Yes, clearly there are some people upset about it. You are not one of them, that's fine. I believe it's pretty clear that this would not fly in court anyway, so it's really a non-issue.
Well that certainly clears up a thing... or two.
Why are you not upset that commerce and marketing is stifled, on scales large and small, by abuse of IP laws?
what are you trying to say free capitalist in the name of money its ok to see kiddy pron and invade young peoples privacy?
No what I'm saying is that a carefully selected pseudonym and profile icon can offend people from both sides of any given argument by employing abused terms in their original context and iconography subtly altered to both offend and convey an idea. The general effect is solicitation of impulsive replies based on opinion of that moniker/icon rather than the complete content of any given thread or post.
Thanks for the link Paul. I particularly enjoyed the results of their reverse engineering the spy system.
The server software, with an externally facing Internet port... runs as root. I'm not kidding. For those unfamiliar with the principle of least privilege- this is an indicator of a highly unskilled design.
From Wiki:
In Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment covered a person's "reasonable expectation of privacy", rather than solely on whether that person's property had been intruded upon.[20]
Retaliation against Authors in the rating systems such as Amazon's does nothing bunt taint the system and make the vocal minority look like asses.
While I agree it is puerile to use a product review forum in such a way, it would appear that in this case the collective immaturity also managed to make the author feel like an ass.
No, you don't seem to understand the difference between deserving the *opportunity* to try to make money and deserving to be just paid whether you are successful or not. That's not how free markets work.
Well, that pretty much sums up the personal view I am sharing, only you seem to think "deserve" without "an opportunity" after the word changes the meaning of "deserves" to "entitled".
Let me try to put this simply for you, since you may be coming from a different moral framework that myself.
You "deserve" to get paid for your work just as much as Bill Gates "deserves" to get paid for his work. However, I doubt you get paid as much as Bill Gates. This does not make you any less worthy.
Getting paid for your work in this society is survival, at least *money is survival. (If you do not have to get paid any more to survive, whether by the fruits of your own efforts or through free rent and board in your parents' basement, more power to you, same goes).
Survival is not guaranteed, but everyone is deserving of life.
That is what I mean by deserving. That is the difference between "deserving" and "entitled" that you seem to miss.
None of these ethical views precludes the existence, understanding or practice of free market principles, even in our not-so-free market.
No one wrote that artists are entitled to get paid.
Of course I also did not write, "artists deserve to get paid, and those who refuse to pay should be held liable in civil and criminal court"... which just might be your real issue here.
As far as consumers in the market, I'm afraid I need to redirect you Wikipedia: Caveat Emptor
I love artists, musicians, creative types of all kinds. But with a couple of my acquaintances in the field, I often feel the need to grab a hold and shake them out of a depressive stupor and yell "It's NOT all about YOU".
For my own part, I have two simple, personal beliefs at play in the copyright wars, which I will list in order of personal priority. Unfortunately, number one made the list a few years back.
1) People deserve to be free and to express freely
It's not an exact replica of the Masonic eye... so you've definitely piqued my interest DH. Can you divulge the names of any of these organizations without getting Mike a perma-ban from the heart of the DMCA?
Very interesting. To me it seems plausible that the actual editors and people who do the *work of publishing are attracted to a common form factor. Unfortunately, none of the tablet makers are trying to build standards through cooperation, they are trying to establish standards through market dominance. With the way the game is being played right now, editors will not have a reliably consistent standard format to work with until the "winner" drives everyone else from the market.
However I'm unconvinced that the CEO's and boards of the publishers have any inkling of this technical concern. I'm much more inclined to believe that the corporations are eager to return to a more predictable, rigid model of distribution and sales and of growth forcasting.
I realize that gross exploitation and endangerment of children is a great moral platform on which to build mechanisms of tyranny, but WOW. These guys are not pussy footing around like Australia... first pass and they want a trojan on every system in addition to mandated filtering???
