A Dutch man was booked on both Malasian Airlines Planes that were lost last year - but chnaged his booking for convenience/money saving reasons on both occasions.
Violet Jessop was on Board the Olympic when it was in a collision, the Titanic when it sank and the Brittanic when it was sunk by a U boat in WW1 - she survived all three.
Sophos, as a company that deals with strong encryption is subject to stringent controls on what they, as a company, directly distribute, where they distribute it, and to whom they distribute to. Forms of encryption with keys larger than 56 bits are restricted. Sophos wouldn't want to put itself out of the running for government contracts or on the 'bad side of the law' by breaking any rules concerning the export of encryption software.
Of course this is all the fault of US TV cop shows - like the one currently airing in the UK which, in a trailer, describes the Chicago police as having "the right to remain violent".
Oh sorry - only new media like video games can be blamed for this kind of thing and then only if it is teenage boys that are being affected.
This is like suing a builder for fitting locks to a house because it stops the police from breaking down your door vs suing a builder for NOT fitting locks when you get burgled.
It is incorrect to say that the last sentence is non-sequitur. DMCAs cover works of art, not free speech.
Even if there was a clear distinction between works of art and free speech (which here isn't) it is still a non-sequitur to say that the arguments for copyright justify the DMCA.
However the right to be forgotten tries to hide those potential truths, half truths and lies which makes them a tool for the perpetuation of a false narrative.
Ever heard of the Church of Scientology? It is well known for using the DMCA and other copyright claims to suppress criticism.
rtists compensations would be avoided and we as a society will have less arts since art is nearly always costly. Hence the DMCA requests.
The last sentence is a non-sequitur. Your argument maybe justifies the existence of copyright, with a relatively short term. It does not justify the dmca mechanism which allows rightsholders to get things taken down with little evidence and no risk to themselves if they get it wrong. This mechanism only exists in one country (the US) and yet it affects everyone in the world.
Now I don't particularly like the "right to be forgotten" but it can be used to hide lies and half truths as well as the truth and arguably is useful to ordinary people caught up in newsworthy situations for reasons outside their control so I think it does have more merit relative to the DMCA than you give it credit for.
The fact that a part of the Sherlock Holmes canon is still under (unreasonably long) copyright in the US didn't stop me downloading the whole lot here in the UK.
Glyn, Glyn, Glyn... The Berne Convention is very nearly global, whereas the Right to be Forgotten exists only in Europe.
Under (only) the Berne convention the procedure for delisting infringing material is much more burdensome on rightsholders than that provided by the DMCA. In short it requires them to prove their case in front of some kind of independent arbiter (eg a judge). Much material is delisted under the DMCA which would remain available if the rightsholders had to jump through the hoops that are required under normal legal procedures.
Also US copyright law is more restrictive than the minimum requirements of the Berne convention so there is much material - eg the later Sherlock Holmes stories - that are public domain in most of the world but not in the USA.
This situation is set to get worse over time because of the peculiar history of US copyright law. Initially it was less draconian than the Berne convention - but in the transition some crazy special rules were invented which go way beyond what the Berne convention requires.
What difference does it make how idea is implemented: by chip, lever or software?
The difference is this:
Patents were already a bad idea for mechanical inventions - the history of everything from the steam engine to the aeroplane and beyond demonstrates that amply (just look up the history) BUT software patents take those problems and amplify them a millionfold.
Agreed, the US has never accepted any international trade ruling against it in the past - except when the opponent was big enough to fight back - so no reason to suspect that this will make any difference at all.
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Apple isn't special when it comes to security.
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More examples
A Dutch man was booked on both Malasian Airlines Planes that were lost last year - but chnaged his booking for convenience/money saving reasons on both occasions.
http://www.news.com.au/travel/travel-updates/mh17-and-mh370-dutch-cyclist-booked-to-fly-on -both-doomed-malaysia-airlines-planes/story-fnizu68q-1226995067518
Violet Jessop was on Board the Olympic when it was in a collision, the Titanic when it sank and the Brittanic when it was sunk by a U boat in WW1 - she survived all three.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2014/01/woman-survived-sinking-titanic-britannic-colli sion-olympic/
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No - it would be 0.99999996829020801623541349568747 years
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Re: Re: Stupid or worrisome, take your pick
Even so the result seems to be no less stupid!
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Re: I don't think Sophos is to blame on this.
The 1990's ended 15 years ago you know....
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Cop Shows
Oh sorry - only new media like video games can be blamed for this kind of thing and then only if it is teenage boys that are being affected.
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Re: "Reasonable and foreseeable risk"
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Try "view in thread" and "reply to this"
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Re: Why does Google really care?
Actually it was you comment that first contained those words.
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Re: Re: Re: Re: Why does Google really care?
Even if there was a clear distinction between works of art and free speech (which here isn't) it is still a non-sequitur to say that the arguments for copyright justify the DMCA.
However the right to be forgotten tries to hide those potential truths, half truths and lies which makes them a tool for the perpetuation of a false narrative.
Ever heard of the Church of Scientology? It is well known for using the DMCA and other copyright claims to suppress criticism.
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Re: Re: Why does Google really care?
The last sentence is a non-sequitur. Your argument maybe justifies the existence of copyright, with a relatively short term. It does not justify the dmca mechanism which allows rightsholders to get things taken down with little evidence and no risk to themselves if they get it wrong. This mechanism only exists in one country (the US) and yet it affects everyone in the world.
Now I don't particularly like the "right to be forgotten" but it can be used to hide lies and half truths as well as the truth and arguably is useful to ordinary people caught up in newsworthy situations for reasons outside their control so I think it does have more merit relative to the DMCA than you give it credit for.
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But, under the DMCA, it could have done.
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Under (only) the Berne convention the procedure for delisting infringing material is much more burdensome on rightsholders than that provided by the DMCA. In short it requires them to prove their case in front of some kind of independent arbiter (eg a judge). Much material is delisted under the DMCA which would remain available if the rightsholders had to jump through the hoops that are required under normal legal procedures.
Also US copyright law is more restrictive than the minimum requirements of the Berne convention so there is much material - eg the later Sherlock Holmes stories - that are public domain in most of the world but not in the USA.
This situation is set to get worse over time because of the peculiar history of US copyright law. Initially it was less draconian than the Berne convention - but in the transition some crazy special rules were invented which go way beyond what the Berne convention requires.
So you are wrong and Glyn does have a point here.
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Re: Maybe it's time to find a more realistic solution?
Odd that, considering that the age of consent in the UK is 16 and you can also get married at that age.
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Re: NZ have no software industry anyway
The difference is this:
Patents were already a bad idea for mechanical inventions - the history of everything from the steam engine to the aeroplane and beyond demonstrates that amply (just look up the history) BUT software patents take those problems and amplify them a millionfold.
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Re: NZ have no software industry anyway
If you don't know the answer to that one you really haven't been paying attention.
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Re: Most likely US will be hypocrites
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Re: It is NOT too big to solve
The lab is already closed as a result of this case.
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