
Modders? Parent is informative? Really?? Interesting or even insightful I could see, but informative? Come on...
Banks certainly do send email, especially with the paperless statement systems which have become common practice lately.
The difference is they don't encode the URL in %20%32 type encoding. They tend to say "go to our site and sign in and do something" rather than "click here and give us your user info" so that you have to actually type in www.mybank.com in your address bar.
You're right though, phishing scams are largely made possible by ID:10T errors.
I think your definition of "soon" is off. You forgot to mention that you're referring to the top 5% and bottom 5% and the 90% in the middle is MS still. Also, it sounds like you're expecting mid-range purchasers to either give up functionality or give up a lot of extra dollars to move to either that top or bottom part. Good luck with that. Linux isn't going to get those users until the developers stop giving them what they want to give them and start giving them what the buyers really want -- lots of flashy lights & sounds, little or no required keyboard use, etc.
... come on, an iPod can do that.
"EEE PC already has enough horsepower to play movies and music"
- Your friendly neighborhood troll, who is sick of linux nerds claiming to have won the battle that they haven't even started fighting yet.
I tend to agree. Particularly in video games, it is often desirable and even necessary to be able to look one way while aiming another. If the cursor moves whenever you move your eyes, you could be in all kinds of trouble.
It turns out the mouse is actually very good at its job. Why do people keep trying to replace it?
Unfortunately for some, underware = 0xDEADBEEF ... or for those lucky few (seldom found on /.) underware = 0xCAFEBABE
The overhead to do what you're talking about and track every packet would certainly not improve performance though...
Telling samzenpus how to spell "license" would be good enough for me. Two articles in a row? Come on.
Clearly shirts from Slashdot are "Shirts that matter"
Um... Cars cost tens of thousands of dollars... xbox is a couple hundred. Also ripping out the engine means the car no longer functions. The xbox was repaired and functioned properly afterward. It's more like they replaced the body without telling you, which is completely unrealistic. Yeah, it sucks that this guy wasted so much of his life getting these signatures & artwork on his video game system and then it was lost during a repair job... but is this really newsworthy?
Someone give this guy a cookie.
It seems we've clipped a mountain. My fault, my fault. Free drinks for everyone -- hurry! For those of you on the right side of the plane who have been shafted the whole flight, you can now see the right wing out the left side of the plane. We know you have a choice when travelling, and, well, you picked wrong. (Bob & Tom bit, for those who are in the dark. I forget the name of the comedian.)