"Some features of certain Software are provided by third parties, and those third parties may collect or transmit personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of providing these features. These third parties are not authorized to use your personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing their services to you through Software. Your use of Software is subject to the terms of the Comcast Customer Privacy Notice, the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy and other applicable terms and policies."
where do you exactly come up with this imagination?
the problem with the IBM turbohercules scenario is nobody reads what's going on.
It's not about an emulator infringing (mike). It's about TH telling IBM that IBM should license under TH's license instead of their own, and IBM said no. Is that really a surprise?
this is not a new concept. musicians' publishers have done this to extend copyright hundreds of years. They will add a note here, take out a note here, or maybe turn an a sharp into a b flat (same musical note for you non-musicians), and issue a new copyright circa the new date.
This is how companies have been claiming copyright of mozart's works - it's been what, 500 years? Literally if you get a copy of anything composed by mozart it will carry a copyright from the publisher and cost an extortionary fee.
It's not like it's anything ethical (clearly it's not), but greed is clearly overwhelming the intent for it to be public and beneficial.
eh, I took that as a no. I consider the first amendment and section 230, although similarly aligned, separate issues. ISPs have been doing it willfully even without legal requirement due to threat of lawsuit.
However, it's not okay when they want your email for this. They are basically saying - we absolutely will not give you something for free - we require something in return. They take your email (seemingly harmless to the unaware) and sign you up for email solicitations or sell your email to some other company to do exactly that.
it's not a welcome concept and is a contribution to the mass of spam people get.
I read his comments. I found them douchebag-ish, honestly.
It's the same lines that are trotted out by any musicians that think that ASCAP and RIAA are out to protect the artists interests.
Same thing I've gotten from every musician I've ever asked about the situation - they don't care about file sharing, but oh! it's amoral! it's stealing!
unlike legislative and executive branches, judicial at its highest levels cannot be bought off. Having our supreme court as it is structured exclusively prevents that. Sadly, we don't have the same for the other branches.
it absolutely is, and we're all quite pissed. Legislative and as a result the executive branch are way out of balance of power with the other branch of government right now. At the moment the judicial branch has very firm policies to avoid going against precedent, which ends up meaning that anything legislative passes judicial will not challenge at all unless it cannot be avoided. This is sadly well known by lawyers. This is why it often takes significant effort by the public to get results from anything. That and the public is known for being pretty much retarded. Maybe 10% of our population uses logic, and the other 90% has a distinct absence of logic.
For all the advancements we have, there is a resultant excess of nepotism and corporatism.
the problem is, if people try to violently change that, ala revolution, we'll end up worse off by having some dumbass military dictator who outlaws anything that isn't his own version of "christian values".
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Re: Comcast's EULA allows it...
"Some features of certain Software are provided by third parties, and those third parties may collect or transmit personally identifiable and non-personally identifiable information about you in the course of providing these features. These third parties are not authorized to use your personally identifiable information except for the purpose of providing their services to you through Software. Your use of Software is subject to the terms of the Comcast Customer Privacy Notice, the Comcast Acceptable Use Policy and other applicable terms and policies."
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Re: And IBM is hardly perfection either
the problem with the IBM turbohercules scenario is nobody reads what's going on.
It's not about an emulator infringing (mike). It's about TH telling IBM that IBM should license under TH's license instead of their own, and IBM said no. Is that really a surprise?
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Re: Re: Why do students need laptops anyway?
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Re: Who cares about the legality of the takedowns...
On the post: ASCAP Boss Refuses To Debate Lessig; Claims That It's An Attempt To 'Silence' ASCAP
wow
ASCAP refusing the debate does more damage to their reputation than if the debate was productive and they were disproven.
way to go, ascap.
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Re: Well it is in DC the most "liberal" area of the nation
both sides are fools. probably 75% of the politicians we have are an embarassment to the term and only are in office to serve their lobby.
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Re: Re: Re: Clearly
On the post: How Is It That New Copyrights Are Being Claimed On Work Done By An Artist Who Died 70 Years Ago?
Re: Clearly
This is how companies have been claiming copyright of mozart's works - it's been what, 500 years? Literally if you get a copy of anything composed by mozart it will carry a copyright from the publisher and cost an extortionary fee.
It's not like it's anything ethical (clearly it's not), but greed is clearly overwhelming the intent for it to be public and beneficial.
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Re:
this opens a wealth of liabilities and is a horrible job. It seems like motorola doesn't like success.
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Re: ISP liability
On the post: Best Buy Says Creator Of iPhone/Evo Video Can Keep His Job; Guy Says He'd Rather Not
Re: Re:
People (although paid worse), typically get treated better working at a fast food joint and/or an actual sales joint.
best buy is very extortionary of it's employees in so many ways. It's not that different from walmart.
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Re:
However, it's not okay when they want your email for this. They are basically saying - we absolutely will not give you something for free - we require something in return. They take your email (seemingly harmless to the unaware) and sign you up for email solicitations or sell your email to some other company to do exactly that.
it's not a welcome concept and is a contribution to the mass of spam people get.
On the post: Teenager And Composer Argue Over File Sharing
Re: Who would want to
It's the same lines that are trotted out by any musicians that think that ASCAP and RIAA are out to protect the artists interests.
Same thing I've gotten from every musician I've ever asked about the situation - they don't care about file sharing, but oh! it's amoral! it's stealing!
even when they themselves know it's not.
It's quite similar to the apple cult.
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yup
One that doesn't respect copyright or trademark or any of that - because if it does, it's going to have gaps in history.
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Re:
thats quite bold for an organization which doesn't have the resources that the entire world has.
On the post: Hulu Finally Announces Subscription Plans: $10/Month To Still Get Advertisements
welp
we all knew hulu was going downhill, and so now it is. about freakin time for it to die, honestly, as sad as that is.
I'm really tired of people thinking that advertisements are some magic profit when nobody even wants them in the first place.
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Re: Re: Re: Insane
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Re: Insane
it absolutely is, and we're all quite pissed. Legislative and as a result the executive branch are way out of balance of power with the other branch of government right now. At the moment the judicial branch has very firm policies to avoid going against precedent, which ends up meaning that anything legislative passes judicial will not challenge at all unless it cannot be avoided. This is sadly well known by lawyers. This is why it often takes significant effort by the public to get results from anything. That and the public is known for being pretty much retarded. Maybe 10% of our population uses logic, and the other 90% has a distinct absence of logic.
For all the advancements we have, there is a resultant excess of nepotism and corporatism.
the problem is, if people try to violently change that, ala revolution, we'll end up worse off by having some dumbass military dictator who outlaws anything that isn't his own version of "christian values".
On the post: Trademark Cluelessness: The Other White Meat
ethics?
On the post: Propaganda Masquerading As Academic Net Neutrality 'Jobs' Loss Assessment
lets simplify
in an established industry, when new competition does exist, spending (to compete/become more competitive) increases.
when new competition doesn't exist, spending decreases.
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