It is quite important that these patents are invalidated as soon as possible.
Wouldn't it be a good idea to set up a website where people can submit prior art to these specific patents?
Perhaps a site where also similar cases like this one can be handled?
In Sweden our version of ASCAP, STIM, has solved this "problem" by simply collecting royalties for music, even if the musician is _not_ a member of STIM.
They claim that it is "easier" to do so, and a musician that is not a member can always become a member and get the money afterwards.
However, if you become a member you basically give away all your commercial right to you music, past and present, to STIM. And that means bye-bye CC et al.
Yes, I will use heavy encryption whenever possible.
Not only do they have one of the fastes computers on earth, they also have brilliant mathematicians that have been doing cryptoanalysis for many years.
During WWII they broke some of the german cryptos for example.
So, who knows what they can do with encrypted traffic?
That would be just too easy to filter out.
What you need to do is to have your email-network email GPG-encrypted data to each other with various interesting headers.
And then, you need to be able to use this network to actually send you own, real messages.
That way you create a lot of encrypted noise that will take quite some CPU-cycles to crunch.
Remember: encrypted traffic is one of FRAs criterion to examine the traffic further.
I tried this with Dell. Didn't work.
I tried to return XP Home (OEM), but they refused and said that I would have to send back the whole computer.
That's fair I guess, since it was an OEM version of XP.
But they refused to refund Works because they claimed I got it for free, at no extra cost!
WTF?
It's exactly the same in Sweden, and probably in many places in the EU.
It's also impossible to buy blank media for use not related to private copying; say to make a backup of your HD.
UNLESS you are a company. They can buy blank media without this "tax".
It's time to do something about this paradoxial law.
Most ISPs put a line in the fine print telling that you are responsible for your internet connection and must not share it with anyone.
So, if you have an open WLAN, you probably are violating the agreement and are responsible for whatever is going on via your connection...
Why not record a bunch of crappy songs, burn them on a CD and send them for review to SONY.
And, of course, just to make sure they don't copy it illegally, let's fill the CD with our OWN rootkit/spyware/phone-home/whatever! Let 'em have it!
And a EULA the size of the yellow pages...
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Travelled from Sweden to Atlanta. On the day of the eclipse we left Atlanta at 8 AM and reached Toccoa at around 12. Had a great time!
It is quite important that these patents are invalidated as soon as possible. Wouldn't it be a good idea to set up a website where people can submit prior art to these specific patents? Perhaps a site where also similar cases like this one can be handled?
In Sweden our version of ASCAP, STIM, has solved this "problem" by simply collecting royalties for music, even if the musician is _not_ a member of STIM. They claim that it is "easier" to do so, and a musician that is not a member can always become a member and get the money afterwards. However, if you become a member you basically give away all your commercial right to you music, past and present, to STIM. And that means bye-bye CC et al.
One word: Freenet. Freenet might just be that decentralized anonymous network you predict. The only thing is; it's been around a while.
...and it's still increasing.
The IEEE 802.11 specification has defines an IR PHY as an alternative to RF. I've never seen it implemented though...
Wow, are they already out of funds? That was fast.
It was the _opposition_ that first proposed this law. Then after the election, a shift of government and: the same law gets passed. Nice.
O'Reilly? Their E-books just keeps falling apart. I go with Stubbs instead. They make proper E-books.
Yes, I will use heavy encryption whenever possible. Not only do they have one of the fastes computers on earth, they also have brilliant mathematicians that have been doing cryptoanalysis for many years. During WWII they broke some of the german cryptos for example. So, who knows what they can do with encrypted traffic?
Encryption just adds extra points. And has the side effect of requiring quite some of FRAs CPU cycles.
Encrypted traffic is one of the criterions. There are others as well, such as keywords, language, jargon.
The fact that encrypted traffic is a criterion for further investigation is officially stated by FRA.
That would be just too easy to filter out. What you need to do is to have your email-network email GPG-encrypted data to each other with various interesting headers. And then, you need to be able to use this network to actually send you own, real messages. That way you create a lot of encrypted noise that will take quite some CPU-cycles to crunch. Remember: encrypted traffic is one of FRAs criterion to examine the traffic further.
I tried this with Dell. Didn't work. I tried to return XP Home (OEM), but they refused and said that I would have to send back the whole computer. That's fair I guess, since it was an OEM version of XP. But they refused to refund Works because they claimed I got it for free, at no extra cost! WTF?
It's exactly the same in Sweden, and probably in many places in the EU. It's also impossible to buy blank media for use not related to private copying; say to make a backup of your HD. UNLESS you are a company. They can buy blank media without this "tax". It's time to do something about this paradoxial law.
Most ISPs put a line in the fine print telling that you are responsible for your internet connection and must not share it with anyone. So, if you have an open WLAN, you probably are violating the agreement and are responsible for whatever is going on via your connection...
Why not record a bunch of crappy songs, burn them on a CD and send them for review to SONY. And, of course, just to make sure they don't copy it illegally, let's fill the CD with our OWN rootkit/spyware/phone-home/whatever! Let 'em have it! And a EULA the size of the yellow pages...