Not only does the USA not have a monopoly on cryptographers etc, but some other countries such as Israel have a better track record of cryptography than does the USA.
No not an application but filesystem interfaces. As an example look at the ICL mainframe VME/B Operating System. This puts the record access mechanisms in the OS and applications access the files at record level rather than byte level.
And for the people who just use computers as a tool, in almost every other area people receive training in how to use, and perform simple maintenance on, their tools. Typists are taught how to clean their typewriter, change ribbon etc. One of the first things my father had to do on his apprenticeship was to make a set of (wood working) tools. While it would not be appropriate for a computer user to have to build their own computer or write the software (though historically many non computer speciallists wrote software to solve the problems for which they were using the computer) I think it is appropriate that users be trained in the correct use and maintenance of their (computer) tools.
And if I were on a jury, I would count a lawyer "gobbly-gooking" as a strong negative mark against the party represented by that lawyer. To me this would indicate that his case or arguments are not strong enough to stand on their own merit so they resort to obfuscating.
I am reminded of Robert Heinlein's book "Citizen of the Galaxy" where an anthropologist remarks that the free traders, as a people, are the freeest in the history of mankind - but only at the expense of the freedom of the individual members of the community.
By a change in distribution/sales mechanism it could be commercially viable. If the retail outlets had the popular CDs on the shelf but also had a CD burner and on-line access to the complete back catalogue they could supply any album on-demand at very little cost (to them).
If the closed app is written and only used in-house, why not? The GPL only covers distribution and while I personally think that dissemination within an organisation is distribution, few others seem to agree with me.
One way of doing this would be to ensure that the net broadcasts are lower quality than those on cable and off-air. That way only people who could not receive the programme by other means would watch it on the net.
Some people travel or move away from their home area. These people may be able to receive the TV stations for their current location, but I am sure many would like to be able to receive the programmes from "home" as well. While the major networks may be available throughout the country of origin, there are the ex-pat communities to consider as well.
IANAL but how can it still be a secret? Surely once the secret is "discovered" and published it ceases to be a secret.
This is the tradeoff between trade secrets and patents. If you patent something then it is disseminated but you have a monopoly on its use/licencing. If you keep it a trade secret then the information is not disclosed but you run that the "secret" will be discovered and if that happens you have lost your monopoly.
Except that, as has already be stated multiple times, you do not need to break the encryption to make the backup. The bit copy backup will function in exactly the same way as the original. You only need to break the endryption to actually use the DVD, either original or backup.
Another question to ask is "How were artists, composers and performers renumerated prior to the advent of the recording industry?".
There is no shortage of music (though, of course not audio recordings) dating from before the record industry so I am certain that music and other entertainment arts would survive (in a changed form) the demise of the current record and movie industries.
As long as the typical political logic of "Something needs to be done, this is something, so this must be done" is not applied to the problem. The Spam problem needs a solution but the wrong one could make things worse than they are now.
There is no point in embargoing information available on a web site as the public are just as capable of reading it as the press. The only way of doing it is to not upload the information until it is time to release it.
I am reading this using Mozilla and it does have an up button (on the site navigation bar). When I press while reading the story it takes me back to the/. main page.
If it is free to receive calls to a cell phone (as in Europe), then it costs the caller more to call them than to call a landline. This would be additional cost to the telemarketer so this should (I hope) discourage them .
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Only if these applications are highly interactive. Otherwise TCP/IP uses the window size to ensure that latency does not degrade the throughput.
Not only does the USA not have a monopoly on cryptographers etc, but some other countries such as Israel have a better track record of cryptography than does the USA.
Did DMCA not also state it did not remove (or infringe upon) any existing fair use rights?
No not an application but filesystem interfaces. As an example look at the ICL mainframe VME/B Operating System. This puts the record access mechanisms in the OS and applications access the files at record level rather than byte level.
And for the people who just use computers as a tool, in almost every other area people receive training in how to use, and perform simple maintenance on, their tools. Typists are taught how to clean their typewriter, change ribbon etc. One of the first things my father had to do on his apprenticeship was to make a set of (wood working) tools. While it would not be appropriate for a computer user to have to build their own computer or write the software (though historically many non computer speciallists wrote software to solve the problems for which they were using the computer) I think it is appropriate that users be trained in the correct use and maintenance of their (computer) tools.
And if I were on a jury, I would count a lawyer "gobbly-gooking" as a strong negative mark against the party represented by that lawyer. To me this would indicate that his case or arguments are not strong enough to stand on their own merit so they resort to obfuscating.
I am reminded of Robert Heinlein's book "Citizen of the Galaxy" where an anthropologist remarks that the free traders, as a people, are the freeest in the history of mankind - but only at the expense of the freedom of the individual members of the community.
French & German artists are not common in the UK either. I get get French arists from web retailers in France.
By a change in distribution/sales mechanism it could be commercially viable. If the retail outlets had the popular CDs on the shelf but also had a CD burner and on-line access to the complete back catalogue they could supply any album on-demand at very little cost (to them).
If the closed app is written and only used in-house, why not? The GPL only covers distribution and while I personally think that dissemination within an organisation is distribution, few others seem to agree with me.
One way of doing this would be to ensure that the net broadcasts are lower quality than those on cable and off-air. That way only people who could not receive the programme by other means would watch it on the net.
Some people travel or move away from their home area. These people may be able to receive the TV stations for their current location, but I am sure many would like to be able to receive the programmes from "home" as well. While the major networks may be available throughout the country of origin, there are the ex-pat communities to consider as well.
What is the copywrite work, access to which is protected by the effective technological measure?
IANAL but how can it still be a secret? Surely once the secret is "discovered" and published it ceases to be a secret.
This is the tradeoff between trade secrets and patents. If you patent something then it is disseminated but you have a monopoly on its use/licencing. If you keep it a trade secret then the information is not disclosed but you run that the "secret" will be discovered and if that happens you have lost your monopoly.
Except that, as has already be stated multiple times, you do not need to break the encryption to make the backup. The bit copy backup will function in exactly the same way as the original. You only need to break the endryption to actually use the DVD, either original or backup.
How many consumers know which printers have chips in the cartridge, at least until they have bought the printer and discover problems with refilling?
Another question to ask is "How were artists, composers and performers renumerated prior to the advent of the recording industry?".
There is no shortage of music (though, of course not audio recordings) dating from before the record industry so I am certain that music and other entertainment arts would survive (in a changed form) the demise of the current record and movie industries.
Plus it also came with a DVD and other goodies.
The cable companies could put rate limiting on the customer facing routers rather than relying on the CPE to limit the bandwidth.
And make it illegal to send spam which claims to come from an innocent third party.
As long as the typical political logic of "Something needs to be done, this is something, so this must be done" is not applied to the problem. The Spam problem needs a solution but the wrong one could make things worse than they are now.
There is no point in embargoing information available on a web site as the public are just as capable of reading it as the press. The only way of doing it is to not upload the information until it is time to release it.
I am reading this using Mozilla and it does have an up button (on the site navigation bar). When I press while reading the story it takes me back to the /. main page.
True, but will the courts see it that way?
If it is free to receive calls to a cell phone (as in Europe), then it costs the caller more to call them than to call a landline. This would be additional cost to the telemarketer so this should (I hope) discourage them .