For the blocked pages, XFF and via are moot as the request will not be sent to the hosting site. The problem is with other requests which are also being passed through the proxy. The proxy should either make itself completely invisible to both requester and target site or obey the accepted "rules" for the behaviour of a proxy. I would say that, at least in this case, the system has failed miserably to conceal the fact that content is being filtered.
FYI I took a call from a reporter filing a story on this with the Guardian early this morning. The issue here isn't just that the image was blocked but that the text was too. Indeed, if only the image had been blocked it is likely the massive collateral damage the ISPs blocking has caused would not have developed.
What seems to have caused the damage is not the actual blocking (whether of just image or text as well) but the way that the blocking is implemented. If the ISPs had just blocked the URL(s) without making it seem as if all requests to Wikipedia from their customers all came from the same IP address, then it would not have caused all these problems and would probably have gone relatively unnoticed. They should either (using deep packet filtering) not altered the source IP of the requests or (preferably) used X-Forwarded-For and Via headers so that Wikipedia would know both that the connection came from a proxy and also the true originating address.
So do I use AAISP and IPv6, but I am still on the 'old' ADSL1 BT backbone and I tunnel IPv6 over IPv4 as my ADSL router does not support native IPv6. The status information refers to the problem with provision of native IPv6 over the new 21CN (ADSL2+) BT backbone. So the problem only affects a small proportion of customers.
As this requires at least 2 images with the same key, encrypted 'working' hard drives are not vulnerable unless you make sector level backups. I would imagine that anyone who has illegal images (such as child porn) on their encrypted hard disk would not make backups of such images.
Another sticky wicket would be dividing up the cash in the pool for the artists. A good point had already been brought up by a poster to whom I replied earlier. How can we consumers use this system to benefit the artists we like, and avoid lining the pockets of those we don't? Is there some kind of download tracking?
One possible way would be to link the proportion paid to each artist to the amount their music is 'scrobbled' on last.fm. Several music players can send details of the tracks played to last.fm, and for Windows (and I think also mac) can run in the background and report tracks played using any player. Granted that this is a just a sample, but so are the various systems used to calculate TV audience figures etc. It also has the advantage that it rewards the artists whose music is listened to most.
It depends on your business; if you're in banking or finance there can be rules about contacting your former clients for a period of time after you switch jobs.
Whereas in other industries, such as the beauty business, it is normal for clients to follow you when you change jobs.
So despite gaining and losing lots of users, everyone's base stays roughly the same, like a churning ocean, but each one of those churners costs you $X every time they switch sides(freebies, paperwork, number portability, etc).
So why do so many companies (not just ISPs, but credit card, insurance companies, banks etc) have "new customer only" deals to attract people to switch to them rather than making an effort to encourage existing customers to stay? They seem to encouraging churning.
Yeah,not too mention WTH is the point of voting if your choice is "rich old money corporate ass kisser A" or "rich old money corporate ass kisser B"? Which is why every vote should an additional option "None of the Above" whereby the voting public can indicate to the political parties that none of their candidates/policies are acceptable.
It depends on the original EULA that they obtained the hardware/software under. Under the original license under which they obtained the hardware there was no "you cannot hack this" clause, Since when did you license hardware which you purchase? If you rent it then the supplier can impose conditions (a licence) but when you purchase it, it is yours to do with as you please.
They own the IP too, all the Gentoo specific configs have their copyright notice in them. But all of the IP is licensed under GPL-2, so anyone can use, modify and/or distribute it subject to the GPL-2 rules. I know that where a 'natural' person owns copyrights that if they die then the copyright passes to their heirs. What happens to copyright which is owned by a corporate entity when that entity is dissolved?
The alternative in that situation is to 'take the plunge' and upgrade all the dependent packages to the latest (presumably stable, as if you are running ~arch then they would likely not be behind) version in portage. As you are talking about production systems, it makes sense to have testing systems which are kept (reasonably) up-to-date so that you do not get (many) unpleasant surprises when updating the live production systems.
I have been a user of Gentoo for time and have never seen an explanation of why the foundation is needed or even what it does. Looking at the home page under 'About Gentoo', 'Philosophy' and 'Social Contract', I do not see a foundation mentioned at all. To quote from 'About gentoo'
To advise on and help with Gentoo's global development, a 7-member council is elected on a yearly basis which decides on global issues, policies and advancements in the Gentoo project. . To my mind the council seems to be sufficient, so why the need for and fuss about a(n almost unmentioned) foundation?
One problem with the 'first past the post' system, as in the UK. is that if there are 3 parties and one party comes 2nd in every constituency (ie every result is either A B C or C B A) then they will get no seats at all despite the fact that they may have obtained more votes than either of the either parties.
Dynamic IP addresses are used because its the only possible way to do it without having techs setting up every joe six pack or grandmothers computer. Surely dynamic IP addresses are a legacy of dial-up where each dial-in port has a fixed IP address and this is assigned to whoever is connected to that port at the time.
IANAL but surely if you had registered the domain then it was, at least until time for renewal, yours? So even if the hosting company went bust you should have been able to move it to a different hosting company.
Is 95% of all TV Neilson watermarked? Or is it only in the USA? If so, do other country's media producers not deserve the same protection from being illegally posted to web sites?
Have you looked at the most viewed videos at YouTube lately ? No, but the vast majority of videos I watch on youtube are uploaded by the person making the video. As I understand it, this is youtube's raison d'être. That many of the uploads are 'rips' of commercial material does not detract from youtube being a 'storefront' where Joe Public can publish videos for the world to see.
