By their logic installing a tall antenna tower to receive faraway broadcasts, or using a television receiver connected to a very directional and high gain antenna and taking advantage of storms or other atmospheric conditions to receive extremely faraway broadcasts would also be illegal, right?
Screw MLB. I now have yet another reason to be totally disinterested in professional baseball.
Okay. The scenario I outlined above still applies. Joe Sixpack buys a collection of tracks for that divorced MILF Jane Doe. He surprises her with the tracks (it's the new millennium's version of a mix tape). She installs them to her iTunes application, and then Jane's kid installs limewire or another P2P client and uploads Jane's tracks. Now, the RIAA is going to be filing suit against Joe Sixpack, even though Joe is totally innocent.
But what if you no longer wish to own that track (you got sick of it, or bought the wrong track, or whatever) and decide to exercise your right of first sale and transfer ownership of that one (1) copy of the track to someone else? You are certainly allowed to do that, and it is NOT copyright infringement. It doesn't even fall under Fair Use because you are transferring ownership of a legally-purchased artistic work, just as you would a CD, vinyl record, book, or VHS tape. Also, what if you buy a bunch of tracks off of iTunes for your friend for his or her birthday, burn them to CD (destroying your local copies of course, even though it may otherwise fall just inside of Fair Use) and give them to your friend? It's a gift; ownership was transferred LEGALLY. However, the record companies will cry foul because Jane Doe will be seen playing tracks purchased by Joe Sixpack.
I like Suse. I've used it for years. I use OpenSuse and hope it will keep itself clear of that but I'm looking for alternatives. Ubuntu has a chance but anything that puts GNOME first is crap.
One should always be looking at alternatives, whether one's current choice is $foo Linux, OS X, Windows, OS/2, Solaris, or any other operating system out there. What provides the best solution for you today may not be what provides the best solution for your organization a year from now. I just compared the latest Zimbra to the latest Scalix, and for our needs, the best solution is still Scalix.
If they take their break from spreading FUD for a few hours, they'd have the time to publish the list. I mean, they had the time to analyze Linux and other open-source code, review their patent portfolio, and discover the alleged infringements, right? What will two or three more hours effort to publish the list hurt?
Could this be Novell trying to get back in the good graces of Linux users?
Please don't speak for me as a Linux user, nor as a system integrator. Novell didn't leave my good graces. In fact, that they could manage to grab a huge chunk of change (it was what, several hundred million?) from Microsoft only increased my fondness for the most refined Linux distribution out there.
Linux is a great operating system. The fact that Novell was able to succeed in scamming Microsoft out of money AND remain in the bounds of the GPL AND turn around and help out in the battle against software patents AND fight against SCO's fraudulent claim of Linux works FOR Novell, IMHO, not against them. I'd be even more impressed if Novell were to offer to back those open source project authors who offered to be the first in line to go up against Microsoft's patent threats in court.
You know that's an interesting viewpoint. I mean, it's okay if you answer the question "what kind of car do you drive" with the MAKE of the car "Oh, I drive a Chevy." or "A Toyota" rather than the model of the vehicle, and that kind of answer is generally accepted without viewing the person as ignorant.
But, if someone answers "Microsoft" to "what operating system do you have on your computer?" or "What versiom of Windows do you run?" the user is generally treated like a moron, when really, the person is just plain ignorant (using the LITERAL definition there, not the colloquial implications) and not in the same field as you.
Absolutely not! What the RIAA is probably looking to do is to introduce these royalties and have a fee schedule where the music they do not want aired costs x^y, music they don't mind airing but are not interested in promoting will cost x+y, and music they want everyone to buy this week will be free to air, or maybe a token fee of x-z.
It's taking payola, then reversing it. You still won't hear what people want to hear, but what the RIAA cartel wants you to hear.
That would be ideal because then it would give Apple leverage over the chip producers. Right now they are practically married to Intel. In the inevitable divorce, whom are they going to turn to for the rebound relationship? AMD? I think you're right, they could have different products at different levels using different processors, because if they keep the kernel and drivers current on both platforms, they're better-equipped to deal with supplier issues and to apply leverage when necessary.
As an FYI, there will be a director's commentary on the MEF DVD release (in June) that talks about the ideas and challenges of putting the film together.
Does thepiratebay have an early leak of that commentary yet?;)
That is why they repeated most of the important points. It was extremely clever, having Disney tell us how Copyright Law SHOULD work, in Disney's own words. This is sure to raise Hell at Disney today and prompt a landmark law suit. This will be a fun one to watch.
It's obviously intentional; they were using Disney's own rules to convey the intent of copyright, going well out of their way to piss Disney off and bait them into a landmark, precedent-setting case. You should watch it, because the fallout of this video will likely affect all of us and our descendants, hopefully positively by bringing Copyright back into sync with sanity and our Founding Fathers' original intent (encourage contribution to the public domain by the granting of a limited monopoly on the implementation of an idea in an artistic form)
Curiously, could you provide an example of a "modern great artist," and a great work he/she/they have created?
