Working in the VoIP industry, I can see Google hurting a lot of the upcoming and established companies (Sunbelt, Packet8 watch out). I'm one for the corporation doing what's necessary to make money but this is certainly monumental and I have a feeling that networking will be next on the ISP/Broadband/FiOS like level for Google. They are (if you ask me) becoming their own worst enemy and it will be a peculiar show to see how regulation plays out in the next few months/years (remember the Ma Bell monopoly). I wonder in these days if say a company was facing regulatory pressure if they could just pack up shop and jump across the border. Imagine that Google based of its Tijuana headquarters. Then again, what the hell am I talking about... Google already greased pockets up... We at least they're not making cars yet.
Doesn't matter what one thinks... Laws are written... So fortunately(unfortunately) depending on how he is doing this, it may come back to haunt him financially. One way or the other
Is it me or did the RIAA become the record industry's "Nazi Industrial Strike Force".
Legally I don't think Prince can do this if his records are licensed. His distributor may seek to sue. On the flip side, he can always re-do a re-mix like release of said songs and release those worry free. I do believe though that if he went the ASCAP way though, he is legally bound to his distributor...
With ASCAP and BMI control somewhere in the neighborhood of 98% crap, it all depends on copyrights at this point... Two copyrights associated with a song, one that covers the song itself another that covers a particular of the song. E.g. author of a song might hold the copyright on the words and music - person who performed the song might hold a copyright on the actual recording... To perform said song - the performer would need the permission of the holder of the copyright on the song itself. In order to distribute a recording of that song - distributor would need the permission of the holder of the copyright on that recording.
So it all depends on how Prince laid this out (copyrights). Judging by who he is, he likely is the copyright holder of both which means he pulls weight... However, he is to some degree imposing on the distributor's TERRORTORY so its likely they'd want to fight him and tie some money up knowing damn well they'd lose. In this case, if they took say a 10mill hit from his antics, tying him up in court cases in which the amount of legal fees amount to what they perceived to lose... They'll likely like that anyway. They're nothing more than rich, selfish crybaby bastards anyway
It will surf teh interweb, answer email, make calls, play MP3's, wash your car, clean your house, spank you off.FINELINE PRINT: Product may not work as advertised. In order to benefit from our huge technologically advanced vertically intergrated technologically advanced technology, users must first purchase an advanced proactive neurally intergrated vertically horizontal network card from our vertically implemented horizontally vectored service provider.
You should consider SurgeMail. I did away with Exchange for 200+ users using it. To the users it was transparent. They weren't using some of the core functions of Exchange anyway so it was worthless to me. After showing them how things worked, give or take a month and a half of "teach the idjit/PEBKAC (l)users", all was well and it offered the same level of functionality of Exchange. Only a couple thousand dollars cheaper.
Stan Lee Media sued Marvel Entertainment for $5 billion Thursday, claiming it co-owns Marvel's superhero characters, including Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk.
The company is no longer owned by Stan Lee, the comic book legend who more recently hosted the TV series Who Wants to Be a Superhero? on the Sci-Fi Channel, which was produced by his latest company, Pow Entertainment.
In the suit, filed in the Southern District of New York, Stan Lee Media seeks to assert rights to the revenue generated by its superheroes that Marvel Entertainment is profiting from.
For Marvel to come out swinging at Hollywood on money rights is the pot calling the kettle black
Less costly according to whom. Ever had to buy a Barracuda spam filter? Set up Spamassasin, etal. If you've ever worked at an ISP, spam isn't as cheap as you'd think. Imagine receiving and having to filter 1million plus messages of spam a day. Imagine as that ISP your NSP is passing off the extra charge to you. You do realize that inside those annoying spam messages, many are often images. Image_size * Amount_Of_Mail = Amount_of_Extra_Bandwidth_You_Don't_Need.
