More legislation is not answer. The problem is two fold; excessive document classification and excessively broad (and almost certainly illegal) programs that require large numbers of vetted personnel. Both are corrosive problems ultimately destroying trust in the government. Whether true or not, it appears much of what was classified was done so to protect "staff" from criminal charges because it is very difficult to prosecute someone on suspicion.
I believe the closest living relatives of Hitler, nephews, live on Long Island in New York and are native born that would be interesting. But somehow I doubt they will do anything.
"I wonder what percentage of the record industries revenue for the last three decades have come from people buying music they already owned in new formats?"
Good question because many have transitioned from vinyl/tape to CD to digital, spending money for each at transition. At this point the size of hard drives makes buying music tracks from iTune or Amazon more practical for me than buying a disc.
Another overlooked issue is demographics. I suspect the age range for most active media purchasing is roughly 15 to 35 with purchasing tapering off until about 50 or so and remaining relatively low and flat. With an aging population worldwide demographics mean that media sales will decline as the percentage of young declines.
Unless there is a reason for you to be suspect in the commission of a crime or be suspected of actively planning a crime your personal information or property can not be siezed. If there is reason for you to be a suspect then a warrant is required unless certain narrow and specific exceptions can be applied.
Their excuse is probably "protecting the children". As Mike noted the real problem not the service provider but with the users who posted the content. If the content shows a crime or is itself illegal it is the user/poster who is responsible not a third party such as Google.
This smells like someone blaming the messenger (Google) and not the sender for the message. Also, most of the posters have modest means and pursuing each one is very laborious and not likely to net much. Suing Google theoretically has the potential of a large payout relative to the costs and is not very time consuming compared to suing thousands or millions of individuals.
On the key legal issues they set a precedent and lost. Thus another Veoh will not face the same litigation strategy. Ultimately Universal lost in the long term.
I have not seen reports were Leaseweb's servers were ever copied by anyone to preserve the evidence. Evidence was destroyed without the US intervention to preserve it. Basically this gives KDC's legal enough ammunition to destroy the case. Evidence destruction is a big mistake because the argument can be made that the government cherry picked what they wanted preserved. I do not doubt there is enough "evidence" that when cherry picked could convince a jury of guilt.
I think the court is saying to Tennenbaum because you were such a lying idiot you deserve to get hammered. The real issues appear to by the scope, his refusal to change, and apparently committing perjury. Courts do not like the appearance of perjury and it is a fool-proof method to get hammered.
With the IRS fiascos may be the solution is to scrap all income taxes replacing them with sales/excise taxes. Then who cares about the non-profit/profit status because income is not taxed. There would still need to be proper accounting records kept to document the expenditures were appropriate for the group's mission and goals. Some major details would need to be worked out.
There are a couple of proposals floating around to do this.
It is safe to assume that many governments are monitoring Internet, email, cellphone, etc. traffic both domestically and internationally. The only questions are the scope of these programs and what methods cause problems for the spooks. Intelligent terrorists are using techniques to hide their activities from easy monitoring. So what is the real purpose behing these programs?
One of the issues with Bradly Manning was that apparently he passed classified documents that had this type of information.
One of the best ways to turn someone in to a traitor is blackmail. Few people turn traitor for political reasons so your good fill-the-blank citizen who can be blackmailed is often the best access to the information.
It is not dawned on the darkbulbs in Washington that massive amounts of data are a target in of themselves. Hackers attack large banks and companies routinely because that is where large amounts of financial data is. The Chinese (or whomever you wish to fill) are at a minimum as smart and technically capable as the hackers are and have more resources.
Some of the newer drugs are very effective as noted in the article. But many drugs seem to be for ailments that are more annoyances (erectile dysfunction) than serious medical problems (epilepsy, migraines) that can be disasterous for the patient. Drug companies seem to going after drugs that can make massive profits rather than drugs that can actually help patients.