Roger Waters
Great works:
- Dark Side of the Moon - a timeless concept anyone can relate to. One of the biggest money-making albums even today, over 30 years after its debut, and it KEEPS popping up in tbe billboard 200 after all this time. 741 consecutive weeks in the top 200 after its debut, and has reappeared many times, for a total of over 1,500 weeks. Not made in Waters' first year.
- The Wall - a concept album dealing with psychosis, social engineering, fascism, emotional barriers, and the futility of war. Again, not made in Waters' first year.
- the final cut - a concept album confronting the futility of war, relationship issues. Again, not made in Waters' first year, and while sales were considered disappointing for a Pink Floyd album (what, it went "only" double platinum? Yes, what a miserable failure that was.)
- Ca Ira - a FANTASTIC operatic composition about the french revolution. Not Waters' typical style but it certainly ranks up there with great classical works. Waters is a fantastic composer and while I haven't bought the album because I am loathe to fork money over to Sony, I've listened to the stream from the web site. Fantastic work. I'll eventually give in and buy it, but will check for used copies first. No, I have not downloaded it, FYI, aside from the streams from the official site.
"Besides, the pricing of their operating systems is way too high for the Indian markets." - It's too expensive, so we have a right to steal it. This is the same argument used to pirate music and movies. It's too expensive, so I'll just download it along with half a million other people.
Stealing? Really? Did they deprive Microsoft of their master copy? Or, did they hijack a distribution semi and take possession of Microsoft-pressed CDs? If not, then how exactly is it stealing and not merely copying?
Oh come on, we're talking about DANGEROUS CRIMINALS here. I mean, think of all the directors and producers who will have to forgo that third yacht and fifth vacation home because of these evil kids who are translating movies of their own accord - essentially providing a free service which will increase popularity and uptake of those movies. Yes sir, dangerous criminals indeed. They deserve to rot behind bars, those EVIL infringers of copyright!!!
First, they claim that Linux infringes on more than 250 of their software patents. They have been backpedaling since then but are pretty consistent in alleging that Linux infringes on their IP somehow. They are also implying that Open Source is a risk due to the lack of a backing corporation or warranty (Uh, have they read their own Windows EULA lately?).
Now, a faked memo is released stating that Apple's important releases this year are delayed, which strongly implies to PHBs that the products are flawed.
I can't help but think that Microsoft is behind this in their desperation to maintain market dominance.
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By their logic installing a tall antenna tower to receive faraway broadcasts, or using a television receiver connected to a very directional and high gain antenna and taking advantage of storms or other atmospheric conditions to receive extremely faraway broadcasts would also be illegal, right?
Screw MLB. I now have yet another reason to be totally disinterested in professional baseball.
I don't think that rule applies here. You're not crossing streams; you're crossing tubes.
Okay. The scenario I outlined above still applies. Joe Sixpack buys a collection of tracks for that divorced MILF Jane Doe. He surprises her with the tracks (it's the new millennium's version of a mix tape). She installs them to her iTunes application, and then Jane's kid installs limewire or another P2P client and uploads Jane's tracks. Now, the RIAA is going to be filing suit against Joe Sixpack, even though Joe is totally innocent.
But what if you no longer wish to own that track (you got sick of it, or bought the wrong track, or whatever) and decide to exercise your right of first sale and transfer ownership of that one (1) copy of the track to someone else? You are certainly allowed to do that, and it is NOT copyright infringement. It doesn't even fall under Fair Use because you are transferring ownership of a legally-purchased artistic work, just as you would a CD, vinyl record, book, or VHS tape. Also, what if you buy a bunch of tracks off of iTunes for your friend for his or her birthday, burn them to CD (destroying your local copies of course, even though it may otherwise fall just inside of Fair Use) and give them to your friend? It's a gift; ownership was transferred LEGALLY. However, the record companies will cry foul because Jane Doe will be seen playing tracks purchased by Joe Sixpack.
One should always be looking at alternatives, whether one's current choice is $foo Linux, OS X, Windows, OS/2, Solaris, or any other operating system out there. What provides the best solution for you today may not be what provides the best solution for your organization a year from now. I just compared the latest Zimbra to the latest Scalix, and for our needs, the best solution is still Scalix.
If they take their break from spreading FUD for a few hours, they'd have the time to publish the list. I mean, they had the time to analyze Linux and other open-source code, review their patent portfolio, and discover the alleged infringements, right? What will two or three more hours effort to publish the list hurt?
Please don't speak for me as a Linux user, nor as a system integrator. Novell didn't leave my good graces. In fact, that they could manage to grab a huge chunk of change (it was what, several hundred million?) from Microsoft only increased my fondness for the most refined Linux distribution out there.