There is a set of guidelines a judge HAS to follow in order for sentencing its called a presentence report. A bunch of information is thrown together, weighed and based on that information along with the charges, the sentence is made. For example, did culprit cooperate, is his family life stable (not kidding), his prior history if any. More than likely he will do no less than 30 months unless they seek to make an example of him. Even then, they still have to follow the guidelines but a judge can impose anything a judge sees fit. His lawyers can counter and vice versa then go through appeals. So contrary to what some may like to believe about getting a slap on the wrist, the process is deeper than most know or care to know....
(d) Presentence Report.
(1) Applying the Sentencing Guidelines. The presentence report must:
(A) identify all applicable guidelines and policy statements of the Sentencing Commission;
(B) calculate the defendant's offense level and criminal history category;
(C) state the resulting sentencing range and kinds of sentences available;
(D) identify any factor relevant to:
(i) the appropriate kind of sentence, or
(ii) the appropriate sentence within the applicable sentencing range; and
(E) identify any basis for departing from the applicable sentencing range.
(2) Additional Information. The presentence report must also contain the following information:
(A) the defendant's history and characteristics, including:
(i) any prior criminal record;
(ii) the defendant's financial condition; and
(iii) any circumstances affecting the defendant's behavior that may be helpful in imposing sentence or in correctional treatment;
(B) verified information, stated in a nonargumentative style, that assesses the financial, social, psychological, and medical impact on any individual against whom the offense has been committed;
(C) when appropriate, the nature and extent of nonprison programs and resources available to the defendant;
(D) when the law provides for restitution, information sufficient for a restitution order;
(E) if the court orders a study under 18 U.S.C. 3552 (b), any resulting report and recommendation; and
(F) any other information that the court requires.
Google said that Vista makes it harder for consumers to use non-Microsoft versions of a desktop search function, which enables users to search the contents of their hard drives So Vista is making it hard for others to supplant Vista's OWN installed file explorer to search its OWN hard drive. Everything I learned I learned in kindergarten... If a kid didn't play fair with you, did you run and bitch to your parents every minute of the day, or did you eventually learn not to play with the kid. Let's be realistic here, and I'm far from a Windows zealot (I used Open|Dragon|FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris mainly), It's MS' own system. They wrote it to their specifications. If they wrote it in such fashion for themselves, why complain about it. These laws, complaints are so out of hand everytime I see a new one I envision two billionaire brats racing Enzo Ferarris down a highway... Then both calling the same Ferrari dealer crying "I need it faster..." Onto re-racing and re-moaning "I need it faster". Software makers need to grow up.
The first is what drew the industry standing ovation - unauthorized camcording will not be tolerated in Canada even if it means diverting law enforcement resources from health and safety issues to movie theatres. A nice exaggeration if I ever saw one... Anyhow. To be the devil's advocate here, has anyone taken the time to do some research on where bootleg movies come from? Before people anywhere start shooting off at the mouth, they should take a look at where the vast majority of RECORDED movies comes from. Then they should focus on fixing that solution. Implementing moronic laws such as "No Camcorder Left Behind" lobbied by deep pocketed Hollywood sharks will never fix the problem. Common logic will dictate survival of the fittest with this said let me be an usher at a movie theater. Let someone come in with a camcorder... My wage is say $15.00 per hour as an usher... Someone is paying me $1000.00 to play Ray Charles/Stevie Wonder. Guess what? Survival of the fittest. This is anywhere you go.
The second is that private meetings, foreign pressures and lobbyist drafted bills is how law gets made in Canada. Unless the one who posted this has been living in a bomb shelter for the past 50 years... Has anyone ever noticed that businesses have been dictating laws since the inception of time? Coca Cola and others did similar things in Latin America once upon a time, Airbus in France, and countless other companies here in the US. Get over it.
