I also find the whole targeted advertisement thing creepy. I need to know how and why I am being tracked, how that information is being used, and who may potentially see the data. Is the fact that I let a friend use my computer to look up medical symptoms lead back to me, possibly coming to the attention of a HR department when applying for jobs? Could my curiosity about physics and engineering lead to governmental actors like homeland security wondering why I'm reading about high energy particle interactions?
No one is going to reveal their trade secrets to me, so I just do my best to ignore most ads and keep my information mostly private.
It's actually become a disincentive for customer loyalty to me. If your information is spread around between different stores and online services, it makes it more difficult to build an informative profile.
Less cloud computing isn't all bad. I am more comfortable running code from my own machine anyway. Anything that increases the distribution of computing resources to more users instead of less is probably a step in the right direction.
I'm still waiting for some common sense legislation that says "you cannot hook a critical water pump/reactor/turbine/server full of secret documents up to the internet. You have to be on site to access and update certain things."
You can hook sensors up, you can monitor it from the internet, but the control systems cannot be physically connected to networking devices.
I guess Sedo better make sure they don't have any assets in Brazil. It's unfortunate that Brazil is taking steps to drive business overseas, but maybe those resources will be used here in the United States where we have a strong first amendment and welcome new business to help our economy.
Fair use didn't come about in the US through a legislative process. It was largely decided by the courts when applying the first amendment to copyright cases.
The legislature took the common law precedents and codified it into 17 U.S.C. § 107 in 1976.
Contrary to what some commenters here would like you to believe, fair use came from judges balancing the first amendment and copyright, it did not come out of nowhere in 1976.
Yes, please direct any retribution for your failed policies to Google. The rest of us 14 million-ish people who called in to oppose the bill will be happy with that.
How about a thunderdome style match to the death to figure it out?
Throw them all in, only one comes out. The winner gets all the business that person can handle for the rest of his life due to a monopoly on legal trolling, and the rest of society gets rid of all those trolling lawyers. It's a win-win.
Is this even legal under the US Constitution? A general purpose computer seems like the very definition of a fair use technology under the Betamax case.
You cannot outlaw fair use without violating the first amendment.
How can those in power be so technologically and legally clueless? Or are they just trying to hand the industry to their campaign contributors as these ridiculous laws are declared unconstitutional by the courts?
I know that the film maker has a slam dunk case against the government for violating his rights and selectively enforcing the law, but can he sue the congressman personally also?
Medicare has been looted. The money for it was spent on the military and pork projects years ago. When I hear a credible plan from the democrats for dealing with the issue, they can complain.
He's trying to work with the only people trying to solve that issue. Good for him
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No one is going to reveal their trade secrets to me, so I just do my best to ignore most ads and keep my information mostly private.
It's actually become a disincentive for customer loyalty to me. If your information is spread around between different stores and online services, it makes it more difficult to build an informative profile.
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Fund their competitors while denying them capital. It's the only real way to win this war.
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You can hook sensors up, you can monitor it from the internet, but the control systems cannot be physically connected to networking devices.
I think that would solve many security problems.
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I hate to be that guy but...
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The legislature took the common law precedents and codified it into 17 U.S.C. § 107 in 1976.
Contrary to what some commenters here would like you to believe, fair use came from judges balancing the first amendment and copyright, it did not come out of nowhere in 1976.
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How about a thunderdome style match to the death to figure it out?
Throw them all in, only one comes out. The winner gets all the business that person can handle for the rest of his life due to a monopoly on legal trolling, and the rest of society gets rid of all those trolling lawyers. It's a win-win.
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You cannot outlaw fair use without violating the first amendment.
How can those in power be so technologically and legally clueless? Or are they just trying to hand the industry to their campaign contributors as these ridiculous laws are declared unconstitutional by the courts?
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He's trying to work with the only people trying to solve that issue. Good for him
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