A point that is very clear is that smart venture capitalists are not interested in patents per se as much as in the business plan and model you have to implement your idea. If you have a good product or service idea and a reasonable business plan they are willing to listen. Patent rights and issues are a secondary issue. If your business plan is unworkable the patent status is irrelevant.
Is anyone old enough to remember playing "Cowboys and Indians" or "Cops and Robbers" as a kid with toy guns? This argument that violent games produce violent adults has been around before video games.
My opinion is the two main factors affect whether a child grows up to be violent: what moral upbringing was the child given and the mental stability of the individual. People who have not been given a good moral grounding are likely not to have good morals (murder is bad, etc.). And some individuals unfortunately suffer for mental illnesses that mean do have a good grasp of reality and their actions are based on a false premise.
These problems preexisted video games or toy guns because they are inherent in problems with one raising a child and the fact some have a very grasp of reality.
Blaming video games is convenient because is absolves those who have a parental type responsibility (not just the parents) in a child's life from any blame for either not teaching morals or not paying attention to the signs of mental illness. I know both are difficult.
The problem is eliminating violent video games, guns, etc. will not stop violence. The flaw is not dealing with human frialties when you see them.
Re: Could very well be different decryption schemes
I have wondered if the problem is they are assuming NTFS format and have Linux format such as ext4. Windows is notorious for having trouble reading Linux formats.
Also, if they are claiming a login password as encryption I can provide a number Linux live CD/DVD probably would allow access to the data.
That is the DO(in)J's problem with laziness or ineptitude. If they what method worked on the first drive then set a battery to decrypt each drive starting with "known". Is there any technical reason the drives must be decrypted serially?
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Re: Sell the FLAC?
Good question because many have transitioned from vinyl/tape to CD to digital, spending money for each at transition. At this point the size of hard drives makes buying music tracks from iTune or Amazon more practical for me than buying a disc.
Another overlooked issue is demographics. I suspect the age range for most active media purchasing is roughly 15 to 35 with purchasing tapering off until about 50 or so and remaining relatively low and flat. With an aging population worldwide demographics mean that media sales will decline as the percentage of young declines.
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Fourth Admendment
Unless there is a reason for you to be suspect in the commission of a crime or be suspected of actively planning a crime your personal information or property can not be siezed. If there is reason for you to be a suspect then a warrant is required unless certain narrow and specific exceptions can be applied.
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AG idiocy
This smells like someone blaming the messenger (Google) and not the sender for the message. Also, most of the posters have modest means and pursuing each one is very laborious and not likely to net much. Suing Google theoretically has the potential of a large payout relative to the costs and is not very time consuming compared to suing thousands or millions of individuals.
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Re: Re: Universal didnt lose
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Rotation
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Re: Award Size
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Income Taxes
There are a couple of proposals floating around to do this.
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Effeciency
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Stupdity
When I read that the harddrive was wiped the verdict does not surprise me.
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Re: Blackmail
One of the best ways to turn someone in to a traitor is blackmail. Few people turn traitor for political reasons so your good fill-the-blank citizen who can be blackmailed is often the best access to the information.
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Keystone Kops
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Drug effectiveness
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Venture Capital
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Video Game Violence
My opinion is the two main factors affect whether a child grows up to be violent: what moral upbringing was the child given and the mental stability of the individual. People who have not been given a good moral grounding are likely not to have good morals (murder is bad, etc.). And some individuals unfortunately suffer for mental illnesses that mean do have a good grasp of reality and their actions are based on a false premise.
These problems preexisted video games or toy guns because they are inherent in problems with one raising a child and the fact some have a very grasp of reality.
Blaming video games is convenient because is absolves those who have a parental type responsibility (not just the parents) in a child's life from any blame for either not teaching morals or not paying attention to the signs of mental illness. I know both are difficult.
The problem is eliminating violent video games, guns, etc. will not stop violence. The flaw is not dealing with human frialties when you see them.
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Re: Could very well be different decryption schemes
Also, if they are claiming a login password as encryption I can provide a number Linux live CD/DVD probably would allow access to the data.
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