A mall can make whatever rules it wants but it sure as hell can't make a 'law'.
You break a mall rule they can cask you leave, but call the police for something not a crime? Wow... I'm not a sue happy kind of guy but that shit should be left to stand.
It has always struck me as crazy that they can go around useing users, rather then producers of the tech and even more crazy that they can sue after the patent has been challenged. Seems like that should be a show stopper until cleared up.
It sounds much more like they looked around and noticed tons of MS software that was not licensed and worked with them to fix that, rather then driving a solution per say.
Not really a shocker but super disappointing. The issue is that BARTs stuff is privately owned so they can turn it off whenever they want (never mind the unintended consequences, and lawsuit risk from them). For that matter cel towers are private too, so outside of your tos, they can pretty much shut them down or move them or whatever they like at any time as as a private provider. They can also be the tools of government any time they like as AT&T has demonstrated for years with the NSA free pass wide net tapping.
*shrug* until we drive true accountability from politicians this is what we get.
This is a function of the phone. The phone can leverage whatever network it's able to to. But they are directly charging you for something your phone dose all on it's own. So you bought a piece of hardware... say a toaster. But Now V wants to charge you for making more then one kind of toast.
"I'm curious how that's helping to "win the future," as IP Czar Victoria Espinel stated in response to this "voluntary" deal."
*snort* well now she didn't say Who's future now did she, clearly only the corporate interests matter to the government in general. This is unbelievable travesty and trampling of consumer rights.
I find the idea of having to protest a false accusation that you can be penalized from is insane. Maybe charge the content folks to MAKE a accusation and force them to have their ducks in a row. this will end badly.
Yeah...
But the reason that the verbiage is utterly unreadable is to 1. The people writing and reading prfesdionaly employed. 2. They don't normal folks being able to understand it, because when it matters it really dose matter and godforbid anyone would understand a concept well enough to ask quistions or even negotiate.
At that age? Nah. I was cat for 3 weeks, after being dad for a while first. And the cat was apple for about a week. This was at my 1.5 year old daughter was resorting the whole labeling with name concept. My now not quit two year old calls me AAHAHAHHDHDHADHDADADA. Heaven forbid I should read to much into that.
One good point though, when your spending time with your kids, do spend the time with them. Give them that focus and attention and at will help them a ton, and be returned many times down the road.
You are giving him WAY to much credit. See what he was really saying was
Now we can offer rape you with your pants on tiered data plans because we can claim we are giving young people a way to not pay so much... but of course we are not doing that at all.
I can see ordering access be given to the court a 3rd party to review for contradiction. But to give the advisory access to personal and confidential information such as the E-mail and IM through those networks seems very sketchy.
It's been my thought for years that this is a problem. It seems to me that it should be the standard that any case that get's set down hard, and particular those that are a corporation or business attacking individuals (infringement without profit, slap suites etc), should always be settled with prejudice so defenders against BS attacks don't have o bankrupt themselves to to be protected or just to stand up for their rights. Right now in any of of company vs person or even corporation vs. small business the incentive is to give in or settle even on frivolous suites because the expense of defending is insane.
If the standard was that you as the defendant would not have to take on that burden of cost of if you win there would be a lot more people willing to stand up, and I would imagine a lot more lawyers willing to stand up with them.
I have never understood why the default position for all bogus ip cases or clear dmca abuse is not to rule with prejudice. Sticking companies with the defense fee's for bogus claims seems like it would a solid deternent even without additional damaged.
Authors get paid maybe 10-50 cents a copy depending on how big they are.
Publishers have a lot of dead tree technology and it costs money to print books, hard backs more so.
Editors marketing etc cost money of course.
All of that irrelevant. Publishers are going to be in the same squeeze the recording industries finds it's self. It will be cheaper and more cost efficient for authors (and we are seeing this now) to make a separate ebook deal that rewards them as well if not better. New industries and industrie arms of companies like amzaon will grow based on direct author and fan connections. Dead tree companies shrink. The economics and digiital distribution and ludicrously low leaving only editors and marketing to pay for. Everybody can have a bigger cut even with books being almost free (which is a good way to point out how screwed up things are now just like with the record industries).
Ebooks not from major publishers will be 2.99 within 2 years new releases will be around $6. Within 5 years ebooks will be 1.99 on average with new releases being 2.99.
Sadly, authors will be back to being payed around the same as today, since the original creators allays get screwed by lack of leverage. But for a short while new digital publishing stars will rise.
Screwy thing is the government is so protective of home grown companies that their is no way MS can get a fair shake even if they are right. They will likely settle like Cisco had to over hawai to keep on the governments good side.
Copyright dose not have to be registered to bring suit, you just for addition damages. You own the copyright of any image you make (in most normal cases) unless you have contractually released it.
This whole thing makes me so sad. I was really hoping for, well change, and instead it's not just more of the same but even worse. I guess it's not shocking, though it should be, but it is galling. I used to give folks I know who don't vote a lot or crap but I swear I'm getting to the point where I truly wonder I should bother myself on anything not local.
I know that I have decided to swear off off monster energy drink until this nonsense stops. To bad too, I liked their blue can swill. I just can't abide companies that trek this kind of garbage through are system or around it at legal gun point.
Bummer
Prices went back up on some of them. I was gonna snag camera boy but it's back up to 9 bucks.
law?
A mall can make whatever rules it wants but it sure as hell can't make a 'law'.
