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Canada says P2P downloading legal

Canada says P2P downloading legal 12/12/2003 03:05 PM
In the same ruling, Canadian copyright regulators also impose a $25 fee on iPod-like MP3 players and say that uploading is prohibited.

Is Downloading TV Shows Legal?

Is Downloading TV Shows Legal? 08/11/2004 02:35 AM
Salon is running a piece on how many people are sharing and downloading TV shows using tools like BitTorrent, some going a bit further than the original broadcat ching concept to create applications, like Buttress designed specifically as an RSS aggregator for BitTorrented TV shows. The article delves into one interesting issue that not too many people have discussed: is downloading a publicly broadcasted TV show illegal? As the article notes, it would be very difficult to show any kind of "harm" from such a download. Obviously, sharing premium content shows is a different issue, but what if someone already subscribes to the premium station in question? The real issue is that the TV industry suddenly has less control. There is also the fact that with the way BitTorrent works, anyone downloading a show is also automatically uploading a show -- but, again, this is a situation where the entertainment industry appears to be shooting themselves in the foot. For years, they've tried to come up with systems for TV-on-demand, and here's a way that users have figured out how to do it for them. The people downloading TV shows via BitTorrent are watching more TV, which should be good for the industry. Unfortunately, the industry still only thinks in terms of how much they control, rather than how much they can serve the needs of their viewers. It's amazing that the industry is so good at missing every opportunity that seems to come its way. Unfortunately, the industry also seems to view intellectual property law as a way of protecting business models, rather than protecting content. That they can't see a new opportunity staring them in the face speaks volumes about the sorts of "business" minds running the entertainment industry.

Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users

Ad-Blocker Agrees To Stop Storming Popup
Ads D Squared Solutions has agreed to
stop smothering computer users 07/30/2004 07:13 PM
AVN Online Jul 30 2004 10:51PM GMT

WinXP SP2: stop moaning and get
downloading

WinXP SP2: stop moaning and get
downloading 08/12/2004 05:46 AM
Opinion Real progress for Redmond

Canada: Downloading music is legal

Canada: Downloading music is legal 12/15/2003 05:59 AM
ZDNet UK Dec 15 2003 4:52AM ET

Legal downloading growing rapidly

Legal downloading growing rapidly 12/02/2003 12:16 AM

Users are downloading copyrighted files through authorized, for-pay services at a rapidly expanding rate . A new study from Ipsos-Insight describes a variety of users increasingly choosing to pay for downloads , a hitherto rare event.

[R]oughly one out of six (16%) American downloaders aged 12 and older had paid a fee to download music or MP3 files off of the Internet. This translates into roughly 10 million people within the current U.S. population (according to 2000 U.S. Census figures).

“A twofold increase in the number of American downloaders exposed to for-pay music downloads in just a six month timeframe (compared 8% in December 2002 and 13% in April 2003) signals a remarkable shift in downloader behavior,” said Matt Kleinschmit, Director for Ipsos-Insight, and author of the TEMPO research .

This study comes as some colleges consider supporting legal download services on campus.

(via The Shifted Librarian )

Canada declares P2P downloading legal

Canada declares P2P downloading legal 12/15/2003 08:13 AM

CD piracy is rampant, but legal
downloading is on the rise

CD piracy is rampant, but legal
downloading is on the rise 06/24/2005 03:32 PM
A new recording industry study says CD piracy is rampant, with one third of CDs worldwide being pirated copies. Also, legal music downloads are starting to overtake illegal downloads. Both of these trends are part of the same dynamic.

Music downloading stalls in face of
legal threats

Music downloading stalls in face of
legal threats 01/05/2004 02:48 PM
Computer Buyer Jan 5 2004 2:06PM ET

Canada deems P2P downloading legal,
levies MP3 players

Canada deems P2P downloading legal,
levies MP3 players 12/14/2003 07:31 PM
ZDNet Australia Dec 14 2003 6:32PM ET

Canada deems P2P downloading legal |
CNET News.com

Canada deems P2P downloading legal |
CNET News.com 12/13/2003 07:41 PM
Canada deems P2P downloading legal .. ruling released Friday .. Canadian regulators

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Crackdown on Illegal Downloading Brings
Global Legal Action