Funny you should mention, when I wrote a document on breaking Computrace's so called "LoJack for Laptops, I and my then corporate attorney faced all kinds of legal threats, etc.. At the end of the road, they were offering me a substantial return if I signed an NDA and kept my mouth shut. I didn't sign squat, instead I decided since they weren't going to fix their issues and misrepresent their service, I was going public with it, so I posted their emails alongside a written document of what LoJack was/is, what it did, etc., and cc'd them on it. The way I saw it was, If they're selling this to governments under the guise of security as their site states, those purchasing their product should know its snake oil. I received a few more emails of threat here and there and shrugged it off. Let them spend a kabillion dollars in legal fees debunking me and taking me to court. It would only draw attention in a court of law that I'm correct to post the insecurity of their program 2) they misrepresented it, 3) the media surrounding what's going on would hurt them more then help them.
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -Judge Louis Brandeis Should the government attempt to impose legislation to criminalize security research, they'd have to understand they'd be opening a Pandora's box to heavy hitting criminal enterprises... Sound "tagline'ish"? Imagine something similar to TOR where people would be exchanging PoC and exploits for currency. Imagine the amount of administrators trying to run and put out brushfires on their systems because they had no forewarnings. Currently full disclosure and research are the sole mechanisms which a lot of administrators use to secure systems... That's like taking away a tornado early warning system from county that's prone to get hit by tornadoes. You have to love the idiocy of this government at times, hence the quote re-quoted... "insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding.... "Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent." -Judge Louis Brandeis Beneficial to the government here is their own misconception that halting security research will halt attacks and perhaps drive e-crime down. Sure it will go down, only down to the underground were attacks will be more silent and effective and cause more harm then the government understands.
Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her cornfield. And she says fox, rabbits and snakes infest the meadows near her tumbledown cottage.... Then we have... Others say animals may be filtering into the zone, but they appear to suffer malformations and other ills.. Inference: She saw what she thought was a pack of wolves when in fact it was a three headed wolf.
MS has a blog for this sort of thing. Sean Siler promised to answer questions and provide help on issues pertaining to this via an email list I'm on. http://blogs.technet.com/ipv6/... Anyhow, those parties with IPv6 issues, I bet ya a HUGE portion of them are using NAT...
"In doing so, the Administration violated the National Security Act, which allows restricted notification to the "Gang of Eight" only in certain limited cases involving covert action." At least they used the right terms in the article:
gang1 (gng) pronunciation n.
A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
A pack of wolves or wild dogs.
One with a logical mind has to clearly wonder what this administration is really up to at this point. They've subverted laws across all boundaries (national and international) yet nothing is done. The second a prior idiot played with a cigar, they tried impeaching him. I don't know about you but a cigar is nothing in comparison to privacy invasion, AT&T wiretaps, warrantless searches and phone taps... Did this man never read the federalist papers let alone any paper outside of Hustler magazine.
... "teddy bear head to help carry injured soldiers out of combat. The "friendly appearance" of the robot"... I can see the headlines now...
In today's news, soldiers across the United States have demanded to have their MRI's analyzed to determine if the United States Government is secretly lacing said MRI's with hallucinogens. Soldiers have reported seeing Tickle Me Elmo, Barnie, The Count, Bert and Ernie during battles in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military officials declined to comment on these apparitions citing national security issues but stated the following: I don't recall. When asked about the possibility of seeing strange images, the general responded: I don't recall. When asked the time, the general's response... I don't recall. In other news, Paris Hilton freed after a horrendous stay in prison is rearrested by military police after throwing out hundreds of thousands of teddy bears. Military officials declined to comment other than, a good bear should never be wasted as they signed a 1.4 trillion dollar contract to Kellog Brown and Root"
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Working in the VoIP industry, I can see Google hurting a lot of the upcoming and established companies (Sunbelt, Packet8 watch out). I'm one for the corporation doing what's necessary to make money but this is certainly monumental and I have a feeling that networking will be next on the ISP/Broadband/FiOS like level for Google. They are (if you ask me) becoming their own worst enemy and it will be a peculiar show to see how regulation plays out in the next few months/years (remember the Ma Bell monopoly). I wonder in these days if say a company was facing regulatory pressure if they could just pack up shop and jump across the border. Imagine that Google based of its Tijuana headquarters. Then again, what the hell am I talking about... Google already greased pockets up... We at least they're not making cars yet.
