Looks like he copied about 100 lines of text from the NYT story. The basic graphics and video are coming from the NYT site directly. His tool is doing the effects.
Still sounds like a pretty good fair use. Just a coder trying to find media to demo his code, and foolishly thinking that he can use freely available media from a big company. (The HORROR!!!)
I think the rationale of the corporations must be, "What's the big deal about being physically blind? We're all emotionally and intellectually blind, and we're doing just fine."
Then said administrative agency cannot simply adopt it by reference: it must create its own standard. Note that lists and catalogs are not copyrightable material, so it should be a simple matter to "repackage" the standard into one which can be easily entered into the public domain.
I always thought that there was supposed to be a board of directors to protect the interests of stockholders and keep obvious stupidity like this from occuring. Perhaps we should take a hard look at who is on those boards.
This is what I was thinking. This woman is trying to take the high road when her husband is actually getting money FOR THE PORNOGRAPHER. He is SUPPORTING pornography, not fighting it.
This is certainly taking the concept of what can and can't be patented and turning it upside down. The idea is, a person following laws already existing in nature should not be able to infringe on a patent. Thinking, feeling, life, liberty, persuit of happiness, all that. Now, if a person plants a handful of beans, he has to worry about where those beans came from.
Hopefully, this will lead to Congress limiting and possibly even abolishing the patent system. I'm not holding my breath, though.
So, the NYPD wants to work extra-legally, unethically, in secret, and should be solely responsible for the personal defence of their citizens. Oh, yeah, and you can't record anything they do.
I still don't understand the difference between a cooking recipe, a chemical process, and a pharmacutical formula, except that you can patent the last two and not the first one.
Because it would make society as a whole better, at the expense of the media moguls. And here in the US, more is always better, right? So pretty soon copyright would be cut past the bone, and the fat cats might have to work, or at least revise their business models.
They know this, and will kill anything that even starts to relax copyright.
It's going to take a much larger and stronger movement to really get anything done.
So hunker down, CYA, and expect a lot of failures before we finally succeed.
Let's call it what it is: a witch hunt. We are setting the table for a new round of McCarthy hearings. A new era of squelching human rights in order to secure the American Way, in a way that is not remotely American.
In my opinion, people like Sgt. Mullins should be banished.
This should move the field from its current semi-ridiculed status to full legit. Hopefully they'll move from the sedate-and-monitor system they have now to a test-diagnose-treatment system. The old one was useless. (Full disclosure: I adopted a child who had severe emotional issues.)
Why would anyone "HAVE" to speak English in the US? We don't have an official language. You may want to, but you don't have to.
Which is also why I don't understand the requirement to learn English for naturalization.
Someone either needs to make it the official language, or just shut up about it.
Re: Re: Copyright
Looks like he copied about 100 lines of text from the NYT story. The basic graphics and video are coming from the NYT site directly. His tool is doing the effects.
Still sounds like a pretty good fair use. Just a coder trying to find media to demo his code, and foolishly thinking that he can use freely available media from a big company. (The HORROR!!!)
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Also in the NPR News today, a person of interest being questioned by the FBI about the Boston bombing was shot and killed during interrogation.
As hard as it is for me to type, we are now in dire need of a return to the '60s, even if it requires hippies and bell-bottoms.
TIL...
I now know 2 things...
1. Tim's birthday.
2. What to get Tim for his birthday.
I personally love Nutella, but I don't really buy it and certainly won't after this.
No more Fox for me...
Yep, I was on a Fox show. Back in the 90's, before they went psycho.
No, I won't be on another one. I hope others feel the same.
Good luck doing reality shows when real people won't work with you for fear of litigation.
Blind fighting the blind...
I think the rationale of the corporations must be, "What's the big deal about being physically blind? We're all emotionally and intellectually blind, and we're doing just fine."
Re: STOP IT!!
Shutter your pie-hole!
Douglas Adams would be ashamed...
Re: Re:
You must be a religious fundamentalist.
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Then said administrative agency cannot simply adopt it by reference: it must create its own standard. Note that lists and catalogs are not copyrightable material, so it should be a simple matter to "repackage" the standard into one which can be easily entered into the public domain.
Re:
I always thought that there was supposed to be a board of directors to protect the interests of stockholders and keep obvious stupidity like this from occuring. Perhaps we should take a hard look at who is on those boards.
Re: Re: Can we get a hate tax too?
I think we should tax people who hate technology. We could call it the "Apple tax".
Re: Re: Bitcoin is essentially a pyramid scheme.
Former brokerage employee here - I can affirm this.
There is nothing behind Walstreet values except the CONfidence of investors.
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This is what I was thinking. This woman is trying to take the high road when her husband is actually getting money FOR THE PORNOGRAPHER. He is SUPPORTING pornography, not fighting it.
Re: Just when you think they can't do anything more stupid...
This is just what I was thinking. If these sociopaths send a letter to the wrong psychopath, it will be bad for everyone.
Patenting Nature
This is certainly taking the concept of what can and can't be patented and turning it upside down. The idea is, a person following laws already existing in nature should not be able to infringe on a patent. Thinking, feeling, life, liberty, persuit of happiness, all that. Now, if a person plants a handful of beans, he has to worry about where those beans came from.
Hopefully, this will lead to Congress limiting and possibly even abolishing the patent system. I'm not holding my breath, though.
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So, the NYPD wants to work extra-legally, unethically, in secret, and should be solely responsible for the personal defence of their citizens. Oh, yeah, and you can't record anything they do.
Who watches the watchmen?
Hard to pin down
I still don't understand the difference between a cooking recipe, a chemical process, and a pharmacutical formula, except that you can patent the last two and not the first one.
Just eliminate patents already!
Re: Re: Not holding my breath...
It will be killed.
Why?
Because it would make society as a whole better, at the expense of the media moguls. And here in the US, more is always better, right? So pretty soon copyright would be cut past the bone, and the fat cats might have to work, or at least revise their business models.
They know this, and will kill anything that even starts to relax copyright.
It's going to take a much larger and stronger movement to really get anything done.
So hunker down, CYA, and expect a lot of failures before we finally succeed.
Re:
Let's call it what it is: a witch hunt. We are setting the table for a new round of McCarthy hearings. A new era of squelching human rights in order to secure the American Way, in a way that is not remotely American.
In my opinion, people like Sgt. Mullins should be banished.
(untitled comment)
This should move the field from its current semi-ridiculed status to full legit. Hopefully they'll move from the sedate-and-monitor system they have now to a test-diagnose-treatment system. The old one was useless. (Full disclosure: I adopted a child who had severe emotional issues.)
English in the US
Why would anyone "HAVE" to speak English in the US? We don't have an official language. You may want to, but you don't have to.
Which is also why I don't understand the requirement to learn English for naturalization.
Someone either needs to make it the official language, or just shut up about it.