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- Pirates and other nonsense
- Digging through the "blog ideas" pile on my desktop, I found this article from earlier this week discussing Sweden's "Pirate Party." A US branch does exist, and so I decided to take at tour of its issues page to see what pirates truly stand for.As shouldn't surprise anyone, not very...
- Tags: Cost, Copyright Law, Piracy, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2007-08-16
- Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?
- Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?Agree.....but.....Actually, it could be "theft" by the media conglomerates.When VCR's became popular, MPAA claimed that they would lose money when users taped shows and movies, so that they can be watched at the users convenience. A surcharge was eventually added to...
- Tags: Sales strategy, Peer to peer (P2P), Operational accounting, irony, piracy, file-sharing, sales, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2007-04-10
- Copyright laws and piracy - Where do you stand?
- Over the months that this blog has been running weve had some really good discussions relating to copyright laws and piracy. Hardware such as portable media players and disc burners are closely linked to copyright and piracy because these devices allow people to do things with content that the...
- Tags: Copyright, Legal, DRM
- Blog posts 2007-04-10
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright lawsWhere you are confused.I agree, there are "professional pirates" but in thruth they accound for a small percentage of piracy compared to the general public doing it.Consider that it's estimated 60 million people pirate and share content ILLEGALLY.Court decisions disagree."Yes, while it's...
- Tags: Digital media, Digital music, RIAA, piracy, copyright law
- Discussion threads 2006-06-20
- Technology makes it too easy to break copyright laws
- I'm a firm believer that copyright laws are an essential tool in making sure that the creator of any piece of work whether that work be analog or digital gets a fair opportunity to make a The way that I see current copyright laws being used to criminalize minor copyright...
- Tags: music, piracy, recording industry, copyright law
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
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- Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe
- A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...
- Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...
- Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- The power of standard protocols
- The power of standard protocolsWhile I'm not an expert in IM protocols......I do agree with the basic philosophy (but you'd be surprised if I didn't). On the whole, compatibility is a good thing, even in the computer industry (where incompatibility has been seen as a competitive advantage for as...
- Tags: Instant messaging, IM, standard protocol, software
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Family entertainment act
- Family entertainment actGnR"...from aperformance of such work in a motion picture exhibition facility,shall–..."My understanding was that the works in question were not aquired from a "peroformance"Am I wrong?I Didn't say that he wasn't guiltyHey Rich,While I'm glad one of my comments is sufficient to become a blog entry itself, apparently...
- Tags: Sales strategy, marketing, sales, Family Entertainment, lawsuit, entertainment
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Family entertainment act
- There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...
- Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Chrome's new EULA drops wide-ranging claims to user content
- I think Chrome is awesome. It's at least 10 times faster to start up than Firefox on my XP laptop. Unlike some of my peers at ZD, I don't have a problem adopting it as my default browser. Chrome's EULA definitely raised some eyebrows thought with its ...
- Tags: Google Inc., EULA, Chrome, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Dell repair adventure, day 5
- Dell repair adventure, day 5No Backup!I find it hard to believe that a IT consultant, one that finds it necessary to attend conferences does not have a backup options in place. A) Is the writer a independent contractor? I guess that I need more information about the writers...
- Tags: Notebooks, Dell Computer Corp., laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-09-04
- Reduce cost and administration overhead with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V
- Organizations are embracing server virtualization as a means of saving money and simplifying management of their network server environment. This sample chapter from Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Unleashed offers a detailed introduction to the capabilities of Hyper-V technology and best practices for getting the most out of it. ...
- Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft Windows Server, Administration, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- Book chapters 2008-09-04
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'Very strong words...RE: Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'how did this music get to the web? everything that gets to the web should be free! go after the persons who do the uploading not the down loaders. it got there some how. how...
- Tags: Piracy, album poster, Rot, RIAA, Cogill
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Slash to album poster: 'Rot in jail'
- You might question why illegally posting an unreleased album on your website should put you in federal penitentiary for three years, but Guns 'n' Roses guitarist Slash doesn't. "I hope he rots in jail," said Slash, the former Guns N' Roses...
- Tags: Resource, Attorney, Federal Government, Government, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperHave you ever read MS EULA? In short...We can go into your machine and do what ever we want.If this is the case with the browser....how are they using your data in their cloud?Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopperI looked...
- Tags: Web browsers, EULA, Google Inc., Chrome EULA, TOS
- Discussion threads 2008-09-03
- Chrome's EULA is a cut 'n' paste showstopper
- When I said that CXO's wouldn't give Google Chrome a nanosecond's thought, I under-estimated. They'll give it about five seconds and then pass straight to the corporate legal department. Why? EULA Clause 11.1: You retain copyright and any other rights that you already hold in Content that...
- Tags: Google Inc., EULA, Chrome, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-09-03
- XenCare SoftLock (msi)
- If you are using your computer system in a harmful way which could be as simple as clicking on an e-mail attachment from a stranger or visiting unknown Web sites, XenCare SoftLock can lock your system and protect from ever evolving threats not identified by conventional popular brand like Symantec,...
- Tags: Guard, XenCare Software, Productivity, E-mail, Web Site Development, Viruses And Worms, Security, Branding, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing
- Software downloads 2008-09-03
- Chrome (beta)
- Google has released the beta version of a new browser, Chrome. In its comic-book preannouncement, Google stated correctly that watching videos, chatting, and even playing Web-based games didn't exist when browsers were first invented. Google wants the browser to help users focus on the applications and pages they are...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, Chrome, Google Inc., Web browser, Omnibox
- Product reviews 2008-09-02
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UK
- Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKI would guess......that in exchange, the US would want assurances that McKinnon wouldn't be pardoned by the UK, or paroled before he would have been eligible under US law.RE: Hacker wants promise he'll be returned to UKWhat he's really got is ass-burger syndrome....
- Tags: Hacking, Food & Beverage, hacker
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
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