There are at least three potential issues with your assertion. First, there's the issue of fair use, since all you're doing is quoting something that I said publicly in the context of a discussion about what I said. I'm not sure if it would technically fall under the category of journalism and reporting, but I would imagine that fair use would still apply. Second, which is obviously specific to this situation, I'd have trouble arguing that the single sentence you quoted is a creative work. Third, there's the site's terms of service, which clearly states that I give the site the right to reproduce any content that I post. I could try arguing that you copied my work and resubmitted it, therefore the site only has the right to reproduce it in my post and not yours, but I don't think that would work too well.
Overall, I'd say that the fair use argument is the strongest. Remember, explicitly stated in the law or in a license agreement (e.g. the site's terms of service) still counts as explicitly stated.
I was mostly considering the "reduced damages" part. A million dollars was probably almost nothing for Harrison, especially since it was also a fairly small portion of the money he made from his infringing work, so that may actually be a reduced amount. If you're a small, independent musician, a million dollars is probably enough to bankrupt you, so you can hardly call it reduced damages.
Then explain the million-dollar verdict against George Harrison in Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music, in which George Harrison didn't know he was accidentally copying half of Ronald Mack's song "He's So Fine" into Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".
Not that this is necessarily a valid legal argument, but what percentage of the money that Harrison made from the song would one million dollars be? I'd guess that even after that payment, he still came out ahead.
Apart from the fact that people should run morally decent Free software and spread that gospel, how does other people running IE6 hurt me, you and the rest of mankind? (not a rhetorical question)
There's the vast number of botnets that operate by being able to easily infect home computers.
But its another thing to adapt to a location that fluctuates between extreme hot and extreme cold, etc. Not saying its impossible, but probably more difficult.
I don't know about you, but where I live, we call them "summer" and "winter".
You're right, "extreme" is a relative term.
A large number of species deal with the seasons by avoiding them, such as by migration or hibernation. In areas with greater variation, winters tend to be fairly dead.
This sort of “gotcha” crap is the reason I vastly prefer using BSD licensed software.
Regardless of whether you prefer the GPL or the BSD license, this is hardly a "gotcha." Selling GPL software without providing the source code is a pretty blatant violation of the exact purpose of the GPL, not some minor violation of an obscure clause.
If it hasn't got mass then it's possible for it to beat the speed of light.
No, a particle with zero mass can move at exactly the speed of light. Remember that photons have zero mass. Moving faster than the speed of light requires a particle with an imaginary mass. Such particles have already been named "tachyons", though they haven't been observed, and may not be possible to observe by any detector moving slower than the speed of light.
Heathen, energy is a myth. It is just a manifestation of God's blessings bestowed upon us. It is he who makes the sun shine, plants grow (the conversion from solar to chemical is one of His miracles, falsely attributed to photosynthesis by sinners). Repent sinner.
At least that was what my textbook told me.
Wow, someone that grew up with Texas' new curriculum invented time travel.
The headline is "Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?". My comment goes to the very heart of that...
Well there's your problem. You've mistaken assumed that the title is in any way related to the summary, or that either of those are in any way related to the article.
You think the word "eastern" is significantly less common than "windows" or "apple"? Microsoft can't stop you from naming your business "Windows Dry Cleaners", and Apple can't stop you from naming your business "Macintosh Plumbing". Microsoft only owns a trademark on "Windows", and Apple only owns a trademark on "Apple" and "Macintosh", within the computer and technology trades. Hence the term trademark.
Common words shouldn't be trademarked. Yeah, like Apple and Windows.
Why not? Sure, you can't have copyright on common words, you can't prevent people from using those words in the context of their normal definition, and you can't prevent people from using those words as names of companies in other industries. If I open "Eastern Computer, Inc.", then I don't see why someone else who wants to open a computer shop across the street shouldn't be required to come up with a different name. It's not like you could prevent someone from opening "Eastern Dry Cleaners" or "Eastern Plumbing".
If something is "obvious" it would have tons of prior art going back years.
Person A comes up with an idea. The idea is obvious. Persons B, C, and D came up with the idea earlier.
Person B came up with the idea before Person A. The idea was obvious. Persons C and D came up with the idea earlier.
Person C came up with the idea before Person B. The idea was obvious. Person D came up with the idea earlier.
Person D came up with the idea before Person C. The idea was obvious. ???