Doesn't matter what one thinks... Laws are written... So fortunately(unfortunately) depending on how he is doing this, it may come back to haunt him financially. One way or the other
Is it me or did the RIAA become the record industry's "Nazi Industrial Strike Force".
Legally I don't think Prince can do this if his records are licensed. His distributor may seek to sue. On the flip side, he can always re-do a re-mix like release of said songs and release those worry free. I do believe though that if he went the ASCAP way though, he is legally bound to his distributor...
With ASCAP and BMI control somewhere in the neighborhood of 98% crap, it all depends on copyrights at this point... Two copyrights associated with a song, one that covers the song itself another that covers a particular of the song. E.g. author of a song might hold the copyright on the words and music - person who performed the song might hold a copyright on the actual recording... To perform said song - the performer would need the permission of the holder of the copyright on the song itself. In order to distribute a recording of that song - distributor would need the permission of the holder of the copyright on that recording.
So it all depends on how Prince laid this out (copyrights). Judging by who he is, he likely is the copyright holder of both which means he pulls weight... However, he is to some degree imposing on the distributor's TERRORTORY so its likely they'd want to fight him and tie some money up knowing damn well they'd lose. In this case, if they took say a 10mill hit from his antics, tying him up in court cases in which the amount of legal fees amount to what they perceived to lose... They'll likely like that anyway. They're nothing more than rich, selfish crybaby bastards anyway
Here is my hard drive-less Dull unInspiron running Knoppix
She's hot, I would have personally put her to the bedroom challenge
Yanked why? ... Maybe because security experts have already exposed *stolen/old/re-hashed concepts* and they didn't want to be embarrassed...
It will surf teh interweb, answer email, make calls, play MP3's, wash your car, clean your house, spank you off. FINELINE PRINT: Product may not work as advertised. In order to benefit from our huge technologically advanced vertically intergrated technologically advanced technology, users must first purchase an advanced proactive neurally intergrated vertically horizontal network card from our vertically implemented horizontally vectored service provider.
You should consider SurgeMail. I did away with Exchange for 200+ users using it. To the users it was transparent. They weren't using some of the core functions of Exchange anyway so it was worthless to me. After showing them how things worked, give or take a month and a half of "teach the idjit/PEBKAC (l)users", all was well and it offered the same level of functionality of Exchange. Only a couple thousand dollars cheaper.
How about Marvel do what's right for a change and pay the creators their fair dues.
Stan Lee Media sued Marvel Entertainment for $5 billion Thursday, claiming it co-owns Marvel's superhero characters, including Spider-Man, X-Men, and the Incredible Hulk.
The company is no longer owned by Stan Lee, the comic book legend who more recently hosted the TV series Who Wants to Be a Superhero? on the Sci-Fi Channel, which was produced by his latest company, Pow Entertainment.
In the suit, filed in the Southern District of New York, Stan Lee Media seeks to assert rights to the revenue generated by its superheroes that Marvel Entertainment is profiting from.
For Marvel to come out swinging at Hollywood on money rights is the pot calling the kettle black
Less costly according to whom. Ever had to buy a Barracuda spam filter? Set up Spamassasin, etal. If you've ever worked at an ISP, spam isn't as cheap as you'd think. Imagine receiving and having to filter 1million plus messages of spam a day. Imagine as that ISP your NSP is passing off the extra charge to you. You do realize that inside those annoying spam messages, many are often images. Image_size * Amount_Of_Mail = Amount_of_Extra_Bandwidth_You_Don't_Need.
(d) Presentence Report.
- (1) Applying the Sentencing Guidelines. The presentence report must:
- (A) identify all applicable guidelines and policy statements of the Sentencing Commission;
- (B) calculate the defendant's offense level and criminal history category;
- (C) state the resulting sentencing range and kinds of sentences available;
- (D) identify any factor relevant to:
- (i) the appropriate kind of sentence, or
- (ii) the appropriate sentence within the applicable sentencing range; and
- (E) identify any basis for departing from the applicable sentencing range.
