...am glad to turn over all our packets that comply with RFC3514. That makes filtering on the ISP side so easy! What scares me is that the next Intelligence Appropriation bill could mandate compliance with this, and make it a national secret that we are now requiring the use of "evil filtering".
the bands give their music away in exchange for patronage (you donate to artists and get special privileges depending on how much you pay, up to parties with the band, backstage access, etc.)
How is this any different than today? The bands *do* give their music away - it just goes to the record labels who then chrage for the privelige of taking the music off the band's hands. Whoever then pays the labels the most money then gets access to the band... Sounds a lot like what you're proposing! [sarcasm]Why change it and eliminate the middleman? It's not like they're screwing the band over or anything - and you get the high-quality acts you see on tour today! (e.g., Britney, the Boy Bands, and the old fogeys on tour for the last time (we promise!) aka Aerosmith, Stones, etc.)[/sarcasm]
Umm... The development costs are a straw man now. It used to be that way, but now the development costs are dwarfed by the marketing mania used to promote the drug. Also, there's a lot of "development" going on that's really just trials of existing medications for new uses so that the companies can renew the drug patents and keep the stranglehold on a hugely profitable drug for longer.
For example, check out the annual income report for Merck (MRK). Research and development costs for 2005 were $3.85B, while "General Administrative" (including marketing costs!) was $7.16B. Now, after these costs, net operational income was $5.54B - 43% higher than the R&D costs! Total profit was in the range of $4.63B. Think that is something? They are also sitting on $9.59B in *cash* out of $15.64B in cash and investments. Most of that is spoken for in terms of accounts payable, but having enough lying around to pay for 4 years of R&D is a bit excessive, dont'cha think? Especially since profit after R&D is enough to pay for next year's investment...
The difference here is that the items in question (the images) are covered by Copyright. Copyright is explicitly granted to the author automatically - no claim or registration is required. Copyright is what the other rights (pubilcation, ownership, etc) flow from. Simply stating that "these photos are public" does not explicitly grant any rights. The judge (correctly in my view) stated that in absence of any explicitly granted rights, an organization with the resources of the defendant, especially a publication that deals with these issues in its own work, should have at least *asked* if republication rights were, in fact, granted. Also, the rights for republication were restricted by the CC License as referenced on the page. The defendant never even looked to see if there were any rights restrictions placed on the images, even though there was a link to the license.
This case does not uphold a "click through" license, or give any "poison pill" license to simply reading the contents. If any work is to be reused or republished, it needs to be done in accordance with copyright law, especially if the reusing or republishing party has a commercial interest in using the material.
Ok, am I the only one that noticed that the clip referenced seemed to loop (both audio and video) several times during the "orgy" scene? I would think that CBS could sue for copyright infringement...
I think the PTC would do much more good by actually watching their kids instead of plopping them in daycare or in front of the TV while they "fight Hollywood". If they took away the target audience from all these "indecent" shows, do you really think the show wouldn't be cancelled? (not to mention that the target audience is adults in this case) Heck, even those shows with a fanatical following (but not mass market appeal) usually get cancelled (see Firefly, Star Trek, etc). I'd love to see if they know what their own kids are really doing... ("The only one who could ever teach me / was the son of a Preacher man" ring any bells?)
"Piracy" is the straw man here! Yes, *SOME* people download/copy movies rather than pay, even tho they can, but that's not the true story. The real story is stated above: audiences proved apathetic for many time-tested movie formulas.
Oh, they're not falling for the same old movie script anymore. It must be Piracy! Damn those pirates! God forbid they change their playbook if the same damn run play is finally blocked - blame it on someone stealing their old playbook.
Maybe if they buried all the electric, it would train all the backhoes to stop cutting Internet fiber! "Hey, I got a 50-50 chance of cutting the Internet for these poor schlubs, or getting fried. Hmm... Think I'll move on now...":)
Actually, they do it to put some IP in their seeds, and then prevent farmers to reuse their seeds the next year.
That's their product. Farmers don't need to buy it.
Except that these same mega-corps are the ones that provide a lot of the "natural" seed and can exert a lot of control over the seed market, ie, raise prices alternatives to their "flagship" products. Also keep in mind that most farming in the US is no longer done by single farmers, but by mini-corps as well, and the profit motive applies to them. If they can get genetically modified seed plus fertilizer and herbi/pesticides for 20% cheaper than the "natural" alternatives, you think they're willing to drop their profits that much? Especially since farming if such a low-margin business as it is (ok for family farmers, bad for corps). 20% can mean the difference between profit and bankrupcy for many farmers and farming corps.
