In all this hubbub, people failed to notice that a competing form of "editing out the naughty bits" digitally, ie, simply skipping over the deleted scenes as requested by the user *while watching the dvd* was deemed perfectly legal. The difference: the original movie content is still there for someone who wants to watch it uncensored, but the act of censoring it to one's tastes is trivial.
Hmm...the apple fanboys have decided that I am a troll. Well, fuck them and their whorish mothers too.
Only Nazi lovers and animal-raping perverts use Apple. I know a great many people who use Apple, they also have numerous venereal diseases and like to molest little children.
Steve Jobs has 12 bastard children he has fathered with the Devil's minions.
How's that for flamebait?
Go ahead and ban this account, I've gotten tired of this site.
The apple fanboys are out in force tonight. It is not safe to comment against the all-powerful rainbow fruit.
Your post is modded down only because you speak the truth, as this post will be.
Agreed. Only an executive could think $900 is cheap when most consumer-level PC laptops can be had for under $900 without the educational discounts that most schools offer.
Wow. I got marked as flamebait for that?
I used to come to Slashdot for the inciteful commentary, but now it's worse than Digg. At least Digg is updated round-the-clock.
I guess there's a reason I've stopped visiting Slashdot more than once a week...
It's not the AP that's missing the point here. It's TechDirt.
Ignoring the other side of the coin of piracy? What other side, the illegal side?
Last I checked, artists shouldn't *have to* change their business model just because some young punk decides to steal their stuff. Whatever happened to personal responsibility?
And since when is boosting productivity a justified goal of productivity? Isn't that what open source software is for? Just because piracy makes something easier or cheaper doesn't make it right to do.
This article is akin to saying that talking about how murder is illegal misses the point because it doesn't take into account how murder makes the life of the murderer easier.
If China can't advance it's economy without pirating and leeching off the backs of others, it doesn't deserve it in the first place.
So I assume this is one of those "To catch them, we must become them" scenarios?
I always thought that possession of child pornography was a crime, regardless of the circumstances.
But I guess it's better to have ISP executives getting off to little children than it is for them to eat them.
I suggest filing complaints with the local bar association. If what you say is true, your opponents' lawyers can be disbarred for their actions.
Also, why did you listen to your lawyer about moving to NS? He's a lawyer, not a techie.
Actually, CC charges made under duress don't count as agreed upon, unless it's in the TOS from GoDaddy in the contract that you signed. If they suddenly decide to charge, it's a fraudulent transaction as far as the law and CCs are concerned.
CCs have better customer service than you think.
Let me get this straight: the guy patented a method of using the MS APIs to move data between two of their own products? So...basically, he used another companies intellectual property to create his own intellectual property of a feature they were probably going to add themselves later? This ranks up there with patenting business ideas.
If Apple had been on the losing end, this place would be filled with outrage at the patent system (ie, the Creative suit).
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In all this hubbub, people failed to notice that a competing form of "editing out the naughty bits" digitally, ie, simply skipping over the deleted scenes as requested by the user *while watching the dvd* was deemed perfectly legal. The difference: the original movie content is still there for someone who wants to watch it uncensored, but the act of censoring it to one's tastes is trivial.
Hmm...the apple fanboys have decided that I am a troll. Well, fuck them and their whorish mothers too. Only Nazi lovers and animal-raping perverts use Apple. I know a great many people who use Apple, they also have numerous venereal diseases and like to molest little children. Steve Jobs has 12 bastard children he has fathered with the Devil's minions. How's that for flamebait? Go ahead and ban this account, I've gotten tired of this site.
The apple fanboys are out in force tonight. It is not safe to comment against the all-powerful rainbow fruit. Your post is modded down only because you speak the truth, as this post will be.
Agreed. Only an executive could think $900 is cheap when most consumer-level PC laptops can be had for under $900 without the educational discounts that most schools offer.
Wow. I got marked as flamebait for that? I used to come to Slashdot for the inciteful commentary, but now it's worse than Digg. At least Digg is updated round-the-clock. I guess there's a reason I've stopped visiting Slashdot more than once a week...
It's not the AP that's missing the point here. It's TechDirt. Ignoring the other side of the coin of piracy? What other side, the illegal side? Last I checked, artists shouldn't *have to* change their business model just because some young punk decides to steal their stuff. Whatever happened to personal responsibility? And since when is boosting productivity a justified goal of productivity? Isn't that what open source software is for? Just because piracy makes something easier or cheaper doesn't make it right to do. This article is akin to saying that talking about how murder is illegal misses the point because it doesn't take into account how murder makes the life of the murderer easier. If China can't advance it's economy without pirating and leeching off the backs of others, it doesn't deserve it in the first place.
That's funny. I've never had a problem with any first generation Dell or Thinkpad.
So I assume this is one of those "To catch them, we must become them" scenarios? I always thought that possession of child pornography was a crime, regardless of the circumstances. But I guess it's better to have ISP executives getting off to little children than it is for them to eat them.
I suggest filing complaints with the local bar association. If what you say is true, your opponents' lawyers can be disbarred for their actions. Also, why did you listen to your lawyer about moving to NS? He's a lawyer, not a techie.
Actually, CC charges made under duress don't count as agreed upon, unless it's in the TOS from GoDaddy in the contract that you signed. If they suddenly decide to charge, it's a fraudulent transaction as far as the law and CCs are concerned. CCs have better customer service than you think.
Let me get this straight: the guy patented a method of using the MS APIs to move data between two of their own products? So...basically, he used another companies intellectual property to create his own intellectual property of a feature they were probably going to add themselves later? This ranks up there with patenting business ideas. If Apple had been on the losing end, this place would be filled with outrage at the patent system (ie, the Creative suit).