Crackdown on Illegal Downloading Brings
Global Legal Action 03/22/2005 04:21 PM

Prevent users from downloading from the
Internet

Prevent users from downloading from the
Internet 09/22/2004 06:01 AM

Quarter of internet users downloading
films illegally - MPAA

Quarter of internet users downloading
films illegally - MPAA 07/09/2004 10:19 AM
DMeurope.com Jul 9 2004 2:10PM GMT

Legal Bid to Stop Internet 'Grooming'

Legal Bid to Stop Internet 'Grooming' 02/15/2004 09:26 AM
PA News via The Scotsman Online Feb 15 2004 2:15PM GMT

Cdn recording industry begins legal
fight to stop music uploaders

Cdn recording industry begins legal
fight to stop music uploaders 02/16/2004 01:19 PM
Canadian Press via Canada.com Feb 16 2004 5:10PM GMT

ActiveWin.com: A One-Stop Resource For
Windows Users

ActiveWin.com: A One-Stop Resource For
Windows Users 12/20/2003 01:20 PM
“Our audience is definitely tech savvy,” he says. Stein describes the majority of ActiveWin.com users as intermediate or advanced in computing skills and well versed in the happenings of the technology world. “Whether it be the latest programming languages, developmental tools, server software, etc., these people know what they are talking about,” explains Stein.

Users Increasingly Looking To ISPs To
Stop Spam

Users Increasingly Looking To ISPs To
Stop Spam 06/09/2004 10:35 AM
Just as the news comes out that many ISPs are hesitant to filter spam, Gartner is showing that a small, but growing, number of users are getting fed up with their ISPs inability to stop spam, and would be willing to switch ISPs to get better spam protection. The problem right now, of course, is that it's not easy to get good spam filtering without too many false positives. While users say they want better spam filtering, the false positives can be just as big a problem as getting too much spam. Users are able to set up their own spam filters, of course, but they believe it's their ISPs responsibility. This viewpoint is only going to increase, and users will look to their ISPs to protect them against adware, spyware, phishing, trojans and all other types of attacks as well. ISPs have been taking either an ad hoc or a wait-and-see approach for most of this stuff, but it might make sense for them to start coming up with more comprehensive strategies that really focus on protecting their subscribers - and not just giving lip service to the idea.

LinuxWorld: Users split on need for
legal indemnification

LinuxWorld: Users split on need for
legal indemnification 01/23/2004 12:19 AM
Insurance and financial services officials say legal indemnification makes them more comfortable using Linux, while other users say it's not necessary.

History repeats itself: Movie
downloading mirrors early music
downloading

History repeats itself: Movie
downloading mirrors early music
downloading 09/24/2004 03:39 PM
InternetRetailer.com Sep 24 2004 7:45PM GMT

Net users unclear about legal
responsibilties claims ISP survey

Net users unclear about legal
responsibilties claims ISP survey 05/17/2004 10:22 AM
Computer Buyer May 17 2004 2:13PM GMT

14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP)

14 percent of US Internet users stop
music swapping: survey (AFP) 04/26/2004 10:31 AM
AFP - Millions of US Internet users have stopped using illicit music-swapping following an industry crackdown on the practice, according to a new survey.

Sentenced to prison for bombarding
Internet users with junk e-mails,
spammer awaits outcome of legal

Sentenced to prison for bombarding
Internet users with junk e-mails,
spammer awaits outcome of legal 04/09/2005 09:23 AM
Dailypress.com - Sat Apr 9, 09:38 am GMT

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users

Improvements in Word 2002/XP and Word
2003 for Legal Users 02/01/2005 09:56 PM
This document lists changes made to Word 2002 (XP) and Word 2003 that are of interest to the legal world. Changes listed include: document stability and recovery; security; document management; track changes and compare; formatting; and research.

L.A., Houston top list of worst
stop-go-stop-go traffic (USATODAY.com)

L.A., Houston top list of worst
stop-go-stop-go traffic (USATODAY.com) 02/19/2004 08:10 AM
USATODAY.com - Traffic bottlenecks across the nation have increased by 40% since 1999, a new report shows. Despite that, delays are being reduced at some of the nation's most infamous chokepoints such as Albuquerque's "Big I" and Chicago's "Hillside Strangler."

