> Without the underlying picture (copyright to AP) would that poster have ever been created?
So what? If Obama didn't run for office, the picture would never have been created. This isn't a question of the core inspiration.
If Toyota didn't build cars, you wouldn't be able to take a photo of them. That doesn't change the court decisions which have found that Toyota doesn't hold a copyright of every picture of all Toyota cars.
Well, actually it was "The Dilbert Future" (1998). And in it, he predicted that the cable companies would deliver cable broadband as poorly as the Bells delivered ISDN and that, in the meantime, the Bells would make ISDN easier to install and configure and we'd all be using ISDN while the cable companies tried to catch up. So not exactly a perfect prediction.
> ...I hate this "lets block all the ads" mentality...< P>The "block them all" attitude is a result of the excessively obtrusive nature online advertising has taken.
Others have mentioned that newspaper ads don't jump out at them. Well, newspaper ads also don't report back to the advertiser everytime you view them or keep track of which other ads you read or track you in any other way.
If advertisers had behaved respectfully from the beginning (never used popups, never track individuals, no flash/sound, etc) most people would have never felt compelled to block ads and developers wouldn't have made "block by default" as a selling point.
They brought this on themselves. If they want out, they should try creating standards for advertising that is respectable and subdued. Attempting to "guilt" people into unblocking is never going to work. Why should I behave "morally" towards advertisers if they won't behave "morally" towards me?
I already have SpeakEasy and am considering switching to naked DSL with them. Speakeasy offered to lower my montly rate by $20 for two months to help offset the installation charge. Since I'm paying $30/month to Verizon for a phone I don't use, this will pay for itself quickly.
Although only four counties had used un-certified machines, if you read the article you will see that the Secretary of State went beyond the recommendations and de-certified ALL touch screen machines. Those other 10 counties may be able to get their machines re-certified, but they have in fact been banned:
The decision goes beyond the recommendations that an advisory panel made earlier this week. It means four California counties that use a specific model of touch-screen machine will definitely have to find another voting system, and 10 other counties that use similar systems will have to do the same, unless the makers of the machines take steps to guarantee every vote gets counted.
There are definitely legitimate uses. DVD players only have RCA and/or S-video outputs. If you have an older TV that doesn't have such inputs, the natural alternative would be to plug it in through a VCR. But you can't do that with MacroVision!
ask my why suddenly my DSL connection - known good hardware that happens to use a Speakeasy service on a Vz switch - is all but unusable where previously it flew on the Qwest switch.
I read an interview with the foreman. The jury did believe that Elcomsoft's software violated the DMCA, but only found them not-guilty because the company didn't violate the DMCA intentionally. The fact that they put it on their website was what convinced the jury.
The jury didn't seem to have any problem with the fact that the software itself should be considered illegal.
In his first interview since he started the "information awareness" program, Poindexter, who figured prominently in the Iran-contra scandal more than a decade ago...
"Figured prominently" is an understatement. He was Ollie's boss and was convicted. His conviction was overturned on the basiss that he was granted immunity for his testimony to Congress (in which he admitted to everything that he had been convicted of).
Ollie's other plans during Iran-Contra were to turn FEMA (who are supposed to help clean up after natural disasters) into an enforcement arm for Martial Law in case anti-Contra protestors got in the way.
If rumor sites are good for Apple, then Apple is doing the 100% correct thing in trying to ban them. You'll get far more publicity if you try to ban these things than if you just ignored them.
As a bonus, Apple becomes immune to allegations of "Vaporware" since all your early product announcements are unofficial.
If Apple went and "embraced" these things, they'd lose their appeal. Which link would you rather follow:
Apple Announces New Stuff.
or
See the new stuff that Apple is trying to keep you from seeing. HURRY before Apple makes us take it down!
They don't have to give up printable versions at all. Check the HTTP_REFERER on the printable link and if it's not from the ad-laden page, redirect to the non-printable link.
Or make the printable page require registration (like the nytimes). You could even make the printable page available via paid subscription-only.
It's not *my* distinction, it was the court's. Almost all software *claims* to be licensed. Adobe was certainly claiming that their bundle was licensed. The court said it wasn't a license.
They just did the standard "duck" test. It looks like a sale (you give money, they give you product), it acts like a sale (there is no on-going relationship after you give them your money), therefore it is a sale. If the software expired or needed to be renewed, then there would be an on-going relationship and, therefore, a license.
Not to mention the fact that there's a pretty good chance that the IP address the guy registers is either a machine hacked by a cc thief, or from an ISP paid for with a stolen cc. Or just plain old anonymizer.com...
Last time I got the 419 spam, I forwarded it to enforcement@sec.gov. Their response is below:
Dear Investor:
Thank you for taking the time to forward to us another instance of advance
fee frauds. I have fwded. it in turn to the Secret Service at: 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov.
Our only request would be that you be kind enough to forward any additional
iterations of and/or variations on the Nigerian advance fee fraud spam you
receive directly to the Secret Service. That Federal agency is handling
this matter, and it would be a great help for you to send them to the Secret
Service instead of the SEC: 419.fcd@usss.treas.gov.
Again, thanks for your e-mail.
Sincerely,
Jim Daly
U.S. Securities & Exchange Commission
Office of Investor Education and Assistance
(202) 942-7173, (202) 942-9634 (fax) oiea@sec.gov
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Without ...
So what? If Obama didn't run for office, the picture would never have been created. This isn't a question of the core inspiration.
If Toyota didn't build cars, you wouldn't be able to take a photo of them. That doesn't change the court decisions which have found that Toyota doesn't hold a copyright of every picture of all Toyota cars.
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Re: No Subject Given
And "Back to School" was in full swing...
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Re: Dilbert
So not exactly a perfect prediction.
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Re: No Subject Given
Others have mentioned that newspaper ads don't jump out at them. Well, newspaper ads also don't report back to the advertiser everytime you view them or keep track of which other ads you read or track you in any other way.
If advertisers had behaved respectfully from the beginning (never used popups, never track individuals, no flash/sound, etc) most people would have never felt compelled to block ads and developers wouldn't have made "block by default" as a selling point.
They brought this on themselves. If they want out, they should try creating standards for advertising that is respectable and subdued. Attempting to "guilt" people into unblocking is never going to work. Why should I behave "morally" towards advertisers if they won't behave "morally" towards me?
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Re: Speakeasy is a premium provider
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RTFA
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Legitimate Uses
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Re: When will reception improve?
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Since she was drugged...
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Google IPO?
Is this a foregone conclusion. There's no requirement that a company, even a dot-com, must at some point go public.
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When I was in high school...
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The jury *didn't* get it
The jury didn't seem to have any problem with the fact that the software itself should be considered illegal.
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Poindexter
Ollie's other plans during Iran-Contra were to turn FEMA (who are supposed to help clean up after natural disasters) into an enforcement arm for Martial Law in case anti-Contra protestors got in the way.
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Exponential growth
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Forbidden fruit
If Apple went and "embraced" these things, they'd lose their appeal. Which link would you rather follow:
or
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uploading lots of crap...
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Re: Why put them up
Or make the printable page require registration (like the nytimes). You could even make the printable page available via paid subscription-only.
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Re: Amusing, But Wrong
They just did the standard "duck" test. It looks like a sale (you give money, they give you product), it acts like a sale (there is no on-going relationship after you give them your money), therefore it is a sale. If the software expired or needed to be renewed, then there would be an on-going relationship and, therefore, a license.
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Thief or victim
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Report your 419 spams
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