I'm think an argument could be made that any data collected as a direct result of a medical procedure is a medical record, and therefore the patient is entitled to view it.
I know there are laws in the United States that give you permission to view your medical records. I'm not sure about elsewhere.
Assumption:All the people mining bitcoin are trying to get a good value for their investment.
If your only goal is to undermine the currency and cost is not an object, you can put a disproportionate amount of processor power behind it all the time. The goal is not to get a good value for your mining activities, the goal is to hoard bitcoin until you reach a critical amount.
After you hoard enough, you can manufacture boom and bust cycles. If bitcoin doesn't act like a currency, it will not gain widespread adoption.
I'm not saying that this is actually happening. I don't know. It just seems like the system could easily be abused.
As Chosen Reject pointed out, presentation is done by the client, not the server. I could play this webpage in an mp3 player if I wanted to. It might not be processed correctly and if it was it would certainly sound bad, but it is possible to host any kind of file as plain text.
Trade-the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade
If you believe media is a commodity, this is clearly trade.
If you believe attention is a commodity that can be exploited through advertisement, this is clearly trade.
Saying that exchanging money for counterfeit goods isn't trade is laughable on its face. If it's done for imported or exported goods, then it is international trade.
Maybe you should look these things up before you respond, lest you look foolish.
I am aware other protocols use DNS. I was a little tired when I wrote that comment. Sorry for any misunderstanding.
Not all prtocols use DNS and existing protocols can bypass DNS, with varying degrees of ease. Peer-to-peer applications in particular, the type that media companies want to clamp down on, do not use DNS and would therefore be immune to DNS filtering.
If global DNS censoring were to become more the norm, I expect more and more protocols would find ways to not use the existing DNS system.
Don't take this the wrong way, but you really don't understand the underlying infrastructure of the internet. DNS only affects web traffic, a subset of the internet, all other traffic is governed by their respective protocols.
There is no difference between a file host and a blog host. They all just host files.
Good luck on the policing all content thing. You get started and tell the rest of us when you're done. China has a billion people, cheap labor, draconian laws that allow the government to get away with way more than any western country would ever allow, and they cannot come close to policing all content. It's just not technically or economically feasible.
Couldn't the blogger have initiated a proceeding to ask the court for a finding of fair use without involving RightHaven?
If no rights holder responded, wouldn't the court have given the same opinion?
The rights holder was obviously aware of the litigation and wanted RightHaven to represent them, even if they bungled the contract. It seems to me that if an invalid representation contract is enough to invalidate the entire proceeding for the other side, then wealthy litigants could "accidentally" write an improper contract every time a very important case came up and then say "whoops" if they lose to get more bites at the apple.
I find it offensive that these manufacturers think they can decide how we use our products. I am going to do whatever the hell I want with my stuff. If the manufacturers don't like it, they can kiss the fattest, roundest part of my ass.
Go google "homebrew video games". Just because you don't want to program a video game for your console, doesn't mean no one does.
Also, denying an exemption will not stop pirates. It may stop users who go out of there way to know and follow the letter of the law, but that's it. Most people don't care about the manufacturers opinion when deciding what to do with their purchase.
Should a computer maker be responsible because someone decided to hack into a SCADA system with it?
Should a gun maker be liable because someone got shot?
Unfortunately, when you are liquidating assets, it generally goes to the highest bidder. It's true for defunct corporations who need to get the best value for their shareholders. It's true for an inventor who needs to build wealth to take care of this family.
I would like to live in a world where no one will do business with you if your motives are ethically suspect, but that is not the world we live in.
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FaceBook gets no love in court after getting worked up viewing FacePorn.
The resulting FacePalm leaves FaceBook in a sticky mess.
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It sounds like a rare good outcome, but it doesn't do much to solve the problem of patent trolls.
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HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
It's funny because no one got hurt.
I'm assuming their cannon didn't have any rifling. I guess they learned old cannons aren't very accurate.
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I know there are laws in the United States that give you permission to view your medical records. I'm not sure about elsewhere.
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Assumption:All the people mining bitcoin are trying to get a good value for their investment.
If your only goal is to undermine the currency and cost is not an object, you can put a disproportionate amount of processor power behind it all the time. The goal is not to get a good value for your mining activities, the goal is to hoard bitcoin until you reach a critical amount.
After you hoard enough, you can manufacture boom and bust cycles. If bitcoin doesn't act like a currency, it will not gain widespread adoption.
I'm not saying that this is actually happening. I don't know. It just seems like the system could easily be abused.
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Supporters Of SOPA/PIPA Make Arguments That Make No Sense
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On the internet, I don't think there is. A message is forwarded by storing on a server for later retrieval by a user or users.
Similarly, a host stores a message, in the form of a file, on a server for later retrieval by its users.
I see no real difference.
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Trade-the act or process of buying, selling, or exchanging commodities, at either wholesale or retail, within a country or between countries: domestic trade; foreign trade
If you believe media is a commodity, this is clearly trade.
If you believe attention is a commodity that can be exploited through advertisement, this is clearly trade.
Saying that exchanging money for counterfeit goods isn't trade is laughable on its face. If it's done for imported or exported goods, then it is international trade.
Maybe you should look these things up before you respond, lest you look foolish.
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I would imagine they agree, since they wrote the bill.
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Not all prtocols use DNS and existing protocols can bypass DNS, with varying degrees of ease. Peer-to-peer applications in particular, the type that media companies want to clamp down on, do not use DNS and would therefore be immune to DNS filtering.
If global DNS censoring were to become more the norm, I expect more and more protocols would find ways to not use the existing DNS system.
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There is no difference between a file host and a blog host. They all just host files.
Good luck on the policing all content thing. You get started and tell the rest of us when you're done. China has a billion people, cheap labor, draconian laws that allow the government to get away with way more than any western country would ever allow, and they cannot come close to policing all content. It's just not technically or economically feasible.
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If no rights holder responded, wouldn't the court have given the same opinion?
The rights holder was obviously aware of the litigation and wanted RightHaven to represent them, even if they bungled the contract. It seems to me that if an invalid representation contract is enough to invalidate the entire proceeding for the other side, then wealthy litigants could "accidentally" write an improper contract every time a very important case came up and then say "whoops" if they lose to get more bites at the apple.
IANAL, but it seems very suspect to me.
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Corporate Entitlement
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Also, denying an exemption will not stop pirates. It may stop users who go out of there way to know and follow the letter of the law, but that's it. Most people don't care about the manufacturers opinion when deciding what to do with their purchase.
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Should a gun maker be liable because someone got shot?
Unfortunately, when you are liquidating assets, it generally goes to the highest bidder. It's true for defunct corporations who need to get the best value for their shareholders. It's true for an inventor who needs to build wealth to take care of this family.
I would like to live in a world where no one will do business with you if your motives are ethically suspect, but that is not the world we live in.
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