You want to bet on that? I think at least one website got stopped from selling cheaper foreign import CDs in the EU - CDWow.com?
This is one area of IP law which I think is in urgent need of revision. IMHO Once a copyright owner has authorised the creation of a (physical) copy (eg a CD or DVD) and it has been shipped to a retailer, then the copyright owner should have no further control of the disposition of that physical copy. If it is cheaper for a consumer (in whatever country) to pay the retail price in another country plus pay the international shipping charges and any customs duty/taxes than to buy it from a local retailer then this should be a hint to the local distribution chain that it should lower its charges. Corporations outsource their manufacture and (increasingly now also) their support to countries with cheaper labour costs, so why should the consumer not be also allowed to minimise costs by buying from cheaper sources?
Actually there is nothing wrong with console games on Linux. I suspect that the text console games, such as the Roguelikes, Adventures (sorry, Interactive Fiction) etc, have much more 'staying power' than most of the 'modern' 3D graphic and sound rich games.
Even their MP3 players need Windows
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And even when they did bring out players (Net Walkman NW-E95/99) which supposedly play MP3 natively (rather than the download software converting to Atrac), they require Windows(tm) software to download the MP3s to the player. None of the adverts, neither the online retailers nor the product description on the Sony site, mention the need for Windows. Linux can mount the flash as a USB storage device and can download files, but no way will the player play them.
Is there not normally a principal in law that states that changes cannot be retrospective? So would this not mean that items still in copyright would stay there for longer, but those out of copyright remain out of copyright? Or at the very least that copies (of material whose copyright had expired) made before the extension of copyright would remain legal after the extension.
Why should there be such a things as a "US" (or any other geographic area) Copyright holder? Surely there should only ever be one owner of the copright in a particular work? They can then license abc inc to produce copies in the USA and xyz GmbH to produce copies in Germany, but ultimately there is only one copyright owner.
Maybe some areas might be gender specific. For example girls might find it easier to discuss things like the the changes to their bodies which happen at puberty if there are only other females present. The tokens could be used to only allows girls of the appropriate age (plus specific vetted adult female advisors) in the chatroom.
No, they are still legal as long as only used to share files (such as those which are not commercial or which the copyright owner has given permission for unrestricted sharing) which are exempt from the requirement to give the senders address.
That should not be necessary. Merely publishing the source, which Open Source software does, should prove prior art and hence prevent anyone else subsequently patenting it.
Currently there are lots of posters to the MARID mail list who oppose Sender-ID as stands, but very few who are defending it. So it looks as though the consensus might be that Sender-ID is not acceptable. Though whether that will make any difference to the final recomendation.........
Now my opinion is that patents and standards are exact opposites, and if you want a patent, you should just stay away from standard bodies until your patent runs out, and they should stay away from you. The patent owner and the standards body just have opposite goals:
Especially considering that the (original) objective of patents was to provide an incentive for inventors to publish details of their inventions rather than keep them as trade secrets. Surely a standard serves the same purpose, if the invention is incorporated in a standard then it it published.
Or maybe they think that having a senator (or other important person) on a plane is a security risk because it makes the flight a more valuable target for terrorists.
I still think that all elections should have a 'none of the above' option. That would avoid the problem of people voting for "the lesser of 2 evils" and the winner claiming the positive support of of all those voting against the other candidate(s).
I wonder why it is that whenever a news story mentions 'legal' music downloads only 'pay to download' sites are ever mentioned. Similarly with 'charts' of downnloads. The 'download legally for free' or 'purchase direct from the arist' sites are never mentioned.
Also do not forget that having an image on a computer is not counted as possession but as 'making' the image, which in the case of child porn is a more serious offence.
That is probably why, whenever you see charts or statistics of "legal" music downloads it only includes the sites where the downloader has to pay. They never even mention that it is possible to legally download tracks which are either free of charge or for a fee from the artist's (who is often both writer and performer) web site.
Does the USA have the concept of a writ of Mandamus? Where an official can be challenged in court as why (s)he did not perform statutary duties? In this case, if only specific agencies can enforce a particular law then these agencies should be held to account as to why they are not enforcing it.
Maybe having thousands/millions of individual suits which clog the courts is not such a bad idea. This might prompt the governments/LEOs to actually do something about the problem.
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You want to bet on that? I think at least one website got stopped from selling cheaper foreign import CDs in the EU - CDWow.com?