They don't want a filter on every copyrighted document. They want a system which allows them to declare which files are published in violation of their copyright, and they want it to be a standardized (and automated) system so that they don't have to look for contact information, Will such a filter system also allow 'Joe Public' who has uploaded his photos or videos to police the copyright in his works? Or, as usual, will it only be the large traditional 'media' corporations whose copyright will be 'protected' by these automatic measures?
Why does youtube need the 'conventional' content providers? Isn't it the 'purpose' of youtube (and similar) to allow members to upload and share their own content?
And also www.magnatunes.com - they let you choose how much you pay, which is pretty cool. And the artist gets half of whatever you pay, which is considerable more than almost every other distribution mechanism (except maybe where you buy directly from an artist who writes and produces their own works)
So maybe there should be some consumer legislation introduced which states that if a company 'sells' media (online or physical) which requires access to an online 'validation' system in order to be used, that the validation system must be kept available (with minimum downtime) for at least a minimum period (say 5 years) after the purchase of the media. This would provide a balance to the US DCMA and other similar legislation being introduced elsewhere.
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One thing the article does not state is the identity of the last major supplier of VHS tapes. I would guess it would be someone like 3M or BASF.
For the blocked pages, XFF and via are moot as the request will not be sent to the hosting site. The problem is with other requests which are also being passed through the proxy. The proxy should either make itself completely invisible to both requester and target site or obey the accepted "rules" for the behaviour of a proxy. I would say that, at least in this case, the system has failed miserably to conceal the fact that content is being filtered.
FYI I took a call from a reporter filing a story on this with the Guardian early this morning. The issue here isn't just that the image was blocked but that the text was too. Indeed, if only the image had been blocked it is likely the massive collateral damage the ISPs blocking has caused would not have developed.
What seems to have caused the damage is not the actual blocking (whether of just image or text as well) but the way that the blocking is implemented. If the ISPs had just blocked the URL(s) without making it seem as if all requests to Wikipedia from their customers all came from the same IP address, then it would not have caused all these problems and would probably have gone relatively unnoticed. They should either (using deep packet filtering) not altered the source IP of the requests or (preferably) used X-Forwarded-For and Via headers so that Wikipedia would know both that the connection came from a proxy and also the true originating address.
So do I use AAISP and IPv6, but I am still on the 'old' ADSL1 BT backbone and I tunnel IPv6 over IPv4 as my ADSL router does not support native IPv6. The status information refers to the problem with provision of native IPv6 over the new 21CN (ADSL2+) BT backbone. So the problem only affects a small proportion of customers.
As this requires at least 2 images with the same key, encrypted 'working' hard drives are not vulnerable unless you make sector level backups. I would imagine that anyone who has illegal images (such as child porn) on their encrypted hard disk would not make backups of such images.
Another sticky wicket would be dividing up the cash in the pool for the artists. A good point had already been brought up by a poster to whom I replied earlier. How can we consumers use this system to benefit the artists we like, and avoid lining the pockets of those we don't? Is there some kind of download tracking?
One possible way would be to link the proportion paid to each artist to the amount their music is 'scrobbled' on last.fm. Several music players can send details of the tracks played to last.fm, and for Windows (and I think also mac) can run in the background and report tracks played using any player. Granted that this is a just a sample, but so are the various systems used to calculate TV audience figures etc. It also has the advantage that it rewards the artists whose music is listened to most.
It depends on your business; if you're in banking or finance there can be rules about contacting your former clients for a period of time after you switch jobs.
Whereas in other industries, such as the beauty business, it is normal for clients to follow you when you change jobs.
So despite gaining and losing lots of users, everyone's base stays roughly the same, like a churning ocean, but each one of those churners costs you $X every time they switch sides(freebies, paperwork, number portability, etc).
So why do so many companies (not just ISPs, but credit card, insurance companies, banks etc) have "new customer only" deals to attract people to switch to them rather than making an effort to encourage existing customers to stay? They seem to encouraging churning.Piers Anthony already thought of that one in book 1 of 'A Bio of a Space Tyrant'
My first computer gaming experience was the ASCII game Startrek on an HP2000.
The alternative in that situation is to 'take the plunge' and upgrade all the dependent packages to the latest (presumably stable, as if you are running ~arch then they would likely not be behind) version in portage. As you are talking about production systems, it makes sense to have testing systems which are kept (reasonably) up-to-date so that you do not get (many) unpleasant surprises when updating the live production systems.
One problem with the 'first past the post' system, as in the UK. is that if there are 3 parties and one party comes 2nd in every constituency (ie every result is either A B C or C B A) then they will get no seats at all despite the fact that they may have obtained more votes than either of the either parties.
Why restrict to Europe-wide. The sites from which I download music (Magnatune, CD Baby) charge the same no matter where in you are.
IANAL but surely if you had registered the domain then it was, at least until time for renewal, yours? So even if the hosting company went bust you should have been able to move it to a different hosting company.
Is 95% of all TV Neilson watermarked? Or is it only in the USA? If so, do other country's media producers not deserve the same protection from being illegally posted to web sites?
Why does youtube need the 'conventional' content providers? Isn't it the 'purpose' of youtube (and similar) to allow members to upload and share their own content?
So maybe there should be some consumer legislation introduced which states that if a company 'sells' media (online or physical) which requires access to an online 'validation' system in order to be used, that the validation system must be kept available (with minimum downtime) for at least a minimum period (say 5 years) after the purchase of the media. This would provide a balance to the US DCMA and other similar legislation being introduced elsewhere.