Okay, I can see why they shouldn't have.org or.net. But they are a business. Why would they ever loose the.com domain? And what criteria do they have to meet? The do business on the net, isn't that enought? If they don't have.com/.org/.net then what do they use? If ICANN says you can't use.com after 2011 then arn't they just destroying a business for no good reason?
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On Thursday, Schmeiser said he was "disappointed and upset" over the ruling. He also broke down when he told reporters how the case has exhausted his and his wife's retirement funds.
"I've lost 50 years of work because of a company's genetically altered seed getting into my canola, destroying what I've worked for, destroying my property and getting sued on top it," he said.
But the copyright owner has asked for songs to be removed and their not being removed. That's the point. The courts have said that Napster is allowing trading of copyrighted music and now they must stop.
Just because they lack the resources doesn't mean anything. People declair bankruptcy every day, businesses close up all the time because they lost a legal fight and couldn't pay the fine/comply with the law.
And you assume that Joe Mediocre want's his copy of Stars and Stripes Forever on Napster. Perhaps he doesn't. At least this way he's protected if he does nothing, rather then fighting to keep the rights he should have to begin with. --
And who said that the RIAA is in charge of the opt-in list? Seems to me that the burden of that fun job should be Napsters. So the indie lables would contact Napster, not the RIAA. --
If it's in the public domain it should automatically be in the opt-in list. If the RIAA doesn't own the copyright, then they don't have a say, the copyright owner does. And the artists signed the contracts, they're only screwing themselves.
Please explain to me where in that article it said that the RIAA was the sole keeper/maintainer of the list?
I'm assuming that the copyright holder of the music is to contact napster and then opt in themselves. Most music will be owned by RIAA (per the artists record contract). Anything else (stuff I recorded in my garage) will have to have the permission of me. So I send that permission to Napster and all is well.
Doesn't sound like that bad of a deal to me. Who knows, there might be non-signed bands that don't wait their music on napster and don't have the money/time/resources to sue people trading their copyrighted works without their permission.
Also, you're on a computer, you have more choices.. Go read your email, chat with somebody on AIM or whatever. There's much more to do then just see what's on another channel.
If you don't like it, don't use it. It's just like parental control on a cable box now adays. It's not forced on to you.. you do have a choice not to use it.
That being said, it shouldn't be a substitute for parenting.
There's encryption and stuff to check it. Also the modem is set to boot from a bootp server located at the cable company that has a key also to check for authentication. That bootp packet tells the modem what the cap is for.
I also used to work for a cable company and many employees were in the exception list for capping, and ended up with uncapped modems. I was not one of the lucky few:-(
As with anything, there are ways around it, some of them are based on bugs in the code, others are hardware hacks, but like any cable company owned equipment it's stupid to mess with. And such hacks are beond this slashdot story.
I don't know if you'd get a 100mb line into your house for so cheap. Just because they can do it doens't mean they will. Most cable modems do 10megs both ways, but most cable companies cap them at a much lower speed. I belive the DOCSIS standard will let them go up to 30megs both ways.
So just because the possibilty exsists don't expect to get it for dirt cheap right away. It's real easy to cap bandwith on a switch. And they will do it.
It was probably 2meter ham radio. They had the equipment up there and talked on it often. I even had the chance to talk to them myself on a little handheld radio. Most truckers have them now adays. --
That sounds more like a non-disclosure. A non-compete would keep you from doing the same job at another company that competes with Microsoft (who doesn't at this point). --
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Perhaps I'm missing some points here, if so, please fill me in.
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BeOS personal edition could be taken as an OS that runs on WinXX and Linux. Since you install it and launch it from WinXX and/or Linux.
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You can apply to have your server be on DALNet, and how can AOL buy that??
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http://www.escribe.com/software/beusertalk/m40678. html
Also, I don't think some guy that might work for Be saying it's not going to happen means anything.
Also, they might only open up parts of the code that they can without pissing off others. There's still hope.
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You give them cash?
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I don't have a credit card either, but I do have a check card.
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On Thursday, Schmeiser said he was "disappointed and upset" over the ruling. He also broke down when he told reporters how the case has exhausted his and his wife's retirement funds.
"I've lost 50 years of work because of a company's genetically altered seed getting into my canola, destroying what I've worked for, destroying my property and getting sued on top it," he said.
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Where's the mod points when you need them.
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Just because they lack the resources doesn't mean anything. People declair bankruptcy every day, businesses close up all the time because they lost a legal fight and couldn't pay the fine/comply with the law.
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What about their rights? What about the law that says you can't copy stuff without the copyright owners consent?
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And you assume that Joe Mediocre want's his copy of Stars and Stripes Forever on Napster. Perhaps he doesn't. At least this way he's protected if he does nothing, rather then fighting to keep the rights he should have to begin with.
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And who said that the RIAA is in charge of the opt-in list? Seems to me that the burden of that fun job should be Napsters. So the indie lables would contact Napster, not the RIAA.
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I'm assuming that the copyright holder of the music is to contact napster and then opt in themselves. Most music will be owned by RIAA (per the artists record contract). Anything else (stuff I recorded in my garage) will have to have the permission of me. So I send that permission to Napster and all is well.
Doesn't sound like that bad of a deal to me. Who knows, there might be non-signed bands that don't wait their music on napster and don't have the money/time/resources to sue people trading their copyrighted works without their permission.
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Worked for me, and 85% of the people said no, the don't want copy protected CDs.
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That being said, it shouldn't be a substitute for parenting.
But it's nice to have the option.
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Right, that's why I was saying not to expect 100mb to the house any time soon. Even if it is an ethernet drop :)
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I also used to work for a cable company and many employees were in the exception list for capping, and ended up with uncapped modems. I was not one of the lucky few :-(
As with anything, there are ways around it, some of them are based on bugs in the code, others are hardware hacks, but like any cable company owned equipment it's stupid to mess with. And such hacks are beond this slashdot story.
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So just because the possibilty exsists don't expect to get it for dirt cheap right away. It's real easy to cap bandwith on a switch. And they will do it.
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Actually the most popular band for ground to shuttle/sat is the 2meter band.
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It was probably 2meter ham radio. They had the equipment up there and talked on it often. I even had the chance to talk to them myself on a little handheld radio. Most truckers have them now adays.
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That sounds more like a non-disclosure. A non-compete would keep you from doing the same job at another company that competes with Microsoft (who doesn't at this point).
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