The summary neglects to mention that the kids were causing damage to the tree in question, which was public property.
I'm not saying that those damages in any way justify the police's actions, but it's just damned irresponsible to simply leave this sort of information out of the summary.
This "photographer's exception" to the copyright-owner's rights applies only to buildings, a category which includes houses, office buildings, churches, gazebos, and garden pavilions. The exception does not apply to monuments (protectable as "sculptural works") or other copyrighted works, such as statues and paintings.
No idea how it works in other countries; I've heard unconfirmed reports that the situation in France is particularly bad. Apparently you can't take a picture of the Eiffel Tower at night without violating somebody's copyright there. (I think it's the lighting.)
I fail to see how that it "particularly bad." Wouldn't it fall under the category of monument?
I see what you are saying, but it might still be nice to have a set of "defaults" set up by law, such as (off the top of my head) "minors cannot purchase games rated 18+ without the permission of a parent." The specific law wouldn't matter, the point is that in this sort of law the parent would be free to overrule if they so choose (as opposed to if the law prohibited it completely), yet at the same time the worst-case scenario might be minimized (i.e. the parent who doesn't give a damn and doesn't pay attention to his kid).
That's okay, the thread you replied to goes below most peoples' threshhold. I know, I know, -1 flamebait sounds like a lot of posts around here, but it seems some people are just too picky with their filters.
"Looks like I'm talking out my ass where/. put it" Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about your post looking out of place.
In other news, it is now illegal to give money to the poor.
"Imagine what could happen. Someone could give someone some money, go home, and realize that they needed that money! Just imaging the potential lawsuits! Everyone is much better off this way."
"What do you want to sell a game with if not story? (. ..) A good story that keeps you on your toes, making you demand to see what's next, even hard enough that you overcome the most annoying obstacle just to see how it will continue (. ..)"
Hmm. . . I don't know. . . how about a game without most annoying obstacles?
Specifically: "The province's primary language, Joual, is a curious mix of French and gibberish known to many as franglais. The origin of the word Joual is from the french word for horse which is cheval. Franglais is to european French as Irish accent is to English. Basically, quebeckers found a way to move their mouth less while producing approximately the same sounds, leaving more energy to add more syllables, which they typically invest in cursing."
The truth of this leads me to beleive that uncyclopedia isn't doing it's job =).
At last, someone who knows what they're talking about.
FTA: "Game addiction has become one of our newest societal ills," said Son Yeongi, president of the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity, which offers government-funded counseling. "Gaming itself is not the problem. Like anything, this is about excessive use."
And later: "There is nothing wrong with kids relieving stress through games," Chin said. "But parents need to watch for the warning signs of addiction. If a child gets violent when told to stop playing a game, that's one of the first indications that there's a problem."
It's refreshing to see a take on this which doesn't involve video games being the spawn of the devil.
The difference is that Microsoft has a near monopoly in the browser area, and IE 7 is likely going to ship with Vista and be pre-installed on 99% of computers in the near future. The issue is that they are not allowed to use pre-existing monopolies to buy their way into new ones!
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He couldn't be a clone in the Dr. Mario -> Mario sense, because Zero Suit Samus is not a character.
From http://www.smashbros.com/en/characters/chara3/ind
"Books are inexpensive in comparison (. . .)"
Then explain to me why the price of just one of my university text books is more than one of these $100 laptops.
Sounds like a damn good deal to me.
As long as they all run OOo and Firefox, are free of spyware and WoW clients, and can talk to each other, little more will be required.
0 9 for info.
Actually, with a little wine tinkering, WoW works fine in linux. See http://appdb.winehq.org/appview.php?iVersionId=51
The summary neglects to mention that the kids were causing damage to the tree in question, which was public property.
I'm not saying that those damages in any way justify the police's actions, but it's just damned irresponsible to simply leave this sort of information out of the summary.
I see what you are saying, but it might still be nice to have a set of "defaults" set up by law, such as (off the top of my head) "minors cannot purchase games rated 18+ without the permission of a parent." The specific law wouldn't matter, the point is that in this sort of law the parent would be free to overrule if they so choose (as opposed to if the law prohibited it completely), yet at the same time the worst-case scenario might be minimized (i.e. the parent who doesn't give a damn and doesn't pay attention to his kid).
That's okay, the thread you replied to goes below most peoples' threshhold. I know, I know, -1 flamebait sounds like a lot of posts around here, but it seems some people are just too picky with their filters.
/. put it"
"Looks like I'm talking out my ass where
Yeah, but I wouldn't worry about your post looking out of place.
Two critical reasons that your analogy is invalid:
1) Other people using your internet does not prevent you from using it.
2) People cannot ruin your internet by e.g. crashing it into a wall.
In other news, it is now illegal to give money to the poor.
"Imagine what could happen. Someone could give someone some money, go home, and realize that they needed that money! Just imaging the potential lawsuits! Everyone is much better off this way."
Oh why, oh why has the parent been modded as funny instead of insightful?
"What do you want to sell a game with if not story? (. . .) A good story that keeps you on your toes, making you demand to see what's next, even hard enough that you overcome the most annoying obstacle just to see how it will continue (. . .)"
Hmm. . . I don't know. . . how about a game without most annoying obstacles?
I'm guessing that Tfiswto is actually "The force is strong with this one"
Take the PS3 off that list, 600$ is not what I'd consider "WAY LESS" than 720$
It's called Joual:
http://uncyclopedia.org/wiki/Joual
Specifically:
"The province's primary language, Joual, is a curious mix of French and gibberish known to many as franglais. The origin of the word Joual is from the french word for horse which is cheval. Franglais is to european French as Irish accent is to English. Basically, quebeckers found a way to move their mouth less while producing approximately the same sounds, leaving more energy to add more syllables, which they typically invest in cursing."
The truth of this leads me to beleive that uncyclopedia isn't doing it's job =).
At last, someone who knows what they're talking about.
FTA:
"Game addiction has become one of our newest societal ills," said Son Yeongi, president of the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity, which offers government-funded counseling. "Gaming itself is not the problem. Like anything, this is about excessive use."
And later:
"There is nothing wrong with kids relieving stress through games," Chin said. "But parents need to watch for the warning signs of addiction. If a child gets violent when told to stop playing a game, that's one of the first indications that there's a problem."
It's refreshing to see a take on this which doesn't involve video games being the spawn of the devil.
The difference is that Microsoft has a near monopoly in the browser area, and IE 7 is likely going to ship with Vista and be pre-installed on 99% of computers in the near future. The issue is that they are not allowed to use pre-existing monopolies to buy their way into new ones!
This should be modded Insightful, not Funny.