(2) Additional Information. The presentence report must also contain the following information:
- (A) the defendant's history and characteristics, including:
- (i) any prior criminal record;
- (ii) the defendant's financial condition; and
- (iii) any circumstances affecting the defendant's behavior that may be helpful in imposing sentence or in correctional treatment;
- (B) verified information, stated in a nonargumentative style, that assesses the financial, social, psychological, and medical impact on any individual against whom the offense has been committed;
- (C) when appropriate, the nature and extent of nonprison programs and resources available to the defendant;
- (D) when the law provides for restitution, information sufficient for a restitution order;
- (E) if the court orders a study under 18 U.S.C. 3552 (b), any resulting report and recommendation; and
- (F) any other information that the court requires.
CornellYou're correct in American Idol but you seem to be asleep at the wheel... You forgot Paris. Not France, Hilton.
Google said that Vista makes it harder for consumers to use non-Microsoft versions of a desktop search function, which enables users to search the contents of their hard drives So Vista is making it hard for others to supplant Vista's OWN installed file explorer to search its OWN hard drive. Everything I learned I learned in kindergarten... If a kid didn't play fair with you, did you run and bitch to your parents every minute of the day, or did you eventually learn not to play with the kid. Let's be realistic here, and I'm far from a Windows zealot (I used Open|Dragon|FreeBSD, Linux and Solaris mainly), It's MS' own system. They wrote it to their specifications. If they wrote it in such fashion for themselves, why complain about it. These laws, complaints are so out of hand everytime I see a new one I envision two billionaire brats racing Enzo Ferarris down a highway... Then both calling the same Ferrari dealer crying "I need it faster..." Onto re-racing and re-moaning "I need it faster". Software makers need to grow up.
The first is what drew the industry standing ovation - unauthorized camcording will not be tolerated in Canada even if it means diverting law enforcement resources from health and safety issues to movie theatres. A nice exaggeration if I ever saw one... Anyhow. To be the devil's advocate here, has anyone taken the time to do some research on where bootleg movies come from? Before people anywhere start shooting off at the mouth, they should take a look at where the vast majority of RECORDED movies comes from. Then they should focus on fixing that solution. Implementing moronic laws such as "No Camcorder Left Behind" lobbied by deep pocketed Hollywood sharks will never fix the problem. Common logic will dictate survival of the fittest with this said let me be an usher at a movie theater. Let someone come in with a camcorder... My wage is say $15.00 per hour as an usher... Someone is paying me $1000.00 to play Ray Charles/Stevie Wonder. Guess what? Survival of the fittest. This is anywhere you go.
The second is that private meetings, foreign pressures and lobbyist drafted bills is how law gets made in Canada. Unless the one who posted this has been living in a bomb shelter for the past 50 years... Has anyone ever noticed that businesses have been dictating laws since the inception of time? Coca Cola and others did similar things in Latin America once upon a time, Airbus in France, and countless other companies here in the US. Get over it.
Funny you should mention, when I wrote a document on breaking Computrace's so called "LoJack for Laptops, I and my then corporate attorney faced all kinds of legal threats, etc.. At the end of the road, they were offering me a substantial return if I signed an NDA and kept my mouth shut. I didn't sign squat, instead I decided since they weren't going to fix their issues and misrepresent their service, I was going public with it, so I posted their emails alongside a written document of what LoJack was/is, what it did, etc., and cc'd them on it. The way I saw it was, If they're selling this to governments under the guise of security as their site states, those purchasing their product should know its snake oil. I received a few more emails of threat here and there and shrugged it off. Let them spend a kabillion dollars in legal fees debunking me and taking me to court. It would only draw attention in a court of law that I'm correct to post the insecurity of their program 2) they misrepresented it, 3) the media surrounding what's going on would hurt them more then help them.