Oh, and that "natural" seed? Most seed on the market now has already been genetically modified so that the resulting crops are good for food, but infertile. This means that the farmers have to return to the seed producers year after year anyway.....
Yet that is the wonder of the free market: we learn from our mistakes even when we don't want to make changes.
The free market is a straw man. There is no "free market". There is the "cheapest sells" market. And there are two ways to win - control the market (now the biggest shell game out there), or make the cheapest product. Making the cheapest product guts your profit, so most corps now are trying to find ways (via IP laws, lobbying for new laws and deregulation, cartels, etfc) to exert control over the market.
Try this: Use the included Apple Remote Desktop client with the VNC option turned on (there since version 2). This launches even before the login screen appears. As long as it boots, you can get into it.
...I had to submit to all of those "new" requirements to get my license changed over when I moved from the East Coast last year. It was a royal pain to get all the paperwork required (4 forms of ID). The one big question I have is since a photo ID is required to get your license, and the license is typically the only "photo ID" the people have, how will new citizens get their licenses? A passport will not count, as it is only used for "citizenship verification", and thus cannot be used as a photo ID.
On another note, the "machine readable" format requirement being pushed onto the Homeland Security secretary lets the Congress point fingers when every state has to scrap their license system and re-issue all IDs within 3 years. The only good thing for the states is they charge for the IDs - anyone wanna bet that license fees go through the roof?
...ATRAC3 for movies? Let's look at Sony's prior attempt to emulate iTumes - it'll end up being a 320x240 pixel movie, compressed to hell so that you can get a full 2 hour movie in 200MB or less. 'Course you couldn't see or hear it at that comression rate, but hey, it's available digitally and everyone else (who actually wants to *see* the movie) are pirates!
My (large) company is headquartered in St. Louis, but is incorporated as a NY company and maintains a regional division in NYC. Would NY then be able to require all employees of my company to pay NY income tax, even if they work, live, and get their check in a non-NY state? If this is upheld, look to see a lot of companies re-incorporate in a non-NY state real soon now.
Osama hates the US for getting CIA support ad training during the Soviet/Afghan Invasion, and we subsequently dropped everything once the battle was won. He works to liberate a country and gain them freedom at the behest of another, and what happens? The freedom that was offered came in the form of abusive power-hungry warlords. The US left Afghanistan to walow in its own poverty and destruction at the end of the war, and didn't pay any attention to rebuilding, and you wonder why the former "go-to guy" on the ground hates them? The religious side is something that was probably promoted by his CIA handlers, and is now being used to justify action against all US interests.
The sad thing is, they had to find a "professional" of this caliber to deliver the message... all the good ones are starting to realize the truth and refuse to taint what may be their next product...
The difference there is that you are talking about a glucose testing system that can and is affected by moisture on the test strips. Do you know what happens if your testing strip is horribly out of whack and you're a severe diabetic? Death from over (or under)-use of insulin. I belive a wrongful death lawsuit is a lot worse than a DMCA lawsuit. (well, this is the US. this may or may not be true)
I believe the "some" cases you refer to require an agent to simply state that the warrant is for an "ongoing terrorist investigation". How many cases are now classified as "terrorist investigations" simply to get the warrant without any review?
On top of that, all wiretaps and surveillance warrants are issued by a judge housed in the FBI main offices, and have been for years. The Patriot Act simply made bypassing this speed-bump a lot easier.
An EULA is only valid if both parites agree to it. However, it can also be valid if one party can litigate the other into oblivion without even going to trial. Like the other poster says: Break EULA, get pummeled into nothingness by the company's lawyers.
There is one problem with this - try returning an opened box of software to any store. Almost all retailers these days have a clause on the reciept that you recieved at the time of purchase that they will not accept any returns of opened software. You can only exchange it for the exact same product (ie, if the media is defective). This effectively kills any remedy you have under the EULA. Remember, boys and girls, the software giants sell to the wholesalers, big retailers, and big corporations (who have lawyers to negotiate their own EULA terms before purchase) not to itty-bitty consumers!
I can't believe that nobody has commented on the one other feature that other server-level systems have, that 10.3 and below lack: Ethernet link aggregation (aka FastEtherChannel, aka 802.3ad). It'll be great to have 4Gb of bandwith from the SAN and be able to pump out more than 1Gb to the same subnet.
What's with everyone's fascination over blogs, anyway? *ducks*
Im talking about the smaller companies ceasing to exist because they cannot deal with the manditory regulations that this is proposing. If this is voluntary, or for government purchases only, that would be one thing. But that's not how I read the proposal. This is intended to regulate the entire software industry (public, private, close-source, open-source, etc).
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And "Windows Guru" was yesterday's.