Linux is a great operating system. The fact that Novell was able to succeed in scamming Microsoft out of money AND remain in the bounds of the GPL AND turn around and help out in the battle against software patents AND fight against SCO's fraudulent claim of Linux works FOR Novell, IMHO, not against them. I'd be even more impressed if Novell were to offer to back those open source project authors who offered to be the first in line to go up against Microsoft's patent threats in court.
You know that's an interesting viewpoint. I mean, it's okay if you answer the question "what kind of car do you drive" with the MAKE of the car "Oh, I drive a Chevy." or "A Toyota" rather than the model of the vehicle, and that kind of answer is generally accepted without viewing the person as ignorant.
But, if someone answers "Microsoft" to "what operating system do you have on your computer?" or "What versiom of Windows do you run?" the user is generally treated like a moron, when really, the person is just plain ignorant (using the LITERAL definition there, not the colloquial implications) and not in the same field as you.
FWIW, KDE is far more user friendly than Windows' explorer desktop.
Oceania includes the US and Great Britain.
Oceania is at war with Eastasia. Oceania has always been at war with Eastasia.
Absolutely not! What the RIAA is probably looking to do is to introduce these royalties and have a fee schedule where the music they do not want aired costs x^y, music they don't mind airing but are not interested in promoting will cost x+y, and music they want everyone to buy this week will be free to air, or maybe a token fee of x-z.
It's taking payola, then reversing it. You still won't hear what people want to hear, but what the RIAA cartel wants you to hear.
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It's been 14 seconds since you hit 'reply'.
That would be ideal because then it would give Apple leverage over the chip producers. Right now they are practically married to Intel. In the inevitable divorce, whom are they going to turn to for the rebound relationship? AMD? I think you're right, they could have different products at different levels using different processors, because if they keep the kernel and drivers current on both platforms, they're better-equipped to deal with supplier issues and to apply leverage when necessary.
It was a joke. . .
Does thepiratebay have an early leak of that commentary yet?
That is why they repeated most of the important points. It was extremely clever, having Disney tell us how Copyright Law SHOULD work, in Disney's own words. This is sure to raise Hell at Disney today and prompt a landmark law suit. This will be a fun one to watch.
Apple gave quite a bit back to the KHTML project, FWIW. Sure, there were some bumps in the road in the beginning but they cleaned their act up.
It's obviously intentional; they were using Disney's own rules to convey the intent of copyright, going well out of their way to piss Disney off and bait them into a landmark, precedent-setting case. You should watch it, because the fallout of this video will likely affect all of us and our descendants, hopefully positively by bringing Copyright back into sync with sanity and our Founding Fathers' original intent (encourage contribution to the public domain by the granting of a limited monopoly on the implementation of an idea in an artistic form)
Roger Waters
Great works:
- Dark Side of the Moon - a timeless concept anyone can relate to. One of the biggest money-making albums even today, over 30 years after its debut, and it KEEPS popping up in tbe billboard 200 after all this time. 741 consecutive weeks in the top 200 after its debut, and has reappeared many times, for a total of over 1,500 weeks. Not made in Waters' first year.
- The Wall - a concept album dealing with psychosis, social engineering, fascism, emotional barriers, and the futility of war. Again, not made in Waters' first year.
- the final cut - a concept album confronting the futility of war, relationship issues. Again, not made in Waters' first year, and while sales were considered disappointing for a Pink Floyd album (what, it went "only" double platinum? Yes, what a miserable failure that was.)
- Ca Ira - a FANTASTIC operatic composition about the french revolution. Not Waters' typical style but it certainly ranks up there with great classical works. Waters is a fantastic composer and while I haven't bought the album because I am loathe to fork money over to Sony, I've listened to the stream from the web site. Fantastic work. I'll eventually give in and buy it, but will check for used copies first. No, I have not downloaded it, FYI, aside from the streams from the official site.
Stealing? Really? Did they deprive Microsoft of their master copy? Or, did they hijack a distribution semi and take possession of Microsoft-pressed CDs? If not, then how exactly is it stealing and not merely copying?
http://www.slack390.org/
Oh come on, we're talking about DANGEROUS CRIMINALS here. I mean, think of all the directors and producers who will have to forgo that third yacht and fifth vacation home because of these evil kids who are translating movies of their own accord - essentially providing a free service which will increase popularity and uptake of those movies. Yes sir, dangerous criminals indeed. They deserve to rot behind bars, those EVIL infringers of copyright!!!
Sure there is. In fact there are many reasons. I'll give you several:
First, they claim that Linux infringes on more than 250 of their software patents. They have been backpedaling since then but are pretty consistent in alleging that Linux infringes on their IP somehow. They are also implying that Open Source is a risk due to the lack of a backing corporation or warranty (Uh, have they read their own Windows EULA lately?).
Now, a faked memo is released stating that Apple's important releases this year are delayed, which strongly implies to PHBs that the products are flawed.
I can't help but think that Microsoft is behind this in their desperation to maintain market dominance.
No, it is not overkill.