The fundamental principle of recursion dictates that your statement is logically invalid. No matter how many people have come up with an idea, one of them had to be first.
It may make more sense to think of design patents as being closest to trademarks. If you have some visual aspect of your product that is immediately associated with your brand, you don't want competitors to manufacturer a product that looks identical to your product, but with a different brand name on the bottom, where it will never be seen.
The police have a hard time understanding that their job is to enforce ALL the laws, even the ones in the Pennsylvania Constitution
I could be mistaken on this, but I don't think that you're correct here. The constitution describes what laws the legislature can and can not pass. The job of the police (as far as this discussion is concerned) is to enforce the law as written by the legislature. Deciding if a given law goes against the state and/or federal constitution is the job of the courts, not individual police officers.
There's no denying it, C is the basis of everything in computing.
That's funny, when I was getting my computer science degree, we learned that assembly and/or machine code is the basis of all programming. If you ask a computer science professor, they'll probably tell you that mathematics is the basis of everything in computing. If you ask a computer engineering professor, they might tell you that transistors or logic gates are the basis of everything in computing. If you ask an electrical engineering professor, they might tell you that circuits are the basis of everything in computing (or they might tell you that they don't care and to go away). If you ask a physics professor, they could come up with almost anything to tell you is the basis of everything in computing.
Personally, I think it's just turtles all the way down.
You missed my point, which was the line after what you quoted. You're talking about your browsing habits, but your browsing habits are not the final authority on useability. Other people may have a different opinion. One of the strengths of Firefox is that there are plenty of extensions that can make the browser work the way any given person wants it to.
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...immediately file a DMCA as a pretend 3rd entity
In other words, commit perjury?
...meanwhile you start putting kiddy porn or other shit up which the app now downloads and shows users
Which is very illegal, well outside the provisions of the DMCA.
Nice try. Your claim fails a simple logic test.
Indeed.
There are at least three potential issues with your assertion. First, there's the issue of fair use, since all you're doing is quoting something that I said publicly in the context of a discussion about what I said. I'm not sure if it would technically fall under the category of journalism and reporting, but I would imagine that fair use would still apply. Second, which is obviously specific to this situation, I'd have trouble arguing that the single sentence you quoted is a creative work. Third, there's the site's terms of service, which clearly states that I give the site the right to reproduce any content that I post. I could try arguing that you copied my work and resubmitted it, therefore the site only has the right to reproduce it in my post and not yours, but I don't think that would work too well.
Overall, I'd say that the fair use argument is the strongest. Remember, explicitly stated in the law or in a license agreement (e.g. the site's terms of service) still counts as explicitly stated.
I was mostly considering the "reduced damages" part. A million dollars was probably almost nothing for Harrison, especially since it was also a fairly small portion of the money he made from his infringing work, so that may actually be a reduced amount. If you're a small, independent musician, a million dollars is probably enough to bankrupt you, so you can hardly call it reduced damages.
Copyright does not mean no-rights-to-copy.
Unless explicitly stated otherwise, yes, it does.
Then explain the million-dollar verdict against George Harrison in Bright Tunes Music v. Harrisongs Music, in which George Harrison didn't know he was accidentally copying half of Ronald Mack's song "He's So Fine" into Harrison's "My Sweet Lord".
Not that this is necessarily a valid legal argument, but what percentage of the money that Harrison made from the song would one million dollars be? I'd guess that even after that payment, he still came out ahead.
What statistics show it as most used browser? All the ones I've seen it's way below firefox.
Firefox total, or a specific version of Firefox?
Apart from the fact that people should run morally decent Free software and spread that gospel, how does other people running IE6 hurt me, you and the rest of mankind? (not a rhetorical question)
There's the vast number of botnets that operate by being able to easily infect home computers.
But its another thing to adapt to a location that fluctuates between extreme hot and extreme cold, etc. Not saying its impossible, but probably more difficult.
I don't know about you, but where I live, we call them "summer" and "winter". You're right, "extreme" is a relative term.
A large number of species deal with the seasons by avoiding them, such as by migration or hibernation. In areas with greater variation, winters tend to be fairly dead.
This sort of “gotcha” crap is the reason I vastly prefer using BSD licensed software.
Regardless of whether you prefer the GPL or the BSD license, this is hardly a "gotcha." Selling GPL software without providing the source code is a pretty blatant violation of the exact purpose of the GPL, not some minor violation of an obscure clause.
