That's interesting to me, because as a state "exempt classified" employee at my last job for Metropolitan State College of Denver (if you want to take classes there, make sure not to use a credit card to pay for them, as they dump the visa database to the campus-wide public network drives, and they continued to do this even after I told them about the problem twice), I was indeed docked for any time missed. Do you have any more information on the legalities and standards of "exempt" employees? I've looked at rules and regulations before and have never seen anything like this.
I'm working and being paid in Belgium, roughly 700,000 BEF in-the-pocket-every-taxes-paid a year(~ 15,444 US$
If I understand you correctly--that after you pay taxes you take home $15,444 USD per year--then that isn't very much at all for the work you do. But salary doesn't matter as much as the salary to cost-of-living ratio, I guess. If you say that's a decent salary, then the cost-of-living in Belgium is probably fairly low. Which is a good thing.
I work 52 hours per week and I take home around $45,000 USD per year after taxes in the field of switch maintenance for a large telecom company. And from what you said you do, I think I have less actual responsibility (i.e., I have one specific job--helping field technicians upgrade switch software--and I don't stray very far from that job description). But then, the cost of living in Colorado is pretty high compared to other places in the US and overseas.:)
I've probably been to indymedia in the last month or so. My static IP resolves to my personal machine on copkiller.org. Consider that a pre-emptive "fuck you" to the FBI.:)
I'm sure they have, since I emailed them and told them to stop me. That was about 6 years ago and I'm still distributing my interpretations of music as tablature. Guess they aren't serious after all.
Many of us do write our own music. Many of us also like to write TABs out for beginners to get started, much as we got started. If the HFA doesn't like it, they can sue me.
You can always publish your own interpretation of music. It falls under the "educational use" bit of the fair use act. I have written several tablatures, and I continue to give them to anyone who wants to learn. The Harry Fox Agency can kiss my ass and drag me to court if they think they have a case. Strangely enough, I sent them email to this effect and they haven't taken my offer. Guess they don't have as much of a case as they like to claim.
"The Secure Digital Music Initiative Foundation (SDMI) does not - nor did it ever - intend to bring any legal action against Professor Felten or his co-authors."
That's funny...usually when you get a letter like this from corporate attorneys:
"In addition, because public disclosure of your research would be outside the limited authorization of the Agreement, you could be subject to enforcement actions under federal law, including the DMCA."
...you generally take it as a legal threat. The RIAA needs to go on fuckedcompany.com pretty soon now.
They've still got to give credit to the original artist. As I see it, this would require them to flash your name in their multimillion dollar ads. I'll take the name recognition.:)
"[...] Works released under this license MAY be used for EITHER commercial or non-commercial purposes. This means individuals are allowed to receive pecuniary or other financial gain in connection with works released under this license provided that proper credit is given to the original author(s) of the work."
Before you crack relatively simple "protection" schemes and piss off large corporations, check to be sure you're a respected learning institution and not a Norwegian teenager.
I paid cash for my Zip Drive, never registered it, have absolutely no clue where the receipt is (or if I even still have it), and the drive has been sitting in a drawer collecting dust for the past 3 years anyway due to the incredible cheapness of CDR media (100M Zip Disk: $10 ($20 when I was actually buying them); 700M blank CDR: $0.40 or so). Thanks, Iomega, but you can keep your useless rebate forms.
When I ban someone from my page, I don't consider it censorship. If someone is disrupting conversations on a page I pay for and maintain, you bet your ass I'll ban him in a second.
Of course, this won't stop the clueless masses here from screeching "censorship!@" D'oh.
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Well, if you read the actual article instead of the /. blurb, you'll find that's not what the reporter wrote.
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If I understand you correctly--that after you pay taxes you take home $15,444 USD per year--then that isn't very much at all for the work you do. But salary doesn't matter as much as the salary to cost-of-living ratio, I guess. If you say that's a decent salary, then the cost-of-living in Belgium is probably fairly low. Which is a good thing.
I work 52 hours per week and I take home around $45,000 USD per year after taxes in the field of switch maintenance for a large telecom company. And from what you said you do, I think I have less actual responsibility (i.e., I have one specific job--helping field technicians upgrade switch software--and I don't stray very far from that job description). But then, the cost of living in Colorado is pretty high compared to other places in the US and overseas. :)
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Incidentally, I was serious.
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That's funny...usually when you get a letter like this from corporate attorneys:
"In addition, because public disclosure of your research would be outside the limited authorization of the Agreement, you could be subject to enforcement actions under federal law, including the DMCA."
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Well, perhaps. But I was desensitized by the nightly news long before I ever saw my first FPS.
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Colorado Springs, home to two presidential shooters and various assorted religious nutbags
Congressman Tom "who cares what the voters think?" Tancredo
Ted Bundy
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I'm not Canadian, but I hope to be within a decade. As a future Canadian citizen, I wouldn't mind one bit if Quebec became its own little nation.
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Of course, this won't stop the clueless masses here from screeching "censorship!@" D'oh.
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