This is one area of IP law which I think is in urgent need of revision. IMHO Once a copyright owner has authorised the creation of a (physical) copy (eg a CD or DVD) and it has been shipped to a retailer, then the copyright owner should have no further control of the disposition of that physical copy. If it is cheaper for a consumer (in whatever country) to pay the retail price in another country plus pay the international shipping charges and any customs duty/taxes than to buy it from a local retailer then this should be a hint to the local distribution chain that it should lower its charges. Corporations outsource their manufacture and (increasingly now also) their support to countries with cheaper labour costs, so why should the consumer not be also allowed to minimise costs by buying from cheaper sources?
Trying the SSL link with Konqueror, it popped up an invalid certificate dialog box, which is at least some warning that all is not well.
Actually there is nothing wrong with console games on Linux. I suspect that the text console games, such as the Roguelikes, Adventures (sorry, Interactive Fiction) etc, have much more 'staying power' than most of the 'modern' 3D graphic and sound rich games.
And even when they did bring out players (Net Walkman NW-E95/99) which supposedly play MP3 natively (rather than the download software converting to Atrac), they require Windows(tm) software to download the MP3s to the player. None of the adverts, neither the online retailers nor the product description on the Sony site, mention the need for Windows. Linux can mount the flash as a USB storage device and can download files, but no way will the player play them.
Is there not normally a principal in law that states that changes cannot be retrospective? So would this not mean that items still in copyright would stay there for longer, but those out of copyright remain out of copyright? Or at the very least that copies (of material whose copyright had expired) made before the extension of copyright would remain legal after the extension.
Why should there be such a things as a "US" (or any other geographic area) Copyright holder? Surely there should only ever be one owner of the copright in a particular work? They can then license abc inc to produce copies in the USA and xyz GmbH to produce copies in Germany, but ultimately there is only one copyright owner.
Maybe some areas might be gender specific. For example girls might find it easier to discuss things like the the changes to their bodies which happen at puberty if there are only other females present. The tokens could be used to only allows girls of the appropriate age (plus specific vetted adult female advisors) in the chatroom.
Would it not also be a 'good idea' to use a similar mechanism for keeping kids out of "adult" areas?
No, they are still legal as long as only used to share files (such as those which are not commercial or which the copyright owner has given permission for unrestricted sharing) which are exempt from the requirement to give the senders address.
Is that the purpose behind the Linux Standards Base?
That should not be necessary. Merely publishing the source, which Open Source software does, should prove prior art and hence prevent anyone else subsequently patenting it.
Currently there are lots of posters to the MARID mail list who oppose Sender-ID as stands, but very few who are defending it. So it looks as though the consensus might be that Sender-ID is not acceptable. Though whether that will make any difference to the final recomendation.........
Especially considering that the (original) objective of patents was to provide an incentive for inventors to publish details of their inventions rather than keep them as trade secrets. Surely a standard serves the same purpose, if the invention is incorporated in a standard then it it published.
Or maybe they think that having a senator (or other important person) on a plane is a security risk because it makes the flight a more valuable target for terrorists.
What would be even better would be for retailers to ensure that the PCs they sell have all the latest (at the time of sale) security patches applied.
I still think that all elections should have a 'none of the above' option. That would avoid the problem of people voting for "the lesser of 2 evils" and the winner claiming the positive support of of all those voting against the other candidate(s).
If trademarks need to be registered, why have the 2 signs (TM) and ® ?
I wonder why it is that whenever a news story mentions 'legal' music downloads only 'pay to download' sites are ever mentioned. Similarly with 'charts' of downnloads. The 'download legally for free' or 'purchase direct from the arist' sites are never mentioned.
Though I thought that if you enable the "What's Related" sidebar in Mozilla that it reports to Alexa and thus count in the statistics.
Also do not forget that having an image on a computer is not counted as possession but as 'making' the image, which in the case of child porn is a more serious offence.
So noone in Canada had better read Romeo and Juliet.
That is probably why, whenever you see charts or statistics of "legal" music downloads it only includes the sites where the downloader has to pay. They never even mention that it is possible to legally download tracks which are either free of charge or for a fee from the artist's (who is often both writer and performer) web site.
Does the USA have the concept of a writ of Mandamus? Where an official can be challenged in court as why (s)he did not perform statutary duties? In this case, if only specific agencies can enforce a particular law then these agencies should be held to account as to why they are not enforcing it.
Maybe having thousands/millions of individual suits which clog the courts is not such a bad idea. This might prompt the governments/LEOs to actually do something about the problem.
That is all well and good, but when are they going to allow non-windows Real Player 10 users to subscribe to services like (UK) Channel 4 broadband?