As you probably know, the voter was chosen at random in that short story, not the officials. For all we know, people still had to apply for whatever position they were seeking. I don't think that part was described at all in the story.
Just a little note here. I live south of the 49th parallel but I am still in Canada. In the east, the division is on the 45th one, a bit more to the south in Ontario and a bit more to the north in eastern Quebec.
Unfortunately, no. IANAL, but my understanding is that Perjury requires proof of intent. Which means that they need to know that they're incorrect ahead of time. Since Viacom believes that their list of takedowns is correct to the best of their knowledge, there would be no perjury committed.
Of course they knew ahead of time they were incorrect. If you are sending 100000 takedown requests without looking at the material, how probable is it that all of them are actually infringing material? I would say you're sure to send multiple wrong notices. Since they (probably) didn't make a good faith attempt to send notices for infringing material, I would say they should be sued big time for perjury and abuse of the legal system. Jail time seems too good for such behaviour.
For playing a DVD, you need to buy a licensed DVD player. For protected WMV files, you need Windows Media Player running on Windows.
That's of course forgetting tools like DeCSS, Playfair,... that goes around those restrictions. If Itunes is targetted, why should they skip other types of DRM?
One of the possibility is that Red Hat wants to generate publicity for a reform patent. Once some major company begins to fight this patent, it will probably make its way in well-know newspapers (Wall Street Journal, NY Times,...). If this happens, the general public will be (more) aware of the issues of DRM and patents. I know it's a long shot but it could work.
I agree with your post but there's a small detail I want to correct. In your example, if you are a customer of Verizon, they might not be able to legally give your emails to the police without a warrant. That depends on the contract they have with you (most likely the TOS). But it is likely the TOS does not include such protections for you.
I would say that your point is obvious but mostly because explosive liquids have been done before without any changes in policies. So it can't be for our safety or else it would have been done at least 10 years ago.
I don't think this is a good thing, but it has been going on for some time. Even Columbo used dodgy methods to resolve his cases. And he never lets lack of proof get in his way. Most of the time, he is able to get a confession so proof is not as a necessary but at least once (A Stitch in Crime) he has no proof and no confession, only a plausible motive. With all this, he is shown as having resolved the case. Scary, no?
It is not exactly a coding standard but sort of related. My department used to have a policy of no check-ins until you are submitted to the test : building a small (~20 pieces) Lego toy. You could even use the instructions if you couldn't figure it out:-)
You only passed the test once your boss thought you were ready.
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As you probably know, the voter was chosen at random in that short story, not the officials. For all we know, people still had to apply for whatever position they were seeking. I don't think that part was described at all in the story.
Just a little note here. I live south of the 49th parallel but I am still in Canada. In the east, the division is on the 45th one, a bit more to the south in Ontario and a bit more to the north in eastern Quebec.
You should check this article. It provides a lot of info on who's considered bad copyright-wise.
Of course they knew ahead of time they were incorrect. If you are sending 100000 takedown requests without looking at the material, how probable is it that all of them are actually infringing material? I would say you're sure to send multiple wrong notices. Since they (probably) didn't make a good faith attempt to send notices for infringing material, I would say they should be sued big time for perjury and abuse of the legal system. Jail time seems too good for such behaviour.
Did you ever watch Escaflowne (sp?)? The "robots" were weilding swords and very dangerous.
And when people from the US will complain that a movie suck, we will not even watch it. How is that good for Hollywood?
What about DVDs, protected WMV files, etc?
... that goes around those restrictions. If Itunes is targetted, why should they skip other types of DRM?
For playing a DVD, you need to buy a licensed DVD player. For protected WMV files, you need Windows Media Player running on Windows.
That's of course forgetting tools like DeCSS, Playfair,
One of the possibility is that Red Hat wants to generate publicity for a reform patent. Once some major company begins to fight this patent, it will probably make its way in well-know newspapers (Wall Street Journal, NY Times, ...). If this happens, the general public will be (more) aware of the issues of DRM and patents. I know it's a long shot but it could work.
I agree with your post but there's a small detail I want to correct. In your example, if you are a customer of Verizon, they might not be able to legally give your emails to the police without a warrant. That depends on the contract they have with you (most likely the TOS). But it is likely the TOS does not include such protections for you.
I would say that your point is obvious but mostly because explosive liquids have been done before without any changes in policies. So it can't be for our safety or else it would have been done at least 10 years ago.
If it compiles, it's legal.
Too bad we will never see that on the desktop since Intel thinks we don't need them
Cue in all the jokes about war and how it's usually USA invading other countries.
May I choose which one? I would like the kitty to be killed. At least the puppy might be useful when it's older :-)
I don't think this is a good thing, but it has been going on for some time. Even Columbo used dodgy methods to resolve his cases. And he never lets lack of proof get in his way. Most of the time, he is able to get a confession so proof is not as a necessary but at least once (A Stitch in Crime) he has no proof and no confession, only a plausible motive. With all this, he is shown as having resolved the case. Scary, no?
I have never seen such an appropriate Flamebait mod. He is asking for flames, literally.
It is not exactly a coding standard but sort of related. My department used to have a policy of no check-ins until you are submitted to the test : building a small (~20 pieces) Lego toy. You could even use the instructions if you couldn't figure it out :-)
You only passed the test once your boss thought you were ready.
And all this time I thought it was an Asterix joke. The album is "Le Devin" (sorry, I don't know the English title).
Or just using a sequential number?
If I remember correctly, as far as 386 were concerned, Intel didn't make the faster one. I am pretty sure AMD did.
And he forgot that less advanced devices, like VCR, can skip ads. Mine does so automatically so where's the difference?
What did you expect, they are the slashdot editor after all.
Hey, that's almost insulting since mine is under this weird limit. I'm kinda old timer on the ICQ :)