They are illustrating a tyrant's and hacker's paradise in Loppsi. I do hope the French can tear themselves away from their regular apathy towards government to stop this insanity early.
Agreed. The hardware is underwhelming and I don't really see a demand from users to really embrace the tablet form factor. However I don't think use-case or market demand are really even entering in the thinking of publishers expounding the tablet as "their savior".
The common thread amongst the tablet developers is the desire for an artificially locked down distribution system for premium content. Everyone wants to become the "iTunes" of e-books, and are starting with the same hardware/app+media store lock-down methodology. Even those who will permit use of PDF's and open apps are trying to put up their own proprietary store-front and lock the distribution.
It's the closed channels that publishers find so attractive.
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Well that certainly clears up a thing... or two.
Why are you not upset that commerce and marketing is stifled, on scales large and small, by abuse of IP laws?
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Re: TO ALL KIDS
No what I'm saying is that a carefully selected pseudonym and profile icon can offend people from both sides of any given argument by employing abused terms in their original context and iconography subtly altered to both offend and convey an idea. The general effect is solicitation of impulsive replies based on opinion of that moniker/icon rather than the complete content of any given thread or post.
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Second that motion. TD guys should read this at least.. good stuff.
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Re: Constitutionality?????
From Wiki:
In Katz v. United States, 389 U.S. 347 (1967), the Supreme Court ruled that the amendment covered a person's "reasonable expectation of privacy", rather than solely on whether that person's property had been intruded upon.[20]
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While I agree it is puerile to use a product review forum in such a way, it would appear that in this case the collective immaturity also managed to make the author feel like an ass.
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Life, the universe and everything
And I wonder how they came up with 42 events? Would Douglas Adams' copyright holders have a case?
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Well, that pretty much sums up the personal view I am sharing, only you seem to think "deserve" without "an opportunity" after the word changes the meaning of "deserves" to "entitled".
We're done here young AC.
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You "deserve" to get paid for your work just as much as Bill Gates "deserves" to get paid for his work. However, I doubt you get paid as much as Bill Gates. This does not make you any less worthy.
Getting paid for your work in this society is survival, at least *money is survival. (If you do not have to get paid any more to survive, whether by the fruits of your own efforts or through free rent and board in your parents' basement, more power to you, same goes).
Survival is not guaranteed, but everyone is deserving of life.
That is what I mean by deserving. That is the difference between "deserving" and "entitled" that you seem to miss.
None of these ethical views precludes the existence, understanding or practice of free market principles, even in our not-so-free market.
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Of course I also did not write, "artists deserve to get paid, and those who refuse to pay should be held liable in civil and criminal court"... which just might be your real issue here.
As far as consumers in the market, I'm afraid I need to redirect you Wikipedia: Caveat Emptor
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Stop the Emo Train
For my own part, I have two simple, personal beliefs at play in the copyright wars, which I will list in order of personal priority. Unfortunately, number one made the list a few years back.
1) People deserve to be free and to express freely
2) Artists deserve to get paid for their work.
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We have the same vacuums in our major media in the US.
Bon Chance
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Haha... TW and BMG, figures. The film board of Canada though... didn't see that one coming. (sorry)
Thanks very much DH.
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However I'm unconvinced that the CEO's and boards of the publishers have any inkling of this technical concern. I'm much more inclined to believe that the corporations are eager to return to a more predictable, rigid model of distribution and sales and of growth forcasting.
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Truly a monument to stupidity....
They are illustrating a tyrant's and hacker's paradise in Loppsi. I do hope the French can tear themselves away from their regular apathy towards government to stop this insanity early.
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Re: A point a lot are missing
The common thread amongst the tablet developers is the desire for an artificially locked down distribution system for premium content. Everyone wants to become the "iTunes" of e-books, and are starting with the same hardware/app+media store lock-down methodology. Even those who will permit use of PDF's and open apps are trying to put up their own proprietary store-front and lock the distribution.
It's the closed channels that publishers find so attractive.
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