...am glad to turn over all our packets that comply with RFC3514. That makes filtering on the ISP side so easy! What scares me is that the next Intelligence Appropriation bill could mandate compliance with this, and make it a national secret that we are now requiring the use of "evil filtering".
the bands give their music away in exchange for patronage (you donate to artists and get special privileges depending on how much you pay, up to parties with the band, backstage access, etc.)
How is this any different than today? The bands *do* give their music away - it just goes to the record labels who then chrage for the privelige of taking the music off the band's hands. Whoever then pays the labels the most money then gets access to the band... Sounds a lot like what you're proposing! [sarcasm]Why change it and eliminate the middleman? It's not like they're screwing the band over or anything - and you get the high-quality acts you see on tour today! (e.g., Britney, the Boy Bands, and the old fogeys on tour for the last time (we promise!) aka Aerosmith, Stones, etc.)[/sarcasm]
Umm... The development costs are a straw man now. It used to be that way, but now the development costs are dwarfed by the marketing mania used to promote the drug. Also, there's a lot of "development" going on that's really just trials of existing medications for new uses so that the companies can renew the drug patents and keep the stranglehold on a hugely profitable drug for longer. For example, check out the annual income report for Merck (MRK). Research and development costs for 2005 were $3.85B, while "General Administrative" (including marketing costs!) was $7.16B. Now, after these costs, net operational income was $5.54B - 43% higher than the R&D costs! Total profit was in the range of $4.63B. Think that is something? They are also sitting on $9.59B in *cash* out of $15.64B in cash and investments. Most of that is spoken for in terms of accounts payable, but having enough lying around to pay for 4 years of R&D is a bit excessive, dont'cha think? Especially since profit after R&D is enough to pay for next year's investment...
The difference here is that the items in question (the images) are covered by Copyright. Copyright is explicitly granted to the author automatically - no claim or registration is required. Copyright is what the other rights (pubilcation, ownership, etc) flow from. Simply stating that "these photos are public" does not explicitly grant any rights. The judge (correctly in my view) stated that in absence of any explicitly granted rights, an organization with the resources of the defendant, especially a publication that deals with these issues in its own work, should have at least *asked* if republication rights were, in fact, granted. Also, the rights for republication were restricted by the CC License as referenced on the page. The defendant never even looked to see if there were any rights restrictions placed on the images, even though there was a link to the license.
This case does not uphold a "click through" license, or give any "poison pill" license to simply reading the contents. If any work is to be reused or republished, it needs to be done in accordance with copyright law, especially if the reusing or republishing party has a commercial interest in using the material.
Ok, am I the only one that noticed that the clip referenced seemed to loop (both audio and video) several times during the "orgy" scene? I would think that CBS could sue for copyright infringement...
I think the PTC would do much more good by actually watching their kids instead of plopping them in daycare or in front of the TV while they "fight Hollywood". If they took away the target audience from all these "indecent" shows, do you really think the show wouldn't be cancelled? (not to mention that the target audience is adults in this case) Heck, even those shows with a fanatical following (but not mass market appeal) usually get cancelled (see Firefly, Star Trek, etc). I'd love to see if they know what their own kids are really doing... ("The only one who could ever teach me / was the son of a Preacher man" ring any bells?)
Yes, but being apathetic about public corruption is a modern American pastime!
"Piracy" is the straw man here! Yes, *SOME* people download/copy movies rather than pay, even tho they can, but that's not the true story. The real story is stated above: audiences proved apathetic for many time-tested movie formulas.
Oh, they're not falling for the same old movie script anymore. It must be Piracy! Damn those pirates! God forbid they change their playbook if the same damn run play is finally blocked - blame it on someone stealing their old playbook.
Maybe if they buried all the electric, it would train all the backhoes to stop cutting Internet fiber! "Hey, I got a 50-50 chance of cutting the Internet for these poor schlubs, or getting fried. Hmm... Think I'll move on now..." :)
Well, given the credibility and reliability of most weathermen.... :)
Actually, they do it to put some IP in their seeds, and then prevent farmers to reuse their seeds the next year. That's their product. Farmers don't need to buy it. Except that these same mega-corps are the ones that provide a lot of the "natural" seed and can exert a lot of control over the seed market, ie, raise prices alternatives to their "flagship" products. Also keep in mind that most farming in the US is no longer done by single farmers, but by mini-corps as well, and the profit motive applies to them. If they can get genetically modified seed plus fertilizer and herbi/pesticides for 20% cheaper than the "natural" alternatives, you think they're willing to drop their profits that much? Especially since farming if such a low-margin business as it is (ok for family farmers, bad for corps). 20% can mean the difference between profit and bankrupcy for many farmers and farming corps. Oh, and that "natural" seed? Most seed on the market now has already been genetically modified so that the resulting crops are good for food, but infertile. This means that the farmers have to return to the seed producers year after year anyway. ....