Well, at least it's better than the whole laser-beam-to-the-crotch method of execution.
Next time, don't go over his helmet.
I'd be more worried about getting Out Of Cheese errors.
Define "cheap". I got a new color laser printer a couple years ago for just under $200.
If it hasn't got mass then it's possible for it to beat the speed of light.
No, a particle with zero mass can move at exactly the speed of light. Remember that photons have zero mass. Moving faster than the speed of light requires a particle with an imaginary mass. Such particles have already been named "tachyons", though they haven't been observed, and may not be possible to observe by any detector moving slower than the speed of light.
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The Department of Energy?
Heathen, energy is a myth. It is just a manifestation of God's blessings bestowed upon us. It is he who makes the sun shine, plants grow (the conversion from solar to chemical is one of His miracles, falsely attributed to photosynthesis by sinners). Repent sinner.
At least that was what my textbook told me.
Wow, someone that grew up with Texas' new curriculum invented time travel.
The headline is "Are Googlers Too Smart For Their Own Good?". My comment goes to the very heart of that...
Well there's your problem. You've mistaken assumed that the title is in any way related to the summary, or that either of those are in any way related to the article.
You think the word "eastern" is significantly less common than "windows" or "apple"? Microsoft can't stop you from naming your business "Windows Dry Cleaners", and Apple can't stop you from naming your business "Macintosh Plumbing". Microsoft only owns a trademark on "Windows", and Apple only owns a trademark on "Apple" and "Macintosh", within the computer and technology trades. Hence the term trademark.
Common words shouldn't be trademarked. Yeah, like Apple and Windows.
Why not? Sure, you can't have copyright on common words, you can't prevent people from using those words in the context of their normal definition, and you can't prevent people from using those words as names of companies in other industries. If I open "Eastern Computer, Inc.", then I don't see why someone else who wants to open a computer shop across the street shouldn't be required to come up with a different name. It's not like you could prevent someone from opening "Eastern Dry Cleaners" or "Eastern Plumbing".
If something is "obvious" it would have tons of prior art going back years.
Person A comes up with an idea. The idea is obvious. Persons B, C, and D came up with the idea earlier.
Person B came up with the idea before Person A. The idea was obvious. Persons C and D came up with the idea earlier.
Person C came up with the idea before Person B. The idea was obvious. Person D came up with the idea earlier.
Person D came up with the idea before Person C. The idea was obvious. ???
The fundamental principle of recursion dictates that your statement is logically invalid. No matter how many people have come up with an idea, one of them had to be first.
It may make more sense to think of design patents as being closest to trademarks. If you have some visual aspect of your product that is immediately associated with your brand, you don't want competitors to manufacturer a product that looks identical to your product, but with a different brand name on the bottom, where it will never be seen.
The police have a hard time understanding that their job is to enforce ALL the laws, even the ones in the Pennsylvania Constitution
I could be mistaken on this, but I don't think that you're correct here. The constitution describes what laws the legislature can and can not pass. The job of the police (as far as this discussion is concerned) is to enforce the law as written by the legislature. Deciding if a given law goes against the state and/or federal constitution is the job of the courts, not individual police officers.
I guess it depends if we expect the exams to be about learning the foundations, or actually learning practical skills.
If VB6 is still on the list, I sure hope it isn't about teaching a solid foundation.
There's no denying it, C is the basis of everything in computing.
That's funny, when I was getting my computer science degree, we learned that assembly and/or machine code is the basis of all programming. If you ask a computer science professor, they'll probably tell you that mathematics is the basis of everything in computing. If you ask a computer engineering professor, they might tell you that transistors or logic gates are the basis of everything in computing. If you ask an electrical engineering professor, they might tell you that circuits are the basis of everything in computing (or they might tell you that they don't care and to go away). If you ask a physics professor, they could come up with almost anything to tell you is the basis of everything in computing.
Personally, I think it's just turtles all the way down.
A vehicle is considered abandoned if it has been in the same public location for at least three consecutive days.
So, leave it on someone's property for 3 days without their okay, and they can get title to it.
Those two statements do not agree with each other.
You missed my point, which was the line after what you quoted. You're talking about your browsing habits, but your browsing habits are not the final authority on useability. Other people may have a different opinion. One of the strengths of Firefox is that there are plenty of extensions that can make the browser work the way any given person wants it to.