With many computers, replacing any internal components would definitely circumvent DRM.
Those little bits of paper tape connecting the side panel with the frame, the ones that state Warranty Void if Removed, are probably sufficient under law to qualify as DRM as they are clearly intended to discourage users altering the internal design of the computer system.
This sounds like a golden opportunity for any ISP willing to carry YouTube traffic to its customers.
They'd siphon away France Telecom's subscribers in a heartbeat.
Given the way ISPs and telcos in the US make haste to deliver personal information to government "requests", I'd say that promoting the concept of positive identification to access websites is anything but unintended.
The real cost item would be in ensuring that once the app had been removed, the address book information was also removed from Path's possession.
Hiring the people necessary to sift through their electronic and paper storage systems as well as ensuring that no off-site backups contained the information would cost far more than $12,250.
Owning your hardware and taking responsibility for what you do with it was a good approach in times gone by, and I believe it's an idea whose time has, once again, come around.
All that's really missing from the picture now is a good 3-D scanner.
If this case had gone in Scott's favour, wouldn't that mean that retailers could be sued for selling the CD in the first place? After all, they bought it (albeit at wholesale price) and then attempted to resell it.
If this were to be accepted into law, wouldn't that mean that any physical item found to be associated with a copyright could not be sold? Wouldn't the same restriction apply to any physical item associated with a patent?
Same thing happened in Vancouver many, many times over.
In one example, Olympia Pizza, which has been in business here for a very long time, was threatened with a shutdown if they didn't change their name (fortunately, a public outcry prevented that from happening).
The same scenario is played out everywhere, I suspect; we're just not allowed to hear about it outside of any city currently afflicted with a case of Olympics.
This means I'll be forced to read copied-and-pasted Canadian Press releases on one of the other several hundred news sites which "report" the same, word-for-word, story, but not with that nice G&M font!!
How about we do a Free Trade agreement?
A trade deal (as TPP is described in the media) would be nice; a proclamation of corporate sovereignty (as TPP essentially is) is not so nice.
Instead of taking this rushed-through, secretive power transfer, why not start over and negotiate (publicly) the media-reported version?
Here's a thought....
How about they just don't lock information away to begin with?
STOP IT!!
Please, please, stop saying "shutter" when you mean "close" or "shut".
It's becoming very annoying....
Correct me if I'm wrong...
... but I thought the US courts commonly assigned legal costs to the loser in these cases.
If so, why is Universal not paying those legal fees?
Re: Re:
With many computers, replacing any internal components would definitely circumvent DRM.
Those little bits of paper tape connecting the side panel with the frame, the ones that state Warranty Void if Removed, are probably sufficient under law to qualify as DRM as they are clearly intended to discourage users altering the internal design of the computer system.
New ISP?
This sounds like a golden opportunity for any ISP willing to carry YouTube traffic to its customers.
They'd siphon away France Telecom's subscribers in a heartbeat.
"unintended consequences" ?
Given the way ISPs and telcos in the US make haste to deliver personal information to government "requests", I'd say that promoting the concept of positive identification to access websites is anything but unintended.
Plaintiff estimated the wrong cost
The real cost item would be in ensuring that once the app had been removed, the address book information was also removed from Path's possession.
Hiring the people necessary to sift through their electronic and paper storage systems as well as ensuring that no off-site backups contained the information would cost far more than $12,250.
How comprehensive?
This is a wonderful idea, but only if it applies to Yadav as well as his subordinates.
Surveillance that stops short of the top just redefines where the line of privilege is drawn; it doesn't erase that line.
Does this mean my monitor risers will continue to be delivered?
This is the right principle
Owning your hardware and taking responsibility for what you do with it was a good approach in times gone by, and I believe it's an idea whose time has, once again, come around.
All that's really missing from the picture now is a good 3-D scanner.
Re: Re: Tertiary Function!
Not for the last 70 years or so?
Let's try not for the last 7000 years or so......
"almost impossible to detect"?
Detecting that would be child's play for the Ministry of Housinge. Why, their cat detector vans alone can pinpoint a purr at 400 yards!
No way to promote sales
If this case had gone in Scott's favour, wouldn't that mean that retailers could be sued for selling the CD in the first place? After all, they bought it (albeit at wholesale price) and then attempted to resell it.
If this were to be accepted into law, wouldn't that mean that any physical item found to be associated with a copyright could not be sold? Wouldn't the same restriction apply to any physical item associated with a patent?
Re: Re: Re: Cops are just employees
LVDave, how do you figure they're "good cops" if they're complicit in this kind of abuse?
We had the same problem
Same thing happened in Vancouver many, many times over.
In one example, Olympia Pizza, which has been in business here for a very long time, was threatened with a shutdown if they didn't change their name (fortunately, a public outcry prevented that from happening).
The same scenario is played out everywhere, I suspect; we're just not allowed to hear about it outside of any city currently afflicted with a case of Olympics.
This has me thoroughly confused
How does the sculptor have copyright on a photograph? Is he also the photographer?
I really don't get this....
Oh no, not a paywall!!
This means I'll be forced to read copied-and-pasted Canadian Press releases on one of the other several hundred news sites which "report" the same, word-for-word, story, but not with that nice G&M font!!
Okay, then, AT&T...
If competition is bad, then let's just go ahead and shut you down.
The monopoly can go right back to Bell where it started.
Not an abuse of Authority
The U.S. government does not have the authority to prosecute companies (even within its own borders) for "looking bad".
This is an abuse of power, not authority.
(/English_Teacher)