Yet that is the wonder of the free market: we learn from our mistakes even when we don't want to make changes.
The free market is a straw man. There is no "free market". There is the "cheapest sells" market. And there are two ways to win - control the market (now the biggest shell game out there), or make the cheapest product. Making the cheapest product guts your profit, so most corps now are trying to find ways (via IP laws, lobbying for new laws and deregulation, cartels, etfc) to exert control over the market.
Try this: Use the included Apple Remote Desktop client with the VNC option turned on (there since version 2). This launches even before the login screen appears. As long as it boots, you can get into it.
...I had to submit to all of those "new" requirements to get my license changed over when I moved from the East Coast last year. It was a royal pain to get all the paperwork required (4 forms of ID). The one big question I have is since a photo ID is required to get your license, and the license is typically the only "photo ID" the people have, how will new citizens get their licenses? A passport will not count, as it is only used for "citizenship verification", and thus cannot be used as a photo ID.
On another note, the "machine readable" format requirement being pushed onto the Homeland Security secretary lets the Congress point fingers when every state has to scrap their license system and re-issue all IDs within 3 years. The only good thing for the states is they charge for the IDs - anyone wanna bet that license fees go through the roof?
...ATRAC3 for movies? Let's look at Sony's prior attempt to emulate iTumes - it'll end up being a 320x240 pixel movie, compressed to hell so that you can get a full 2 hour movie in 200MB or less. 'Course you couldn't see or hear it at that comression rate, but hey, it's available digitally and everyone else (who actually wants to *see* the movie) are pirates!
My (large) company is headquartered in St. Louis, but is incorporated as a NY company and maintains a regional division in NYC. Would NY then be able to require all employees of my company to pay NY income tax, even if they work, live, and get their check in a non-NY state? If this is upheld, look to see a lot of companies re-incorporate in a non-NY state real soon now.
Osama hates the US for getting CIA support ad training during the Soviet/Afghan Invasion, and we subsequently dropped everything once the battle was won. He works to liberate a country and gain them freedom at the behest of another, and what happens? The freedom that was offered came in the form of abusive power-hungry warlords. The US left Afghanistan to walow in its own poverty and destruction at the end of the war, and didn't pay any attention to rebuilding, and you wonder why the former "go-to guy" on the ground hates them? The religious side is something that was probably promoted by his CIA handlers, and is now being used to justify action against all US interests.
The crusher operator would be too if they forgot to take out the batteries...
The sad thing is, they had to find a "professional" of this caliber to deliver the message... all the good ones are starting to realize the truth and refuse to taint what may be their next product...
The difference there is that you are talking about a glucose testing system that can and is affected by moisture on the test strips. Do you know what happens if your testing strip is horribly out of whack and you're a severe diabetic? Death from over (or under)-use of insulin. I belive a wrongful death lawsuit is a lot worse than a DMCA lawsuit. (well, this is the US. this may or may not be true)
But if you have a patent, you can make $$$ from everyone who uses that patent, not just your direct customers.
Guaranteed revenue streams are the real goal of megacorps, not just potential direct sales.
On top of that, all wiretaps and surveillance warrants are issued by a judge housed in the FBI main offices, and have been for years. The Patriot Act simply made bypassing this speed-bump a lot easier.
An EULA is only valid if both parites agree to it. However, it can also be valid if one party can litigate the other into oblivion without even going to trial. Like the other poster says: Break EULA, get pummeled into nothingness by the company's lawyers.
There is one problem with this - try returning an opened box of software to any store. Almost all retailers these days have a clause on the reciept that you recieved at the time of purchase that they will not accept any returns of opened software. You can only exchange it for the exact same product (ie, if the media is defective). This effectively kills any remedy you have under the EULA. Remember, boys and girls, the software giants sell to the wholesalers, big retailers, and big corporations (who have lawyers to negotiate their own EULA terms before purchase) not to itty-bitty consumers!
I can't believe that nobody has commented on the one other feature that other server-level systems have, that 10.3 and below lack: Ethernet link aggregation (aka FastEtherChannel, aka 802.3ad). It'll be great to have 4Gb of bandwith from the SAN and be able to pump out more than 1Gb to the same subnet.
What's with everyone's fascination over blogs, anyway? *ducks*
Im talking about the smaller companies ceasing to exist because they cannot deal with the manditory regulations that this is proposing. If this is voluntary, or for government purchases only, that would be one thing. But that's not how I read the proposal. This is intended to regulate the entire software industry (public, private, close-source, open-source, etc).