So maybe what is needed is a statute which makes it mandatory for all DRM systems to allow the purchaser to exercise their first sale rights and transfer the rights to someone else. Though I suppose that there is much chance of this happening as a snowstorm in hades.
It works both ways. While they do not want existing customers to port to another provider, I am sure that they would like other providers customers to port to them.
IANAL but I beleive that not all countries have the same concept of public domain as does the USA. I think that in some countries a work is still in copyright until that copyright expires but that someone still owns the copyright until such time as it expires. The copyright owner may, of course, allow others to copy, and perform other actions reserved for the copyright holder, free of charge. While the effect is similar to the US public domain, it is not the same.
The address does not have to have already gotten onto the internet in order for it to receive spam. Spammers use dictionary attacks etc to send to 'random' users at a domain, and if one of these happens to be that of a 7-year-old......
Many live performances seem to now be released on DVD and CD at approximately the same time. The 'problem' is that the DVD is often only slightly more expensive than the CD and contains a lot more - not just the video to accompany the music but extras such as interviews, making of, karioke etc.
If the loss leader stops leading to the increased sales (of whatever it was meant to lead) then the solution is very simple - increase the price so that it is no longer a loss leader.
Especially in a fast growing area such as IT, patents should not be allowed to 'hang around' in the patent office for so long. In order to serve thieir stated purpose of encouraging innovation they need to be published in a timely manner.
Per copy you make of each individual copyrighted item. So if A owns to the copyright to X and B owns the copyright to Y, then creating a copy of something containing both X and Y infringes both A & B's copyright. So if 1000 copies are made, that is 1000 infringements of A's copyright and 1000 infringements of B's copyright = 2000 infringements.
RIAA and MPAA do not seem to think so? They object to the playing of DVDs in 'unlicenced' players and sell so called 'CDs' which do not play on Linux or other computer systems.
But is cellphone not too narrow a field? I am sure that a company could not market slippers or boots and call them 'Nike' claiming that these are different fields than trainers.
Would such a law not also force the ISP (or web host) to continue to serve both your original and the reply for at least the minimum time specified by the law?
Or more likely, MS would not want to license that part of Windows under GPL so would be prohibited from distributing that product (while the GPLed code is included)
How is someone outside the company supposed to know whether or not the employee is authorised and therefore representing the comany? IANAL but I am sure that if an employee acts as though they are representing the company then others are entitled to assume that the employee is acting for the company and the company is still bound by the actions of that employee.
The only way that the GPL can be 'viral' and cause an IP owner to lose control of the IP is if they (not anyone else) release under GPL code containing their IP. So unless MicoSoft intend to release any software under GPL they are immune from what they call the 'viral' nature of the GPL.
Unless word has changed recently, you cannot even guarantee that.doc files will be some when opened on another computer running the same version of both Windows and Word. If the authoring system has 'printer X' and the recipient has 'printer Y' then the layout may well be different when printed on the 2 systems.
What would also be useful is for AOL (or another high profile site) to locate and sue the spammers who forge From addresses to make it look as though the spam came from AOL, Yahoo etc when it did not.
Part of the problem is that you need to specify the end-to-end bandwidth and latency (for your games/applications) but all that the customers can see or have any control over is the bandwidth between themselves and their ISP.
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Could this problem not be solved by using the (RFC2852) Deliver By mechanism when submitting the email where timely delivery is important?
If making phone calls internationally is too expensive, why are so many companies moving their call centers offshore - to places like India?
I agree. It is rather like shutting down all pubs because criminals meet in pubs to plan their crimes and sell stolen goods and drugs in them.
Sending back an NXDOMAIN response is, IMHO, a much more intelligent and appropriate response than diverting to a un-requested web site.
So maybe what is needed is a statute which makes it mandatory for all DRM systems to allow the purchaser to exercise their first sale rights and transfer the rights to someone else. Though I suppose that there is much chance of this happening as a snowstorm in hades.
It works both ways. While they do not want existing customers to port to another provider, I am sure that they would like other providers customers to port to them.
IANAL but I beleive that not all countries have the same concept of public domain as does the USA. I think that in some countries a work is still in copyright until that copyright expires but that someone still owns the copyright until such time as it expires. The copyright owner may, of course, allow others to copy, and perform other actions reserved for the copyright holder, free of charge. While the effect is similar to the US public domain, it is not the same.
The address does not have to have already gotten onto the internet in order for it to receive spam. Spammers use dictionary attacks etc to send to 'random' users at a domain, and if one of these happens to be that of a 7-year-old ......
So why can't they learn from these past experiences?
Many live performances seem to now be released on DVD and CD at approximately the same time. The 'problem' is that the DVD is often only slightly more expensive than the CD and contains a lot more - not just the video to accompany the music but extras such as interviews, making of, karioke etc.
If the loss leader stops leading to the increased sales (of whatever it was meant to lead) then the solution is very simple - increase the price so that it is no longer a loss leader.
Not only the full documentation but also the full source code.
Especially in a fast growing area such as IT, patents should not be allowed to 'hang around' in the patent office for so long. In order to serve thieir stated purpose of encouraging innovation they need to be published in a timely manner.
Per copy you make of each individual copyrighted item. So if A owns to the copyright to X and B owns the copyright to Y, then creating a copy of something containing both X and Y infringes both A & B's copyright. So if 1000 copies are made, that is 1000 infringements of A's copyright and 1000 infringements of B's copyright = 2000 infringements.
RIAA and MPAA do not seem to think so? They object to the playing of DVDs in 'unlicenced' players and sell so called 'CDs' which do not play on Linux or other computer systems.
But is cellphone not too narrow a field? I am sure that a company could not market slippers or boots and call them 'Nike' claiming that these are different fields than trainers.
Would such a law not also force the ISP (or web host) to continue to serve both your original and the reply for at least the minimum time specified by the law?
Or more likely, MS would not want to license that part of Windows under GPL so would be prohibited from distributing that product (while the GPLed code is included)
How is someone outside the company supposed to know whether or not the employee is authorised and therefore representing the comany? IANAL but I am sure that if an employee acts as though they are representing the company then others are entitled to assume that the employee is acting for the company and the company is still bound by the actions of that employee.
The only way that the GPL can be 'viral' and cause an IP owner to lose control of the IP is if they (not anyone else) release under GPL code containing their IP. So unless MicoSoft intend to release any software under GPL they are immune from what they call the 'viral' nature of the GPL.
Unless word has changed recently, you cannot even guarantee that .doc files will be some when opened on another computer running the same version of both Windows and Word. If the authoring system has 'printer X' and the recipient has 'printer Y' then the layout may well be different when printed on the 2 systems.
What would also be useful is for AOL (or another high profile site) to locate and sue the spammers who forge From addresses to make it look as though the spam came from AOL, Yahoo etc when it did not.
Part of the problem is that you need to specify the end-to-end bandwidth and latency (for your games/applications) but all that the customers can see or have any control over is the bandwidth between themselves and their ISP.
And not just any always on connection, but only an always on connection to the Internet.
Why would consumers associate 'broadband' with 'quick'? - Because of the advertisers!