"The greatest dangers to liberty lurk in insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding." -Judge Louis Brandeis Should the government attempt to impose legislation to criminalize security research, they'd have to understand they'd be opening a Pandora's box to heavy hitting criminal enterprises... Sound "tagline'ish"? Imagine something similar to TOR where people would be exchanging PoC and exploits for currency. Imagine the amount of administrators trying to run and put out brushfires on their systems because they had no forewarnings. Currently full disclosure and research are the sole mechanisms which a lot of administrators use to secure systems... That's like taking away a tornado early warning system from county that's prone to get hit by tornadoes. You have to love the idiocy of this government at times, hence the quote re-quoted... "insidious encroachment by men of zeal, well-meaning but without understanding. ... "Experience teaches us to be most on our guard to protect liberty when the government's purposes are beneficent." -Judge Louis Brandeis Beneficial to the government here is their own misconception that halting security research will halt attacks and perhaps drive e-crime down. Sure it will go down, only down to the underground were attacks will be more silent and effective and cause more harm then the government understands.
Packs of wolves have eaten two of her dogs, the 73-year-old says, and wild boar trample through her cornfield. And she says fox, rabbits and snakes infest the meadows near her tumbledown cottage. ... Then we have... Others say animals may be filtering into the zone, but they appear to suffer malformations and other ills.. Inference: She saw what she thought was a pack of wolves when in fact it was a three headed wolf.
MS has a blog for this sort of thing. Sean Siler promised to answer questions and provide help on issues pertaining to this via an email list I'm on. http://blogs.technet.com/ipv6/ ... Anyhow, those parties with IPv6 issues, I bet ya a HUGE portion of them are using NAT...
We should all know by now if he were truly a geek he would have at least spelled 31337 correctly.
My god. I can't believe they went ahead and patented sperm from someone who's been *hiccup* drinking and using Viagra
During the previous shmucks administration there were no reports of him doing so without a warrant.
"In doing so, the Administration violated the National Security Act, which allows restricted notification to the "Gang of Eight" only in certain limited cases involving covert action." At least they used the right terms in the article:
gang1 (gng) pronunciation n.
A group of criminals or hoodlums who band together for mutual protection and profit.
A group of adolescents who band together, especially a group of delinquents.
A pack of wolves or wild dogs.
One with a logical mind has to clearly wonder what this administration is really up to at this point. They've subverted laws across all boundaries (national and international) yet nothing is done. The second a prior idiot played with a cigar, they tried impeaching him. I don't know about you but a cigar is nothing in comparison to privacy invasion, AT&T wiretaps, warrantless searches and phone taps... Did this man never read the federalist papers let alone any paper outside of Hustler magazine.
... "teddy bear head to help carry injured soldiers out of combat. The "friendly appearance" of the robot" ... I can see the headlines now...
In today's news, soldiers across the United States have demanded to have their MRI's analyzed to determine if the United States Government is secretly lacing said MRI's with hallucinogens. Soldiers have reported seeing Tickle Me Elmo, Barnie, The Count, Bert and Ernie during battles in Iraq and Afghanistan. Military officials declined to comment on these apparitions citing national security issues but stated the following: I don't recall. When asked about the possibility of seeing strange images, the general responded: I don't recall. When asked the time, the general's response... I don't recall. In other news, Paris Hilton freed after a horrendous stay in prison is rearrested by military police after throwing out hundreds of thousands of teddy bears. Military officials declined to comment other than, a good bear should never be wasted as they signed a 1.4 trillion dollar contract to Kellog Brown and Root"
Great! Thats enough to barely connect a device to a router using an rj45 connection... Can we send some equipment out there now for Internet3?
Largest calculated number of 23928756932486075467586738596735346542654298347586 53568590875689035634523452345 * 1...
Does it make a difference on this site... I thought it was news for nerds... Did the slogan change to news for stock analysts and tradersv