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They
Stop You

Stop SQL Injection Attacks Before They
Stop You 09/12/2004 11:33 PM
Armed with advanced server-side technologies like ASP.NET and powerful database servers such as Microsoft® SQL Server™, developers are able to create dynamic, data-driven Web sites with incredible ease. But the power of ASP.NET and SQL can easily be used against you by hackers mounting an all-too-common class of attack—the SQL injection attack. The basic idea behind a SQL injection attack is this: you create a Web page that allows the user to enter text into a textbox that will be used to execute a query against a database. A hacker enters a malformed SQL statement into the textbox that changes the nature of the query so that it can be used to break into, alter, or damage the back-end database. How is this possible? Let me illustrate with an example.

BCS Nightmare III

BCS Nightmare III 12/09/2003 05:05 AM
OTB has an update .. three teams

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DCC Nightmare

DCC Nightmare 01/03/2005 05:50 PM
CVS da Gui

Wi-Fi Nightmare?

Wi-Fi Nightmare? 10/28/2003 11:09 PM
Some businesses may rue the day they began offering Wi-Fi: At least according to this writer, who thinks that coffee shops and McDonald's restaurants are running into problems with laptop users parking to use the Internet without buying much. In reality, this doesn't seem to be the case. While Wi-Fi in McDonald's is an unusual fit, it's not unusual because the Wi-Fi may encourage people to camp out, as the author of this piece suggests. I spoke with a McDonald's exec a couple of months ago and in fact McDonald's would like to encourage people to hang out in the restaurants. Apparently most people take their food to go. If they decide to sit and eat, he reasoned, they may end up buying more food. Many cafes say that Wi-Fi is drawing customers into their shops during the least busy times. I think that customers will self-police themselves during busy times. For example, I went up to my local coffee shop on a Sunday morning toting my laptop. The place was packed and I barely managed to get a seat. Because of the crowds, I left as soon as I was done with my tea to give someone else my seat, rather then hang out over my Wi-Fi connection. I think a lot of people would do the same....

Nightmare

Nightmare 03/14/2005 06:21 PM
Last night, right before midnight some smartass broke into my computer and decided to remove all traces of his visit by deleting everything. And I mean everything.

We decided to upgrade the hardware from a 266 MHz PII to a dual-Athlon-1.3 GHz while we were at it, changed the server operating system and are trying to restore the data. Unfortunately, some key config files seem to be missing, so it'll take a while. Apache+Tomcat is a very nasty combination at times.

It's not yet known how the guy got into the system.

If you need to email me, please use my GMail address jalkanen@gmail.com, as I cannot yet rely on my regular email system. Thank you.

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Something should be done about AMT
nightmare

Something should be done about AMT
nightmare 04/14/2004 07:51 AM
SiliconValley.com Apr 14 2004 10:58AM GMT

Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist

Las Vegas Legal Video Hires Emmy Winner
as Legal Video Specialist 06/24/2004 03:02 AM
Emmy-Winner Schwartz brings wealth of experience to upstart Las Vegas company [PRWEB Jun 24, 2004]

Silicon nightmare

Silicon nightmare 08/07/2004 01:44 PM
Asian Age Aug 7 2004 5:50PM GMT

The End of Cendant's Nightmare?

The End of Cendant's Nightmare? 03/14/2005 06:10 PM
The Cendant trial is near its end. Maybe now the market will see the company's value.

What if the nightmare began?

What if the nightmare began? 05/21/2004 06:51 PM
What a day. Oy, I can't even imagine how I would of gotten through the day if I skated this...

Tell Us Your Outsourcing Nightmare

Tell Us Your Outsourcing Nightmare 09/26/2004 09:15 AM
How do you tell when your outsourcing project is in trouble?

My Corbis Nightmare

My Corbis Nightmare 06/11/2004 02:26 PM

Yesterday, I wanted to buy a stock image from Corbis to use in a Web site I'm developing. It was a standard hi-res image of a man standing in front of a building reading a newspaper. This should have been simple...

For those that don't know, Corbis is the largest respository of digital images in the world. It's owned by our good friend, Bill Gates (though not Microsoft, I understand — Bill owns Corbis personally).

After I found the image on Corbis, I clicked it and got a pop-up window. I found a link called "Pricing" and clicked it. Simple enough — things were looking straightforward.