You break a mall rule they can cask you leave, but call the police for something not a crime? Wow... I'm not a sue happy kind of guy but that shit should be left to stand.
crazy system
It has always struck me as crazy that they can go around useing users, rather then producers of the tech and even more crazy that they can sue after the patent has been challenged. Seems like that should be a show stopper until cleared up.
Hmm lets be fair now
It sounds much more like they looked around and noticed tons of MS software that was not licensed and worked with them to fix that, rather then driving a solution per say.
No surprise
Not really a shocker but super disappointing. The issue is that BARTs stuff is privately owned so they can turn it off whenever they want (never mind the unintended consequences, and lawsuit risk from them). For that matter cel towers are private too, so outside of your tos, they can pretty much shut them down or move them or whatever they like at any time as as a private provider. They can also be the tools of government any time they like as AT&T has demonstrated for years with the NSA free pass wide net tapping.
*shrug* until we drive true accountability from politicians this is what we get.
Phone vs network
This is a function of the phone. The phone can leverage whatever network it's able to to. But they are directly charging you for something your phone dose all on it's own. So you bought a piece of hardware... say a toaster. But Now V wants to charge you for making more then one kind of toast.
corperate rights
"I'm curious how that's helping to "win the future," as IP Czar Victoria Espinel stated in response to this "voluntary" deal."
*snort* well now she didn't say Who's future now did she, clearly only the corporate interests matter to the government in general. This is unbelievable travesty and trampling of consumer rights.
what happened to infringment
I love how they snuck the disingenuous language in "content theft" as apposed to "infringement".
pay to protest
I find the idea of having to protest a false accusation that you can be penalized from is insane. Maybe charge the content folks to MAKE a accusation and force them to have their ducks in a row. this will end badly.
Yeah...
But the reason that the verbiage is utterly unreadable is to 1. The people writing and reading prfesdionaly employed. 2. They don't normal folks being able to understand it, because when it matters it really dose matter and godforbid anyone would understand a concept well enough to ask quistions or even negotiate.
Meh
At that age? Nah. I was cat for 3 weeks, after being dad for a while first. And the cat was apple for about a week. This was at my 1.5 year old daughter was resorting the whole labeling with name concept. My now not quit two year old calls me AAHAHAHHDHDHADHDADADA. Heaven forbid I should read to much into that.
One good point though, when your spending time with your kids, do spend the time with them. Give them that focus and attention and at will help them a ton, and be returned many times down the road.
way to much credit
You are giving him WAY to much credit. See what he was really saying was
Now we can offer rape you with your pants on tiered data plans because we can claim we are giving young people a way to not pay so much... but of course we are not doing that at all.
who gets it
I can see ordering access be given to the court a 3rd party to review for contradiction. But to give the advisory access to personal and confidential information such as the E-mail and IM through those networks seems very sketchy.
with prejiduce
It's been my thought for years that this is a problem. It seems to me that it should be the standard that any case that get's set down hard, and particular those that are a corporation or business attacking individuals (infringement without profit, slap suites etc), should always be settled with prejudice so defenders against BS attacks don't have o bankrupt themselves to to be protected or just to stand up for their rights. Right now in any of of company vs person or even corporation vs. small business the incentive is to give in or settle even on frivolous suites because the expense of defending is insane.
If the standard was that you as the defendant would not have to take on that burden of cost of if you win there would be a lot more people willing to stand up, and I would imagine a lot more lawyers willing to stand up with them.
Prejudice
I have never understood why the default position for all bogus ip cases or clear dmca abuse is not to rule with prejudice. Sticking companies with the defense fee's for bogus claims seems like it would a solid deternent even without additional damaged.
Nowhere but down to go
Authors get paid maybe 10-50 cents a copy depending on how big they are.
Publishers have a lot of dead tree technology and it costs money to print books, hard backs more so.
Editors marketing etc cost money of course.
All of that irrelevant. Publishers are going to be in the same squeeze the recording industries finds it's self. It will be cheaper and more cost efficient for authors (and we are seeing this now) to make a separate ebook deal that rewards them as well if not better. New industries and industrie arms of companies like amzaon will grow based on direct author and fan connections. Dead tree companies shrink. The economics and digiital distribution and ludicrously low leaving only editors and marketing to pay for. Everybody can have a bigger cut even with books being almost free (which is a good way to point out how screwed up things are now just like with the record industries).
Ebooks not from major publishers will be 2.99 within 2 years new releases will be around $6. Within 5 years ebooks will be 1.99 on average with new releases being 2.99.
Sadly, authors will be back to being payed around the same as today, since the original creators allays get screwed by lack of leverage. But for a short while new digital publishing stars will rise.
Screwy thing is the government is so protective of home grown companies that their is no way MS can get a fair shake even if they are right. They will likely settle like Cisco had to over hawai to keep on the governments good side.
Copyright dose not have to be registered to bring suit, you just for addition damages. You own the copyright of any image you make (in most normal cases) unless you have contractually released it.
just sad
This whole thing makes me so sad. I was really hoping for, well change, and instead it's not just more of the same but even worse. I guess it's not shocking, though it should be, but it is galling. I used to give folks I know who don't vote a lot or crap but I swear I'm getting to the point where I truly wonder I should bother myself on anything not local.
I know I swor them off
I know that I have decided to swear off off monster energy drink until this nonsense stops. To bad too, I liked their blue can swill. I just can't abide companies that trek this kind of garbage through are system or around it at legal gun point.