So, France feels that it can now retro-actively tell apple to pay 5 million Euros.... I wonder what the outcry from the French government would be if Apple came back and charged all its French consumers their fair portion of the final bill?
I don't see how this is any different that trees and such. For example, if a neighbor has a tree in his yard but its branches stretch into my yard, I am entitled to prune those branches so that they do not damage my house. Even if I just find those branches to be a nuisance, I can still prune them. I believe the same policy would apply here. If you are damaging my property, or begin a nuisance, you should be entitled to correct the problem.
I would think a can of spray epoxy would be enough to take care of the problem.
Re: Re: Well, once an organization is large enough...
Generally, we'd say yes, that your derivative work is "new" and can claim full copyright protection. However, if you are defecating on Prince's most recent albums, the answer would be no, as no one (not even an idiot in a hurry) would not be able to tell the difference between the derived shitty record, and the original shitty record.
On the surface, this sounds like a good use of technology, but then you have to realize, in a time of public emergency, what happens to the power that those routers need? Yeah, electricity is generally one of the first services lost.
I can certainly understand why NBC news would have issue with this. The way Romney is using the newscast, could be perceived as NBC news attacking Newt and endorsing Romney. To maintain a non-bias news perception, NBC wants to ensure that they are not perceived as favoring one candidate over another.
I understand the whole fair use side of the argument, but I can also see a strong push to keep the News in a non-biased position, and Romney's use of this news cast could certainly bring that into question, even though NBC and Brokaw had nothing to do with the ad.
I don't think it is bad to talk about a case, however, talking implies two way communication, and being talked to about a case can be very damaging.
But there are already laws in place to handle this, all this does is make Jury Duty less appealing, and part of our due process is that you need to be judged by a jury of your peers. What is it going to say when anyone with a twitter account is going to be unable to serve on a Jury for fear of misconduct? Do you really want a jury of people who either cannot, or will not setup a twitter account to be judging you?
I realize I am talking this a little further than it already is, but the slippery slope is pretty clearly visible.
This would not be acceptable. Traveling by air is stressful enough, especially for a diabetic if you have to dine on airport food (unknown carbs). I have been on international flights where I have checked my bG 10 times, and dosed up at least 4 times (thank goodness at the time I was on inhaled insulin and not injectable). In such a case having to find the right flight attendant for my medicine in unreasonable.
Besides, would not this all start falling under the ADA?
I wonder if a solution would be to make it so that software pattens cannot be sold, but only licensed. I also think that a much shorter life on software patents (24 months?) is needed, but that would require a different mechanism for submitting a patent, maybe using the provisional patent approach. There should also be a use it or lose it clause (if you have not used the patent within 6-12 months of it being accepted, then you lose any future claims to it).
I think the only reason that BBC America is showing Doctor Who at the same time (time zones aside) is because this current season is partially funded by BBC America
"private copying [has] no reason to exist and should be limited further than it is."
Everything I read a quote like this, I can't help but think that this is a calculated ploy to desensitize the public toward "copying." It's like the person selling a $250,000 house, but asking $400,000 for it. Sure, you may be able to negotiate them down to $350,000, and in such case the seller will go to great lengths to claim how much they worked with you to save you $50,000, but the bottom line is that you still overpaid for the house.
All these mafia-style copyright holders seem to think that by demanding the sun, that you will be happy to merely give them the moon, when all they deserve is any random piece of space junk that orbits the planet.
My First song using this method is titled "April Fool." Keep in mind I was going to use the method outlined by The KLF in their classic book "How to Have a Number One The Easy Way," however, since I am not in the UK, nor a UK citizen, I cannot be "On the Dole" as one of their first steps claims I must.
Start off by running a scraper program on telephone trunk lines. You can then find out which numbers are cell phones, and which are not (generally if a single number in the XYZ-ABC-0000 range is a cell, all 10,000 will be).
Once you have this, start using the email to SMS gateways provided by the services to send messages like the above. Be sure to record what you send, and any responses you get (or don't get).
Use this to send bills to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint (et al). for the numbers listed. Be sure to give details about the service [sic] you are providing, and proof that they opted in.
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I would think a can of spray epoxy would be enough to take care of the problem.
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Wait a second ...
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I understand the whole fair use side of the argument, but I can also see a strong push to keep the News in a non-biased position, and Romney's use of this news cast could certainly bring that into question, even though NBC and Brokaw had nothing to do with the ad.
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Harvey Birdman, was that you?
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But there are already laws in place to handle this, all this does is make Jury Duty less appealing, and part of our due process is that you need to be judged by a jury of your peers. What is it going to say when anyone with a twitter account is going to be unable to serve on a Jury for fear of misconduct? Do you really want a jury of people who either cannot, or will not setup a twitter account to be judging you?
I realize I am talking this a little further than it already is, but the slippery slope is pretty clearly visible.
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A simple solution.
Or does the Waffle House Legal Team (tm) have a trademark on that too?
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Re: What should have happened:
Besides, would not this all start falling under the ADA?
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Note: From the preview that I saw of the new B&B they will now be making fun of MTV's other shows (Jersey Shore) instead of music videos.
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Re: Take it further
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Everything I read a quote like this, I can't help but think that this is a calculated ploy to desensitize the public toward "copying." It's like the person selling a $250,000 house, but asking $400,000 for it. Sure, you may be able to negotiate them down to $350,000, and in such case the seller will go to great lengths to claim how much they worked with you to save you $50,000, but the bottom line is that you still overpaid for the house.
All these mafia-style copyright holders seem to think that by demanding the sun, that you will be happy to merely give them the moon, when all they deserve is any random piece of space junk that orbits the planet.
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Start off by running a scraper program on telephone trunk lines. You can then find out which numbers are cell phones, and which are not (generally if a single number in the XYZ-ABC-0000 range is a cell, all 10,000 will be).
Once you have this, start using the email to SMS gateways provided by the services to send messages like the above. Be sure to record what you send, and any responses you get (or don't get).
Use this to send bills to AT&T, Verizon, Sprint (et al). for the numbers listed. Be sure to give details about the service [sic] you are providing, and proof that they opted in.
You're set! Until the feds crack down on you.
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