Then Corbis told me that I had to be logged in. Why? Annoying, but I guessed at my username and password to the best of my recollection. Wrong password. I tried the "forgot my password" link. I had to have the answer to a question ("What is your favorite name?") that I must have set up when I created the account two years ago. Four guesses later, I got it.

The password arrived via email, and I managed to get logged in. I went back to my image and clicked "Pricing." This is what I got:

This image is distributed as Rights Managed. To price this image, add it to your Lightbox or Cart and click "Find Price" to answer a few usage questions.

What is "Rights Managed"? For that matter, what's a "lightbox" (no Wikipedia entry for it — I looked)? Is it a shopping cart? Well, no, because there was a shopping cart too. I found a link under the image that said "lightbox" and clicked it. Nothing happened. I looked around some more.

There was a lower frame in the browser window with a link that said "Create new lightbox." Now, at this point I still don't know what a "lightbox" is, but evidently I have to have one, so I clicked that link.

The resulting pop-up (thank God I wasn't running a blocker — this site lives on pop-ups) asked for a "name," "a client name," and a "parent lightbox." Evidently all I needed to enter was a name. I named my lightbox "THIS SUCKS."

Now that I had a lightbox (but not a clue), I was able to add my image, and a thumbnail of it appeared in the lower frame. Score one for me.

I went back to my image and clicked on the "Pricing" link. Same message as before:

This image is distributed as Rights Managed. To price this image, add it to your Lightbox or Cart and click "Find Price" to answer a few usage questions.

But now there was a little button that said "Price this Image." Awesome — we're making progress. I clicked the button, hopefully.

I then got a little wizard. I had to a pick a "Category," which appeared to be how I was going to use the image. I picked "Web/CDROM." Then I had to pick a "Use Type." My options were "Educational," "Single-Use," and "Multiple-URL." Since this was going to go in the Web site banner, I picked "Multiple-URL."

Another form appeared below the first. The heading was "Secondary Usage Parameters." I could check either "Exclusive Rights" or "Multiple Uses." I think this meant whether I wanted the image all to myself, or whether other people could use it too. I didn't care, really, but there was a warning that read:

Selecting "Exclusive Rights" or "Multiple Uses" will restrict your ability to get online pricing.

I left both options blank. The rest of the fields in the form were required.

The next option was "Geo. Distribution" and there was a list of countries. Geographic distribution? This is going on the Web — it can be accessed anywhere. I picked "World." (What if I had picked "United States" — would I have to geolocate my visitors and block the foreign ones?)

Duration? Well, forever, I guess. But "two years" was the longest, so I picked that.

Industry? Real estate. Simple enough.

Language? What the.... this is picture! There is no language! I picked "All."

Exposure? "1-4 Web sites"

I said a little prayer and clicked "Apply Usage." Here's what I got:

Online pricing of Rights Managed images is not available for the usage you have selected. Please contact your Corbis account representative to obtain pricing.

I slowly cocked the revolver and placed it against my temple...

First of all, what does "Rights Managed" mean, anyway? (Yes, I searched Wikipedia...nothing). Second, I don't have a "Corbis account representative."

I looked around the page some more, and to my amazement, I found a link in the header for "My rep". I clicked it and was taken to what looked like, by all appearances, a standard contact page. In fact, the email address was "sales@corbis.com". Yeah, that looks like my rep all right... [insert eye rolling here]

Since I had come so far, I sent an email anyway asking for pricing on the image and giving the ID number. Here's what I got back:

For pricing & licensing information or research on Corbis images, please contact our sales support team at 1-800-260-0444. When you call, please be prepared to provide the image number(s) you are interested in as well as the usage specifications. To receive pricing, you must be registered at our Professional Use website. A sales support team member will be happy to register you over the phone or you may do so online.

Are you kidding me with this? I'm done with Corbis for good. I will find another man standing in front of another building reading another newspaper — this particular guy isn't worth the trouble anymore.

Does anyone know a good site where I can purchase simple stock images?

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iDVD Nightmare

iDVD Nightmare 02/16/2003 01:15 PM
It seems that jwz is having a hell of a time with iDVD. Then again, he manages to break nearly every piece of computer technology he touches. Well, he doesn't actually break it. He merely points out the built-in brokeness...

Australia's New Nightmare: The U.S.?

Australia's New Nightmare: The U.S.? 03/29/2005 02:11 AM
Free Internet Press Mar 29 2005 6:01AM GMT
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